"Xiao Qi, don't just eat vegetables. Have some spare ribs too!" Auntie picked up a piece of spare rib and put it into Lin Qiye's bowl.
Lin Qiye smiled. "Thank you, Auntie."
"Today is a great day. Eat more. Don't try to save money for Auntie!"
"I know, Auntie. A Jin, you should eat more too. You're at the age when you need to grow your body...
A Jin?
A Jin!"
Lin Qiye looked at Yang Jin, who was in a daze, and called him twice.
"Ah? Oh, I'll eat now!" Yang Jin came back to his senses and scratched his hair.
"You child, why are you so absent-minded? Are you being picky now? You don't even want to eat the meat?" Auntie gave Yang Jin a glare and added a few more pieces of meat to his bowl.
"A Jin might be under a lot of pressure from his homework." Lin Qiye said with a smile. He picked up the bone he had just finished gnawing on, looked around, and a hint of confusion appeared on his face.
Auntie also came to her senses and said in surprise, "Strange, where's Xiao Hei Lai? It's usually the most enthusiastic about eating. Now, even with bones to eat, we can't even see its shadow?"
As if hearing someone calling it, Xiao Hei Lai poked its head out from the balcony and barked.
"Woof——!"
Lin Qiye waved the bone in the air, signaling Xiao Hei Lai to come and eat it. But Xiao Hei Lai looked at the bone and then out the window, seemingly a bit torn.
"What's wrong with this little thing today?" Auntie said suspiciously.
Lin Qiye hesitated for a moment, picked up the bone and stood up. He walked to the balcony, stroked Xiao Hei Lai's head, and said softly:
"What's wrong with you? Hmm? Is there something outside?"
Lin Qiye threw the bone on the ground. While Xiao Hei Lai was gnawing on the bone, he stood up and looked out the window.
In the vast darkness, apart from the torrential rain, there was nothing.
Even in the other residential buildings in the distance, there was not a single ray of light left. The world was so silent, as if only the endless rain remained.
"Strange, there's nothing there..."
Lin Qiye muttered to himself. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, suddenly, a few sounds came from outside the window, as if someone was knocking on the window.
Lin Qiye turned back and saw a small bat outside the window.
The bat seemed to be soaked by the rain and kept crashing into the window, as if it wanted to find a place to take shelter from the rain.
Lin Qiye's eyes gradually lit up.
Come to think of it, he hadn't used the ability to communicate with nocturnal creatures that the Starry Night Dancer had given him yet. It was rare to encounter a bat, so it seemed worth a try...
So, Lin Qiye just stood quietly by the window, staring at the bat.
"Xiao Qi! What are you doing there? Come back and eat. The food is going to get cold." Auntie saw Lin Qiye in a daze and called out.
However, Lin Qiye was like a statue, standing there motionless for a long time.
Just as Auntie was about to say something more, Lin Qiye suddenly turned his head back, and his eyes were trembling!
He quickly ran to the door and put on his shoes.
"Xiao Qi, what are you going to do?"
"I just remembered something important. I'm going out for a while."
"Silly child, what are you talking about? It's dark outside and it's raining so heavily. Where are you going?"
"It's something important! It's very important!"
"Then, what about the meal?"
"I'll eat it when I come back!"
In Auntie's bewildered gaze, Lin Qiye had already changed his shoes, quickly opened the door, and was about to go out.
Just then, Yang Jin's voice suddenly sounded.
"Brother, it's raining heavily outside. You'd better not go."
"No, I have to go."
"No matter how important the matter is, someone else will do it. The earth will still turn even without you."
"But there are some things I have to do." Lin Qiye took a deep breath and forced a smile at the corner of his mouth. "Don't worry too much. It's just a small thing. After I solve it, I'll be back.
After all, it's rare to have such a delicious meal. I don't want to waste it.
I'm leaving."
Lin Qiye quickly closed the door and rushed downstairs at full speed.
After Lin Qiye had gone far, Auntie suddenly came to her senses. She quickly walked to the door and shouted downstairs:
"Silly child! It's raining so heavily outside. Take an umbrella!"
In the corridor, Lin Qiye's footsteps were getting farther and farther away, and no one responded.
Auntie let out a helpless sigh, went back to her seat and sat down. Suddenly, she felt that the meal in front of her didn't smell good anymore.
And Yang Jin just sat there quietly, looking out the window at the heavy rain, silent.
...
In the rain.
Chacha, chacha, chacha!
Zhao Kongcheng pressed the lighter several times. As soon as the spark ignited, it was extinguished by the falling rain.
He held a cigarette in his mouth and let out a helpless sigh.
His luck today... really sucks.
"Jie——!!"
Not far from him, the King of Masked Men stood there like a demon in the rain, and its figure brought a great sense of oppression!
The King of Masked Men looked very different from an ordinary Masked Man. Just its size was two times larger than an ordinary one. From a distance, it looked like a small hill.
Moreover, an ordinary Masked Man walked on all fours like an animal, while the King of Masked Men stood on two feet, with its head held high. If one ignored that pale ghost face and the scarlet long tongue, it was still quite similar to a human.
But for such a fierce and terrifying King of Masked Men, its whole body was covered with knife wounds. Each cut seemed to be carved into the flesh and blood, making its body covered in blood.
Zhao Kongcheng looked at the wounds on the King of Masked Men and smacked his lips:
"Captain is really amazing... He actually injured it so severely. It seems that he held back when practicing with me...
A monster in the 'Chuan' realm, even when seriously injured, is still at a terrifying level.
I wonder how many moves I can withstand under its hands."
Zhao Kongcheng muttered as he reached out to his shoulder, grabbed the handle of the straight knife, and slowly pulled it out...
The light blue blade sliced through the rain, making a soft humming sound.
A heavy rain, a cigarette,
A cloak, a straight knife!
The King of Masked Men looked at Zhao Kongcheng. Its scarlet tongue curled up, and a bloodthirsty desire appeared in its eyes!
In an instant, both of them moved at the same time!
Zhao Kongcheng held the straight knife and shot out like an arrow leaving the bow. His eyes were cold, and a murderous intent filled the air!
He was fast, but the King of Masked Men was even faster!
Its huge body crashed through the rain curtain. Its pale ghost face twisted violently, like a hunter who had just seen its prey, unable to contain the ecstasy in its heart!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The moment their figures collided, the light of the knife was sharp. Three consecutive sounds of metal clashing cut through the rain curtain. Claws and the blade collided, creating dazzling sparks!
Zhao Kongcheng was indeed a master of close combat. He precisely slashed at the vital parts of the King of Masked Men with three consecutive strikes, but the King of Masked Men blocked them even faster.
Zhao Kongcheng only made three strikes because after the third strike, he was sent flying by the terrifying strength of the King of Masked Men and landed awkwardly in the muddy ground.
The gap between them was too great.
One was a mythical creature that had reached the "Chuan" realm, possessing a Forbidden Ruins and terrifying physical qualities;
The other was an ordinary person with just skills and experience in his mortal body.
Zhao Kongcheng got up from the mud, spat out the wet cigarette in his mouth, and cursed:
"Damn it, so what if it's a mythical creature? So what if it has great strength?"
The King of Masked Men had no intention of having a fair fight at all. It roared at Zhao Kongcheng, and the sound was like thunder!
"Roar! Roar! Roar!!"
Then, with the King of Masked Men as the center, a huge and ferocious ghost face gradually appeared on the ground...
Zhao Kongcheng's face immediately changed.
"Forbidden Ruins Sequence 176, [Ghost Face Manifestation on the Ground]."