bioinnovel Chapter 6 Blood Eye Cult's Target: S-Rank Ability User Su Qingyue
Chapter 6 Blood Eye Cult's Target: S-Rank Ability User Su Qingyue
It wasn't because of Zhou Wenjie's apology—he didn't even care about that matter.
Instead, he noticed something.
When he killed the jackals earlier, he found something on the corpse of one of the Tier 1, Level 2 jackals that shouldn't have been there.
A black rune stone, the size of a fingernail, was hidden deep in the jackal's fur, as if it had been deliberately implanted.
Lin Yuan held the rune stone between his fingers and examined it carefully.
The stone's surface is engraved with twisted patterns that vaguely form an inverted eye pattern, gleaming with an eerie dark red luster in the sunlight.
He didn't recognize the rune, but he recognized the style of the pattern.
Having transmigrated to this world for three years, I've seen it too many times in my high school textbooks—it's the mark of the Blood Eye Cult, a heretical sect.
Moreover, the Blood Eye Cult is not an ordinary cult.
The methods used by any force capable of implanting runestones into a first-tier monster are certainly not simple.
Runestones are typically used to track, control, or absorb energy. In any case, this means that these jackals are not wild monsters, but rather "eyes" that are being manipulated by humans.
Someone is monitoring the wasteland through monsters.
Or to be more precise—someone is monitoring people entering and leaving the wilderness.
Lin Yuan put away the rune stone, his brows furrowing slightly.
This matter originally had nothing to do with him.
Whether it's a cult or a conspiracy, there are always tall people to hold up the sky when it falls.
Donghai City has an association of superhumans and a powerful family like the Su family; it's not his place as a minor figure at the first level to worry about such things.
but.
Su Qingyue is an S-class ice-type ability user.
If the cult's target is highly skilled individuals with supernatural abilities, then she is definitely one of the most conspicuous targets in Donghai City.
Lin Yuan remained silent for a moment, then changed direction and, instead of returning to the city, chased after the pack of jackals in the direction they had come from.
Footprints, broken grass stems, lingering scents—these traces are not hard to spot on the wasteland.
Lin Yuan spent about an hour tracking down to an abandoned mining area deep in the wilderness.
The entrance to the mining area was partially obscured by a huge rock, and there were obvious signs of activity around it.
He did not approach rashly, but instead found a high place to lie in ambush and observe from a distance.
About half an hour later, two people came out of the mining area.
Both men were wearing gray-black cloaks with their hoods pulled low, obscuring their faces.
Judging from their walking posture and body shape, it was a man and a woman.
They stood at the entrance of the mine and exchanged a few words in hushed tones, their voices carried on the wind, intermittent and broken.
"...They're pressuring us...an S-rank ice-type...it has to be done before she fully matures..."
"...Donghai City...that girl from the Su family...it's not a good place to make a move..."
"...No rush...there are still five days...the arena matches...when the crowd gets chaotic..."
Lin Yuan's pupils contracted slightly.
The arena competition. Five days later.
That was his ten-day promise to Su Qingyue.
The cult members planned to make their move that day.
"Interesting." Lin Yuan lowered his body and quietly withdrew from the high ground.
A cold smile curled at the corner of his lips, but there was no smile in his eyes.
Want to mess with Su Qingyue?
We'll have to ask him if the gun in his hand agrees first.
On the way back to the city, Lin Yuan walked much faster than he had on the way there.
It wasn't out of fear, but because he needed time to prepare.
The fact that cult members were able to infiltrate the city indicates that Donghai City's defense system has vulnerabilities.
Their target is Su Qingyue, and they plan to make their move five days from now in the arena competition—a public duel that will attract citywide attention and large crowds.
Making a move amidst the chaos, when everyone's attention is focused on the competition, is indeed the best opportunity.
But this also means that cult members will appear in the arena.
And it will be very close to the ring.
When Lin Yuan entered the city gate, it was already dark.
The guards at the city gate were checking people entering and leaving the city, and they were more serious than usual.
A thought struck him, and he walked over and casually asked, "Why are they checking so strictly today?"
The guard glanced at him, recognizing him as the young demon hunter who had been frequently venturing into the wasteland lately, and spoke to him in a fairly polite tone:
"You didn't know? Something happened in the city last night. The Superpowered Individuals Association's warehouse was tampered with, and a batch of materials were stolen. The higher-ups suspect that some unknown force has infiltrated the city."
Lin Yuan nodded, asked no further questions, and strode into the city.
really.
Cult members are already active in the city.
He walked through several streets, not going straight home, but instead turning into the trading market in the north of the city.
At this time, the market was almost deserted, with only a few stall owners packing up their goods.
Lin Yuan walked up to a stall selling runes. The stall owner was a middle-aged man with a small mustache, who was putting the runes on the table one by one into a wooden box.
"Boss, do you have any runes that can sense energy fluctuations?"
The man with the mustache looked up at him and said, "Yes, I do. F-grade detection talismans, five hundred each. What do you need them for?"
"it works."
Lin Yuan took out five banknotes and placed them on the table. The man with the small mustache shrugged, rummaged through the bottom of the wooden box, and pulled out three pale yellow talismans, handing them to him.
"There are only three left. After activation, stick them on your body, and they will heat up if there are any energy fluctuations within a radius of fifty meters. However, they can only sense fluctuations below the second level; they won't work against anything higher."
That's enough.
Lin Yuan put away the talisman and went to the herbal medicine stall next door to buy some basic healing medicine.
It was late at night when I returned to my little house in the old town.
He sat on the edge of the bed and glanced at the system panel.
[Host: Lin Yuan]
[Realm: Lightning Element, Tier 1, Level 3; Spacetime Element, Tier 1, Level 1]
[Special Ability 1: Weak Lightning Strike (Rank F, Tier 1, Level 3)]
[Special Ability 2: Herrscher of Time and Space (S-rank, Tier 1, Level 1)]
[Special Ability Points: 278]
[Combat Skill: Thunderclap Across the Nine Heavens (Proficiency: Proficient, can be upgraded at 45/500)]
The Lightning element is just over a hundred ability points away from leveling up.
If I hunt monsters with all my might for the next five days, I should be able to break through to the fourth level of the first tier before the competition.
Although he can't advance to the Space-Time system, his first-level, first-tier Space-Time ability is enough for him to use "that move" once or twice at crucial moments.
Combined with the "skilled" rendition of "Thunder Walks Through the Nine Heavens," that's enough.
Lin Yuan lay on the bed, staring at the mottled water stains on the ceiling, repeatedly imagining the situation five days from now.
Su Qingyue is an S-rank ice-type, first tier, level 3—she must have been cultivating these past eight days. With the Su family's resources, it's not surprising that she has reached the first tier, level 3.
With the added suppressive power of his S-rank ability, normally, his level 3, level 1 F-rank lightning ability wouldn't even be able to touch the hem of her clothes.
But combat is never just about looking at the numbers on paper.
He possesses the "Thunder Walks Through the Nine Heavens" technique, has time-space abilities, and has the practical combat experience gained from fighting his way through the wasteland over the past eight days.
And then there's that cult rat lurking in the shadows.
Lin Yuan closed his eyes, a dangerous smile curving his lips.
Five days later, at the arena.
Some people will be proven wrong, some scores will be settled, and there are still some things hiding in the gutter—
It's time to come out and soak up some sun.