Something's wrong with this demon.

Chapter 5

Outside the cave, the night was as black as ink.

Apart from the occasional cawing of crows in the distance, the entire mountain forest was utterly silent.

Luo Qingchen lay silently in the corner, as if she were already asleep.

Suddenly, footsteps came from the darkness.

Yang Ming walked up to him, kicked his body, then squatted down to check his breathing, and snorted coldly, "You're pretty tough, still breathing."

After saying that, she suddenly grabbed his arm and dragged him to a position near the cave entrance.

Zhang Dashan's voice came from inside: "Junior Brother Yang, what are you doing?"

Yang Ming wiped his hands with his clothes and said coldly, "It's cold at the cave entrance. Let him die quickly so we don't have to do it ourselves tomorrow morning."

Zhang Dashan seemed to smile and said, "Haven't you ever tried skinning a living person? I'd like to try it."

Yang Ming said, "Then you can try it now."

Zhang Dashan laughed and said, "I wouldn't dare. Master said it's tomorrow, so it's tomorrow."

"I'm going to the restroom."

Yang Ming didn't say anything more. He left the cave, came behind a rock, and unzipped his pants.

Zhang Dashan glanced at Luo Qingchen on the ground and followed her out.

From behind the rock, came the sound of Yang Ming urinating.

Zhang Dashan's eyes gleamed as he stared at the rock, deep in thought, when he suddenly noticed a spotted venomous snake coiled on top of it, writhing and hissing.

"Junior Brother Yang, be careful!"

Zhang Dashan shouted, immediately drew his dagger, and strode over.

Yang Ming hadn't finished urinating when he heard the sound and hurriedly turned around to emerge from behind the rock. While still urinating, he glanced warily at the dagger in the other man's hand and demanded, "Senior Brother, what are you doing?"

Zhang Dashan pointed to the top of the rock with his other finger and said, "There are poisonous snakes!"

Yang Ming immediately stepped aside, looked up, but saw nothing. He then looked at him and said coldly, "Where are the poisonous snakes?"

Zhang Dashan, holding a dagger, approached the rock and discovered that the spotted venomous snake from before had vanished. He was immediately puzzled and searched around.

Yang Ming quickly finished urinating, then took a few steps back while tying his pants, staring at him with a gloomy and wary gaze.

"Huh, where did it go?"

Zhang Dashan walked around the rock, his face full of suspicion: "Just now, it was clearly..."

Yang Ming silently produced a dagger with his right hand and sneered, "Senior Brother, there's already a fresh corpse in the cave, so Master doesn't need it for the time being. Do you need it too?"

Zhang Dashan narrowed his eyes and looked at him.

The atmosphere suddenly froze.

Just then, Zhang Dashan suddenly opened his eyes wide and pointed to the top of his head, saying, "Junior Brother Yang, that poisonous snake is coiled up on your head!"

Yang Ming gripped the dagger in his hand, staring at him with a cold smile.

Zhang Dashan exclaimed urgently, "It really is! It's really coiled up above your head!"

Then she exclaimed in surprise, pointing to his neck, chest, and other areas, "Oh dear, not just one! So many!"

As he spoke, he subconsciously raised the dagger in his hand.

Yang Ming was already on high alert, ready to fight. Seeing that he was really about to make a move, he didn't dare to hesitate any longer. He immediately gripped the dagger in his hand and rushed over first, ready to strike first!

"Whoosh!"

The dagger gleamed with a cold light, aiming straight for Zhang Dashan's chest!

"Ah! Don't come any closer!"

Zhang Dashan exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly retreated to avoid it. Upon closer inspection, he saw that the other person no longer had any venomous snakes on him, but only a dagger with a deep, cold glint. His sinister eyes were also filled with chilling killing intent!

"Junior Brother Yang, you actually want to kill me!"

Zhang Dashan was instantly enraged. He raised the dagger in his hand and stabbed fiercely.

Yang Ming dodged to the side and was about to continue his attack when he suddenly saw his face contorted, covered with colorful little snakes, and his whole body seemed to have turned into a thick snake. He was immediately startled.

"Bang!"

Zhang Dashan's right-hand dagger missed its mark, and taking advantage of the moment when the man was stunned, he immediately clenched his left fist and punched him in the chest with a dull thud.

Yang Ming was knocked back several steps by the blow, stepped on a pile of stone chips, slipped, and fell to the ground, the dagger in his hand flying away.

Seeing this opportunity, Zhang Dashan immediately pounced forward, thrusting his dagger into the man's throat without hesitation!

Yang Ming was shocked and hurriedly raised his hand to stop him.

With a "thud," the dagger pierced his palm!

He let out a scream, but despite the excruciating pain, he gripped the dagger and clenched his other hand into a fist, roaring as he smashed it into Zhang Dashan's eye!

Zhang Dashan saw stars and tried to pull out the dagger, but couldn't. He could only swing his other fist and smash it into the man's eye.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The two exchanged blows, their fists flying back and forth, each desperately pounding at the other.

A strong smell of blood permeated the air between the two.

At this point, both of them were determined to fight to the death and kill each other, so they showed no mercy and gritted their teeth and used all their strength.

After several rounds of fighting, Yang Ming was finally overwhelmed by the pain of his left hand being pierced by the dagger. He was a step too slow and was punched in the nose, which dissipated his strength, and he could no longer hold the dagger.

"puff!"

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Zhang Dashan forcefully pulled out the dagger, his eyes red, and viciously stabbed it into his throat!

Unwilling to die, Yang Ming hurriedly raised his arm to block again.

The dagger immediately pierced his arm again!

Amidst the excruciating pain and fear, he somehow mustered the strength to roar, thrust his knee forward, and kick Zhang Dashan off him with a powerful kick of his right foot.

Caught off guard, Zhang Dashan tumbled down the hillside.

His dagger was still stuck in Yang Ming's arm.

Terrified, Yang Ming ignored the pain and hurriedly took the opportunity to get up from the ground and stagger towards the cave, wanting to escape to his master.

But as soon as he entered the cave, he tripped over something, stumbled, and fell to the ground.

Just as he was about to get up from the ground, a figure lying in the corner suddenly stood up, pulled the dagger from his arm, and then, with a "thud," plunged it directly into his throat!

Fast, accurate, and ruthless!

"you……"

Yang Ming shuddered, his eyes widened as he looked at the other person, blood gushing from his mouth.

"Whoosh!"

The other person didn't speak, but pulled out a dagger and plunged it into his heart again!

Silent yet ruthless!

Yang Ming's mouth was agape, his fingernails gripping his arm tightly. His body convulsed violently a few times, and the light in his wide eyes gradually faded, but his pupils still held the terror and shock of the last moment.

The hand holding the dagger was trembling slightly, as if it were the first time he had killed someone.

But it was resolute and powerful!

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

In the darkness, one could almost hear the rapid beating of his heart.

"call--"

A cold night wind blew in from the cave entrance.

The three bloodstained animal hides hanging on the wall next to them began to sway gently again.

Luo Qingchen gripped the dagger tightly in her hand, fearing he might not die, and twisted it hard inside his heart a few more times.

Seeing that the other party was completely still, he was relieved.

Huh?

Just then, he suddenly noticed that his right hand, which was holding the dagger, was starting to get hot. Yang Ming's blood began to flow out rapidly, while the blood in his second reserve blood bar was increasing at an extremely fast rate!

90%!

95%!

100%!

What surprised him even more was that after the blood in the spare blood bar was restored to 100%, it did not stop growing!

105%!

110%!

"this……"

At that moment, he suddenly understood!

It turns out that the blood in the second spare health bar cannot be replenished automatically; instead, it needs to absorb blood from others!

He can actually suck the blood of others and use it for his own purposes!

Vampire Technique?

He looked inside his body again.

When the blood in his second health bar reached 120%, he hurriedly released the dagger, moved away from the corpse, and stopped.

I can't smoke anymore.

If they drained Yang Ming's corpse, the "master" in the cave would definitely notice.

If suspicion falls on him, then we're finished.

He quickly checked himself carefully and found that there was no blood on his body. He immediately lay back down in the corner, pretending to still be unconscious.

At this moment, his heart was pounding, a mixture of tension and excitement from his first murder, and thrill and excitement from discovering a new skill.

With a second backup health bar and the ability to drain blood, it seems he was truly born to cultivate demonic arts!

"Junior Brother Yang?"

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps and Zhang Dashan's heavy breathing shouts came from outside the cave!

Luo Qingchen's heart tightened, and she immediately slowed her breathing.