Monk of Wine and Meat Wants to Snatch My Kill Too?

Whoosh~

The river churned as a green giant python burst out, a fat pig clamped in its jaws, heading toward the woods. But the moment it entered the treeline, its pupils sharply contracted.

Whoosh~

The python dropped its prey and shot forward, arriving at the half-cooked tail stump. "Wife!"

The green giant python could actually speak human language—a hallmark of a Third-Order Mutated Beast!

His wife was dead, leaving only half a body?

"My child!"

As if remembering something, the python rushed toward the nest. When he reached it, all he found was an overturned lair, shattered snake eggs, and the burnt, smoky smell of roasted eggs.

"My children!"

The python roared, pupils narrowing to slits. "Human scent... a cultivator. They killed my whole family!"

"I will have revenge. I've memorized your smell. Even to the ends of the earth, I'll make you pay!"

With a low growl, the python shot out again, swiftly leaving the woods.

He knew that after humans exterminated mutated beasts, they would send people to clean up the battlefield. If he showed himself now and attracted the attention of powerful humans, he'd never avenge his wife and children.

To get revenge, the python had to leave first, hunt down his enemy in secret, and wait for the right moment to strike!

Lin Chen had no idea he'd been marked by a mutated beast. But even if he knew, he wouldn't worry—in fact, he'd be thrilled.

That was free Origin coming right to him!

By the time he reached the Eastern Suburbs, it was nearly noon. Lin Chen decided to get off early and find a place to fill his stomach first—only then would he have the strength to deliver warmth to the mutated beasts.

He picked a random restaurant. Just as he entered the lobby, he spotted a table piled high with meat and poultry. A bald, burly man was wolfing down the food like a whirlwind.

"These days, even monks eat meat and drink wine?"

Lin Chen blinked at the precept scars on the man's head. That wasn't an ordinary person—that was a tonsured monk.

As if sensing Lin Chen's gaze, the monk glanced up at him, then went back to devouring his meal, completely ignoring the strange looks around him.

Shaking his head, Lin Chen didn't make a fuss. He found a seat, ordered a few meat dishes, and as a cultivator, he could clearly feel his appetite had grown much larger than before.

Just as Lin Chen started eating, the monk finished his meal, quickly paid, and left the restaurant.

"These days, monks eat meat, drink wine, and put away enough for three or four people," the owner remarked as he served Lin Chen's food, unable to help sighing.

When the customer was still there, the owner didn't want to say anything. But now that he was gone, there was no need to hold back.

"Three or four portions? That much? Is he a cultivator too?"

Lin Chen paused, wondering if the monk was a cultivator, but then shook his head. Cultivators weren't cabbages—you couldn't just run into them everywhere.

After lunch, Lin Chen headed toward the Unfinished Building. After about ten minutes of walking, he arrived near the site. But the moment he reached the entrance, he froze.

"Someone's here?"

He stared at the Off-Road Vehicle parked beside the Unfinished Building. The tire tracks in the dirt were fresh, clearly just parked.

"Did someone beat me to it again?"

Lin Chen's face darkened. Were bounty missions on mutated beasts really this competitive?

"Hope the beast is still here!"

He hurried through the gap in the torn blue metal sheeting into the Unfinished Building area. His eyes landed on a patch of weeds, with faint traces of passersby. Though it was an unfinished building, people still came by occasionally.

Among them was a very fresh set of tracks—no doubt left by the person from the car outside. Lin Chen quickly followed the trail toward one of the unfinished buildings.

Crack~

Suddenly, a crisp sound came from under his foot. Lin Chen looked down to find the white bones of some unknown animal, its flesh long gone.

As he got closer to the Unfinished Building, the bones on the ground grew more numerous, but Lin Chen couldn't tell what kind of animals they belonged to.

"That's..."

Suddenly, his gaze was drawn to a pile of bones in the corner of the Unfinished Building. His expression shifted. "Human bones!"

He couldn't identify animal bones, but human bones were far too easy to recognize—their size and shape were almost identical to the human skeletons in movies!

"Looks like there really is a mutated beast here."

Seeing the teeth marks on the bones, Lin Chen's eyes lit up. The flesh on these creatures had clearly been gnawed off by something; normal decomposition wouldn't be this fast.

The trail of the passerby vanished at the concrete floor of the Unfinished Building. Lin Chen had no choice but to go inside to check. But the moment he stepped in, a loud crash came from underground, and the entire building trembled slightly.

"No wonder it's unfinished—this is total crap!"

Lin Chen dashed straight back out, staring at the ten-plus-story Unfinished Building in disbelief. If it collapsed, even he probably couldn't survive it.

"The Buddha Lord doesn't get angry, and you think I'm Hello Kitty!"

Just then, a furious shout came from underground, followed by several dull thuds.

"A cultivator... and a mutated beast."

Hearing the sounds of fighting from underground, Lin Chen's expression shifted slightly as he rushed into the unfinished building, heading for the basement level. Someone had gotten here first—any later, and the mutated beasts would be gone!

Bang~

Having finally fought his way to the basement, Lin Chen slammed into a dark red wall, blocked from entering.

"What the hell is this?"

Staring at the semi-transparent dark red barrier, Lin Chen was momentarily stunned. This was an Array Barrier—since when could mutated creatures pull off something like this?

"Benefactor, you can't get in. Hurry and notify the Demon Suppression Division—there's an Evil Cultivator here refining Corpse Puppets." Just then, a roar came from within the barrier.

The big monk Lin Chen had briefly met at the restaurant was now swinging his Prayer Beads, locked in battle with strange insects that kept charging at him.

But there were too many insects, and the monk was clearly on the losing end, with several bloody, mangled wounds on his body.

"So many..."

Looking at the ground, at least several dozen strange insects, Lin Chen's breathing quickened, his face full of excitement. With that many bugs, even if they were all ordinary Mutated Creatures, that would still be several thousand Source Points.

"Damn it, stop!"

Suddenly, seeing the monk's Prayer Beads lash out at a strange insect, directly exploding one, Lin Chen's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as he roared in fury.

"My Source Points!"

Lin Chen was furious. In the blink of an eye, at least a hundred Source Points were gone. And notify the Demon Suppression Division? If he wasted any more time, there wouldn't even be a warm bowl of soup left.

Directly channeling the Blood Qi True Flame from his dantian to wrap around his fists, Lin Chen punched the dark red wall with all his might. With a muffled thud, the barrier vanished instantly.

Whoosh~

Lin Chen shot forward like an arrow, charging straight for the monk, swinging his fists repeatedly and blasting the incoming strange insects into dust.

"Killed Corpse Beetle, Source Points +100"

Corpse Beetle?

From the kill notification, Lin Chen learned these strange insects were Corpse Beetles, not Mutated Creatures. But what did it matter?

As far as Lin Chen was concerned, as long as they provided Source Points, that was enough!

There were still several dozen Corpse Beetles ahead—that was several thousand Source Points!

The big monk looked at Lin Chen before him and let out a soft sigh. "Benefactor, thank you. But you shouldn't have come in."