Killing to Silence

It was evening.

"Luo Yan, you take the bed."

"I'll sleep on the floor in the living room."

Zeng Shan's bedroom was very small.

Once a bed was placed, there was no extra space to move around.

Luo Yan shook his head, "I'll sleep in the living room."

"I'm not used to sleeping in a bed."

Even now, the beds in the dormitory were just for show.

Luo Yan slept under the bed every night.

The narrow space gave him a sense of security.

Zeng Shan heard this.

"Alright, we'll both sleep in the living room then. We can chat."

They agreed to chat.

However.

Less than a minute after Zeng Shan fell asleep.

His snoring was already booming.

Luo Yan hugged 'Star Splitter' and slept fully clothed.

A moment later, he also fell asleep.

Life on the surface had trained him to be able to sleep in any environment.

Let alone Zeng Shan's snoring.

Even if there was a war raging outside.

Luo Yan could fall asleep if he wanted to.

He didn't know how much time had passed.

Suddenly.

"Help!"

A shrill scream rang out from outside the house.

Luo Yan's eyes snapped open. He got up and half-crouched, hiding himself behind the sofa.

Only then did he observe his surroundings.

His sleepiness completely vanished.

"What's wrong?"

Zeng Shan rubbed his eyes and sat up.

He saw Luo Yan pointing towards the window.

At that moment, a scream sounded from outside the window.

The Zeng family members were all startled awake.

Footsteps sounded.

Then the lights came on.

Wrapped in a thin blanket full of patches, Mother Zeng said nervously, "It sounds like it's coming from Aunt Wang's house."

Luo Yan walked to the window and looked out.

He saw a single-story house.

The house was dark.

Nothing could be seen.

A faint silver light appeared in Luo Yan's crimson eyes.

He activated the 'Obstacle Breaking Dharma Eye'.

The walls instantly disappeared.

Luo Yan saw into the living room of the house.

Several gray light figures appeared.

One light figure was lying on the ground. Judging by its outline, it was a woman.

Above that woman was a gray light the size of a wolfdog.

The thing was crouched on the woman, as if it was gnawing on something.

The other two gray lights were moving around the room.

It even crawled up the walls sometimes.

This kind of movement.

Was very similar to bugs.

Bugs as big as a wolfhound...

Luo Yan suddenly remembered the broadcast he heard on the train that morning.

The broadcast about smuggling Giant Beast parasites!

"We're in trouble."

Luo Yan turned back and said, "It might be a Giant Beast parasite."

"What?"

"Giant Beast parasite!"

Zeng Shan's parents turned pale with fright and quickly hugged their twin sons and daughter tightly.

Zeng Shan said, "I'll go take a look."

Luo Yan didn't say anything, but he had already rushed to the door.

The two arrived in the alley.

The neighbors nearby had all heard Aunt Wang's screams and came out to investigate.

Zeng Shan shouted, "Don't come closer, Aunt Wang's house might have a Giant Beast parasite!"

"You guys hurry and contact the Local Security Bureau."

Luo Yan had already drawn 'Star Splitter' and arrived at the front door.

Using the 'Obstacle Breaking Dharma Eye', he saw that the situation inside the house was similar to before.

Those gray light clusters, suspected to be parasites, were still in the house.

Luo Yan easily broke the door lock with his long sword.

Zeng Shan came over with a flashlight.

As Luo Yan pushed the door open with his sword, Zeng Shan raised the flashlight high.

A beam of light immediately shone into the dim living room.

The furniture in the living room was in disarray.

Aunt Wang lay in a pool of blood.

Perhaps sensing the light, she struggled to lift her head and reached out towards the doorway.

"Save... me..."

Whoosh!

A black shadow suddenly fell within the beam of light.

It latched onto Aunt Wang's head.

A creature with a head like a wolf but a body like a tick.

It began to gnaw at Aunt Wang's head.

Zeng Shan gasped: "Wolf tick!"

Luo Yan added, "Three of them!"

Zeng Shan glanced at Luo Yan.

Then he quietly put down the flashlight, not wanting to startle the wolf ticks.

Afterward, his eyes glowed with a faint blue light, and electric snakes began to jump between his hands.

Divine Treasure: Discharge!

After activating his Divine Treasure, Zeng Shan quickly formed hand seals.

Finally, a black rope made of Essence Energy shot out from his fingertips.

Profound Technique: Black Rope!

But unlike Luo Yan's, Zeng Shan's 'Black Rope' was dancing with electric snakes.

Just as he had said.

He could attach the abilities of his 'Divine Treasure' to Profound Techniques or combat skills!

The black rope instantly wrapped around the wolf tick.

Before the parasite could react, Zeng Shan let out a loud shout.

Allowing dense currents to flow along the rope.

They immediately spread to the wolf tick.

The room was filled with dazzling electric light.

The wolf tick let out a few screams before being electrocuted and charred by Zeng Shan.

But at this moment, the other two wolf ticks inside the house moved their limbs rapidly across the ground.

They lunged towards Zeng Shan.

"Get down!"

Zeng Shan heard Luo Yan's voice and immediately dropped to the ground.

He saw a flash of sword light pass over his head.

Then.

That sword light, like lightning.

Shattered into thousands of fragments.

Like miniature meteors.

They whistled and flew.

Slicing through the two wolf ticks.

And so, while these two giant beast parasites were still in mid-air, their bodies suddenly disintegrated.

Limbs, wings, carapaces, internal organs, eyeballs.

They rained down on the floor with a clatter.

Then the 'meteors' flew back.

Reforming into the blade of 'Star Splitter'.

Luo Yan then reached out and pulled Zeng Shan up.

Looking at the corpses of the parasites in the house.

Zeng Shan breathed a sigh of relief.

He turned to his neighbor and said, "It's okay now, it's okay..."

But at this moment.

Screams erupted from inside his house.

Zeng Shan's face changed.

He rushed back into the house.

Luo Yan quickly followed.

Arriving at the entrance.

He saw Father Zeng lying on the ground, clutching his arm.

Mother Zeng was being held hostage by a man.

The man had large tattoos on his face and a ferocious expression.

He was pressing an automatic pistol against Mother Zeng's temple.

Zeng Shan quickly said, "What are you doing? Let my mom go."

The man glanced at Zeng Shan and Luo Yan respectively.

He spat.

"Bullshit!"

"I'm already unlucky enough to be cornered in this godforsaken place by the Local Security Bureau."

"I thought about releasing the parasites to create chaos so I could escape."

"But you two, you took care of my parasites in just a few moves."

"If I don't get some hostages now, how am I supposed to get out!"

He looked out the window, then muttered to himself, "I absolutely cannot be caught, or they will definitely kill me."

So, he was the criminal smuggling the giant beast parasites!

Zeng Shan shouted, "You want hostages, right? Then take me. Let my mom go."

Luo Yan observed his surroundings and noticed the other party was by the window.

It seemed he had crawled in through the window and taken Mother Zeng hostage.

Luo Yan subtly retreated, planning to circle around to the back of the house and seize an opportunity to strike.

At this moment.

The smuggler pointed his gun at Zeng Shan, "Get lost. If you don't want your mom to die, then get out of my way..."

Before he could finish speaking.

The outer wall of the Zeng family's house and the smuggler's head exploded simultaneously!

Luo Yan's mind went blank for a moment.

Then a thought surfaced.

Kill them to silence them?

Bang!

Almost simultaneously.

Luo Yan heard gunshots coming from outside the house.

Luo Yan instinctively looked towards the sound of the gunshots.

He saw a figure flash on the rooftop of a two-story building three hundred meters away.

Silver-white light appeared in his crimson eyes.

Luo Yan activated the 'Obstacle Breaking Dharma Eye' and locked onto the patch of biological gray light.

Then he rushed towards the main street outside the alley.

He saw the sniper rapidly moving towards the main street.

When Luo Yan rushed out onto the main street.

He saw the crowd in front of him exclaim in alarm.

Then a jet-black heavy motorcycle burst out of the alley.

The motorcycle's shell was painted with a Nine-headed Bird pattern in red paint.

The rider on the motorcycle wore a helmet and carried a sniper rifle on their back.

With a wild turn on the street, the tires screeched against the ground.

Followed by the roar of the engine.

The heavy motorcycle sped away into the dust.