Qilin

Zhou Tai was using the body of a tall woman, probably around 1.7 meters in height.

Under normal circumstances, even if a body was filled with Aberrant Insect tentacles, as long as the outer skin remained intact, the Aberrant Insect's movements would still follow human patterns.

But Zhou Tai was different.

Facing the slashing silver threads, his body twisted and dodged like a deflating balloon, easily evading Yu Xian's attack.

Then he raised a hand. The skin on his arm instantly burst open, and countless tentacles tangled together to form a thick arm.

"Here comes the fist!"

Zhou Tai laughed loudly, leaped into the air, and threw a punch at Yu Xian on the ground.

Danger.

Yu Xian immediately jumped to the side, then rolled away as soon as he landed.

He had to admit that losing an arm had affected him greatly. If his right hand were still intact, Zhou Tai would have been shredded the moment he dared to jump.

Boom!

With a deafening blast, the ground where Yu Xian had just stood shook violently.

Amid the dust, Zhou Tai's punch had smashed a half-meter-wide crater into the ground. If that punch had landed on a person, it would probably have punched straight through their body.

Meanwhile, after completing his roll, Yu Xian immediately dropped to one knee. He plunged his left hand into the ground and controlled the silver threads to pierce through the earth toward Zhou Tai. In an instant, countless silver threads burst from the crater, weaving a giant net around Zhou Tai and tightening at once.

At that critical moment, Zhou Tai still wore a smile.

His body burst apart into countless disgusting tentacles, which nimbly slipped through one of the gaps in the net, even bringing the human skin with them.

Anyone who had seen an octopus squeeze through tiny holes underwater could probably imagine how Zhou Tai got out.

Then all the tentacles quickly burrowed back into the human skin, and in the blink of an eye, he was once again a young woman.

That level of control, that speed!

Yu Xian could clearly see Zhou Tai's movements, and he could not help but feel alarmed.

Although Zhou Tai's abilities had not exceeded the limits of an Aberrant Insect, his control over an Aberrant Insect's body was simply too strong. Most Aberrant Insects probably could not pull off such maneuvers.

At that moment, Zhou Tai spotted Yu Xian's severed arm lying several meters away.

He glanced at Yu Xian. Then numerous tentacles grew from his ruptured arm, directly picked up the severed limb from the ground, and burrowed into it one by one.

Aberrant Insects actually possessed an extremely abnormal ability.

They could use their tentacles to imitate the flesh and nerves of other living creatures, thereby controlling their bodies.

This could be considered an Aberrant Insect's most basic ability. Otherwise, after hollowing out a host's body, the host's brain would have long died from oxygen deprivation.

"Little brother, this arm of yours is really nice. Let's keep playing." Zhou Tai said with a smile, controlling the tentacles to make the arm swing continuously.

As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed at Yu Xian.

So fast!

Zhou Tai ran far faster than other Aberrant Insects.

At least three to four times faster than an ordinary Aberrant Insect. Moreover, he did not run in a straight line, making it impossible for Yu Xian to predict his route.

Left with no choice, Yu Xian could only retreat frantically, doing his best to widen the distance between them.

The two chased each other across the athletic field. From time to time, Yu Xian used silver threads to block Zhou Tai, while Zhou Tai moved as though he were dancing—or simply playing—easily avoiding every attack.

At the same time, Zhou Tai swung Yu Xian's right arm, occasionally extending it without warning and throwing a punch at Yu Xian.

In truth, Yu Xian's attacks posed almost no threat to Zhou Tai. Although the silver threads were incomparably sharp, and would certainly inflict severe damage if they struck Zhou Tai's body—

Zhou Tai was simply far too agile, and his body changed shape with incredible speed. Several times, Yu Xian deliberately formed the silver threads into a giant net, yet Zhou Tai always easily escaped through the gaps.

Instead, Yu Xian himself had nearly been struck by Zhou Tai's fists several times.

Though he had avoided them, he suffered scrapes across several parts of his body. As a vampire, however, those minor wounds healed in the blink of an eye, leaving no obvious marks.

Bang!

A gunshot suddenly rang out.

Zhou Tai, who had been pursuing Yu Xian, immediately bent backward to evade. The bullet passed over his chest before striking the distant ground and exploding.

Good opportunity!

Yu Xian seized the chance, turned around, and swept his left hand through the air. Countless silver threads whipped wildly through the air, slashing at Zhou Tai from different angles.

Faced with the silver threads forming a net over heaven and earth, Zhou Tai immediately repeated his trick. A mass of tentacles burst from the skin, and he chose one opening in the net to escape through.

Bang!

Another gunshot rang out.

The moment Zhou Tai emerged from the net woven from silver threads, Nora shot him. A large number of tentacles snapped in the explosion, while the few remaining tentacles quickly burrowed into the woman's skin and rolled backward.

Although Nora fired several more shots in pursuit, Zhou Tai was simply too fast, and every remaining bullet missed.

"Bitch, I was playing with little brother. You're such an unnecessary nuisance!" Zhou Tai performed several backward flips in succession and landed on the branch of a tree on the school grounds. He looked up at Nora, his wrinkled face filled with venomous hatred.

Neither Nora nor Yu Xian spoke. Instead, they displayed an unusual tacit understanding at that moment: strike while he was down and kill him!

Bullets and silver threads intertwined. In an instant, the tree beneath Zhou Tai's feet was blasted open by bullets, then shredded into fragments by countless silver threads.

However, Zhou Tai had already leaped backward just before the attacks arrived. He was now back atop the school wall.

"Little brother, I'll come play with you again next time. And you... you damned bitch, you're dead. I'll kill you. I definitely will... kill you!" Zhou Tai first spoke to Yu Xian with a smiling face, then immediately changed expressions and glared at Nora as he spoke madly.

As soon as he finished speaking, bullets and silver threads came at him again. He immediately flipped backward and vanished beyond the school grounds.

Zhou Tai's original plan had been to keep fighting until Yu Xian was dead, or until he had played this body to ruin. But after obtaining Yu Xian's arm, he realized there was something unusual about it. In order to take the arm back with him, he decided to retreat.

Yu Xian and Nora did not immediately lower their guard just because Zhou Tai had left. They stood where they were for quite some time, only breathing a sigh of relief after confirming that Zhou Tai had truly gone.

Yu Xian dropped onto the ground, feeling utterly exhausted in both body and mind.

He had nearly been beaten to death by Zhou Tai's fist several times just now. Thinking back on it now, he was filled with lingering fear.

"That was terrifying. I've never seen such a terrifying monster before." Nora sat beside Yu Xian, still shaken herself.

Yu Xian nodded. "Fortunately, we drove him away."

Suddenly, Nora pressed her gun against Yu Xian's lower back. Yu Xian could only cooperate and raise his only hand.

"There are plenty of vampires ten times, a hundred times, even a thousand times stronger than that monster. My father's patience is limited. He sent me to kill you, and if I keep refusing to act, he'll send someone stronger. When that happens, you'll definitely die," Nora said as she looked at Yu Xian.

Yu Xian could not help but smile. "So you decided to shoot me first?"

"Hmph. I have a suggestion for you. You'd better find a way to join Qilin." Nora withdrew her gun and spoke to Yu Xian.

Yu Xian hurriedly asked, "Qilin? Don't tell me there really is a mythical Qilin in this world, and you want me to join its faction?"

"Of course not. Qilin is the name of an official organization. I don't know the exact details either, but three years ago, I heard that a vampire like you joined Qilin, and the vampires had already given up on cleansing him," Nora said.

Qilin!

An official organization!

Yu Xian's eyes lit up. This option seemed more reliable than fleeing deep into the mountains and living like a wild man.