That Sword Is Cool

He had a new reason to deal with abnormal creatures, and Zheng Yichen's motivation immediately skyrocketed. There was nothing to say, it was all for the equipment!!

Although he wasn't very good at using swords and blades, how could he miss the chance to obtain potential magical equipment?

After inspecting the corpse, Zheng Yichen began his subsequent preparations. All that was left was to wait for the abnormal creature to appear. As for investigation and solving the case, that was the job of the police or detectives. He was a hunter, and his only job was to eliminate the abnormal creature that was harming people.

What did the rest have to do with him?

Of course, some simple preliminary investigation was still necessary. For example, gathering information that the town residents might know. After starting this investigation, Zheng Yichen found that, as the Town Chief had said, many people in the town didn't really believe this was the work of an abnormal creature.

Or rather, they felt that such things were too far away from them. Of course, a portion of the town residents did believe. This proportion wasn't too high. After a simple investigation, Zheng Yichen summarized that most people here felt that abnormal creatures were like big stars appearing in a small mountain village – the possibility was simply too low.

Even though they thought this way, knowing that Zheng Yichen was investigating the matter and preparing to resolve it, the attitude of the town residents towards him changed somewhat. They didn't believe in abnormal creatures, but the fact that people had died in the town was undeniable.

Zheng Yichen's identity as a Demon Hunter was completely different from their impressions. But while different, Zheng Yichen was very strong. His robust and powerful muscles were stronger than the most burly men in town.

Putting aside other things, his physique alone was very convincing. In this era, strength itself was associated with reliability.

"Hmm... hoofprints?" After gathering some information, Zheng Yichen arrived at the scene of one of the victims. He looked at the marks on the ground and said uncertainly. He hadn't received professional training, and everything he was doing now was self-taught.

At most, he saw some hoofprints at the scene. Those hoofprints led from the path into the depths of the forest. So, was the abnormal creature a horse, or a cavalryman? Or perhaps it wasn't an abnormal creature at all, but someone using special weapons?

Well, no matter which situation it was, the key point was that the other party had killed someone. Although the victim's head was taken, the town was small, and it was easy to confirm the identity of whoever died. The deceased were not bad people in this town.

They were just standard members of the town.

If it wasn't an abnormal creature, then eliminating a menace for the people would still be acceptable.

Thinking this, Zheng Yichen heard the sound of hooves. A figure emerged from the faint fog. Zheng Yichen couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. Fog, he was very concerned about this stuff. When he encountered it, he wanted to go directly and take a look, regardless of whether there were any anomalies. It was always right to take a look.

As the sound of hooves approached, the figure quickly became clear: it was a Headless Knight wearing Light Armor and wielding a Longsword.

The moment he saw the figure clearly, Zheng Yichen had already turned on the Portable Camera he was carrying. He took out a Shotgun with his right hand and fired at the Headless Knight, whose Longsword was burning with an Ethereal Green Flame as he approached.

This time, he wasn't using Birdshot, but a Slug. The number of Pellets was smaller, but each Pellet was larger and more lethal.

The Pellets sprayed from the muzzle hit the Headless Knight, who didn't dodge. The impact didn't affect him at all; he didn't even stagger. He maintained his charging state on horseback and continued to approach Zheng Yichen.

Zheng Yichen was a bit annoyed. Since he bought this gun, it hadn't performed as a projectile weapon should. Weren't Firearms supposed to be devastating weapons? Was this all? So far, the only decent record of his firearms was shooting quite a few birds.

Nothing else.

Seeing that Firearms were not very useful, Zheng Yichen put them away, no longer wasting bullets. Instead, he took out his Fishing Rod and cast it. He loaded a Black Gun into the Fishing Rod to increase its strength, and the Fishing Rod directly pierced the opponent's body.

The advantage of a Polearm was evident. However, the Headless Knight, who had been pierced, still didn't react much. He continued to charge forward, enduring the spear piercing his body. The Longsword in his hand, burning with Ethereal Green Flame, swung towards his Neck.

Zheng Yichen's arm muscles bulged. With a loud shout, he flicked the Headless Knight off his horse. Even if he had the characteristic of ignoring attacks, the creature's weight was still there. In terms of strength, he was not lacking.

The Headless Knight was flicked off his Horseback by him. He took out his handgun and fired repeatedly at the Headless Knight's sword-wielding arm at close range. The opponent seemed to have Immortality and could ignore attacks, but he would still be damaged when hit.

After firing a few shots, Zheng Yichen knew that disarming the opponent was impossible. After a hole was shot in its arm, he could see the damaged flesh rapidly healing. Hoofbeats sounded behind Zheng Yichen.

The black horse charged towards his back. He had no choice but to dodge quickly. The black horse rushed to the Headless Knight's side, and the Headless Knight grabbed the reins and mounted it again.

This time, the Headless Knight continued its charge. Clearly, although this thing had no head, it wasn't completely devoid of intelligence. It had been careless and didn't dodge earlier, and Zheng Yichen had directly knocked it off its horse. Now, it had become much more cautious.

After circling Zheng Yichen twice on its horse, the Headless Knight galloped back into the foggy forest.

"What the heck..." After the Headless Knight left, Zheng Yichen retracted his fishing rod back into its short staff form. After hitting the Headless Knight earlier, he had tried to absorb blood from it. He did get something, but the feedback this time wasn't strong. It wasn't like extracting the blood of an Abnormal Creature, nor was it like extracting the 'soul' of a Vengeful Spirit. It felt like something in between.

When absorbing, it lacked a sense of substance, like drinking water mixed with a few meat particles. The water part wasn't important; the meat particles were. And the meat particles only made up one-tenth of the water. To get the meat particles, one had to drink a large mouthful of water.

This Headless Knight didn't seem to have suffered any substantial damage either. Based on the feeling just now, it would take a considerable amount of time to defeat the opponent by dealing damage through blood absorption with the Black Gun. Moreover, the opponent had Immortality. If it couldn't win, it could just ride its horse and escape. This was quite difficult to deal with.

However, being able to find it in the first place was a good thing. His plan was to painstakingly collect Clues and investigate thoroughly before finding the Target. Unexpectedly, the Target had come looking for him... as if it was specifically targeting him?

On the way back, Zheng Yichen pondered this matter. It was too coincidental. He had just gone to an accident scene to check the situation, and that thing had come to kill him.