The latter statement was the main point.
The mixed-race man pinched the fair, tender cheek. It was cool and lacked warmth, but it wasn't stiff like a corpse; it was like a sleeping beauty.
He hadn't had such preferences before, but now he found his subordinate's suggestion quite good. He reached out to embrace the person sitting on the sofa.
As Jin Li began to act up, the man strained with all his might, but couldn't lift him.
"Sir, what's wrong?"
The man coughed to cover his embarrassment and said, "You two, come help me carry him into the house."
The two men stepped forward upon hearing him and tried to lift him as they had before. With a slight upward force, the person flew up from their grasp, soared high, and landed back on the sofa.
Both men were stunned.
The tall mixed-race man was also dumbfounded. He stepped forward to embrace him again, but still couldn't lift him.
At this point, he finally realized he was being toyed with. With a face full of rage, he looked at the fair and pretty face, pulled a gun from his waist, cocked it, and aimed it at his head.
After a few seconds of stalemate, the eyes, which had been eerily unresponsive, suddenly moved. The man was so terrified that he fired subconsciously.
"Clang."
The bullet was deflected, hitting the chandelier overhead. The glass shattered, plunging the room into darkness. Those outside could no longer hold back and burst through the security door.
"Jin Li!"
Shen Chongyan waved his hand, and the long sword "whooshed" back into his hand. A voice sounded in his ear: "That person is in the basement of this house. Be careful."
Shen Chongyan didn't dare to leave Shen Qian outside. The brothers charged in together. Someone opened fire at them, but Shen Chongyan blocked all the shots. Their objective was clear: the basement. Just as they were about to break through the door, the basement lights suddenly flickered on.
The people behind them caught up, raising their guns and pointing them at them. "Who are you people?"
The mixed-race man looked at the sword in his hand, then stared at his face for a long time. "Are you Mr. Shen from the Lin City Base?"
Shen Chongyan didn't know his reputation had spread so far. He had no intention of wasting words with this person and raised his hand to strike the door.
"Stop!" the man roared. "We have no business with each other. What are you doing? Trying to steal someone?"
"Didn't you steal our things? This is called returning the favor."
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The man, realizing he had been drawn in, glared at them. "Are you here for Tyler Wyatt? He's of no use to me now. If you're willing to give me that little boy from earlier, I'll give him to you."
Before Shen Chongyan could speak, Jin Li flew into a rage. "Go to hell with your little boy! I am over sixty thousand years old, young enough to be your great-great-great-grandfather. Master, I want to skin this scoundrel alive!"
"Help me open the door first."
He split the iron door of the basement with a single blow. While Shen Chongyan was searching for someone, Jin Li flew directly towards the man and sliced off a large piece of flesh from his arm with his sword.
"Ah!" The mixed-race man screamed. The bones in his body began to shift, inch by inch. His shoulder bones protruded, and a pair of huge wings tore through his clothes and burst out. The wings lifted his body upwards, his body elongated considerably, and his face turned dark green, making him look like an alien.
Jin Li pursued him upstairs. If he had wanted to skin him before because of his insolence, he now had an additional reason.
He thrust his sword from behind, and the man let out another scream. Although the wound wasn't deep, he seemed to have been wounded by a silver sword like a vampire. They chased each other to the open ground outside the villa. Jin Li continuously slashed at him, leaving his wings tattered and torn, and inflicting numerous wounds on his body.
The villa's security personnel rushed out. Initially, they helped him by firing their guns, but the bullets had no effect on Jin Li and often injured the man instead.
They then began to transform, with all sorts of bizarre and monstrous aliens appearing in the small courtyard, each baring its teeth and claws, looking ugly and terrifying.
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His long sword glowed with golden light, and cutting down these creatures was like slicing through cabbage. Soon, they were beaten into a pulp. Some abandoned their masters and fled, while others were killed.
The winged alien, riddled with holes from Jin Li's sword, finally breathed its last and fell to the ground. Its body shrunk, becoming a small bat. Unlike ordinary bats with leathery wings, this one had two large wings in addition to its leathery ones, similar to the strange bird that had attacked their base before.
Jin Li transformed back into human form, picked it up, and held it in his hand, plucking its fur. A moment later, Shen Chongyan and Shen Qian emerged, supporting a young man. Following them were four other people, leaning on each other, their faces ashen, their bodies stained with blood, looking very disheveled.
"Master."
Shen Chongyan looked at the dark, lumpy mass in his hand and asked, "What are you holding?"
Jin Li showed it to him. "That scoundrel from just now. I didn't expect him to be an alien too. I said I would skin him, and I will."
"I'll help you skin him when we get back. Help me support him first."
"Okay."
Jin Li stuffed the little bat into his pouch and came over to help Shen Chongyan support the swaying young man. Shen Qian went to help the others behind them. Together, they supported them outside and saw the cars left by the intruders. They first helped the injured into the cars.
Shen Qian went back again, collected useful items, especially food, into his spatial storage, and took several cars before coming out.
They chose a seven-seater car. Including Jin Li, eight people were not too crowded. They drove north.
Shen Qian took out some spirit spring water and handed it to them. "This can replenish energy and heal wounds. Rest for now. We'll talk about anything after daybreak."
"Thank you."
The man among them was the most seriously injured. According to what they had heard before, those aliens treated living people as reserves. The bat alien also had abilities. He had transformed from an esper into an alien, and by consuming the blood of espers, he could become stronger, which was why he hadn't killed them immediately.
As for Shen Chongyan and Shen Qian, they were also considered reserves by them. However, they hadn't expected the bat alien to take a liking to Jin Li first, who had now crumpled him into a ball.
They drove further away, stopped the car to eat and rest, and waited for daylight.
Jin Li was truly vengeful. While others were sitting in the car, he asked Shen Qian for a small dagger, got out of the car, placed the strange little bat on the ground, and began to skin it.
Shen Chongyan kept his word and went down to help him. It took the two of them over ten minutes to torment the creature beyond recognition, and then he burned it to ashes with a fire.
He looked at the small pile of ashes on the ground and grunted, "You dared to covet me. I'll make sure you never find peace, even in the afterlife."