Chapter 973: ‘Demon

Bang!

A muffled strike forcefully smashed a person's head.

Su Yang's head tilted to dodge the splattering red-and-white filth.

He licked his Mouth, and in a calm voice said, "Any last words?"

Without waiting for the two to open their Mouths, Su Yang cut in, "Never mind, I don't have time to listen."

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Bang!

Another two muffled blows brutally smashed their heads together.

The collapsed steel pipe was carelessly stuck into the ground; Su Yang glanced back at Tiger, spreading his hands, "All done."

Tiger dragged her severely wounded body to his side, scanned his Shoulder, lightly bumped Su Yang, and said, "Can't tell, you're that impressive?"

Su Yang turned his head to meet her shimmering large eyes, shrugged, and said, "Why would a lion use full force to hunt a rabbit? I used less than half my power and they couldn't hold on."

"Talk all you want~" Tiger didn't believe a bit.

Even like this and still not half?

Then if I used full force, would I end up punching through the sky?

"How do we deal with these corpses?" Su Yang returned to the main topic and asked.

"Cleaner won't handle targets outside the Task; we'll pile them together and burn them later," Tiger said.

"They're not your Task?" Su Yang was taken aback.

"No, I found the stronghold myself," Tiger replied.

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Su Yang felt like he had crawled into a thieves' den, which was odd, but he couldn't put it into words.

Seeing this, Tiger lightly rose onto tiptoe and hooked Su Yang's Shoulder, "It's fine, we can collect their Artery blood, right?"

That's the logic.

But…

"You just said this is a Tenglong Corporation stronghold?" Su Yang asked.

Ugh~

"Then have you thought that a place guarded by so many must have someone to take over the watch?"

"I have thought about it, isn't that why you came?"

"When do they change shifts?"

"Probably in another hour."

Su Yang rubbed the corner of his Brow and said, "Does this Laboratory contain any high-value items?"

"I don't know, it's my first time here too," Tiger blinked her lively large eyes.

…

Su Yang suddenly felt an urge to pinch her face flat.

"Let's go, go inside and take a look."

Things have come to this; saying more is useless.

If we kill them, that's it; we can't revive them and then apologize, can we?

"Before that, don't you want to split the Loot?" Tiger showed a strange smile.

Su Yang glanced at the corpses on the ground and asked, "How do we split?"

"I killed the most, so I take the biggest share," Tiger patted her Chest and said.

"There's no per‑head calculation; isn't saving your life worth ten corpses?"

"Even if you don't come, I can eliminate them all; it's just a matter of time."

"If you put it that way, I won't be polite."

Saying that, Su Yang flexed his fists, his eyes showing malicious intent.

Seeing him approach, Tiger's heart panicked, and she instinctively stepped back, "Don't come any closer, or I'll Petrify you!"

Su Yang gave a slight smile, "Then it's fitting; I've long wanted to test the capabilities of this Concept-type Talent."

Tiger instinctively crossed her arms over her Chest and screamed, "Rescue! Someone's trying to defile my Mei Mei!"

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A strange look flashed in Su Yang's eyes as he surveyed up and down, "Big Sister, are you okay?"

Tiger let out a light hum, a barely perceptible cunning glint in her eyes, "Fine, considering your Lemon Tea, we'll do a Fifty-fifty Split!"

That kind of division is fine.

"Thirty corpses should be enough for evolution, right?"

Su Yang calculated in his mind, took out the Collector Device and collected fifteen samples in succession.

In no time, thirty portions of 'Blood Qi' turned into a trickling stream that seeped into the Chest emblem.

Suddenly, a wave of excruciating pain struck, and Su Yang let out a muffled groan.

His legs went limp, and he suddenly half‑kneeled on the ground.

Hearing the commotion, Tiger hurried over, her willow‑like Brow furrowing, "What happened?"

Su Yang's fierce expression faded, returning to his usual demeanor.

A pea‑sized bead of Sweat fell, his face as pale as paper.

"Aftereffect of overusing power, I'm fine," Su Yang waved his hand and brushed it off.

"I'll help you rest for a while," Tiger helped him lean against the Stone.

Su Yang feels his body is undergoing an unprecedented, unparalleled great battle.

The cells continuously tear and recombine, and his muscles and bones also change accordingly.

He does not know whether this change is good or bad.

Moreover, his forehead itches, as if something is about to grow out.

"Is this considered gene modification?" Su Yang's eyes grew serious.

If that is indeed the case, then why does he not feel any change in power?

Thinking of this, Su Yang lifts his shirt and lowers his gaze to look.

He sees a vague black substance swirling at the exact center of his chest.

It looks as if something is being nurtured.

"Why did you suddenly lift your shirt?" Tiger was baffled by Su Yang's action.

"Can't you see?" Su Yang was startled.

"Abs? I see them, I have them too." Tiger, hearing that, also pulls his shirt open, revealing his washboard lines and the outline of his abdominal muscles.

Su Yang glances briefly and then withdraws his gaze.

It seems that only he can see the Demon's transformation.

Just like blood qi, others cannot detect any change at all.

Soon, the Demon in the chest emblem becomes more solid, as if it could burst through his body at any moment.

Su Yang realizes this is the manifestation of evolution.

Yet afterward he notices a few hints.

He sees the emblem suddenly sprout a fine measurement column.

"Is this… a progress bar?" a flash of insight passes through Su Yang's eyes.

One evolution makes him feel excruciating pain.

Aside from a mysterious substance appearing inside his thoracic cavity, there is no other change.

He had thought this was already the end.

Did not expect there to be a second stage?

"Could it be… the key to metamorphosis is increasing tolerance?" a possibility flashes in Su Yang's mind.

Based on the usage during this period.

The Demon's source of power is not blood qi.

The role of blood qi seems to be making this container of his more sturdy.

So that he can receive more power.

From this perspective, then, someday in the future.

Is it possible that he will become a true Demon?

"Feeling better yet?" Tiger glanced at the time on the Hand Ring and asked.

"Hmm, let's go." Su Yang stood up and patted his butt.

He puts the investigation of the emblem's secret aside for now.

When enough blood qi is gathered, the day will come when the answer is revealed naturally.

So, under Tiger's lead, the two arrive at the base of a stone mountain.

Looking at the smooth stone wall, Su Yang curiously asks, "Is the Laboratory inside?"

Tiger does not reply, his fingers continuously touching the stone wall.

After a short while, a burst of rumbling suddenly sounds.

He sees a sudden crack appear in the middle of the stone wall, immediately opening outward.

"Done!" Tiger mimics Su Yang by raising an eyebrow.

Looking at the space inside filled with instruments, Su Yang's face shows astonishment.

He did not expect Tenglong Corporation to place the Laboratory inside the mountain itself.

"Let's go, little brother!" Tiger calls.

"When did I become your little brother?"

"You're only 20, isn't that still younger brother?"

"How old are you?"

Tiger lowers his head, looks, and seriously says, "34C."

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Su Yang also lowers his head, looks, and helplessly spreads his hands,

"Fine, you win."