A Top Scholar in Everything

Besides the mines, the resource area naturally has many bars and other entertainment venues. Although they can't compete with the fourth level, which is a city dedicated to entertainment, they are cheaper.

Even regular miners can afford them.

After leaving the mine, Baiyu followed the direction indicated by the Blood Worm and arrived at a tavern.

The characteristic of Shark Kiss is that once shot, the wound keeps bleeding unless special drugs or Spirit Techniques are used to stop it.

Even if the shadowy figure isn't human, it must be a highly intelligent creature.

The other party handled the traces very well.

Along the way, no traces, not even a drop of blood, were left.

Given that it was Black Night.

Even martial artists specializing in investigative and pursuit Spirit Techniques would find it hard to discover them.

However.

The Blood Worm in Baiyu's hand kept a tight lock on the figure's silhouette.

The Blood Worm is a Rare Level Extraordinary creature.

Besides devouring Spirituality and Blood Qi, its silent and transparent characteristics make it the best intelligence detector.

Swarming Blood Worms look like a wisp of white fog.

A single Blood Worm.

Is basically invisible and transparent.

Although the shadow concealed itself well, leaving no blood traces, it never expected Baiyu to have a Blood Worm.

At this moment.

The butterfly on Baiyu's shoulder gently flapped its wings.

In the mother worm's perception, the position of the Blood Worm larvae was as dazzling as a firefly in the night sky.

Return Customer Tavern.

With today's rapid development, it's rare to see such an old-fashioned tavern made of half-wooden structures, especially with such a "rustic" name.

It's practically old-fashioned to the point of being quaint.

Even elementary school students might not go in.

The wooden door showed mottled marks, half-open, with the noisy clamor filtering through the room's walls, reaching his ears.

He pushed the door open.

The night wind whistled into the tavern.

"Welcome."

The bartender was a middle-aged man wearing an outdated suit, with a gentle smile on his face.

Slam.

The door closed.

Everyone drinking in the tavern looked up, their eyes all falling on Baiyu. There were about seven or eight people on the first floor, each exuding a wild air.

Cold weapons wrapped in cloth were casually placed on tables.

Judging by their actions and the calluses and scars on their hands, they were likely people who lived by licking blood off blades,

big players in the underworld.

Baiyu glanced around; according to the information from the mother worm, the larvae were in a corner room on the second floor, meaning the wounded shadow was inside.

"Are there any available rooms?"

Baiyu tilted his head and asked.

"Sorry, we require reservations and don't accommodate unannounced guests," said the bartender.

Baiyu frowned.

Such taverns rarely hosted outside guests, typically serving only internal persons.

However.

He wasn't in the mood to argue with the bartender.

Baiyu took a wad of cash from his pocket and placed it in the bartender's tray, "I'm handling something and will leave quickly, not affecting your business."

"Don't break anything."

The bartender gave Baiyu a look.

Baiyu moved through the crowd and went up to the second floor under the eyes of everyone in the tavern. As he ascended, the others watched him with interest, as unfamiliar faces were rare here, especially someone so young looking.

Perhaps they could make some easy money off him.

The second floor comprised traditional hotel-style rooms.

Rooms were on both sides of a hallway; the Blood Worm was sending weak signals at the end of the left corridor, according to the mother worm.

Baiyu touched the handgun, reaching the room door.

Light flickered above the window.

Yet no sound came from inside.

Just as Baiyu was about to kick the door open, a sudden rushing wind noise came from the side. The wall shattered like paper, and a black shadow lunged fiercely at Baiyu.

Bam!

Six rounds from the Shark Kiss fired consecutively.

Blood illuminated the air like blossoms.

Baiyu stepped back twice, leaning against the corridor wall, his left hand swiftly retrieving another six bullets into the cylinder.

Upon a closer look.

What lay before him wasn't a human!

A pitch-black monster lay on the corridor floor, surrounded by splintered wooden door and window fragments scattered around.

The monster was on all fours.

Its forelimbs were thicker than its hind claws.

Lumps of muscle tumors lined them, utterly grotesque.

The monster's head was covered in rotten flesh.

Bulging eyes connected to its body with long flesh tubes, devoid of eyelashes, reminiscent of a giant snail's head.

White mist emerged from its mouth.

With each breath.

Chunks of decomposing flesh clinging to muscle membranes dropped from its face, like the rotting corpse in a sewer.

Such a repulsive odor, combined with its peculiar form.

This monster was truly beyond anyone's limits.

Baiyu held the Shark Kiss tighter, eyes on the monster ahead, judging from its form, it very likely was human once.

After all.

The one who ambushed him in the cottage was a humanoid creature.

The Blood Worm couldn't have followed incorrectly.

"Roar!"

After a brief hesitation.

The monster suddenly roared, scraping the ground with its claws, its mouth emitting a strong fishy wind, opening its bloody mouth to bite him.

Baiyu released Blood Qi, forming a transparent armor around him, lightly jumping against the wall, his body retreating like a piece of paper.

Reaching the hallway entrance, he flipped down to the first floor.

The monster charged down with a fishy wind, colliding into tables and chairs, knocking them in disarray, as those drinking instantly stood up, gasping.

Seeing such an odd creature would astonish anyone.

Bam! Bam! Bam!

At this moment.

Gunfire erupted again from the corner.

The Shark Kiss bullets sliced through the air, one by one, brutally embedding into the monster's flesh, black blood like oil splattering onto the ground.

Rotten flesh flew.

The smell of gunpowder and saltpeter permeated the surroundings.

The monster, hit multiple times, howled in pain, glaring at Baiyu with its hideous eyes, then propelled itself on all fours, crashing open the tavern door, rushing into the night wind.

Baiyu didn't give chase.

Standing coolly, he brushed off the dust and took another wad of cash to the counter: "Who knows the identity of the person in room 209?"

The crowd hesitated briefly.

A man stood up and said: "I know who he is, and I even know his residence. But... I'm not sure if this monster is the person from room 204."

"Fifty thousand."

Baiyu took out another wad of cash: "Tell me everything about him."

This mission was only to investigate, not eliminate, so Baiyu didn't pursue immediately.

Delving into the mine for investigation or chasing the monster.

That wasn't Baiyu's intention.

After all.

These could cause big problems if mishandled.

But Baiyu.

Has always been a steady man.

Now, simply learning the specifics about the monster from the tavern's patrons was enough to fulfill his task at school.