224: Luo Mu's potential

Inferior Demon: Maimed Demon

Descent Progress: 50%

Fortunately, the surrounding Professionals had already formed an encirclement, and this guy didn't have any demon slaves to provide him with corpses.

Arms emerged from his body, but not many, and the Professionals quickly suppressed him.

Kong Yan's expression, however, did not relax; he had gathered some information from the conversation just now.

Contractors of the same type of demon, even if they hadn't reached the demon's descent progress, would have their aura triggered by a successfully descended demon.

In other words, as long as one demon's descent progress reached 50%, Contractors of the same demon type would all be elevated to that progress.

Furthermore, the range of this triggering might not be limited to just the immediate vicinity!

The most terrifying thing was that they didn't know how strong a demon would be after fully descending.

At the same time, they also didn't know how many unexposed Demon Contractors were lurking in the crowd.

Kong Yan quickly relayed this message to the two generals, and a brief meeting was immediately convened.

Finally, Sun Liancheng addressed the high-ranking officials, saying:

"Immediately investigate all Gathering Place residents, isolate Contractors, and categorize them by their contracted demon type.

Do not show too much malice, otherwise it will cause unnecessary backlash."

Everyone knew this method wouldn't be very effective, but there was no better alternative.

It was easy to guess that very few people would willingly admit to being Demon Contractors.

Everyone would think they were the lucky one, or when faced with misfortune, they would want to drag others down with them.

Moreover, if someone adopted a 'nothing to lose' mentality and caused widespread destruction while potentially turning into a monster at any moment, it would make the situation even more difficult.

Just then, Luo Mu, who was on the battlefield outside, suddenly shouted loudly:

"Sister Xueying! Try that move! I can't hold on!"

Lin Xueying was his Eye of the Sky Professional, and the person he trusted most.

Lin Xueying's expression was a little conflicted, but she still nodded heavily.

Luo Mu's voice made many people look over, only to see a more solidified black crossbow bolt condensing on the giant crossbow in front of Lin Xueying.

A Shicheng Military officer saw this scene and couldn't help but say with some disappointment:

"I thought it was something special, but it's just Sky Sniping.

Although this skill is very lethal to ordinary monsters, it doesn't have much effect on these demons."

He was the military's Sky Sniping Professional, and he had taken action at the Time Settlement.

The characteristics of Sky Sniping are strong penetrating power and powerful tracking ability.

For these demons with extremely strong regenerative abilities, it was no different than the damage caused by a wooden splinter in the hand.

But what everyone didn't expect was that after this Sky Sniping was released, Luo Mu also moved.

The giant crossbow bolt traced an arc, and Luo Mu sprinted to its inevitable path.

A thunderball condensed in his hand again, and he seized the opportunity to strike at the crossbow bolt.

Everyone's eyes widened, staring at the scene about to unfold.

However, the moment the two collided, the thunderball instantly exploded.

At the same time, the crossbow bolt also changed direction, almost hitting Luo Mu.

"What is he trying to do? Two skills colliding will only cause them to explode mutually. Does he want to merge skills?"

"Someone has already tried it, it's impossible!"

"Yeah, I tried it with my friend before, and he got injured by my skill and took several days to recover."

Everyone looked puzzled, only Luo Mu grinned and wiped the blood from his arm.

His eyes gleamed with madness as he shouted at Lin Xueying:

"Again!"

Lin Xueying bit her red lip, trying to ignore the discussions around her, then released a second Sky Sniping.

Again, an arc was drawn, and along the path of the arc, Luo Mu once again struck with a thunderball.

But this time, he seemed to make a slight pushing motion.

The expected collision of the two skills did not occur; instead, the thunderball, propelled by the crossbow bolt, shot towards the Maimed Demon.

Unfortunately, the thunderball still exploded in mid-air.

But this time, no one voiced any more doubts.

Everyone could see that Luo Mu was very close to success.

The Maimed Demon, at the cost of a few arms, successfully knocked Luo Mu, who couldn't dodge in time, a certain distance.

After Luo Mu stood up, he spat out a mouthful of bloody phlegm, but still shouted at Lin Xueying.

"Again! Kill it!"

His voice held a shocking madness and an unyielding stubbornness.

With a whoosh, the third crossbow bolt appeared, and Luo Mu also made his third move.

But this time, there was no violent explosion, only a crackling sound like lightning flashing.

The crossbow bolt, pushing the thunderball, directly embedded itself into the Maimed Demon's body.

The next moment, surging lightning erupted, bombarding the Maimed Demon's body from the inside out.

Although some of the lightning was devoured by the black-red Demonic Power, it was clear that the creature's right half of its body had shrunk slightly.

"Concentrate fire! Its right half is now a weak point!"

Luo Mu ignored his own injuries and immediately directed the surrounding people to attack.

This time, besides Luo Mu's subordinates, even the military's Professionals began to follow his command.

Luo Mu's madness had effectively silenced these people.

Ren Tianqi looked at Luo Mu with complex emotions, then turned to Sun Liancheng and said:

"This shouldn't be something you taught him, right? No... with your personality, you would never teach him to do something so risky."

Sun Liancheng nodded, then suddenly sighed with a smile:

"Hmm, I taught this young fellow so many things, but today he taught me a lesson.

While we're investigating Demon Contractors, we also need to arrange for our people to start practicing this offensive method.

I'm truly getting old; I no longer have the sharp edge and courage of my youth."

Both of them suddenly felt that they had underestimated Luo Mu.

It wasn't that Luo Mu intentionally hid his strength, but rather that Gu Qinghan's brilliance was too dazzling, making Luo Mu seem somewhat unremarkable.

After this battle, Luo Mu would surely become famous in Stone City.

At the same time, Luo Mu's attack method would also bring a new line of thinking to Professionals.

A crazy, yet higher-reward offensive method... In Kimchi Country, inside a somewhat dilapidated tall building.

Gu Qinghan looked at the deformed monster wreaking havoc below, then turned to Meina, whose face was pale, and asked:

"Shouldn't the Professionals of your Kimchi Country be stronger than this?"

This monster's entire body was covered in twisted arms, and Gu Qinghan had just obtained its information.

Maimed Demon, Descent Progress 78%.

This creature continuously destroyed the surrounding residential buildings, while demon slaves dragged out corpses to strengthen its power.

Moreover, after some residential buildings collapsed, several panicked people would emerge.

These people's resistance seemed ridiculous in the face of the powerful monster; they were killed almost instantly.

Meina sighed, saying somewhat dejectedly:

"It's not that there aren't powerful Professionals, but most of them have joined the Conglomerate's Gathering Place.

These weaker Professionals outside are left to fend for themselves."

Gu Qinghan saw the sadness on Meina's face, a feeling of empathy for a fellow creature in distress, and understood that she must be one of them.