zero o'clock

【Hunter behind】

After Li Huan finished speaking, the university professor's muddy pupils shrank suddenly like a feline, and his slack and pale face was slowly propped up and swam, as if something was about to squeeze through the thin layer of skin and come out of his body.

He looked hesitantly at the young man in front of him, his head tilted to one side and his joints rattled, his face showing a very unnaturally confused look, "You... are the Demon Subduing Master?"

As soon as the words came out, the professor looked sensitively at the Nike bag in Li Huan's hand. He even took a step back in fear, as if he was afraid of what might be contained in it, but finally shook his head stiffly, "No, You don't have the spiritual power of those guys!"

Li Huan looked at him with a smile that was not a smile, and said calmly: "I am a demon." After speaking, he paused, and added: "It should be."

"Demon?" The professor seemed even more puzzled. He flapped his nose frantically, as if he wanted to catch a familiar scent of the same kind from the narrow space where the two of them were. However, he didn't smell anything, not even the flesh and blood from living creatures aroma.

——That person is like a clean white paper, without the oppressive spiritual power of a demon master, and without the treacherous aura of a demon, and it is obviously impossible for human beings to have those pair of dark red glowing eyes. Eye!

The monster occupying the professor's body suddenly felt fear. In their dark world, the higher the level of the monster, the closer to the human body, and only high-level monsters can perfectly hide the monster's aura and blend in with the living. Thereby avoiding the hunt from the demon subduing master.

Could it be that the young man in front of him is actually a high-level monster? !

The professor was shocked, but he calmed down a little after confirming that the other party was of the same kind, "You are a demon, why do you interfere with the hunting of the same kind?"

"Because, demons also have the rules of demons—your ignorance of restraint will attract those who are not attractive to people, and demon subduing masters will kill all monsters indiscriminately. You have brought trouble to others, even The same kind must also be dealt with cleanly."

While speaking, Li Huan opened his backpack, reached in with his left hand, and pulled out an ancient Tang knife with a moon-white body. He pressed the pad of his thumb against the knife block and pushed forward slowly. The blade made of fine steel was extremely sharp. The sandalwood sheath rubbed against each other and let out a low humming sound.

"Sir," Li Huan smiled meekly and harmlessly, his eyelashes drooping to cover his blood-colored pupils, "you haven't heard of the so-called hunter among the same kind, have you?"

"—After you've been dealt with, my internship can finally come to an end."

The train was galloping in the dark, and with a bang, the shattered glass splashed into the gravel on both sides of the railway, and then two black shadows jumped out of the gap and climbed onto the roof like ghosts.

Dense snowflakes cut across the exposed skin like ice blades, Li Huan rolled the knife on the ground for a second to find his center of gravity, he had no chance to turn back, he only felt the air tremble behind him, as if something was approaching quickly.

The next moment the long knife was unsheathed, the sharp blade cut through the snow curtain, thick black blood burst out, and the stench escaped. The sharp roar of a beast penetrated the night. The professor covered his injured face and retreated in embarrassment, panting. gas.

Li Huan turned around, his pupils tightened slightly, and he finally saw the appearance of the monster clearly.

——The professor's face was cut open by a Tang knife, and a thin layer of human skin was pulled around the jaw, revealing the grayish-yellow skin covered with viscous body fluid. The monster living inside writhed crazily, like a lizard that had shed its skin, peeling off the disguise bit by bit.

It was a strange humanoid monster, which was different from the monster Li Huan had known since he was a child.

Its limbs were extremely long, with sharp claws, its two arms almost reached the ground, its lower limbs were naturally bent, its body was ridiculously thin as if it had been squeezed dry, and it looked as weak as that human professor.There are a pair of huge eyes on the monster's face, there are no whites in the pupils, and there is a slit where the mouth belongs, and a purple-red tubular mouthpart slips out of the slit, nimbly licking the blood on the forehead.

Most of the monsters in this world evolved from spirit beasts. The rarer the spirit beasts, the higher the level of monsters corresponding to the demon queens, but this one in front of me is not so much a monster as a monster.Li Huan's eyes narrowed, and he felt that the thing was sticky, and it was really indescribably disgusting.

The monster's legs trembled and straightened up, its lower jaw raised, and it let out a few dry and ugly growls towards the sky.

As soon as the growl came out, another beast shadow flew up from the edge of the car roof corresponding to the broken window. Li Huan's heart sank in vain, and he hurriedly blocked it with a knife.

In an instant, the steel blade and the sharp claws of the surprise monster were biting together. The cub was no more than half a meter long, but it was extremely powerful. Li Huan was caught off guard and was thrown out immediately.

"This is my child, young man," the monster said in a professor's voice, "although I don't know what you are, but since you are eligible to be chosen as a hunter, your brain must be more delicious than a living person's, and the newborn cub Just in need of nourishment—”

Hearing this, the little monster lying on Li Huan's body tilted its head, and with the sound of snoring, its slender mouthparts protruded, like a living creature with self-consciousness, tentatively cruising to Li Huan's eyebrows. The big monster stood quietly not far away, as if it wanted to give the cub a chance to hunt independently.

Li Huan's heart was beating very fast. He didn't have much actual combat experience before tonight, and he only knew that the target was a low-level monster on the eve of this trip, but now it seems that this guy is far more difficult than the mission description, let alone the simultaneous Facing two goals, one big and one small!

The smell from the monster's mouthparts was foul and foul, making people's stomachs churn. Li Huan frowned calmly, gathered his five fingers together and tightened the handle of the knife tightly, waiting for the opportunity.

I don't know if it's because he hasn't learned how to prey yet. The little monster's movements are very slow, and its bright black eyes stare at Li Huan's face. There is almost no expression in the pupil eyes, but under that kind of staring, Li Huan Huan actually had a weird idea that they had seen before...

Just at this moment, the little monster let out an extremely contradictory cry, and its mouthparts trembled violently.

Li Huan had been prepared for a long time, and turned his head to avoid it at the first moment. The sharp mouthparts of the head brushed against the side of his face, and blood splashed out. There was only a muffled sound, and the mouthparts comparable to sharp knives were directly nailed into it. metal roof—

It's now!

Li Huan's eyes were cold, as if they were soaked in blood. He flipped his wrist, and the one-meter-long Tang knife turned around in an unpredictable arc, and then it was clenched by the backhand, and he raised it.

The arc flashed across, cutting off the mouthpiece and at the same time cutting off half of the monster's jaw.The little monster twitched in pain, shook its head and rolled backwards, throwing corrupted blood everywhere.

In just a few seconds, Li Huan propped up his body, blood dripped down his cheeks like tears, and splashed on the roof of the car, while the wound cut by his mouthparts healed quickly with a speed visible to the naked eye.

The adult monster was stunned by the scene in front of him. He completely ignored the cub's life and death, and just murmured, "What the hell are you...?"

"Me?"

Li Huan's gentle voice was full of smiles. He raised his hand to wipe away the blood on the side of his face, lowered his head and greedily breathed in the pure and beautiful breath of blood plasma, and then licked off his own blood—he had suppressed it for too long and had no hunting , did not eat, the drop of blood moistened the dry esophagus, provoking the desire of the demon deep in the soul, but was severely suppressed by the human half.

"Unfortunately, I don't know what I should be..."

"how is this possible?!"

"The teacher only said that I am not a human being, but he didn't explain what kind of monster I am—"

After he finished speaking, a pearl-colored animal shadow jumped onto the roof of the car, and the two present were stunned at the same time.Li Huan looked down at the translucent nine-tailed fox spirit, his brows furrowed slightly, and the blood in his eyes gradually receded completely, "Ahli, why are you here?" Yes... what is the teacher's order?"

Hu Ling moved his ears, glanced at him very coldly, and out of animal instinct, stuck out his tongue and licked his nose like a Samoyed, his cold image collapsed instantly, and said: "The mission is abnormal, the master asked me to take the young master back... ..." Hu Ling raised his hind legs to tickle, his nine fur tails swayed wildly behind him, panted, and added: "Meow~"

Li Huan: "..."

I haven't seen you for a few days. Did this fox take the wrong medicine?Meow what meow!

Li Huan's heart twitched and couldn't help cursing secretly, and he had to tighten the corners of his mouth on the surface to avoid being beaten by the little guy when he laughed. He looked at the tsundere fox, and then at the weak monster who was silently watching not far away. I was very afraid of the high-level evil spirit emanating from the fox spirit, and my whole body was shaking non-stop, but I didn't intend to escape or attack.

Li Huan felt that the thing's reaction was a bit strange, and while being on guard, he said, "What's abnormal?"

"Target rating and quantity, meow, what else can it be?"

Hu Ling looked at Li Huan like an idiot, continued to lick his nose, pointed his nostrils at him, and said forcefully, "The master only wanted to use this little demon to make you a teacher because of the simple introduction. The report coming over will be tampered with. It is not an ordinary power of attorney for the handover of responsibility, but a request for help. They hope that the owner can officially take over and get rid of this guy who went north. It is said that many hunters in Shanghai are involved in this case. I have suffered a lot, meow."

"This kind of thing——" it raised its furry paw and pointed at the monster, "it's an unrecorded monster, but you're lucky, this one has obviously been exhausted by something, and it's no longer a threat Meow."

"A demon that has not been recorded?" Li Huan repeated hesitantly, "Doesn't the teacher know?"

"Master can only come to a conclusion after seeing the corpse." Hu Ling narrowed his narrow animal eyes. "I can smell it. It is about to die. It also saves us a lot of effort in finding samples."

Li Huan was stunned. After getting into the car, he did notice that both the host professor and the monster itself were very weak, but he hadn't had time to figure out the reason. Looking back now, the monster would be stuck in the car when he was dying. Stop yourself, this behavior is clearly here - to send you to death on purpose!

But... why did it do this?

Li Huan's thoughts turned, and the answer came to his mind almost instantly, "You mean, the thing that drained it is also here, and it distracted my attention to protect that?"

"Meow~ This possibility is very high," Hu Ling nodded solemnly, "But we don't have time to think about the reason, and now we must solve it as soon as possible to take you away. That unknown thing is trouble, and once the smell attracts those people, we may not be able to get out of it."

After the fox spirit finished speaking, the translucent soul body instantly swelled, and the spirit body became solid, and the snow-white and smooth animal fur glowed with a hazy halo in the darkness.This fox is habitually awkward, aiming at the monster and at the same time not forgetting to shake off the nine tails, the tail raised up and directly smeared someone's face.

Li Huan: "..."

The fox sharpened its claws on the roof of the car, its body leaned down, and its hind legs were bent to accumulate strength. Before it could attack the monster, it only felt a pain at the tip of one of its tails. Looking back, it saw My young master was holding a tail, smiling at it with a harmless face.

Li Huan raised his eyebrows slightly, and jokingly said: "I've only been here for a few days, and not only has your kid changed to a cat, but you've also got a lot of lice. I think your skin is itchy?"

"No," Hu Ling said weakly, "Time is running out, young master, we can't fight among ourselves!"

Li Huanping let out a sigh and let go.Seeing this, Hu Ling finally relaxed, but it was a pity that he hadn't caught his breath yet, only to see the Tang knife in the opponent's hand sweeping across, and the fine and dense fox fur rose up, mixed with snow flakes, and flew away.

The fox stared at the half-bald tail in disbelief, his heart of glass shattered into pieces.

"Go," Li Huan waved his hand at it, "Quick battle."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.hhhhhh. Obedient and crying all the way towards the monster.

Li Huan followed closely behind with Tang Dao in both hands.

The monster that had been silent for a long time uttered a hoarse mournful cry towards the sky. In a blink of an eye, the fox approached, its front paws raised, and the sharp toe hooks popped out of the flesh pads, but the monster didn't have the slightest intention of avoiding it, and ate it alive. After attacking, the smelly blood rushed to the roof of the car, Hu Ling couldn't see the guy's purpose, he couldn't help hesitating for a moment, and the next moment he was caught off guard by the guy's neck.

"Beware!"

Li Huan exclaimed in surprise, and watched the two monsters who were inextricably stuck together rolling off the roof and disappearing into the darkness on the side of the railroad track.

- To Be Continued