"Who’s there?"

"Who is it?"

"A Demon Hunter?"

The moment Lin Yi jumped over the wall,

The people in the middle of their transaction, as well as the Cat Demon, were all startled.

When they saw Lin Yi,

A look of astonishment crossed their faces.

The Cat Demon, however, smirked, a wicked smile spreading across its face.

Lin Yi wore a clown mask.

He had made a special trip to a toy store to buy it during the day.

His gaze, cold as ice, swept past the Cat Demon.

He stared directly at the three orphanage staff members.

"As humans, you’re actually making deals with demons?" Lin Yi said coldly.

As soon as the words left his mouth, the three staff members were clearly flustered.

Their gazes shifted, and they began to stammer.

"Y-You’re talking nonsense! W-We didn’t...!"

Before one of them could finish speaking,

Lin Yi’s figure flickered, and he appeared before the man in a flash.

BOOM—

A fist slammed into the staff member’s chest.

With a CRACK, the bones were shattered on impact.

The staff member’s body crumpled like a broken sandbag.

He hit the ground hard, spraying a mouthful of blood as his body began to convulse...

"You deserve to die even more!"

After saying this, Lin Yi’s gaze shifted to the other two.

A single glance was enough to make them turn and run in terror.

BOOM! BOOM!—

Two simple, unadorned punches, each carrying a 100% critical hit, were far more than ordinary people like them could withstand.

Just like the first staff member, they spat up large amounts of blood and collapsed, unconscious.

After dealing with the three staff members,

Lin Yi turned back to the Cat Demon.

He saw a look of contempt in its eyes. The corners of its mouth were turned up slightly in a dismissive smirk.

Thinking of the crimes this Cat Demon had committed, especially preying on children,

A simmering rage began to build in Lin Yi’s eyes.

"Now, it’s your turn!" he said, his voice ice-cold.

The next moment, before the Cat Demon could react, Lin Yi charged straight for it.

In the blink of an eye, a figure closed in.

With a flash of cold light, his short-bladed dagger slashed toward the Cat Demon.

However... the Cat Demon’s body nimbly leaped backward.

It dodged with ease.

His blade missing its mark, Lin Yi continued his pursuit, the short-bladed dagger in his hand now a deadly weapon.

He pressed forward relentlessly, giving the Cat Demon no chance to breathe.

SHING! SHING! SHING!—

SQUELCH...

A slash tore through the Cat Demon’s skin.

Blood immediately spurted out.

The Cat Demon’s expression froze, and it hurriedly glanced down at its wound.

"Courting death..."

It ground its teeth, glaring at Lin Yi with pure fury.

Lin Yi, however, just gave a faint smile and launched another ferocious assault on the Cat Demon.

Cat Demons are naturally agile, their movements nimble.

In the group chat for the Fifth Demon Hunting Team, the ’seniors’ had summarized their experience.

When dealing with demons like the Cat Demon or Mouse Demon,

You must incapacitate their ability to flee as quickly as possible.

Otherwise, if given a moment’s respite, they’ll vanish without a trace.

This was all hard-won experience.

That was why Lin Yi had launched a fierce attack the moment they engaged.

He planned to suppress the Cat Demon completely in one fell swoop.

The injured Cat Demon was enraged.

This time, it stopped dodging and instead lunged back at Lin Yi.

With extreme speed, it was upon Lin Yi in an instant.

Lin Yi took a few steps back, putting some distance between himself and the Cat Demon.

Then, the short-bladed dagger in his hand slashed toward the Cat Demon once more.

The Cat Demon dodged nimbly, its sharp claws like blades as they swiped viciously at Lin Yi.

Lin Yi’s pupils contracted as he quickly dodged to the side.

The short-bladed dagger in his hand was like a silver serpent, coiling around the Cat Demon’s arm.

Before the Cat Demon could react, the blade rapidly climbed upward.

SQUELCH...

The blade sliced through, and blood spurted out.

He had cut another gash on the Cat Demon’s body.

Bleeding profusely, the infuriated Cat Demon hurriedly retreated a few steps.

It looked down to check its injuries.

Seeing this, Lin Yi gripped his short-bladed dagger and charged the Cat Demon again.

Under the enhancement of True Blood Moon, 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Lin Yi’s speed, explosive power, strength, and physique

Had all increased severalfold.

Even against the nimble and agile Cat Demon, Lin Yi could completely keep up with its speed.

After suffering considerable losses over several rounds,

The Cat Demon finally started taking its opponent seriously.

But just as it was about to get serious, the dagger whistled through the air.

It came stabbing straight for the Cat Demon.

The Cat Demon’s expression changed drastically as it leaped to the side.

The dagger missed it by a hair’s breadth, slicing through the air where it had just been.

The Cat Demon let out a sigh of relief.

The close call sent a chill down its spine. But the moment its feet touched the ground,

An iron fist came hurtling toward it.

BOOM—

The fist slammed viciously into the Cat Demon’s body.

For an instant, it felt as if it had been struck by a force of ten thousand pounds.

Its internal organs roiled, and waves of blood surged up its throat.

The Cat Demon’s vision went black as its consciousness began to fade.

Its body seemed to have lost all sensation.

It slammed heavily against the wall...

In that moment, the Cat Demon thought it saw its great-grandmother.

The pitch-black night sky began to brighten.

Until a figure appeared before it, holding that same gleaming dagger.

Before the Cat Demon could react,

The cold blade rested on its neck.

Then, it felt a cold sensation on its neck, as if something was flowing out.

Its body temperature dropped, and it began to feel intensely cold.

The Cat Demon instinctively raised a hand to clutch its neck, trying to pinch the wound closed to stop the bleeding.

Until its body grew cold.

And its vision plunged into eternal darkness.

[You have slain a 1-star Cat Demon]

[Do you wish to plunder its talent entries?]

[Iron Fist (Blue): Fists like iron, Strength +5%]

[Wall-Walking (Purple): Move along eaves and walls as if on flat ground]

[Spirit Thorn (Blue): Use Spiritual Power as a means of attack, causing the opponent to lose combat capability for 3 seconds]

[Congratulations, you have plundered the ’Wall-Walking’, ’Iron Fist’, and ’Spirit Thorn’ entries...]

After reaping the talent entries,

Lin Yi took the dagger and, mimicking the veteran from before, sliced open the Cat Demon’s stomach.

From inside, he rummaged around and found a purple Demon Core.

The color of this Demon Core was more vibrant and alluring than the one from the Snake Demon.

Inside, a thick fog seemed to be slowly roiling.

The moment Lin Yi put the Demon Core away,

The Cat Demon’s corpse, which had been in its transformed shape, reverted to that of a black cat.

Lin Yi bent down and picked up the black cat’s carcass.

’Demons are treasures from head to toe.’

Although he had already gathered enough for the registration fee, who would ever complain about having too much money?

Besides, for a 1-star Cat Demon, both its Demon Core and its corpse were more valuable than the previous Snake Demon’s.

Lin Yi had no intention of passing up an opportunity to make money.

Just as he was carrying the Cat Demon’s corpse and preparing to leave,

He turned his head and saw the three staff members lying unconscious.

Lin Yi hadn’t killed them; he had left them barely alive.

’It’s better to hand them over to the Martial Arts Police Station than to kill them myself.’

Just as he vaulted out of the courtyard,

The sound of a police siren in the distance shattered the silence.

Lin Yi glanced back, then quickly ran into the residential complex.

Disappearing into the night...