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Chapter 127: If you don't mind, I am willing to offer myself to you.

"Xiao Tao... how is it outside?"

Perhaps only a few dozen seconds had passed, but it made Suns Dad's heart rise to his throat.

Yet, it was incomparably quiet outside right now, as if nothing had just happened.

After a long while, he finally gathered the courage to ask. But just as he finished speaking— *Boom*—a muffled sound came from downstairs.

In this bizarrely silent night, it sounded exceptionally jarring. Sun Tao didn't say a word and ran straight to the balcony.

Suns Dad followed closely behind, quietly peering downstairs. They didn't live on a high floor, only the sixth. The streetlights in the residential complex vaguely allowed them to see the situation below.

They saw a person wearing a security guard uniform lying on the ground. Soon after, another person appeared nearby, seemingly checking if the security guard was dead or alive.

Then, that person looked up at the building. In an instant, Sun Tao locked eyes with him.

He was wearing a Black Impermanence mask and a black tracksuit. Although his eyes couldn't be seen, he gave Sun Tao a familiar feeling.

Then, that person walked straight toward the exit of the complex...

"H-has the Black Impermanence come to claim a soul?" Watching the scene downstairs, Suns Dad's terror continued to grow.

It wasn't until the person wearing the Black Impermanence mask vanished from the complex that Sun Tao's heart finally settled.

"Dad, it's fine now. That security guard is dead!" "Security guard? What do you mean?" Suns Dad said, terrified.

Sun Tao pondered for a moment before recounting the horrific scene he had just witnessed. Although he had seen a terrifying face covered in bulging veins through the peephole, he had recognized at a glance that the person was the residential complex's security guard.

At that moment, he had seemed like a completely different person. He had become strange, terrifying, and ferocious...

"The person who was pounding on the door just now was that security guard. He might have been controlled by a Yao Beast, or perhaps possessed by something!" "Dad, go back to sleep. It's over!"

Hearing Sun Tao say this, Suns Dad nodded. He looked downstairs once more; the security guard's corpse was still lying on the ground, and the surrounding ground had been stained crimson by blood.

"Sigh, I really didn't expect it. That usually honest and simple security guard would turn out to be like this!" Suns Dad shook his head and walked back into the house, still somewhat shaken.

When he was about to enter his bedroom, he didn't forget to turn back and comfort Sun Tao. Once Sun Tao returned to his room, his mind was filled with the person wearing the Black Impermanence mask.

Although there had been no direct contact, and he hadn't seen his face, the person's build, form, and walking posture were all extremely familiar to him.

Even if he covered his face, he couldn't change his habits. After a long while, he sat on the bed and picked up his phone. In his chat app, he found the chat page for one person.

Sun Tao: A life-saving grace should be repaid with a gushing spring. If you don't mind, I am willing to offer myself to you...

The roar of a motorcycle. In this silent city, it was like an explosion on the street. Wherever it passed, it could be heard from a hundred miles away.

Finally, a heavy motorcycle stopped outside the Jingnan Mansion complex. Chu Zhengxiong turned back and said: "This is the only time. If you act so recklessly again next time, don't blame me for telling your sister!"

After saying this, Lin Yi smiled. "Alright, there won't be a next time!"

"That's best. What you should be considering now, kid, is the Martial Arts Exam. There's less than a month left; you should focus on your final sprint. Don't worry about other things!" "Especially these past few days, remember, go out less at night!"

Lin Yi nodded repeatedly like a chick pecking at rice. After Chu Zhengxiong finished nagging, Lin Yi walked to the gate of the complex. He took out his access card and swiped it, hearing a soft 'beep'. The residential gate opened automatically, and Lin Yi pushed it open and walked in.

Until his figure disappeared from sight, Chu Zhengxiong's expression only then relaxed slightly. Just now, when he had entered the complex, he had intended to find the security guard who was possessed by the 'Devourer'.

As it turned out, Lin Yi had gotten there a step ahead and entered one of the apartment buildings. By the time Chu Zhengxiong arrived, the security guard had just been thrown down from upstairs. Following that, he saw a black shadow quietly leave the security guard's body.

Chu Zhengxiong recognized it at a glance; that was the exotic beast that had escaped from the Forbidden Zone. He hurriedly stepped forward to send it to its end.

The 'Devourer' type of exotic beast actually didn't have strong combat power. It just had a more tenacious vitality than other exotic beasts. Mainly, it had no physical form and belonged to a type of intangible exotic beast.

The combat capability it displayed relied on possessing a human or beast. Moreover, there were many limitations. Even if it possessed a 5-star Yao Beast, it couldn't fully utilize the host's cultivation Realm. At best, it could display 4-star power, which was considered quite good.

The most headache-inducing part was that even if you killed the substitute, it didn't mean you had killed it. After the substitute perished, it would still leave in the form of a shadow to look for the next substitute. Over and over again, the existence of the 'Devourer' wasn't much of a threat, but it was a nuisance.

Furthermore, this thing was very vindictive. Lin Yi had just killed the security guard but hadn't eliminated the 'Devourer'. If it really managed to escape, there was a fear that it would latch onto Lin Yi in the future, until it died itself, or until Lin Yi died...

Fortunately, Chu Zhengxiong had arrived in time to kill the 'Devourer' that had escaped from the security guard's body. This had eliminated any future worries.

However, the appearance of the 'Devourer' in the Old District forced Chu Zhengxiong to take it seriously again. He took out his phone and made a call. After a long while, the call was connected.

"Hello? There might be trouble again. Where are you? Let's talk in person... Hmm, okay, you wait there, I'll be over immediately!"

Hanging up the phone, the roar of the motorcycle once again resonated through the silent city. ... After returning home, Lin Yi found that Tang Qinru hadn't returned. This made him heave a sigh of relief. It was already past ten o'clock.