Chapter 191 – The Marmot Goes on a Killing Spree

The interception organized by 『Sin』 quickly commenced.

On the side of the large force executing the secret mission, everyone soon encountered the underground professionals of 『Sin』.

“Halt!”

“Don’t take another step forward!”

“Stop right there!”

A group of underground professionals dressed in black clothes sternly shouted, forming a human wall blocking the task execution team. They either held weapons or carried certain tools, showing not a hint of fear.

An uninformed observer might think Su Ming and the others were the villains, while these underground professionals were the guardians of these ruins.

In response, Gao Xu, who was charging at the front, didn’t even give the other side a chance to converse, directly and succinctly uttering one word.

“Kill!”

As he spoke, Gao Xu was the first to charge forward.

“Boom!”

Amid an explosive sound, an underground professional was suddenly struck by Gao Xu’s flashing fist, flying backward like a cannonball and crashing hard against the ruins’ wall, causing it to crack.

“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!”…

The next second, several explosive dull sounds followed in quick succession.

These were the attacks made by Duan Xiaofei, Lu Yang, and Bai Xuefei.

These three Upper-Rank Hunters from the Duan, Lu, and Bai Families flashed before an underground professional with astonishing speed, just like Gao Xu, and immediately launched their attacks.

Duan Xiaofei, like Gao Xu, used his fists.

Lu Yang didn’t throw a punch; instead, he wielded a heavy steel spear that had appeared in his hands at some point. The spear slammed heavily into an underground professional, creating an impact greater than those of Gao Xu and Duan Xiaofei.

Bai Xuefei, like an ethereal Fairy, drifted lightly forward, her slender jade-like hands transforming into palms as she pressed one against an underground professional’s chest, sending him flying.

Several Upper-Rank Hunters thus secured the first kills.

Under these circumstances, the Family Hunters from the great families quickly followed behind their respective Upper-Rank Hunters, roaring as they charged toward 『Sin』’s underground professionals.

Thus, the Family Hunters of the Six Great Families clashed with the underground organization’s professionals.

It was a massacre.

Following the orders of the Upper-Rank Hunters, the Family Hunters of the Six Great Families showed no mercy, including those from the Li Family. At the first encounter with the underground professionals, they employed thunderous methods, slaughtering them one by one.

For this mission, although the Six Great Families had only prepared to dispatch a few elites, the team leaders were ultimately Upper-Rank Hunters, and the rest were mostly the most elite Three-Star Hunters among the lower-rank professionals. Even Xu Yanyan, the Young Miss, was no exception.

In contrast, on 『Sin』’s side, perhaps because the large force that left the ruins had taken almost all the experts, or because the Upper-Rank professionals hadn’t arrived yet, those intercepting the invaders were basically lower-rank professionals. Although their quality was decent, compared to the Six Great Families led by Upper-Rank Hunters, they were naturally at a significant disadvantage.

With Gao Xu, Duan Xiaofei, Lu Yang, and Bai Xuefei leading the charge at the forefront, mercilessly shattering the enemy’s formation, the Family Hunters of the Six Great Families rushed into the enemy ranks and directly engaged in chaotic slaughter, creating a river of blood.

In any case, Su Ming, who followed behind the large force without taking action and merely watched the spectacle, felt that the scene was indeed brutal.

But, admittedly, compared to the brutality, Su Ming was completely captivated by another scene on the battlefield with a different style.

“Chirp chirp!”

Accompanied by sharp cries, a small black shadow darted back and forth among the crowd of underground professionals, actually killing enemies as well.

A closer look revealed it was a marmot.

Yes, you read that correctly.

On the battlefield, there was a marmot killing enemies.

This peculiarly furred marmot seemed possessed by a war god, not only displaying overwhelming speed but also using its digging claws like sharp talons, slashing out streaks of claw light that landed on various underground professionals.

“Slash!” “Slash!” “Slash!”…

The moment the claw light flew, underground professionals either had their chests torn open with blood spraying out, or their necks severed, blood gushing out as if it cost nothing, causing them to lose their lives one by one.

“Chirp chirp!”

The marmot loudly cried out, showing none of the timidity expected of a rodent, no awareness of being a mouse. Instead, it shone brilliantly, invincible in battle, unstoppable in attack, unmatched by anyone, breaking through enemy lines with irresistible force, chilling the hearts of those it killed.

Su Ming always felt that the marmot’s comical-like cries were filled with thick negative emotions like frustration, grievance, anger, and resentment, making its entire small, thin body seem wrapped in a dense black aura. It appeared fierce and aggressive, with a fierce light blazing in its eyes, its killing intent boiling intensely.

Clearly, a certain unnamed Li Marmot had completely given up on itself, suffering extreme psychological trauma and stimulation. Now it had thrown caution to the wind, only wanting to vent its anger, perhaps no longer caring about the mission in its heart.

This not only made the enemies feel incredulous but also stunned the allies.

“Such… such an amazing marmot!”

“What’s the background of this rat?”

“So fierce?”

“Brother Rat is mighty!”

“Hey, upstairs, you’re not quite right.”

Everyone simply couldn’t believe their eyes.

Especially the Li Hunter, watching this scene, felt immense shock and trembling.

This marmot was actually this powerful?

It seemed to be countless Ranks stronger than himself!

……Hadn’t he looked down on this marmot earlier?

Now, the Li Hunter’s heart suddenly turned ice-cold, and he finally noticed the word “Danger” stamped on his forehead.

To make matters worse, the marmot, currently slaughtering enemies freely within the enemy ranks, seemed to have a sudden inspiration and turned its head to glance at the Li Hunter.

Immediately, the Li Hunter clearly saw.

He saw the marmot’s face suddenly twist into a cold, bloodthirsty, cruel smile.

“!!!∑(?Д?The unnamed Li Hunter finally suffered severe fright.

Su Ming took all of this in and could only sigh, remarking that strange things happen every year, but this year there are especially many.

Would you believe that a marmot could frighten a burly man with just one smile?

Although, it must be said, the appearance of this marmot was entirely Su Ming’s doing……

Fortunately, Su Ming wasn’t afraid.

As the saying goes, skill emboldens the brave. If this rodent dared trouble him again, he’d directly turn it into a woodpecker, making it use its short, sharp part to poke people……

Just ask if you’re scared!

Of course, Su Ming hadn’t forgotten the main task.

While everyone was unleashing carnage, Su Ming himself made a move, catching an underground professional.

“Speak.”

Su Ming gripped an underground professional’s neck, using a standard villain’s tone to ask directly.

“What are you doing in these ruins? What’s here?”

Su Ming’s questioning was met with the other’s fearless counterattack.

The strangled underground professional showed no fear but instead revealed a fierce expression, as if stirring up a cruel side, completely ignoring Su Ming’s threat. He raised his cleaver high and swung it at Su Ming’s head.

“Crrack!”

Su Ming didn’t hesitate, twisting the other’s neck first, causing his head to tilt, his movements to halt, and his whole body to go limp.

Casually tossing the corpse aside, Su Ming wasn’t discouraged. He continued catching people, questioning them, and using the choke-threat routine.

Noticing Su Ming’s actions, Gao Xu and the others seemed to finally remember that they came here not to kill but to investigate the secrets within the ruins.

“Leave some alive.”

Gao Xu then stopped the complete extermination, giving orders while starting to catch people for interrogation, much like Su Ming.

Seeing this, the others began to follow suit, except for a certain unnamed Li Marmot that continued to move freely with a murderous aura, killing enemies with such swift and decisive actions, making the Li Hunter, who had been secretly watching it, feel increasingly chilled.

This round, it seemed he had narrowed his own path.

The Li Hunter could only hope that the marmot, like a goldfish, had only a seven-second memory and wouldn’t hold a grudge……

As for Su Ming and the others’ interrogations, they hit a wall.

Whether it was Su Ming or Gao Xu and the others, after catching enemies and interrogating them, they gained not even a tiny bit of harvest.

These underground professionals seemed utterly unafraid of death, each facing death unflinchingly. No matter how Su Ming and the others killed or questioned, they remained silent, instead launching desperate attacks, not seeking survival but only to inflict some casualties on the enemy.

Thus, soon, all the underground professionals fell.

Everyone looked at the corpses littering the ground, their brows tightly furrowed.

“These underground professionals would rather die than reveal secrets?”

Bai Xuefei seemed to find it somewhat unbelievable.

“No, it’s not about keeping secrets.”

Lu Yang suddenly said this.

But his words received agreement from Gao Xu and Duan Xiaofei.

“They’re not the type to be loyal to their organization.”

Gao Xu stated indifferently.

They’re just scum unwilling to compromise, with aggression far stronger than ordinary people.”

Duan Xiaofei also spoke with disdain.

Su Ming tentatively nodded in agreement with everyone’s statements.

He could also tell that the reason these underground professionals were so uncooperative wasn’t due to loyalty to 『Sin』. Rather, as professionals who had committed crimes large or small, each was full of ferocity, heavy hostility, daring to fight others to the death.

These scoundrels, who long ago hung their lives on their belts, how could they yield to threats?

Only they could threaten others; others threatening them wouldn’t frighten them but instead would provoke their ferocity.

Hence, everyone’s interrogation and questioning ended in vain.

“So, it’s difficult to extract the ruins’ secrets from these underground professionals’ mouths?”

Xu Yanyan hurriedly asked.

Everyone looked at each other and fell into silence.

“Continue forward.” Gao Xu still spoke with an indifferent expression, saying, “As long as we keep going deeper, we’ll eventually uncover this ruin’s secrets.”

“There might also be surviving Wang Family members in the ruins.” Duan Xiaofei also reminded, “If we can find Wang Family members, we might obtain useful intelligence.”

“Difficult.” Lu Yang said faintly, “If they knew, we’d know already.”

Lu Yang meant that the intelligence the Wang Family could possess might be limited.

After all, the Wang Family survivors who sought help from the Six Great Families and provided clues about the ruins didn’t give accurate information about these ruins.

The Wang Family’s collateral relatives definitely don’t know many secrets.Bai Xuefei also said thoughtfully, “To learn this ruin’s secrets, to know what ‘Sin’ truly covets, we must find the two direct descendants of the Wang Family.””

Which two?

Naturally, the Wang Family Head Wang Xiao, and Wang Xiao’s daughter, the Wang Family direct line Young Miss, this generation’s only pure-blood descendant.

Only those two might possibly grasp the truth of these ruins, know their real secrets.

Since that’s the case…

“For the next phase, the first priority is finding the direct descendants of the Wang Family, the second is exploring the ruins.””

Gao Xu directly instructed.

“Everyone, move out.”

Hearing this, the Xu Family Hunters led by Xu Yanyan all responded in unison.

Lu Yang and Bai Xuefei also gave the same orders to their respective Family Hunters, causing the Lu Family Hunters and Bai Family Hunters to respond continuously.

Only the Li Family Hunters appeared leaderless, full of confusion and at a loss.

The leading Li Hunter kept glancing at the marmot beside him, which was glaring with killing intent at him, trembling while inwardly shouting.

“Grandpa Li! Come back quickly!”

If he didn’t return soon, he’d be killed by a marmot!

The shouting Li Hunter had no idea that the menacing marmot staring at him was the very Grandpa Li he called for.

This time, he was completely doomed.

“Huh?”

At that moment, a somewhat bored Duan Xiaofei nearby let out a light sound of surprise, drawing everyone’s attention.

“What’s wrong?”

Gao Xu couldn’t help but ask.

Duan Xiaofei frowned tightly and said this.

“Have you noticed, since entering the ruins, the Bloodline within us seems to have lost some activity.”

Duan Xiaofei’s words made everyone pause first, then they each sensed their own condition, showing surprised expressions.

Su Ming, too, only after Duan Xiaofei’s reminder, was slightly taken aback, detecting the anomaly within his body.

Or rather, this couldn’t quite be called an anomaly.

It’s just that the Bloodline inside indeed seems a bit lifeless, not as vibrant as usual, instead somewhat wilted, with magical power flowing more slowly as well.

As if suppressed by something of a higher Rank.

This filled Su Ming’s heart with astonishment.

“Bloodline suppression?”

What’s going on?

Others might be one thing, but his Bloodline belonged to a Nightmare Species.

Something that could suppress a Nightmare Species Bloodline?

What could that be?

(End of Chapter)