Continuous Slaughter

Dim lighting, a room in shambles.

The sound of chewing flesh pierced the eardrums.

"Mmph..."

The inverted gravity scrambled Mei Ye's thoughts. He opened his eyes, his memories still anchored in the previous world, feeling both bewildered and horrified by the gruesome cannibalistic scene before him.

"Oh? You're awake?"

In the hall, a large, muscular dog monster with sleek, oily black fur dropped the human thigh bone it had been gnawing on.

Mei Ye looked over. The dog-headed monster wore a blood-stained napkin, and two bloody human heads stared blankly at the ceiling. Their eyes met Mei Ye's, filled with lingering resentment and unwillingness.

An uncontrollable surge of both grim satisfaction and sorrow for a fellow creature welled up in Mei Ye's heart.

"What? Sympathizing with them?"

The dog monster grinned. It was a dog demon, and it loved eating humans most of all.

The dog demon took a savage bite of meat, its mouth filled with greasy fat as oil dripped down the corners of its mouth.

"Didn't you hate those two?"

The dog demon playfully spun one of the heads on the table, digging its claws into the skull to scoop out and eat the brains.

Mei Ye exhaled a breath of stale air, forcing himself not to succumb to rage.

"Dog!"

Mei Ye's tone was level, devoid of any emotion.

"Hmph."

The dog demon clicked its tongue, thrusting its long snout into the human head to lick it.

The dog demon decided that once it finished this head, it would eat this kid too.

Unable to bear the sight of this anti-human spectacle, Mei Ye closed his eyes, forcing himself to calm down.

A moment ago, he had been a student who failed his postgraduate entrance exam, but now he had become a dying man in a parallel world.

According to the memories of his predecessor, the one the dog demon was eating was his colleague.

His predecessor had been a trainee Demon-Suppressing Guard at the Demon Suppression Bureau—essentially a reserve police officer—in this high-martial-arts world dedicated to fighting demons and maintaining social stability.

Originally, today was just a routine patrol, but they had crashed and run into a dog demon.

They lost the fight and were eaten.

His predecessor had died from excessive blood loss during the battle.

As for this world, it was much like the Earth Mei Ye came from.

Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming.

The biggest difference was the history of the last hundred years.

A century ago, spiritual energy revived, and demons wreaked havoc on the world.

An unprecedented upheaval had arrived.

Humanity, arrogant and self-proclaimed masters of all living things, remained divided and failed to unite immediately to resist the external threat.

Meanwhile, demons emerged one after another, proving to be extremely difficult to deal with.

So much so that humanity lost more than half of its territory.

Today, only the nations of the Asia-Pacific region still maintain their governments.

Mei Ye's "predecessor" grew up in a rural family; his father died of illness, and his mother, unable to bear the hardship, hanged herself.

After becoming an orphan, he worked tirelessly to graduate from Jiangnan Martial Arts University and was assigned to the Demon Suppression Bureau as a low-level trainee enforcement member.

Although his talent was meager and his background poor, earning the disdain of the men at the Demon Suppression Bureau, for an orphan like him, it was finally a stable job.

However, he hadn't even had the chance to enjoy the good life before he died.

"Alright! You kid are quite resilient; you've lost so much blood and still aren't dead."

The dog demon tossed aside the picked-clean skull, wiped its mouth, and looked at Mei Ye with lingering hunger.

"But I love hearing human wails. The louder you scream, the more excited I get!"

Drool stretched from the dog demon's sharp teeth, and the thick, fishy stench made Mei Ye feel nauseous.

The dog demon stepped toward Mei Ye, its heavy footsteps causing the floor to tremble slightly, its greedy eyes reflecting Mei Ye's despairing face.

"Beep, beep, beep—!"

Suddenly, a strange phone ringing echoed through the silent night, shattering the dangerous atmosphere.

The dog demon irritably pulled out a phone, glanced at the caller ID, shot a look at Mei Ye, and trotted to the side to answer it in a low voice.

"What the...?"

Mei Ye felt a bit numb; even monsters in modern society were using technology now.

He didn't fear a strong enemy, but he feared an enemy that loved to learn!

No wonder humanity hadn't been able to reclaim their land for so many years; it turned out the monsters were also making progress.

Watching the dog demon happily chatting on the phone, then looking at the corpses of his two colleagues on the ground, Mei Ye closed his eyes in utter despair.

Just wait for death.

[Ding!]

[Host's current status:

Martial Arts:

Basic Qi Nourishing Art (Body Tempering Realm, 2nd Layer)

Grappling Hand (Minor Mastery)

Wind-Treading Step (Minor Mastery)

Righteous Qi Saber Art (Minor Mastery)]

[You can obtain Merit Points by killing enemies to fuse martial arts and improve your cultivation and proficiency!]

Mei Ye was stunned, then his face lit up with joy, as if he had found an oasis in the desert.

Heaven never closes all doors!

But the next moment, his eyes dimmed again.

Merit points could only be obtained by killing enemies, but if he could actually handle that dog demon, would he be worrying at all?

[Current initial Merit Points: 500!]

A line of cold text appeared on the transparent blue panel, but to Mei Ye, that number looked incredibly friendly.

Heaven won't let me die!

Mei Ye's brows relaxed, and his tense nerves loosened.

He glanced at the dog demon on the phone and poured all the merit points from the panel into his only martial art—Grappling Hand!

A warm current emerged from nothingness, flowing from his heart through his limbs and bones. Mei Ye's muscles grew visibly, the wounds from his fight with the dog demon healed, and his complexion began to recover.

At the same time, an animation of a small figure practicing martial arts appeared in Mei Ye's mind; the movements were fluid, fierce, and filled with infinite potential.

[Basic Qi Nourishing Art: Body Tempering 5th Layer!]

Mei Ye flexed his wrists and gave a light tug, snapping the ropes.

The corners of his mouth curled up as he looked at the dog demon, who was acting all high and mighty while on the phone, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

He stood up silently, picked up the blood-stained standard-issue long saber from the ground, and slowly stepped toward the dog demon's back.

"That's right, that's right... rest assured, I'll get it done! I'll definitely make sure that kid..."

The dog demon's voice was coarse, like a vengeful spirit.

But before he could finish, his pointed ears suddenly twitched, his nose sniffed, and he whipped around.

"Woof!"

The dog demon dropped the phone, his green eyes burning like flames, and lunged straight at Mei Ye.

Seeing the dog demon's agility, Mei Ye made a split-second decision and slashed down with a flick of his wrist.

This strike was faster than his previous amateur swordsmanship.

A silver light flashed, biting and cold.

The dog demon's surprised face was illuminated by the blade; he was shocked that Mei Ye had become stronger after being injured.

He let out a piercing shriek, leaped into the air, and pounced on Mei Ye.

Mei Ye retreated, his back hitting the wall, and swung his saber horizontally to block the dog demon's claws.

He moved, using his footwork to circle around the dog demon, then raised his long saber high and brought it down with heavy force.

The dog demon's pupils constricted—this kid was so fast he couldn't even keep up!

He twisted his body and bit down, his row of man-eating teeth clamping onto the long saber, and jerked his head, trying to wrench the weapon away from Mei Ye!

A sharp light flashed in Mei Ye's eyes. He stepped forward, gripped the hilt with his left hand, veins bulging on his arm, and slashed down in one fluid motion!

Rip!

Flesh tore, and filthy blood sprayed into the air!

The dog demon's mouth was sliced wide open, the cut extending all the way to his ear.

"Awoo!"

The dog demon howled, recoiling violently, jumping around in agony.

"You bastard!"

The dog demon's fur stood on end, blood streaming from its maw like a vengeful spirit from hell, its eyes brimming with hatred.

Mei Ye shot forward, his movements ghost-like, his blade closing in on the dog demon, slicing through the air and tearing into its tough hide.

Squelch!

A tuft of stinking dog fur drifted to the ground, scattered by the wind.

A massive, jagged wound erupted across the dog demon's chest, sending a fountain of blood spraying onto Mei Ye.

It collapsed to the ground, twitching, its eyes glaring at Mei Ye with lingering resentment as if staring at a devil.

It would never know, even in death, how the lowly clerk who was supposed to be its meal had suddenly become so skilled in martial arts.

Bizarre!

Mei Ye sheathed his blade, his face half-splattered with blood, lending a strange, demonic beauty to his refined features.

He scanned the surroundings and fished a smartphone from the dog demon's body.

His slender fingers swiped across the screen, revealing a call that was still connected.

"..."

So, The entire commotion of me killing the dog demon was heard on the other end?

Mei Ye gripped the phone, momentarily at a loss for what to do.

"Big Dog?"

After a long silence, the person on the other end spoke tentatively, their voice sharp and clearly distorted by a voice changer.

"Sorry, it's dead."

After a brief pause, Mei Ye told the truth.

He was an honest, good boy.

The other end of the line fell into a dead silence; Mei Ye waited for a long time, but there was no response.

"Kid, you've got guts, daring to mess with my dog!"

After a long while, the person sneered before hanging up.

Mei Ye tried calling back, but the line wouldn't connect; the other party had unilaterally severed contact to avoid being tracked down by a member of the Demon Suppression Bureau.

Mei Ye rummaged through the phone again, but aside from finding some eye-searing pictures of female dogs in the browser, he found nothing.

Mei Ye shoved the phone into his pocket, knelt beside the dog demon, and began to saw at its neck with his long blade until he had severed the head.

It was still a contribution, wasn't it?

Mei Ye cradled the dog head, wrapped it in a piece of cloth, and walked out of the dilapidated, remote building.

He strolled past the corpses of his two fallen colleagues without even a glance.

He hadn't known his predecessor's colleagues, and in the memories he inherited, they had looked down on him, so he felt rather cold-blooded regarding their deaths.

The night wind blew across the desolate area; the moon above could only illuminate the blurred outlines of the landscape, leaving everything in pitch darkness save for a few scattered lights.

Mei Ye looked toward the dim lights of the city, feeling as if he were in another lifetime.

Compared to high-ranking Demon Suppression Bureau officers, he was a member of the lowest rank, relegated to patrolling this relatively poor district where there were few wealthy people and security was lax.

However, this city was, after all, in the heart of the Divine Land, and public order was far superior to the frontier.

The demons people usually feared were nothing more than small fry incapable of causing any real trouble.

As for the dog demon he had run into today, one could only say it was a mix of bad luck and the creature's own pathetic strength.

"Ugh—"

As his thoughts drifted, a row of high-beam lights swept over him, and the sound of sirens pierced through the outskirts.