I can equip strange items

Chapter 55 Mutant Cat Pack

The bald, burly man's eyes bulged out of his head, and he flew backward out of the supermarket, sliding for more than ten meters before crashing into a step and coming to a stop. He convulsed a few times and then lost consciousness.

After doing all this, Li Yuan glanced at the few people who were suspected to be supermarket employees, then turned and left expressionlessly.

"call----"

"They're finally gone!"

Several supermarket employees breathed a sigh of relief, unsure whether they were relieved that the thugs were gone or that Li Yuan was gone.

Because it wasn't completely dark when the previous disaster occurred, many people didn't have time to leave work.

When everyone returned from the forest, they appeared in the place where they had disappeared.

That's why they're still inside the supermarket.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, they would be sound asleep at home late at night.

"Hurry up and get off work! I'm quitting!"

"I quit too! At this point, whoever wants to work can go to work!"

Not daring to waste any more time, the group ignored the supermarket door and left.

Not far from the supermarket, Li Yuan took out his phone, glanced at it, temporarily turned off the recording, and opened a recording file from not long ago.

He breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that his phone had recorded the sound of his normal counterattack.

Because that bald, muscular man, barring any unforeseen circumstances, is unlikely to survive.

I wonder if the Exorcist Association will count it as points for me?

After reactivating the recording function, Li Yuan put away his phone again and strode away.

They had barely walked two blocks when a sharp, dense, and violent meow pierced the night sky.

Li Yuan's eyes narrowed, and he suddenly looked in that direction.

The sound came from a dark back alley next door, filled with garbage cans.

He quickened his pace and approached the alleyway entrance.

What he saw made him frown slightly.

Because in the dimly lit alley, there were more than a dozen stray cats that had gone berserk.

These wildcats were noticeably larger than usual, their eyes gleaming with an eerie red light in the darkness, and drool dripping from their bared fangs.

They have completely lost their docility and become extremely aggressive.

Their target at this moment is two people huddled in the corner between the trash can and the wall, shivering.

One was an elderly man in a sanitation worker's uniform, and the other looked like a young female office worker returning home from get off work.

The old man had several deep, bloody scratches on his arm, and he was futilely swinging a wooden stick he had picked up, his hands trembling.

The female office worker was pale, one of her high heels was missing, her stockings were torn, and there were bloodstains on her calves.

She was clutching her briefcase tightly, suppressing sobs.

At that moment, several of the fiercest cats were arching their backs, emitting threatening growls, preparing to launch the next attack.

"The mutated cat colony—what caused its mutation?"

Li Yuan frowned slightly, then took out his phone, turned off the recording function, and turned on the video recording function instead.

Immediately afterwards, he held the phone steady in one hand and the lapis lazuli bamboo stick in the other, and quickly entered the alley.

Several mutated cats that were closest to him suddenly turned around, their scarlet beastly eyes locking onto the suddenly appearing Li Yuan, and they let out hostile "woofing" sounds from their throats.

"Meow—"

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One of the largest, mottled-colored Elvis cats was the first to attack.

Let's just consider it Elvis for now, because its size is already abnormally large.

With a kick of its hind legs, it lunged at Li Yuan's face like an arrow, its sharp claws gleaming coldly.

Li Yuan's expression didn't even change. He swung the cyan-gold bamboo staff in his right hand upwards, striking the oncoming cat shadow with lightning speed.

"Whoosh—snap!"

Elvis's supple waist and side were instantly struck.

"Awoo!"

Screams echoed through the dimly lit alley.

Elvis's attack was abruptly interrupted, and his body flew sideways, crashing into the brick wall with a "thud." After landing, he twitched a few times and then lay still.

This attack was like stirring up a hornet's nest.

The remaining mutated cats were not frightened at all; instead, they were enraged by the death of their companions.

"Meow!"

"Meow!"

Almost simultaneously, all the remaining mutated cats charged at Li Yuan from different directions with reckless abandon.

Amidst their piercing screams, their sharp claws and fangs were fully exposed, gleaming coldly.

Instead of retreating, Li Yuan advanced, neither dodging nor avoiding. The cyan bamboo staff in his hand seemed to come alive, transforming into a continuous curtain of cyan staff.

"Snapped!"

A black cat that pounced from mid-air had its throat instantly shattered.

"puff!"

The stick swept horizontally, striking another tabby cat's spine with tremendous force.

With a muffled thud, the tabby cat flew out like a torn sack.

"Whoosh—smack!"

Immediately afterwards, he swung his stick back and struck the top of a tabby cat that was trying to sneak up on its lower body, sending it sliding a long distance along the ground before its head exploded like a watermelon.

"Bang bang bang—"

Li Yuan's staff flashed, each strike, pull, snap, and sweep accompanied by a mournful cat's cry and the crisp sound of bones shattering.

A flurry of green shadows filled the alley, accompanied by the sharp whistling of sticks cutting through the air and the pitiful howls of cats.

Li Yuan's movements were so fast that they were just afterimages; each swing of his stick took the life of a mutated cat.

He was like a highly efficient killing machine, cutting melons and vegetables with ease.

The only difference was that he didn't draw his sword.

These mutant cats aren't worth him drawing his sword for.

Within a dozen seconds, the alleyway fell silent.

More than a dozen ferocious mutant cats, without exception, all fell dead on the ground.

The skull may be shattered, the spine may be broken, or the internal organs may be severely damaged.

A strong stench of blood mixed with the putrid smell of garbage filled the air.

Li Yuan put away his stick and stood up, his face neither red nor out of breath.

He glanced at the two terrified and dumbfounded people in the corner and said calmly, "I am the exorcist Li Yuan. You two should find a safe place to hide, lock the door, and get through the night, regardless of whether it's your own home or not."

"Thank you! Thank you, Exorcist!"

The female office worker was the first to react, and with a sob in her voice, she thanked him repeatedly and hurriedly helped the injured old man up.

The old man struggled to express his gratitude, but Li Yuan waved him off.

Without a word, the two immediately helped each other up and stumbled away from the alley.

After confirming that the two had left, Li Yuan also turned and walked out of the alley.

The phone silently recorded yet another instance of "assisting in the elimination of an anomalous creature confirmed to pose a deadly threat."

He glanced at his phone screen; less than an hour had passed, but the battles he had experienced felt more intense than ever before.

He turned off the recording function and saved the video, then turned the audio recording function back on and continued walking, highly focused.

The tag "Master of Staying Up Late" allows him to maintain abundant energy and keenly perceive the movements around him with his five senses.

There seemed to be another disturbance in the distance, with faint sounds of women screaming and men cursing, mixed with the clanging of metal.

"Seriously—they just won't stop!"

Li Yuan sneered inwardly and was about to rush over when he suddenly sensed something and paused slightly.

A faint, yet strangely cold and viscous aura, like the forked tongue of a venomous snake, quietly peeked out from another, deeper, dead-end alleyway not far away, piled with discarded building materials.

This aura was completely different from the frenzied mutant cats and dogs from before.

In his perception, the aura seemed to carry a deeper, purer malice and a putrid smell.

Almost simultaneously, the lapis lazuli bamboo staff in his hand reacted, and its power to ward off evil was automatically activated.