"Both of them are demons?"
Lingling's little face scrunched up.
Dongfang Chen smiled and smoothed it out. A face that cute couldn't be wrinkled up all day.
"Was that your guess, or have you already reached a conclusion?"
Lingling irritably slapped Dongfang Chen's hand away.
Dongfang Chen smiled. "You know about the Scale Skin Demon Mother, right?"
"Of course." Lingling shot Dongfang Chen a disdainful look, seemingly thinking he was underestimating her.
"My scores in Demon Species Theory and Demon Sociology have always been perfect. Even those old scholars can't beat me."
With that, Lingling quickly tapped away on her Laptop, and information about the Scale Skin Demon Mother appeared on the screen.
"This is a special parasitic demon. During the day, they're mostly dormant, so their hosts are no different from ordinary people. But once night falls, the Scale Skin Demon Mother needs to absorb nutrients, so it takes over the host's body and consciousness before going out to commit murders.
"Wait! This couple's behavior really does match the symptoms of being infected by a Scale Skin Demon Mother."
Lingling looked at Dongfang Chen in surprise.
He had only taken one look at the client, yet he had actually guessed what kind of demon had infected them?
"How did you know..."
Lingling had only spoken halfway when Dongfang Chen pinched the bridge of her little nose.
"Whether it's true or not, we'll know if we sneak over and keep watch tonight."
"That makes sense." Lingling nodded.
She glanced at the time. It was only noon, so there were still several hours until nightfall.
"There are still several hours until evening. 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 spend time with me that badly?
"I'm angry again now, so you have to play with me!"
"Fine, fine, fine. Lingling is so cute, of course I have to play with her."
"Hmph! That's more like it." Lingling spoke with a flushed face.
Dongfang Chen spent quite a while playing around with Lingling.
He just kept feeling a chill at the back of his neck.
Old Man Bao: "..."
If looks could turn into knives, Old Man Bao would have killed the brat who had lured away his granddaughter countless times with his eyes.
At dusk, on the roof of a building near Masterpiece Private Garden.
At the client's husband's request, Lingling was using her computer to monitor the couple's home.
At first, everything the couple did was perfectly normal.
Although the husband seemed somewhat restless, he was still helping their ten-year-old child with homework.
The wife, meanwhile, had gone to the Bathroom to take a shower.
Lingling glanced at Dongfang Chen, whose face was full of excitement, then shut off the Bathroom's surveillance feed.
"Lingling, leave the surveillance on."
"You lecherous wolf! Get those disgusting thoughts out of your head!" Lingling snapped angrily.
"What if she sheds her skin and turns into a demon to go hunting while she's in the shower?"
"You're sure?"
"Of course I'm sure!"
"Fine."
Lingling decided to believe Dongfang Chen this once.
"If you dare lie to me, I'll..." Lingling raised three fingers.
But after hesitating for a moment, she lowered one of them.
"I won't talk to you for two days... No, just one day!"
"Fine, fine, fine." Dongfang Chen smiled indulgently.
Lingling then turned the Bathroom surveillance back on, and the scene displayed on the monitor left her stunned.
Inside the Bathroom, a woman's skin, like that of a deflated doll, had been discarded on the floor.
A demon covered in scales crawled out from inside the woman's skin.
"She shed her skin! She's going to hunt for prey. We can't let her get away!"
"Don't worry!"
Dongfang Chen's voice rang out. His entire body instantly leaped from the high-rise, transformed into a dark shadow, and vanished into the air.
Dongfang Chen moved incredibly quickly as he traveled through the shadows.
The female demon had just opened the Bathroom window and climbed out along the exterior wall when Dongfang Chen emerged from the shadow above her.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Dongfang Chen's voice startled the Scale Skin Demon Soldier.
Before she could react, a Giant Shadow Spike pinned her entire body in place.
A mature Scale Skin Demon Mother was a Commander Level demon.
This Scale Skin Demon Soldier had clearly been infected only recently. She possessed merely Servant Level strength and should properly be called a Scale Skin Demon Soldier.
With one simple Giant Shadow Spike, Dongfang Chen rendered her completely immobile.
When facing an opponent of a lower level, as long as the target was hit and there was no Light Element counter, the Giant Shadow Spike's effect became brutally straightforward.
"Dongfang Chen! Her husband is shedding his skin too! You really guessed it!"
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 came from his mouth.
The next second, the husband, who had finished shedding his skin and was preparing to attack his biological child, was also pinned in place by a Giant Shadow Spike.
The tense, thrilling battle ended in the blink of an eye.
Actually, if he had attacked with Soul Power, the battle would have ended even faster. Dongfang Chen wouldn't even have needed to show himself; he could have killed both demons from a distance.
But these were parasitic demons, and their hosts were still alive.
For the sake of the hosts' safety, Dongfang Chen had chosen to restrain them with Giant Shadow Spikes first.
"Ah!"
Suddenly, Lingling's scream came from the other end of the headset.
"What is it?"
"There's a Scale Skin Demon Soldier here too!"
Dongfang Chen's heart sank.
The Scale Skin Demon Mother had the ability to spread through blood.
When they went out hunting at night to absorb nutrients, they would also infect their prey and turn them into hosts.
These demons were like cockroaches. Although only one or two had been discovered on the surface, there was probably already an entire nest hidden away!
If he had known this would happen, he should have summoned Little Purple to protect Lingling when he left earlier.
"Lingling, jump down from the building!"
"You're sure?"
Lingling looked at the ground more than twenty stories below.
She had no magic and no Wing Magic Equipment. If she jumped and Dongfang Chen failed to catch her, she would die right in front of him!
"Jump. I'll catch you in midair."
"Okay!"
After glancing behind her at the Scale Skin Demon Soldier that had already caught up, Lingling decided to trust Dongfang Chen and leaped from the roof!
"Ah—!"
Lingling covered her eyes and screamed in midair.
Dongfang Chen glanced at Lingling, then used the Profound-Tier Intermediate Dou Technique, Explosive Step!
Using the air as a foothold, he dove toward her in midair!
Because this was a busy urban district, Dongfang Chen didn't unfold his unusually magnificent Dou Qi Transformation Wings for fear of attracting attention. Instead, he used Explosive Step to move through the air.
As he approached Lingling, a powerful suction force suddenly burst from his palm.
Profound-Tier Low-Level Dou Technique—Absorbing Palm!
The suction force produced by Absorbing Palm perfectly canceled out Lingling's inertia from falling.
Dongfang Chen then used Explosive Step again, rushing forward and catching Lingling's small body in his arms.
"How was the catch?"
Dongfang Chen asked with a smile.
"Hmph. Passable."
Lingling had thought Dongfang Chen would use those gorgeous Wing Magic Equipment to catch her again. She hadn't expected him to step on the air and charge up through empty space.
It was pretty cool, though.
But what magic had he used? Wind Element Magic? Or Dark Element Magic?
"Come on. Let's go up and get our revenge!"
Dongfang Chen stepped on Explosive Step again and charged straight toward the roof of the building!
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