Chapter 180 - 170: Obtaining Another Crystal Core

Chapter 180: Chapter 170: Obtaining Another Crystal Core

What a delicacy!

The finest of delicacies!

It drooled uncontrollably!

Although the Red-eyed Lizard had already eaten three people, they had been scrawny. After spitting out the bones, their meat barely amounted to a hundred-some pounds. It was enough to mostly fill its stomach, but did little to help heal its injuries.

But the human woman below... she could help it recover completely in an extremely short amount of time!

Therefore...

Even if it wasn’t trying to escape her pursuit, it had to strike!

Kill her!

SWOOSH.

Pouncing from above, its speed suddenly increased. Its acceleration was no less than when it was at its Peak, and it had the element of surprise. This gave the Red-eyed Lizard a huge boost in confidence.

’This strike is sure to succeed!’

WHOOSH.

As the distance closed and the enticing aroma grew stronger, the Red-eyed Lizard could already imagine the sensation of biting open the human woman’s skull and savoring the delicacy within.

A human-like smile spread across its face.

Suddenly, Xia Yu spun around. With a flick of her right hand, a dark red afterimage flashed past.

ROAR!

The Red-eyed Lizard’s pupils contracted to pinpricks.

Unfortunately, it was mid-air and couldn’t dodge at all. It could only watch helplessly as the dark red afterimage plunged into its eyeball, drilled through its head, and emerged from the back of its skull.

THWACK!

It lodged itself in the tree trunk.

BAM.

Immediately after, the Red-eyed Lizard crashed heavily to the ground. It twitched twice, then went still.

’You beast. You guessed that I’d figure out where you were, but you didn’t guess I’d figure it out so quickly. And you certainly never guessed that I was just waiting for you to attack.’

Xia Yu wasn’t as fast at climbing trees as the Red-eyed Lizard, and her combat effectiveness would drop significantly once she was in a tree.

So, even after realizing the beast was in the tree, she didn’t recklessly climb up for a life-or-death battle. Instead, she waited for it to attack.

Doing so saved time and effort.

She glanced in the direction of the police sirens, then looked away. With a sudden dash, she planted her right foot on the tree trunk and pushed off forcefully. Her body shot up several meters, practically scraping against the bark. At the apex of her ascent, just as her upward momentum ceased, she shot out her hand and snatched the Blood Butterfly pinned to the trunk.

She landed lightly on the ground and quickly cracked open the Red-eyed Lizard’s skull.

"Just as I thought, a First-grade Crystal Core."

The corner of Xia Yu’s mouth lifted in a smirk, though she wasn’t surprised.

Red-eyed Mutant Beasts had an incredibly high chance of producing First-grade Crystal Cores.

"This trip wasn’t a waste."

She put it away and quickly left.

Only now did she feel like her body had fully loosened up.

This just went to show how absurdly powerful Xia Yu’s physical condition was.

「Back at the dorm.」

"Yu, why are there bloodstains on you?"

She had just run into Guan Xiaorou, who was coming out of the bathroom. Perceptive as ever, she immediately noticed the red dots on Xia Yu’s cuff and couldn’t help but ask.

"It’s nothing."

Xia Yu explained casually as she took off her clothes, "Just some dye that got on me."

’It was on the side of my cuff; I hadn’t noticed it. I didn’t think I’d get any blood on me. To be safe, it’s probably better to change clothes right after a fight from now on.’

"Little Yu, um..."

Lin Yuxia, on the other hand, hadn’t paid any attention to the ’bloodstains.’ She quickly recounted how Wang Quanzhi had ’bribed’ her and their other two roommates.

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Xia Yu was quite surprised.

’That Wang Quanzhi still hasn’t given up?’

’I’d almost forgotten he even existed!’

"Mm-hmm."

Nodding, Xia Yu couldn’t be bothered to pay Wang Quanzhi any mind.

’If he wants to pursue me, that’s his business. I’ve already rejected him, after all.’

’I have so many suitors. How could I possibly have time to pay attention to every single one?’

’Besides, my movements will be unpredictable from now on.’

’It would be pretty difficult for him to find me, so it shouldn’t affect my plans or my life.’

"I looked him up for you. He’s a top-tier rich kid from our Huayang City—no, I should say from our whole province. And it seems like he’s pretty capable, too."

"He’s one of the ’Ten Outstanding Youths of the Province,’ he once won a ’Good Samaritan’ award, and he even helped the police capture an escaped murderer."

Lin Yuxia pulled up the information she had found on Wang Quanzhi on Baidu and held up the screen for Xia Yu to see.

"Mm."

Xia Yu glanced at it and gave a neutral nod.

’For this guy to become Zhao Guohui’s informant, he must have some skill. Otherwise, he never would have caught Zhao Guohui’s attention.’

"Huh?"

"Why aren’t you reacting at all?"

"He’s the most outstanding one of all your suitors."

Lin Yuxia was not satisfied with Xia Yu’s reaction. She reached out habitually to touch Xia Yu’s soft chest as she said, "Even though I still don’t think he’s good enough for you, you could at least consider him, you know?"