"Not just Jiangbei City, this time we need to simultaneously eradicate the strange evils from Jiangbei, Qingshui, and Lindong three cities."
"Among them, Qingshui City has the fewest two-star strange evils, which you, An Jianyou, will be responsible for. Pay attention to reasonable time allocation and prioritize eradicating the more dangerous ones. The specifics have already been marked for you on the mission map."
An Jianyou nodded nervously.
Two-star strange evils, although she had seen and dealt with them at the Gate of the Strange Realm, this was her first time facing them alone. She felt a lot of pressure.
If the eradication failed, it could lead to the strange evils becoming more active and ferocious, causing great disaster... so failure was not an option.
An Jianyou was still confident.
Her strength was greater than before. With the help of Instructor Black Blade, she had also captured several powerful and special strange evils, all of which were two-star.
She dared not try three-star strange evils; she couldn't control them at all.
"Black Blade will be responsible for the strange evils in Lindong City."
Fang You said, "But this time is different from before. I need to go on a business trip for a period of time..."
An Jianyou had no problem with this, but Black Blade's appearance and personality didn't seem like someone who could integrate into human society.
Should she switch candidates and let Yin Ling go?
But he worried that Yin Ling's combat power might not be enough, as Yin Ling was just a healer after all.
"No problem."
Black Blade said, pausing before adding, "Before departing, I will bring enough supplies to ensure the mission is completed."
Fang You nodded,
"I'll go to Jiangbei City myself."
"During this period, the training of the reserve personnel will be temporarily overseen by Yin Ling."
"That's it. There's no time to delay, let's depart."
...
The three had their own ways of traveling.
An Jianyou naturally drove.
Black Blade... The Xinhuo office had other vehicles, provided by An Jianyou and her best friend Ning Ying. But the problem was, Black Blade didn't know how to drive.
This was quite vexing.
Black Blade stated that he wasn't used to these tools and chose to run there.
After thinking about it, Fang You let him have his way. Black Blade had his own methods of operation.
And himself? He certainly couldn't travel on foot. Fang You drove an SUV and drove for over an hour to the neighboring Jiangbei City.
He parked the car in a parking lot. As he stepped out, he had already activated the 'No Light' state.
In this state, whether it was passers-by or surveillance recordings, they would perceive him as ordinary, just another person.
Fang You weaved through alleys and when he entered a small path, he began to run, simultaneously checking the navigation map in his mind.
"There's a slightly stronger strange evil two kilometers away, with high danger. Prioritize eradication."
"Next is the one seven kilometers away."
"Hmm, and then plan a route to take care of the smaller strange evils along the way."
Passing by a riverside, Fang You used his strange evil tracking.
His vision suddenly darkened, and a foul wind seemed to blow. Gray beams of light appeared before his eyes like directional indicators.
He quickly found the nearest one.
Dozens of meters away, by the river, was a faint gray-black figure, about half a meter tall, with a specific shape...
He was still using Black Blade's 'expert-level' strange evil tracking, but he didn't have time to examine it closely. He raised his hand and shot a thin palm lightning.
With a low crackle, a burst of azure light appeared in the distance, disappearing within one or two seconds, taking the small strange evil with it.
Fang You's footsteps didn't stop as he headed for the next area.
Before long, he arrived at the target location two kilometers away, an entertainment city that had been closed for many days. Here resided a large entity, no less formidable than the 'Construction Site Strange Evil'.
Of course, "large entity" was only relative to his past self.
Now...
Fang You extended a finger, and azure lightning arcs emerged from his fingertip. With a flick of his finger in the distance, a blue lightning bolt shot out.
Zizla~!
The lightning strike fell and then exploded, engulfing the three-meter-tall strange evil. Its face twisted in his vision, and just as it seemed about to let out a shriek, it was completely annihilated in the azure lightning.
Done.
Next.
In just one hour, Fang You had eradicated four one-star strange evils with minimal consumption.
The biggest expenditure was from the rapid travel.
Compared to before, when he would start panting after eradicating a small strange evil and have to find a place to rest, his current efficiency had increased tenfold.
"The next main target is a two-star strange evil located within the city."
...
Jiangbei City, the new campus of Jiangbei No. 1 Middle School, indoor swimming pool.
A terrifying strange evil resided here.
Naturally,
The entire swimming pool had been sealed off long ago, and even the entire new campus of Jiangbei No. 1 Middle School. Fortunately, all major and minor schools in Jiangbei City had been completely suspended for more than half a month, so sealing off such a large campus did not cause much impact.
But it was still a campus located within the city, and this terrifying strange evil was ranked very high on the eradication list of the Jiangbei Investigation Bureau.
When they lacked the ability, they could only seal it. But now that they had the ability...
At this moment,
Outside the swimming pool, many investigators from Jiangbei had already gathered, holding black weapon cases filled with lightning talismans and fire pearls.
However, these preparations were not enough to deal with such a terrifying strange evil.
For this reason,
The Jiangbei branch dispatched a special-grade investigator, along with Director Zhou, a special-grade from Baijiang, and a hired strange evil hunter.
A punk youth standing aside, looking out of place among the surrounding investigators.
"Aren't all the people here? Why haven't they started fighting?"
"My time is money, young master!"
The punk youth shouted.
If they didn't fight soon, the courage he had finally mustered would dissipate.
He knew very well what was inside.
If the Investigation Bureau hadn't paid so much, and if he hadn't awakened his long-range abilities, he wouldn't have taken this job.
He was already regretting it.
"We are waiting for a special reinforcement."
"If he arrives, we might not need to do anything but provide some assistance."
Special reinforcement?
Not from your Investigation Bureau?
Wait, you already have me, a strange evil hunter, and you've called for other hunters?
The punk's eyes widened, and his fists clenched.
But even Director Zhou wasn't sure when the reinforcement would arrive.
Xinhuo was not a strange evil hunter. He couldn't directly assign tasks to the masters of Xinhuo. He just believed that since Xinhuo had agreed, they would definitely come.
Just as Director Zhou was about to say something,
Zizla—
The crackling sound of lightning suddenly rang out. From the swimming pool not far away, brilliant blue light erupted, and glass panes shattered one after another.
The person in charge of Jiangbei, Director Zhou, the punk, and others quickly rushed in.
Their stunned faces were illuminated by the blue light.
Before them, inside the swimming pool, a giant hand of lightning was pinching a ferocious, three-meter-tall strange evil, holding it suspended in mid-air.
Amidst the terrifying roars and struggles, it squeezed hard.
Boom—
A brilliant burst of lightning exploded, and dust filled the air.
Shattered body parts flew everywhere, gradually turning into smoke and disappearing.
In the distance, a figure in a white robe could be vaguely seen in the dust, still holding the posture of a clenched fist.
"A bit too much force."