Hunting God Era

Chapter 13 You've been caught, you beast!
He had Huang Qingyi's contact information and sent him a message directly.

[At No. 128 Longshan Road, a man named Tang Shengchun feeds people locust eggs mixed with black threadworms, which can cause 'locust infestations'.]

After sending the message, he quickly deleted it, put his phone away, and went upstairs.

Upon reaching the living room on the first floor, Tang Shengchun invited Li Ye to sit down.

Water or cola?

"Cola."

Tang Shengchun took a can of Coke from the refrigerator and gave it to Li Ye, then sat down next to Li Ye and looked at him with a smile.

"At your current pace, you'll be able to step through the Dragon Gate in about a month."

“Practicing martial arts is very hard. I come from a traditional background. After learning about Western high technology, I felt that we Chinese don’t need to suffer so much when practicing martial arts.”

"Well, you're right."

Li Ye sipped his cola and gave a perfunctory reply, but the next second, the hairs on his body stood on end.

He felt a hand on his thigh. Tang Shengchun had somehow gotten close to him, and a hand was on his knee, starting to grope his thigh.

"Xiao Ye, may I call you that? Actually, I've always felt sorry for people like you who get 'excellent' in physical tests but can't pursue martial arts. That's why I returned to Shenzhou to create a high-tech martial arts training program."

"China only focuses on so-called geniuses who enter the martial arts through guiding methods, ignoring people like you. But in the West, martial arts are a gradual process. Martial arts entered through accumulation and training are definitely stronger than those in China."

He glanced at Li Ye's thighs outside his shorts without leaving a trace, and smiled, "Look at your thighs, they're perfectly toned, the muscles are close to the bones, well-defined, powerful but not bulky."

"The muscle texture is clear, and the feel is firm and elastic. You can tell at a glance that it contains strong support and torsional force, just like a cheetah. What beautiful lines."

He's still fucking pinching me!
Li Ye's pupils constricted, and his body tensed like a sculpture.

He was not afraid of demons or monsters, nor was he afraid of the dangers of battle, because if he really encountered them, there was nothing he could do.

That's what he's afraid of!
This is worse than killing him!
Damn it, he's not only a terrorist, but also an old gay man!
Li Ye practically sprang to his feet, keeping a safe distance from Tang Shengchun, and quickly changed the subject:
"Coach, this nutrient solution is really powerful. I feel like I have inexhaustible energy. But is there any other way besides the nutrient solution? I saw some strange medical pods in the basement."

You don't need it right now.

Tang Shengchun smiled and said, "It's not so easy for a preparatory student to break through the Dragon Gate. After you reach level 9 in my evaluation, you will enter there every day. It's like the medicinal bath in the martial arts school, which can enhance the nutrient solution you drink and help you break through the Dragon Gate faster."

Something that accelerates the hatching of locust eggs.

Li Ye narrowed his eyes, thinking of the black threadworm material contained in the liquid.

Even simple locust eggs, if imbued with demonic energy, can cause physical discomfort.

However, the addition of the black threadworm, which is known for its ability to hide and parasitize, effectively suppresses the discomfort within the body, allowing the eggs to hide even deeper. It is estimated that they will only be detected when the infection finally erupts.

With the addition of the medical pod, by the time they reach the Dragon Gate, no amount of other methods will be able to reverse the situation.

"Have you only recruited me so far? My parents told me you have many successful examples in Yangcheng," Li Ye asked.

“Xiao Ye, I know it was hard to gain your trust at first, after all, you have a traditional Chinese mindset, but in the West, high-tech martial arts training is the mainstream.”

Tang Shengchun dismissed it as youthful wariness and chuckled, "I came to Ningjiang to expand the market first. You're not the only one; I've recruited ten students in total, and they'll be here this afternoon. After all, the 'materials' are limited; more won't be enough. Only when we have more materials can we 'benefit' more students."

He deliberately emphasized the words "materials" and "benefit," his eyes narrowing slightly as he spoke, like a cunning old wolf that had entered a flock of sheep, and said smugly:

"No rush, there's plenty of time. We'll get to know each other better, and I'll understand your capabilities, and you'll see my strengths."

Fuck your mother! Fuck your father!
Li Ye forced a smile and was about to continue trying to get more information when suddenly a piercing sound rang out from outside.

hum! !

It sounded like someone was blasting noises in the street; the engine was extremely loud when it started.

Upon hearing the noise, Tang Shengchun frowned but said nothing, assuming it was just someone making a scene.

Li Ye naturally took out his phone and glanced at it. There was a message from an unknown number with only three words on it.

Five minutes!

The message was sent exactly five minutes ago.

He put down his phone, his expression relaxed, opened the backpack he had brought, took out a gold cigarette case, and lit a cigarette.

Tang Shengchun frowned even more. "How can someone your age smoke? It's bad for your health."

"It's alright, after all, it's not good for your health."

As Li Ye heard the engine noise getting louder and closer, he grinned at Tang Shengchun and said, "It's not as bad as the damage you caused."

"What do you mean?"

boom! !

Just as Tang Shengchun finished speaking, the wall was smashed open, and amidst the flying debris, a motorcycle with a huge rear wheel rushed in, its rapidly spinning tire crushing him!

puff!
The stone floor was pressed into a dent, and Tang Shengchun was trapped inside, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"call"

Li Ye exhaled smoke that dissipated in front of him, grinning as he said, "Besides, this is a special supply from the Disinfection Bureau. You should know what that means. You've been caught, you beast!"

"Hahahaha!"

Pan Zhengyang's loud laughter rang out from the motorcycle, "I've found you guys!"

"Impossible!" Tang Shengchun exclaimed in disbelief.

The students he recruits are all investigated in advance, starting with their parents, observing their words and actions, and investigating their backgrounds.

He was certain that these students were just ordinary preparatory students, the kind who were desperately seeking help, and that they had absolutely no background that could put him in danger.

Wealthy people may have connections, but wealthy preparatory students would never look down on any 'high-tech martial arts training'; they have reliable training channels.

Not to mention the relationship with the disinfection bureau.

Only an ordinary family that knows nothing and has no money, but happens to have a child who can practice martial arts but cannot break through the Dragon Gate, would panic and seek every possible way.

There's no way Li Ye could have discovered it!

They've been eyeing this place for a long time? That's even more impossible!

Before Li Ye arrived, he had not revealed any details to anyone. To anyone who came across it, it would just be a normal 'high-tech martial arts training' operation, at most treated as an industry that was borderline illegal.

It can't be that he drank the incubation fluid, then found out what was in it, and happened to have connections with the pest control bureau, so they reported him, right?
"You got away in Yangcheng, but let's see how you run this time!"

Pan Zhengyang got off the motorcycle and reached out to grab Tang Shengchun below.

"Don't even think about it!"

Tang Shengchun roared like a tiger, black lines appeared on his face, and his whole body suddenly swelled up.

Boom!
The floor below cracked even more. Tang Shengchun sprang up from under the motorcycle, and as he left, Li Ye's eyes widened.

This creature's legs have completely mutated, becoming recurved and covered with thorns, like the legs of a locust.

But as soon as he got off the motorcycle, Pan Zhengyang casually pulled out a black cloth bag from the vehicle, flicked his wrist, and revealed a large, ghost-headed knife.

puff!
The broadsword flashed out in a blur, slicing through Tang Shengchun's body and cleaving him in half at the waist, causing his upper body to fall to the ground.

Pan Zhengyang clicked his tongue, "He's still just a small fry, but he's a Dragon Gate Realm cultivator. If I let him get away, how am I supposed to survive?"

He flicked the blood off his broadsword, slung it over his shoulder, and looked at Li Ye. "Kid, not bad." Li Ye was a little stunned. "You just attacked me like that. What if I made a mistake?"

"First of all, a normal person wouldn't talk to me about insect eggs for no reason, let alone specify a monster like a 'locust nest.' Secondly, you yourself have the ability to identify monsters, and the current results prove that you are more reliable than our data clerk."

Pan Zhengyang patted the motorcycle beside him. "Besides, who do you think I am? If I really wanted to admit my mistake, I would have stopped the moment I rushed in. At worst, I'd just pay for the repairs, no big deal. Besides, I won't admit my mistake. After killing so many demons over the years, I have that kind of intuition."

"It's just my old intuition."

Li Ye chuckled, looking down at Tang Shengchun, who had been cut in half, and found that he was still breathing. "What is this? A human-turned-demon? Does such a thing even exist in the world?"

Upon hearing this, Pan Zhengyang glared at Tang Shengchun resentfully before speaking to Li Ye:

"It has nothing to do with you, a student. Knowing too much won't do you any good. Just report it if you encounter it; you can't go wrong. But how did you find out?"

Li Ye briefly explained that he had drunk the liquid containing insect eggs and that his parents had enrolled him in this program, and Pan Zhengyang's expression turned strange.

It's not some high-tech martial arts training; it's something else entirely.

"You mean, after you drank that so-called nutrient solution, you immediately noticed something was wrong with it, sensed something was off with your blood and qi, and based on your experience, you figured out what the ingredients were, and then deduced the specific demon?"

Li Ye remained calm and composed. "What's wrong?"

Pan Zhengyang stared intently at him. "Are you really able to accurately sense your own Qi and blood? Are you sure?"

Li Ye nodded.

Pan Zhengyang asked, "According to your senses, when will you be able to break through the Dragon Gate?"

"At the current pace, we should be able to break through around 3 or 4 pm three days from now."

The rice arrived three days later.

"You can even pinpoint the exact time? Fine, don't say it's three days from now, even if you break through on the fourth or fifth day, come find me, you absolutely must come find me!"

Pan Zhengyang said with a burning gaze, "It's a good thing for you."

"Okay, but I guess I deserve credit for this report."

After Li Ye finished speaking, he stared straight at Pan Zhengyang.

The meaning was practically stated outright.

The reward for reporting should be paid out!
Pan Zhengyang laughed: "Do you know how much the number I sent you is worth? It's a favor that many people would beg for."

Li Ye also laughed: "I'm just a student."

Pan Zhengyang grinned, "Good lad, I like your type. You're perfect for our pest control department! Hmm, thirty thousand yuan it is."

“I thought it was 500,000,” Li Ye said.

"If you can get him to give me the information I want, I'll give you anything you want, not just 500,000."

Pan Zhengyang shook his head and looked at Tang Shengchun, "But he's just a small fry, not even worth keeping alive."

Li Ye followed his gaze and saw that his head had mutated into half a locust's head, and his mouth had completely become a locust's mouthparts, making it impossible for him to speak human language.

"We chatted briefly before, and he said that due to limited resources, he would only be recruiting ten students. Could these resources be the ones I'm thinking of?"

"It's not a locust nest."

Pan Zhengyang shook his head: "It's higher up."

Li Ye thought for a moment, then asked uncertainly, "The Desolate Locust Demon?"

The world is full of strange and wondrous creatures, born in countless ways: some through stages of evolution, some naturally formed, some through mutation, and some under specific preconditions.
Locusts entering the nest is a prerequisite for becoming a great demon.

Just as a single locust may not cause harm, a large-scale locust swarm becomes toxic.

If too many locust nests appear, another demon will be born.

Desolate Locust Demon.

Both the Hungry Ghost and the Bran Ghost are included in high school textbooks and are among the major demons that humans must know.

If the hungry ghosts are a man-made disaster, and if they are not dealt with properly and allowed to proliferate, they will eventually give birth to a great demon.

The Desolate Nightmare Locust is a natural disaster. Once it appears and darkens the sky, the locusts become a complete plague, devouring everything that has life.

"Don't think so much. What good will it do you if you know? You're not even at the Dragon Gate Realm. These kinds of great demons have nothing to do with you. Just focus on your martial arts training. If you want to make a contribution, you have to become stronger first."

Pan Zhengyang waved his hand, "Go back and take some deworming medicine at the hospital first, otherwise your body will be full of worms. It's good that you found out early; if it had been a few days later, even a god couldn't have saved you."

The initial stage of parasite egg entry into the body is something that can be resolved with modern methods.

Li Ye didn't even need to take medicine; he absorbed and refined it completely into qi and blood.

“He cheated my family out of 300,000 yuan, and we must get that money back.”

"We'll refund your money today," Pan Zhengyang said.

"Okay, then I'll leave first."

Li Ye turned to leave, but before he had taken two steps, Pan Zhengyang's voice rang out again.

"and many more."

He turned around and saw an object being thrown at him. He reached out and caught it, and it felt very heavy.

Upon closer inspection.
Desert Eagle?

I got a silver-white Desert Eagle, but with a larger caliber and a thicker, longer barrel.

"Here you go. Come back and get some bullets from me later. I see you've run into two monsters these past few days, and they're quite troublesome. Keep them for self-defense. Sometimes the extermination bureau isn't quick to react, so having a gun will help you handle things on your own."

Pan Zhengyang smacked his lips. "Sometimes this thing is more effective than martial arts."

Li Ye smirked.

Ballistics is a principle, and marksmanship is a technique, right?
But it is indeed a good thing.

Qi and blood dispel evil, gunpowder drives away evil; it can not only eliminate evil but also strike people.

Someone like Tang Shengchun, a member of the Three Dragons Sect, has a gun like this in his hand and can really handle things on his own.

After leaving the villa, Li Ye saw a group of police cars approaching and preparing to surround the area.

He thought about the time that had just passed and chuckled to himself.

Five minutes.
The disinfection bureau is 30 kilometers away from here. Pan Zhengyang's motorcycle must have been traveling at 200 km/h, with smoke coming out of the tires.

"Are they keeping ordinary people from knowing about cults? Or is it some kind of 500,000?"

He thought about Pan Zhengyang's words and shook his head again.

There are things hidden in this seemingly calm water that he can't reach.

However, none of this mattered to him. His immediate priority was to break through the Dragon Gate!
Only by becoming a martial artist can one more effectively control their own destiny and future, instead of being completely clueless and relying solely on guesswork.

He casually touched his backpack, where the gun was, and muttered:

"Otherwise, I'll end up like you, just passively handing things over. I'd much rather take them myself."

(End of this chapter)