CHAPTER 303: CHAPTER 303: HUNTER AND PREY

Baiyu studied Spirit Techniques below Tier Six at the Qiong Family.

Let’s not mention Power Element for now.

What he’s utilizing now is the Blood Element Spirit Technique known for its large-scale destructive power, ranking in the top three among Low Tier Spirit Techniques: Blood Blade Tornado.

With a leap, he ascended to the air above the opera house, his entire body ignited with Blood Qi.

Characteristics of Blood Element Spirit Techniques.

Burning Blood Qi to unleash terrifying power in a short time.

It’s the kind that kills a thousand enemies while self-damaging by eight hundred.

Just like the Seven Injuries Fist.

But.

The near-perfect restorative ability of the Ice Skin Jade Bone Skill erases this flaw.

In mid-air, Baiyu spun into a red blood light, kicking out one after another Blood Blade, sweeping downwards like a hurricane.

The Blood Blade touched the stage of the opera house, causing ripples in the air before vanishing.

It’s effective!

Seeing this situation, Baiyu immediately intensified his power.

On the stage.

After a little girl finished playing a tune, she seemingly had no intention to continue. She stood still, looking up towards Baiyu’s direction.

She’s smiling!

Baiyu was sure he wasn’t mistaken, the little girl was smiling at him, as if she was a real person.

Boom!

After the smile, the illusion realm shattered like a water bubble.

Everything around changed rapidly.

Baiyu broke free from the illusion, returning to the underground water prison, maintaining the seated posture he had when he entered the illusion in front of the piano.

It all seemed like a hallucination.

But in Baiyu’s hand, two cracked mouths remained unhealed.

Inside, the Magic Elixir [Descent of the Demon Lord] continued to exert powerful force.

On the piano stand.

As before, there was a crystal similar to a diamond.

Baiyu sighed.

This time, he suffered a big loss.

The crystal’s function was still unclear, but the increase in Pollution Level and the consumption of Descent of the Demon Lord Magic Elixir were all real losses.

It would take several hours for the Pollution Level to return to normal.

At the moment Baiyu was feeling dejected while putting away the crystal, the blood worm on his shoulder suddenly vibrated its wings.

"Someone’s coming..."

Baiyu’s expression shifted slightly.

The underground water prison was not in one-third of the mapped area, so Baiyu did not join the group but chose to explore alone.

Yet in such a remote place, he unexpectedly encountered someone else.

This was something Baiyu hadn’t anticipated.

While Descent of the Demon Lord was still active, he exited the iron door and swiftly headed to the first level of the water prison, taking the key used on the armored person as he left.

Intuition told him.

The key not only had the ability to open the iron door; it might also relate to the method of leaving the ancient castle.

...

Exit at the first level underground of the water prison.

When Baiyu arrived, he was promptly intercepted by a lean middle-aged man, startling the blood worm.

The man blocked the exit, fiddling with a flying blade in his hand.

Baiyu clearly remembered; this was one of the twelve participants in the game, the man’s appearance and characteristics were easy to recall.

"Ah, never thought there’d be someone down here."

Upon seeing Baiyu emerge, the man showed a mocking expression, like a hunter who felt victorious, savoring the joy of teasing his prey.

"Indeed, I didn’t expect to encounter a wolf here."

Baiyu smiled, sizing up the man: "As the Werewolf Card that acts at night, every werewolf must have received a certain extent of enhancement to ensure they can successfully kill the good people during the night.

I want to know what kind of enhancement you’ve received to make you so confident."

The man’s purpose of guarding the door was implicit.

Baiyu didn’t need to ask, he knew his identity as a werewolf.

"Heh, better for you to be a confused ghost."

The man licked his lips, revealing a cold killing intent. He jumped back lithely, and several flying blades shot out like raindrops.

But at this moment.

In the state of Descent of the Demon Lord, Baiyu had no desire to dodge.

The man’s Blood Qi level was only between four thousand to five thousand calories.

The flying blade, when shot, was weak and almost incapable of breaking through his skin and bones, enhanced by Three Forgings and Three Quenchings.

His step moved.

A drop of liquid Blood Qi exploded within his body.

Surging power quickly swept through his limbs.

"Blood Blade Knife: Jinghong!"

The Moon Blade appeared in his hand.

Baiyu’s forward lunging body shattered the flying blades and slashed at the man with a single stroke!

Riiip!

A massive blood-colored blade qi carved a scorched trace on the ground like a car’s sudden brake mark, the man looked back in horror.

A two-story pavilion was sliced in half, turning into fragments and crumbling down.

He reacted swiftly, narrowly dodging the Sword Qi.

Otherwise...

"Is this person a monster?"

Watching Baiyu approach with the blade, an inexplicable fear surged in the man’s heart.

Even though the Werewolf Card provided him substantial enhancement, it made his confidence waver.

Baiyu’s guess wasn’t wrong.

The Werewolf Card offered significant enhancement.

Firstly, all werewolves could communicate unobstructedly at night using special communication equipment.

Secondly.

All werewolves were aware of each other’s identities.

Further.

The Werewolf Card enhanced personal strength.

They could track scents in small areas, sense others’ whereabouts, and in combat, rapidly increased their speed, strength, and healing abilities.

Like truly becoming a werewolf.

Additionally.

They became keener in sensing Blood Qi.

That’s why facing Baiyu, he was confident.

Because he realized Baiyu shared the same Tier Eight Martial Artist peak level with him.

Although unaware of his country of origin, the martial artist assessment standard was almost identical across all countries.

As long as one was in Tier Eight.

With the enhancement from the Werewolf Card, he was absolutely invincible.

But...

Current circumstances seemed not very favorable.

The opponent wasn’t displaying the combat power of a Tier Eight Martial Artist!

The man felt the urge to retreat, immediately sending out a summons for assistance to his comrades.

However.

Facing Baiyu, who treated Blood Escape Technique as a displacement skill, he had absolutely no chance to escape.

He soon realized this.

The opponent’s speed was terrifying, he couldn’t escape Baiyu’s attack range.

The man abandoned the idea of fleeing, changing his strategy to skirmishing, hoping to wait for reinforcements from his comrades.

But after two moves, he realized how naïve this thought was.

The person’s speed wasn’t just terrifying.

His attack force, range, were extremely scary, a slight oversight means a building would be blown to collapse.

Outside the underground water prison was a garden.

This cluster of buildings seemed to be intended for sightseeing and strolling in the garden.

Now most of these buildings were violently destroyed by Baiyu, who navigated through the area like a humanoid vicious dragon.

The man nearly exhausted every trick just to temporarily escape Baiyu’s sight.

"Come on out, I promise not to kill you, little mouse; playing hide and seek isn’t a fun game..."

Baiyu’s voice echoed through the street.

The man kept his head down, hiding under the basement of a building, unable to stop trembling throughout.