Old Man Bao's Deadly Gaze

"They're both demons?"

Lingling's little face scrunched up.

Dongfang Chen smiled and smoothed it out—such a cute little face shouldn't be wrinkled all the time.

"Is that your guess? Or have you already reached a conclusion?"

Lingling swatted Dongfang Chen's hand away in annoyance.

Dongfang Chen chuckled and said, "You know about the Scale Skin Demon Mother, right?"

"Of course I do." Lingling shot Dongfang Chen a disdainful look, as if he'd underestimated her.

"I've always gotten full marks in Demon Species Theory and Demon Sociology—even those old scholars can't beat me."

With that, Lingling tapped away on her laptop, and the screen displayed information about the Scale Skin Demon Mother.

"This is a special parasitic demon. During the day, most of them are in a dormant state, so the host acts no different from a normal person. But once night falls, the Scale Skin Demon Mother needs to absorb nutrients, so it takes over the host's body and seizes their consciousness to go out and commit crimes.

Wait! This couple's behavior really does match the symptoms of being parasitized by a Scale Skin Demon Mother."

Lingling looked at Dongfang Chen in surprise.

He'd only taken one look at the client, and he could already guess what kind of demon had parasitized them?

"How did you know..."

Before Lingling could finish, Dongfang Chen pinched her little nose.

"Whether it's true or not, won't we find out if we sneak over and watch tonight?"

"That makes sense." Lingling nodded.

She checked the time—it was only noon, with a while still to go until night.

"There are still a few hours until night. I'm punishing you by making you play games with me!"

"Didn't you just say you forgave me for being late?"

Lingling kicked Dongfang Chen with her soft little foot.

This idiot, does he really not want to keep me company?

"I'm mad again now. You have to stay with me!"

"Alright, alright. Lingling's so cute, of course I have to keep Lingling company."

"Hmph! That's more like it." Lingling said, blushing.

Dongfang Chen spent a good while messing around with Lingling.

But he kept feeling a chill at the back of his neck.

Old Man Bao: "..."

If looks could kill, Old Man Bao would have already killed this brat who was stealing his granddaughter countless times.

Evening, on the rooftop of a building near Masterpiece Private Garden.

At the client husband's request, Lingling was monitoring the couple's home with her computer.

At first, the couple's behavior was perfectly normal.

The husband, though a bit restless, was still helping his ten-year-old child with homework.

Meanwhile, the wife had gone to the bathroom to shower.

Lingling glanced at Dongfang Chen, who looked excited, and then turned off the bathroom surveillance.

"Lingling, better keep the surveillance on."

"You pervert! Drop those sleazy thoughts!" Lingling said angrily.

"What if she sheds her skin in the shower and turns into a demon to go hunting?"

"Are you sure?"

"Absolutely sure!"

"Fine."

Lingling chose to trust Dongfang Chen this once.

"If you're lying to me, I'll ignore you for three..." Lingling held up three fingers.

But she hesitated, then put one down.

"Two... no, I'll ignore you for one day!"

"Alright, alright." Dongfang Chen said with a doting smile.

Then Lingling turned the bathroom surveillance back on, and the image on the screen made her gasp.

In the bathroom, a woman's skin lay discarded on the floor like a deflated doll.

From inside the skin, a demon covered in scales crawled out.

"She's shedding her skin! She's going to hunt for prey—we can't let her succeed!"

"Don't worry!"

Dongfang Chen's voice rang out as he leaped from the high-rise in an instant, turning into a dark shadow that vanished into the air.

Dongfang Chen moved with incredible speed while lurking in the shadows.

The shed female demon had just opened the bathroom window and was crawling out along the outer wall when Dongfang Chen emerged from the shadows above her.

"Where do you think you're going?"

Dongfang Chen's voice startled the Scale Skin Demon Soldier.

But before she could react, the entire demon was pinned in place by a Giant Shadow Spike.

A mature Scale Skin Demon Mother was a Commander Level demon.

But this Scale Skin Demon Soldier had clearly only been recently parasitized, with strength at the Servant Level—it should be called a Scale Skin Demon Soldier.

Dongfang Chen rendered it immobile with a single, simple Giant Shadow Spike.

When facing an opponent of lower rank, as long as the spike hit its target and no Light Element countered it, the effect of the Giant Shadow Spike was brutally straightforward.

"Dongfang Chen! Her husband is shedding his skin too! Just like you guessed!"

Lingling's voice came through the Bluebud Headset.

"That child is in danger!"

"Don't worry, I can make it." Dongfang Chen's calm voice replied.

The next second, the husband, who had just finished shedding and was about to attack his own child, was also pinned in place by a Giant Shadow Spike.

The tense, thrilling battle ended in an instant.

If he had used Soul Power to attack, the fight would have ended even faster—Dongfang Chen could have killed both demons from a distance without even showing himself.

But these were parasitic demons, and the parasitized hosts were still alive.

So, for the sake of the hosts' safety, Dongfang Chen chose to restrain them with Giant Shadow Spikes first.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, Lingling's scream came through the headset.

"What's wrong!"

"There's a Scale Skin Demon Soldier here too!"

Dongfang Chen's heart sank.

Scale Skin Demon Mothers had the trait of spreading through blood infection.

When they went out hunting at night to absorb nutrients, they also infected and parasitized their prey.

These demons were like cockroaches—on the surface, only one or two had been found, but in the shadows, there was probably a whole nest!

If he had known, he should have summoned Little Purple to protect Lingling when he left.

"Lingling, jump down from the building!"

"Are you sure?"

Lingling glanced at the ground over twenty stories below.

She had no magic, no Wing Magic Equipment—if she jumped and Dongfang Chen didn't catch her, she'd be dead!

"Jump. I'll catch you in mid-air."

"Alright!"

After a look back at the Scale Skin Demon Soldier closing in behind her, Lingling chose to trust Dongfang Chen and leaped from the rooftop!

"Ahhh—"

Lingling covered her eyes and screamed in mid-air.

Dongfang Chen glanced at Lingling, then used the Profound-Tier Intermediate Dou Technique, Explosive Step!

Using the air as a foothold, he dove toward mid-air!

Since this was a busy market, Dongfang Chen chose not to unfold his flashy Dou Qi Transformation Wings to avoid drawing attention, instead using the Explosive Step technique for aerial movement.

As he closed in on Lingling, a sudden burst of suction erupted from Dongfang Chen's palm.

Profound-Tier Low-Level Dou Technique—Absorbing Palm!

The suction from Absorbing Palm perfectly canceled out the inertia from Lingling's high fall.

Then Dongfang Chen Explosive Stepped forward again, catching Lingling's small body in his arms.

"How was the catch?"

Dongfang Chen asked with a smile.

"Hmph. Passable."

Lingling had expected him to use those flashy Wing Magic Equipment to catch her, but instead, he'd charged through the air on nothing?

It was pretty cool, though.

But what kind of magic was he using? Wind Element Magic? Or Dark Element Magic?

"Come on, let's go up and get revenge!"

Dongfang Chen Explosive Stepped straight back toward the rooftop!