Nightmare Light

Chapter 269 Blood Skills

The day after obtaining the Blood skill.

On the side of the road next to a farmers' market in Tangshengcheng.

Lin Wang, who had just learned a new skill, was having a great time.

The day before, under the tree fern, Lin Wang had just learned a new ability—manipulating blood.

Under the tree fern, there weren't many testing conditions—of the chickens, ducks, sheep, and geese they had just bought, the villagers only slaughtered two chickens to improve their lives; the rest they would raise.

Therefore, Lin Wang had no conditions for testing skills—he couldn't very well use the villagers to test them, could he?

So, after returning to Tang Shengcheng's home and taking a nap, Lin Wang went out to find some testing conditions in Tang Shengcheng.

Lin Wang already understood the basic usage of the Blood Skill—unlike many of his previous skills, the Blood Skill's effect was more concealed.

Lin Wang's previous abilities were mostly "external" abilities, such as ice and fire, which were released directly to impact the target and then take effect.

However, blood skills are different. Blood skills are more often "onset" and take effect immediately.

It doesn't need to be condensed or impacted; it only requires Lin Wang's command to produce an effect directly.

Lin Wang's gaze swept across the road, searching for a target to test.

At an outdoor coffee table, a man with high cheekbones and thick lips, holding a coffee cup, leered at a young woman passing by, his gaze drifting to her lower back...and down.

A fly happened to fly above the coffee cup, and suddenly with a buzz, the fly fluttered its wings a few times and fell right into the coffee cup.

The man drank it down in one gulp, his expression froze, and the next second, he covered his mouth, choked on his throat, and squatted by the roadside to start dry heaving.

A scream suddenly rang out from the intersection. A thief, carrying a bag, ran away at top speed, followed by urgent shouts: "Stop thief!"

The thief grinned and ran very fast, but suddenly his face froze, he slowed down, and his whole body began to tremble.

The thief dropped the bag, hugged his arms, and collapsed to the ground, shivering: "Cold...so cold, so cold!"

Beside the sewer, a white-tailed black cat was stealthily approaching a mouse when the mouse suddenly squeaked and exploded into a bloody mess. The cat was startled, arched its back, bristled its fur, and turned to run away.

Tsk, sorry little cat...

Continuing the search... There's a slender, tall young woman at the intersection... Can't make her my target... Wait, someone I know?
Lin Wang was taken aback, and upon closer inspection, he recognized her as a familiar face—Tian Taozi.

A tall girl with wheat-colored skin, exuding a boisterous and cheerful energy.

She was holding a flat, golden sugar painting in her hand, and was about to bite off the head of a majestic general from the painting.

Just then, she saw Lin Wang squatting across the street, and Tian Taozi called out excitedly, "Hey! Lin Wang! Lin Wang!"

As she spoke, she waved her hand vigorously, and the poor headless sugar figure swayed from side to side in the wind, looking extremely pitiful.

The girl scurried over to Lin Wang and poked the headless sugar figurine at him, saying, "Here, have a bite!"

Lin Wang: “…”

The way you're acting makes it seem like you're going to poke me to death with that sugar figurine.

Lin Wang broke off a small piece from the sugar figurine and popped it into his mouth: "What are you doing around here?"

Tian Taozi, biting into a sugar figurine, frowned slightly: "Sigh, lately a bunch of scoundrels have been committing crimes everywhere. The station sent us all out to sweep the streets and look for clues..."

"A case? Aren't you from the Extraordinary Affairs Department?"

“Yes, it’s an abnormal case.” Tian Taozi bit the whole sugar figurine into pieces in a few bites, stuffed it into her mouth, and then pulled out a large bag of hawthorn strips from somewhere. “Recently, several blood banks in Tang Shengcheng have been experiencing blood loss… Why are you looking at me like that?”

Lin Wang looked at Tian Taozi expressionlessly: "You just said... that the blood bank at the city hospital lost blood?"

"correct."

"Then you'll just camp out near the market? Do you think you'll even find anyone there?!"

"Damn it!" Tian Taozi cursed, "I knew something wasn't right..."

"You're only thinking about where to eat at the market, aren't you!" "Hey, speaking of food, there's a grilled fish stall in the market, their grilled fish is amazing!"

At this point, Tian Taozi simply grabbed Lin Wang and said, "Since we're already here, let's go eat grilled fish!"

Lin Wang was slightly taken aback, then smiled and let the girl pull him into the market.

Tian Taozi is a girl full of crisp and neat energy, and whenever you see her, you feel a sense of vitality.

Or rather—he has a very strong vitality.

This is precisely what Lin Wang, who prefers quiet solitude, lacks.

Therefore, whenever he sees Tian Taozi, he always unconsciously relaxes a little and his mood becomes more cheerful.

This is probably the fun of walking a husky. (Just kidding)
Speaking of which, Teacher Liu gives Lin Wang a similar feeling, but Tian Taozi gives people the feeling of being more straightforward, while Liu Azhe gives people the feeling of... having a more peculiar thought process.

However, both of them are energetic and vibrant.

They're all huskies anyway.

Tian Taozi pulled Lin Wang along, and the two of them found a small food stall in a corner of the market. The stall owners were an elderly couple.

The husband was busy at the stove, while the wife was wiping the table.

The shop is small, but extremely clean, making a good first impression.

Lin Wang noticed that the proprietress had neatly stacked a pile of clean, pure white towels in the corner of the room, and that she used these to wipe the tables.

Noticing Lin Wang's gaze, the shop owner smiled at the two of them: "Our shop is small, and most of our customers are neighbors. We use high-quality products so that everyone can eat with peace of mind—wholesale towels don't cost much."

Then she smiled at Tian Taozi and said, "Taozi's here again!"

"Here it is!" Tian Taozi quickly ordered the main ingredients and side dishes, then shouted generously, "Add twenty bottles of beer!"

"No way, you still have a mission, right? I can't let you make a mistake." The shop owner chuckled and placed two bottles of soda on the table. "Is this your boyfriend? So tall... from the North?"

“Ah, he’s not…” Tian Taozi waved both hands together, but hesitated for a moment before saying this, “He’s just my friend.”

"Boss, do you know about the people from the North?" Lin Wang asked.

"Of course I know. Northerners aren't some mysterious creatures. Those big guys from the North have great personalities and are easy to befriend—everyone in the Federation knows that," the shop owner chuckled. "...I'll stop talking to you now and get the fish cooked for you."

The shop owner got up and went to cook fish for the two of them.

Tian Taozi couldn't stay still. She wandered around inside and outside the shop. After chatting with the shop owner and his wife for a while, the girl simply grabbed a rag and started helping the proprietress with her work. She was also very good at working. She was straightforward, quick and efficient, and had a carefree, bright smile on her face while she worked.

Lin Wang, meanwhile, pondered the shop owner's words, his brows furrowing slightly as he fell into deep thought.

The people of the North... if they really have such a good reputation in the Federation, as the shop owner said.

They live far away in the cold, harsh lands of the far north, guarding the northern frontier for the Federation and blocking the northern mist spirits...

Why is the Federation using troops against those big guys?

What exactly is the reason behind this?
As he was pondering this, he heard the shop owner call out, "Honey! Get me a fish! Pick a big one for Peach!"

The proprietress responded, wiped her hands, and walked towards the fishpond.

As she walked to the edge of the fishpond, she suddenly screamed, her face turning terrified.

"Honey! Here we go again!"

Upon hearing this, the shop owner put down his spatula and ran over.

Tian Taozi and Lin Wang also followed closely to the fishpond.

Then they saw a fish in the pond, belly up, floating on the surface of the water, already dead.

Strangely, even though it was in the water, it was completely shriveled, as if it had died from dehydration caused by sun exposure.

(End of this chapter)