Chapter 96
Lin Lingling wiped the sweat from her brow and pulled out her phone, her eyes filled with urgency.
“Those out-of-control individuals have completely twisted minds and spirits, making them difficult to handle. Plus, they’re generally quite powerful—classified as wanted criminals. I need to call for backup, fast!”
“Wanted criminals? Bounty?”
Chen Huai'an’s eyes lit up as he caught on, licking his lips.
“So, you’re saying this is worth a lot of money?”
Lin Lingling hesitated but nodded. “Wanted criminals are definitely valuable, but I’m not sure how much exactly.”
“More than killing monsters?”
“Absolutely.”
“Good.” Chen Huai'an nodded and pulled a talisman from his chest.
So far, he had encountered wolf demons and black-furred rat demons.
When facing the wolf demon, he hadn’t felt threatened, so it had dropped dead.
Similarly, he hadn’t felt threatened by the black-furred rat, and it had met the same fate.
From this, he concluded: wolf demon = black-furred rat = dead.
He hadn’t felt threatened by the human-faced spider either.
Thus, he deduced: human-faced spider = black-furred rat = wolf demon.
In the end, he concluded: human-faced spider = dead.
That thing would be struck down by his talisman!
With this conclusion in mind, Chen Huai'an turned and walked out of the alley.
Lin Lingling watched his retreating figure, anxious, and shouted, “What are you doing?!”
Chen Huai'an paused for a moment and smiled.
“Making money!”
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Chapter 102: This Thing is Useless to Me! (look not take +1)
“Hey, Little Beard, weren’t you pretty smug when you were chasing me? Why can’t you say a word now?”
On the second floor of the internet café, amidst the crumbling walls, the nearly unscathed human-faced spider stood tall and proud.
In the corner, a scruffy man leaned against a cracked machete, bloodied and battered.
He was right; his instincts hadn’t failed him. This out-of-control individual was indeed at the soldier level.
The difference between the master level and the soldier level was just one tier, yet it felt like a chasm.
The scruffy man struggled to lift his head, his mind spinning, pain threatening to consume him. In his blood-red vision, the smug and deranged face of the out-of-control individual was clearly reflected.
This person had once been a normal resurrector, awakening the ability to control spiders and enlarge them. But when he refused to join the Demon-Slaying Division, the scruffy man had no choice but to keep an eye on him.
Then one day, the informant who reported to him daily vanished.
By the time he tracked him down, the resurrector had transformed into a spider monster, and the informant he sent had been reduced to a pile of parts in the living room, with some still inside the spider monster’s belly.
This type of spider monster had a unique name within the leadership of the Demon-Slaying Division—“Twisted Out-of-Control Individual.”
Such special out-of-control individuals began to appear gradually after the shocking “Black Coffin in the Sky” resurrection incident in Changbai Mountain three years ago. There’s not enough evidence to prove a connection between the two, but it’s highly likely.
Currently, the Demon-Slaying Division’s understanding of resurrection events is still quite superficial.
They haven’t even thoroughly studied the initial “Kunlun Immortal Palace” incident from ten years ago.
They only obtained the breathing technique—“Return to Origin True Skill”—from a stone tablet at the foot of the thousand-step staircase outside the Immortal Palace.
And it took them a full decade to decipher this breathing technique!
“If it were two days ago, my Demon-Slaying Division in Tianfu District might have been wiped out by you!”
“What?” The human-faced spider squinted at the scruffy man.
The man before him, with his head hung low, was clearly at the end of his rope.
Yet that scruffy face broke into a grin.
The scruffy man stood up, trembling as he raised his hand. The human-faced spider, fearing a change, shot out like a cannonball, its sharp legs slicing through the air, severing an arm in the process.
“Hahaha!” The scruffy man laughed as he watched the approaching human-faced spider.
His right hand, which had been hidden in his pocket, suddenly shot out, pressing a bloodied talisman against the human-faced spider.
He moved his lips: “Boom!”
The air fell silent for a moment.
Nothing happened.
The human-faced spider twitched its mouth, raised a claw, and ripped the talisman off its forehead, tossing it to the ground. With a swift kick, it knocked the scruffy man to the floor, its smile growing increasingly sinister. “Boom? What are you talking about, you idiot!”
The scruffy man stared blankly at the talisman on the ground.
Could it be that the talisman Chen Huai'an gave him was fake?
That shouldn’t be the case; the righteous energy on that talisman couldn’t be deceiving!
But when he looked closely at the front of the talisman, his heart sank. The righteous energy that had once glowed brightly had vanished without a trace.
“Hey, I’m asking you a question, Little Beard. Are you just pretending to be tough?”
The human-faced spider mockingly slapped the scruffy man’s face.
When the scruffy man had pulled out the talisman earlier, the spider had genuinely panicked, thinking it was some kind of trump card.
But what was this?
It was just a joke!
Recalling the days when the scruffy man had chased him, the human-faced spider felt even more resentment.
It would be too unfortunate to let the scruffy man die so easily.
With a cold smile, it said, “How should I torture you? Maybe I’ll tie you up with spider silk, leaving only your head exposed, and then inject digestive fluid into your feet, watching as your body is slowly digested from the bottom up while you can only helplessly watch me devour you bit by bit! Just thinking about it is delightful, hehehe!”
Suddenly, a faint breathing sound came from behind, very close!
The human-faced spider’s scalp tingled, and it whipped around.
To its surprise, a ridiculously handsome young man with a buzz cut stood behind it.
The two were less than two meters apart.
The young man held a talisman that looked exactly like the one the scruffy man had just used.
“Who are you?” The human-faced spider glared at Chen Huai'an, its eyes filled with suspicion.
It had no idea how this person had appeared behind it.
Had it let its guard down while focusing on the scruffy man?
Chen Huai'an glanced at the human-faced spider, remaining silent as he moved closer to stick the talisman.
The human-faced spider took a half-step back, eyeing the talisman with a sneer. “You don’t really think that piece of junk is going to work on me, do you?”
Chen Huai'an continued to inch closer with the talisman. “So what? If you don’t believe it, why not try sticking it on?”
“You think I’m afraid to stick it on?”
“I bet you won’t.”
“Ha! I’ll stick it on right now!”
“Then do it!”
“I’m doing it!”
Chen Huai'an shouted, “Stick it—!!”
The human-faced spider raised its claw to grab the talisman but suddenly halted.
“You little brat, do you think I’m stupid?”
A sinister grin spread across its face, and its blood-red eyes sparkled with cunning intelligence. “If I’m not mistaken, as soon as I stick this talisman on, smoke will immediately fill the area, like a smoke bomb. Once my vision is obscured, you’ll take the chance to rescue that scruffy man!”
Chen Huai'an said nothing.
He simply jabbed a clothesline pole into the human-faced spider’s face.
Then he turned and rolled under a table, pulling his legs up and grabbing a chair cushion to shield himself while covering his ears with both hands…
‘Scruffy man, good luck to you.’
He sighed silently.
Light, thunder, and fire erupted before the human-faced spider.
Searing heat surged from his scalp, rapidly spreading throughout his body.
Boom—!
The entire second floor was pierced by a blinding white light!
After the explosion, the second floor nearly collapsed.
A palm-sized spider, its body engulfed in flames and emitting black smoke, scrambled toward the internet café’s entrance.
“Run, I have to run!”
“That old bastard’s talisman is actually real!”
“How could a talisman have such power? Could it be related to the breathing technique the Demon-Slaying Division deciphered?”
The spider’s mind was in chaos.
It was filled with countless unanswered questions.
But one thing was clear.
The only way to survive was to run!
It dashed past overturned computer desks, dodged falling bricks from the second floor, and leaped over ignited keyboards…
With a powerful leap, it soared toward the door.
Suddenly, a girl appeared in front of the door.
That was nothing; it wouldn’t hinder its escape.
However, the girl raised her hand and stuck something on the door.
The moment it recognized what that was, the spider’s six eyes widened in shock.
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