Chapter 129 - 128: Heavenly Sword Slaying Monsters, Mutated Individual.

At first glance of the woman, Li Jing furrowed his brow slightly.

By his side, Su Siliu blushed, her gaze shifting away.

The woman’s mouth was stained with an unidentified substance, and only half of her shoulder—bare except for a scrap of cloth—jutted out from under the desk, revealing a significant amount of pale skin.

Such a sight made it all too easy to picture what the rest of her body, still hidden beneath the desk, looked like.

And when combined with Yang Wu’s recently smitten expression, it wasn’t hard to guess what the two had just been up to.

On the other side, the woman gawked upon seeing Li Jing and Su Siliu for a moment, a flash of sharpness crossed her eyes.

Then, she cast Li Jing a flirtatious glance and chuckled lightly.

"You two will have to wait a moment; I will put on my clothes."

As she spoke, she ducked back underneath the desk.

Sitting in front of the office desk, Yang Wu also started reacting now, quickly moving his hands underneath the desk while cursing angrily, his face not so pleasant.

"Have patrols become this rude now? You guys..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Li Jing turned his gaze to Su Siliu.

"You interrogate the man, I interrogate the woman. Don’t hold back; if there’s a problem, I’ll take responsibility."

???

Full of questions, Su Siliu turned her head to see Li Jing pulling a Boundary Stone from his pocket.

The next second, the spatial boundary unfolded.

Li Jing’s figure disappeared, entering the subspace.

Along with him, the entire desk in front of Yang Wu also disappeared.

Su Siliu was dumbstruck at the moment.

With the desk no longer obstructing the view, Yang Wu, who had just fastened his pants, also stared dumbstruck.

After staring at each other for about five seconds, Su Siliu barely reacted, snorting coldly.

"Put your pants on properly; I have questions for you!"

Despite being quite baffled at the moment, Su Siliu, didn’t miss what Li Jing said before he unfolded the spatial boundary.

The man, she would interrogate.

Don’t be polite, Li Jing will take responsibility for any issues.

If someone gave such orders, she would naturally abide.

After spending a few hours with Li Jing, she had become accustomed to his enigmatic pace.

The facts also clearly showed that whatever Li Jing did was justified and would ultimately bring considerable benefits.

Her cold reprimand made Yang Wu shudder, a trace of alarm quickly flashing across his face before being promptly concealed, remaining silent as he adjusted his fly.

How sharp were Su Siliu’s observational skills?

Yang Wu’s momentary anomaly was caught entirely by her gaze.

In an instant, she determined that Yang Wu was hiding something.

This secret, was scared out of him.

With this realization, Su Siliu couldn’t help but be somewhat perplexed.

Li Jing paid close attention to Yang Wu and directly "struck" in with her decisively.

It was clear that, in his opinion, Yang Wu was very likely a suspect.

The speed at which Li Jing opened the subspace indicated that he had clearly prepared the Boundary Stone and planned in advance.

But why did he take the woman away and leave Yang Wu behind?

Despite being thoroughly confused, Su Siliu decisively waved her hand, letting out a "clang" as she summoned her flying sword.

Patrol duty was risky.

Facing a suspected criminal, complacency was not allowed.

Unsheathing the sword resounded with a sharp ring.

Yang Wu, who was adjusting his fly on the office chair, couldn’t help but change his expression again, crying out in alarm.

"Wha...what are you going to do?"

"Is Zhang Suya’s death related to you?"

Su Siliu voiced her accusation, stepping forward with her sword.

The three words "Zhang Suya", seemed to be the password to a safe, causing Yang Wu’s already pale face to turn ghostly white as he trembled violently, rising up and hastily retreating.

"No...It wasn’t me! I didn’t do it!"

When it came to intimidating others, Su Siliu wasn’t as "professional" as Li Jing.

However, the sharp edge of her flying sword, did indeed scare out the results she wanted.

Yang Wu’s current panicked reaction, almost to the point of losing his senses, clearly told her that he was related to Zhang Suya’s death.

At that moment, Su Siliu felt like she had opened the door to a new world.

Some things that can’t necessarily be asked in a conventional way can in fact be scared out of people.

...

Meanwhile,

Inside the subspace created by the Boundary Stone, Li Jing who unintentionally misled a female patrol officer, was calmly observing the office desk.

From the moment he entered the subspace, no sound had come from underneath the office desk.

Facing such a situation, Li Jing wasn’t in a rush.

He had indeed prepared the Boundary Stones in advance.

After all, in his view, Yang Wu was highly suspicious.

If confirmed as a demon, he would bring him directly into the spatial boundary to avoid Su Siliu’s confirmation.

Yang Wu not having a health bar over his head was a surprise to him.

But the female demon getting along with Yang Wu made him think of many possibilities, leading to numerous speculations in his mind.

The female demon noticed the severity in his eyes when he first saw her with Su Siliu, hence it was very difficult for her to go unnoticed while he was initially captivated by her health bar.

He initially had a suspicion due to the appearance of a female demon with a health bar above her head, which turned almost certain afterward.

From beginning to end, his views were preemptive.

Xia Ming confirmed that Zhang Suya had the scent of a baboon pig-like monster, but no one said the killer had to be male.

It could also be a female monster who engaged in group activities...

Staring at the office desk, Li Jing was puzzled.

Yang Wu’s cultivation level recorded in the patrol system was One Realm.

If he is not a monster, that should be his true realm.

He would not have the power to kill others in such a way, and even if he wanted to kill, he may not have the courage to act.

If he wanted a monster to kill others, the monster has to be willing.

Coerce?

The most likely outcome would be his own death.

Assuming Yang Wu and this female demon share deep feelings, and the latter is willing to kill for him, how blind must she be in love?

Human-shaped demons are not that stupid, neither can its feelings for humans be that deep.

From this, it is not hard to conclude that Yang Wu is at most an accomplice, or even possibly a tool.

So, the motive becomes a problem.

Why does the female demon kill so many people year after year?

Is it because of her ferocious nature or some other reason?

Li Jing couldn’t figure out why and eventually decided to give up thinking.

With Su Siliu outside, One Realm Yang Wu could not escape and he could ask him after everything was done.

Just then, the female demon slowly crawled out from under the office desk.

Seeing her face, Li Jing raised his eyebrows, then he was taken aback.

The female demon, who had completely crawled out from under the desk, was completely naked.

This scene was slightly too stimulating, and not appropriate to describe.

Taking half a step back, Li Jing furrowed his brows.

This female demon...

What is she trying to imply?

Does she think she can save herself by playing the temptress?

TM, who does she think he is?

On the other hand, the female demon gave Li Jing a seductive smile as he stepped back, and lifted a long leg onto the office desk.

"Inspector, I’m just a weak woman, what do you want to do by separating me from the physical world in this subspace?" she asked, hooking her finger.

"If you want to chat about life and dreams, why don’t you come over? We can get to know each other better."

Following her provocative statement, Li Jing distinctly felt a subtle force bypassing his Clothing Protection Spirit, touching his Primordial Spirit, and then repelled.

Damn it!

There’s a catch here?

With a stoic expression, Li Jing waved his hand.

"Clang!"

With the sound of sword unsheathing, the Flying Sword Blue Edge turned into a ray of light striking directly towards the female demon’s neck.

Having confronted the Sword’s light, the female demon’s face changed slightly.

Apparently, she didn’t expect Li Jing to make a move directly without even changing his face against her tactics.

Without thinking too much, the female demon fired a pink fist.

As she swung her fist, three sharp long spikes shot out from her fingertips, directly hitting the sword’s light.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The spikes exploded violently, forcefully retreating the sword’s light.

Having forced the sword’s light back, the female demon fiercely smashed the desk beneath her with a palm, her naked body convulsed, and countless spikes burst out.

Seeing this eye-wounding scene, Li Jing’s face was stoic.

A thousand Spirit Bursts emerged from behind him, then shot out all at once.

Immediately thereafter, another thousand Spirit Bursts appeared and shot out again.

One round after another.

In the blink of an eye, there were five rounds of Spirit Bursts, a total of five thousand!

The power of these five thousand was not the empty Spirit Bursts Li Jing used to bluff before, it was full of potency.

Given his current strength, he could only deliver about a thousand full-potency Spirit Bursts at a time. Any more, and the power would be greatly reduced.

If the number was not enough, make up for it with the number of rounds!

Instant magic skill, the Spell Formula can be formed in an instant.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The loud explosion sound, kept ringing.

Five rounds of Spirit Bursts caused the countless spikes that the female demon shot out all at once to explode in a series, forming a barrier of sparkly smoke and thick Spiritual Qi.

The outcome made the female demon’s face change instantaneously.

This strategy, she had been preparing as soon as she entered the subspace.

Not only was Li Jing unharmed, but he also easily shattered her secretly prepared killer move!

What exactly was that just now?

Spirit Burst?

What kind of realm level must one achieve in order to shoot out so many fierce spiritual strikes in a single breath?

The female demon was plunged into a daze when a light reprimand resounded.

"Heavenly Sword."

Following close behind, a three-meter-long shadow of a sword broke through the barrier of sparks, smoke, and dense Spiritual Qi, soaring straight up into the sky.

The female demon, still lingering mid-air, was visibly horrified.

Who isn’t familiar with the Heavenly Sword Command, the most potent combat skill in the Three Realm Sword Control Technique?

Heavenly Sword!

It is the most powerful killing technique that can only be used when the Heavenly Sword Command is cultivated to the Great Perfection, achieving total unity of man and sword!

Spotting the sword shadow caused her a bone-chilling fear, the female Demon immediately let out a playful command around herself which stirred up a monstrous storm of Demonic Qi, forming a heavy Demonic Qi barrier.

No sooner had the barrier formed than the sword shadow hovering in the high sky transformed into a stream of light.

The moment the sword glowed, the barrier that the female Demon had put her all in to prop up, broke apart like paper.

As the Demonic Qi barrier shattered, Li Jing, holding the sword, appeared on the ground.

"Experience +4328."

"Bump!"

"Bump!"

Accompanied by the system alert sound, the two heavy objects that fell to the ground made a sound.

A massive baboon pig’s body, large as half a human, split into two and fell to the ground, spilling blood everywhere.

Li Jing looked back.

Spotting the baboon pig’s corpse, he slightly frowned.

A Three Realm monster, is not worthy for him to utilize the Linglong Tower.

To preserve the entire corpse, he deliberately restrained before using the Heavenly Sword, lest he wouldn’t be able to control himself after achieving Unity of Man and Sword.

Indeed, the corpse is quite whole.

But what’s with this bare corpse?

Shouldn’t a baboon pig be covered in quills?

Just now, did this female demon shoot out all the quills on her body at once?

What a loss!

The female Demon apparently wholly relied on her quills for attack; these quills would unquestionably sell for a good price.

Just like that, they’re all gone!

Sighing silently, Li Jing kept his emotions in check.

This loss was regrettable, but unavoidable.

Even though he had determined in his mind, he at least had to confirm it before he could truly make the move. Wouldn’t it be embarrassing if he killed the wrong demon?

There are indeed a few more questions about this matter.

That’s why he was patient and waited.

When the female demon secretly tricked him, he just slashed his sword to make her counterattack, and made sure she used the quills as her weapon before he killed her.

Moving closer to examine the fully exposed baboon pig’s corpse, Li Jing’s expression gradually turned peculiar.

If he is not mistaken...

With this one confirmation, he immediately had numerous speculations.

Muting all kinds of conjectures, Li Jing sighed from the bottom of his heart.

The world indeed contains all kinds of wonders.

Baboon pigs are mammals, there is no hermaphroditism.

But since it’s a living being, shit happens.

Including humans, occasionally, there will be misshaped individuals.

The transformation into a monster is a low probability event.

A mutated female baboon pig having male features and stepping into the Three Realms, how low is that probability?

After a silent lament, Li Jing put his thoughts away and pulled out the Boundary Stone, dispersing its internal energy.

...

Outside the space boundary, in Yang Wu’s office.

At this time, Su Siliu is still interrogating Yang Wu with the Flying Sword.

Yang Wu was indeed frightened by the Flying Sword, but he kept his mouth shut, not uttering a single word related to the case.

Nearly ten minutes had passed without any breakthrough, and Su Siliu was itching to place the Flying Sword on Yang Wu’s neck.

However, she knew she couldn’t do that.

Intimidation was possible.

Forced confessions were out of the question.

As she was contemplating how to pry open Yang Wu’s mouth, Li Jing returned to the office with the baboon pig’s corpse and appeared at the door.

Noticing movement behind her, Su Siliu turned around in delight.

"Li Patr..."

Before she could finish, she paused.

Li Jing went into the spatial boundary with a beautiful woman, but why did he come back with what looked like a bare, baboon pig?

Stunned for a moment, she suddenly came back to her senses.

"A Monster!?"

"Yeah, a human-shaped monster."

Li Jing nodded and confirmed.

"I couldn’t preserve the quills as evidence; she accidentally fired them all as her weapon."

Upon hearing the affirmative response, Su Siliu’s eyes lit up.

Li Jing did not tell her about a pig demon involved in the case.

Only now did she make the connection between the pig monster and the two tiny dark spots that she discovered on the backseat of a coach.

The case was solved!

The murderer was a pig that became a demon!

Upon confirming that a demon was responsible for the murder, Su Siliu turned to look at Yang Wu, whose face went ghastly pale at sight of the corpse, then hesitantly looked towards Li Jing.

"Since a demon killed the person, Yang Wu..."

"He isn’t innocent, he’s at least an accomplice."

Li Jing said casually.

Just as he was about to say something else, Yang Wu’s legs gave out and he unexpectedly fell to his knees.

"I was forced to do it! It was the demon-girl who forced me!"

Li Jing glanced over when he heard the commotion.

A self-confession?

Quite good.

It saved him the trouble of explaining.

Upon hearing Yang Wu’s outburst, Su Siliu looked thoughtful as she took out a pair of handcuffs.

"Yang Wu, as a patrol officer from Shangcheng district’s Security Department in Jianghai City, I will now formally arrest you for murder. Let’s go back to the station and talk. In over ten years, there have been forty victims in these cases. You have a lot to confess."

After her condemnation and the sight of the police-issue shackles, Yang Wu looked as pale as death and obediently stretched out his hands.

Being a mere One Realm mortal, he offered no resistance.

Faced with two officers, falling into line was often the better choice.

At this point, all he had left was to admit to his crimes.

He did not entirely give up on the hope of leniency.

After all, none of the forty victims were killed by his hands.

Seeing Yang Wu confess, Su Siliu was thrilled to handcuff him.

Turning back and preparing to say something, Li Jing suddenly spoke.

"By the way, this Baboon Pig Demon Girl is a mutant."

???

Su Siliu was left with three question marks.

What did that mean?

Unconsciously looking over at the pig corpse, her eyes widened in disbelief as she twisted her head to look at the handcuffed Yang Wu.

At this moment, Li Jing blandly turned his gaze toward Yang Wu.

"I have a question. Why did you and this demon only choose victims around the beginning of winter every year?"

On hearing Li Jing’s words, Yang Wu hesitated and then said lowly,

"The female demon was born deformed, possessing a natural ability to charm powerfully without discrimination between men and women. This enhanced her beastly instinct. Every winter, she had to satisfy her reproductive instincts. She... she didn’t like others knowing about her deformity, so she usually..."

"No need to say more, I understand."

Li Jing waved his hand, looking at him with a complex expression.

The motive behind the female demon’s killing—it was clear now.

The choice of victims was due to Yang Wu’s personal preference.

The two were in cahoots—it could be said they benefited from each other.

The female demon would satisfy her reproductive instincts, while Yang Wu could enjoy group pleasures.

Listening to the confession, Su Siliu’s face filled with disgust.

As for how the criminal chose his victims, she had discussed that with Li Jing before.

With Yang Wu confessing so readily and his choice of words, it was enough to make her think of many things.

"Scum!"

After cursing, Su Siliu singlehandedly hauled the kneeling Yang Wu up from the ground and turned to look over.

"Mr. Li, let’s take him to the station first. We can wait until the interrogation room to question him. What he said have to be put on record as evidence."

"You take him back. I still have things to do, so I won’t go with you."

Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile,

"Please update Captain Shen for me, and also I’ll have to trouble you with the action report. You’ve been with me the whole time, so you know how to write it."

???

Su Siliu looked surprised.

She could understand Li Jing saying he had other things to do and so wouldn’t go back with her.

After all, he had a girlfriend who just ’levelled up’ waiting for him at home.

But why did even his action report have to be written by her?

Technically speaking, didn’t she also have her own action reports to write?

Before she could collect her thoughts, Li Jing took out a small tablet, took a picture of the pig demon’s corpse, and waved it away.

"I’ll take the demon-girl’s corpse with me. I’ll send you the pictures as evidence using Immortal Message later. It was great working with you."

After quickly uttering these words, Li Jing turned and left without hesitation.

Su Siliu watched as he left without looking back, her mouth slightly agape.

She wanted to voice her displeasure but couldn’t bring herself to do it.

A case that had been building up for over ten years was just solved so quickly.

All the credit went to Li Jing; she was just along for the ride.

Not to mention that she didn’t actually do anything and was bestowed with such a merit.

Writing one extra report was a small price to pay—what, would it cause her to lose a few more strands of hair? It didn’t seem so bad when put into perspective.

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