Transforming Body into Sword

On the other side, in the room, Li Han waited and waited, but the scarred man didn't return. Impatiently, he got up from his chair. "What's wrong with this guy? Did I guess right, and he fell into the snow and can't get out?"

Li Han threw on a jacket and went to look for him. He pushed the door open, and a cold wind like a bone-scraping steel knife hit him in the face. It was like a basin of cold water, instantly chilling him from head to toe.

He became much clearer-headed. Glancing around, there was no sign of the scarred man outside the door.

"This guy went to the bathroom and who knows where he wandered off to. Couldn't he just take care of it by the door?"

Li Han muttered to himself. In his peripheral vision, he noticed that the door to the adjacent room was open.

The dark doorway offered no clear view of the interior, as if countless dark shadows were lurking within, restless and ready to move.

"They didn't even close the door properly. What if those animals freeze to death? The buyer specifically requested live ones. They're too careless."

Li Han walked over, his expression suddenly changing. At the doorway, a person was lying there, and it was the scarred man who had been gone for so long!

Li Han initially thought he had drunk too much and collapsed there. He quickly reached out to touch him, but the temperature of his skin sent his heart plummeting to the bottom.

This body temperature...

Since the scarred man was facing away, his head was buried in the snow. Whether by coincidence or accident, it perfectly echoed Li Han's earlier words.

Li Han quickly flipped him over. After seeing the scene before him, he was so terrified that he immediately retreated, letting out a sharp gasp.

He saw the scarred man's eyes wide open, his face extremely contorted, filled with pain and terror. Who knew what he had seen before he died.

Most importantly, there was a huge bloody hole in his chest. Without even looking, Li Han knew the scarred man had no breath left.

He had only gone out to the bathroom, how could he have died here inexplicably?

And in just this short while, he was already dead?

Li Han hadn't heard any commotion from inside his room. There weren't even any signs of a struggle around. It was too unscientific.

Everything was too sudden and too bizarre for Li Han. He couldn't help but swallow, his scalp inexplicably tingling.

He glanced at the pitch-black room, which seemed to hide a monstrous beast ready to devour him. Li Han's mind became completely clear, and he dared not act rashly.

His first action was to run back to his room to grab a flashlight and a machete for self-defense.

He stood at the doorway, the flashlight's beam falling into the room, instantly illuminating the scene.

The cages were empty. Those animals had vanished without a trace, leaving behind only bloody fur and flesh.

"Damn it, who's playing tricks in the dark? Get out here!"

Li Han cursed angrily. His first thought was that someone had been there. This person not only moved the animals but also killed the scarred man.

He subconsciously ignored the bizarre bloody hole in the scarred man's chest.

It didn't look like something a human could inflict. Moreover, the snow was so thick around. If anyone had approached, there would definitely be footprints.

No matter how Li Han roared, there was no reaction from his surroundings.

Fueled by his anger, he rushed in. The room wasn't large, and there were few things inside. There was nowhere for anyone to hide.

"Damn it, they must have run off. If I find you, I'll kill you."

"You think I'm a sick cat just because I'm not showing my tiger's might? You dare to mess with me."

Li Han's gaze was incredibly fierce. His expression clearly showed that he had taken lives before. He had gotten into trouble back home, accidentally killing someone in a moment of carelessness.

He fled afterward, living under an assumed name and engaging in the shady business of poaching.

"Damn it, the animals are all gone. It'll be troublesome to catch them again, and I have to deliver them tomorrow. I'm afraid it'll be hard to explain."

In his rage, Li Han didn't notice a pair of beastly eyes glowing dimly in the darkness.

As if sensing something, his head turned. At the same time, the flashlight beam shone behind him.

There was nothing but a wall. A round light bulb rolled over from the ground.

Li Han kicked it with his foot. "I thought it was something else. Turns out it's just a light bulb. I guess I was just too nervous."

But the light bulb was fine. How could it have fallen for no reason?

The thought had barely surfaced when a chill ran down his back. Acting on instinct, Li Han suddenly dodged to the side.

It was as if something had attacked him from behind, moving with ghost-like speed, leaving a blur in the air.

Li Han only saw a section of a slender green tail and was instantly terrified. "What the hell is this?"

He looked closely and saw a snake with a rather strange color!

The tail section was green, but the upper part of its body was black. It was about a meter long. Seeing that its head was not triangular but oval, Li Han breathed a sigh of relief.

"Good thing it's a non-venomous snake."

Since it was non-venomous, it wasn't a great threat.

This snake was Ye Qin, who had been lying in ambush. After dealing with the scarred man, he figured the other accomplice would surely come looking, so he waited here.

He hadn't expected Li Han to be so alert and to have better combat skills than the scarred man. Naturally, he could see the contempt in Li Han's eyes.

If it were an ordinary non-venomous snake, it would certainly not be Li Han's opponent, but Ye Qin was different.

Having achieved mastery in the first realm of cultivation not only granted him power but also made his body extraordinarily strong and tough, unlike ordinary venomous snakes.

It could be said that Ye Qin himself was an incomparably sharp blade.

The bloody hole in the scarred man's chest just now was the result of his one-hit kill, piercing straight through.

Ye Qin's body was held ramrod straight, like an arrow nocked and ready to fly.

The next second, he sprang forward like a released spring.

Snakes naturally possess a great leaping distance, utilizing muscle contraction and instantaneous release to spring forward like a coil. Their attack range rarely exceeds half their body length.

However, Ye Qin's attack range was wider, and his speed was even faster. Like a drawn sword, he lunged at Li Han with blinding speed.

"Whoosh!"

Li Han could even hear the sound of air being torn. He looked at the strange snake before him in disbelief, realizing he couldn't see its movements at all. He could only scramble desperately to the ground.

Ye Qin, transforming his body into a sword, pierced a small hole in the wooden floor where Li Han had been, as if it had been struck by a sword.

Failing to hit Li Han, Ye Qin looked at him coldly, then rapidly slithered closer.

The rustling sound unique to snake locomotion made Li Han's scalp tingle. He scrambled to his feet in a panic, unable to help but swallow.

"What the hell is going on?"

With the speed and force from just now, if this snake had landed on him...

Li Han looked at the small hole, his body shuddering. He instantly recalled the bloody hole in the scarred man's chest and compared them.

An unbelievable thought surfaced in his mind.

This bloody hole seemed to perfectly match the size of this snake!

Upon realizing this thought, Li Han felt a chill run through him. Looking at the snake poised to strike before him, his back was already drenched in cold sweat.