Counterattack, Seeking a Tiger's Skin

Chapter 76 Counterattack, Seeking a Tiger's Skin

Zhou Shenghao sent a text message confirming that his father was not home that night, and only his brother and he were at home.

After that, the entire villa's network and camera system were damaged.

"Knock knock!"

There was a knock on Zhou Yibai's door.

Zhou Shenghao waited quietly for a while.

Zhou Yibai, who was covered in sweat from his cultivation, finally opened the door.

"Cousin? Is something the matter?"

Since being defeated and injured in a ring battle, Zhou Shenghao has changed his usual style and gradually become very low-key and silent.

For some time now, aside from daily conversations, the other person has been quietly staying in their room, diligently cultivating.

The sudden knocking on his door made Zhou Yibai suspicious and a little wary.

"Yeah, the college entrance exam is coming up soon, and I'm feeling anxious and restless."

"Come check on your progress?"

Zhou Shenghao's tone and attitude were just like when he first started school.

Although he was somewhat arrogant, he did genuinely care about his cousin at the time.

Zhou Shenghao's familiar attitude put Zhou Yibai at ease.

He couldn't help but complain that he had been reading too many dark fantasy novels lately, which explained why he had been so wary just now.

Although my cousin's personality isn't the best, his family has always treated me exceptionally well.

"Oh... My Qi and Blood level is already 9.0, the Nine Schools Alliance is no problem."

With Li Xijun's previous amazing progress as an example, he spoke frankly about his extremely rapid progress and blood energy level.

"Your Qi and Blood level is now 9.0!"

Zhou Shenghao was somewhat dazed.

Time had flown by without him realizing it, and he felt as if the events of the start of the school year had happened just yesterday.

Now, in the blink of an eye,

Li Xijun, whom I once looked down upon, has long since become the top student in the city.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will enter the capital in a dazzling manner, just like the Wood Saint did back then, for two days.

He had always felt that his cousin had a bad personality and lacked temperament and refinement.

Now he has actually caught up with his own Qi and Blood level.

"Your talent is truly amazing..."

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Zhou Shenghao smiled happily, but his heart was becoming increasingly twisted.

Li Xijun, a pearl whose brilliance has been obscured, is a rare genius, one in a thousand years.

Even someone like Zhou Yibai has caught up with me, so how did he manage that?

The crisis he faced, his fall into the Blood God Cult, the many risks he took...

What about the pain and anxiety of dreaming every night about being arrested by the police?

If you can't break through the Qi and Blood level to 9.0 and attempt to conquer the Imperial Capital in two days, how can you justify the suffering you've endured?

An uncontrollable murderous intent was surging within him.

Zhou Shenghao said casually, "Our Zhou family has produced a genius."

"By the way, I'm planning to apply to Aurora University's Guanghua Palace program within the Nine Schools Alliance. What about you, Yibai?"

Me:

Zhou Yibai, who had indeed been considering this recently, said:

"Isn't the Hai Na Bai Chuan Lou restaurant in Shanghai? Isn't it said that the Zhou family's ancestral home is in Shanghai? I'm planning to go and take a look."

"Okay, we can go together then."

Zhou Shenghao patted the other person's shoulder affectionately.

The two discussed the two schools, Aurora Palace and Haina Baichuan Building, for a while, and then chatted about their ancestral home in Shanghai.

Time passed by unnoticed.

Only after Zhou Shenghao felt that the other party had completely lowered his guard did he casually say:

"By the way, Yibai, don't you always like to go for a walk in the evening to relax and unwind?"

"I'm also feeling pretty anxious, let's go together tonight and grab a beer while we're at it."

"OK."

After all that buildup,

Zhou Yibai did not refuse or hesitate, but agreed with a bright smile.

Even at night, the summer heat still lingers in Bocheng.

Even when Zhou Yibai and Zhou Shenghao walked into a narrow alley, they did not feel any breeze; instead, they felt an inescapable heat and a sense of oppression.

The crescent moon in the night sky shone coldly on the alleyway.

The two brothers walking one in front of the other happened to be half in the moonlight and half in the darkness.

As I walked, I passed a trash can next to a sewer.

The sour, rotten smell emanating from the garbage heap after being exposed to the sun all day, the stale odor of urine in the corners, and an indescribable smell that resembled rust or dried slime, all mingled together and assaulted the senses.

This made Zhou Shenghao, who was indeed somewhat anxious, frown and stop walking.

He didn't want to go any further, and he no longer had the patience.

Thinking of this, the crimson Kunpeng pattern within his body slowly lit up...

suddenly,

Absolute silence swallowed everything.

The occasional, indistinct sounds of the city from afar only served to accentuate the alley's resemblance to a tomb.

Even the summer insects, which should have been chirping in the darkness, made a sound, as if they had sensed something.

In this deathly silence, there seemed to be only the sound of an excited heartbeat, growing louder and more urgent.

I'm doing this for the college entrance exam, for my own future, so please don't blame me!

Zhou Shenghao said this last thing to himself.

Suddenly, he pulled out a black market version of an electromagnetic pistol from his waist, turned around, and pulled the trigger on Zhou Yibai without hesitation.

"Feel sorry!"

Zhou Shenghao said this.

But what happened next was beyond his expectations.

It was as if Zhou Yibai had seen him draw his gun and knew his thoughts in advance, so he anticipated it and dodged the shot.

A flash of eerie blue lightning streaked across the quiet alley, leaving a deep trajectory.

at the same time,

The spots of moonlight cast on the ground suddenly distorted eerily, like oil slicks on water being stirred up.

At the edge of this distorted light and shadow, an equally ferocious and terrifying figure suddenly appeared, instantly piercing Zhou Shenghao's heart with its sharp, long tongue.

The rusty, fishy smell in the air seemed to have intensified slightly.

"Tick-tock..."

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Crimson blood dripped onto the ground.

Zhou Shenghao stared at the scene before him in disbelief.

"Why...: Why are there [Abyssal Blood Predators] here?"

"You, how are you able to...?"

Before he could finish speaking, the Bloodthirsty Predator's long tongue, sharper than alloy, churned, turning his heart into a pile of minced flesh, ending his last chance of life.

Just before my vision was completely filled with darkness,

He saw blood leeches emerging from the brain of the so-called "Abyssal Blood Predator".

At the same time, it obediently rubbed against Zhou Yibai's feet.

The flashback in Zhou Shenghao's memory kept flashing, finally settling on one image.

In that Chaoshan beef offal hot pot restaurant,

Under that dim yellow light,

The middle-aged man looked at himself with a puzzled expression and asked:

"Who influenced you?"

A flash of understanding crossed his eyes.

So that's how it is. "I wasn't led astray by Zhou Yibai's deliberately provocative words."

"But their spirits were truly affected."

Thinking of the Thousand-Headed Blood Leech Queen, he suddenly smiled again.

Are you also trying to get something from a tiger?

"Zhou Yibai... your grades in mythology biology class are probably pretty bad."