"Ah!"

Upon hearing Qin Shang's blood-curdling scream about the Blood Demon just before his death, Chen Hao's face immediately showed a look of surprise as he came to a realization, "I understand now! Qin Shang's true purpose in finding this zither was to use its music to awaken the so-called Blood Demon. Yes, it must be so!"

After speaking, Chen Hao seemed extremely annoyed and regretted not having stopped Qin Shang earlier.

"Blood Demon?" Ye Fei asked, full of surprise.

Tang Jing looked at Ye Fei, explaining with a furrowed brow, "The Blood Demon is said to be the ancestor of all zombies, the one that turned humans or beastmen into zombies by biting them."

"So where is it now? Will it really be awakened as Chen Hao has guessed?"

Tang Jing shook her head helplessly and said, "Had we not personally heard Qin Shang calling out to the Blood Demon, we could never be certain as to whether the Blood Demon from the legends truly existed. As for whether it will be awakened, that remains unknown."

"It's unbelievable!" Xie Xiaofeng exclaimed, "We thought it was just a minor incident of wolf beasts appearing, but in the end, even the dragons, the City of Yin and Time, and the Blood Demon from the legends have become involved!"

"What's worse, half of the northern district is gone!" Ye Fei said somberly, his face ashen. Below them lay a giant pit over two hundred meters deep, where thousands of lives were buried. The ancient city that had been sealed underground by a barrier from the ancestors of the City of Yin and Time had also, like a fleeting mirage, been corroded and destroyed by the wolf blood.

"Could the wolf blood continue to spread to the surroundings?" Tang Jing asked with a worried look on her face.

Chen Hao shook his head and said, "It shouldn't! Based on my observations, the wolf blood is consumed with every bit of corrosion. Now that most of the northern district's land and an entire ancient city have been eroded by the wolf blood, there shouldn't be much left. I estimate that soon it will dry up below."

Having said that, Chen Hao patted Ye Fei on the shoulder, comforting him, "Ye Fei, don't think too much about it, we've all done our best."

Ye Fei nodded, though his face was still filled with sadness.

Just then, the phone in Ye Fei's pocket suddenly rang. His expression turned anxious since his phone was always set to silent; only his partner could remotely control it to activate the ringing. Unless it was something urgent, his partner would never do so.

After handing over Tang Jing to Chen Hao, Ye Fei took out his phone and answered the call. He heard his partner's deep voice, "Ye Fei, did you lose the earpiece?"

"It probably got knocked out earlier," Ye Fei said, not entirely sure, recalling the moment he had faced the dragon head-on, guessing that the earpiece might have been lost when he was struck and sent flying by the dragon. "What's wrong? Is there some kind of emergency?"

"Ye Fei, the principal called me a moment ago to tell you that Yan Ru has been abducted!"

"What!" Ye Fei became frantic, anger igniting within him.

Ye Fei's partner spoke of the principal, who was Yan Ru's father, Ye Fei's father's fellow disciple, and currently the principal of the high school where Ye Fei attended—Yan Yang.

"Ye Fei, don't panic," his partner tried to soothe him over the phone, "I'm currently hacking into the city's entire traffic monitoring system and discovered that Yan Ru was taken to the Zhongtian Building by someone with qinggong skills like yours. It appears to be Yun Zhongtian's doing."

"Yun Zhongtian!" Ye Fei gritted his teeth angrily, pausing briefly before swiftly changing the subject, "Right, is the principal all right?"

"He's got some minor injuries, nothing serious. Go save Yan Ru. I'll call the principal later and let him know that you're on your way to find her. Oh, and one more thing, Yun Zhongtian is still hiding inside the Terry Pharmaceutical Factory and has not come out."

After hanging up, Ye Fei shared the news with Chen Hao and the others.

Having heard what Ye Fei had said, Chen Hao patted his shoulder and said, "Ye Fei, don't worry. We'll definitely rescue Yan Ru unharmed."

Nodding slightly, Ye Fei then hurried away with Xie Xiaofeng, with Chen Hao following close behind with Ye Yuqiao and Tang Jing.

As they moved forward, Chen Hao noticed the gloominess on Ye Yuqiao's face and asked inwardly, "Yuqiao, are you sad about Qin Shang?"

Ye Yuqiao turned her head to give Chen Hao a cold glance and snorted in anger before replying, "No, I'm angry at you. You, you, you're annoying!"

"Me?" Chen Hao was puzzled. But soon he realized that Tang Jing was tightly clinging to his right arm.

"Girlfriend, you just had the nerve to criticize me, are you also the jealous type? Besides, you and Tang Jing are best friends now, yet you often leave me alone in the terrifying night."

"That's right, I am jealous. Haven't you heard the popular saying lately, 'Beware of fire, theft, and best friends'?"

"Ah! My queen, you've really gotten down to earth lately, even saying stuff like 'Beware of fire, theft, and best friends.'"

"Hmph! I don't care, I just mind and I'm not happy. When we get back, you better kneel on the keyboard for me."

A few minutes later, Ye Fei and Xie Xiaofeng reached the rooftop of the Zhongtian Building. No sooner had they touched ground than two shadows swiftly approached them.

"Be careful!" Ye Fei shouted, then he quickly pulled Xie Xiaofeng behind him and countered the right palm strike coming from the man on his left with his own left palm.

With a "smack," two fierce palm winds collided. If it had been a day earlier, either they would have been evenly matched or Ye Fei would have been repelled, but now, with the power of the Fish Man within him, Ye Fei's strength had increased by dozens of times over that of the day before. Thus, the shadowy figure was sent flying hundreds of meters away until he vanished into the night.

Seeing this, the man on Ye Fei's right was stunned; he hadn't expected the Campus Hero's strength to far exceed his imagination. By the time he came to his senses, Ye Fei's palm was already gripping his throat.

"Where have you taken her?" Ye Fei demanded furiously, his face ashen.

"Campus Hero, your girlfriend is with me!" At that moment, a deep voice came from behind them.

After knocking out the man under his grip, Ye Fei and Xie Xiaofeng turned to see a man with immense Inner Strength holding Yan Ru by the neck at the edge of the rooftop.

"Ye Fei!" Yan Ru called out hoarsely, her face deathly pale and expression pained.

"Little Ru!" Ye Fei was trembling with urgency, "What do you want?"

The man gave a cold laugh and said, "To be honest, I haven't decided what to do with her. I didn't expect you to find this place so quickly. You truly live up to the name Campus Hero!"

At that moment, the man's phone rang.

"It's a call from the employer," the man said, and then he answered the call.

Seconds later, the man hung up and lamented, "Sorry, the employer has ordered me to kill the hostage! Don't hate us; we're just doing our job for the money!"

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