Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

"Yes, I've heard of it," Jiang Xue said casually. "But I don't have time to play with you today. Let's talk about it next time."

Nangong Qiuyue's eyes darkened, and she said coldly, "Do you think you can just leave whenever you want?"

"You must hand over all those missing people today!"

At the same time, she issued instructions to Liu Kai and other Night Watch team members via the system's mental communication:

[Nangong Qiuyue: A33 Tactics, Light-Blast Concussion Grenade!]

Upon hearing the order, Liu Kai and the other night watchmen immediately sharpened their eyes and scattered in perfect unison.

A dozen figures leaped swiftly through the woods, simultaneously surrounding the demon girl in a fan-shaped formation.

The afterglow of Jiang Xue swept across the surroundings.

Then, a dozen or so watchmen simultaneously threw a grenade.

More than a dozen grenades were thrown at her at the same time.

"break!"

Liu Kai raised his finger and shouted.

Runes flashed across the grenade, then the surface cracked, and blinding light patterns burst forth from the cracks.

"Bam—!"

The grenade exploded, releasing an extremely powerful shockwave of light-attribute energy!

The forest under the cover of night was suddenly as bright as day!

This grenade, invented by Takayuki Kaname, contains compressed, high-intensity light energy. This light can cause penetrating damage to creatures with dark race genes, effectively destroying their dark cells.

This has a very strong restraining effect on the dark attribute magic of dark races!

Meanwhile, Nangong Qiuyue gently pressed a button on the handle of the CyberTech straight knife with her fingers.

Wind-attribute soul energy immediately emanated from the long blade of the straight sword.

Apricot-leaf-colored wind-attribute energy flowed around the blade, making it even sharper!

"Sixth-tier martial skill - Returning Wind and Autumn Moon Slash!"

Nangong Qiuyue instantly moved forward, and with the help of the Returning Wind Shadow Dance Steps, her speed was more than seven times faster than before. Her agile, leopard-like figure and the cyber straight knife she wielded left countless afterimages.

"Shh-!"

This slash seemed to gather all the winds in the forest, and the swirling, converging airflow eventually transformed into a sharp, long line.

With a whooshing sound as an air blade sliced ​​through the air, the wind blades swept across the forest...

Nangong Qiuyue's figure landed swiftly.

Behind her, faint lines appeared between the trunks of dozens of towering trees, each hundreds of meters tall. Then, starting from those lines, all the trees began to separate neatly, falling one by one with a deafening roar and billowing dust...

But Jiang Xue was nowhere to be seen.

Nangong Qiuyue frowned: 'Just now, she seemed completely unaffected by the light explosion blast; she actually dodged the Returning Wind Autumn Moon Slash...'

"ah.....!"

"Aaaaaah...!!!"

At that moment, screams of agony came from the other Night Watch members behind them.

Nangong Qiuyue turned around in astonishment and saw that more than a dozen of her Night Watch teammates, including Liu Kai, had been attacked by something and were all screaming as they fell from the tree, crashing heavily to the ground from the trunks dozens of meters high.

Jiang Xue stood on a tree trunk about fifty meters behind her, her body radiating a chilling aura. Dark and ice magic condensed together into a deep blue gas, and everything around her was visibly covered with a layer of deep blue frost...

"Only your strength is decent."

Jiang Xue smiled as she spoke, her beautiful face as pale as snow:

"But if these people don't receive timely medical treatment within fifteen minutes, they're doomed."

Immediately, Jiang Xue raised her slender, white arm, as white as a lotus root, and waved it gently.

Her figure gradually faded away with the snow and frost...

"you......"

Nangong Qiuyue gritted her teeth, wanting to give chase, but hesitated and turned to look at the dozen or so night watchmen curled up on the ground. In the end, she gave up on continuing the pursuit.

She jumped down from the tree to check on Liu Kai and the other members of the night watch.

'This girl doesn't seem to be an ordinary demon.'

Nangong Qiuyue pondered: 'Just who is she?'

......

a few days later.

Ye Ge, Gao Shenxue, and Xia Xiyao arrived at the War Academy together.

However, the three of them didn't return to the academy to attend classes this time.

Instead, he was to serve as a temporary, specially appointed instructor for the academy, leading this new class of prodigy students on missions.

Oh right, there were four people, plus a white spirit in catgirl form, silently following behind Night Song.

However, Bai Xueling's expression seemed a bit stiff today, and for some reason, even her walking movements seemed stiffer than usual.

She kept her head down the whole way, occasionally looking up to glance at Ye Ge's back, then at Gao Shenxue's back. Her little head was filled with images like a slideshow, and then the catgirl's face turned bright red. She quickly lowered her head again, her heart pounding.

Although several days have passed, Bai Xueling still cannot forget what happened a few nights ago...

Three nights ago, she woke up groggily and what she unexpectedly witnessed had a profound impact on her young, kitten-like mind...

What on earth is that?!?!???

Is that kind of thing...is it really something a kitten should watch?!?

The figure of a jet-black raven appeared with the black mist, flapping its wings and flying around her.

"what happened to you?"

The spirit of calamity asked in confusion, "You seem to be acting strange these past few days?"

The catgirl looked guilty: "N-nothing..."

The spirit of calamity was very puzzled, but did not ask any further questions.

With a "poof," it turned into black mist and disappeared.

Xia Xiyao seemed to have noticed Bai Xueling's strange behavior as well. She moved closer to Ye Ge, poked his arm, and whispered, "Xiao Ye, Lingling has been acting a little strange these past few days. Could she be sick?"

"Emmmmmm..." Ye Ge scratched his ear, unsure how to answer: "No, it should be fine. It should be better in a few days."

"Is everything alright...?" Xia Xiyao's innocent big eyes showed confusion, and she secretly looked back at Bai Xueling.

She wasn't a beast tamer either, so she definitely didn't know as much about spirit pets as Ye Ge.

If Xiaoye says she's fine, then she must be fine... right?

"Oh, it's you guys! Long time no see."

At that moment, a familiar figure appeared.

When Cang Feng saw Ye Ge and the other two, he raised his finger to adjust the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose and looked at them with a smile.