Invincible Snake Emperor-Chapter 206 - 202: Killer Found

Seeing the severely poisoned victim awaken after drinking the seemingly upgraded Snake King Water, Tu Xiao'an quietly left the temple.

This was good news—no one had to die. But the problem was only half-solved.

What Tu Xiao'an had to do now was uncover the truth. Was the appearance of those white mosquitoes man-made, or was it a coincidence?

Regardless, Tu Xiao'an had to find and eliminate these white mosquitoes first.

He was certain the white mosquitoes were responsible. Why? Because Tu Xiao'an had seen a pinprick-like wound through the festering skin of a victim.

It all started there.

Standing outside the temple, he could hear the streets buzzing with anxious chatter. One person after another was being poisoned and falling unconscious, which had already caused a huge panic.

Clearly, the festive atmosphere of the Snake King Festival had vanished into thin air.

'Spread my consciousness and cover everything.'

Tu Xiao'an's eyes narrowed, a cold anger brewing within him. With a single thought, his powerful Consciousness Power instantly blanketed the area. Within a ten-kilometer radius of Bai Town, no living creature could escape his "all-seeing eye."

With over a hundred people poisoned and unconscious, it was obvious that there was a large number of those white mosquitoes—definitely not just one or two.

He couldn't let these mosquitoes continue to wreak havoc in Bai Town. Otherwise, people would keep getting poisoned and collapsing, and the residents of Bai Town would live in constant fear.

Meanwhile, in a dim alleyway, the culprit—a man with a hook nose—was in high spirits. He was strolling leisurely, as if waiting for something to return.

BZZZ...

In the air of the alley, a one-centimeter white mosquito flew unsteadily before the hook-nosed man and buzzed.

The hook-nosed man's face lit up with joy when he saw it, because the white mosquito's abdomen was so swollen it was having difficulty flying.

Seeing this, his smile widened. He extended a hand, palm open, and the white mosquito slowly descended into it.

"Come, let your master see your results," the hook-nosed man said, his eyes gleaming with anticipation.

The white mosquito lowered its long, sharp proboscis as its swollen abdomen began to pulse. The man's breathing grew ragged. After its abdomen pulsed a few more times, the mosquito spat out an incredibly fine, grain-sized crystal from its proboscis. It was blood-red all over.

This was Blood Essence, condensed from Essence Blood.

The blood-red crystal was mesmerizingly beautiful. Despite its minuscule, grain-like size, it contained a dense amount of Life Energy.

The Blood Essence was more dazzling and purer than a diamond.

After spitting out just one crystal of Blood Essence, the white mosquito's abdomen flattened. It then flew up again and hovered above the man's head, as if awaiting its next command.

The hook-nosed man stared at the tiny, grain-sized Blood Essence in his hand, overjoyed. He treasured it like a precious jewel.

Immediately after, another white mosquito with a swollen abdomen flew over from a distance. It landed on his palm, spat out an identical crystal of Blood Essence, and then flew up to hover.

This scene began to repeat itself endlessly. A continuous stream of returning white mosquitoes brought the man his harvest.

A large amount of Blood Essence accumulated in the hook-nosed man's hand.

Each crystal of Blood Essence was condensed from a human's Essence Blood. He used the special biological structure of these white mosquitoes to obtain it.

One mosquito, one crystal of Blood Essence. Before long, the hook-nosed man's hand was full of these mesmerizing crystals. There were exactly one hundred of them, no more, no less.

The one hundred crystals of Blood Essence glimmered, exuding a rich aura of life.

'My mission this time is to get a thousand crystals of Blood Essence before I can report back. At this rate, though, a thousand won't take long.'

The hook-nosed man took out a specially crafted, exquisite box and placed the one hundred crystals of Blood Essence inside.

Just as he finished, a streak of light shot over from the distance, abruptly stopping to hover in front of him.

It was ten centimeters long with silvery-white stripes all over its body. This large mosquito's abdomen was even more ridiculously swollen, looking as if it were nine months pregnant.

"My precious, I'm counting on you."

The man's eyes narrowed, a sharp glint flashing through them as he held out his palm to the large mosquito.

One, two, three... Slowly, the silver-and-white mosquito began spitting out a continuous, seemingly endless stream of Blood Essence from its proboscis.

One had to remember that each of the returning white mosquitoes could only produce a single crystal of Blood Essence, yet this one spat out several in one go, and it wasn't even finished.

Finally, after the large mosquito spat out the tenth crystal of Blood Essence, its swollen abdomen deflated, no longer bulging.

"Oho, ten crystals. Not bad, not bad. I'll have to rely on you to complete my mission."

The hook-nosed man beamed, not forgetting to praise the large mosquito. It alone was worth ten of the smaller white ones.

Then, his eyes were glued to the grain-sized Blood Essence in his palm, unable to look away. His gaze was filled with greed, and he desperately wanted to consume the crystals.

But after taking a few deep breaths, he chose to resist the urge and packed them into the exquisite box.

"What are you all waiting for? Get back to work!"

Exactly one hundred white mosquitoes were now hovering above his head. He waved his hand at them forcefully, and the mosquitoes buzzed and began to fly away.

Panic filled the streets as people continued to be poisoned and fall unconscious. Everyone thought it was snake venom, but who could have imagined that these mosquitoes were the ones wreaking havoc?

Not only did they suck the Essence Blood from people's bodies, but they also transmitted the toxins on their proboscises.

A tiny creature, having reached Level 5, possessed the ability to kill without a trace.

Just as the hundred white mosquitoes were about to leave the alley, their flying bodies suddenly froze mid-air. It was as if they had been paralyzed, suspended in place, unable to fly or fall.

'What's going on?' The hook-nosed man sensed something was wrong as an overwhelmingly powerful aura washed over him.

Far away, outside the temple, Tu Xiao'an's eyes suddenly lit up. 'Found them.' He had found the white mosquitoes.

Hmm? 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

'There are quite a few of them—a full hundred, and every single one is Level 5.'

To this day, Tu Xiao'an still couldn't understand how mere mosquitoes could possibly grow to the terrifying height of Level 5.

'What... there's even an Awakener-level mosquito?'

Immediately after, Tu Xiao'an sensed the presence of a large mosquito nearby. Its aura was extraordinary; it was actually at the Awakening Level.

Mosquitoes can Awaken, too? Tu Xiao'an's worldview was shattered.

'One hundred Level 5 mosquitoes, plus one Awakener-level mosquito... no, wait, there's more...'

As his consciousness covered the area, a powerful human aura erupted. It was a Human Awakened.

'Aha, so these mosquitoes really are being controlled by someone.'

'You're courting death.'

In an instant, Tu Xiao'an's Killing Intent surged like a furious gale. A human, controlling a swarm of venomous mosquitoes to harm his own kind—what was he trying to achieve?

Today was the Bai Town Snake King Festival. Everything had been perfect, but this person's appearance had ruined it all.

For that alone, Tu Xiao'an would not spare this person.