Newspaper Boy

Chapter 45: Spoils of War

The Way of the Extraordinary Night Tourer, Chapter 45: Spoils

In the spacious bedroom, the strong, black coachman struggled to push a white car. The white turtle car emitted a high-pitched screech. The car's rear was already a chaotic mess, and the front was weakly resting on the ground.

The other four cars were scattered in disarray, stranded on the roadside. The moment the starlight rose, the demonic beast Haas immediately noticed and turned its gaze.

Star Official.

He stood at 1.9 meters tall, with jet-black, shiny skin. When he wasn't speaking, aside from the whites of his eyes, his entire body was composed of deep black elements.

His physique was extremely robust, comparable to a bodybuilder. Every muscle contained immense power. One could imagine how exaggerated his speed and strength would be when he tensed his body.

"You're from the Heavenly Punishment... When did the New York branch of the Heavenly Punishment get a Star Official? Ah, I remember now, you were in the Five Elements Alliance's support team." The demonic beast Haas tossed aside the woman in front of him. With a "pop" sound, the woman rolled weakly off the bed.

Zhang Yuanqing glanced at the demonic beast Haas's crotch and clicked his tongue. "Demonic beasts: short, soft, and weak! Shameful!"

Haas's heart pounded wildly a few times, and he felt his blood pressure soaring. He felt an unbearable humiliation. Anger surged to the top of his head along with his blood, collapsing his reason.

"You will pay for this," he snarled, grabbing a pitch-black wooden box from his item bar.

With a "click," he opened it. Deep darkness surged from the box, dimming the bright incandescent lights and shrouding everything in the room with a dark veil.

The sounds and images in the bedroom were obscured by this dark veil.

"A Night Watcher professional item." Zhang Yuanqing looked at the black wooden box, a smile of pleasure on his face. Collecting spoils was one of his primary objectives.

While waiting for the team to arrive, Zhang Yuanqing had been subtly influencing the demonic beast Haas's emotions. The other party was a peak level six expert. To dominate his emotions required enough time.

He first stimulated the demonic beast Haas's lust, allowing him to indulge in desire. Among all emotions, desire is the easiest to weaken willpower.

Then, he began to provoke the demonic beast Haas's arrogant and wild beast nature, and it indeed became much easier.

Earlier, in the room, with only a few women turned into playthings, his arrogant and wild nature had nowhere to vent. Now that an enemy had arrived, the demonic beast Haas's long-simmering emotions erupted. Without a second thought, he went for the "close the door and beat the dog" strategy.

"No matter who you are, no matter what organization you belong to, if you dare to offend me, you must die." Within the demonic beast Haas's dark and agile body, a miniature volcano-like opening appeared.

"Heh heh heh..."

On the bed and on the floor, the women twisted their bodies in pain, emitting unconscious growls from their throats.

After inhaling the poisonous smoke, their naked bodies underwent terrifying changes. One of them developed black scales on her pale skin. Slits opened on her neck, gills grew out, her eyeballs became like green beans, and her mouth filled with fangs. In an instant, she transformed into a Fish-Man.

The other four prostitutes also underwent transformations. One became a canine creature, another a knee-jointed insectoid, and one grew three pairs of pale, two-meter-long arms, becoming a disheveled spider.

Black-purple smoke enveloped the Spider-Woman.

Inside the room, Zhang Yuanqing inevitably inhaled some of the poison. He felt his cells undergoing some kind of mutation, undergoing different divisions and reorganizations.

He lowered his head in shock, seeing that webbing had grown between his fingers and the cuffs of his pants had torn, with two small monster feet emerging from his knees. "The demonic beast Haas dared to fight me in a closed environment; so he wants to mutate my body," Zhang Yuanqing suddenly realized.

This was the core skill of a "Deformed One" - Deformation. It could deform oneself to gain monster-like power, or it could deform the target. Once the target was completely deformed, they would lose their sanity and completely submit to their master.

Before Zhang Yuanqing could react, the demonic beast Haas's eyes turned greyish-white as he stared from afar, shooting out a beam of greyish-white light.

This beam of light was bizarrely fast, giving almost no chance to react.

"Crack, crack, crack..."

Zhang Yuanqing's waist rapidly petrified, slowly spreading towards his chest and legs.

This was the Deadly Poison Master's strong control skill. The lower the level of the target struck by the petrifying beam, the faster the petrification. A transcendent would be turned into a stone statue in an instant.

There was no antidote to the petrifying beam, and it could not be solved with purification. Only killing the caster could reverse the effect.

"Kill him!" the demonic beast Haas said in a deep voice.

The five eager demonic beasts immediately lunged at Zhang Yuanqing like wild dogs, baring their fangs and claws, their saliva like rain.

"Crack, crack, crack."

The five demonic beasts that pounced over had their heads twisted 180 degrees in unison. Their bodies lost balance and they fell to the ground.

A ghostly figure wearing a red wedding dress stood in front of Zhang Yuanqing, holding a round, adorable, carved baby in her arms.

"Crack crack crack crack..."

The demonic beast's heads twisted.

Silver Goddess, Greedy God General, Hundred-Man Slayer, and a corpse obtained from the Ghost City.

Besides the transcendents used as cannon fodder and the level 4 corpse, Zhang Yuanqing gave the three S-grade corpses to Zhao Chenghuang.

Instantly, dense Yin energy filled every corner of the room. The demonic beast Haas's arrogant expression faltered, and he stared blankly at the four level-six corpses.

Silver Goddess looked around the room. Upon seeing the scene, she unhesitatingly reached back to pat the waist bag behind her. With a sizzling sound of electricity, the Cat King speaker played: "Oh, fuck! Oh, fuck!"

Amidst the continuous "fuck" sounds, the demonic beast Haas's anger and arrogance rapidly cooled. Without a second thought, he reached for the wooden box on the nightstand, intending to break the seal and escape the room.

Outside were members of the Biogenetic Alchemy Society, all of whom were his helpers.

His hand grasped empty air, failing to touch the nightstand. He turned his head in shock, seeing the wooden box floating a foot above the ground, rapidly drifting towards the Star Official opposite him.

"Fuck!"

The demonic beast Haas cursed, seeing the four corpses pouncing towards him. He hurriedly opened his item bar and grabbed a crystal bottle, gulping down a mouthful.

Silver Goddess delivered a high kick, striking the demonic beast Haas's wrist. The crystal bottle flew away, rolling rapidly and jingling as it went, eventually reaching a corner.

The demonic beast Haas was furious, staring at Silver Goddess, his eyes turning greyish-white.

Behind Silver Goddess, the Greedy God General leaped out, raising his blade to strike down. The demonic beast Haas quickly retreated, raising his head to shoot a greyish-white beam at the Greedy God General.

"Crack, crack."

The Greedy God General's face was struck by the beam, instantly turning greyish-white. But he was a corpse, and the petrification of his face did not affect his actions, nor did he need a brain or sight.

The long blade struck straight down.

At this moment, the demonic beast Haas, having consumed the potion, grew a pair of sharp goat horns on his head, burning with pale blue flames. Black-purple membranous wings grew from his back, and his body swelled slightly, covered in deep purple, cryptic patterns.

A strong sulfuric acid smell emanated from his mouth and nose.

His aura instantly soared, surpassing the three level-six corpses. The demonic beast Haas condensed a ghostly blue flame into a blade in his right hand, slashing upwards!

"Bang!"

The ghostly blue flame blade exploded, with sparks of light falling on the curtains, bed, and floor, igniting flames with potent poison.

The Greedy God General was also blasted away by the strike.

On the other side, Zhang Yuanqing removed the head of the last demonic beast, snapping his fingers to create an illusion.

In the demonic beast Haas's vision, the Greedy God General, who had just been blasted away, sprang up and swung his blade at him. He hurriedly responded, swinging his own blade, but the imagined collision did not occur. The strike seemed to hit air, and the enemy's figure dissipated like a bubble.

Seizing the opportunity, the Ghost Bride crashed into the demonic beast Haas, completing possession.

Silver Goddess crouched down, wrapping around his back, and looped her arms around the demonic beast Haas's neck, pulling his head upwards. Her legs, clad in light-colored jeans, tightly entangled his waist, bending the Goddess's body into a powerful bow.

The demonic beast Haas struggled violently, his eyes shooting out streams of greyish-white light, striking the ceiling.

Hundred-Man Slayer and Greedy God General each grabbed the demonic beast Haas's arms, while the last corpse grabbed the demonic beast Haas's legs.

Three corpses and one spirit servant, combining the power of four level-six entities, firmly controlled the mutated Deformed One.

Zhang Yuanqing retrieved the purple-gold pumpkin hammer from his item bar, walked to the demonic beast Haas, raised his hand, and covered his face.

His hand instantly transformed into a dark mass, growing strands of hair-like threads that wriggled and burrowed into the demonic beast Haas's forehead.

The demonic beast Haas howled in pain.

Soon, a deep purple card with blue flame patterns drawn on it was pulled out from his forehead, instantly devoured by the dark hand.

After devouring the demonic beast Haas's character card, Zhang Yuanqing swung the purple-gold hammer and struck down with force.

"Pfft!"

The head with the sharp goat horns exploded like a watermelon, with brain matter and bone fragments flying everywhere.

All struggles ceased at that moment.

The Ghost Bride floated out of the corpse, picked up the little brat hugging his old father's leg, and returned to Zhang Yuanqing's body.

Silver Goddess went into the bathroom to wash the blood and brain matter off her face and body, while the other three corpses stood silently to the side, awaiting their master's next orders.

The character card did not enter the Spirit Realm but was absorbed by the black heart. Zhang Yuanqing sensed it and immediately understood why he could only inherit the Spirit Realm ID and could not open the item bar and skills.

Because the character card did not belong to him; it was absorbed by the black heart.

Then, he picked up the crystal bottle and the black wooden box from the floor. The crystal bottle was the size of a palm, with an uneven surface like the surface of a diamond, refracting brilliant light under the lights.

The wooden box was 20 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters high. The surface of the box was deeply dark, as if it could devour light. Even under the illumination of the lights, it had no reflection.

Holding the two items, after a few seconds, information appeared:

Name: Demon Potion

Type: Potion

Function: Transformation

[Introduction: This crystal bottle once contained the blood of a powerful demon. Over the years, the blood merged with the bottle, transforming it into a demonic item. Every 24 hours, the bottle automatically generates a potion. The potion allows the user to gain demonic power for fifteen minutes.]

[Note: I would like to call it Pandora's Bottle.]

Name: Box of Eternal Night

Type: Wooden Box

Function: Sealing

[Introduction: The box contains sealing power, isolating sounds, images, and auras. As time increases, the seal will become stronger.]

[Note: When you find that the power is starting to weaken, remember to leave, otherwise you will be forever asleep here.]

"Not bad, both are excellent quality items."

"Jackpot!"

The crystal bottle was a Deadly Poison Master professional item, with the function of providing buffs and temporarily increasing combat power. After being transformed into a demon, it would possess the ability to generate poisonous smoke, petrification, and hellfire.

Zhang Yuanqing had many similar items. Little Red Riding Hood had the ability to transform into a werewolf, but Little Red Riding Hood should not belong to the Deadly Poison Master class, but rather an item from the unactivated third zone.

For Zhang Yuanqing, the function of the wooden box was more pleasing. He had too many combat items, but an item with a powerful seal was something he desperately needed.

Moreover, the Night Watcher's sealing skills were very easy to use, far better than the Wood Manipulator's and Earth Spirit's restriction items. Especially when capturing live targets.

Satisfied, he put the two items into his item bar. He gave the three corpses guarding orders, then darkness welled up in his eye sockets, summoning the remaining spirit of the demonic beast Haas's corpse, and began to devour it.

This was his core purpose in hunting down the demonic beast Haas: to find the spy within the Heavenly Punishment.