Chapter 104: Battle in the Fog

Chen Ling couldn't help but swallow.

The afterimage that had darted from Zhao Yi’s shadow earlier was too fast; Chen Ling hadn't seen what it was before he blasted it into smithereens... Now, looking closely at these monsters, there was something inexplicably festive about them.

It was like Thanksgiving turkeys, fragrant and plump, hopping off the dinner table and bouncing toward him—only these turkeys were each over two meters tall.

Are disasters that crawl out of the Gray Realm... all this delicious?

【Audience anticipation +8】

Chen Ling thought about it and felt something was wrong. The one in the factory that Zhao Yi described was a centipede. How did it turn into a broiler chicken after hatching from an egg?

But now was not the time to think carefully about this. The sturdy broilers were approaching him, and from them, Chen Ling could feel a faint sense of pressure... These broilers were at least at the First Tier level.

"One, two, three... six, seven, eight... eight of them?"

If nothing went wrong, all the disasters currently in Frost Street had been attracted to him.

Chen Ling’s eyes narrowed slightly...

"This... why are these monsters so disgusting?" The middle-aged woman quietly crawled to the windowsill. Seeing the scene in the middle of the street, her face turned even paler. "Can Chen Ling win?"

Boss Xu’s face was also ugly. After all, Chen Ling had just been promoted to enforcer. Facing so many monsters at once, he looked like the weaker party... But he didn't know why, he just felt that Chen Ling was even harder to mess with than these monsters.

The same worry appeared in the hearts of other Frost Street residents. They looked through the windows, nervously watching the battlefield in the fog, their hearts nearly jumping out of their chests.

Under everyone’s gaze, Chen Ling, in his black trench coat, moved. He slowly raised his dagger...

And backhanded it into his own abdomen!

Everyone: ???

【Audience anticipation +5】

After the first stab, Chen Ling felt it wasn't enough. He backhanded two more stabs into his lower abdomen and between his ribs. The blade of the dagger turned completely red. The battle hadn't even started, and he had already entered a wounded state.

Scarlet blood gushed from the wounds, staining the shirt under his trench coat crimson. Chen Ling’s mouth curled slightly...

These three stabs didn't bring him any pain; instead, there was an inexplicable tingling... He could feel a steady stream of power erupting from within his body, and his five senses were several times sharper than usual. At this moment, the eight figures rushing toward him seemed to slow down.

So this is [Blood Garment]...

Chen Ling’s self-mutilation and eerie smile left the people of Frost Street with blank minds.

They had never seen anyone stab themselves before a fight... Those three stabs were deeper one after another. If it were an ordinary person, they would probably be pale with pain, but Chen Ling not only felt no pain, he showed a sense of pleasure.

This scene looked bizarre at first glance, but happening to Chen Ling, it seemed quite reasonable. After all, this was the existence that ate human hearts raw.

Was this some kind of evil ritual before the war? Or a sacrifice to some evil entity?

Everyone suddenly felt that compared to Chen Ling at this moment, those scary-looking shadow centipedes didn't seem so terrifying anymore...

The eight shadow centipedes suddenly stirred the thick fog and rushed at the blood-covered Chen Ling with astonishing speed. Everyone felt a blur before their eyes, and the blood-shadow suddenly lunged out, kicking the lead centipede into the thick fog!

Chen Ling’s speed was too fast, like a high-speed train. The moment he kicked the shadow centipede, the terrifying force nearly crushed and deformed it, sending it flying dozens of meters away with a whistle!

The cold light of the dagger spun in Chen Ling’s palm. He backhanded to block a centipede that was biting at him. The dense, long legs grabbed at Chen Ling’s body, but he dodged them.

He raised his gun, the muzzle locked onto the wriggling dark red hole on the black skull, and pulled the trigger repeatedly!

Bang, bang, bang—!

Three bullets shot out, piercing the centipede’s skull. It twisted and curled on the spot for a moment, then stopped moving.

Chen Ling knew many people were watching him, so he didn't want to use [Judgment Court] or [Faceless] again. Fortunately, [Killing Waltz] wasn't as recognizable. Even if he used it, these ordinary people might not understand it, so he relied solely on it and [Blood Garment] for frantic close-quarters combat.

Chen Ling looked back at the three broilers rushing at him simultaneously. He charged forward without any defense. Sharp claws and beaks pierced his body, instantly leaving dense, bloody holes... locking him in place.

The watching Frost Street residents skipped a heartbeat.

They saw Chen Ling, pierced by the long legs of three shadow centipedes, sneer. Enduring the injuries, he drove his dagger through the skull of one centipede and backhanded the gun barrel into the mouth of another, pulling the trigger. Both centipede corpses fell to the ground on the spot.

"A few broilers... want to kill me??"

Chen Ling grabbed the broiler that had pierced him with his bare hands, one hand on its head, the other on its leg. The terrifying power brought by [Blood Garment] lifted it into the air, and then he tore and stretched it bit by bit... The broiler wriggled frantically, but with a roar from Chen Ling, it was torn in two by hand!

Foul-smelling blood and internal organs splattered the ground. Chen Ling, covered in blood, looked down at the half-chicken leg left in his hand, suddenly feeling an urge to take a bite...

He swallowed and resisted.

He didn't like eating raw food.

Chen Ling tossed the half-corpse aside and looked coldly at the remaining three broilers. His figure flickered, and he turned into a blood-shadow, charging out again!

In the fog-shrouded street, the only sound left was the tearing of flesh. All the residents peeking from behind windows felt their stomachs churning violently, their faces looking indescribably ugly...

"Ugh!"

Boss Xu’s wife finally couldn't help but rush to the bathroom and vomit on the spot.

Chen Ling’s battle was too bloody, especially the scene of him tearing the centipede apart by hand. Everyone watched as that fierce centipede was torn in two, its organs spilling all over the ground... Most importantly, Chen Ling ended up holding that centipede head in his arms, looking completely intoxicated.

【Audience anticipation +7】

Chen Ling perhaps felt that using a dagger and gun wasn't satisfying enough, so he completely abandoned his weapons and began to slaughter them with his bare hands. The blood-stained black trench coat fluttered in the thick fog, and at the same time, the sharp hissing of the shadow centipedes rang out one after another.