Zhang Meng looked at the familiar face in front of her, her eyes slightly sour, not expecting Su Tu to appear here at this moment.
Like a little girl who had been wronged, finally meeting someone who could stand up for her, she could no longer hold back her grievances.
She vaguely remembered four or five years ago, when she was accosted by a drunkard in the neighborhood while coming off a night shift. The man was relentless and almost committed indecent acts towards Zhang Meng.
At that time, Su Tu, who had just finished an evening class, happened to witness the scene. Su Tu was only in middle school then, his physique not as tall and strong as it is now but rather weak and small, yet he still stood up, using his small body to shield Zhang Meng and drive away the drunkard.
And now, the once frail boy had unknowingly grown into a man she had to look up to.
But the same was true; the boy was standing in front of her once more.
Countless thoughts intertwined rapidly in her mind, but soon, her expression suddenly changed, for in front of them now was not the drunkard from years ago, but a twisted and terrifying monster!!!
Everything before her told her this monster was beyond human capability.
"Little Tu, run!! It's a monster!!"
She screamed frantically, even reaching out her hand to push Su Tu away.
The crisis stimulated her adrenaline, causing her reason and thoughts to verge on collapse.
Thus, she didn't even realize how Su Tu broke in through the window — her home was on the twenty-second floor!!!
Looking at Zhang Meng's terrified and frantic expression and actions, Su Tu's face seemed to condense into a layer of cold frost, his usually gentle and indifferent eyes as cold as an icy pond, chilling to the bone.
He reached out and grasped Zhang Meng's shoulder, speaking in a gentle voice.
"Don't worry, Sister Zhang, just wait a moment, and we'll have dinner together."
"Soon, it'll be all right."
He appeared calm and gentle, but those who understood Su Tu knew he was already filled with anger.
Since childhood, his parents frequently traveled for work, leaving only his aunt and Zhang Meng to accompany him. After his aunt graduated, she worked at New Star, and the woman who used to tease him began to play the role of an elder sister.
She would care about Su Tu's life and studies, support him financially in crucial moments, attend parent-teacher conferences for him. To Su Tu, Zhang Meng was his family!
And, his sister was trembling in fear right before his eyes....
How could he accept that, as the originally clear eyes now were deeply overshadowed by an indescribable killing intent!
The shattered floor-to-ceiling window behind him, the few finger-sized holes in the wall outside, all indicated he had climbed up the building from the outside.
Listening to Su Tu's comforting voice, Zhang Meng's emotions gradually stabilized.
However, this scene triggered the monster's discontent, its head tilting towards Su Tu, its celebrity-like face showing a hint of rigidity.
"Lowly human martial artist, you dare to disrupt the great reproductive endeavor of my race, truly seeking death!"
It growled lowly, and as soon as its voice fell, numerous twisted vines surged towards Su Tu from all directions, like venomous snakes, carrying a chilling breath.
"Disgusting."
Su Tu looked at the vines, his eyes slightly narrowed, a single fist clenching, and his entire body's muscles suddenly tensed. This punch was like a raging dragon, instantly tearing those vines apart.
Then, he forcefully pushed off with his feet, charging violently forward. The immense strength cracked the floor beneath, and his figure, like a cheetah, reached the monstrous creature in an instant.
"Haha, a martial artist who just entered the Entry Tier. If not for avoiding the Star Sky Great Wall, my Power of Qi and Blood depleted to less than one percent, you wouldn't even be qualified to appear in front of me!!"
The monster looked at Su Tu, eyes full of scorn and mockery. It could see that this human before it was nothing more than a 'maggot' who had just opened One Acupoint. In the Star River, such a maggot wouldn't even be enough to fill the gaps between its teeth.
But now... a hint of greed crept onto its slightly rigid face.
To reach Ancestor Star, it had exhausted too much of its Power of Qi and Blood, planning to capture some human females to breed more of its kind, then restore its Qi and Blood by devouring humans. But now, with Su Tu's appearance, the flesh and blood of martial artists were the best supplements for them, even a newly initiated martial artist could provide the Qi and Blood power of over a hundred people.
If it could consume this maggot before it, it could rapidly restore part of its Qi and Blood, thereafter gradually recovering like a snowball, gaining an advantage in the future!!
The more it thought about it, the more excited it became, with the scorn and mockery in its eyes replaced by bottomless greed.
"Feel honored, for I shall bestow you with honor, becoming my nourishment, and then welcome the new birth of the Xie Race, it is your privilege."
The monster stretched its hands outward, making a gesture akin to an embrace.
The next moment, countless vines instantly swelled out from its skin, a large amount of yellow-brown liquid splattering on the ground, unspeakably disgusting and slimy.
Each vine's tip had a mouth full of sharp teeth, occasionally secreting saliva, opening and closing with a sound akin to metal clashing!!
Numerous vines spread in the air, like a massive mouth, intending to swallow Su Tu completely in an instant.
Faced with this twisted scene, Su Tu didn't feel panicked; on the contrary, he felt better than ever!
Though he had previously faced a monster before, he hadn't directly faced the shadow then. Now, with a monster beyond human understanding emerging, instead of panic, there was overwhelming... excitement!!
At this moment, he seemed to have found his childhood fervor for myths, monsters, interstellar races, and a whole range of supernatural phenomena...
"Disgusting bug, still talking about honor?" Faced with the numerous vines, Su Tu displayed unprecedented reaction capability.
His figure moved through the interlocking vines with swift, precise actions of minimal amplitude.
He appeared like a phantom navigating a bloody storm, allowing the vines to fall without even grazing his clothes.
"Damn humans, how dare you call the noble Xie Race a bug!!"
"Damn!! Damn!! Damn!!"
Hear Su Tu calling it a bug, the monster's emotions became highly agitated, as if Su Tu had hit a raw nerve, its voice frantic.
The vines moved faster, like a torrential downpour aiming to extinguish everything!!
Woosh!!
Su Tu's figure was instantly engulfed by the red twisted vines, a horrifying chewing sound echoing through the room.
"Little Tu!!" It all happened too fast. Zhang Meng looked at the scene before her and let out a heart-wrenching wail.
It was all her fault, if she had gone to accompany the monster earlier, maybe Little Tu wouldn't have died, it was her fault, if she had obediently gone to die, maybe Little Tu would be safe!
At this moment, a strong sense of guilt almost drowned Zhang Meng.
However, in the next moment, the gentle voice of the boy resounded once more.
"Keep it down, don't disturb the neighbors."
Under Zhang Meng's incredulous gaze, Su Tu somehow stood before the monster,
He looked down at the monster, one hand clutching its face.
"Impossible, you're a newly initiated ant, how could you evade that attack..." the monster said incredulously.
Su Tu clearly wasn't interested in talking more with the monster, clutching its face, applying force, turning it pale and deformed.
Then, a dull sound resonated within him, like a muffled thunder on a clear day.
"Prajna Seven Kills, First Strike!"
Boom!!!
The five viscera resonated, body and mind as one!
Immense fracturing force erupted from Su Tu's hand, instantly tearing the monster's face apart.
The headless corpse fell to the ground, scarlet blood dripping from Su Tu's slender, veined hand, but he didn't relax, his dark eyes remained chillingly cold.
At this moment, the night was just right, the stars faintly visible, the moon hanging in the sky, shining its full brilliance, moonlight and starlight spilling into the room, revealing the exaggerated curve bulging from the abdomens of the girls originally bound in the vines.
"How dare you!! How dare you!!" An endlessly venomous voice emerged from one of the girls' abdomens.