This actor is full of tricks.

"Wang Xiao, check if that ghost is here."

The bald man spoke to a blond-haired youth beside him. The youth responded, his eyes flashing with a peculiar light as his gaze swept across an area in front of him.

A few minutes later, his gaze fell on the only house in the ruins: "There is a strong resentment there, and the strange power is probably at the D level."

"Is the ghost in that house? Wasn't there supposed to be a holdout living there? It's because of that old man that the entire project is delayed." One person was stunned.

The blond-haired youth known as Wang Xiao scoffed, the light in his eyes disappearing: "Who knows? Maybe that old codger has already been eaten by the monster. That's the consequence of being a stubborn person. Monsters like to come to places like this, the godforsaken place. Only someone who's tired of living would live here alone."

"It's just a B-level mystery, and Boss Zhang is making such a big fuss about it. These ordinary people are really timid, it's laughable. When we get back, we'll have to ask him for more money."

"Alright, stop talking." The bald man stopped his teammates from talking. "It's best that the holdout is dead, so we don't have to drive him away. Let's go and take care of that monster. I'll treat everyone to a midnight snack tonight."

A group of people quickly approached the house. After confirming that the anomaly was only D-rank, they were no longer as cautious as before. Their captain had the strength of a third-tier expert, so dealing with a D-rank anomaly was a piece of cake for him.

As the group approached the house, the bald man made the first move. The scorpion tattoo on his head came to life, crawling up his head to his face and then falling to the ground, transforming into a black scorpion that was four or five meters long.

The black scorpion moved its eight legs, each step kicking up clouds of dust and flying rocks, making it look like a terrifying bulldozer.
After approaching the house, the black scorpion stood upright on its hind legs for support, raised its two huge pincers high, and slammed them down on the roof like two cannonballs.

The air itself seemed to be groaning, a testament to the immense power of this black scorpion. If it had struck, the roof would have collapsed completely.

boom!
The door opened from the inside at that moment, and two cards shot out from the house, severing the two giant pincers that the black scorpion was about to fall. Then, a student ghost in a school uniform ran out from behind the door, carrying an old man on his back.

Xiao Ming, carrying his grandfather on his back, squeezed through the gap in the black scorpion's legs and fled frantically into the distance.

"Oh? You've got some skill." The bald man's expression didn't change at all even though his black scorpion's pincers had been severed. He simply whistled, and the black scorpion rushed towards him, carrying him as it chased after the student ghost.

He simply patted the black scorpion's back lightly, and the severed pincers grew back. He sat leisurely on the black scorpion's back, staring at the frantically fleeing student ghost, and let out a mocking laugh: "A ghost actually staying with a living person, let me guess who that old man is to you."

"Grandpa? Or Grandpa?"

"Even when you're running away, you don't forget to bring a burden along. Your character is truly noble, you rascal. The people of Sanjiang are foolish, and it seems that even rascals are just as foolish."

The bald man chased after him while making unrestrained taunts, and the team members behind him also laughed.

Their speed was neither too fast nor too slow, just enough to keep a certain distance from Xiaoming without catching up too quickly. They seemed to enjoy the feeling of chasing their prey, like a cat playing with a mouse. They enjoyed the prey's struggle before death more than killing it.

Xiao Ming's face was very ugly. He threw two more cards behind him, but this time the cards only made a crisp "ding" sound when they hit the black scorpion, leaving two shallow white marks.

This black scorpion is getting stronger!

"Still thinking of rebelling? You really have guts." The bald man sitting on the black scorpion's back laughed loudly. "Should I praise your courage and filial piety, or find your stupidity laughable?"

"How about this? I'll give you a choice: you or this old man, one of you can live. Do you want to die yourself, or let this old man die?" As he spoke, the black scorpion beneath him raised its tail and spat out a stream of venom, heading straight for Xiaoming.

This person's mental state has completely spiraled out of control. He has the physical appearance of a living person, but his mind is almost like that of a monster. In the process of cleaning up the pollution, the negative emotions in his heart have taken over his reason, and he even wants to attack ordinary people.

Xiao Ming sensed the danger behind him and quickly dodged to the side. The venom landed on the ground and immediately emitted a large amount of black smoke, corroding away large sections of gravel.

If this venom were to land on your body, it would definitely corrode a large, bloody hole in your skin.

Xiao Ming's face was grim. He hadn't expected these people to have gone to such a frenzy. The key was that with his current strength, he had no way to resist and could only run away.

But where can they escape to?

It's not that these people can't catch up; they're just temporarily playing around. Once they get tired of it, Grandpa and he will be in danger.

"Run to Yangtao Street, Brother Zhou is there! With his strength, he can easily take care of these people!" Xiaoming thought of Lin Jue. He wasn't sure if Lin Jue was on Yangtao Street now, but he had no choice but to take the gamble, otherwise it would be a dead end.

"This guy changed direction?" The bald man sitting on the black scorpion's back noticed that Xiaoming had changed the direction he was running in, and he immediately understood that the other party must be trying to escape to some place to seek refuge.

Only a C-level or higher level supernatural being can protect a D-level supernatural being.

Thinking of this, the bald man abandoned his teasing intentions, and his scorpion tail burst forth with a dazzling purple light, spitting out dozens of streams of venom that fell towards Xiaoming like a meteor shower.

The venom enveloped all of Xiaoming's escape routes; he had nowhere to run.

"Xiao Ming, you'd better run away quickly." The old man on his back spoke at this moment. He had survived for decades without dying at the hands of the supernatural, but now he was about to die at the hands of his own kind.

Some people have become even more unscrupulous than the bizarre when it comes to profit.

"Grandpa, what nonsense are you talking about!" Xiao Ming gritted his teeth and lunged forward, covering the old man with his body after falling to the ground.

He had no way to escape and only wanted to use his own body to block the poison and protect his grandfather.

But he waited for a long time and did not feel any pain.

A footstep stopped beside him. Xiao Ming turned his head and saw a pair of leather shoes covered in dust and blood. Looking up from the shoes, he saw a familiar black blood-stained coat and a face covered with purplish-red veins.

"Brother Zhou?" Xiao Ming was taken aback; he hadn't expected Lin Jue to come here.

The shopkeeper peeked his head out of his backpack and greeted him, "Hey, Xiaoming, it's only been a few days, why are you all so tired?"

(End of this chapter)