I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

"Why don't we go check out that suite where the person died? Wouldn't that be more exciting?"

Someone in Ye Chenglin's small group suddenly made a suggestion.

"No, that's not good. There aren't even any lights. It's too scary. I'm a little frightened..."

One of the girls whispered her refusal.

"What are you afraid of? There are so many of us. Even if a ghost comes, it won't know who to grab. Besides, isn't Young Master Pei here? His martial arts are so high. He can protect us if anything happens."

The man said casually.

Pei Tiancheng smiled and was about to speak when he suddenly heard a strange rustling sound. He immediately turned his head and looked over. In a daze, he seemed to see a dark shadow dart past him.

"What is that!" he shouted angrily.

Everyone was startled by him.

"What's wrong, Young Master Pei? What happened?"

"Don't scare me, I have a heart condition. Could there really be a ghost?"

Pei Tiancheng stared intently in one direction. In the dim firelight, the various parts of the hall were only faintly visible and difficult to see clearly.

"Maybe I saw it wrong."

He spoke uncertainly.

And just as he finished speaking—

"puff--"

Everyone only saw a blur before their eyes, and the person in Ye Chenglin's small group who suggested exploring the dead people's suite had vanished without a trace!

"Ying Yang!?"

"Where are they? What happened?!"

"Hey, don't scare me!!"

The next moment, a bloodcurdling scream suddenly rang out from the banquet hall.

"No, what is that?! Aaaaaaaahhhhhh!!"

The screams were so horrific that they sent chills down one's spine, as if the person was suffering unimaginable pain.

"It's Ying Yang's voice!!"

"What on earth happened!?"

Everyone was immediately taken aback.

Several disciples from the dojo, including Li Zhaoquan and Zhang Daqing, immediately came to the front of the group. Zhang Daqing said with a serious expression:

"Everyone, gather together, don't run around!"

While maintaining discipline, they communicated at a rapid pace:

"Do you see clearly?"

"No, there's only one lighter, and it's still too dark. I can only see a shadow, and I don't know what it is."

"Does anyone else have a lighter? Take them all out and light them!!"

One of the disciples shouted loudly.

Although the young people present were in a state of panic, they were fortunate to be obedient. Gradually, seven or eight flames lit up in the crowd, making the hall a little brighter.

"Holy crap!! What is that?!"

Suddenly, someone pointed with a trembling hand to a corner of the hall.

As everyone looked toward the sound, screams erupted one after another.

"Ahhhhh!!"

In the corner, a corpse lay, its body riddled with holes and bite marks. Its face was mangled, but the clothes it wore revealed it to be the one who had just vanished and screamed.

On the corpse, a monster was lying.

The monster was pitch black all over, and looked to be nearly two meters tall. It had human legs, but its arms had six sharp, scythe-like insect legs covered with barbs. Its head was also very similar to a human's, but it had two large compound eyes, two antennae on top, and its mouth was also shaped like an insect's mouthparts. At this moment, it was constantly extending and retracting, chewing on a lump of flesh.

It has several huge, thin wings stacked together like a cockroach on its back, and its rear end also resembles the genitals of a cockroach. At the tip are two constantly trembling, needle-like tail hairs. Overall, it looks like an alien monster that is a mixture of a cockroach and a human.

Everyone, including several martial arts practitioners from the dojo, felt their scalps tingle and their hair stand on end.

Insects are creatures that terrify most people, and cockroaches are among the most physically unsettling insects.

And a cockroach-man, bigger than a human and seemingly a hybrid of humans...

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

The group immediately retreated and fled, moving away from the monster and pressing themselves against the walls of the hall, still screaming incessantly.

"What exactly is that thing? An experimental subject that escaped from a biotechnology company? Or a creature from the border region?"

Zhang Daqing was speechless.

"I don't know... what's the deal, should we fight or not?" Li Zhaoquan swallowed hard.

"Fight? Putting aside whether I could win or not, I'm terrified of bugs, I don't even want to touch one..." Another disciple of the dojo hurriedly shook his head.

At this point, some people couldn't take it anymore and broke away from the group, running towards the banquet hall entrance in an attempt to escape.

"Hey! Don't move!"

Zhang Daqing hurriedly rebuked him, but the man ignored him.

The 'Cockroach Man' seemed to sense that its prey was trying to escape. It tilted its head slightly, looked at the man, and its two antennae twitched.

next moment.

"boom--"

The floor shattered, and the cockroach-like man transformed into a black shadow, charging towards the person with incredible speed, like a black lightning bolt.

The fleeing man didn't even have time to make a sound before he was cut in half at the waist and fell to the ground, spilling white, yellow, and red blood everywhere.

The cockroach-man appeared beside the two corpses, its sharp insect legs covered with bits of flesh and blood.

"Hiss—" Everyone gasped immediately, startled.

"How the hell are we supposed to fight this?!" one of the disciples cursed.

In the dim firelight, the cockroach-man's antennae twitched slightly as it looked towards the crowd.

Then, its four thin wings suddenly spread out, with a wingspan of almost three meters, creating an extremely terrifying visual effect.

"call out--"

It took flight, and like a southern cockroach suddenly lunging at people, it pounced on them!

"Fuck!!"

No one dared to take the bait. Several disciples from the dojo immediately jumped to the sides to avoid it, allowing the cockroach-man to pounce into the crowd.

"Young Master Pei, help me!!"

Ye Chenglin's small group desperately called for help, and Pei Tiancheng, steeling himself, stepped forward to block the crowd, adopting a fighting stance.

"Ha!!" he shouted to bolster his courage, anticipating the cockroach man's flight speed, and threw a straight punch. With a bang, the cockroach man was sent flying backward, crashing into a long table and shattering it.

This scene thrilled everyone.

But before they could cheer, the cockroach-man who was lying on the ground lifted his buttocks off the floor and stood up.

Then, with his knees slightly bent, he assumed a squatting posture.

Pei Tiancheng's instincts immediately kicked in with a danger warning. Realizing something was wrong, he roared, "Run!!"

Before anyone could react, Pei Tiancheng jumped to the side and fell to the ground.

Just as he lunged forward, a dark shadow swept past where he had been standing, skewering three or four people along the way like a candied hawthorn skewer, cutting them all in two.

"Ahhhhh!!"

The crowd screamed again.

The cockroach-man seemed to realize that his speed was something his prey couldn't overcome.

So it once again assumed a charging stance and pounced towards the crowd.

One of the disciples was caught off guard and was pounced on in mid-air. Without any resistance, his head was bitten off by its mandibles.

Even the highly skilled Pei Tiancheng and the disciples of the dojo were unable to fight against them. Everyone immediately despaired, screaming and scattering in all directions, with no discipline whatsoever.

Amid the chaos, Xue Jing's gaze followed the shadow of the cockroach-man, a faint black flame flickering in his eyes.

"I see... It looks like a human, but its internal structure is completely different from that of a human. Instead, it has a hydraulic structure similar to that of an insect, which can unleash an instantaneous acceleration far exceeding that of a human body."

Xue Jing thought to himself.

"And—he was almost completely unharmed after taking a punch, is his vitality like that of a cockroach?"

"It's awesome."

"But—it's not unsolvable."

Xue Jing made his decision and stepped forward.

In the center of the hall, the cockroach-man's antennae twitched, seemingly selecting its next prey to slaughter.

At that moment, it saw a prey that looked to be of quite good quality and actually walked towards it.

Among the scattered crowd, Pei Youguang saw someone walk towards the monster. After taking a closer look, he immediately recognized Xue Jing, even though the firelight was dim!

"Brother Jing!?" he called out hurriedly.

What is Jing-ge planning to do? People will die!

The others also noticed this scene.

"What does he want to do? Is he looking for death?"

Despite being in a state of fear, questions inevitably arose in everyone's minds.

Zhang Daqing, Li Zhaoquan, and Pei Tiancheng also stared at the figure, thinking: Has he gone mad?