Chapter 59

"None. The scene was very clean, with no clues left behind. The person who did this must be an expert."

Wu Zhengnan walked around the room twice, his killing intent seeping out, causing the temperature in the office to drop rapidly.

He suddenly stopped in front of the window, looking down at the soldiers still training below, and said coldly, "Just because your people can't find anything doesn't mean there are no clues. You don't need to worry about it anymore; I'll have the Dark Blades take over!"

Upon hearing the name Dark Blades, Qi Sicheng's face twitched. This was certainly not a pleasant word to hear.

Wu Zhengnan thought for a moment and said, "Go and investigate whether Qi Yue has done anything recently that might have offended someone. This could also be someone who targeted him and then discovered this transaction by chance."

"Yes!" Qi Sicheng secretly admired Wu Zhengnan. Despite his tough and rough exterior, he was actually ruthless and meticulous, which was why he had been able to stand firm for so many years.

After Qi Sicheng left, Wu Zhengnan pressed the summoning bell in the corner of his desk. A moment later, a strange-looking person walked in.

The man was nearly two meters tall but very thin, with exceptionally long limbs. His skin was pale, and his eyebrows and hair were a light yellow, almost invisible. He had a pair of eerie amber eyes with vertical pupils, resembling those of a certain type of reptile.

As soon as he entered, he said, "General, who do you want to kill this time?"

"Qi Yue is dead. Go and investigate who killed him, and bring that person back alive if possible. If it's not convenient to bring them alive, a dead one will do. My only requirement is that you make sure they don't die too easily! Apart from that, you can do whatever you want, without worrying about their identity!" Wu Zhengnan said fiercely.

In front of this person, he could let his emotions run free.

The strange man was taken aback and said, "So it's the young master who died! Alright, how many people can I have?"

Wu Zhengnan waved his hand, "The Dark Blades are at your disposal!"

The strange man extended his long, crimson tongue and licked his nose, then grinned wickedly, "Rest assured, no matter who he is, he won't escape from me, Yu Renyan."

"Go! I'm waiting for your good news."

Yu Renyan left Wu Zhengnan's office. As he passed the female adjutant, his body twisted into an odd angle, almost touching her face, and his long tongue licked her white neck heavily!

The female adjutant, caught off guard, instantly turned pale, but quickly regained her composure, standing straight and not daring to make a sound or show any sign of evasion.

Yu Renyan let out a shrill laugh, glanced at her, and walked away.

Half a day later, Yu Renyan arrived at the place where Qi Yue was killed with a dozen people, carefully examining the scene. Qi Sicheng's subordinates had already searched the area several times, but found nothing new.

They then went to the site of the vampire remains.

Yu Renyan suddenly squatted down, picked up a piece of the corpse, and examined it carefully. He then used his finger to pick out a strand of broken hair.

He suddenly extended his tongue, wrapped the broken hair in it, and swallowed it, savoring it for a long time before saying, "This is the hair of the person who did it. I've memorized his scent."

Yu Renyan smiled cruelly; he loved hunting live prey.

The person left surprisingly few traces, clearly an expert. But only such an opponent made the hunt interesting. He threw the piece of the corpse high into the air, opened his mouth wide, and swallowed it whole. He then picked up another piece, seemingly enjoying the taste.

But Yu Renyan did not put the new piece of the corpse in his mouth. Instead, he savored the one he had just swallowed, his expression becoming increasingly strange. Suddenly, he opened his mouth and vomited everything out.

This couldn't be stopped, and Yu Renyan ended up lying on the ground, vomiting uncontrollably!

The Dark Blades, wrapped in black robes, were used to Yu Renyan's various strange actions, but they had never seen him like this.

It looked like he had eaten something bad, and everyone exchanged glances. Who had ever seen Yu Renyan with a stomachache? He was like a vulture, living on carrion. But since Yu Renyan didn't speak, no one dared to ask.

Yu Renyan continued to vomit until he had nothing left, then collapsed on the ground, panting.

As he panted, he suddenly laughed nervously, muttering to himself, "Interesting! Really interesting! There's actually a poison specifically targeting black blood, and I don't even know what it is! Some skill, this makes the game more interesting! Follow me!"

He suddenly sprang up from the ground, flipped in the air, and landed on all fours, moving quickly along the ground like a large insect. His face almost touched the ground, and his nostrils flared as he sniffed, heading north.

The Dark Blade warriors knew Yu Renyan had found a clue and followed silently.

These people were considered elite in the expeditionary army, and Yu Renyan was their leader. He had the opportunity to join the top ten special forces units but chose the expeditionary army instead, where he could truly do as he pleased and indulge himself.

Qian Ye, far away, didn't know that a pack of truly vicious and cunning wolves was now on his trail.

He had been running at a steady speed of 40 kilometers per hour for almost ten hours. This was a method to shake off pursuers by running for an extended period at near the limit, to quickly distance himself and shake off any possible pursuers. This method had no shortcuts; it was a test of both tracking and anti-tracking skills, as well as physical and mental endurance.

In the past, Qian Ye could achieve his goal of moving to a new area by running for four hours. The Red Scorpion's standard for extreme running was three hours or 120 kilometers. Now, with his advanced original power and the strong physique of a vampire, his endurance had increased several times, so he pushed himself to the limit, and after ten hours, he officially entered the territory of the Rockfort.

At the border, Qian Ye stopped briefly, rested for an hour, and then continued.

A white-headed eagle flew overhead, its sharp eyes fixed on the solitary figure below. On the vast wasteland, the figure kept running at a constant speed.

The eagle hesitated for a moment, then decided that the person's behavior was too strange, giving it an inexplicable sense of unease. It let out a long cry, turned, and flew away, abandoning the obvious prey.

A day later, Yu Renyan also appeared at the border of the Rockfort territory.

His face was even paler, covered in dust, and his hair was dirty, clearly exhausted. He had mistakenly eaten a piece of the vampire corpse contaminated with Qian Ye's blood, causing him to vomit and have diarrhea, severely damaging his vital energy.

Yu Renyan became anxious when he discovered that the target had used extreme running to escape. As a true master of field tracking, he knew that he had already been delayed by at least half a day. If he was left too far behind, he might lose the target's trail completely.

This was an unacceptable failure.

Yu Renyan could only use the most straightforward and effective method, pursuing at full speed. However, things were not going smoothly from the start. The target seemed to have endless stamina!

By the fifth hour, Yu Renyan could no longer hold on and rested for three hours before continuing his pursuit.

When he reached the border of the Rockfort territory, only three of the Dark Blade warriors who had started with him remained, the rest having fallen behind.

Yu Renyan finally discovered that the target had also rested here, a discovery that left him unsure whether to be relieved or worried. The relief came from the extremely subtle traces that confirmed he was on the right track, and that the target was still human. The worry came from the target's performance in extreme escape, which was far from normal, even matching the elite soldiers of the special forces.

Yu Renyan decided to set up camp where Qian Ye had rested, rather than continue forward.

He had already realized that the initial half-day delay had been extended to a full day, meaning he could never catch up to the target's speed. The target was clearly an expert, leaving very few traces, and the distance of a day made the scent extremely faint. If he continued, he would soon lose the trail entirely. Moreover, if the target entered any of the four major cities of the Rockfort territory, he would disappear like a drop of water in the sea.

Instead of wasting his energy in vain, it was better to rest and plan his next move.

But this did not mean Yu Renyan wanted to give up. On the contrary, the difficulty excited him immensely, like being in a constant state of climax, even making him want to moan.

Yu Renyan was determined to pursue the target to the end! On this broken continent, there were few targets worthy of his full effort as a sixth-level expert in tracking and assassination.

When Qian Ye entered a small town, he looked like a young mercenary.

He had a hearty meal at the busiest restaurant in town, had a drink at the most crowded bar, and pinched the barmaid's round buttocks before slipping into the toilet and quietly leaving through the side door of the bar.

When he left the town, he had transformed into a middle-aged man with a short beard.

By making this detour in the town, Qian Ye believed that even if someone was following him, they would lose the trail here. He continued without stopping, and after three days and nights, he finally arrived at the Dark Blood City, located at the border of the Rockfort territory.

This city was vast, with four enormous perpetual towers in each corner of the city, their bases supported by massive steam turbines. The poorly designed, sprawling overhead pipelines extended like a spider web to every corner of the city, providing power and heat to the numerous defense facilities throughout the city.

This chaotic urban infrastructure layout made it almost impossible to sabotage, unless the entire city was flattened. Perhaps this was the architect's intention?

Dark Blood City was on the front line of conflict with the dark races and served as the most important supply base for the expeditionary army, hunters, and pioneers.

The city's disorder was as chaotic as its overhead pipelines, and the expeditionary army could only maintain nominal supreme jurisdiction. At any moment, all sorts of crimes occurred, and many people died, but no one paid attention.

This was a paradise for adventurers, a heaven for outlaws, and a hell for the weak.

Nearly a thousand years ago, humans and vampires had a major battle here. The war involved millions of troops, and the humans, at the cost of 1.1 million lives, killed over 600,000 vampire warriors, winning the eight-month-long campaign.

After this battle, the humans established a fortress city here. The blood of both sides seeped into the soil, staining the land for miles, and the color remained for centuries, hence the name Dark Blood City.

This was also the place Qian Ye chose to settle.

It was Qian Ye's first time in Dark Blood City. When he saw the magnificent 30-meter-high city walls and the enormous city gates, which were several stories tall, he was also deeply impressed!