Slaughter, Fierce Battle!

Zhang Meng looked at the familiar face before her, her eyes stinging slightly. She had never expected Su Tu to appear here at a time like this.

Like a wronged little girl who had finally found someone who could stand up for her, she could no longer suppress her grievance.

She vaguely remembered that four or five years ago, Zhang Meng had been pestered by a drunkard in the residential complex after getting off the night shift. The man refused to let up and had almost done something indecent to her.

Su Tu, who had just finished evening classes, happened to witness it. He had only just entered middle school then, nowhere near as tall as he was now, thin and small instead. Yet he had still stepped forward, using his small body to stand in front of Zhang Meng and drive the drunkard away.

And now, that once frail youth had unknowingly grown into a man she had to raise her head to look at.

Yet one thing remained the same: this time, too, the youth stood in front of her.

Countless thoughts tangled rapidly in her mind, but her expression suddenly changed. What stood before them was not that drunkard from back then, but a twisted, terrifying monster!!!

Everything before her told her that this monster was beyond human power.

"Xiao Tu, run!! It's a monster!!"

She cried out in panic, even reaching out to push Su Tu away.

The danger sent her adrenaline soaring, and her reason and ability to think were both on the verge of collapse.

She had not even realized how Su Tu had entered through the shattered window. Her home was on the twenty-second floor!!!

Seeing Zhang Meng's terrified, frantic expression and movements, Su Tu's face seemed to frost over. His usually gentle, indifferent eyes were like icy pools, piercingly cold.

He reached out and grabbed Zhang Meng by the shoulders, speaking in a gentle voice.

"It's all right, Sister Zhang. Wait a moment. We'll have dinner together in a bit."

"It'll be fine soon."

He looked calm and gentle, but anyone who knew Su Tu understood that he was already filled with rage.

His parents had often traveled for work when he was young, leaving only his aunt and Zhang Meng to keep him company. Later, after his aunt graduated and began working on New Star, the woman who always loved teasing him had started taking on the role of an older sister.

She cared about Su Tu's life and studies, helped support him with living expenses when it mattered, and attended parent-teacher conferences for him. To Su Tu, Zhang Meng was family!

And now, his older sister was trembling in fear right before him.

How could he accept that? His once clear eyes were now deeply shrouded in an indescribable, surging killing intent!

The floor-to-ceiling window behind him was shattered, and several finger-sized holes marked the exterior wall outside, all proving that he had climbed up the outside of the building with his bare hands.

Hearing Su Tu's reassurance, Zhang Meng gradually calmed down.

Yet this scene displeased the monster. It tilted its head toward Su Tu, its movie-star face somewhat stiff.

"Lowly human warrior, you dare interfere with my race's great breeding endeavor? You truly don't know your place!"

It snarled. The instant its words fell, several twisted vines shot toward Su Tu from every direction like venomous snakes, carrying a chilly aura.

"Disgusting."

Su Tu narrowed his eyes at the vines and clenched one hand into a fist. Every muscle in his body suddenly tightened. His punch shot out like an enraged dragon, its immense force tearing the vines apart in an instant.

Then he stamped down fiercely and burst forward. The tremendous force cracked the floor beneath his feet. Moving like a cheetah, he reached the monster in the blink of an eye.

"Ha ha, a warrior who's only just entered the ranks. If not for avoiding the Starry Sky Great Wall, which wore away less than one percent of my vitality and blood, what right would you have to stand before me?!"

The monster looked at Su Tu with contempt and mockery filling its eyes. It could tell that this human was merely an ant that had just opened one acupoint. In the starry river, such an ant would not even be enough to fill the gaps between its teeth.

But now, greed appeared on that slightly stiff face.

To reach the Ancestral Star, it had lost far too much vitality and blood. It had planned to capture some human females to breed more of its kind, then restore its vitality and blood by devouring humans. But Su Tu had appeared. To them, the flesh and blood of a warrior was the finest supplement. Even a warrior who had only just entered the ranks could provide the power of vitality and blood equivalent to more than a hundred people.

If it could eat the ant before it, it could restore part of its vitality and blood at the fastest speed. Then it could keep recovering like a snowball rolling downhill, gaining the initiative for the future!!

The more it thought about it, the more excited it became. The mockery and contempt in its eyes were replaced by bottomless greed.

"Be honored. I shall grant you glory. Become my nourishment, then welcome the rebirth of the Xie Race. This is your honor."

The monster spread its arms, making a gesture like an embrace.

The next moment, countless vines surged from its skin. Large amounts of yellowish-brown fluid sprayed across the floor, indescribably disgusting and slimy.

At the end of every vine was a huge mouth covered in sharp teeth, saliva constantly seeping out. As those mouths opened and closed, they actually made the sound of clashing metal!!

Countless vines spread through the air like a giant maw, about to devour Su Tu whole in an instant.

Faced with this twisted sight, Su Tu did not feel panicked. On the contrary, he had never felt better!

Although he had faced a monster before, he had not confronted the darkness head-on that time. But now, when a monster beyond human understanding appeared before him, he felt no fear—only an unprecedented excitement!!

At this moment, it was as if he had rediscovered the childhood fervor he had felt for myths, monsters, the myriad races of the stars, and all things supernatural.

"Disgusting bug, and you're still talking about honor?" Faced with the dense mass of vines, Su Tu displayed unprecedented reflexes.

His body moved through the interweaving vines, every motion clean and sharp, making the most precise movements with the smallest possible motions.

He was like a ghost wandering through a rain of blood. No matter how the vines descended, they could not even touch the corner of his clothes.

"Damn human, you dare call the noble Xie Race bugs!!"

"Damn it!! Damn it!! Damn it!!"

Hearing Su Tu call it a bug, the monster became extremely agitated, as though Su Tu had struck a sore spot. Its voice turned hysterical.

The vines moved even faster, pouring down like a torrential rain, determined to drown everything beneath them!!

Rustle!

Su Tu's figure was instantly swallowed by the mass of red, twisted vines. A hair-raising Chewing Sound rang out through the room.

"Xiao Tu!!" It had all happened too quickly. Zhang Meng let out a heart-wrenching wail at the sight before her.

It was all her fault. If she had gone with the monster earlier, would Xiao Tu not have died? It was all her fault. If she had obediently gone to die, would Xiao Tu have been all right?!

At that moment, overwhelming guilt nearly drowned Zhang Meng.

Yet in the next instant, the youth's gentle voice rang out again.

"Keep it down. Don't disturb the neighbors."

Under Zhang Meng's disbelieving gaze, Su Tu had somehow appeared in front of the monster.

He looked down at it from above, one hand gripping its face.

"Impossible. You're just an ant who has only entered the ranks. How could you have avoided that attack?" the monster said incredulously.

Su Tu clearly had no interest in saying another word to it. He gripped the monster's face and exerted a little force, squeezing its features pale and distorted.

Then a muffled boom sounded from within his body, like a low rumble of thunder in broad daylight.

"Prajna Seven Kills, First Cry!"

Boom!!!

The five viscera resonated; body and mind moved as one!

A force with an intense shattering quality erupted from Su Tu's hand, instantly tearing the monster's face apart.

The headless corpse fell to the floor. Scarlet blood dripped from Su Tu's slender, veined hand, but he did not relax. His dark eyes remained cold.

The night was just right. The stars shone faintly, and Great Yin hung in the heavens as a full moon. Starlight and moonlight streamed into the room, illuminating the girls who had been bound by the vines. Their abdomens suddenly bulged into an absurdly exaggerated arc.

"How dare you!! How dare you!!" A voice filled with boundless resentment and venom came from the belly of one of the girls.