Chapter 58 Project Scuttled Ship

In the city, demons as tall as residential buildings could be faintly seen pacing through the streets, leaving blazing fires in their wake wherever they went.

This scene rivaled the apocalypse.

The surroundings of the Demon Suppression Bureau had completely turned into ruins. A massive armored centipede demon had thoroughly destroyed the nearby terrain, coiling around and guarding a pocket demon in its center.

Meanwhile, dozens of demon undead hounds were locked in fierce combat with more than a dozen Demon Suppression Officers.

These were all officers who had not been at the bureau headquarters when the incident broke out.

Zhang Muchuan was among them. At this moment, they were organizing an offensive, attempting to break through the defenses of the undead hounds and the centipede demon to pierce the pocket demon.

Yet, they found no way through at all.

Seeing Ye Yue and the other four emerge, Zhang Muchuan immediately asked with extreme anxiety, "What's the situation inside? Where is the bureau chief? Where are the other officers? What on earth have you all been doing in there?"

Seeing this, Ye Yue felt her scalp tingle. "We have no idea about the bureau chief. The five of us just managed to evacuate."

"What on earth happened? What is wrong with Jincheng?" Zhang Muchuan's eyes were filled with gloom.

"Multiple demon disasters erupted across Jincheng simultaneously. The number of demons in the city is so appalling that it's impossible to tally. They are wreaking havoc and creating chaos everywhere."

"Schools, shopping malls, residential areas, industrial zones—they are everywhere. Right now, every single public security bureau, law enforcement hall, defense military base garrison, and the city defense army have been dispatched. The demon-slaying troops outside the city are returning for reinforcement, but they've been delayed by a massive demon tide. Every single Demon Suppression Officer in the city is fighting demons spontaneously."

"However, the Demon Suppression Bureau headquarters is sealed off, and our manpower is simply stretched too thin. Even if all of us came out, it's still not enough. We've already requested reinforcements from the nearest Great Xia Tianxuan Military Region, but it takes time for the defense forces to arrive."

"The situation in Jincheng has completely spiraled out of control."

Zhang Muchuan and the others were precisely trying to slash open the pocket demon to unseal the bureau headquarters so that they could gain a few more hands.

The faces of Ye Yue, Wu Yunqing, and the others turned completely pale. How could this happen?

This was a meticulously premeditated attack that had calculated every single variable.

The Demon Suppression Bureau had not even detected the slightest abnormality beforehand...

At this moment, Ren Jie's face was drained of all color, and his hands and feet were ice-cold!

Is it because of the demonic imprint?

For the sake of this thing, they actually pulled off such a massive operation?

Striking directly at the entire city of Jincheng?

What was happening before his eyes made Ren Jie recall the memories he least wanted to revisit.

A burning Jincheng—how similar was it to Jincheng ten years ago?

History seemed to be repeating itself.

Ren Jie's first thought was of Anning and Tao Yaoyao. How was District 69? Were the two of them alright?

They were still waiting for him to come home.

Unable to help himself, he hurriedly pulled out his phone to call home, but the call wouldn't go through at all. No one answered...

In an instant, Ren Jie's heart felt as though it were being roasted over a fire, burning with scorching anxiety.

Zhang Muchuan urged anxiously, "Put all other matters aside for now and break open this pocket demon!"

***

However, at that very moment, a slightly childish female voice came from above.

"Hmph~ You want to break my pocket demon? You're a hundred years too early for that."

Only then did everyone notice that standing atop the pocket demon was a tiny figure.

She wore a trendy brand-name jacket, knee-length shorts, and a hoodie over her head. Her skin was covered in a fine layer of fuzz marked with white spots.

Reindeer antlers sprouted from the top of her head, and a pair of long, pointed ears were exceptionally eye-catching. Her childish face still retained a split upper lip, and a short white tail twitched incessantly behind her.

"A member of the demon clan! Fifth-tier Body Realm?"

Clearly, this individual was not human, but a demon pact-holder belonging to the demon clan.

She looked like Bambi.

The deer demon raised her chin and looked down with utter disdain.

"I didn't expect you few to be the first ones out. I'm quite curious, how did you manage to find the pocket node?"

Without wasting any breath on her, Ye Yue condensed a blood divine spear and blasted it toward her.

Yet the deer demon didn't even budge. The blood divine spear exploded directly mid-air, as if it had crashed into some invisible, hard object.

"Bailu, conceal yourself properly. Even though breaking the pocket demon and letting those officers escape won't have too much impact on this Operation Sinking Boat..."

"Still... I prefer to play it safe and steady."

High in the air, Luo Su, clad in a black trench coat, was standing impossibly in mid-air dozens of meters up, hovering as he approached. Behind him followed a man and a woman, among whom was Yuan Pei, the man in the suit.

Suspended behind Luo Su was even a coffin.

Bailu tossed her head. "Hmph~ Don't give me orders. I'm not anyone's subordinate; I'm only here to help!"

"And another thing! I hate humans!"

Ye Yue bit her lower lip, her teeth clicking. "Demon Claw, Ghost King Luo Su?"

Has he already reached the sixth tier?

Because only sixth-tier Awakening Realm powerhouses possessed the ability to tread on empty air.

Yet his aura was merely at the peak of the fifth-tier Concealment Realm?

Luo Su raised an eyebrow. "You know me? Heh~ Good, that way you won't die without even knowing who killed you."

As he spoke, he pulled a cigarette from his pocket and placed it between his lips.

Gritting her teeth, Ye Yue's eyes filled with bitter hatred. "Do you know the consequences of doing this? You won't get away with it, and you're dead. Great Xia will not let you go."

Luo Su let out a sneer. "Consequences? That's not something I need to worry about. Demon Claw is merely doing jobs for the higher-ups."

"Besides, my life and death are not something a dying person needs to fret over."

With those words, he lit the cigarette and took a fierce drag.

"No one is going to save you. Just enjoy the fear and des—"

Before he could finish his sentence, with a sharp *slap*, Yuan Pei delivered a resounding backhand slap straight across Luo Su's face!

The blow actually knocked him back two steps, leaving a bright red handprint on his face and snapping the cigarette in half.

Unable to help herself, Bailu let out a snort of laughter.

Ren Jie, Ye Yue, and the others were also dumbfounded. Was this subordinate somewhat unhinged? He actually hit his own boss?

***

Was it possible that even his own subordinate could no longer stomach his vile behavior?

Could this man in the suit actually be an undercover agent?

Clutching his cheek, Luo Su glared at Yuan Pei with bitter hatred and roared,

(Ϡʘ̆益ʘ̆) "I'm talking about official business here, you bastard! What did you hit me for?"

Yuan Pei's face turned pale.

( ‧̣̥̇◔﹏◔ิ) "Ten... that's ten..."

Luo Su stared and bellowed,

(Ϡ͡ʘ益ʘ͡) "You're talking nonsense! I've been keeping track today, this is the ninth one!"

Yuan Pei hurriedly pulled out a small notebook. "No, it really is ten. I've written every single one down in this book. Look! It..."

The next instant, his expression froze completely.

The notebook read:
*August 11th, Boss's cigarette count: tally marks...*

Crimson light flared in Luo Su's eyes.

(ꐦ͡ᵔ益͡ᵔ) "You counted wrong..."

Cold sweat beaded on Yuan Pei's forehead. "I..."

Before he could finish, his entire body was directly crushed by an invisible force, sending blood splashing everywhere.

The female secretary standing nearby was practically frightened to the point of pissing herself.

Bailu's eyes were filled with mockery. "Tsk tsk tsk~ Such a pity for a subordinate who was so fiercely loyal~"

Veins bulged on Luo Su's forehead. "Let's continue!"

Ren Jie: "???"

He could actually pick up right where he left off after taking a slap to the face?

Getting smacked across the mouth didn't delay him from acting cool at all?

Luo Su let out a grim laugh.

"Next, you're the ones who die!"

The very next moment, the bodies of Ye淮 and Yun Xiao were sent flying without warning, crashing heavily into a building.

Wu Yunqing's body uncontrollably soared high into the air on the spot, and then crashed down heavily onto the ground like a cannonball.

The impact carved a crater into the ground; his limbs were bent at grotesque angles, his chest was caved in, and he coughed up a large mouthful of blood.

A single strike was all it took to inflict heavy injuries. Luo Su's strength was terrifying to this degree.

What was even more terrifying was that no one could figure out what method Luo Su had used to launch his attack.