There's a Monster—Run!

There's a Monster—Run!

Bai Cangshu looked up and met the eyes exposed beneath the night-traveling attire, taking in the shock in the other man's gaze.

Bai Cangshu used his left hand to block the other man's blade with his revolver. From the corner of his eye, he saw that the woman who had been cut off the wall had not died. Instead, she took the opportunity to slip into the room.

He did not care, nor did he intend to lend her a hand.

The night-clad man wielding a Claymore was clearly stronger. After hesitating for a moment, he did not come to help his restrained companion. Instead, he vaulted over the wall and continued pursuing the professor.

Bai Cangshu's lips curled into an indifferent smile. He even raised his right hand, wrapped in white bandages, to indicate that he was currently injured.

With his katana blocked by a revolver, You, already furious and startled, immediately closed in and kicked at Bai Cangshu's lower body.

But Bai Cangshu's expression did not change as he raised his right leg.

Bang!

Their feet collided. You felt a tremendous force crash into him, and his balance instantly collapsed. Realizing things were bad, he immediately tried to pull away.

For an agility-specialized Reincarnator like him, striking once and then fleeing far away was the ideal combat strategy.

He had already realized that this guy in the disgusting pink robe was no pushover. So long as Hunter could kill the professor and bring back a head, the two of them would earn considerable completion progress for their faction mission.

At that point, even if they could not ask Kibutsuji Muzan to transform them personally, they could have one of the Upper Ranks turn them into Man-eating Demons.

You was one of the rare specialized Reincarnators. Before reaching the Strong rank, the attribute points earned from Reincarnation Space missions could not be freely allocated, so most people had their points spread across several attributes.

However, there was a special group among Reincarnators. The space recognized that they possessed extraordinary talent in a certain field and automatically assigned all their attribute points to the same attribute.

As a result, at the same stage of mission progress, these specialized Reincarnators possessed exceptionally high peak attributes and greater combat power in the early stages.

You was an innate agility-specialized Reincarnator. After surviving several missions, his Agility had already reached 15 points. Correspondingly, however, his Strength and Stamina were only slightly above an ordinary person's.

Because of his low survival attributes and Strength, he believed obtaining a Man-eating Demon bloodline would be a good choice.

In fact, the Demon Slayer Derivative World was seen by some in Reincarnation Space as both a "newcomer killer" and a "newcomer treasure trove."

The Man-eating Demons of this world were highly aggressive and only emerged at night, making it easy for new Reincarnators to die;

Yet at the same time, it was also one of the easiest early worlds in which to obtain a bloodline.

Though the Man-eating Demon bloodline granted by Kibutsuji Muzan had the massive flaw of inevitably being controlled by Muzan within the Demon Slayer World, that was not much of an issue once they returned to Reincarnation Space.

Not only could Kibutsuji Muzan not exert any influence there, but even if some Reincarnators captured Muzan and brought him into the space, or seized Muzan's abilities, they could choose to pay Singularity points to have Goddess correct the flaws in the bloodline.

For most Reincarnators, joining Muzan's faction in the Demon Slayer World offered far greater benefits than joining the Demon Slayer Corps.

A bloodline that granted a considerable degree of immortality in environments without sunlight had an extremely high cost-performance ratio.

In the flash of a thought, You had already decided to give up on hunting Bai Cangshu. The other man truly was tough. His guess had been right—the Man-eating Demon had attacked him first because he was the strongest member of the Reincarnator team.

That information might be worth some faction points.

Splat!

As blood spurted out, You's pupils contracted. He was already in midair, yet a powerful force tugged at him, preventing him from escaping.

He saw that the revolver in the left hand of the man who had blocked his sword had vanished at some point. The man had actually grabbed his blade barehanded.

Blood immediately sprayed out.

Yet at the same time, a terrifying force traveled through the sword, completely canceling out You's retreating momentum.

"Leaving already?"

"Our fight has only just begun, hasn't it?"

You violently yanked at his sword, but his 8 points of Strength were like a clay ox entering the sea, unable to budge it at all.

His eyes shifted. He released the weapon with both hands, and with a flash of light, another katana appeared in his grasp, stabbing directly at Bai Cangshu's neck.

Bai Cangshu's neck bent at an eerie angle, folding to the right like Qing She.

You's heart lurched, and he turned to flee.

But in the next instant, an enormous force slammed into his waist and abdomen.

Bang!

You's limbs flailed forward uncontrollably. The terrifying force at his waist and abdomen sent his entire body crashing down from the three-meter-high wall in an instant.

Boom!

The bluestone floor cracked apart instantly, and You uncontrollably spat out a mouthful of blood.

A sharp pain shot through his pelvis. He guessed it might already be fractured, but that pain did not matter now. He had to escape!

He immediately got up and pushed off with the tips of his feet. His Lv4 footwork activated at once. With a single step, everything around him seemed to be thrown behind him as he rushed out through the gate that had been split open by the man in the conical hat.

Out of the corner of his eye, he looked behind him, intending to warn Hunter to retreat. But some dark thought rose in his heart, and he simply turned and ran.

Splat!

As though he had slammed into a wall, You was forcibly brought to a halt. His vision went black, and a bloodied hand had somehow appeared before him, gripping his head.

"Aah!"

His temples creaked beneath the immense pressure, and the agony left him completely unable to focus.

Bai Cangshu impassively lifted the slender Reincarnator.

"Your speed isn't all that fast either."

The familiar voice filled You with extreme terror.

How was that possible? Wasn't he Strength-specialized? How could he be this fast too?

The next moment, Bai Cangshu suddenly gripped the other man's head and viciously smashed it into the ground.

Bang!

Bang!

Splat!

The frail agility-specialized Reincarnator's bones and muscles were not much tougher than those of an ordinary person. Like a watermelon, he shattered against the bluestone floor.

Red and white splattered everywhere.

You's body twitched and convulsed for a moment before finally going still.

You have killed Reincarnator KL16254477 (You) in a cooperative mission world. This kill cannot generate rewards.

A scarlet glow suddenly lit up on Bai Cangshu's right hand, like a snake instantly gnawing toward the dead Reincarnator's right hand.

Karma Points +1. Current: 2

The Private Space of No. KL16254477 (You) has merged into your Private Space. You may check it after entering the space.

Karma Reincarnation Mark detected. Reassessing kill reward generation.

Karma Points: 2. Scarlet Drop Card bonus drop rate slightly increased...

You have obtained Scarlet Drop Card ×1.

Bai Cangshu watched the scarlet glow condense into a card. With a tap of his finger, the card fell into his Backpack.

He raised his head and saw the other night-clad Reincarnator staring at him in horror from the shadows by the distant doorway.

Bai Cangshu placed one finger against his lips in a gesture for silence. You's blood still stained his face as he revealed a cruel smile.

Thump, thump, thump!

Hunter felt a chill shoot up from the soles of his feet. Every hair on his back stood on end. He no longer cared about the professor, whom he had just struck with another slash. With a backhand swing, he cleaved through the wooden wall and fled at a frantic sprint, his feet barely touching the ground.

That guy had actually killed someone in a peaceful world and obtained a Scarlet Drop Card!

That guy was a monster. Run!

That was the only thought left in Hunter's mind.