Chapter 545: "Testing the Waters"
Its towering body naturally granted it extraordinary strength.
Whoosh!
Before its pounce reached him, a heavy rush of air blasted into his face.
Qin Ran's hair stirred, and his cloak snapped in the wind. He stood motionless, as though frozen with fright.
Only when the hairlike mouthparts spilling from the demon's abdomen reached out to entangle him did he abruptly leap into the air.
With a nimble flip, he landed behind the demon.
Its towering body possessed strength to match, but inevitably sacrificed considerable agility.
When Qin Ran slammed his frost-covered right hand into the demon's sturdy back, it had only turned halfway around.
Crack, crackle.
Frost Energy spread across the demon's body.
The Powerful-tier elemental attack froze the seemingly ferocious demon into an ice sculpture without giving it any chance to fight back.
Qin Ran, meanwhile, panted heavily.
It looked as though he had exhausted a great deal of stamina.
[Side quest: Kitchen of the Backstreet (completed)] [Kitchen of the Backstreet: Losing themselves amid the glittering nightlife has made people increasingly easy prey for demons. A "Red Ogre" has hidden there and built a nest. Find it and eliminate it.]
Qin Ran glanced at the notifications appearing on his retinas.
Everything had gone just as he had expected.
After obtaining the files on the bizarre incidents near those streets steeped in negative energy, he had only skimmed through them before two side quests appeared.
The first was [Kitchen of the Backstreet], which noted that around fifteen people had disappeared in the area.
The second was [The Butcher's Slaughter]!
``` [The Butcher's Slaughter: "Rude" craved the pleasure of slicing flesh and wished to bathe himself in blood. Thus, he became a butcher known far and wide, until cutting up animals no longer