Chapter 17 Forbidden Drug Attracts Beasts, A Mental Storm Triggered by Morning Grumpiness

Night had fallen.

The abandoned city was completely plunged into darkness, with only the eerie flickering of will-o'-the-wisps in the distance and the roars of Demonic Beasts echoing.

Although the doors and windows of the second floor of the home textile mall where Jiang Chen and Su Qingyue were located were damaged, Jiang Chen had set up a "Dream Alert Field" around them, so ordinary snakes, insects, rats, and ants dared not approach.

Su Qingyue lit a smokeless alcohol lamp, its faint light illuminating this small space.

She sat cross-legged beside Jiang Chen, Cultivating by utilizing a certain strange rhythm emanating from his body.

She was surprised to discover that as long as she was close to Jiang Chen while he was fast asleep, the restless phoenix blood in her body would become docile and active, and her Cultivation speed was more than three times faster than usual!

"This is simply a human-shaped Cultivation accelerator..." Su Qingyue looked at Jiang Chen's quiet sleeping face and thought to herself, "If it could always be like this... it wouldn't be bad."

However, this tranquility did not last long.

Several kilometers away, on the rooftop of a tall building.

Zhao Feng was wearing a full-body black exoskeleton armor. This equipment could block thermal imaging and aura, and it was contraband that the Zhao Family had spent a lot of money to obtain from the black market.

At this moment, he was holding military-grade night-vision goggles, staring intently in the direction of the home textile mall.

Beside him were two men with sinister faces and no signs of Life Qi—they were Zhao Family death squads, killing machines that had disguised themselves as examinees to sneak in.

"Young Master Zhao, it's confirmed, it's in that building." Death Squad Member A whispered.

"Very good." A glint of venomous malice flashed in Zhao Feng's eyes. "That waste Zhang Hu really couldn't be relied upon. Jiang Chen, let's see if you die this time!"

He carefully took a sealed metal bottle from his bosom; the bottle body was a dangerous blood-red color, and it was printed with a skull logo.

"This is the 'No. 3 Violent Beast-Luring Agent' that my dad used his connections to get." Zhao Feng's voice trembled slightly with excitement. "Just one drop, and the Demonic Beasts within a five-kilometer radius will go mad. Moreover, this thing is highly volatile, has a unique fragrance, and is specifically targeted at human Qi and blood."

"Go, use the micro-drone to drop this thing into the ventilation duct of their building."

Zhao Feng handed the bottle to the death squad member, a cruel smile appearing on his face: "Not only that, turn on the 'Acoustic Inducer' and drive all the surrounding Demonic Beasts over there! I want Jiang Chen to be torn to pieces by ten thousand beasts, leaving not even a bone fragment behind!"

Ten minutes later.

A faint, almost imperceptible buzzing sound swept over the home textile mall.

A drop of red liquid silently dripped into the second-floor ventilation duct, quickly evaporating and blending into the air.

Su Qingyue, who was Cultivating, suddenly frowned.

"So fragrant..."

A faint, sweet fragrance drifted over, causing a feeling of inexplicable restlessness in anyone who smelled it.

The flow of Qi and blood in her body suddenly accelerated, becoming somewhat uncontrollable.

"Something is wrong! This is... Beast-Luring Fragrance?!"

Su Qingyue opened her eyes abruptly. As a descendant of a prominent Family, she was knowledgeable and immediately realized the problem.

But it was too late.

"Awoooo——!!!"

"Roar——!!!"

Almost at the same time, the originally dead-silent city seemed to explode into chaos.

Countless shrill, crazed roars of beasts erupted from all directions.

The ground began to shake; it was the resonance caused by hundreds and thousands of Demonic Beasts stampeding.

Su Qingyue's face turned deathly pale, and she rushed to the window to look.

She saw that in the darkness, countless pairs of green and red eyes were surging forward like a tide, with their target aimed directly at the building they were in!

Iron-Armored Pigs, Gale Wolves, and even a Peak Second-Stage Shadow Leopard... densely packed, countless in number.

"Damn it! This is a trap aimed at us!"

Su Qingyue looked back at Jiang Chen, who was still fast asleep, gritted her teeth, and drew her sword, guarding the stairwell.

"Jiang Chen is in deep sleep. Waking him up now will not only interrupt his state but could even lead to Qi Deviation. I must hold them off!"

"Even if I die, I will not let these beasts step half a step onto the second floor!"

Boom!

The already blocked stairwell was fiercely smashed open by a huge Iron-Armored Wild Boar, sending debris flying.

Immediately after, several Gale Wolves darted in through the gap, opening their bloody maws and pouncing on Su Qingyue.

"Ice Seal!"

Su Qingyue shouted delicately, waving her long sword, and icy Qi energy erupted, freezing the few Demonic Beasts that had rushed to the front.

But there were too many Demonic Beasts!

Killing one, three more surged up from behind.

Moreover, these Demonic Beasts seemed to have been stimulated by something; they felt no pain at all, their eyes were red, and they were crazily trying to rush to the location where Jiang Chen was—the scent of the beast-luring agent was strongest at the ventilation duct above Jiang Chen's head!

In just a few minutes, Su Qingyue already had several wounds on her body, and her white combat suit was dyed red with blood.

"Cannot retreat... absolutely cannot retreat..."

Su Qingyue's vision began to blur, and her physical strength was about to be exhausted, but she remained firmly pinned at the stairwell like a blood-stained sculpture.

Just at this moment, a Late Stage Second-Stage Shadow Leopard silently bypassed the defense line, leaped from the shadows on the side, and its sharp claws were about to grab the throat of the sleeping Jiang Chen.

Su Qingyue looked back in despair, wanting to pounce over and block it with her body, but it was already too late.

However.

At this moment, Jiang Chen was experiencing a storm in his mind.

【Warning! High-concentration neurotoxin (Beast-Luring Agent) detected.】

【System is automatically analyzing the components...】

【Judgment: This toxin is harmless to the host, but it severely interferes with the sleep environment!】

【Current environmental noise: 130 decibels (extremely noisy).】

【Warning! Sleep companion (Su Qingyue) HP is below 30%.】

【host's anger level instantly maxed out!】

【Passive skill activated: Supreme Waking Up Anger · Mental Storm Version!】

In reality.

The Shadow Leopard's sharp claws were only one centimeter away from Jiang Chen's throat.

Suddenly.

Jiang Chen opened his eyes abruptly.

Those were not human eyes; purple light shot out from his pupils, as if two purple suns were rising in the abyss.

"Get lost!!!"

A low roar containing extreme rage, like the roar of an ancient behemoth, exploded in the narrow space.

Boom——!

This was not just a sound wave, but a substantial purple mental shockwave that exploded wildly in a ring shape with Jiang Chen as the center.

Pfft!

The Shadow Leopard in the air, its body instantly inflated like a balloon, and then——

Bang!

Its head exploded directly, turning into a cloud of blood mist!

Immediately after, this terrifying mental storm swept through the entire second floor and spread outwards.

Bang bang bang bang!

Those dozen or so Demonic Beasts that had just rushed into the second floor, or were still at the stairwell, whether they were thick-skinned Iron-Armored Pigs or agile Gale Wolves, under this impact that struck directly at the Soul, their brains instantly turned into mush, and one by one, bleeding from their seven orifices and with brains splattered, they flew backward.

Even the beast horde downstairs was intimidated by this terrifying pressure, emitting fearful whimpers, and instantly turned into chaos.

The dust cleared.

Su Qingyue looked in shock at the figure slowly standing up from the mattress.

Jiang Chen's state at this moment was terrifying.

His hair moved without wind, his eyes were filled with red bloodshot veins, and his whole body was surrounded by a black Evil Qi. That was the manifestation of the System's unique "Nightmare Field" fully activated.

【Waking Up Anger erupted!】

【Current state: Rampage (Reason decreased by 50%, all attributes increased by 200%).】

【Mission: Eliminate all noise sources.】

Jiang Chen twisted his neck, making a cracking sound. He didn't even look at the Demonic Beast corpses on the ground, but lifted his head, his gaze piercing through the walls and darkness, locking firmly onto a certain direction on a tall building in the distance.

"Zhao... Feng."

Jiang Chen's voice was hoarse and cold, every word sounding as if it had crawled out from the Nine Nether Hell.

He smelled it.

In that direction, there was a stench that made him nauseous, exactly the same as the one here.

That was the scent of the culprit who disturbed his sleep.

"Su Qingyue, hold on to me."

Jiang Chen suddenly spoke, his voice unquestionable.

"Ah?" Su Qingyue hadn't reacted yet.

Jiang Chen had already wrapped his arm around her slender waist, pressed her tightly into his arms, and then stamped his foot on the ground.

Boom!

The floor of the entire two-story building instantly collapsed, and the load-bearing pillars broke.

With this terrifying reaction force, Jiang Chen's entire body was like a cannonball fired from its chamber, directly crashing through the roof and carving a black streak of light under the moonlight.

Was he flying? No, he was jumping!

Every time he landed, he would step out a huge deep pit on the outer wall of a building, and then use the force to spring again.

At that moment, Su Qingyue was held tightly in his arms, listening to the whistling wind in her ears, watching the man who had gone into a rampage like a god or a demon for her sake (actually for the sake of sleep), her heart beating so fast it was almost jumping out of her chest.

His target was aimed directly at the tall building where Zhao Feng was!

"Since you don't want me to sleep, then nobody sleep!"