Mu Yanqiu Visits

"Roar!"

The Black Beast Demons let out low growls, their scarlet eyes locked firmly on Cheng Xiaoyu. Like they had spotted food, they charged straight at him.

Seeing this, Cheng Xiaoyu first used Shadow Evasion to avoid that round of attacks. Taking the chance, he pulled some distance away and assessed the situation before him.

There were six Black Beast Demons in total. From the look of them, their strength should all be at the Servant Class, within his range to kill... He could win!

At once, he took the Short Blade from the [Item Inventory], fixed his gaze on the charging Black Beast Demons, and directly activated his newly acquired skill, [Killing Intent].

[Killing Intent: Terror effect. All Attribute Values of the attack target -50%]

In an instant, a dark-blue light flashed in Cheng Xiaoyu's eyes. Wisps of aura coiled around his body, and a chilling wave of killing intent immediately swept toward the Black Beast Demons.

The six Black Beast Demons that had been charging over so ferociously suddenly froze. As if they had sensed an invisible killing intent, they stood trembling in place one by one, their disgusting bodies shaking uncontrollably as they looked at the human before them in fear.

They did not know why, either. They were clearly the side with the advantage, yet they were actually afraid of a weak human.

Under the intimidation of [Killing Intent], the six Black Beast Demons seemed to forget what they were supposed to do and remained where they were.

Taking this opportunity, Cheng Xiaoyu activated the skill [Dash] again, gripped the Short Blade, and rushed out like an afterimage. In only a brief moment, he had cut down the Black Beast Demons to the ground.

For a time, a nauseating stench mixed with the smell of blood in the air. Six mangled corpses lay in a Pool of Blood, and only one tall, straight figure stood there.

Cheng Xiaoyu swept a glance over the mess on the ground, a hint of thought appearing in his eyes. Then a sound rang out inside the cave.

Hearing it, he frowned slightly and instantly turned into a large stretch of shadow, rushing toward that area.

Hiding behind a Huge Stone, Cheng Xiaoyu secretly looked outside and saw a person fighting a frenzied Phantom Wolf Beast. That person was none other than Mo Fan.

Mo Fan... Why would he be here? And what was going on with this Phantom Wolf Beast?

But before Cheng Xiaoyu could figure it out, the scene he saw in the next second made his pupils shrink. Mo Fan, who was clearly a Fire Element Mage, actually cast Lightning Element magic, and even used the stalactites to kill the Phantom Wolf Beast.

This truly touched on his blind spot. What kind of Novice Mage could use two kinds of magic?!

After thinking it over briefly, Cheng Xiaoyu understood that this might be one of Mo Fan's Innate Talents. Perhaps he had awakened two magic elements at the Novice level.

But this had nothing to do with him, and he did not want to go out and expose himself at a time like this. In any case, he only needed to pretend he did not know.

Mm, someone was coming?

Keenly hearing the sound of wind, Cheng Xiaoyu quickly hid in an inconspicuous corner to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Instructor Zhou arrived at the scene with a flap of his Wind Wings. He looked in shock at the unharmed Mo Fan and the Phantom Wolf Beast that had already become a corpse, and under the former's explanation, he barely accepted this astonishing information.

Seeing that the timing was about right, Cheng Xiaoyu slowly walked out then, looking at Mo Fan and Instructor Zhou with a face full of surprise as he asked in confusion, "Mo Fan, Instructor Zhou, why are you here?"

Hearing this, Mo Fan roughly recounted what had just happened. It turned out that they had been worried about Cheng Xiaoyu's safety and had decided to go in and look for him, only to run into a Phantom Wolf Beast.

And in order to protect the other students, he had Zhang Xiaohou bring him rushing into the cave to draw the Phantom Wolf Beast's aggro, and finally used the stalactites to successfully kill it.

Cheng Xiaoyu nodded in sudden understanding. Then, under Instructor Zhou's complicated and pained gaze, he took out the bracelet and said with a smile, "Instructor Zhou, I completed that bounty. Don't forget the magic equipment you promised."

"All right. Of course I won't forget."

Instructor Zhou felt a pain in his heart, but he could not take back words he had said in front of so many people earlier, so he could only nod with an aching heart.

Then Cheng Xiaoyu brought up the Black Beast Demons. Instructor Zhou's expression changed instantly, and his gaze became extremely serious.

"Is what you said true?"

Cheng Xiaoyu immediately brought Instructor Zhou to the previous location. The latter looked at the gruesome corpses on the ground, and his expression grew even heavier.

"How did you do it?"

Hearing this question, Cheng Xiaoyu had long since prepared an answer. He told him that he possessed a Demon-Slaying Tool.

Instructor Zhou did not doubt this explanation too much. He had more or less learned about Cheng Xiaoyu's experiences before. Since he was a battle-hardened Shadow Element Hunter Magician and also possessed a decent Demon-Slaying Tool, he indeed had a chance of killing Black Beast Demons.

Of course, this also meant that this student was absolutely a genius!

Now was not the time to think about that. The most urgent matter was to quickly investigate why Black Beast Demons had appeared here. They had to conduct a full search of the Post Station!

Later, Tang Yue also learned of this information. She asked Cheng Xiaoyu about the details once again and explained, "Teacher is actually a member of The Tribunal. I came to Bo City to be a teacher this time to search for clues about the Black Vatican. You really helped me a lot this time."

Hearing this, Cheng Xiaoyu felt especially surprised. His teacher was actually an agent? What kind of novel plot was this?

"So that's how it is. No wonder the school suddenly parachuted in a beautiful teacher. I should've guessed something was off about it a long time ago..."

Hearing these words, Tang Yue's pretty face flushed slightly. Wasn't this basically saying that her disguise was very poor? Maybe the people of the Black Vatican had already noticed her long ago.

"By the way, Teacher Tang Yue, aside from today, had you investigated anything before?"

"Haha, of course... Teacher still has things to do. I'll contact you when there's information."

Watching Tang Yue's flustered back leave, Cheng Xiaoyu felt that this teacher-slash-adjudicator was not experienced enough, but that was not something he should be concerned about.

Instructor Zhou indeed did not go back on his word and gave him a piece of Defensive Magic Equipment. Although Mo Fan had killed the Phantom Wolf Beast, Cheng Xiaoyu had found the bracelet, and with the unexpected matter of the Black Beast Demons on top of that, it was naturally given to him.

Mo Fan had no objections to this, which made Cheng Xiaoyu even more certain that this brat had designs on his younger sister. He had to guard against him to the death!

When he returned home, however, an unexpected person appeared.

"Sister Yanqiu, what are you doing here?"

After opening the door, Cheng Xiaoyu immediately saw Mu Yanqiu sitting on the sofa and chatting with Ye Xinxia. He asked in confusion.

Mu Yanqiu's eyelashes lifted slightly, and she looked at Cheng Xiaoyu with an amused gaze, a dangerous glint faintly flickering in her beautiful eyes.

"What, Xiaoyu? You don't welcome me?"

Hearing that, Cheng Xiaoyu broke out in an embarrassed sweat. He could not help recalling some not-so-pleasant things from his childhood and hurriedly said, "How could that be? Sister Yanqiu, I'm more than happy that you came."

Seeing Cheng Xiaoyu's nervous appearance, Mu Yanqiu could not help covering her mouth and chuckling. She said in exasperation, "All right, I came today to visit Xinxia. Seeing you was just incidental... I still have something to do, so I'll be going first."

"Huh? Sister Yanqiu, you're not staying for dinner?"

Naturally, it was not that Cheng Xiaoyu had any objections to Mu Yanqiu. The two of them were very close, and he was puzzled as to why she did not stay for a meal before leaving.

"Your Sister Yanqiu is very busy. How could I have that much time? I'll come again next time."

At the door, Mu Yanqiu waved to Cheng Xiaoyu and Ye Xinxia, then turned and left. But in the next second, the smile on her face vanished, replaced by a trace of gloom!