How could Ou Xiangrong be at Songhai University? And with Xu Yingying?
How dare he show up at Songhai University? He's wanted by an official organization. Is he bold because of his skills, or is he just out of his mind?
Zhang Yuanqing tensed up and stopped, saying to the classmates beside him,
"You guys go up first. I need to make a call."
He needed to call for backup... He walked to the side of the road, took out his phone, and dialed Li Dongze's number.
"I'm sorry, the number you dialed is currently switched off."
The voice prompt indicated the phone was off.
He then dialed Guan Ya's phone, but it was also off.
"Meeting? Operation deployment? Or, are they lying in wait near Songhai University?" Zhang Yuanqing's mind raced with possibilities.
If it's the latter, then there's nothing for me to do. But if they're unreachable because of a meeting, Ou Xiangrong, as a wanted criminal, can't stay at Songhai University for long. Missing this opportunity would be a huge loss.
With that thought, Zhang Yuanqing opened his contacts and dialed Wang Tai's number.
Thanks to his social habits, he had saved Wang Tai's number, even though this brother didn't like to talk or interact, and always had a "go away, don't bother me" expression on his face whenever he tried to strike up a conversation.
"What is it?" Wang Tai's listless voice came through the speaker.
"I saw Ou Xiangrong, the murderer who killed Zhao Yingjun. You know about that case, right?"
"Yeah, but why are you contacting me? You should contact the Squad Leader." Wang Tai's tone was as calm as ever.
Shouldn't you be saying something like "Holy crap, awesome"? You're too calm... Zhang Yuanqing thought to himself while saying,
"I can't reach the Squad Leader or Old Driver."
"Who's Old Driver?"
"That's not the point." Zhang Yuanqing briefly explained the situation, saying, "Can you contact Spirit Attendants from other squads?"
"I can..." Wang Tai typed rapidly on his keyboard, saying,
"I accessed the case files for Zhao Yingjun. Zhao Yingjun had a lot of college girlfriends, one of whom goes to your school, named Xu Yingying. Based on your information, I'm guessing he's trying to find a breakthrough with the women around Zhao Yingjun."
So, Xu Yingying's sugar daddy was Zhao Yingjun. No wonder a constable came to my door yesterday... Zhang Yuanqing suddenly understood.
Wang Tai continued,
"Ou Xiangrong, Level 3 Temptation Demon, possesses evil power, and was severely injured in yesterday's siege. His danger level is greatly reduced, but he's still too much for you to handle.
"I analyzed the situation for you. The correct course of action is to keep an eye on him and wait for official support. You can use Night Wanderer skills for occasional harassment, but don't engage in a direct fight, or you'll die a horrible death."
Even though he's not good at socializing, he's pretty reliable when it comes to work. Zhang Yuanqing pretended to look around at the scenery and followed Ou Xiangrong and Xu Yingying from a distance, using the crowd as cover.
"The Squad Leader and Sister Guan Ya can't be reached. Are they deployed near Songhai?" Zhang Yuanqing asked hopefully.
"No, Xu Yingying is just an ordinary college girl, she has no value. This Ou Xiangrong... he's already a little mentally unstable." Wang Tai said, "That female classmate of yours is doomed."
With Ou Xiangrong's cruelty, he definitely wouldn't leave her alive.
At that moment, Zhang Yuanqing saw Ou Xiangrong "embrace" Xu Yingying and enter the underground parking garage of the complex building.
The two of them disappeared from sight along the downward slope.
"They went into the parking garage. Gotta go, tell the other squad members as soon as possible."
Without waiting for a response, Zhang Yuanqing hung up.
It was too quiet here, and he couldn't use passersby as shields like before. If he followed them into the underground parking garage, he would definitely be noticed.
Zhang Yuanqing pondered for a few seconds, then took off his backpack and threw it into the roadside greenery. Then, he activated the power of Taiyin in his body, and a faint black mist exploded with a "bang," forcibly erasing his figure.
After casting Night Wanderer, he sprinted into the underground parking garage.
With the Red Dancing Shoes and Night Wanderer skills, even if he couldn't beat Ou Xiangrong, escaping wouldn't be a problem.
So, it was worth the risk.
Even though Xu Yingying was a materialistic and snobbish woman, she was still a living, breathing person.
If he could, Zhang Yuanqing wouldn't stand by and watch her die. Besides, Ou Xiangrong, with his sick mind, needed to be taken care of as soon as possible for the sake of peace.
He didn't need to deliberately hide his footsteps, because the Night Wanderer state could mask the sounds he made, and even conceal his body heat.
As soon as he entered the underground parking garage, he heard Xu Yingying's trembling voice, filled with sobs:
"I, I don't know where the thing you're looking for is. I only followed Zhao Yingjun for his money. He gave me 20,000 a month, and I was his girlfriend..."
Twenty, twenty thousand? Before I was a full member, I only made 20,000 a month. Your money is too easy to earn... Zhang Yuanqing looked around for the source of the sound. At the rear of a black car, near the wall, Xu Yingying stood against the wall in terror, while Ou Xiangrong stood to one side, holding a knife.
"Don't tell me you don't know, don't tell me you don't know..."
Ou Xiangrong's eyes were fierce, and he roared nervously.
"I'm giving you one last chance. Did Zhao Yingjun ever tell you anything about the Holy Grail and the list?"
"I, I really don't know what you're talking about..." Xu Yingying's eyes were red, and large tears streamed down her face.
Ou Xiangrong was silent for a few seconds, and a weary sigh echoed in the underground parking garage.
His pupils glowed with a scarlet light, and the expression beneath his mask became ferocious and mad, with a touch of neurosis, as he muttered:
"I gave you a chance, but you didn't use it. I gave you a chance, but you didn't use it..."
Ou Xiangrong's calloused hand grabbed Xu Yingying's fair neck, and his thick arm lifted her up. Xu Yingying's face instantly turned red, then from red to purple. Her legs flailed wildly, and her eyes rolled back.
Ou Xiangrong revealed a joyful sneer, then presented the tip of the knife, holding it against Xu Yingying's chest.
Just as he was about to drive the blade into the woman's heart, suddenly, the Temptation Demon's intuition sent him a signal of danger, and the hairs on the back of his hand stood on end.
There was no one nearby, no movement or abnormalities.
But he felt a chill from the bottom of his heart, an unpredictable danger approaching him, enveloping him.
A Spirit Attendant!
The experienced Ou Xiangrong immediately realized that he had been attacked by a Spirit Attendant. Holding Xu Yingying's neck, he relied on his senses to throw her hard backwards.
Smack! Xu Yingying fell heavily to the ground, rolled several meters, and passed out.
Seeing that the attacker didn't try to save the woman, Ou Xiangrong retreated, while swinging the willow blade in front of him.
The sharp blade drew a bright arc, and a sharp "ding" echoed in the void in front of him, scattering dazzling sparks.
He had hit the opponent's weapon.
Based on the feeling of the weapon collision, Ou Xiangrong judged the enemy's position, and immediately swelled his leg muscles. His whole body was like a spring, crouching, and flying forward.
With a muffled 'thud', Ou Xiangrong felt a solid impact on his knees, and heard the muffled groan of the attacker in his ear.
Immediately after, a person "flew" out of the void, a young college student, wearing sweatpants and a baseball uniform, with good features and a sunny disposition, holding a half-arm-length bronze pestle in his hand.
"Night Wanderer?"
In an instant, Ou Xiangrong understood. He understood why last night's attack had come so quickly.
He understood who was the source of that near-fatal siege.
In his mentally unstable state, his eyes flashed with ferocity and hatred, and he felt a strong murderous intent and desire for revenge towards the Night Wanderer in front of him.
Ou Xiangrong, holding the willow blade, soared into the air. His powerful jumping ability allowed him to cover a distance of more than ten meters, ferociously pouncing on the rolling college student.
His aura was as fierce as a humanoid Tyrannosaurus rex.
Seeing this, Zhang Yuanqing almost shouted: Sorry to bother you, hero, spare my life!
Instead of trying to get up, he continued to roll with the momentum, while drawing on the power of Taiyin, entering the Night Wanderer state once again.
While rolling, he suddenly disappeared from Ou Xiangrong's sight. The Temptation Demon lost his target.
After dodging the pounce, the invisible Zhang Yuanqing crouched down and ran to a white car on the left, leaning against the tire, panting heavily.
That knee strike almost stopped his heart.
"That hurt like hell..."
The pain in his chest also made his face pale, and even breathing hurt. Fortunately, Night Wanderers had strong vitality and considerable self-healing abilities, so this injury would soon be healed.
But Zhang Yuanqing also realized the difference in strength between the two sides through the previous exchange.
This Temptation Demon possessed keen intuition and rich combat experience, and his physical strength was incredibly powerful. He seemed to be a melee-type class.
At that moment, he heard a "thump" and Ou Xiangrong leaped onto the roof of a black car several meters away.
Ou Xiangrong's pair of fierce eyes swept across the underground parking garage, and he said in a cold tone:
"A Taiyi Sect Night Wanderer shouldn't be in Songhai. Are you a Five Elements Alliance Night Wanderer?
"Hmph, a mere Level 1 Night Wanderer, daring to ambush me. Let me think, a Level 1 Night Wanderer skill, the invisibility time won't exceed twenty seconds. How long can you hide?"
Ou Xiangrong was sure that the other party was a Level 1 Night Wanderer. If he were Level 2, he wouldn't have had the upper hand in the previous exchange.
And if he were Level 3, then he himself would have to run now.
In his severely injured and weakened state, he couldn't possibly beat a Night Wanderer of the same level. Night Wanderers and Temptation Demons were both top-tier classes.
Twenty seconds? You think too highly of me, I only have ten seconds at most... Zhang Yuanqing shrunk down beside the car tire, holding his breath.
"This guy is ridiculously strong, and he hasn't even used the Temptation Demon's skills yet. Let me think about the abilities of a Temptation Demon..."
He recalled the information about Temptation Demons on the official forum.
This evil class, at the Extraordinary realm, possessed powerful combat abilities, and would enter a state of frenzy after killing, making their combat even more powerful.
In addition, once a fight broke out, the Temptation Demon could mark the other party in a special way, and even if the prey escaped, they would relentlessly hunt them down.
Finally, there was the core ability of the Extraordinary realm - Temptation!
Temptation was a mental control skill, actively released, and combined with super-strong close combat abilities, it was simply unsolvable.
At that moment, ten seconds ended, and his figure reappeared.
The next moment, a whistling sound of something tearing through the air was as if it was next to his ear. Zhang Yuanqing's heart tightened, knowing that Ou Xiangrong's attack had arrived. He didn't even dare to look, and immediately rolled forward again, becoming invisible once more.
Clang!
The body of the white car was dented deeply by a whip kick, and the alarm blared loudly.
Ou Xiangrong coldly swept his gaze around, remaining vigilant while provoking his opponent:
"Judging by your appearance, you're a student at Songhai University, right? Do you know that for Spirit Attendants, exposing your identity means endangering your family? Now that I know you're a student, I can take some time to slowly find you, kill you, and then wipe out your entire family."
After saying this, Ou Xiangrong clenched the willow blade in his hand, silently counting down, waiting for the newbie to reveal himself or attack.
Madman... Zhang Yuanqing's heart sank.
Even though he knew the other party was using a provocation, he couldn't deny that he was already angry, and had indeed developed a strong sense of dread.
Zhang Yuanqing hid behind the rear of another car, his brain working at high speed, thinking of ways to counter the attack.
"This guy's intuition is terrifying. If I can't make a one-hit kill, I shouldn't risk a sneak attack, but I can't keep hiding. My stamina can only support me casting Night Wanderer twice more, and after that, I can only run away, and official personnel can't possibly arrive in such a short time."
"If this guy escapes, my grandma and the others will be in danger."
"The Temptation Demon's three skills are Frenzy, Marking, and Temptation. The first one doesn't need to be considered if he doesn't kill someone. As for the second, I've probably already been marked, but Night Wanderer can block his senses."
"What I really need to be wary of is his close combat ability, and the Temptation skill. Alas, if only it were night right now..."
As his thoughts flashed, Zhang Yuanqing had already formulated a plan.
That was to let the Red Dancing Shoes act as the main damage dealer, with the useless master assisting from the side, waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack.
It was a good opportunity to test the combat level of this Rule-based item.
"Bang!" Ou Xiangrong jumped onto the roof of a car again, overlooking the underground parking garage from a high vantage point.
He silently counted the time, waiting for the enemy to leave the Night Wanderer state, when he suddenly heard a strange stomping sound behind him.
The sudden footsteps echoed in the empty garage, causing even the experienced Ou Xiangrong to feel a chill in his heart. He reflexively turned around with his knife, assuming a defensive stance.
Then, he saw the source of the strange stomping sound.
It was a pair of brand-new Western-style Red Dancing Shoes, three meters away from him, in the empty and quiet space, rising and falling together, as if an invisible person was wearing them and doing stationary stepping.
This eerie and terrifying scene could make ordinary people's legs go weak and scream out loud.
A supernatural item?
At the same time Ou Xiangrong saw the Red Dancing Shoes, a message appeared in his vision:
[Would you like to dance with me? If so, please step in place.]
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ps: Correcting typos after updating. Asking for monthly tickets, this chapter is four thousand words.