Chapter 121 - 29: Do Mad Seeds Deserve to Die?

Chapter 121: Chapter 29: Do Mad Seeds Deserve to Die?

Feng Yin looked at the flashing mark on the back of his hand, his eyes flickering slightly.

Normally, this mark would only flash when he manifested his Armor or wanted to summon the interface. But this unexpected flashing definitely had a reason.

Was the reason because he had killed a Mad Seed?

Feng Yin recalled for a moment. He hadn’t paid attention when he killed Zheng Xing and Lu Shuang. But just now, when he killed the burly man riding the motorcycle, it seemed to have flashed for a second...

If he couldn’t figure it out now, he would think about it later.

Feng Yin stopped dwelling on the thought and swiftly looked in another direction. It had taken him half a minute to chase down and kill this Strength Type Mad Seed. He didn’t know how far that spectacled man and the woman had run.

He thought, "I should still be able to catch up."

His expression remained calm as he changed direction and dashed out.

***

In the dark mountain forest, following the spectacled man’s shrewd advice, he and the woman immediately changed direction after running a certain distance, shifting toward another connected mountain peak. They hadn’t gone down the mountain at all. Instead, they were preparing to hide in a deeper, more secluded location.

If the enemy who found them were that bunch of Gods of Slaughter from the Demon Extermination Association, the bottom of the mountain might already be completely surrounded. Going down the mountain meant they could be immediately discovered and killed. The best way to survive was to cross the mountains and ridges to escape the encirclement, then hunt and devour some unlucky bastard, change their appearances, and lie low again. They could treat it as if nothing had ever happened.

The two constantly ventured deeper, fleeing with this all-out explosive method for a long time. However, even a Mad Seed’s astonishing stamina couldn’t sustain this kind of explosive burst indefinitely.

They slowed their pace in unison.

"This... should be enough..." The spectacled man had lost his glasses while running and looked quite disheveled, but a look of relief finally appeared on his face.

The woman was also panting heavily, her face filled with frustration. "What terrible luck. I thought we’d finally get to eat some Fierce Level meat, but a monster showed up instead. That guy looked very young. How could he be so powerful?"

The spectacled man shook his head and speculated, "If it were just that one person, the Chef wouldn’t have run. He can fight an Instant Level opponent without losing ground.

"But the fact that he dared to appear alone means that backup might arrive very soon. That’s why we had to run."

As they discussed, they had already assumed Feng Yin was bait specially sent by the Demon Extermination Association to lure them, the Mad Seeds, into committing a crime. Little did they know that Feng Yin was acting entirely alone tonight.

Just as their speed slowed down, not far behind them, Feng Yin’s nose twitched slightly. He was rapidly shuttling through the mountain forest like a ghost.

After manifesting his Armor, he was much more sensitive to the special stench emitted by those Mad Seeds. Moreover, with his own nearly limitless endurance, he could maintain his top speed without worrying about exhaustion.

He thought, "The smell is very obvious; they should be just ahead... If it’s two people... there won’t be much opportunity to use charged attacks."

Pondering this, Feng Yin changed his Main Hand Armament’s Engraving to the Long Handle, switching it to the Dragon Slayer Spear form. Because he was in the Void Martial Form, the Armament did not physically manifest, but instead directly transformed into a special Enhancement to bolster his strength.

He glanced at the corresponding Enhancement for the Dragon Slayer Spear.

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Main Hand Armament — "Dragon Slayer Spear" transforms into the special Enhancement "Accelerated Counterattack." The next Counterattack after a successful Block will gain an Attack Speed modifier of "Engraving Level × 3%/5%/7%." The modifier tier is determined by the timing of the Block.

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It was a special buff that enhanced counterattack speed, which happened to synergize perfectly with the counterattack Enhancement of the Long-Handled Engraving itself...

A specialized Counterattack combination. That was fine. It would be easier to use than a charged attack in a one-versus-many fight.

At this time, relying on the all-light vision of his Armor state, Feng Yin had already spotted the two Mad Seeds walking briskly ahead.

He thought, "It seems they’ve exhausted themselves from running..."

The next moment, his gaze indifferent, Feng Yin made a few leaps and bounded to the top of a tall tree.

***

The spectacled male Mad Seed and the female Mad Seed were hurrying along in silence.

Suddenly, the female Mad Seed stopped and frowned. "Something feels wrong!"

The spectacled man immediately stopped and looked at her. The female Mad Seed’s five senses were the sharpest among them. If she said something was wrong, there was likely a problem.

"The sounds aren’t right. Aside from our footsteps, there is a strange..."

Before she could finish her sentence, they both heard a string of strange noises. In the next split second, they looked up simultaneously!

Atop a tall tree quite close to them, a slender figure stood silently with his back to the moonlight. He held a scabbard in his left hand and a sword in his right. Under the bright moonlight, the blade’s edge reflected ripples like autumn water.

"ROAR—"

Sensing the crisis, the two Mad Seeds immediately completed their Transformation.

This time, Feng Yin was able to carefully examine their appearances. Aside from their faces morphing into demonic visages, the two Mad Seeds’ limbs had stretched out eerily, their physiques turning into bizarre, elongated shapes. The spectacled man held no weapons, but the female Mad Seed drew a Chain Whip from behind her waist.

He thought, "Agile Types..."

Feng Yin’s gaze was clear as he confirmed their types. Then, his face completely calm, he lightly leaped down from the air.

"Die!" Before Feng Yin could land, the female Mad Seed viciously lashed her Chain Whip directly at him.

Feng Yin calmly raised his scabbard to Block.

CLACK!

The Chain Whip struck the scabbard, continuously spinning and wrapping around it several times before being swiftly yanked by the female Mad Seed. With nowhere to leverage his strength in midair, Feng Yin was pulled horizontally for a short distance.

At the same time, a number of Flying Knives mysteriously appeared in the male Mad Seed’s hands. His hands danced at high speed as he threw them all at Feng Yin!

SWISH SWISH SWISH SWISH!

Seeing this clearly, Feng Yin immediately and cleanly let go of his scabbard. The next moment, he danced wildly with the sword in his right hand.

CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG—

In the blink of an eye, he knocked all the Flying Knives away. A split second later, Feng Yin’s feet touched the ground, and at the exact moment of landing, he used a Shrinking Land.

SMACK!

The female Mad Seed swung her Chain Whip, smashing the wrapped scabbard into the spot where he had just been. But Feng Yin had already appeared in another direction, dashing toward her for the kill!

At this moment, Feng Yin, the female Mad Seed, and the male Mad Seed formed a straight line. The male Mad Seed couldn’t throw his Flying Knives through his partner.

In a flash of lightning, the female Mad Seed watched Feng Yin close in on her and fiercely swept her Chain Whip horizontally. Feng Yin immediately raised his sword to Block.

CLACK.

The Dragon and Snake Sword also couldn’t escape the fate of being entangled. Her face twisted in savagery, the female Mad Seed repeated her trick, fiercely yanking her hand back again! She wanted to pull Feng Yin out of his stance once more!

Being Agile Type Mad Seeds didn’t mean their strength was poor. However, her confidence in her strength was shattered in the next instant.

With his feet planted on the ground allowing him to exert force, Feng Yin, his expression cold, backhandedly gave the Dragon and Snake Sword a vicious yank. The violent power was completely unstoppable!

A sharp pain shot through the female Mad Seed’s fingers, forcing her to involuntarily let go. In just one exchange, her Chain Whip was snatched away by Feng Yin!

A cold smirk tugged at the corners of Feng Yin’s mouth. Although the strength of this Void Martial Form Armor was much lower than the nearly "20" Strength of his other forms, that was only compared to himself. In reality, the power bestowed by a Strength of up to "12" absolutely crushed any opponent below the Instant Level!

This male and female Mad Seed pair were definitely not at the Instant Level. Because if they had Instant Level strength, they wouldn’t have prioritized fleeing the moment Feng Yin arrived and killed their teammate earlier.

The instant he disarmed her, Feng Yin didn’t pause. Even with the Chain Whip entangled around it, he thrust the Dragon and Snake Sword forward fiercely.

The female Mad Seed was terrified out of her wits. Not daring to take Feng Yin’s attack head-on, she prepared to dodge.

But then, a loud pop rang out.

Feng Yin flicked the middle finger of his left hand, shooting an invisible air bullet toward her face—Empty Finger!

Under such a close-range ambush, this invisible Empty Finger was extremely difficult for a Fierce Level creature to evade. Struck by the powerful impact, a bloom of blood exploded from the female Mad Seed’s face as her nose shattered on the spot.

"AHH—"

Her miserable shriek came to an abrupt halt in the very next instant. The Dragon and Snake Sword, still wrapped with the Chain Whip, had suddenly pierced straight into her eye!

SQUELCH!

The male Mad Seed behind her watched, his eyes nearly splitting at the seams, as the tip of the blade protruded from the back of the female Mad Seed’s head. He turned on his heel and fled right then and there!

Feng Yin rapidly withdrew his sword and gave chase. Along the way, he flicked the Dragon and Snake Sword, shaking off the entangled Chain Whip.

The male Mad Seed’s explosive speed was even faster in his original form than in his human form. By this time, he had already run more than twenty meters away.

It was completely pointless. Feng Yin was even faster!

His figure darted forward with incredible speed, catching up to the male Mad Seed within seconds, swift as a falcon swooping down on a rabbit.

The male Mad Seed reached into his coat with both hands, drawing out seven or eight Flying Knives. He was just about to turn around and throw them. But the moment he turned, a spray of blood burst directly from his chest.

What!?

Struck by the invisible air bullet of the Empty Finger, the male Mad Seed’s mind was violently shaken. Just then, he saw the sharp gleam of Feng Yin’s Dragon and Snake Sword already sweeping toward him.

Incredibly fast and impossibly ruthless!

SLASH.

The last thing he saw was his own field of vision flying high into the air, continuously spinning and blurring...

The two brushed past each other. The male Mad Seed’s head shot up into the sky, massive amounts of blood gushing out from the stump of his neck like a fountain. Then, his body collapsed limply.

Feng Yin flicked the blood off his blade and sheathed it. His expression calm, he raised his right hand and looked at the back of it. The mark that only he could see was flashing again. And—this time, the light did not dissipate. Instead, under Feng Yin’s gaze, it maintained a slow pulsing change, like a breathing light.

What was this...?

Feng Yin watched the slowly flashing mark for a few seconds, then opened the Armor interface to look around, but he couldn’t find the reason why it had lit up. Forcing himself to put his doubts aside, Feng Yin grabbed a Mad Seed corpse in each hand and set off on the journey back to the mountain villa.

Before long, Feng Yin had carried all four Mad Seed corpses he had killed since going up the mountain back into the villa. He then took the opportunity to inspect the premises, but found nothing unusual. He only found a private room with the lights on, containing a large table filled with dishes.

But the moment he saw the ingredients used in those dishes, Feng Yin clenched his fists tightly, his eyes growing increasingly dark and gloomy.

Mad Seeds... just as his master had said, they were the Absolute enemies of mankind.