Chapter 432 - 308: Demon Seed, Source Blood, and Steel, Eerie Mist_4

[Miss Delilah remained calm; she was rather pleased to see such a scene. The nobility should have long realized that the Empire needs the Silver Eagle Knights of the Northern Lands, no, it needs her, the King of Silver Eagles!]

[Delilah still stood quietly, her gaze passing over the mob, looking toward the alley entrance—]

[—there, a shadow silently descended.]

[Swish!]

[A flash of cold light suddenly tore through the night!]

[The outermost members of the Rusted Nail Gang couldn’t even scream before their necks sprayed a line of blood and they heavily fell to the ground.]

["Wha—?!" The scar-faced man’s head whipped around, his pupils contracting suddenly.]

[Tap, tap, tap...]

[Deep footsteps echoed on the cobblestone path.]

[A man wearing a black conical hat stepped into the alley at a leisurely pace. Beneath the large cloak, a slender, sheathed straight sword could be vaguely seen. Shadows covered the upper half of his face, leaving only a cold, hard jawline and a smile devoid of warmth.]

[More than twenty thugs rushed simultaneously, clubs, machetes, and iron chains glinting coldly in the moonlight—]

[The blade of the man in the conical hat traced a bitterly cold arc. The three men in the front clasped their bleeding throats and fell to their knees instantly. His movements were so swift they almost became an afterimage.]

["Ah! My hand—!"]

["Monster! This guy’s a monster!"]

[The screams of the Rusted Nail Gang rose and fell, yet the steps of the man in the conical hat never halted. He moved like a black hurricane; wherever he passed, blood spilled like rain.]

[Eve and Diana snapped back to reality—the man in the conical hat began to wipe the blood off his blade, then nodded slightly toward Miss Delilah.]

[Eve had not yet shaken off her terror.]

[Gazing at the corpses scattered all over, Diana’s face contorted with despair, she cried and ran home.]

[Miss Delilah’s summer vacation ended.]

[After the events of the vacation.]

[Eve changed her perception of knights. She learned from Miss Delilah that the man was Luo Yi.]

[Eve developed a strong curiosity about Luo Yi and began to silently watch the figure practicing sword and spear in the small woods. To repay the favor of saving her life, she often secretly brought gifts to Luo Yi while at Lily High School.]

[Luo Yi frowned slightly and chose to avoid Eve.]

[Eve went home disappointed, and deep into the night, she trembled, hugging her knees, her nails digging into her arms—the mocking grins of the Rusted Nail Gang, their foul breath, and the rough hands tearing at her skirt in her dreams were still vividly repulsive.]

[But every time... every time at the most desperate moments—]

[She would close her eyes, and the image of that blade tearing through the darkness would appear in her mind. The man under the conical hat descended like a demon, blood blooming into flowers at his feet.]

[For this sense of security, Eve mustered her courage, hoping to date Luo Yi.]

[Luo Yi ignored her.]

[After three confessions, Eve had no choice but to find Miss Delilah.]

[Upon learning of it, Luo Yi couldn’t refuse, but he desired food and Exotic Beast Flesh instead, which was very helpful for condensing Source Blood.]

[Eve agreed on the spot; her family provided a type of Exotic Beast Flesh called "Snowfield Reindeer," and she began to call herself Luo Yi’s girlfriend.]

[Luo Yi enjoyed the Exotic Beast Flesh and continued to cultivate the "Thorn Breathing Method," but in the little woods where he trained, there was now an additional young girl. Eve sat nearby, hugging her knees, her chin resting on her crossed arms, her eyes fixed intently on him.]

[Once Luo Yi activated the Source Blood, he would become an Official Knight, an Official Knight before the age of sixteen! But this step stumped ninety percent of people, as Source Blood was the culmination of the Third Blood, pushing the body’s potential to its limits, and then condensed.]

[This process could take a lifetime.]

[With the help of Exotic Beast Flesh, Luo Yi was only a step away. He knew this was the effect of the Demon Seed he ingested at eight, having already traversed more than half of the path to unlock his potential.]

[But Miss Delilah only knew Luo Yi as a Second Blood Knight.]

[This was the surprise he was planning for Miss Delilah!]

[On the last day of Lily High School’s vacation, the city was suddenly shrouded in a strange fog.]

[The fog grew thicker and thicker, initially visible within a hundred meters, until people and animals were indistinguishable within three meters.]

[The fog spread at a disturbingly fast pace.]

[Luo Yi squinted his eyes, realizing that no matter where he stood, the white mist in his vision did not change at all, no matter how he adjusted his breathing—this was definitely not naturally formed fog.]

[Strange howls and earth-shaking cries came from Lily High School—]

["Are there monsters?!"]

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