Chapter 226 – Take Them Out

Two streams of blood spurted from the Tunneling Rat’s neck, drenching the ground.

“Squeak—”

A muffled scream rang out.

Su Hao and Yashan’s blades were too short; their combined effort couldn’t sever the neck of the giant rat, killing it.

After leaving some splattered blood, the Tunneling Rat abruptly retreated underground and disappeared.

Su Hao didn’t pay it any mind and quickly drew a Rune.

‘Perception’!

The moment Perception took effect, the Blood Qi within a two-hundred-meter radius instantly imprinted into Su Hao’s mind. It slowly faded after two seconds, but two seconds were enough!

Su Hao pointed in the direction outside the window and said softly, “Jing Yi, there’s someone waiting outside! Let’s go take them out!”

Yashan nodded.

After putting on their shoes, Su Hao and Yashan tiptoed out the door, afraid of alerting the others in the orphanage.

After they left, their roommate Bai Jingchun groggily got up. In the dim light, he looked at the empty beds, then at the large hole on the ground with splashed blood, his face filled with confusion.

Su Hao and Yashan’s small bodies contained immense strength. With a light leap and some leverage, they flipped over the courtyard wall.

After Su Hao added another ‘Perception’ Rune, he took the lead and ran in one direction.

Meanwhile, Brother Sheng, riding on the Black Cat’s back, looked at the Tunneling Rat and Hunchback emerging from the hole, and asked with surprise mixed with caution, “What’s going on? Where are they?”

The Tunneling Rat emerged with Hunchback, then lay limply on the ground, quickly falling silent and dying.

Hunchback looked at his beloved pet with heartache and said indignantly, “I don’t know what happened. My Tunneling Rat was attacked as soon as it appeared. If I hadn’t reacted quickly, I would be stuck underground now. It’s my poor Tunneling Rat…”

Brother Sheng looked at the two nearly severed wounds on the Tunneling Rat’s head and frowned, “Let’s leave here first. It’s fine that your Tunneling Rat is dead, you can just summon another one. We should leave here for now.”

After speaking, he commanded the Black-Striped Panther to step forward, bite the Tunneling Rat’s corpse, and lead the way out.

Hunchback sighed and grumbled, “Summoning another one isn’t that easy…”

After speaking, he ran into the dim alley behind Brother Sheng.

After walking some distance, just as they were about to stop and find a place to discuss countermeasures, Brother Sheng noticed the Black-Striped Panther beneath him let out a low growl and crouch down.

He followed the direction of the Black-Striped Panther’s warning. At the alley’s exit, there was the figure of a small child. His face was unclear under the dim streetlight.

The two were overjoyed. It seemed they wouldn’t return empty-handed tonight.

At this moment, the Black-Striped Panther suddenly turned its head to look behind them.

The two were startled and looked back, only to find another short figure at the end of the alley!

Brother Sheng and Hunchback were ecstatic. Their objective this month was to abduct ten children, and they had only managed to abduct eight. With the month drawing to a close, they were worried about their performance, when suddenly, a stroke of luck! They were overjoyed.

The two exchanged a glance. Brother Sheng leaped off the Black-Striped Panther, and each took out a handful of candy, walking in opposite directions towards their objective. “Little friend~ Uncle has candy…”

However, after only a few steps, both of them stopped dead in their tracks.

Because they saw the short blade clutched in the child’s hand, and the blood flowing from it.

A thought suddenly occurred to them: “Could the Tunneling Rat have been killed by this person?”

After the thought arose, they were amused by their own idea, hahaha, how could that be possible!

But they soon couldn’t laugh anymore, because they noticed the delicate child in front of them was looking at them with a calm expression. No, not calm, the young face seemed full of curiosity, and he was walking towards them, carrying the bloody knife.

How could such a scene be described as anything but bizarre? For a moment, it actually intimidated the two tall men.

But after all, they were two adults, and two Summoners at that. They quickly regained their composure.

A child with a knife? Still just a child!

As Su Hao approached, he suddenly accelerated and charged forward. To Brother Sheng’s astonished eyes, he slashed at Brother Sheng’s neck with the knife.

Brother Sheng instinctively dodged backward. At the same time, the Black-Striped Panther behind him lunged out, swatting at Su Hao, its cold claws extended.

‘High-Speed Claw Strike’!

Huge black claws swung rapidly, the claw shadows blurring.

Su Hao retracted his Short Blade and shifted his stance.

‘Slipping Shadow Step’!

The claw shadows missed, leaving long scratches on the ground.

Brother Sheng narrowly escaped, feeling a lingering fear. He had almost died due to his carelessness.

Who would have thought that a child of four or five would possess such strength? Even now, he could hardly believe what he had seen, as if it were a dream.

Meanwhile, Su Hao had already reached the Black-Striped Panther’s side, infusing his Short Blade with Blood Qi and activating the ‘Sharpness’ and ‘Penetration’ effects of its Rune.

Su Hao was quite experienced in dealing with these large cats.

Large cats have extremely fast nerve reflexes, making it difficult to attack their vital spots head-on. Therefore, it’s necessary to kill them the moment they attack.

However, for Su Hao, this wasn’t necessary, as he had a trick up his sleeve.

‘Level Two-Strong Light’!

Su Hao’s outstretched left hand suddenly emitted a burst of Strong Light, temporarily blinding the Black-Striped Panther. Its fur stood on end in terror, and it frantically retreated.

Seizing the opportunity, Su Hao rushed forward, leaped high, and thrust his Short Blade.

Just as the Short Blade was about to pierce the Black-Striped Panther’s head for a killing blow, the panther, as if knowing his target, twisted its head at an incredibly bizarre angle, avoiding the vital spot on its forehead.

‘Pfft!’

Su Hao’s Short Blade sliced open a long gash on the Black-Striped Panther’s neck, and blood gushed out.

As if unaware of the pain, the Black-Striped Panther swiped its large claws at Su Hao.

‘A Summoner? How interesting.’ Su Hao glanced sideways at the tall, thin man behind him, realizing the panther had dodged because it was being manipulated by the Summoner behind it.

Su Hao retracted his Short Blade and swept it in front of him.

A flash of blade light!

The Black-Striped Panther’s sharp claws were instantly severed and scattered on the ground.

Su Hao used the momentum to retreat!

The Black-Striped Panther quickly leaped next to Brother Sheng and glared menacingly at Su Hao.

‘Brother Sheng, save me!’

At that moment, Hunchback’s voice came from the other end of the alley. Brother Sheng looked over and saw that the seemingly tall and mighty Hunchback had been knocked to the ground by a small child of four or five, with his limbs broken, groaning in pain.

Brother Sheng: “……”

Could it be that I’m possessed tonight? How can these children be so fierce!

This is not scientific!

At this moment, Brother Sheng began to weigh whether his job still had a bright future.

Was it a bit hasty when I chose to join the association before?

Brother Sheng admitted that from this moment on, he had developed a phobia of children, and his career was likely over tonight.

Night Invisibility!

The Black-Striped Panther’s figure gradually faded, blending into the darkness, becoming indistinct.

Su Hao revealed a faint smile, then extended his hand and said softly: “Level Two-Lightning!”

“Crack!”

A huge arc of electricity struck the Black Cat’s forehead and then bounced onto Brother Sheng.

A Summoner and a Summoned Beast fell straight to the ground.

Seeing this, Hunchback even stopped his wails for help, his eyes bulging, and blurted out: “Holy crap! Humans can also emit Lightning! And it’s a child, this is really spooky!”

Su Hao quickly walked forward and thrust the knife into the big cat’s forehead, up to the hilt.

The big cat twitched and stopped moving completely.

Su Hao pulled out the Short Blade, wiped the blood clean on the big cat’s fur, and then turned to look at the two pitiful Summoners.

He revealed a brilliant smile.

Brother Sheng and Hunchback trembled!

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(End of Chapter)