Chapter 284: General Xiaoyao

That was a tool commonly used for animal training; how could it appear here? Then, He Lingchuan saw a strange creature appear on the courtyard wall.

It looked like a badger, a flying squirrel, and a bit like an otter; its size was like a house cat, but it had no fur, its skin was gray with black spots, very similar to the surrounding environment, but with thick folds.

Its eyes were very small, flashing with red light, and suddenly met He Lingchuan's eyes.

The coldness and malice in those small eyes made his heart tighten, and his right hand subconsciously touched his blade.

The little monster tilted its head and turned in a direction to face He Lingchuan.

At this moment, a dark brown figure suddenly fell from the sky, catching it off guard, and pounced on this monster that looked like a flying squirrel demon.

That speed was only faster than an arrow leaving the string.

The two entangled together and rolled off the wall.

They fell into Sun Fuling's courtyard.

He Lingchuan simply jumped out of the window and jumped onto the wall to watch.

It turned out that the figure that jumped down from the sky was a sparrowhawk; He Lingchuan had met it several times, and even cooperated in the underground spider nest, so it could be considered an old acquaintance; he even knew how many spots were on its tail.

The sparrowhawk screamed sharply while fighting, clawing and pecking. Those with poor eyesight could only see two balls of shadows colliding together, feathers flying everywhere.

But He Lingchuan saw clearly that the sparrowhawk was at a disadvantage! With the grabbing power of its pounce from the air, even a proper weasel demon would have been grabbed to death, but this little monster was unscathed, as if its skin hadn't even been scratched, and it turned around to bite the sparrowhawk.

It was more agile than the weasel demon, specializing in attacking the sparrowhawk's feet and neck; the latter dodged twice, but its leg was still bitten by a large chunk, and He Lingchuan saw blood spraying out.

The little monster went to attack its throat again, and the sparrowhawk blocked it with its wings, resulting in its wings being torn and bitten wildly, bird feathers flying.

In the blink of an eye, the sparrowhawk was in mortal danger.

It was also a soldier of Panlongcheng, and He Lingchuan wouldn't sit idly by; he grabbed the ice and snow on the wall, rubbed it into a ball, and threw it out.

The little monster was startled and turned its head to see a white flash in front of its eyes.

It suffered from its small size, and every snowball blocked its vision.

He Lingchuan jumped to the ground, patted the sparrowhawk away with the back of his blade, pulled out his dagger with his left hand, and stabbed at the little monster.

But this thing was agile to the point of being outrageous, slipping away like a gust of wind, directly doing parkour on He Lingchuan's body. From its perspective, a big guy like a human was ridiculously clumsy.

*Ding ding* a few times, He Lingchuan still blocked its attacks on his vital points. The 'Swallow Returning' body technique he had practiced hard had achieved small success; the most important thing was that he had experience; this kind of agile little demon often had weak attack power, so it would first attack the opponent's throat, eyes, heart, and other vital points.

At the same time, he took the opportunity to stuff something into his mouth and chewed hard.

The little monster missed several times and made a *pat pat* sound; He Lingchuan then realized that it was the sound of it gnashing its teeth.

Then it changed its thinking and went to bite his belly.

He Lingchuan was wearing light armor, but its pair of front teeth were sharper than a mouse's; with a few *pop pop* sounds, it bit through the leather armor. Then its body suddenly shrank like a mouse, curled up, and drilled into the hole!

He Lingchuan was shocked, because his abdomen immediately felt sharp pain—

This thing intended to dig a hole in his stomach and then drill in to gnaw on his internal organs! Just looking at the speed at which it bit through the leather armor, it probably only needed a few breaths to pierce his intestines and stomach.

He Lingchuan wasn't afraid of death in the dream, but he wouldn't do this kind of death; it was too suffocating.

In the blink of an eye, only a bare tail tip of the monster remained outside. He Lingchuan didn't have time to think and grabbed it to drag it out.

With a *pop*, the monster's tail broke.

This thing could actually break its tail to survive like a gecko in a crisis.

However, it was dragged out a short distance after all, and He Lingchuan was quick-eyed and fast-handed, spat out the thing he had been chewing in his mouth, stuck it directly on the little monster, and slapped it away with one palm.

It was right to slap it away from his body, so it wouldn't dig a hole in any other part.

He didn't use small force, but the monster rolled twice after landing, and it was half fine, climbing up and wanting to continue the attack.

But after walking a few steps, it felt something was wrong:

Its four limbs and belly were stuck, and its movements were very inconvenient.

It looked down and saw that its body was stuck with a large piece of milky white gelatinous substance; it pushed with its claws, but its claws were also stuck, unable to pull out.

The little monster went crazy and gnawed wildly at this white, sticky thing.

However, it was of no use, just making its mouth stuck in it, unable to open again.

In just over ten breaths, it fell to the ground, covered in milky white soft glue.

The more it struggled, the more desperate it became.

The sparrowhawk resting on the side asked: "What is this?"

"Some kind of monster?" He Lingchuan wasn't sure; this thing looked too ugly.

"What did you use?"

"Bird-catching glue." He Lingchuan smiled at it.

"..." The sparrowhawk, as a bird, shrank its neck.

"Don't look at it as inconspicuous; it's very reliable for catching wild boars, mountain deer, and small monsters, as long as it doesn't touch water." He had learned this trick from Liu Tiao; it was exceptionally convenient for catching wild food outside on weekdays. It is said that hunters would take the sap of a certain tree as a base to mix into effective bird-catching glue, which is solid on weekdays, convenient to carry, and melts and takes effect when heated. So it had to be chewed before use.

But it wasn't afraid of sticking to the mouth, because it lost its stickiness when it touched water.

But the little monster on the ground seemed to understand human speech, and when it heard the word 'water', it rolled on the snowy ground with the sticky glue.

Glue is afraid of water, and isn't melted snow water? He Lingchuan was shocked and hurriedly grabbed a grass basket from the kitchen, scooped it up, and it was in the basket.

The monster bared its teeth at him, but couldn't move.

Closer, He Lingchuan actually smelled a salty, fishy, and damp smell from it, a bit like sea breeze, and a bit like...

Some kind of secretion? He took the dagger and slashed at the monster.

Some kind of secretion? He took his dagger and made a swipe at the monster's body.

This scene was familiar, He Lingchuan frowned, grabbed the dagger and stabbed it with increased force.

It didn't work either.

The monster's skin was poked into a small hole, but it wouldn't break.

"Interesting." This time he drew the Floating Life Blade.

"Squeak squeak squeak." The little monster screamed in pain, a bloody gash was cut on its back, and pale green blood flowed out.

"Sure enough, you are also a wanted criminal." Sure enough, the Floating Life Blade didn't disappoint him.

Catching this thing, He Lingchuan was not happy but worried. Who knew how many such monsters were lurking in the entire Panlongcheng? They were either infinitely strong or exceptionally fast, and in short, they were destructive, and they were also invulnerable to swords and guns; how were ordinary soldiers and civilians supposed to deal with them? And he also knew that this thing ate people.

He was looking at this monster when urgent footsteps sounded outside, coming toward here.

He Lingchuan opened the courtyard door and happened to see a patrol guard rushing over, looking around.

"What are you two looking for?" He Lingchuan showed his patrol guard badge.

"Just received a distress signal." This person was anxious. "It seems there are monsters appearing here."

He Lingchuan then grabbed the grass basket from behind: "It's this thing making trouble."

The patrol guard saw the appearance of the monster in the basket and was startled: "Yes, it should be these ghost things! I also heard the sound of fighting, is anyone injured?"

"Yes." He Lingchuan looked back; the sparrowhawk was standing on the back of a chair in Sun Fuling's courtyard, closing its eyes to rest.

The patrol guard also saw it: "I'll take it back for treatment."

The sparrowhawk flapped its wings upon hearing this, and flew to the roof crookedly.

"..."

"Forget it, I'll take care of it." He Lingchuan walked out and covered the door, the patrol guard was stunned: "Where are you going?"

"Taking this thing to exchange for military merit." He Lingchuan shook the grass basket. "It seems that the superiors are overwhelmed by catching these things." So the military merit would be generous, right?

The patrol guard said: "I'm going back to report, I'll take it for you by the way."

"How can I be embarrassed?" He Lingchuan hesitated. "You want to help me submit military merit?"

"No problem." The patrol guard nodded, took the grass basket and left.

He Lingchuan watched his back disappear at the corner of the street, always feeling that he had missed something, but couldn't remember it no matter what.

At this time, there was a sound of wings flapping behind him; he turned his head and saw the sparrowhawk wanting to fly down from the roof, but it crashed halfway.

Fortunately, the snow on the ground was thick.

He walked back and hugged it, jumped back to his house in two steps, and then went into the house to treat its wounds.

Don't look at the monster's size and mouth, a large piece of meat was torn off the sparrowhawk's leg, and the wing that was guarding the throat was also torn to pieces, several flight feathers were gone, and the wing was seriously fractured; clearly, the little monster's impact was also great.

"With this injury, don't even think about flying for two months." He Lingchuan scratched his head. "First connect the wings, and don't move around after fixing them. I have to find A Luo to get you some medicine."

A few months ago, he was a novice who only knew how to stare at gauze, but now he could be considered half a master of treating falls and injuries.

Long-term injury makes a good doctor, I don't deceive myself.

He Lingchuan asked while treating it: "How did you chase this thing?"

"These monsters have been too rampant recently, causing more than a dozen lives, making Panlongcheng restless. Except for the patrol guards, the city also issued a wanted order." The sparrowhawk said gloomily, "I fly high and see far, so I was sent to patrol at high altitude."

He Lingchuan could understand the mentality of the city people; Panlongcheng had always been labeled 'safe' and 'efficient', and was a benchmark for city governance; suddenly so many civilians died, and the murderer couldn't be caught, the people were naturally dissatisfied, and the official pressure was also great.

"How many monsters have been caught in total now?"

"Including this one today, there are five."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 285 =====

He Lingchuan could understand the mindset of the city residents. Panlongcheng had always been labeled as "safe" and "efficient," a benchmark for city governance. Suddenly, so many civilians had died, and the culprit could not be caught, so there was naturally dissatisfaction among the people, and the official pressure was also great.

"How many monsters have been caught in total now?"

"Including the one today, there are five."

(End of chapter)