I Raised a

Bang—!

The Illusion Demon's body was sent flying backward.

The entire bar was too noisy, so the sounds coming from the monitoring room were completely inaudible to those outside.

They were lost in their own world, having a blast.

Just how strong was Lu Yibai's enhanced body now?

His strength was several times that of an ordinary person.

Aside from its illusionary abilities, the Illusion Demon's physique was even weaker than that of a normal person. It was now a complete one-sided crushing!

Hypnosis might be effective on those with weaker spirit, qi, and energy, but Lu Yibai followed the "Body Refining" path. His physique, spirit, qi, and energy were much stronger than ordinary people, making him very difficult to hypnotize.

This wasn't even a warm-up anymore; it was a complete one-sided annihilation!

More than ten minutes later, Boss Lu walked out of the monitoring room looking dejected.

To his surprise, Li Youde was already waiting quietly outside the monitoring room.

There were still remnants in the monitoring room that he needed to clean up.

Their Assistance Department existed precisely to handle such messes.

Although the bar was noisy, Li Youde was standing outside the door, so he could still faintly hear the wails from inside the monitoring room.

This new Wucheng Steward might look easy to talk to, but he seemed even more violent than he had imagined.

The dejected Boss Lu arrived at the entrance of the bar. Lin Xiaoqi was squatting by the roadside, playing with three cats.

The night breeze blew, rustling her hair and the hem of her clothes. This peaceful scene somewhat calmed Boss Lu's mood.

"Ah! Boss! It's over this quickly?" Lin Xiaoqi picked up a cat and said to Lu Yibai.

She seemed to sense Lu Yibai's dejection.

"I couldn't get anything out of it. It suddenly died, and it died... gruesomely," Lu Yibai frowned.

"Boss, it was the blood pact," Lin Xiaoqi said, stroking the cat in her arms.

This orange cat was likely a pet, very plump, and it comfortably licked its paw in Lin Xiaoqi's embrace.

"Blood pact?" Lu Yibai didn't quite understand.

"Yes, it's a type of contract commonly used among demons and monsters. Higher-ranking demons can use blood pacts to subjugate lower-ranking ones. If they betray their master, their bloodline will burn," Lin Xiaoqi explained.

This matched the phenomenon when the Illusion Demon died, its body almost turning into a dried husk.

"Boss, did you abuse it? It even had the thought of betraying its master, otherwise the blood pact wouldn't have activated."

Lu Yibai: "..."

He might have been a little too rough just now.

Lu Yibai looked at the other two cats beside Lin Xiaoqi. Both cats extended their paws and gently hooked her shoelaces, looking as if they were saying, "Hold me, pick me up!"

He smiled and squatted down, picking up both cats. He was met with slightly disdainful gazes from the two felines.

Who the heck asked you to hold them?

How strange, they're so sentient?

Oh well, since you don't want me to hold you, I won't let go!

"Let's go, Boss. Li Youde will clean up the mess, and the little girl has already been sent back by his men," Lin Xiaoqi said, putting down the orange cat in her arms.

Lu Yibai nodded.

"Boss, you seem to really like cats. Do you want to take one home? These two in your hands are strays," Lin Xiaoqi said with a smile.

"No need, they don't seem to like me much," Lu Yibai said, putting down the two cats that had been struggling in his arms.

Under the streetlights, Lin Xiaoqi walked ahead, and he followed behind.

Looking at Lin Xiaoqi's graceful back, he thought to himself, "Besides, haven't I already got one?"

"Boss, Xiaoqi-jie, you're back?" Ye Yiyi said.

It was very late now, and the bar on the first floor had stopped operating.

After all, Answer Bar was a "Quiet bar," and it didn't stay open as late as the Celebrity Bar they had just visited.

"Xiaoqi-jie, you look a bit tired. How about I give you a massage in your room later?" Ye Yiyi suggested.

"Roar roar roar!"

Lin Xiaoqi gave her a "You're the best" look.

She was indeed a bit tired; Hundred Cats Night Walk had brought on a sense of fatigue.

It was likely that the scene of them fooling around in Lin Xiaoqi's room later would make people's noses bleed.

It was clear that Lin Xiaoqi and Ye Yiyi got along well, which was also related to Lin Xiaoqi's straightforward personality.

But precisely because of this, Lu Yibai confirmed that Lin Xiaoqi was human. Although she could achieve the "Hundred Cats Night Walk," it likely had nothing to do with being a cat demon.

Among demons and monsters, higher species inherently suppress lower species through bloodline, just as the strong suppress the weak. Lin Xiaoqi was so powerful, yet Ye Yiyi wasn't affected by any bloodline suppression.

On the contrary, Ye Yiyi felt fear when the little loli Sakura Ning appeared.

However, it was indeed right for Boss Lu to raise Lin Xiaoqi like a cat-eared girl.

"Sister Xiaoqi, I'm going to wash up first. I'll come to your room later to give you a massage!" Ye Yiyi said.

After speaking, she went into her room to wash up.

In the living room, Lu Yibai and Lin Xiaoqi sat on the sofa. He asked, "Xiaoqi, why do you think this demon organization chose this little girl twice?"

This was something Lu Yibai had been wondering about.

It couldn't be that the first time was a random capture, and because the mission failed, they became fixated on capturing this little girl.

There was no reason for that.

Even going back a million steps, why would demons and monsters want to capture a child?

To extract the "brat energy"?

Lu Yibai found another Life Token on the Illusion Demon, similar to the one he found on the Rat Demon, but with a different serial number.

The Illusion Demon's serial number was C051. Judging by the numbers that followed, it was much earlier than the Rat Demon's.

He wondered if this serial number was sorted by strength.

What exactly was this mysterious demon organization trying to do?

"Boss, we don't know for sure yet," Lin Xiaoqi said, leaning back on the sofa.

After a moment, she added, "If nothing unexpected happens, this little girl might be a bit special. But Boss, you know, our lineage is just good at fighting; we're not very proficient in other areas."

Lu Yibai: "..."

He actually found it hard to refute.

Because ever since Lu Yibai started cultivating, Lin Xiaoqi had only taught him combat techniques; he hadn't learned anything else.

So it wasn't that he couldn't learn, it was that Xiaoqi herself didn't know either.

It seemed he could only report this for now and see if the Night Watchmen organization would send someone to investigate.

As for the little girl's safety in the future, Lin Xiaoqi patted her chest proudly and said to leave it to her.

If nothing unexpected happened, the number of stray cats in the little girl's neighborhood would increase dramatically in the coming days.

Cats might even appear at the little girl's doorstep, actively seeking adoption.

On the highway to Wucheng, a Volkswagen was speeding along.

As soon as he exited the highway, he pulled the car over to the side.

The man picked up his backpack from the passenger seat and took out two Life Tokens.

One was his, and the other was a spare Life Token for the Illusion Demon he was responsible for meeting.

"Damn it, how did it break!" the man exclaimed, staring at the Illusion Demon's spare Life Token, completely bewildered.

At that moment, the natal blood essence crystal on the Illusion Demon's Life Token had shattered!

It meant the demon was dead!

"They promised to reimburse me for gas and highway tolls. This is a huge loss!"

After speaking, he immediately turned the car around and drove away from Wucheng.

This was Wucheng, after all. It wasn't a place to linger!

(ps: Second update.)