Chapter 94: Cannibalism
Time passed slowly, and two months had passed.
Su Hao's perception range expanded to over a kilometer, and he began to take action.
Instead of going out to cause trouble, he secretly observed the nighttime activities of people and collected information using radar. He needed to quickly figure out what was going on in this small town. Otherwise, he would have trouble sleeping at night, never knowing when unexpected dangers might arise. Only by acquiring enough information could he avoid potential risks.
As darkness fell, Su Hao quietly hid in a corner of the city, using radar to observe the nocturnal activities of people.
Most people returned home before nightfall and didn't go out anymore. But a small number of people started their nighttime activities.
When the night completely descended, some ordinary individuals with weaker blood reactions quietly sneaked out of their homes and found a corner to stay in, motionless.
Meanwhile, those with blood reactions above the elite level started moving stealthily in the city, seemingly with a clear purpose—to hunt their targets.
In Su Hao's perception, an elite individual immediately took action after nightfall. Carefully avoiding people's sight, they headed straight for another elite with even stronger blood reactions.
Surprisingly, the other elite seemed clueless about this.
After hesitating for a moment, Su Hao thought it wasn't too dangerous and quietly approached the two individuals. He wanted to see what was going on.
Perhaps tonight, this secret would be revealed.
Su Hao evaded everyone and quickly got closer.
Soon, he saw a figure wrapped in black cloth, quietly moving through low buildings in an incredibly agile and silent manner, like a drifting ghost, appearing and disappearing intermittently.
Before long, the figure reached its destination and hid under an eave, silently waiting for its prey to appear.
Shortly after, another elite appeared. This elite was naked, wearing only a pair of shorts and a hood that obscured their face. The dark red figure perfectly blended into the darkness, making it difficult to detect.
As the person in shorts walked, they suddenly dropped to all fours, with their hands and feet on the ground. A bony tail gradually grew from their tailbone, extending over a meter, and their body started growing dense fur that covered their previously bare skin. Their ears began to elongate and enlarge, and their mouth grew longer, revealing sharp teeth. Long bony claws also grew from their hands.
After walking about ten meters, a living person had completely transformed into another form, resembling a leopard but not quite.
At the same time, in Su Hao's radar perception, the transformed leopard-person's blood reactions significantly decreased.
"What the hell?" Su Hao, hiding in the darkness, witnessed the entire transformation process and was amazed. Was this some kind of Harry Potter's transfiguration magic?
The transformed leopard-person silently moved away from under the eave, walking along the wall. They sniffed the air twice and then lurked towards their intended target. It seemed they also had their own hunting objectives.
However, they had no idea that there was a hunter waiting for them on the eave above.
At that moment, another elite Zhu Hui individual quietly approached from a distance, as detected by Su Hao's perception.
"...," Su Hao felt a chill down his spine.
As the leopard-person walked by, the person in black let go of the eave, gracefully floating down. Two small steel knives were already gripped in their hands, and they thrust downward towards the leopard-person's neck.
However, the leopard-person was extremely vigilant and noticed something when the person in black descended. Its entire body bristled, and it leaped forward while swinging its bony tail backward.
"Crack~"
The small knives failed to pierce the leopard-person's neck as intended but left a long gash on its back.
The leopard-person's tail attack missed, without achieving any success.
Ignoring the injury on its back, the leopard-person remained silent, not looking back, and ran into the darkness.
How could the person in black give up such a great opportunity to attack the injured target? They immediately pursued. To their surprise, the person in black was even faster than the leopard-person.
After a few rounds of pursuit and battle, the injuries on the leopard-person increased. Although its tail also inflicted a deep gash on the person in black, it was clear to anyone that the leopard-person was at a disadvantage.
However, the leopard-person refused to accept defeat. Its blood reactions rapidly depleted, and its tail retracted as it raised its hands from the ground. Wings grew from its scapula, opening and closing. Its hands curved, and sharp sickles grew, shining with a cold light.
It now looked like a humanoid mantis.
The only question was whether its wings could actually fly.
The transformation was incredibly swift. When it ended, the mantis-person's blood reactions dropped to a low point.
It swung its sharp sickles at the person in black, enhancing its attack power. It seemed willing to risk it all.
The person in black hesitated slightly, as the mantis-person was not someone easy to provoke.
However, this [Metamorph] individual before them was the prey they had been observing for a long time. Although the surprise attack had failed, tonight was their best hunting opportunity.
As a [Lightweight] individual, if they could obtain the flesh and blood of the [Metamorph] individual, they might not be able to advance, but it would greatly enhance their own abilities.
"Let's take a gamble!" The person in black made up their mind, wielding their dual knives. Seizing an opportunity, their figure floated and drifted toward the mantis-person, surprisingly faster than the mantis-person.
The knives in the hands of the [Lightweight] person slid forward, intersecting.
"Clang!"
They were unexpectedly blocked by the mantis-person's sickle hands, producing a crisp sound that reverberated into the distance.
The person in black immediately adjusted their direction and attacked from behind the mantis-person, only to be blocked once again.
After several exchanges, the mantis-person managed to grip the dual knives with its sickle hands, forcefully staggering the person in black.
"Opportunity!" The mantis-person unleashed all its strength, pouncing forward. Its sickle hands swiftly locked around the person in black's neck and exerted force.
"Crunch~ Crack~"
The sounds of spikes penetrating flesh and cervical vertebrae breaking merged together. The person in black instantly turned into a soft and lifeless body. The hunter became the hunted.
Confirming that the other party was dead, the mantis-person released their grip on the sickles, and the person in black slumped to the ground.
The mantis-person tore open the black clothes of the person, aiming at the thick flesh on their back. Opening its mouth full of sharp teeth, it fiercely tore off a piece of flesh from the person in black, devouring it in one gulp, and then took another big bite.
After swallowing two mouthfuls, it seemed satisfied and stood up, ready to leave. It could only maintain the appearance of a mantis-person and had no more energy to transform.
Sustaining heavy injuries tonight, it was unable to hunt its original target anymore. It needed to quickly return to its hiding spot. Moreover, it hadn't come back empty-handed tonight, having obtained the flesh and blood of the [Lightweight] individual.
However, as the mantis-person was about to
turn and leave, a black shadow suddenly pounced silently from mid-air. Before it could react, the sharp claws of the shadow cut open its neck, and blood gushed out.
The mantis-person desperately covered the wound with its sickles but gradually lost strength. It saw the predator behind it and wanted to say something, but nothing came out of its mouth.
It recognized the identity of the black shadow behind it. It was none other than the most silent [Nightcrawler] in the darkness.
However, Su Hao didn't recognize this [Nightcrawler]. What he did recognize was the black shadow that ultimately harvested the mantis-person—it was the 'Batman' who had attacked him some time ago.
After consuming the flesh and blood of the person in black and the mantis-person, the bat-like creature quietly left the scene.
Soon, Su Hao sensed the ordinary people lurking around, who had been waiting for a long time. They started getting restless, and in no time, they rushed towards the two corpses on the ground, greedily devouring them, blood smearing their mouths.
After satisfying their hunger, they quietly retreated and found a place to hide. More ordinary people arrived at the sound and joined the feast.
Soon, the two corpses on the ground were reduced to bare skeletons, left abandoned in their original positions.
Su Hao's hairs stood on end. What kind of damn world was this?
Genuine cannibalism!
Quietly following the ordinary people who consumed the flesh, Su Hao still wanted to see why they were devouring the flesh.
(Translated by begs)