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Chapter 310 Wolf-Headed Monster, Black-Scaled Twin Blades, Flower Knight

【"not good!"】

Without a word, Luo Yi grabbed Eve and ran wildly through the thick fog.

[Normally, it's safe at Suzuran High School. Miss Delilah needs to socialize with the noble ladies, so his "sharp blade" doesn't require close protection. Before school ends, he only needs to quietly cultivate in this grove and wait for news.]

[Crack. 】

[Crack. 】

That was the sound of claws striking stone slabs, each step accompanied by a teeth-grinding metallic scraping.

Suddenly, white mist surged ahead.

A strong gust of wind rushed in from ahead; something was rapidly approaching Luo Yi.

However, visibility was limited to only three meters in the thick fog, so Luo Yi could only rely on instinct and sound to make his judgments.

【Whoosh! 】

Luo Yi's blade sliced ​​through the mist, but in the next moment—

[Clang——! !]

The deafening clang of metal clashing was deafening, sparks flying through the milky white mist. A violent shockwave ripped through the blade, tearing the skin between the thumb and forefinger, blood dripping from the hilt.

"Iron armor?"

Luo Yi's pupils constricted sharply as he saw that the standard training longsword in his hand had chipped with a serrated edge, the blade bent, and it was now scrap metal.

Without hesitation, he spun around and delivered a powerful whip kick. With a muffled thud, a heavy body was sent flying, the cracking sound of a breaking tree trunk particularly jarring in the fog.

"Yi, Yi, your hand..."

Eve's trembling voice came from behind.

Blood dripped from the boy's drooping fingertips, but Luo Yi seemed oblivious, his eyes fixed on the churning wall of mist ahead.

【despair.】

The sound of viscous liquid dripping grew closer.

Suddenly, two enormous claws covered in black scales tore through the mist, followed by the hideous head of a wolf—drool dripped from the monster's fangs onto the stone slab. It was over two meters tall, its body covered in jet-black scales, and its shoulders draped with some kind of moldy animal hide.

[Most chillingly, a bloodstained fragment of a lily-of-the-valley school uniform was caught on its claws.]

"What monster?!"

Luo Yi's pupils suddenly contracted, veins bulged on his neck, and he hurled the broken hilt of his knife fiercely at the wolf-headed monster's face!

That was its only weakness, not covered in black scales.

"Awooo—!"

The wolf-headed monster roared in pain, drool flying everywhere.

Seizing this fleeting opportunity, Luo Yi shot out like an arrow, his left hand forming a claw, aiming straight for the monster's neck!

【Boom! 】

[Boom! ! ]

The blood of the three Blood Knights surged through their veins, hot and burning, every muscle taut as steel.

【Pfft! 】

[Luo Yi's five fingers, sharp as knives, actually pierced the soft scales that connected his face and body!]

[Blood gushed out!]

The monster swung its claws in a rage. Luo Yi dodged to the side, but the edge of its scales still grazed his ribs, tearing his clothes and opening his skin.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Luo Yi leaped up, his right leg swinging out like a battle axe, his heel slamming hard into the monster's nose!

Without steel blades, close combat with such a monster is a life-or-death gamble with every encounter. But after discovering that his strength was roughly equal to itss, Luo Yi calmed down completely.

His breathing gradually synchronized with his heartbeat, each breath causing the primal blood within him to surge even more violently.

In the distance, Eve's cries pierced the thick fog. Closer at hand, his own heart pounded like a drum. Rusty blood seeped from his lips—but all of this did not disturb his mind; instead, it forged his fighting spirit into the purest killing intent.

【"die!"】

Luo Yi let out a low growl and rolled and fought with the wolf-headed monster in the thick fog. His five fingers, like hooks, tore open a piece of black scale, and thick, dark blood spurted out, scalding his arm red.

The monster roared in pain, wildly swinging its claws, but he ducked to avoid it and delivered a swift elbow strike.

【Pfft! 】

Luo Yi's arm plunged completely into the monster's wound, his fingers groping through the viscous internal organs until he finally grasped a pulsating core blood vessel—he pulled it out with all his might, dragging out a large mass of writhing flesh.

The wolf-headed monster let out a piercing howl, its massive body crashing to the ground, twitching a few times before falling silent again.

Luo Yi knelt in a pool of blood, panting, when suddenly he felt something inside his body shatter with a "crack"—

The dark red lines beneath the skin suddenly erupted, spreading wildly like a living thing, covering the entire body in the blink of an eye. A tearing pain swept over her, as if every bone was being reassembled and every drop of blood was burning.

Luo Yi gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead, but the excruciating pain came and went quickly, receding like a tide in an instant, replaced by an unprecedented surge of power.

"He broke through so easily? This is the source blood..."

Luo Yi stared blankly at his blood-stained palm—the wounds, originally torn by scales, were healing at a visible speed.

My heart pounded, and my blood surged like molten lava—that was the primordial blood flowing through my body!

Luo Yi slowly stood up, his bones cracking with a series of crisp sounds.

In the midst of the life-or-death struggle, his blood boiled, unleashing the full potential of his body and condensing his source blood in one fell swoop—preliminary estimates suggest his strength increased at least threefold, while his skin became exceptionally tough, like a layer of cowhide, impervious to even sharp blades wielded by ordinary people.

Luo Yi is now a full-fledged knight.

In the Augu Empire, regardless of who you are, what your status is—whether you are a commoner, a slave, or even a member of the Black-Eyed Clan—anyone who goes to the "Sanctuary" will be immediately granted the noble title of "Knight."

"Yi!" Eve shouted, "There's more towards the teaching building!"

The young knight suddenly turned his head.

In the distance, mist swirls and the howls of wolves echo.

【"Sizzle—"

[Luo Yi snapped out of his daze, his five fingers digging into the monster's corpse like iron hooks. With a sudden burst of strength, his taut arm tore off the entire giant claw covered in black scales.]

He gripped the monster's claw blade and swung it, the sound of it cutting through the air sharp as a ghost's howl. The black scales that would normally require all his strength to tear were now as fragile as paper before this claw blade.

A cold glint flashed in Luo Yi's eyes—this monster's scales were incredibly strong, but its claws could easily slice through the defenses of its own kind!

"Next, Miss Eve, please follow me closely!"

Luo Yi tucked his other claw blade into his waistband; he was heading to the teaching building to find Miss Delilah.

"Yes." Eve's eyes were filled with a sense of security. In the fog of uncertainty, she could only rely on her boyfriend, Luo Yi. She was incredibly grateful for the decision she had made a few months ago.

The grove where Luo Yi practiced was not far from the teaching building. Along the way, the two encountered a wolf-headed monster again. After Luo Yi decapitated it in a few moves, he roughly compared its strength and found it to be only the same as the "One Blood Knight"?

[And it doesn't have scales?]

Luo Yi narrowed his eyes, his enhanced senses from the source blood allowing him to capture more details in the mist—the wandering shadows, though also wolf-headed and human-bodied, were covered only in ordinary grayish-brown fur, far less imposing than the black-scaled monster.

[It seems... Blackscale is some kind of mutated individual? Or perhaps a leader?]

Without time to think, Luo Yi leaped forward, his boots crushing the stone slabs, his figure shooting into the thick fog like an arrow. Ahead, three gray-furred wolf monsters were tearing apart the corpse of a guard, foul-smelling saliva dripping from their fangs.

Luo Yi didn't even slow down—

The claws flashed three eerie blue streaks in the mist. The foremost wolf didn't even have time to raise its head before its head was sent flying into the air. The second wolf had barely turned around when its throat was pierced, the black-scaled claws protruding from the back of its neck, drawing a spray of foul blood.

Luo Yi didn't stop; he continued running towards the "sound."

The black blood on the claws left a gruesome trail in the mist. Several more gray wolf-like monsters pounced along the way, but before they could even get close, they were torn to shreds by the fierce claw wind.

"Too weak...not even in the same league as the Blackscale Monster!"

Within Luo Yi's sight, all the wolf-headed monsters were dead.

The wolf-headed monsters, drawn by the blood, seemed stunned by the scene. They paused for a moment, exchanged a few words, and then each stealthily retreated a few steps before quickly fleeing and disappearing into the mist.

These monsters are intelligent!?

[Luo Yi, having condensed his source blood, experienced a comprehensive enhancement of his body and five senses. He keenly sensed the wolf-headed monsters scattering and fleeing around him, but instead of joy, he felt great alarm.]

Just then, the sounds of fighting could be faintly heard from upstairs, along with a familiar voice—"Get out of here! You filthy beasts!"

[Delilah's voice!]

Luo Yi, not having time to wait for his girlfriend Eve, immediately went upstairs.

The three had known each other since childhood, and Miss Delilah had relied on them for support.

They were like family, having lived together since childhood. The eldest brother, Luo Feng, already considered Miss Delilah as his missing sister.

Therefore, Luo Yi's reason for protecting Miss Delilah was not out of duty as a guard, but rather a more complex emotional attachment—"the angel who brought him apples," "the sister who gave him food," and "the younger sister who needed his protection."

Therefore, Luo Yi voluntarily protected Miss Delilah, which is also Miss Delilah's highest understanding of "loyalty." A cold, unfeeling machine, once it realizes it has been deceived, is prone to going out of control in some unknown corner. Sincerity—that's the ultimate weapon!

At this moment, in the corridor of the Suzuran High School teaching building, blood trickled down the steps like a stream.

Limbs and severed bodies were scattered everywhere: torn arms, half-eaten heads, and several corpses still clutching broken weapons—these were the first-time victims of the Suzuran High School athletic class.

His physique, normally enough to crush ordinary people, was now being torn to shreds like a rag doll.

[A recruit who hasn't seen blood...with limited visibility in the dense fog, even wielding a sharp blade in a one-on-one fight, would absolutely be unable to remain "calm" and kill an ordinary wolf-headed monster.]

Moreover, the wolf-headed monsters travel in packs, in groups of three to five.

[It was practically torture.]

"Even the drill instructor is dead..."

Luo Yi's gaze swept over a corpse lying face up—it was a retired "Three Bloods" instructor, his chest completely ripped open, his eyes still open, a final, frozen disbelief in his gray pupils.

The fatal wound was in the throat.

[Lacking a suitable weapon, the instructor, who constantly taught everyone to have the "heart of a warrior," was himself indulging in the comforts of Suzuran High School and had long since lost the courage to fight anything.]

[Luo Yi, still at the third blood stage and lacking breakthrough skills and strength, couldn't match the experienced instructors in actual combat, yet he survived this disaster.]

[Luo Yi's thoughts flashed by; he took this as a warning.]

[At the far end of the third floor, heavy impacts continued to echo, and Luo Yi quickened his pace.]

Turning the corner, Luo Yi saw—

[A group of twelve wolf-headed monsters surrounded the door of a classroom, their thick arms taking turns slamming against the door, sending splinters of wood flying.]

Inside the classroom, the grating sound of desks and chairs scraping against the door was deafening, along with suppressed sobs from students.

[In fact, the twelve wolf-headed monsters had already eaten their fill. The windows and doors had been torn open, exposing all the students to the monsters' claws. However, due to the thick fog, dozens of students huddled in a corner, and no one noticed that the wolf-headed monsters hadn't gone inside...]

Luo Yi became even more certain that these mist monsters possessed intelligence.

At this moment, the wolf-headed monster with black scales around its heart suddenly twitched its nose, as if it had smelled something dangerous.

The leading monster suddenly hissed from deep within its throat, the hairs on the back of its neck, covered in fine black scales, standing on end. It slowly turned, its dark red beastly eyes fixed on the shadow at the top of the stairs.

The not-so-tall shadow had silently approached to within three meters of them.

The remaining wolf-headed monsters reacted, staring intently at the two black-scaled claw blades in Luo Yi's hands, still covered in bits of flesh. Their twelve pairs of beastly eyes contracted simultaneously, and they let out puppy-like whimpers.

The sound of pounding on the door abruptly stopped.

The two exchanged a glance. Luo Yi flicked the blood off his claws, a ferocious smile twisting his lips, and stepped closer.

The wolf-headed monster was filled with apprehension towards the boy, and began to retreat stealthily, holding its breath and daring not to make a sound. An eerie silence instantly descended upon the mist.

Luo Yi had already discovered that these monsters also lacked sight within the fog—they relied solely on sound and smell.

"The sounds outside seem to have stopped?!" A gentle female voice rang out from inside the classroom.

"Has anyone gone out to check if those wolf-headed monsters are gone? Ruben, you're the chief knight of Suzuran High School, the strongest man among us..."

"Ms. Mary, I'm not going!"

"Ms. Mary, let's let Delilah and the others go take a look!" another female student's voice rang out.

"Yes, let them out!" a trembling boy's voice came from inside. "Maybe these monsters... won't eat us anymore once they've had their fill!"

"Yes, yes, yes! They won't eat us anymore once they're full!" another girl echoed, her voice trembling with tears. Delilah and several other girls were pushed to the front by the crowd.

"Ruvin! You're a knight! You coward!" Diana roared.

"I'm not a coward!"

[Lu Wen was terrified. Although he was the "Chief Knight" of Suzuran High School and had reached the second-level bloodline at only sixteen years old, that was all thanks to the meat of exotic beasts his family had fed him since childhood, and he had also consumed many precious Heavenly Gift Seeds.]

But those monsters were different... Even the battle-hardened Instructor Three Bloods was killed by the combined attack of the five wolf-headed monsters—who choked him!

He's just a child; he can't possibly defeat this terrifying monster from hell!

"Ms. Mary!" Diana, an untrained knight, was no match for the others in strength. She turned and cried out in despair, hoping to seek her teacher's help.

Meanwhile, the beautiful teacher wearing glasses in the corner was trembling, her mind blank.

【"Well……"】

Delilah's fingertips scratched five white marks on the oak window frame before she suddenly stopped struggling. Her deep blue pupils widened slightly, reflecting the blood-soaked figure in the corridor.

[The crowd, puzzled, looked up and followed Miss Delilah's gaze, then suddenly froze, their hands instinctively stopping their shoving of Miss Delilah and Diana.]

They just stared blankly out the window.

The students, crowded behind Diana, stared wide-eyed at a blood-soaked, unrecognizable boy wielding twin black-scaled blades, facing a wolf-headed monster that was retreating from him.

The arguing and pulling sounds stopped abruptly.

"What happened?"

[Ms. Mary, sitting in the back row, asked a question in a trembling voice, her tear-streaked face squeezing through the crowd.]

The female teacher's pale face had just peeked out when she saw—

【"roar--!"】

The most massive wolf-headed monster suddenly sprang to life, but instead of attacking the boy, it slammed wildly into the stained-glass window on the other side of the corridor.

【"Whoosh—!"】

A flash of cold light. The two-meter-tall figure had just leaped when it was pierced through the chest by the spinning black-scaled claw blade.

At the same time, the remaining wolf-headed monsters roared and pounced!

The narrow corridor could only allow two people to walk side by side at a time, and the monster's claws at the front had only swung halfway through their attack—

[Luo Yi swung his claw back, his black-scaled blade slicing through its throat as easily as cutting tofu! Before its head even hit the ground, he spun around and delivered a whip kick, shattering the second monster's kneecap with a "crack!"]

[The ordinary wolf-headed monster, without the protection of its black scales, was as fragile as a straw in front of Luo Yi, who had become a "formal knight"!]

Claw blades slashed through the corridor, leaving trails of death, each strike sending up a spray of blood. Luo Yi's figure weaved through the wolf pack, his blade slicing open the throat of the third monster!

[The last one turned to flee, but was pierced through the back of its head by a bone fragment thrown by Luo Yi.]

[In just ten seconds, the corridor fell silent again.]

Luo Yi slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, squatted down, and pulled the black-scaled claw blades from the corpse. The two black-scaled claw blades hung at his sides, thick blood dripping from their tips.

【clatter. 】

The footsteps were exceptionally clear in the deathly silent corridor.

The students in the classroom stared wide-eyed as the blood-soaked boy approached. His black hair was plastered to his forehead with blood, and his Suzuran High School uniform was tattered and mangled from the fighting.

The monstrous appearance sent a chill down the spines of everyone in the classroom.

Ms. Mary covered her lips with her lace gloves; half of the music teacher's carefully styled hair came undone, and her pearl hairpins swayed with her trembling.

Clearly, Ms. Mary and the others did not recognize the little nobody in the class.

Luo Yi's presence was so weak, and he never attended Ms. Mary's music lessons...

The thought, "This can't possibly be human..." grew wildly in everyone's minds.

How could an ordinary teenager possibly slaughter more than ten wolf-headed monsters?

[Without a doubt, what's before us isn't a person, but a humanoid monster emerging from the eerie fog!]

Someone unconsciously stepped back, knocking over the desk behind them.

Someone covered their mouth tightly, afraid to make a sound.

The entire classroom seemed frozen in place.

【until--】

【clatter. 】

Amidst the horrified expressions of the crowd, Miss Delilah rose, calmly straightening her slightly disheveled shirt. Her high heels shimmered over shards of glass as she casually tucked a stray strand of blonde hair behind her ear.

Miss Delilah's beautiful blue eyes shimmered as she stared intently at Luo Yi, a smile suddenly blooming on her face.

"My flower knight."

She stood on tiptoe and used her clean sleeve to wipe the scabs from Luo Yi's cheek. "You're late."

The boy instinctively tried to back away, but cold fingers gripped his wrist guard.

"I'm sorry." Luo Yi didn't want to struggle forcefully, so he could only let Miss Delilah's overly intimate actions continue.

"What? Delilah, you know this strange...person?"

……

(End of this chapter)