Chapter 85
“It’s not just North River City, this time, we’re simultaneously eradicating the Mysterious Evils of Jiangbei, Qingshui, and Lindong—three cities,”
“Among them, Qingshui City has the fewest two-star Mysterious Evils. An Jianyou, you will be responsible for this. Be sure to arrange your time reasonably, prioritize eradicating the more dangerous Mysterious Evils. I’ve already marked the specifics on the task map for you,”
An Jianyou nodded some nervously.
Two-star Mysterious Evils, although she had seen and dealt with them at the Ghastly Realm’s gate, this was her first time facing them alone. She felt immense pressure.
If she failed to eradicate them, it could cause the Mysterious Evils to become more active and violent, leading to a significant disaster… Success was the only option, failure was not.
An Jianyou still had confidence.
Her strength had increased since that day, and with the help of the instructor, Black Blade, she had captured several powerful and special Mysterious Evils—all two-star.
She didn’t dare to try against three-star Mysterious Evils; completely beyond her control.
“Black Blade will be responsible for the Mysterious Evils in Lindong City,”
Fang You said, “But this time it’s different from before; you’ll need to be away on a trip for a while…”
An Jianyou might not have any issue, but Black Blade’s appearance and personality didn’t seem to blend well into human society.
Perhaps consider changing the person, letting Silver Bell go?
But he worried about Silver Bell’s combat ability not being up to par, after all, she was just a healer.
“No problem,”
said Black Blade, pausing before adding, “I will stock up on supplies before departure, ensuring the completion of the mission.”
Fang You nodded,
“I will personally make a trip to North River City.”
“During this time, Silver Bell will supervise the training of the reserve personnel.”
“Let’s do it this way, don’t delay any further; let’s set out.”
…
Each of the three people had their way of travel.
An Jianyou naturally drove a car.
Black Blade… there were other vehicles at the Xinfeng Agency, provided by An Jianyou and her best friend, Ning Ying, but the problem was, Black Blade didn’t know how to drive.
That was quite problematic.
Black Blade claimed he was not accustomed to these tools and chose to run there instead.
After some thought, Fang You let him be; Black Blade had his way of operation.
And for himself? Naturally, he couldn’t just use his legs. Fang You drove an SUV, traveling a little over an hour to get to the neighboring North River City.
Parking the vehicle in a parking lot, when he emerged, he had already activated the ‘Lightless’ state.
In this state, whether it was passersby or the surveillance video record, he would appear utterly unremarkable, just another pedestrian.
Fang You zigzagged through the streets, sprinting down an alleyway while checking the navigation map in his mind.
“Two kilometers away is a slightly robust Mysterious Evil, quite dangerous, prioritize eradicating it.”
“Next up is the one seven kilometers away.”
“Hmm, then follow the route and plan along the way, taking out the minor Mysterious Evils as well.”
Passing by a riverside, Fang You employed his Mysterious Evil tracking.
His vision instantly darkened, with a filthy wind drifting in his eyes, and gray beams of light pointed out before him like directional signs.
He quickly located the nearest one.
A few dozen meters away by the riverside was a faint grey-black silhouette about half a meter tall with an indistinct shape…
He was using the ‘expert-level’ tracking ability that he got from Black Blade, although he wasn’t in the mood to observe closely. Raising his hand, a thin streak of Palm Thunder shot out.
A low sizzle was heard, and a sudden burst of azure brilliance appeared in the distance. After one or two seconds, it vanished, taking the small Mysterious Evil along with it.
Fang You’s pace didn’t halt as he hastened to the next area.
Soon, he arrived at the targeted location—a closed entertainment city two kilometers away, where a Mysterious Evil not inferior to the ‘construction site Mysterious Evil’ lurked.
Of course, big was relative to the former him.
Now…
Fang You extended a finger, with a blue arc sparking from the tip. As he gestured from afar, a blue thunderbolt shot out.
Zap~!
The thunderbolt struck, erupting over the two-meter-tall Mysterious Evil. Its face distorted within his vision, about to let out a shriek but silenced before it could occur, obliterated by the crackling blue lightning.
Done.
Next.
In just an hour, Fang You had exorcised four one-star Mysterious Evils, with minimal exhaustion.
The most significant exhaustion came from traveling quickly.
Compared to before, where he would be panting after exorcising a minor Mysterious Evil and had to sit down to rest, his efficiency had increased more than tenfold.
“The next major target, huh, is a two-star Mysterious Evil located within the urban area.”
…
North River City, Jiangbei No.1 High School’s new campus, indoor swimming pool.
A particularly terrifying Mysterious Evil lurked here.
Naturally,
the entire swimming pool had long been sealed off, and so had the whole new campus of Jiangbei No.1 High School. It was fortunate that all the schools in North River City had been closed for over half a month, so sealing off such a large campus didn’t cause much impact.
But after all, it was a campus in the city, and this terrible Mysterious Evil was high on the Jiangbei Investigation Bureau’s hit list.
Without the ability, they could only seal it off, but with the ability…
At this moment,
Outside the swimming pool, quite a few investigators from Jiangbei had gathered, each carrying a black weapon case filled with Thunder Talismans and Fire Pearls.
But this gear was not enough to deal with such a terrifying Mysterious Evil.
For this reason,
the Jiangbei branch sent out a special-class investigator, along with Director Zhou from Baijiang, who was of the same rank, and a Ghastly Hunter for hire.
A solitary figure standing to one side, a Sha Ma Te youth who didn’t fit in with the surrounding investigators.
“Weren’t all people supposed to be here already, why haven’t we started fighting?”
“My time is money, ha!”
The Sha Ma Te youth yelled.
If they didn’t start soon, the courage he had mustered with difficulty was about to fade away.
He was well aware of what was inside.
If the Investigation Bureau hadn’t offered so much, if his Awakened Ability wasn’t long-range, he wouldn’t have taken this job.
Now, thinking about it, he was somewhat regretful.
“We’re waiting for a special reinforcement.”
“If he arrives, we might not even need to lift a finger, just assist.”
Special reinforcement?
Not from your Investigation Bureau?
Wait, you’ve already got me as a Ghastly Hunter, and you called another hunter?
Sha Ma Te’s eyes widened, his fists clenched hard.
But as to when the reinforcement would arrive, even Director Zhou couldn’t be sure.
His Eminence wasn’t a Ghastly Hunter; he had no power or possibility to directly assign tasks to the top experts of His Eminence. He just believed that since His Eminence had agreed, they would definitely come.
Just as Director Zhou was about to say something,
Crack—
The sound of thunder suddenly rang out, and a dazzling blue light burst forth from the nearby swimming pool, shattering the glass panes all at once.
The person in charge from Jiangbei, Director Zhou, Sha Ma Te, and the others rushed in quickly.
Their stunned faces illuminated by the blue light.
In front of them, inside the swimming pool, a colossal hand of lightning was clutching the over three meters tall fierce Mysterious Evil, lifting it mid-air.
In the midst of that terrible roaring and struggling, it squeezed hard.
Boom—
The brilliant thunderlight exploded, and dust filled the air.
Shattered corpse pieces splattered in all directions, gradually turning into blue smoke and vanishing.
In the distance, within the haze, the silhouette of a person in a white robe could vaguely be seen, slowly lowering their right hand that had been clutching at nothing.