The three guests locked in the room had been frightened into huddling in a corner, while the humanoid thing, red all over and a mess of bloody flesh, stood just a step away. Its black teeth were thin and sharp, and cloudy, foul-smelling drool dripped from its mouth onto the floor.
Hearing the door kicked open, it instinctively turned to look. Its bloodshot eyes fixed on Jian Ran in the doorway, as though weighing the difference in their strength...
"Hi-" Jian Ran raised a hand in greeting. "This isn't our first time meeting, is it?"
"Since we're so fated to meet, want to be friends?"
The three guests, huddled together and scared shitless, were speechless. At a fucking time like this, he still wanted to make friends?!
Lu Yanting, leaning against the wall with his brows knitted, was speechless. I don't like this habit of yours, making friends everywhere. You'll have to change it!
The humanoid thing, frozen in place and at a loss, was speechless. What the hell was he talking about?!
Holding the Peachwood Sword in one hand, Jian Ran slowly walked into the room, his smile wild and unrestrained. "Kid, an adult is saying hello to you."
"How can you not respond?"
"That's very rude, you know?"
"Didn't your mother teach you?!"
At that last sentence, Du Yunmeng's eyes widened. She covered her mouth and shook her head nonstop, as though saying, Don't mention its mother. Don't mention its mother-
Unfortunately, before he could voice a warning, he saw the humanoid thing let out a growl. Its four limbs sprang off the floor, launching it forward in attack.
Unhurriedly, Jian Ran raised the Peachwood Sword and brought it down squarely on the thing's head.
He didn't seem to have used much force, yet a scream rang out,