The Entry-plundering Demon Hunter

’Water... I need water... More water...’

Suddenly, a divine thought drilled into Lin Yi’s mind.

He looked down at the egg.

His brow furrowed involuntarily.

Then, he reached out and touched the egg.

He had thought the egg would be frozen solid, just like the block of ice.

But to his surprise, he was able to pull it out with a gentle tug.

Seeing this, Lin Yi couldn’t help but laugh.

"The water froze, but the egg is completely fine!"

Next, he found a larger basin and filled it to the brim with water.

After placing the egg inside,

Lin Yi noticed that the seven brilliant colors on its surface seemed to have grown even more vibrant.

As he squatted down to observe the egg quietly,

he suddenly noticed a very faint crack on the shell.

It was so subtle that one could hardly see it without looking closely.

This discovery filled Lin Yi with even more joyful surprise.

’Is it about to hatch?’

There was no answer. The divine thought from before had vanished again.

He watched it for over ten minutes.

Suddenly, the ringing of his phone pulled Lin Yi out of the bathroom.

The caller ID showed it was Deng Long.

"Hello? Brother Deng!"

"You finally picked up! I haven’t been able to reach you for days. So, uh... are you home? I’ll bring your dinner over right now!"

Deng Long was the assistant from the clinic, a few years older than Lin Yi.

Before Tang Qinru left, she had instructed him to deliver Lin Yi’s meals every day.

All this time, Lin Yi had been relying on Deng Long for his dinner.

Although Lin Yi’s body had now developed a resistance to 2-star and 3-star Demon Beast Meat,

eating it was almost the same as not eating it, the effects having become negligible.

But Lin Yi was still very grateful.

If it weren’t for Deng Long’s persistence in delivering his meals every day, his Qi and Blood wouldn’t have improved so quickly.

Relying solely on the Star River Qi Transformation Technique, it would have been impossible for him to break through to 3-star before the martial arts exam.

Lin Yi smiled and nodded. "Okay, Brother Deng. I’m home. Sorry to trouble you!"

"Hey, don’t mention it. Just wait for me, I’ll be there in fifteen minutes!"

Lin Yi hung up the phone and went to the living room to wait.

Fifteen minutes passed by quickly as he browsed his phone.

He first logged into his chat app. Ever since those demon beasts had disappeared,

the [Demon Hunting Squad] group chat had become much quieter.

Even the previously active members like Little Shrimp and Old Student had gone completely silent.

The group was dead silent; no one had said a word.

Lin Yi then checked the news from the past few days.

Aside from news about the martial arts exam, there was nothing else of note.

Even the Battle of Wushan hadn’t been reported on at all.

This didn’t surprise Lin Yi.

The Battle of Wushan was a massive clash between the Demon Hunting Bureau, the Martial Arts Alliance, the Demon King, and Blood Drop.

The Demon Hunting Bureau and the Martial Arts Alliance had suffered devastating losses in this battle.

As for Blood Drop and the Demon King, they were all hunted down and killed, one by one.

Although victory was achieved, it was a pyrrhic one.

Therefore, the authorities had blocked all news, preventing any information about the Battle of Wushan from leaking out.

A short while later, his phone rang again.

It was Deng Long again. Lin Yi hurried toward the entryway.

He put on his shoes and rushed into the elevator.

"Brother Deng, I’m in the elevator now, be right down!"

"Okay, take your time!"

Deng Long replied before hanging up.

When Lin Yi reached the gate of his residential complex, he saw Deng Long wearing a leather jacket.

with a black helmet on his head.

He was carrying two insulated thermoses. When he saw Lin Yi come out,

he greeted him with a wide smile, handed the thermoses to him, and asked, "The martial arts exam is over, right? How did you do?"

"It was alright. No major problems," Lin Yi said modestly.

Deng Long nodded. "I’ve had high hopes for you for a long time. You really didn’t disappoint us!"

Lin Yi smiled. "Brother Deng, thank you so much for coming all this way to bring me dinner so late!"

"What are you being so polite for? It’s no big deal."

"Alright, hurry back and eat before it gets cold.

I’ll come by again tomorrow. I’m heading out!"

After saying his piece, Deng Long got on his motorcycle.

Amidst a ROAR, he gradually rode off into the distance.

Lin Yi didn’t linger either, heading back into the complex with the thermoses.

However, what Lin Yi didn’t expect was that in the short time he had been gone,

back in the bathroom basin,

the water temperature had plummeted again. A layer of frost gradually formed on the water’s surface.

The frost continued to spread, and the entire basin of water once again froze into a solid block of ice.

Just like the basin of water from before, the ice was solid through and through.

CRACK—

With a soft sound,

the crack on the eggshell, which had appeared earlier, extended by about another centimeter.

Moreover, the crack was now visibly deeper.

By the time Lin Yi came back through the door, he went straight to the dining room with his thermoses to eat dinner.

He was completely oblivious to the changes in the egg...

After Lin Yi finished his meal,

he went straight back to his bedroom, preparing to continue his cultivation.

Although the martial arts exam was over, his training could not stop.

Ever since the Battle of Wushan, Lin Yi’s resolve had grown even firmer.

’Only by constantly getting stronger can I prevent unnecessary tragedies from happening.’

’Just like with the Battle of Wushan this time.’

’If I had been strong enough, maybe I could have participated alongside them.’

Perhaps Lin Yi’s participation wouldn’t have changed anything.

But maybe Yin Xiaoyu, Zhan Kai, Sun Lang, and Shen Yuzhe wouldn’t have had to die.

And Chu Zhengxiong might not have been so severely injured.

This had already become an obsession in Lin Yi’s heart.

To constantly make himself stronger...

’Water. I need water. I need more water...’

In the bathroom,

a wisp of a divine thought wandered ceaselessly.

But it could not leave the bathroom, as if it were constrained by something.

The nascent voice was on the verge of crying from desperation.

It desperately wanted its divine thought to leave this place and find the human from just now.

Unfortunately...

it tried many times but couldn’t find Lin Yi.

It was even less able to contact him with its divine thought.

At this moment, Lin Yi had already entered the state of the Star River Qi Transformation Technique.

He was bathed in starlight, accompanied by a white tiger.

A golden light emanated from his body, and streams of runes circled around him.

At this moment, he was like a deity who ruled heaven and earth.

If someone were to look up at the sky and see, amidst the brilliant stars, a figure cloaked in golden light sitting cross-legged in the cosmos,

with a white tiger lying quietly by his side, looking just like an obedient kitten,

and myriad streams of starlight wrapping around him like silver ribbons,

anyone who witnessed this scene would subconsciously believe they were witnessing the descent of Immortal Gods.

...

「The next morning.」

The shrill ringing of his phone pulled Lin Yi from the state of the Qi Transformation Technique.

He picked up his phone and glanced at it.

It was a call from Wei Nan.

"Hello? What do you want? Calling so early and waking me up," Lin Yi said, slightly annoyed.

The words had barely left his mouth when Wei Nan’s tone changed.

"What dream? Something’s happened! Something big!"

"What is it?"

Lin Yi’s heart sank.

He had become incredibly jumpy lately.

The thing he feared most was hearing the words "something’s happened."

Wei Nan said hurriedly, "Shen Mengyi’s brother is dead..."

"I know."

"Huh? You know? How do you know?" Wei Nan was dumbfounded.

Lin Yi sighed softly. "Did you forget I have a few friends in the Demon Hunting Bureau? I found out the day it happened."

"Oh, right. How could I have forgotten about that!"

"So what should we do? Should we go see her?"

"I heard from Sun Tao that Shen Mengyi and her brother relied on each other. Now that he’s dead, she must be falling apart, right? Sun Tao just called me, and what he meant was, should we go and check on her?"

"We’re friends, after all. Shouldn’t we go offer our condolences?"

Wei Nan asked in a consultative tone.

To put it bluntly, they were waiting for Lin Yi to give the final word.

If Lin Yi said to go, they would do so without hesitation.

If he said not to, they would pretend they knew nothing.

But no matter what, Shen Mengyi was a fellow disciple from the Martial Arts Hall.

Lin Yi hadn’t told Shen Mengyi himself earlier because of his status.

He wasn’t part of the Demon Hunting Bureau, nor was he with the Martial Arts Police Station.

Even though he had seen her brother’s body, it wasn’t his place to be the one to inform her.

Because he didn’t know how Shen Mengyi would react after learning the news of her brother’s death in battle.

After all, for Shen Mengyi, other than her uncle,

Shen Yuzhe was her only family—her own flesh and blood, born of the same mother.

Lin Yi thought for a moment and said, "Alright. Wait for me at the station."

"Okay..."

Wei Nan nodded and hung up the phone.