Chapter 45: A Piece of Bait

Even Night Moon and her group noticed the commotion over here.

The Demon-Suppressing Officers were completely dumbfounded by this scene. Was this guy really a Light-Bringer Officer responsible for rescuing people?

Was this the kind of rescue where you just hack the demons to death?

Night Moon was also filled with astonishment. Earlier, she had been wondering if Ren Jie might have come over too, and who would have thought she would actually see him here—and in this exact manner.

They had only been apart for a single day, so how had he gotten this strong? Besides, those blades looked somewhat similar to Li Zhan's?

However, seeing how powerful Ren Jie was, Night Moon was very pleased. Pulling him into the Demon-Suppressing Division had definitely been the right move.

It would be a total waste for a talent like this to just linger in the Light-Bringer Hall.

Under Ren Jie's berserk slaughter, those rabid dogs actually stopped charging forward blindly. Their footsteps hesitated, and their scarlet demonic eyes even carried a hint of terror.

It wasn't that they were afraid of death, but this guy would literally bite dogs, dammit!

Ren Jie grinned hideously, "Is that it?"

"Turns out demons can feel fear, huh? Come on! Keep coming! You little stray mutts~"

He even started provoking them.

Seeing this, the Undying Hound's true body, which had been constantly entangled by the Demon-Suppressing Officers, grew utterly frantic.

Its blood-red eyes stared fixedly at Ren Jie, and it sacrificed yet another dog head, entering a super-berserk state that shattered all restraints on its body.

It charged desperately toward where Ren Jie was located.

Night Moon shouted, "Oh no!"

She lunged forward fiercely, condensing a massive Claw of the Blood God to grab the hound by its tail, while using her other hand to materialize a Spear of the Blood God, driving it fiercely into the ground in an attempt to slow the Undying Hound down.

At the same time, she turned her head and yelled urgently, "Muchuan! Are you done yet?!"

In the middle of the battlefield, a young man dressed in black, with his hands forming a concentric seal, was covered in a fine layer of sweat.

Blood-red divine runes crawled across the surface of his skin, and within the concentric seal, a writhing mass of flesh floated while divine runes continuously poured into it!

(‧̣̥̇≖益≖‧̣̥̇) "Tch—stop rushing me, almost there!"

Due to the Undying Hound's frantic sprinting, the earth trembled, and the Tianheng Center—its structure already tilted—could finally hold on no longer. It began to slowly list to one side as its supporting pillars snapped continuously.

By this time, all the people inside the building had already evacuated, and Wei Pinsheng was hanging onto a steel cable, turning back to roar at the top of his lungs:

"Xiaojie! Let's go! If we don't leave now, the building is going to collapse!"

Ren Jie leaped forward, diving straight out of a window: "You guys go first, I'm taking this way!"

Wei Pinsheng wore a dark expression, thinking to himself that he really shouldn't have worried about this guy, before sliding down the steel cable.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the Tianheng Center's structure began to tilt and collapse, while Ren Jie slid all the way down along the slanted building frame.

He left behind a brilliant trail of flames, cutting down dogs the entire way down with a wild and ferocious expression.

Clearly, under the demonic transformation state, even with emotional mist to supply him, Ren Jie was still influenced to some extent, especially after using the Blade Ghost.

A series of earth-shattering booms echoed out as the entire Tianheng Center caved in, crashing heavily against the ground and kicking up billows of dust that soared into the sky.

Amidst a sea of ruins, the blazing flames on Ren Jie's body were dazzling to behold. He was no longer that weak little pushover who could be casually crushed to death.

Just as Ren Jie pulled his blade out of a rabid dog's body, the smoke and dust lingering around them instantly dispersed.

The Undying Hound, standing a full dozen meters tall, opened its bloody maw and lunged straight at Ren Jie to bite him, its eyes filled with instinctive desire!

Ren Jie tilted his head up to gaze at this sight, his mouth twitching violently.

Am I made of dog food or something?

Why does everyone want to take a bite out of me?

However, the next moment, Night Moon's loud cry rang out:

"Zhang Muchuan!"

Zhang Muchuan snapped his eyes wide open!

"Witch God Death Curse: Annihilate!"

With a loud "Boom!", the flesh inside his concentric seal directly exploded.

Simultaneously, all the rabid dogs present, along with the dozen-meter-tall true body of the Undying Hound, exploded from the inside out at the exact same time.

For a moment, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and mangled pieces of meat mixed with blood splattered in all directions, coating Ren Jie from head to toe...

Even a torrential rain of blood began to fall from the sky, dyeing the entire battlefield red.

Ren Jie wiped his face, looking speechlessly at Night Moon, who let out a sigh of relief.

(•́益•̀ ٥) "Um... you Demon-Suppressing Officers, when you suppress demons, don't you have any more civilized methods?"

"Aren't the post-disaster cleanup duties supposed to be handled by our Light-Bringer Hall too? Washing the streets is exhausting, you know?"

Night Moon looked at Ren Jie, who looked as though he had just been fished out of a pool of blood, her eyelids twitching wildly:

"You have the nerve to lecture us? Civilized? You literally bite dogs—"

"No wait, it's *us*, what do you mean *your* Light-Bringer Hall? You're about to become a member of the Demon-Suppressing Division yourself anyway. Didn't you receive your enrollment notice today?"

Ren Jie rolled his eyes, turning and running toward his team without looking back:

"I haven't joined yet, so it doesn't count. Talk to me once you guys actually get those items for me~"

Night Moon was speechless. This guy really wouldn't budge unless he saw money, would he?

Still, there was no escaping it now. Sooner or later, he would be a man of the Demon-Suppressing Division anyway~

The Undying Hound had been directly cursed to death by Zhang Muchuan, bringing the demon suppression to an end, but the on-site rescue operations were far from finished.

The Light-Bringer Officers were still rescuing people, and the Demon-Suppressing Officers had also thrown themselves into the relief work. With their help, the rescue efforts would be much easier.

Meanwhile, over at the Light-Bringer Hall, they had begun deploying personnel to search for missing Light-Bringer Officers.

During the rescue operation just moments ago, the distress beacons of 31 Light-Bringer Officers had triggered, indicating they had remained stationary for a full minute.

Furthermore, 17 others had lost their positioning signals altogether...

Ren Jie didn't waste any time either, immediately starting to search for his colleagues based on their last known locations...

Just as everyone was bustling about the demon disaster site, on the rooftop of a tall building in District 48:

Luo Su, dressed in a pure white raincoat, held a pair of binoculars as he admired the demon disaster scene in District 49, letting out a continuous stream of clicking sounds of amusement.

Behind him, a subordinate in a business suit held a large parasol to block the sunlight for him.

"Lord Ghost King, this demon disaster seems to have yielded great results. This Undying Hound is certainly pulling its weight~"

Luo Su lowered his binoculars and let out a cold laugh: "Of course. An Undying Hound transformed from a fallen demon naturally produces wonderful results..."

"Look at its hideous appearance—its sanity devoured by demonic spirits, acting purely on instinct. Truly revolting~ But I suppose it's still squeezing out the last of its residual value..."

"Always remember, the biggest difference between humans and animals is that humans do not act purely on instinct. We possess our own thoughts and will. Stone axes and bone clubs are tools; airplanes and missiles are tools; demonic spirits are too. We are always the ones who wield power, never the ones wielded by it!"

「Yuan Pei, you don't want to turn into a fallen demon either, do you?」

Luo Su's gaze carried a profound meaning as it fell upon Yuan Pei.

Yuan Pei's face turned pale, and he quickly bowed, saying, "This subordinate does not..."

Luo Su smiled faintly: "Very good~ Thanks to this Undying Hound attracting the attention of the Demon-Suppressing Division, the bait was well-taken. Everything is nearly prepared. Where is the name list?"

Yuan Pei hurriedly handed it over: "It's all here. The demon-contractors in Jin City, including gene warriors who have recently awakened and been placed on record, and even some individuals who might possibly be suspects, are all listed here..."

"With so many people, can we really screen through them all?"

"And are we really going to go through with this? Once this matter blows up, it will be an absolute catastrophe. The Great Xia will never let it go..."

Luo Su casually flipped through the name list. The A4 paper was densely packed with names and personal information, reaching a thickness of three fingers.

Right there on the list, Ren Jie's name was prominently displayed...

Luo Su let out a scoff:

"That's not something we need to worry about. This is the will of those higher up. If anything goes wrong, there will be people higher up to block the fallout. We just need to obey orders and cooperate with the operation!"

"Besides, Yuan Pei, you still haven't figured out what we're actually doing, have you? Can't screen them out? Heh—until we find the person, this matter will not end."

"As long as that person is in Jin City, even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we must drag them out. How do you think Jincheng vanished ten years ago?"

Yuan Pei's eyes widened sharply: "Hiss—You... you mean this time might also..."

Luo Su turned around, pulling a cigarette out and placing it between his lips: "To what extent the people above will go, I don't know, but you'd better hope the person can be found, otherwise... the ones who die might just be us..."

He pulled out a lighter and was just about to light the cigarette when he suddenly felt a wave of biting cold chill wash over him.

He saw that Yuan Pei's pupils were already glowing with a red light, staring fixedly at Luo Su's face, the muscles in his arms bulging as his palms tensed straight!

Luo Su's expression froze...

"Ten already?"

"Ten already..."

"Tch—bad luck!"

Luo Su casually tossed the cigarette aside, turned around with a dark expression, and walked away...

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