Chapter 364: Chapter 326: Captive-Reared Demonic Beasts

On the highway.

Two jeeps roared toward Songshan City.

At the wheel, Chu Zhengxiong’s face was grim.

He wanted nothing more than to floor the accelerator and fly straight back to the Demon Hunting Institute.

Just half an hour ago, he had received news.

The Demon Hunting Institute had been attacked by demon beasts.

This was completely unexpected for Chu Zhengxiong, and he had immediately started heading back with his squad.

He was burning with anxiety the entire way.

But the journey was long; it would still take over an hour to arrive.

He and Mo Yanfeng were tearing down the highway, one jeep behind the other.

They just wanted to get there faster. Every person they could save mattered.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Qin Zhaoxue’s brows were also knitted in a deep frown.

Inside the Demon Hunting Institute were two of her classmates.

She was on good terms with them.

Naturally, she didn’t want anything to happen to them.

Just as Chu Zhengxiong pushed the jeep to 180 kilometers per hour,

suddenly, a large truck blocked their path.

"Fuck..."

Chu Zhengxiong’s expression changed drastically. He spun the steering wheel and slammed on the brakes so hard they nearly smoked.

At the very moment the jeep was about to crash,

the ear-piercing screech of tires finally came to a stop.

Behind them, Mo Yanfeng also screeched to a halt, less than five meters from the truck.

Fortunately, no one was injured.

Sitting in the back, Chen Shuang looked at the large truck strangely blocking the road.

He muttered, "Captain Chu, there’s something fishy about this truck. We should be careful!"

"Duh, you think I don’t know that!"

His face a mask of fury, Chu Zhengxiong threw open the car door and got out.

A massive blade appeared in his hand as he strode toward the truck, his expression dark.

However, after he circled the truck,

he found it completely empty. There was no sign of an accident, nor anything else out of the ordinary.

It was as if someone had deliberately parked it here just to block their return to Songshan City.

When he returned to the front of his jeep,

he saw that Mo Yanfeng and the others had all gotten out of their vehicle as well.

They were all surveying their surroundings.

The truck’s presence here was clearly intentional.

The purpose was also obvious: to stop them here.

Mo Yanfeng walked up to him. "It seems the attack on the Demon Hunting Institute was a lure to draw us back!"

"This truck was parked here to ambush us!"

Hearing this, Chu Zhengxiong glanced at him.

"Heh, a bunch of rats. This is the only kind of shady shit they know how to pull!"

"If you want a fight, then fight! What kind of skill is hiding and skulking around?"

"Get the hell out here!"

Chu Zhengxiong was enraged.

Their original trip to Stone Tower City was to fill in for the Demon Hunting Squad there for a few days.

Not long ago, Stone Tower City’s entire Demon Hunting Squad had been annihilated.

Chu Zhengxiong had received a last-minute order from headquarters and had no choice but to take his squad over.

The plan was to cover for a few days until headquarters could dispatch a new squad, and then they could leave.

Who would have thought that in less than three days,

their own home base would be compromised?

After getting the news that the Demon Hunting Institute was under attack,

Chu Zhengxiong and Mo Yanfeng had immediately driven back toward Songshan City.

The whole way, Chu Zhengxiong had been stewing in anger.

’If headquarters hadn’t transferred us away, would our base have been hit like this?’

And now, who’d have thought they’d be intercepted halfway here?

Chu Zhengxiong pulled a cigarette from his pocket.

CLICK—

The flame flickered in the wind. Chu Zhengxiong, who had quit smoking for over half a month,

couldn’t resist having one now.

Mo Yanfeng saw this, but only glanced at him.

He said nothing.

"Captain Chu, what do we do now? We can’t just wait here forever, can we?"

Qin Zhaoxue walked over.

Mo Yanfeng glanced around.

A complex look flashed in his eyes.

After a long time, none of the men in black—or demon beasts—that were supposedly lying in ambush appeared.

Chu Zhengxiong finished his cigarette.

He threw it on the ground and crushed it with his foot.

Then he said, "Move it!"

With that, he walked straight to the large truck.

Mo Yanfeng didn’t stop him. The men in black weren’t showing themselves, and they couldn’t just wait here.

If another car came up behind them and couldn’t brake in time,

they would be in even more danger.

Chu Zhengxiong opened the door and climbed directly into the truck’s cab.

Luckily, the key hadn’t been taken. He started the truck and slowly moved it out of the way.

The moment a clear path appeared before them,

Chu Zhengxiong jumped down from the truck and quickly returned to his jeep.

He and Mo Yanfeng sped away.

Even after they were a good distance away, Chu Zhengxiong was still puzzled.

’What the hell are they doing? I thought there’d be an ambush here.’

’But in the end, there wasn’t a single person? Just a truck parked across the road?’

’Was it just to delay us?’

With these thoughts, Chu Zhengxiong gradually increased his speed again.

He just wanted to make up for the time they had just wasted...

「On the rooftop of the Demon Hunting Institute.」

When Lin Yi and Wei Nan arrived,

they found three 5-star Demon Beasts.

The beasts were holding and gnawing on human arms and legs.

Blood dyed their maws crimson.

Before them lay two corpses.

Not far away, more than a dozen staff members were huddled together, trembling in fear.

Seeing this bloody scene,

Wei Nan became enraged.

"Fuck, these animals..."

Just as he raised his long staff, about to charge and fight the three demon beasts to the death,

Lin Yi stopped him. "Get the others to safety. Leave these three demon beasts to me!"

Hearing this, Wei Nan glanced at Lin Yi.

"Be careful!"

He then ran toward the corner of the rooftop, right in front of the three demon beasts,

and led the staff members toward the rooftop door.

One of the demon beasts saw its ’prey’ about to escape.

It angrily threw down a half-eaten arm.

With a furious roar, it started to give chase.

But in that instant,

a figure shot toward it.

BANG—

A Golden Light Fist smashed into the demon beast’s head.

In an instant, the demon beast’s head was like a watermelon.

It burst apart completely. The body swayed a few times,

then crashed to the ground.

A one-punch kill. The other two demon beasts were utterly shocked.

After Wei Nan led the Demon Hunting Institute staff away,

a majestic pressure filled the rooftop.

The two demon beasts were suddenly struck with terror.

This was purely a suppression of realms.

Having already stepped into the Star Tempering Realm, Lin Yi’s realm was high enough to completely crush these two 5-star Demon Beasts.

And at that moment,

a large, colorful bird soared through the night sky.

SCREEE—

Along with its clear cry came the bloodline suppression of an Ancient Divine Beast.

Once again, the two demon beasts were filled with terror.

They began to tremble, the flesh in their claws no longer seeming appetizing.

It all fell to the ground.

Finally, they slowly prostrated themselves, pressing their heads to the ground as much as possible in a show of submission.

A cold light flashed in Lin Yi’s eyes as a long spear appeared in his hand.

PFFT—PFFT—

Effortlessly, he ended the lives of the two demon beasts.

[Plunder Talent Entries?]

The moment the prompt appeared,

Lin Yi gave it a brief glance. "Take them all!"

[Talent Entry Plunder Successful...]

He glanced down at the corpses on the rooftop.

Then, he silently turned and left.

By the time Lin Yi came downstairs, the Demon Hunting Institute staff

had all been led down by Wei Nan.

When they saw Lin Yi had also returned, they rushed forward. "How was it? Did you take care of those demon beasts?"

Lin Yi nodded. "They’re all taken care of. How is everyone doing?"

"They’re okay. Their emotions have stabilized!"

"After all, they all graduated from Xingwu University!"

"It’s just that some have been working for a long time and have grown unaccustomed to this kind of environment!"

"They’ll be fine after a couple of days’ rest!"

Wei Nan finished, and Lin Yi nodded.

As they were speaking, two beams of headlights shone from the distance.

Lin Yi and Wei Nan turned to look at the same time.

When the two jeeps pulled up one after another outside the Demon Hunting Institute’s main gate,

Chu Zhengxiong, Mo Yanfeng, Qin Zhaoxue, and the others

all got out and walked over.

Seeing that Chu Zhengxiong and the others were back, the staff members could no longer hold it in and began to cry.

"Xiaoyi?"

The moment Chu Zhengxiong saw Lin Yi, a smile appeared on his face.

This was especially true for Qin Zhaoxue.

The two of them had been separated for over two months this time.

They knew nothing about what the other had been through, especially since Lin Yi’s phone had been completely off during his closed-door cultivation.

Many people had been very worried about him.

Especially Qin Zhaoxue...

This time, seeing Lin Yi again,

an inexplicable excitement welled up inside her.

But with so many people around, she restrained herself.

From what they learned from the staff,

the demon beast attack had begun an hour before Lin Yi and the others arrived.

And although these staff members weren’t combat personnel,

they still had a foundation in Martial Arts and had fought back against the demon beasts.

The three people who were killed were the non-combatants who had resisted the most fiercely.

They were all killed and eaten by the demon beasts...

"When Wei Nan and I went up, the three demon beasts were eating the corpses.

The others were in a corner. I guess the reason the demon beasts didn’t kill them is that they might have had the idea to keep them as livestock!" Lin Yi explained what he had seen.

"Livestock?"

Chu Zhengxiong was taken aback and gave Lin Yi a strange look.

"That’s right. The demon beasts we’ve encountered before, while intelligent, were ultimately just animals, beasts. They didn’t have such complex thoughts!"

"We see them as demon beasts, and they naturally see us as prey!"

"Hunting prey is their nature. Even if they kill without eating, it’s still an instinctual reaction!"

"But these three demon beasts... they actually had the idea of raising livestock!"

"This means their intelligence is higher, or perhaps they themselves were raised by someone!"

After Lin Yi finished speaking,

Chu Zhengxiong and Mo Yanfeng exchanged a look.

They both nodded. "That’s right. There’s definitely something strange about these demon beasts!"

"We’ve already received news from the Restricted Area Battlefield!"

"They’re not demon beasts that escaped from the Restricted Area, which validates your theory!"

"They were raised by someone. The reason they could invade the city is because someone intentionally released them!"

"And the ones who raised them are very likely those men in black!"

After Chu Zhengxiong finished,

Lin Yi looked at him. "Brother Chu, what’s the origin of these men in black?"

Chu Zhengxiong shook his head. "We don’t know. It’s still under investigation!"

"The only thing we can be sure of is that their organization is large, they have many members, and they’ve been planning this for a long time!"

"They’re going to be even harder to deal with than that Blood Drop group from before!"

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