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Chapter 669 - Chapter 669 Chapter 55 Bloodthirsty Muni

Chapter 669: Chapter 55 Bloodthirsty Muni Chapter 669: Chapter 55 Bloodthirsty Muni “`

The car door opened, and the white cold air couldn’t be contained as it spilled out; Jin Lu only glanced inside before her eyes immediately reddened.

She cushioned it with her palm, leaning on Li Yan’s shoulder to sob for a short while before swiftly composing herself.

Jin Lu had just been discharged from the hospital yesterday and moved to a secluded villa in New Territories for convalescence.

“I really don’t know how to thank you, Mr. Li. I meant what I said before.”

Jin Lu wiped the corner of her eye, “I saw the report, the suspect in the corpse-hiding case, Liu Shiqing, has been arrested, and Xue Wenhai is also wanted by the police; you all are really capable.”

“That’s all thanks to the heroic work of the Hong Kong police; I wouldn’t dare to take credit. Because of a job transfer, I’ll be leaving Hong Kong in a few days. If Mr. Jin has any reburial ceremonies or the like, I’m afraid I won’t have the time. I can only apologize to Miss Jin in advance. The deceased has passed on. We won’t disturb you any further,”

Before Jin Lu could react, Li Yan was already preparing to leave with Cha Xiaodao.

“There is actually something I don’t know whether I should disclose to Mr. Li, regarding the origin of the Skill of Painting Eyes.”

Li Yan, who had already turned away, turned back upon hearing this.

“Miss Jin has something to say, please feel free to speak.”

“The Mingzha crafted by my grandfather already had a stronger yin and vicious aura than ordinary Mingzha, but it was still far from the potency necessary for the Skill of Painting Eyes. It was only a little more than three years ago that my grandfather fully mastered the Skill of Painting Eyes.”

“I’m aware of all this.”

“But at that time, there was a woman who frequently visited Jin Mansion. My grandfather was very welcoming toward her. At first, we even thought… well, she was quite attractive. Later, my father found out that things were not so simple. This woman had a title background; she was with the gangs. My grandfather knew her for a few months, and one day, when my grandfather saw her off, he kept apologizing for not being able to help with something. After that, she never came again. And it was after that, that my grandfather’s Skill of Painting Eyes emerged.”

Li Yan’s breath quickened involuntarily, “What’s the name of this woman?”

“Her last name is Yu, Yu Shu.”

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Zhongxing Baode office building, third floor.

“None of them are pushovers, unabashedly overestimating themselves.”

Yu Shiqie fiddled with the spoon in her hand, her coffee had long turned cold, and she didn’t even glance at it.

Behind her, two large snakes writhed, and within their bellies, one could faintly make out the contours of two human shapes, causing a striking visual impact.

Without needing to say more, the two people enclosed within the bellies of the snakes were precisely Wan Die and Zhao Xin, whom she had firmly declared must be protected.

Ren Yi’s voice appeared out of nowhere in her mind.

“Miss Yu Shiqie, I have some unfortunate news to report to you. To ensure efficiency and accuracy, I must intrude without warning, and I hope you don’t mind. Twenty minutes ago, Earth Endurance, in charge of investigating suspicious individuals, was killed at Sixty-nine; the host disappeared. What follows is the first-person perspective from before their demise.”

Yu Shiqie fell silent, suddenly seeing a brilliant starry night sky in front of her. As the viewpoint zoomed in, a desolate unfinished building came into view.

The owner of the viewpoint put on binoculars and was adjusting the focus, trying to make out the shadowy figure moving inside the unfinished building when the vision abruptly went dark.

Yu Shiqie closed her eyes and replayed the scene in her mind in slow motion. Slowly, a face with eyes and the bridge of the nose covered by a yellow hood came into focus. This face almost instantaneously filled Yu Shiqie’s vision; the mouth opened to reveal a scarlet tongue, and between two rows of white teeth, saliva connected them.

Yu Shiqie opened her eyes.

“After integrating the available information, we can basically determine that it was Sifan who did it.”

Yu Shiqie bent the spoon in her hand unconsciously.

“Find this person.”

“I was just about to report to you; just half a minute ago, we detected the trace of the attacker again at the intersection on Nathan Road, within a direct line distance of no more than five hundred meters from your office. He had run into Mr. Li Yan and Mr. Cha Xiaodao, mumbled a few words to himself, and then followed them.”

“Is he alone?”

“Yes.”

Yu Shiqie took out her phone from her pocket and flipped it open, never expecting Li Yan had beaten her to it with a call.

“`

Li Yan was already driving back, supporting the steering wheel with one hand while making a phone call to Yu Shiqie.

“Yu Shiqie, you and Cha Xiaodao are being targeted by Sifan.”

Before Li Yan could speak, Yu Shiqie cut him off.

Li Yan focused on the road ahead where the windshield wipers swung back and forth, when suddenly a tall figure in a yellow raincoat appeared before him.

“The person should be the newly-appointed Sikukui Muni from the Eight Sufferings. This person has only recently come to our attention, but even a Traveler of the Ten Cities, inheriting the Bitter Instrument, can immediately receive strength comparable to a Six Ministries Walker, not to mention this Muni has a very strange background. I’ll be there soon, just hold on a little longer.”

Yu Shiqie spoke rapidly, but every word was crystal clear. As she was speaking, the heavy fridge truck that Li Yan and Cha Xiaodao were in, weighing over a dozen tons and carrying immense momentum, disappeared in a sprint. Without reason, it vanished without a trace on the wide road. But just before the cold truck disappeared, two dark shadows, one left and one right, burst through the doors, pulling long, trailing images behind as they each rushed into the mountains on either side.

Muni stood alone in the middle of the road, looking around for a while, as if hesitating about whom to pursue.

He chewed with big bites, appearing as if he was eating gum, but the sound emanating from his mouth was the grating noise of steel being twisted and shattered.

Finally, Muni decided on the right side and disappeared abruptly.

Cha Xiaodao felt as if he had been cleaved in two due to the rapid movement, being bathed in the explosive airstream. In that instant, he felt two rows of teeth biting down from above his head, grinding his flesh, bones, and organs until they split him in half. He then felt an endless cold, as if the air itself was freezing through to his bone marrow.

The flames burst in all directions but only made the sound of misfired cannons, charring a few yellow locust trees in the vicinity.

Thump!

Cha Xiaodao crashed to the ground, and texts messages surged like a waterfall before his blood-shot eyes, with strikingly red letters standing out sharply.

“Passive skill Divine Bone suffered permanent damage, ‘Yan Fu Inheritance: Taotie’ will forever lose this ability to die once in its place.”

“‘Yan Fu Inheritance: Taotie’ damaged, all Awakening Degree and treasure enhancements cleared to zero.”

“We regret to inform you that you have lost your status as a Proxy Traveler.”

Muni took a deep breath, making a sound similar to gnawing on brittle bones. Even though he was just silently chewing, the excitement of feasting like a beast and the strong smell of blood still lingered in the air like paste.

“Hm?”

Muni looked down at Cha Xiaodao.

Though somewhat surprised that he was still alive, Muni completely lost interest in Cha Xiaodao as ordinary flesh and blood could no longer satisfy his appetite or give him a sense of fullness.

“There’s another one.”

Just as the thought flickered in his mind, he saw a figure falling, half-kneeling in front of Cha Xiaodao.

Li Yan, with a pale face, stared at Muni, his left hand covering Cha Xiaodao’s lips, pouring the stored Soul-forgiving Water into Cha Xiaodao’s throat like it was free.

Muni’s nostrils flared, first stunned for a moment, then he removed his hood, his face contorted with uncontrollable mania, fixating on Li Yan, or to be precise, on the dreamy golden Soul-forgiving Water seeping between the fingers of Li Yan’s left hand.

Li Yan stared fixedly at Muni’s face, which should have resembled the compassionate features of Buddha, but now his eyes were blood-red, drool dripping from the corners of his mouth, devoid of any sign of merciful dignity.

Muni moved, greedily lunging toward Li Yan. In his eyes, Li Yan was no different than a prime snowflake steak on a dinner table, and the Soul-forgiving Water was the juicy gravy, too tempting to wait another moment before swallowing him whole.

“Seven~”

“Six, five, four.”

“Three!”

Just as Muni was about to close in on Li Yan, he abruptly withdrew, even stepping back a few more paces than where he started. He blinked his eyes, and just for that moment, it seemed he saw the horrid image of his own severed head falling to the ground.

Giggle~

Li Yan’s right hand, hidden behind his back, now clenched so tightly it creaked.

He was so close, Muni, blinded by his thirst for the Soul-forgiving Water, would have charged into the three-feet space before him without any defenses.

But in the end, it was a near miss.