Chapter 55

If he had not been afraid of alerting management, the Hunter would have wanted to call the staff over. But he did not dare.

Although he had already changed his appearance completely, his identity would not hold up under investigation.

Without his “props,” it would be best for him to leave first and find another chance.

But when he saw the iron-eating beast cub lying on Song Yi’s shoulder, he still could not help feeling greedy. It would not be easy to take a cub away alone without causing chaos. But if one was being placed right in front of him, that made things much simpler.

From their conversation, he could tell that these were a group of spoiled, pampered, stupid brats. He felt he could slightly change his plan: take this iron-eating beast cub for himself, have the cub bite these children to death before opening the spatial passage, and then escape.

Although the effect would not be as shocking as his original plan, this was the best way to make up for it.

So he hid the gloom in his eyes and smiled as he said to Song Yi and the others, “Children, what are you doing here? Stealing demon beasts’ food isn’t good. How about Uncle treats you to something?”

Early Nascent Soul? They should be able to handle him. First, they would see exactly who he was.

Song Yi gave Li Wenwen and Lin Ze an almost imperceptible nod.

Li Wenwen and Lin Ze showed bright smiles. “Uncle, thank you, but there isn’t anything good to eat here. We have money. We’re already sick of everything we can buy. As long as you don’t tell our teacher what we did, you’ll be doing us a huge favor. Otherwise, we’ll definitely get criticized by our teacher.”

“Don’t worry, I definitely won’t sell out one of my own,” the Hunter said good-naturedly. “I know there’s a place in this pocket realm where a very special kind of spirit fruit grows. You definitely haven’t eaten it before.”

Lin Ze hesitated and said, “But we have to gather in another hour. If we don’t show up, our teacher will definitely worry.”

“Don’t worry. It isn’t far from here. You’ll definitely be back by then.”

If the spatial weak point that could serve as an entrance and exit had not been nearby, he would not have wasted his drug on this side.

Li Wenwen immediately said, “Lin Ze, stop hesitating. We finally got to come out and play for a day. Let’s go. Uncle isn’t some bad person.”

The Hunter revealed a secretive smile.

There were advantages to dealing with these stupid children. Because he did not need to spend too much effort. They could persuade themselves.

He did not notice that Song Yi and the others had swapped the drinking water here for another kind of water with faint spiritual energy.

The group followed the Hunter to the area near the secret passage, and Song Yi could already sense spatial fluctuations.

Li Wenwen suddenly said, “Oh no, our homeroom teacher is coming this way. They must be coming to look for us! Let’s turn off our location first and circle around.”

Song Yi raised her hand. “I can go lead the homeroom teacher away. I’m super good at this. See you in a bit.”

Before the Hunter could react, they had already finished dividing up the work. It could only be said that they were very experienced at making trouble.

The iron-eating beast cub still followed the main group and was being held by Lin Ze. Even if Song Yi ran off, the Hunter’s main plan still would not be affected, so he felt very reassured.

What he did not know was that after making a loop, Song Yi found the spatial weak point.

On the only road one had to take to get here, Song Yi activated several magical artifacts and then waited for her guest to walk into the trap.

Then she recalled the location of the Cloud City Police Bureau and set the coordinates there. She still owed Zhang Xuan and Li Xiu a favor, after all.

After taking care of the spatial passage, Song Yi wiped off her sweat and sent them a message. “Major credit delivery in progress. Please check and accept.”

Zhang Xuan and Li Xiu had always been quite concerned about her situation. They had heard Song Yi’s teacher say, “She’s adapting very well at school. Just a little too well.”

Although the second half was a bit baffling, in any case, it was enough to know she was doing well.

Now that they had received Song Yi’s message, they were quite happy, but the contents of the message were equally baffling. When they pressed Song Yi for details, she simply said, “Busy right now, talk later,” and hung up.

Then Song Yi turned back again and rejoined Li Wenwen and the others. She took credit for her work and said, “I shook them off! I’m just a little tired. Uncle, can you carry me?”

A trace of impatience flashed through the Hunter’s eyes, but he quickly suppressed it.

For this final short stretch of road, he still needed to keep playing the image of a kindhearted uncle. “Of course.”

He carried Song Yi on his back.

While lying on his back and drinking water, Song Yi “accidentally” spilled some of the water onto him.

“Uncle, I’m sorry!”

“It’s fine.” The corner of the Hunter’s mouth twitched.

Song Yi then directed Lin Ze. “The cub is thirsty. Give it some water.”

“You still don’t know, do you? I’m actually a beast tamer. This cub’s fur isn’t glossy enough. I have some special spiritual water here. Drinking it will be good for it.”

He had mixed the drug into the water. It was the last little bit of the drug he had on hand. Fortunately, this was only a cub. Otherwise, the drug’s effect might not have been enough.

After drinking the spiritual water, the iron-eating beast began to grow restless.

The plan was going very smoothly.

Li Wenwen still seemed completely unaware and asked innocently, “Uncle, are we almost at the place with the tasty spirit fruit?”

The Hunter revealed a ferocious smile. “Spirit fruit? I hope you have better luck in your next life and get to eat some tasty spirit fruit then.”

“Huh?”

Just then, the black-and-white dumpling turned into an afterimage, as if it was about to pounce on Lin Ze and Li Wenwen.

A demon beast in madness would attack the person closest to it.

“Stupid children, I permit you to remember me. I am the Hunter who harvests your lives.”

At the same time, as he flung Song Yi off his back, his hands formed seals, preparing to control that iron-eating beast.

He knew a special beast-taming secret art. Combined with the potion he had prepared, it could quickly control a demon beast in a chaotic state.

The next second, the smile on the Hunter’s face froze.

Because the way things developed was completely different from what he had imagined. The iron-eating beast that had turned into an afterimage did not bite Lin Ze and Li Wenwen to death. Instead, it swiftly picked them up in its mouth and carried them away.

Of course Lin Ze could not possibly have fed the iron-eating beast problematic water. Song Yi had been lying on the Hunter’s back, Li Wenwen had been pulling him along and asking questions nonstop, and Lin Ze was good at these little tricks. He had long since successfully swapped the real thing out.

The Hunter’s control contract landed on empty air.

And at the same time that he threw Song Yi down, Song Yi also thrust her sword straight through his dantian. Very sorry, but Song Yi was a genuine sword cultivator.

Although Song Yi was always saying that her sword had gone blunt, the facts now proved that it still worked just as well when cutting people.

Handing one’s back to a sword cultivator was the stupidest thing in the world.

The Hunter could see Song Yi and the others’ cultivation levels, which was why he had been so at ease. Was Nascent Soul defense something they could easily break through?

Before they could do that, he would have been able to crush them to death countless times.

Faced with this kind of contempt, Song Yi expressed that she was very satisfied. The effect was indeed excellent.

Her sword was too fast and too sharp, so in that instant, the Hunter did not even feel it. Only after several seconds did he feel the severe pain.

A roar came from the Hunter’s throat. He already understood that he had been tricked.

The feeling of being trapped by a few little cubs was far more humiliating than being caught by those people from the City Defense Department.

He rapidly swallowed healing medicine while urging his spiritual power to stab toward Song Yi and the others. He had to kill this group of children first.

However, he had already entered the range of the magical artifacts Song Yi had arranged in advance. Sword arrays, lightning talismans, traps… They emerged one after another without end.

Not far away, the Nine Heavens Python flicked its hissing tongue and wound its way over. Its cold vertical pupils had already locked onto the Hunter.

The Hunter: ?

He did not seem to have offended the Nine Heavens Python this time, right?

“What did you do?” he roared.

“Oh, we just changed its water. That was water made by soaking happy fruit pits. Non-toxic, pollution-free, and it even has a tiny bit of spiritual energy.”

It was just that the effect was a little beast-infuriating.

They had tested it on the demon beasts at Teacher Yang’s place.

The Nine Heavens Python’s spiritual intelligence was higher than the demon beasts at Teacher Yang’s place. When it was angered, it really would come to hunt someone down. And the Hunter had just been splashed all over by Song Yi, so his body was covered in the smell.

Song Yi was very clear that she was relatively weak right now, so she had to use every method available and add multiple layers of insurance.

A person who had hovered at the edge of life and death countless times cherished life more than anyone.

Song Yi said with a grin, “I don’t know whether you’ve ever heard this saying: the true prey often appears in the posture of the hunter.”

Whether it was from anger or the effects of his wound, the Hunter spat out a mouthful of old blood.

He narrowly avoided a strike from the Nine Heavens Python, used all his strength to break free from the traps Song Yi had arranged, and plunged straight toward that spatial passage.

If he had not been injured, he might not necessarily have feared this Nine Heavens Python, but right now, the situation was extremely unfavorable to him.

He would remember this grudge for now.

Then he let out a scream inside the passage.

The passage whose teleportation coordinates had been altered by Song Yi became even more unstable.

Song Yi was not doing charity. How could she possibly care whether he would be injured during teleportation? Good enough was good enough.

So the unstable passage formed countless spatial currents, slicing at his body like sharp blades.

Fortunately, he was a Nascent Soul cultivator after all, and his body was formidable. Screaming, he emerged from the teleportation passage.

The instant he saw light, the Hunter seemed to see hope.

He put this grudge on Song Yi and the others as well, though in essence, that was not exactly wrong, and the hatred in his heart grew even deeper. When his day came, he would make sure to cut those children into thousands of pieces.

“Hahaha, I escaped! How could I, the Hunter, possibly become the prey of a few children?”

At the Cloud City Police Bureau, Zhang Xuan and Li Xiu were discussing Song Yi.

“I heard Cloud Elementary is on a spring outing. She doesn’t have time to chat with us. That’s definitely it.”

“She probably brought us some local specialties, hahaha.”

It was possible for children to speak in a way that did not quite express what they meant.

Just then, a spatial rift appeared, and a man covered head to toe in blood dropped in front of them.

The three of them stared at one another.

The man’s crazed smile froze on his face.

Zhang Xuan picked at his ear. “Who did he say he was just now? The Hunter? I didn’t hear that wrong, did I?”

Li Xiu nodded. “I don’t think you heard wrong.”

The Hunter still wanted to run, but Zhang Xuan and Li Xiu had already pounced on him like wolves and tigers.

In terms of cultivation realm, there was indeed a gap between them. But never mind that the Hunter was seriously injured now. Even if he had not been injured, this place was the Police Bureau. Was this a place he could run away from?

“So there really is such a thing as a major credit gift package,” the two of them sighed, leaving the bystanders unable to understand what they meant.

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