A city was gone?
When Lu PingAn learned the news, he was a little dazed.
"Xiacuan City, a small third-tier city. Its total population was 270,000 in the last census, and there are now roughly 1,067 survivors. Uh, possibly fewer than a thousand. Quite a number are still receiving emergency treatment in hospitals, but they'll probably have a hard time pulling through."
Lu PingAn took the heavy brown paper bag. The bright red "Skull Wanted" seal on it made him uncomfortable.
This was not some special gift for him. Every Explorer from Changping Province received one after returning home.
The moment Lu PingAn opened it, a stack of Wanted Orders spilled onto the floor. The bounties ranged wildly from five dollars to tens of millions, but even the five-dollar one—for an accomplice—was clearly marked dead or alive.
Clearly, this incident had thoroughly enraged the authorities.
Lu PingAn flipped through the briefing. Heh, old acquaintances again.
"Blood Feast."
The culprits were one of the Life Church factions Lu PingAn had encountered before. Their bizarre path of "devouring the same kind" had left a deep impression on him. That vampire-like high-ranking priest had been cunning and difficult to deal with, possessing high speed, high attack power, and high regeneration. He had reminded Lu PingAn of a perfect organism—until they encountered the replicated ascension ritual and Big Cat's incarnation.
Speaking of connections, the two high-quality silver items Cat Cat wore now had been stripped from that high-ranking priest.
"...Too bad he didn't die unjustly enough. Those two Taboo Items didn't even turn into 'relics.'"
Though they had not been steeped in vengeful souls, those two items were still a major source of Cat Cat's strength. The mobility advantage they provided was simply too useful, to the point that she had never encountered a