Cold Hunter King?

Chapter 85 Cold Hunter King?

After passing Jing'an Temple, you'll be almost there at Qingtian Hunting Grounds.

"Lingling, did you leave the door open?" Ling Tianyu looked into the distance and saw that the gate of Qingtian Hunting Grounds was wide open, so he asked.

"How could that be? I guess it's because my sister is back?" Lingling rolled her eyes at Ling Tianyu, but she wasn't sure herself.

Soon after, the Qingtian Hunting Grounds came into view. The two saw a burly man sitting on a wooden chair in the hunting grounds' living room, intently reading a newspaper.

"Daddy!" Lingling's face lit up with joy as she rushed into the man's arms, nestling against his broad shoulders. She was completely different from her previous pretentious and mature demeanor; she was just like an ordinary child waiting for her parents to come home.

Unwittingly, Lingling glanced at his neck and her delicate body trembled.

"Lingling." Cold Hunter King smiled faintly and hugged Lingling's petite body in a very cooperative manner.

"You must be Ling Tianyu! It's been almost a year!" The Cold Hunter King paused slightly upon seeing Ling Tianyu, then quickly retrieved his information from his memory. "I didn't expect you to have joined the Azure Sky Hunter's Guild!"

"Uncle Leng!" Ling Tianyu called out respectfully.

"Lingling, go take a shower first. I need to talk to Ling Tianyu about something." Cold Hunter King nodded and put Lingling, who was like a kitten in his arms, down.

"Okay, Dad, I don't want to go to school tomorrow. Can you ask for leave for me?" Lingling said, turning her head.

"No problem!" Cold Hunter King said affectionately.

Watching the heartwarming scene of a loving father and filial daughter before him, Ling Tianyu felt a pang of sadness mixed with emotion. His own parents…

By the time I became capable, my parents had already passed away, leaving me with a deep sense of regret.

Even the Parthenon's resurrection spells would be completely ineffective after such a long period of time.

Their souls have probably long since vanished.

Life is full of disappointments, and nothing is perfect. This is one of my few regrets.

"I'll call you Tianyu. Are you doing a commissioned job today? How does it feel to be paired with my daughter?" Cold Hunter asked with great interest.

"Not bad! Lingling is a smart girl, and it feels very comfortable to partner with her." Ling Tianyu's words came from the bottom of his heart. After all, it was really fun to tease the old-fashioned, pretentious, and mature young girl.

Of course, you can't say that to someone's father's face.

"Hmm?" Suddenly, Ling Tianyu smelled an unusual mixed scent of cursed shadows, the source of which was the Cold Hunter King in front of him.

Perhaps because he had previously absorbed cursed substances, Ling Tianyu was extremely sensitive to darkness and curse-like auras.

Slightly startled, Ling Tianyu remained outwardly calm, but secretly became more vigilant.

Ling Tianyu's attempt to conceal his true intentions did not escape the eyes of the Cold Hunter King.

"Interesting, do you doubt my identity?" Cold Hunter thought with interest, quietly releasing a barely perceptible red mist from his fingertips, which flowed into Ling Tianyu's spiritual sea.

Ling Tianyu's cultivation level was far inferior to that of the Cold Hunter King, so he was almost completely unaware of it.

If Cold Hunter King harbors even the slightest ill will towards Ling Tianyu, he will definitely not escape his fate.

"This is... born with dual elemental abilities, excellent! The perfect experimental subject for the Demon element!"

Cold Hunter King was pleasantly surprised. He dispersed the red mist and looked at Ling Tianyu with great interest, nodding in satisfaction.

"Uncle Leng, I'll be going now. I'll come see you again tomorrow!" Ling Tianyu felt like he was sitting on pins and needles in front of Leng Lie Wang. If he wasn't careful, he would be doomed if he revealed his true colors.

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As he walked away, Ling Tianyu's expression darkened, and the warm smile on his face vanished.

"I didn't expect that Cold Hunter King would be in trouble by now. It should be time for Red Demon to go to the Hunter Alliance to cancel Cold Hunter King's commission. Based on this..."

Ling Tianyu was deep in thought. In the original story, Cold Hunter King was truly a rare elder, and it was such a pity that he died at the hands of Red Demon.

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"Yangpu Bridge..."

Ling Tianyu pondered the location of the Cold Hunter King's death in the original story. After crossing the bridge, there was another overpass, and then Pudong Airport...

The majority of people living here are staff members, since ordinary people can't stand the noise of airplanes disturbing their sleep.

Therefore, Pudong Airport has a large flow of people, but a small resident population.

"Forget it, let's save time and just run there!" Ling Tianyu muttered to himself. With a burst of strength, he sprinted like an arrow, covering several hundred meters in an instant.

Facing the neon lights along the highway, Ling Tianyu moved across the bridge like a ghost, making some drivers along the way wonder if they were seeing things.

Pudong Airport is quite far from the city center, and it took Ling Tianyu half an hour to get there.

"Their battlefield should be near the dormitory building..." Ling Tianyu decided to ask the airport staff first.

"You mean the dormitory building?" The airport security guard kindly pointed out, "Look over there to the east, that's where we live."

Ling Tianyu frowned. That place had too many people. If the Red Devils had any brains, they shouldn't have chosen that place as their battlefield.

"Do you have any abandoned dormitory buildings here?" Ling Tianyu asked.

"Abandoned? What are you doing in that place, young man?" The security guard looked at Ling Tianyu with displeasure and suspicion.

"I am an elite hunter, and this is my identification. I have a commission that may involve this location," Ling Tianyu explained, taking out his identification.

"I see." The security guard's expression softened as he pointed to a group of shadows on the beach.

"That's our old dormitory building that was abandoned ten years ago. Maybe you can find what you're looking for there."

"Thank you!" Ling Tianyu said, not daring to delay, as the Red Demon might return to deal with the corpse at any time.

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In fact, that shadowy area contained not only dormitory buildings, but also some government offices, hotels, and other structures, all of which were abandoned.

In a few years, as sea levels rise, these buildings will sink beneath the waves and disappear without a trace.

"Those are... claw marks?" Ling Tianyu noticed that there were six claw marks deeply engraved on the white wall of the dormitory building not far away, mixed with a strong smell of blood.

The ground was covered with a horrifying carpet of blood. Starting from the location of the claw marks, the trail passed through a water tower with similar claw marks and disappeared into a warehouse.

Ling Tianyu let out a long breath, and with a flash of spatial light, he easily dismantled the iron gate with his telekinetic power.

"Clang!"

The roller shutter door was left aside, and moonlight streamed in like a warehouse, illuminating the interior...

Sure enough, a blood-soaked corpse came into view. Judging from the face, it was undoubtedly the Cold Hunter King. The gash on his stomach was extremely conspicuous. Combined with the previous bloodstains, the Cold Hunter King was probably dragged to death.

The blood had long since drained away; what stood before Ling Tianyu was nothing but an empty shell.

"Uncle Leng..." Ling Tianyu sighed softly, then waved his hand and opened up another dimensional space to store the corpse inside.

Let's see if there's any hope of revival in the future!

The Red Demon side preserves the Cold Hunter King's soul, and when their cultivation reaches a certain level, they might be able to resurrect a person in the future.

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