Chapter 14: The dragon slayer eventually becomes the dragon! (Thanks to the Alliance Leader)

Luo Zhou let out a long breath, locking his focus on the Third-Day Demon.

Everything had not been in vain.

He looked at Wang Xiaoya’s Death-Soul and said

"Rest assured, I will kill him and avenge you!"

"If I cannot kill him, may I fall into the Avici Hell and never be reincarnated!"

The Death-Soul gave no response, and Luo Zhou departed.

The next day, the tenth of June. Twenty-three days remained!

As long as he had a target, Luo Zhou had motivation.

Time was running out; there were still four Parasite Demons left!

Luo Zhou felt the urgency in his heart.

However, Li Haitian was different from the other Parasite Demons. Through the Death-Soul, Luo Zhou could know everything about the others.

But regarding Li Haitian’s specific situation, Luo Zhou knew nothing.

He had to observe first, look for an opportunity, and then strike with a single blow.

The enemy is in the light, and I am in the dark. That was fine.

From this day on, Luo Zhou began to observe Li Haitian.

Finding him, tracking him...

But, easier said than done!

As a head constable, Li Haitian was not like the other constables who just coasted along and ignored their duties.

He was particularly fond of solving cases, running all over the city from morning till night.

Luo Zhou followed him quietly, only to find that Li Haitian was exceptionally vigilant.

Even a glance from afar would trigger the man’s intuition, let alone following behind him.

When Luo Zhou used his Sharp-Insight Eye to peer at him from a distance, Li Haitian immediately sensed it and began a counter-investigation.

Fortunately, the distance was great, otherwise, Luo Zhou would have been cornered by Li Haitian.

This meant that even at close range, Luo Zhou’s Sharp-Insight Eye could not lock onto him, and the Dragon-Slaying Needle could not be activated at all.

Killing Li Haitian was going to be extremely difficult.

On June 11th, Zuo Sanguang recovered, his spirit once again full.

Luo Zhou hadn't been to school for a few days, so Zuo Sanguang came looking for him.

Every time Luo Zhou used him, he gave him Spirit Shards; there was an unspoken understanding between the two.

Seeing Zuo Sanguang, Luo Zhou’s eyes lit up and he said, "Come, let’s go play at being heroes!"

"We haven't played in days. Let's go, which classmate are we looking for?"

Luo Zhou chuckled and said, "This time it’s not a classmate, it’s a 'man of the world'!"

"A man of the world?"

He was looking for Wang Qiang and Wang Gang, the brothers of Baldy Old Wang.

The two had been beaten black and blue by Liu Jinpeng over a family inheritance dispute, and with the authorities refusing to intervene, they were full of resentment.

Luo Zhou had found them two days ago and hired them under the guise of needing manual labor for his shop. He gave them some trivial tasks to keep them busy, but paid them well. Their good days had finally arrived.

Seeing their employer, the two bowed and scraped, overjoyed.

Luo Zhou smiled: "You’ve been doing a good job lately. Keep working hard for me these next few days.

Since you’re free now, two uncles, come play a game with me."

Wang Qiang and Wang Gang didn't understand what Luo Zhou was up to, but since the boss had spoken, they had to comply.

"See this classmate of mine?

You two act like bandits, yell at him, threaten to kill him, and just give him a light beating!"

Though they didn't understand the meaning, Wang Qiang and Wang Gang surrounded Zuo Sanguang and began to roar

"Kid, this is a robbery! Your money or your life?"

"Hand over all your money!"

"No money? Then hurry up and take off your pants!"

They started pushing him around and cursing. Zuo Sanguang was used to this; he immediately sent a plea for help in his heart

"Help! There are two old geezers, men of the world, trying to rob me and making me take off my pants! Someone save me!"

Luo Zhou smiled, walked over, and gave Wang Qiang and Wang Gang each a kick and a slap.

The two were left dizzy—why were they actually being hit?

Luo Zhou gave each of them five silver taels, and immediately, the two were overjoyed again.

They wouldn't mind being hit harder!

Luo Zhou also gave Zuo Sanguang ten Spirit Shards, and Zuo Sanguang left happily.

The reason he sought out Wang Qiang and Wang Gang was that Baldy Old Wang could bring forth the Vortex-Guard. Although these two were cousins to Old Wang, they shared the same bloodline, so there should be some benefits, right?

Sure enough, at midnight, in a trance, he felt countless ocean tides, giant waves towering to the sky, destroying everything in their path!

"Water..."

"Wave, Vortex, Surge, Torrent, Tide, Float, Flow, Gush..."

"Overturning Rivers and Seas, Giant Waves Towering to the Sky!"

"Reward for Good!"

"Awarded Ability: Wave-Surge, Awarded Ability: Gush-Burst, components of the nine great abilities of the divine ability 'Overturning Rivers and Seas'!"

Luo Zhou was overjoyed. It was just as he had thought; the Wang brothers had actually rewarded him with two abilities.

The Wave-Surge ability, when used, made it seem as if a water wave appeared beneath his feet, allowing him to ride the current and increase his running and walking speed.

However, this ability was far inferior to Continuous Sprint, and it could only be used three times a day.

The Gush-Burst ability was similar to Berserk; his strength, reflexes, and five senses were all enhanced.

But it could only be maintained for ten breaths before naturally dissipating. However, because water is formless, there was no fatigue backlash, and it could also be used three times a day.

Added to the Float-Evasion converted from Water-Avoidance and the Flow-Control converted from Water-Control, he had already gathered five of the nine great abilities.

He would wait a few more days for Zuo Sanguang to recover and continue farming abilities from the Wang brothers.

Luo Zhou had a feeling that this divine ability could be farmed out of them.

It was their family’s bloodline ability after all; farming it from them was perfectly logical!

June 12th. Twenty-one days remained!

Cheng Wanli sent someone to invite him; there was work to be done.

Cheng Wanli had gathered enough men and was preparing to go to war with the Sanjiang Gang.

He asked Luo Zhou to curse-kill Zhang Meng, one of the five leaders of the opposing side.

Zhang Meng was at the Great Perfection of Body Tempering, gifted with a "Copper Head and Iron Skin," and practiced the hard-style martial arts of the Golden Bell Shield and Iron Shirt. He was truly difficult to break, hence the request for Luo Zhou to curse-kill him.

Luo Zhou agreed, but insisted that he could only strike in a closed environment where the two were alone, and no one else could watch.

Cheng Wanli agreed and made the necessary arrangements.

Zhang Meng had a mistress he visited every three to five days; this was the opportunity.

Cheng Yubo came at night to lead the way, quietly bringing Luo Zhou to a residence.

It was the mistress's home. The guards, servants, and the mistress herself had already been taken care of.

Luo Zhou waited here; when Zhang Meng arrived, it would be one-on-one, and he could curse-kill him.

Luo Zhou nodded and waited in the residence.

Zhang Meng had killed countless people and committed every evil imaginable.

Luo Zhou had specifically searched for the places where he had killed, but there had been no Death-Soul.

Without a Death-Soul, he could not activate the Death-Crossing Reward Method and could not receive rewards for rewarding good and punishing evil.

Luo Zhou found it strange; was his Death-Crossing Reward Method only effective against those Parasite Demons?

But the Crocodile Dragon had a Death-Soul. Could it be that Zhang Meng didn't have one because he hadn't reached the Qi Refining stage?

Or perhaps, because the Crocodile Dragon wasn't human, it wasn't a Parasite Demon, yet it still had a Death-Soul?

However, he didn't dwell on it this time and waited silently.

At the second watch, footsteps came from outside the courtyard.

Zhang Meng arrived, but he wasn't alone; he had brought two guards.

However, once they reached the courtyard, the old butler of the mistress's house lured the guards away, and only Zhang Meng entered.

The old butler had likely been bought off, or was an impostor; he didn't show a single flaw.

Luo Zhou smiled, picked up a staff, and took out the Dragon-Slaying Needle hidden within.

He waited silently!

Zhang Meng seemed to have just finished drinking heavily; he was swaying as he walked, pushing open the door and entering the room.

He saw Luo Zhou at a glance and was stunned.

Without a word, golden light erupted from his entire body as he activated his Golden Bell Shield and Iron Shirt, lunging forward immediately.

His combat experience was incredibly rich!

Even though he was swaying from drink, it didn't affect his fighting.

There was no need for nonsense; it was a life-or-death struggle!

Luo Zhou remained motionless. As Zhang Meng entered within two zhang, he struck suddenly.

The Dragon-Slaying Needle shot out instantly, melting into a brilliant, strange meta-energy that gathered into a single point of light.

It struck Zhang Meng’s right eye; the Golden Bell Shield and Iron Shirt were of no use!

It broke the hard-style, broke the Golden Bell Shield, broke the Iron Shirt, pierced the eye, and entered the brain. However, Zhang Meng’s head did not explode.

He had hard-style cultivation and strong defenses.

But his brain was pulverized, and he collapsed to the ground, dead!

The man was dead, but his body was still twitching.

Luo Zhou let out a long breath. He didn't step forward, waiting a while until the body was completely still.

Only then did he approach; this time, he could loot the corpse.

Luo Zhou carefully examined Zhang Meng’s body and found a bag of Spirit Shards and three bottles of pills.

There were exactly three thousand three hundred Spirit Shards, and the pills were Spirit Yang Pills, most suitable for cultivators at the Body Tempering stage.

Spirit Shards were usually strung together in hundreds with thin thread, like a string of coins, to make counting easier.

Now, Luo Zhou’s stash of Spirit Shards had returned to twelve thousand.

Luo Zhou was very satisfied. There was no need to pierce the seven orifices to fake a curse-kill.

He used Corpse-Dissolving Powder to melt Zhang Meng’s body directly.

After handling everything, Luo Zhou walked out of the courtyard.

Cheng Yubo had been waiting outside. The guards Zhang Meng had brought were already headless.

The deceptive butler had also been executed.

Seeing Luo Zhou come out, Cheng Yubo gave him a thumbs up.

With Zhang Meng dead, a major enemy was gone, and Cheng Wanli was even more confident.

Luo Zhou returned home. Midnight passed, and naturally, there was no punishment-for-evil reward. He sighed.

Only one Dragon-Slaying Needle remained. He took out the spirit wood he had purchased last time, preparing to refine two more.

This time, he used Water-Mist Qi.

The birch wood he bought was truly worth it; the refining process went without a single error, and the resulting Dragon-Slaying Needles had increased power.

After refining, his remaining spiritual energy consisted of six strands of Geomagnetic Qi, two strands of Water-Mist Qi, three strands of Heavy-Dust Qi, and one strand of Three-Eye Qi.

If he used up the three Dragon-Slaying Needles and had no more spiritual energy coming in, he would have to go back to using Spirit Shards.

Dragon-Slaying Needles refined with Spirit Shards were very difficult to use and weak in power; that was absolutely not an option.

The next time he hunted a dragon, it had to be a Crocodile Dragon with a Death-Soul before he would strike!

June 13th. The Dragon Tooth Group achieved a complete victory, having killed the five leaders of the Sanjiang Gang last night and wiped them out.

However, Cheng Wanli renamed the Dragon Tooth Group the Dragon Tooth Gang and completely took over the Sanjiang Gang's territory.

The dragon slayer had, in the end, become the evil dragon!

Luo Zhou had been mentally prepared for this; it had no impact on him.

Soon, it was June 15th. Eighteen days remained until the Full Moon Demon appeared.

The Full Moon Demon was not human at all; it was a true Great Demon. Luo Zhou had no certainty of a kill and would absolutely not strike.

Such a terrifying Parasite Demon, yet some people still refused to believe it.

On the night of the 15th, pedestrians were still walking about, and in the end, they were killed by the Full Moon Demon at a crossroads...

At the crime scene, Luo Zhou suddenly had a realization and thought of a way to deal with Li Haitian.

Li Haitian was always on guard, extremely careful, and gave no opportunities.

However, there was only one moment when he would relax.

That was at a crime scene!

Whenever there was a crime scene, he would focus on the investigation, studying the case, and in that moment, he would completely let his guard down.

The death of the pedestrian at the crossroads this time was handled by him, and thus, Luo Zhou discovered this flaw.

In truth, this flaw was quite underhanded.

If Li Haitian were not a Third-Day Demon, he would be a good constable—diligently solving cases, arresting criminals, and saving the common people.

A gentleman can be deceived by his own principles.

But whenever he thought of Wang Xiaoya and the two hundred and thirty-five people who died at the hands of the Third-Day Demon, he knew he had to kill him!

Luo Zhou began to calculate, studying it bit by bit, and gradually, a plan quietly took shape!