Bang, bang, bang...
Click,
Thud.
He Li finished the bullets in the magazine, ejected it, put down the pistol, and loaded the brass bullets on the table into the magazine one by one.
Bai Fei, standing beside him, looked at the bullets in He Li's hand with some heartache, then at the target paper on the monitor, which only had two shots hitting the mark. He said,
"Why do you have to practice with a handgun? You're very good with a shotgun."
He Li kept loading the magazine and replied, "It's good to practice with multiple weapons. What if the shotgun runs out of ammo? I can still shoot with a pistol."
"Don't you consider using other weapons at all?"
Bai Fei drew his battle saber from its sheath, admiring its gleaming blade. The blade had two blood grooves, one long and one short, reaching the very tip. He said, "For example, this saber in my hand, three feet four inches long, with a straight blade, a slightly curved tip, a heavy spine, and a long edge, is extremely suitable for chopping. After imbuing it with spiritual energy, it becomes even sharper. I truly enjoy the feeling of the saber cutting into demons.
The bodies of beast-type demons are like sand; there's a slight resistance when cutting, giving an excellent feel.
Soul-type demons are more like tofu; they cut smoothly and fluidly.
Actually, what I like most are the purer beast-type demons, the ones with flesh and blood. The blade tears through skin, cuts through muscle and bone, and the blood that spurts out provides a sensory thrill."
He Li looked at Bai Fei with disdain, sizing him up from head to toe, and finally retorted, "Are you a pervert? You enjoy the thrill? Do you think demons will feel the same thrill when they tear you apart?"
Bai Fei pouted, "How boring. You're a Materialization ability user, and you materialize a long weapon like a halberd. Aren't you going to practice with it?"
"You use your gun all day. Bullets always run out. What will you do then? Wait for an airdrop?"
He Li blinked, then looked at Bai Fei and said seriously, "It's not impossible..."
"Damn it, I can't talk sense into you." Bai Fei cursed speechlessly, sheathed his saber, and dragged He Li to the 34th floor.
He Li still clutched the freshly loaded magazine in his hand. He was growing to like the feeling of shooting more and more. He even felt that if he fired ten thousand more bullets, even if he couldn't become a sharpshooter who never missed, he could at least guarantee that every bullet would hit the target precisely.
Unfortunately, Bai Fei didn't believe in him and insisted he use a saber, chopping at demons with it. Was that the act of a normal person? That was pure recklessness!
He couldn't understand why, when a single bullet could solve a problem, they insisted on using a saber. Had they watched too many wuxia movies? Or were they too passionate, reminiscing about the days when they were dominant in Causeway Bay.
Crazy!
"Brother Fei, hurry up, I want a slightly bitter cocktail," Tao Xue emerged from a room and happened to see He Li and Bai Fei bickering at the entrance of the hall.
"Alright, wait for me," Bai Fei replied, then pushed He Li towards the sofa area.
He Li smacked his lips, feeling a bit bored. His spiritual energy cultivation was progressing, and unlocking his genes wasn't an urgent matter. He was mocked for wasting bullets just practicing his shooting.
Sigh...
Life was tough.
At noon, everyone gathered around the sofa area, eating the lunch Bai Fei had brought back from the cafeteria. They didn't eat out because Min Liang and Jiang Zhen were nearing the end of their analysis of Lu Xiangnan's corpse.
They needed to wait here for the final results.
In fact, by now, He Li wasn't that expectant anymore, because he knew that this hunting game had already begun.
Lying on the sofa by the floor-to-ceiling window, He Li rolled over, squinting his eyes, and looked at his teammates chatting and drinking tea on the sofa.
Among you, could there be a "hunter"?
In the afternoon, at 2:40 PM.
The analysis report was out.
Everyone gathered in the surveillance room. A set of data and numbers appeared on the large screen.
Jiang Zhen said, "Based on the analysis of Lu Xiangnan's demonized corpse, he is not a true corpse demon, but rather a living person's consciousness sealed within a corpse using demonic energy as a medium. The corpse could be anyone's, because when the consciousness is sealed into the corpse, the corpse undergoes deformation.
In other words, when Lu Xiangnan arrived at the Spiritual Management Association building, he was not a demon, but a corpse. He was already dead, but his consciousness was alive.
He was not a demon, but a living dead person!"
"So, the captain and we didn't feel any demonic energy, and the detection devices didn't alarm, because detection devices don't detect dead people.
As He Li said, he controlled those female demons to absorb the essence, blood, and life force of living people to supply him.
It's true.
But, the essence, blood, and life force absorbed from living people were not given to him for attack, but to the demons controlling him.
A corpse demon is a symbiosis of beast and soul types, while something like Lu Xiangnan is at most a living dead puppet. After its body is destroyed, it can find another corpse to parasitize, and then the soul will twist the host corpse according to its own appearance, becoming exactly like itself before death.
According to the information in the headquarters' database, there is only one demon that fits the description of creating living dead puppets like Lu Xiangnan to absorb life force.
Soul type, Level 2 demon, the Soul-Devouring Blood Demon.
The Soul-Devouring Blood Demon is a symbiotic demon of a beastly entity and a soul-type spirit, with the spirit being dominant.
The blood demons in the villa that were eliminated by He Li's gravity in the last mission, and the blood demons eliminated by the captain on the overpass, were the physical bodies of this Soul-Devouring Blood Demon, while the soul body did not appear.
The demon in the bank was just a nascent-stage parasitic demon, unrelated to the Soul-Devouring Blood Demon.
Sister Jiang took a deep breath and looked at everyone, saying solemnly, "The most terrifying thing is that this bloodthirsty soul demon is still in Binjiang. Who knows how many 'living dead' like Lu Xiangnan there are in the entire Binjiang."
As Sister Jiang finished speaking, the entire surveillance room was silent except for the sound of the equipment.
Everyone's hearts sank.
He Li's eyes flickered as he looked at Susan.
Susan also happened to be looking at He Li.
Others might not know, but these two did. Just as Jin Chuan had said last night, this hunting game for He Li had begun.
And just as He Li had said, he was the prey.
And the hunters could be anyone except him.
Everyone walked out of the conference room with heavy hearts.
On the rooftop,
He Li sat on the edge of the building, looking at the beautiful scenery of Binjiang, quietly smoking.
"What are you going to do?"
Susan's voice came from behind him.
He Li didn't turn to look. He exhaled a puff of smoke lightly, paused, and then chuckled, "This is an interesting game."
"Captain, this game, which seems to be a hunting game targeting me, is actually a gamble."
"Oh? A gamble?" Susan sat down beside He Li with interest, took out a cigarette case from her pocket, and lit a ladies' cigarette.
"Explain it to me in detail."
He Li's gaze was fixed ahead, looking at the city before him, and he said coldly, "That Soul-Devouring Blood Demon has kidnapped the citizens of the entire Binjiang City to bet on whether I will be soft-hearted."