Chu Tian, Gao Kai, and Jing Kaiyu, bringing Yao Junjie along, had just exited the small eatery when Chu Tian flagged down a taxi.
"Xiao Liu, you head back first! Call if anything happens!"
Without further ado, he pushed Yao Junjie into the taxi.
Just as the car started to move, Lin Yu ran out from the small eatery.
Lin Chi and Lin Ran followed closely behind. They reached out to grab Lin Yu, but missed.
Chu Tian frowned and gave a slight shake of his head towards Lin Yu, who was running towards him.
Lin Yu stopped and then said with a fierce look, "You're trying to leave without paying?"
Hearing her words, Lin Chi and Lin Ran also stopped and stood behind her.
They watched Chu Tian and his companions nervously.
Gao Kai and Jing Kaiyu looked at the strange trio.
Chu Tian lowered his voice and said something even stranger, "Can't leave?"
Before they could answer, Chu Tian continued, "Then let's begin!"
This time, he didn't deliberately lower his voice.
As he spoke, Chu Tian's aura surged.
He transformed, becoming like a caged beast released.
Faintly, a spectral silhouette of a black panther materialized behind him.
*Swoosh...*
His figure moved.
Less than four meters away, a person dressed as a seemingly gentle university student stood by the roadside, holding a mobile phone.
Chu Tian, in his Cheetah form, instantly appeared behind him.
Switching forms, he unleashed a Giant Bear's Slam onto the person's head.
*Bang...*
*Gurgle.*
Chu Tian's palm crushed the person's skull.
Gao Kai and Jing Kaiyu were stunned. What was Xiao Tian doing?
Had he gone mad? Why would he kill someone so casually?
The person's body had not even fully fallen before blood splattered everywhere.
Before they could react, Chu Tian moved again.
This time, his target was a little girl across the street.
She looked no more than seven or eight years old.
"Xiao Tian..."
"Brother Tian..."
Jing Kaiyu and Gao Kai's voices were no match for Chu Tian's speed.
He darted across the road, instantly reaching the other side, and grabbed the little girl by the neck, lifting her up.
Chu Tian's strength was immense; the little girl was choked, her face turning purple.
At this moment, a man and a woman ran out of the eatery where they had just dined.
"Murder! Uh..." they yelled.
Before the man could finish his cry, a beam of golden light shot from Lin Yu's fingertip into his mouth.
Although not fatal, it immediately rendered him silent. Da Feng Novel Network.
"Xiao Yu..." Lin Chi exclaimed in alarm.
"What are you afraid of? He said he was going to take care of all of us anyway. Even if we do nothing, the outcome will be the same!"
Lin Yu glared, her eyes wide.
Even if Gao Kai and Jing Kaiyu were slow-witted, they now understood the situation.
It turned out they had walked into a trap that had been set for them.
"Come out, all of you! Stop pretending. Believe it or not, I'll crush her to death right now?"
*Bang...*
The little girl in Chu Tian's hand shimmered.
Her ears turned furry, and her eyes became slit pupils.
She looked incredibly cute, revealed to be a small fox.
However, Chu Tian was not swayed by her adorable appearance.
Judging by her eyes rolling back, one could tell how much force Chu Tian was using.
The entire street also changed.
It had been a bright afternoon, around two o'clock.
In an instant, it became dark.
The street was deserted and eerily quiet.
The two people who had come out of the small eatery ran to the entrance across the street.
Looking at the shop front now, the safety gate was deformed, and the glass door inside was shattered.
A sickeningly metallic scent of blood wafted from within.
At this moment, two people emerged from inside, forming a pair.
A man and a woman. The man was in his thirties, wearing only a pair of shorts and slippers, as if he had just come from a bathhouse.
The woman wore a very short pair of denim shorts, a crop top, and heavy makeup, instantly evoking associations with a certain profession.
The kind that solicited on street corners many years ago.
At forty or fifty years old, dressed like that, Chu Tian almost gagged.
"Heh heh... I didn't expect Ye Ling's people to be quite capable. How did you discover us?
This little fox of ours has never failed before..."
"Enough nonsense, what do you mean?" Chu Tian interrupted her sharply.
The old woman was displeased by Chu Tian's interruption.
"Hmph, Ye Ling has betrayed us. You lot, as her team members, are no good either. I'll take you all back for interrogation!"
Hearing this, Chu Tian's brow furrowed, and he asked in a low voice, "You targeted my classmates? Just to lure us here?"
The man in slippers chuckled.
"Heh heh... You think too highly of yourself. Capturing you was just incidental.
We've been watching the Gu Masters here for a long time.
However, just as we were about to make our move, we discovered that her target was actually you...
Heh heh, isn't that a coincidence?
We simply went with the flow and let her carry out her plan."
Chu Tian's mind raced. What did that mean? Who was this Gu Master? And why was he her target?
The matter was too bizarre; he didn't even know if he had any enemies.
As they spoke, Gao Kai, Jing Kaiyu, and Lin Yu's group gathered around Chu Tian.
"Hahaha..." The old woman laughed at Chu Tian's expression. "It seems you don't even know who wants to deal with you... Come out, come out!"
Her last words were directed towards the broken storefront behind her.
Everyone's gaze shifted, and a white figure appeared, slowly drifting out.
Seeing this person, Chu Tian was utterly stunned.
"As expected..." Lin Ran, who had been silent, suddenly murmured.
"What?" Lin Yu asked.
Everyone except Chu Tian looked at him.
The usually shy Lin Ran blushed slightly and slowly said, "A Gu Master who can raise ghost gu can only be a spirit.
That's what Master told me. This is the first time I've seen one."
"Oh..." Hearing him mention her maternal grandfather, Lin Yu's mood soured instantly.
"Why is it you?" Chu Tian stammered, dumbfounded.
"Chu Tian... I curse you to a miserable death..." The spirit, this white figure, lunged towards Chu Tian.
*Snap...*
The old woman flicked her wrist, and a whip shadow shot out.
It struck the white figure directly, then coiled around its neck.
It was unclear what material the whip was made of, as it could strike a spirit as if it were physical.
"Behave yourself, or I'll destroy you right now, understand?"
The old woman flicked the whip, dragging the white spirit to her feet, and spoke sternly.
After receiving the blow, the spirit became noticeably more transparent.
However, the spirit paid it no mind; it continued to glare fiercely at Chu Tian.
Its gaze was so intense it looked as if it wanted to devour Chu Tian alive.
Chu Tian looked at her, completely unable to comprehend how she had changed so drastically in just over two months.
[Author's Note]
Nen Mao Ren: That's all for today. Guess who this spirit 'she' is?