Momo licked its paws. As far as it was concerned, it could kill these people even if they got a mile away.
But Lan Yu had specifically told it to leave the leader alive.
Just then, Lan Yu ran in through the processing plant's entrance. He cast Light Blessing over Xu Zhaoting and Zhang Lulu to protect them from harm.
"Leave those two bastards to you." Lan Yu pointed toward the two gray-robed men fleeing for the riverbank.
Feng~
The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger extended its claws, sharp enough to cleave steel. Its small, pitch-black body became a bolt of lightning in the night and shot after the two men.
In only a couple of breaths, both men died beneath the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's claws.
Without waiting for Lan Yu to give another order, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger went after someone else.
Grey Three was pretty fast. He was an Earth Element mage, using Earth Wave to speed up his escape.
He'd thought he'd already put enough distance between himself and his pursuers, that he might escape with his life. But when he saw a "black cat" blocking his way, he knew that switching from the back row to the front row wouldn't help.
Well, what else was there to say? It had already caught up with him, so he might as well hand over his life.
Splurt—
A sound like a blade slicing through flesh rang out. Purple claw streaks instantly tore Grey Three to pieces, scattering blood and flesh across the ground.
And Grey One?
Lan Yu had deliberately spared his life so he could lead them to Yu Ang's hideout.
This time, he wouldn't give those bastards the chance to run amok at the school!
Strike straight at the heart. It was faster, and the sooner this was over, the sooner he'd get paid.
Besides, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had marked Grey One. He wouldn't escape its pursuit even if he fled to the ends of the earth.
"Can you still walk?" Lan Yu squatted in front of Zhang Lulu and asked.
Though Zhang Lulu's eyes were still brimming with tears, she knew that this was the man who had pulled her and Xu Zhaoting out of danger.
She also knew his name. She'd learned it at last year's awards ceremony.
"I can." Zhang Lulu wiped her tears and nodded.
Lan Yu stood up. "Good. Take your boyfriend and leave. I have something important to do."
"Okay." Zhang Lulu hurriedly helped Xu Zhaoting to his feet. His injuries were severe, but he still had enough strength to walk.
"Th... thank you..." Xu Zhaoting managed weakly.
Lan Yu waved a hand, then signaled for the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to track Grey One with him.
This was an old alley. A few old-fashioned streetlamps illuminated only a few meters around them, making the alley seem deep and shadowy.
Wooden doors stood in the blue-gray stone walls, all of them quite old.
Suddenly, one of the doors slowly opened.
Grey One stumbled inside, half crawling. Before entering, he had looked both ways down the alley to make sure no one was following him.
Inside was an old courtyard with two withered trees.
The yard was a mess, clearly long neglected.
A black-robed figure wearing a mask stood on the steps before the old house.
He held a leather whip and lashed it viciously at several unruly Black Beast Demons beside him. They were already flayed and bloodied from the beating.
"L-Lord Black Robe..." Grey One steeled himself and walked forward, then dropped to his knees in front of the black-robed man.
Lord Black Robe stopped whipping the Black Beast Demons and glared at Grey One kneeling before him. "Grey One, did your mission succeed?"
He meant the exact opposite.
Grey One trembled like a leaf. He could plainly hear the fury hidden in Lord Black Robe's voice.
"Please calm your anger, Lord Black Robe. Our plan was exposed by that fellow named Lan Yu. He has a Warrior-level Summoned Beast, and we're no match for him. Our brothers and all the Black Beast Demons under our command fell to him," Grey One said hastily.
Smack!
The whip cracked down hard on Grey One's back, yet he didn't make even the slightest sound. He only bowed his head lower.
"Useless!" Yu Ang roared in fury. "With more than twenty Black Beast Demons and five mages, you couldn't even handle one Warrior-level creature?"
At the same time, Lan Yu and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had tracked Grey One to the alley.
"Go. Remember, kill them with one strike. Don't give them a chance to send out a message."
Momo nodded with a humanlike air, then nimbly leapt onto the stone wall and headed toward the marked location.
Lan Yu waited outside, composing a message to send to Leng Qing.
After a few minutes, Lan Yu entered the dim alley.
He reached a wooden door and pushed it open gently. It creaked.
At once, a thick, foul stench mixed with a faint smell of blood hit him.
Lan Yu glanced around. In one corner of the courtyard lay a large pool of foul, strange liquid. Before him were the corpses of a gray-robed man and a black-robed man.
They'd both been killed with a single strike.
Before long, Momo came running out of the old house with a specially made notebook in its mouth.
"Thanks for the effort."
Lan Yu patted Momo's little head and took the notebook from its mouth.
He opened it. Quite a few names were written inside. It seemed that the Blue Robe had told Yu Ang the names of all the Black Court members hidden in Demon City.
After all, the Blue Robe had worked with Yu Ang on this operation to seize the Earth Holy Spring from Mo Fan.
Naturally, the Blue Robe had to tell Yu Ang the names of the Black Court members who were lying low.
"This is a Book of Life and Death. All that's left is for Yama to call the roll." Lan Yu smiled.
After waiting in the courtyard for a while, a downdraft swept down from above.
Lan Yu looked up and saw Leng Qing slowly descending, beating her Wing Magic Tool.
"Sister Leng Qing," Lan Yu greeted her.
Leng Qing nodded slightly, then asked, "Where is it?"
Lan Yu handed her the notebook. She took it and flipped through a couple of pages. Anger immediately spread across her cool, composed face.
"We'll verify the information from here. Once we're done, the bounty will be paid into your Hunter account through the Hunter Station," Leng Qing said, suppressing her anger.
She'd never imagined there could be so many Black Court members in Magic City. They'd infiltrated not only government agencies but even Pearl Academy.
Lan Yu acknowledged her, then pointed to the two corpses on the ground. "What about the bounties for the gray-robed and black-robed men?"
"You little money-grubber... Don't worry. You'll get every bit of your bounty," Leng Qing said.
"Of course I trust you, Sister Leng Qing."
After handing over what he needed to, Lan Yu left the old house with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
Now all he had to do was pass the Main Campus assessment.
After Lan Yu left, Leng Qing contacted her trusted subordinates to handle the two corpses. Then she sent the list in the notebook to Night Hawk.
He would go capture the Blue Robe hiding in Magic City.
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