Hybrid Devil Dog and Tall Man

"Thump~thump thump thump"

On the quiet street, at the entrance to the dim alley flowing with dark red blood, something like a bowling ball was slowly rolling. It rolled out from the shadows into the alley, and then rolled to Tang Qi's feet.

Tang Qi didn't move, nor did he kick it away.

He just glanced at it silently, and then followed the winding trail of blood back into the darkness.

Standing there was a tall figure, and at his feet lay a headless corpse.

Undoubtedly, its head was right at Tang Qi's feet.

It was a rough-looking head, with a mane of messy hair like a lion's, a thick beard, full of a wild aura. But on its fleshy face was a mixture of fear and unwillingness, perhaps because it saw the killer, or perhaps it saw its beloved pet being killed.

At this moment, Tang Qi likely didn't have time to pick up the head and return it to its owner.

In his eyes, several special interfaces appeared.

The first thing he saw were the seven giant wolfhounds.

[Supernatural Creature: Hybrid Devil Dog.]

[Status: Dead.]

[Information Fragment 1: Mr. Skana was incredibly obsessed with the novel "Devil Dog." He believed that the terrifying wolfdogs described in the novel could be created in reality through hybridization and crossbreeding. He sacrificed everything for this; originally, his efforts were doomed to fail, but the return of the Spiritual Tide changed the outcome.]

[Information Fragment 2: These hybridized wolfdogs possess supernatural strength, speed, and a bloodthirsty nature. To feed them, Mr. Skana eventually became a devil-like person. Every night, he would take his treasures out to hunt, sacrificing innocent passersby or homeless people.]

Just as the first impression suggested, these giant wolfdogs were indeed Supernatural Creatures.

It was a pity, however, that their extraordinary strength and speed couldn't save them from being slaughtered by firearms.

And their owner, the burly man named Mr. Skana, was now decapitated, his torso on the other side and his head here. As for a special interface, there wasn't one, likely because Mr. Skana had only become a devil-like villain but hadn't gained supernatural recognition.

But none of that was important, because what made Tang Qi's expression tense and his hair stand on end was the tall figure slowly emerging from the shadows opposite.

This was a Tall Man, very thin, with a disproportionate body and limbs, wearing some kind of cleaner's clothes that were very dirty and smelly. What was eye-catching were the two silver-bright kitchen knives clutched in his hands, which hung down past his knees.

Malice, a malice that made Tang Qi feel like he was about to explode, enveloped him.

Among the waves of malice he felt before closing the Misfortune Mark, this one was the most intense.

So, the answer was obvious.

"On the prairie, many predators have their eyes on the same plump prey, but only the strongest can step forward and make the first kill?"

"You, are you the strongest among these monsters?"

As Tang Qi spoke, his hands moved simultaneously. One hand went into his pocket and quickly came out, while the other flicked open Blood Python No. 1, like a phantom, and changed the magazine in half a breath.

At this moment, the tall figure still didn't move, just tilted a dirty, unrecognizable face and stared at Tang Qi with an amused expression.

That look was like standing in a cramped toilet with a cockroach slowly crawling at your feet. You have no intention of letting it go, you're just considering which foot, what angle, and how much force to use to stomp it to death.

And the prying eyes in the surrounding darkness couldn't affect him either.

In this area, he wasn't the king who ruled over everything, but he could feel that with each passing day, his strength was constantly increasing, his speed far surpassing all the "peers" in the darkness.

Perhaps one day!

I can come out during the day, cut off all those humans' heads, and stack them up, stack them into a mountain? Or a castle?

Hmm, both sound pretty good.

"Bang"

While he was still thinking in his mind, the air in front of him exploded.

As sulfur-scented sparks bloomed in the darkness, a brass bullet wrapped in a faint golden flame shot towards his head, followed by five continuous muffled "bangs," and five more golden streams of light burst out.

The bullets that easily shot and killed the Hybrid Devil Dogs, with their automatically calibrated rate of fire and angle, completely sealed off all escape routes for that strange Tall Man.

Since it was an Abnormality, as long as it was touched by Furnace Power, it would definitely be severely injured.

Tang Qi had already confirmed this with the Misfortune Witch. Since Furnace Power was a supernatural-level power comparable to Misfortune Magic, this "Abnormality" born within the city should be no match for it.

And after firing all the bullets, Tang Qi's hands didn't stop at all. He used the techniques of the Chaga Combat Technique for changing magazines.

This time, Sea Demon Bullets were loaded into Blood Python No. 1.

His forehead, the back of his neck, and his armpits were all breaking out in a cold sweat.

Because of the Meditation Method, Tang Qi wasn't just sensitive to human emotions; he was also clearly aware of danger.

He wasn't too nervous when he killed the painter and the devil dogs just now.

But now it was different. He could feel waves of terrifying malice surrounding him, his back feeling as if it were being pricked by needles.

"Although the lights are out, the moths are unwilling to leave."

"Killing the largest one might deter them."

Thoughts surged rapidly in Tang Qi's mind. The reloaded Blood Python No. 1 was raised again, and just as the muzzle was about to spit fire again.

"Ding~ding ding"

"Buzz~bang"

Six flashes of brilliant light from a blade shattered all the bullets. Following closely behind, a phantom instantly closed the distance between them, appearing before Tang Qi almost as if it had teleported. It was so fast that Tang Qi only had time to raise his arm before he felt as if he'd been hit by a speeding car.

His body slammed into the wall at excessive speed, sending bits of brick and stone flying. The recoil caused intense pain in Tang Qi's back, and his chest and abdomen churned violently.

Pfft!

Undoubtedly, he coughed up blood.

At the same time, he realized that this opponent's strength far exceeded his imagination.

Tang Qi struggled to lift his head, watching the tall figure walk towards him step by step. At this moment, the Tall Man was different from how he had been at the beginning.

From his back and ribs came simultaneous "thump thump" sounds. Two pairs of similarly overly long arms were seen breaking through flesh and extending out. What was strange and miraculous was that each of their hands held a cleaver of the same style.

Blood dripped down. Its head rotated counter-clockwise with a clicking sound. A plain face twisted into a ferocious grin, and its mouth began to slowly split open, tearing all the way to its ears, revealing jagged teeth inside and a dark throat...

As it walked towards Tang Qi step by step, the corpses of the devil dogs that had been shot in the head along the way suddenly seemed like cloth being ripped by a sharp blade.

"Chichichi"

"Tear~"

They were torn into pieces, blood spurting wildly, turning the dark alley into a hellish scene.

Is it OCD?

Or just a pure necrophiliac?

Tang Qi narrowed his eyes slightly, watching the tall humanoid monster approach. In his vision, the familiar special interface finally popped up.