CH 70

Chapter 70: Seed of Slaughter (IX)

It was him!

This voice wasn’t familiar, but after all, Qi Leren had heard it only a few minutes ago, and he clearly remembered that it was at the Quests Centre, the man who had met him once on the airship!

Why did he…

The answer is obvious, he came for his skill!

That magical resurrection skill of “bringing back the dead” displayed on the airship, that was why he came!

But he didn’t know that it wasn’t a resurrection skill at all, but instead was still a bound skill, so it was impossible to give it to others.

At this moment, when a knife was being held to his neck, Qi Leren’s brain turned quickly. What should I do? Hand over my skill card? No, this was definitely a dead end, not to mention that this skill is a bound skill, even if it was an unbound skill, who could guarantee that he wouldn’t kill Qi Leren after taking the skill card? But if he delayed, would he …

‘In this case, did you still want to use the S/L skill?’ Qi Leren’s heart was cold. ‘Originally, I wanted to use this skill as little as possible, but it seems that…’

No, wait a minute. This man knew that he could revive with his skills. Why was he so confident? Wasn’t he afraid that he would kill himself, resurrect again, and then kill him? He should have seen him move after the resurrection on the airship when he’d used it so that he could break free from his bondage.

“Hurry up, hand over all the skill cards!” the man said bitterly, and the knife at the back of his neck pushed forward. The blade cut the collar and plunged into his skin. A chill came from the wound, and warm blood wet the clothes and seeped down.

Qi Leren’s brain, which was still thinking calmly, suddenly froze.

Blood.

Hatred.

Kill him.

It was as cold as a snake, some unpredictable and unstoppable force like a cold-blooded reptile, slithering down from the back of his neck, growing happily and greedily along his spine and skin.

“Ah, ah, ah-!” There was a shrill scream from the man behind him, as the hand that had been pressing on his back was suddenly bent by Qi Leren, and his fingers plunged into the man’s belly like a blade, and the surging power on his fingers turned like a whirlpool, which exploded with a roar.

The tall, thin man’s body flew out and fell heavily on the ground. The dark red blood flowed out of his blasted abdominal cavity and slowly soaked the ground along with the internal organs.

It was still flowing, it felt happy, but it was still not satisfied.

With empty eyes, Qi Leren looked into the iron tower standing not far away. The mechanical tower was three or four meters high, and the weather vane rotated in the evening wind, making a faint click.

Snipers lurking in the shadows at the top of the tower had already aimed at him.

Qi Leren smiled unconsciously, a cold and strange smile appearing on his face, which seemed to be an evil appearing in the embers of the setting sun.

A bang shot, a mercury bullet rubbed Qi Leren’s arm, and didn’t aim to take his life. It just wanted him to lose his ability to fight back. He evaded the bullet accurately as soon as he turned sideways. The next second, he moved like a cheetah, and rushed to the front of the iron tower with amazing speed. His hands climbed the steel frame and up the iron tower. The person on the mechanical tower waved a short knife in panic. Qi Leren grasped a blade with his bare hands without thinking.

Blood burst out instantly, but it made it more excited. It almost frantically manipulated Qi Leren’s body, as he wielded a dagger and cut the sniper’s neck with one slice.

The blood shooting from the carotid artery was as beautiful as an oil painting in the setting sun.

Qi Leren, who was splashed with blood on his face, looked at the corpse under his feet with amusement, and the lifeless corpse twisted and fell from the top of the tower. With his death, the odd-shaped sniper gun disappeared with his belt.

Qi Leren stood at the top of the tower, and the roar of airships flying overhead was like the machinery running in a large factory. Looking from the tower, the whole of Sunset Island was shrouded in the heavy setting sun, and the buildings with high and low levels were built into a steel-cast city. A whole row of huge chimneys poured out white water vapor, which reflected a gorgeous rainbow in the sunset.

A gust of wind mingled with the smell of engine oil and poured into Qi Leren’s nose, and he suddenly coughed as if he’d burst a lung and sat down on the ground with woozy legs, which affected the cough with the internal organs and made his mouth full of the smell of rusty iron, not to mention the pungent scent of blood on his face.

The cold chill had retracted back into his neck, his reason returned a little bit back from the abyss, the pain of being cut by a knife followed.

It was terrible. Just now, it was like he had been taken away. Although his eyes could see, he couldn’t control his body at all, or else he didn’t want to control his own consciousness! They were all occupied by the desire to kill, and had killed two gangsters without mercy.

Qi Leren trembled and looked at his blood-stained hands. The warm blood had lost its temperature in the wind, leaving only bloody hands. He could still remember how he stabbed his hand into the other’s abdominal cavity. The sticky touch made him feel sick, and then that kind of power exploded from his body, destroying his internal organs together.

Was this the power of evil?

Qi Leren, brimming with the feeling of nausea, took out a water bottle from his inventory and washed the blood from his hands, and wiped his face with a towel. The towel was bloodstained and shocking, and his palm, which was cut by the blade, was full of blood, but it strangely had stopped. He threw the towel on the ground in disgust, as if he could escape the reality of killing people.

After climbing down the tower, he still felt weak. It felt as if he had just used his S/L skill.

It seems that the use of seed would still bring a burden to the body. If possible, he should try to avoid using it, otherwise, he didn’t know how long his rationality could last.

The tall, thin man’s body was lying on the wall, and the wall around him had been blown down. This sinister greedy robber had ambushed him with explosives, and he also collaborated with a sniper. If Qi Leren’s seed of slaughter hadn’t been stimulated by his own blood, he would have died at least twice now.

Did he want to dispose of the body? Qi Leren stood beside the corpse and thought, trying not to let himself think about the bloody scene just now.

“Hello,” a familiar voice came from behind.

Qi Leren felt a rush of fear and immediately turned his head.

Al sat on the wall of the alley and looked at him with his arms crossed.

When did he come?! Qi Leren hadn’t felt it at all.

“You followed me?” Qi Leren’s first reaction was that he was watched by the people of the Court.

Al’s mouth twitched and seemed to want to laugh: “You think too much, we’re too busy to take care of your life or death.”

He spoke impolitely, but this answer was a little reassuring to Qi Leren. He didn’t want to be watched by the people of the Court all day long. He doubted if they would help him, even if they were watching. If he died in this simple predicament, it would only show that he didn’t have the ability to judge, and Qi Leren clearly knew to never put their hopes on them.

I still have to rely on myself after all.

“So you were just passing by?” Qi Leren still had doubts about his appearance.

“That’s not it, someone asked for help from the Trials Office, and I just came and looked around here. It’s you; you really do get into trouble wherever you go.” Al looked at Qi Leren with great interest.

Qi Leren couldn’t refute this. Just then, his eye caught on Dr. Lu probing around the mouth of the alley: “Ah, Qi Leren, are you all right?”

He was crouched like a small animal at the mouth of the cave, watching around with vigilance, and didn’t dare to run out until everything was safe. At this moment, he quickly ran over and said, “Mr. Al? Long time no see.”

Dr. Lu was obviously impressed by the young man he had seen on the airship.

Qi Leren wondered, “Didn’t you leave?”

Dr. Lu gave him an oblique look: “Hey, are you too discriminating against my IQ? Just when you had said that the surrounding atmosphere was wrong, you suddenly had something to go first. It was clear that something was wrong. As a law-abiding citizen, I certainly have to choose the police!” Saying this, he gave a cute triumphant smile.

However, Al was not very supportive. He said with a cold face: “I am not a policeman, and the courthouse is not a police station.”

Dr. Lu murmured: “Isn’t it a different name…”

Al didn’t speak again. Sitting on the wall, he leaned back gently and disappeared behind the wall.

There were only two living people and two dead bodies in the alley that was gently comforted by sunset.

“Let’s go to my place, I’ll help you deal with the wound, and in the process we can try whether the ‘Doctor’s Orders’ is useful to you.” Dr. Lu took Qi Leren’s right hand, which had gripped the blade with his bare hand, and checked it. He found that the wound had stopped bleeding, and it didn’t seem to have hurt his nerves. It wasn’t serious, so he simply treated him with his skill.

Qi Leren finally looked back at the corpse lying on the ground, resisting the desire to touch the “time-bomb” on the back of his neck, and followed Dr. Lu to his home.

The big bell tower in the middle of Sunset Island rang again, one, two… The thick bells rushed in all directions.

Near the alley where the accident occurred, Miao Li sat on a towering tree cast from steel, and looked at Qi Leren and Dr. Lu who left one after another and whispered: “The seed of slaughter on his body developed faster than expected. This speed is not normal.”

Al, who had appeared beside her at some point, held his arm and said coldly: “Have you warned him to stay away from demon objects that will accelerate the growth?”

“Of course. Is it because of his physical condition that he’s developing so fast? Or did he have any contact with demons recently? Influenced by the power of evil? This can also explain why the probability is so low, but he got caught. In the eyes of Slaughter, he is an out-and-out 'fertile soil’.” Miao Li rubbed her chin and suddenly remembered something. “He said that he knew Ning Zhou, but he’s a newcomer who entered the game only ten days ago. How could he know the Vatican?”

“He also knows people from the Village of Dawn,” Al said.

“Interesting.” Miao Li snorted, “But according to this development, the seed with mature within a few months. Do you want to help him suppress it…”

“Suit yourself. Don’t kill people, Boss said,” Al reminded her.

Miao Li shrugged her shoulders and said carelessly, “I see.”