"Currently, what we humans know is that the universe is composed of eight elements: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, space, time, and the power we cultivate in martial arts."
"All alien races that descended upon Earth during the Great Cataclysm could only awaken one of these abilities. Very few, extremely few, possessed two abilities, each with its own strengths. Reaching the Grandmaster level made one an unparalleled master."
Yang Ding raised his hand. "Instructor wife, I have a question."
"Go ahead, husband."
"What if someone could awaken all abilities?"
Ye Rou chuckled. "Husband, you're so silly! Wouldn't that be a god?"
"A god?"
"Yes, an omniscient and omnipotent god, capable of creating a new world single-handedly."
Yang Ding fell into deep thought. He had indeed considered using his personal space to create his own world, complete with mountains, rivers, forests, and fresh air.
Seeing that her husband didn't press further, Ye Rou called out a short girl.
"She's a B-level wood-type ability user. Everyone probably thinks this ability is weak in attack, but she has a special ability: healing and self-healing. Wood-type ability users are the most popular profession in the Northern Great Wall, representing life."
The wood-type senior nodded. "Anyone want to come out and try being healed?"
The students all looked at Ma Shanfeng, who looked up at the sky in shame.
His flaw was beyond healing; it was completely gone.
Seeing that no one dared to come out, Ye Rou scolded, "Except for my husband, you're all a bunch of cowards. There aren't many close combat classes this afternoon, so don't waste time with me."
Class 22 students: ???
Instructor Ye, why don't you send your husband out?
Yang Ding nudged Mao Jian. "Your chance has come. Go try it."
"What chance? I'm not injured, Ding-ge."
"Didn't you get a nail stuck in your butt?"
"How can I show it off there? Don't I have any shame?"
"I mean, this senior sister is pretty good-looking. Why don't you try flirting with her?"
"She's a junior in college. She's probably married with kids."
"Have an affair."
Mao Jian's mind went blank the moment he heard that.
Marrying a beautiful wife is all about sleeping with her, right? Having an affair is the same as sleeping with her, and it's even more exciting.
He strode over to the wood-element senior sister, cupped his fists, and said, "Please enlighten me, senior sister."
Yang Ding beckoned Ye Rou to come to his side.
"What's wrong, honey? Sister Jing said you're not feeling well. Why aren't you going?"
"I'm fine. I need to protect your pure and beautiful eyes."
Ye Rou was puzzled. "What?"
The Wood-element senior sister asked Mao Jian with a smile, "Hey classmate, where are you injured? External or internal injuries are fine, just not too serious."
"My fart."
"What?"
The Wood-element senior sister's smile froze on her face. "Your what?"
The students laughed loudly, watching even more enthusiastically.
"My fart is injured. I got pricked by a nail."
"Was the nail rusty?"
"I don't know, but the wound isn't deep because I was wearing a fart bra at the time."
"Then we need to treat you quickly. It would be troublesome if it flared up."
Saying that, the Wood-element senior sister walked to a small tree and made Mao Jian take off his pants.
"Ah, can I not take them off?"
"No, my cultivation is not high enough to transfer life force over a long distance."
"Senior sister, my fart doesn't hurt. How about I take over for you?"
Mao Jian immediately backed down, but the students cheered wildly.
Upon hearing this, Yang Ding quickly shouted, "If you're a man, take it off! Healing is a perfectly legitimate matter, what are you afraid of?"
"Yeah, Mao Jian, who hasn't been to the hospital?"
"Unless you're thinking something weird." Yang Ding continued to bluff.
Ye Rou turned and buried herself in his arms, covering her mouth and laughing wildly.
"Husband, you're so naughty."
Wood-type awakened individuals are usually gentle, and her senior sister gently comforted her, "It's okay, you're hugging the tree, no one can see anything."
"Don't think too much, at this moment I'm a doctor saving lives."
Caught in a bind, Mao Jian could only close his eyes and do as she said.
The wood-type senior sister pressed her left hand on the tree and her right hand on the small wound on his buttocks, concentrating her mind and circulating healing techniques.
Soon, a miraculous scene appeared, the leaves of the small tree withered instantly.
The wood-type senior sister removed her hands, and the wound on Mao Jian's buttocks had healed.
"Holy crap, I'd heard wood-type abilities were special before, but I never imagined they were this powerful."
"It's said that female wood-type ability users can be brides every day, and they possess powerful wound-healing abilities."
The male students immediately became excited.
Ye Rou glared at them, "Anyone who keeps thinking nonsense, come out and try your fire and metal-type abilities."
Everyone was scared into shutting up.
She took the black gold sword from Yang Ding's hand, "Please, senior brother with metal-type abilities, come out."
Ye Rou drew the sword, holding up the scabbard and introducing it: "When mental strength and physical strength are roughly equal, if you're wielding a metal weapon, you'll be at a great disadvantage against a metal-type ability user."
Ye Rou threw the black gold sword, and it suddenly hovered in the air.
"Metal-type ability users can manipulate other metals to attack you, causing your sword to slash at your own neck when you're distracted."
"Instructor Ye, be careful!"
After the metal-type senior brother warned her, the black metal sword turned and shot towards her chest in mid-air.
Ye Rou easily knocked the black metal sword away with her scabbard.
"When we designed swords for martial artists, we considered this. The scabbards in your hands are all made of hard plastic, without any metal or wood."
"As long as you can get close to the ability user, you've already won. Ability users have no combat power."
Mao Jian, whose wound had healed, raised his hand. "Instructor Ye, what if there are a lot of iron objects around? The nail that pierced my butt was in an inconspicuous corner, impossible to defend against. Do you have any special tricks?"
"Well, in this situation, the special trick is to run fast."
Then Ye Rou explained the characteristics of earth, fire, and water-type attacks, as well as the most effective ways to deal with them.
It was already 5 pm after class, and everyone needed to go eat before continuing tonight's search.
Ye Rou looked at her husband with concern, "I've said so much just to tell you the correct way to deal with this, it doesn't mean it will save your lives. If you encounter someone with a huge difference in strength, you have to run faster than a rabbit, don't throw your lives away, understand?"
"Understood, Instructor Ye." The students replied in unison.
Ye Rou took Yang Ding's arm, "I'll go to the cafeteria with you tonight
. You're so busy every day, my baby and I haven't seen you much." "I definitely won't stay up all night tonight, last night was a special case."
"That's right, you can't catch all the parasites, you can't clean up two hundred floors in one night."
"Okay, I'll be back to be with my wife before midnight tonight."
When the two walked into the Class B cafeteria, all ten thousand Class B students from freshmen to seniors stared at them.
"Awesome, you got the instructor so pregnant."
Seeing Yang Ding standing tall and proud, looking quite imposing, Ye Rou quickly clung to his arm, acting like a little bird nestled against him.
"Honey, wasn't my performance alright?"
"Absolutely perfect! You gave your husband a lot of face."
"They seem to envy you."
"Not just them, all the lower- and middle-class men in the entire Jinglong Empire envy me." "
You're not low-class at all. You always manage to escape danger, and your trial scores are far ahead of the competition. You're definitely a talent."
"My wife knows her stuff."
Yang Ding, as a low-level martial artist, had only been in Class B for less than a month, yet he already occupied the most central position in Class B22.
He walked to the dining table, and his teammates quickly stood up to offer him a seat.
"Captain Yang, please sit down. Instructor Ye, please sit down."
Even Huang Bingbing had to stand up as well, to fit in.
With her husband first, Ye Rou wasn't disappointed; on the contrary, she was very happy. A wife's honor is her husband's honor.
As for why Yang Ding hadn't awakened yet possessed such strong survival skills, she didn't think about it carefully, because she couldn't understand it.
These past few days, she hadn't had the chance to ask Yang Ding to transfer her true energy; her husband was getting busier and busier.
Yang Ding wanted to help Ye Rou sit down first, but Ye Rou insisted he sit first.
"We're outside, thousands of eyes are watching. We have to show them who's the boss in our family."
Ye Rou's generosity and thoughtfulness made the male classmates next to her drool with envy.
Their wives were rough, ugly, and had terrible tempers.
Ye Rou and Fang Jing, on the other hand, were beautiful, powerful, and talented, earning millions a year, and were incredibly gentle with their husbands.
God was so unfair, giving Yang Ding all the good things.
After dinner, Yang Ding asked Mao Jian to call over all seven members of Ma Shanfeng's group from the neighboring building.
The parasites in Building 55 had been killed, and the search needed to continue.
However, there were two parasites in Building 63 that could be captured.
"Ma Shanfeng, do you still need our help, or are you going to catch those two parasitic beasts yourselves?"
Ma Shanfeng hurriedly replied, "Team Leader Yang, I'm not the team leader anymore. The student council thinks I'm a bad leader, causing six teammates to die in vain, and they forbid me from being a team leader, captain, or class monitor in the future."
"Is that so? It seems the student council is still thinking clearly. A team leader should take care of the team members, otherwise who will risk their lives for you in the future?"
At this time, Mao Jian, who is professionally responsible for providing the straight man, had to step in.
"The space parasitic beast and the iron-type parasitic beast in Building 55 were killed by my brother Ding alone. He always rushes to the front when there is danger."
The others also echoed.
"That's right, our Team Leader Yang is also very generous in sharing the profits with us."
Ma Shanfeng lowered his head in shame.
Ye Rou was unhappy and pinched Yang Ding's thigh hard.
"Why are you risking your life like this?"
She meant that according to the school spirit of Jiangling University, subordinates are sent to their deaths.
But Yang Ding felt that this kind of atmosphere was simply not feasible, and in the end, they would all die together, benefiting the enemy.
"Captain Yang, we're willing to accept your help. All the beast crystals are yours; we just need to stay alive and complete the mission," Ma Shanfeng replied.
"That's settled then. If you don't cooperate or slack off, I won't care about your lives anymore."
"Don't worry, we promise to follow your orders. Ultimately, we still have to report to the enforcement team."
Ye Rou didn't need Yang Ding to make money, but as a man, Yang Ding had to risk his life for ranking, face, or actual gain; otherwise, he'd truly be seen as a freeloader.
After dinner, she took Yang Ding's arm and escorted him to the parking lot.
"Don't be reckless, survival is the most important thing. Baby, Sister Jing, and I are all waiting for you."
Yang Ding hugged her. "From now on, this will be your daily routine. You have to trust your husband. Only through trials and tribulations can one become strong. Do you think I'll hide in a gentle embrace every day?"
Ye Rou thought he was right. "Okay, my husband is still a man."
"I'm leaving now. I'll come back to keep you company tonight."
"Remember, use your sword sheath when you encounter metal-type enemies, and be careful of earth-type enemies as they may use traps."
"Understood."
Yang Ding sat in the last row, pretending to close his eyes and rest, but actually he was quickly cultivating the Void Rift Technique.
He needed to absorb all the spiritual power of the beast crystal as soon as possible.
By the time they arrived at the farm community, it was already dark.
There were some shops on both sides of the community, but they had closed early, and all residents were not allowed to go out after dark.
The two groups rode their bikes to Building 63 and met Fang Dalong and his teammates on patrol downstairs.
"Dalong, have you encountered any accidents these past few days?" Yang Ding asked.
"No, we're mainly on patrol on the roads, it's safer than you going upstairs."
"Any new information?"
Fang Dalong whispered in Yang Ding's ear, "Jiangling City is probably riddled with holes."
"What about Donghai?"
"My parents haven't found anything yet, but they're on high alert."
"Be careful, join our channel, call us for help if anything happens."
Yang Ding was still worried about his brother-in-law; the fact that General Zhao hadn't married Fang Jing must have been a thorn in his side.
The arrogance of the powerful has no cost, and they'll never change their ways.
This time, Fang Dalong listened to advice and joined Yang Ding's team's channel.
After they left, Yang Ding led his team to the security room.
"We have a lot of people today, we must find that thing, otherwise the search of Building 55 will be delayed."
"But we have no clue now. Fire-type parasites can regulate their body temperature, and the forehead thermometer can't detect it."
"Tell us the specific situation at the time."
After listening to Ma Shanfeng and the others, he asked, "What time did you find the wood-type parasite?"
"Probably close to 12 o'clock?"
"After you made a commotion, how long did it take for the fire-type parasite to come to your aid?"
"Probably only two minutes."
Yang Ding stroked his beard. "Let's go to the wood-type's house first. Is her husband still there?"
"Her husband and child are fine."
Leaving two team members in the security room to check the surveillance footage, Yang Ding led 15 people to the 180th floor in the elevator.
When they knocked on the door, the man inside was very nervous. His newborn child, who had lost his mother, was crying pitifully.
"My wife disappeared after you guys started chasing her. What are you doing here?"
Mao Jian took his temperature and then went in to take the child's temperature; both were normal.
"Take out a picture of your wife and let us see what she looks like."
Yang Ding distributed three photos to the team members; she had striking features and was quite attractive.
"The fire-type parasite was able to hear the battle so quickly at midnight and rush over, which means it lives very close. Check all five floors again."
"We've already checked the top five floors," Ma Shanfeng reminded them.
"Check again, not the fire element, but the wood element. Not just check their temperatures, but also chat with the women in each room and observe their reactions."
"What kind of reactions, Brother Ding?"
"Jealousy and dissatisfaction, that's what they're looking for. Parasites can bewitch women; they use emotions. If it brings a beautiful, strange female of its kind back, human women can't stand it. They might even sell them off in a fit of anger."
"Brother Ding, how come you think of everything so meticulously, so flawlessly?" Mao Jian seized every opportunity to flatter him, constantly thinking of ways to establish Yang Ding's authority.
The fifteen-person team split into two groups, going door-to-door to check as Yang Ding had instructed.
He, however, took the elevator to the rooftop to see if the troublemakers were still there.
Sure enough, despite the curfew, the aroma of cumin-flavored meat skewers wafted from the rooftop.
Privilege was everywhere; law enforcement officers could do whatever they wanted.
Yang Ding crept towards the smoky area and saw nine senior students sitting there eating barbecue—the same people from last night, the atmosphere strained.
"Captain Jiang, with such heavy casualties this morning, should we still take action tonight?"
"I've received the latest intelligence; there are two big catches tonight, one wood-type and one fire-type, with beast crystals worth no less than 200,000."
Hearing the word "fire-type," some people already hesitated.
"Even risking your life for 200,000 isn't worth it."
"Twenty or thirty thousand per person per night, and you still think it's too little? What's your family's financial situation?"
"I'm not saying it's too little, I'm saying that the fire-elemental expert who saved Yang Ding is too strong, maybe even A-level, or even A+ level."
Other classmates chimed in, "Captain, we're all making money anyway, why should we target Yang Ding's group? Wouldn't it be easier to rob Group C and Group D?"
"Because Yang Ding overestimated himself and married Instructor Ye, and also Instructor Fang, who has supernatural abilities, don't you want to deal with him?"
This reasoning was too far-fetched and couldn't convince anyone.
Yang Ding was unworthy, someone that inspired envy, jealousy, and hatred, even someone who wanted to kill him.
But it wasn't worth risking one's life for.
This Captain Jiang was a hidden slave taken in by Huang Agui. Last night, without support, he watched his fire-elemental teammates being devoured alive, which completely destroyed his prestige among his teammates.
"That expert should be a member of the Dragon Guard Imperial Guard," Yang Ding said.
"Who?"
Yang Ding emerged from the shadows, fearlessly squatting by the fire, picking up a grilled kidney and eating it.
"You're just a freshman, an unawakened weakling, how dare you be so arrogant in front of us senior brothers and sisters?"
"You have no manners!"
A metal-element senior brother tried to control an iron skewer to pierce Yang Ding's cheek, but Yang Ding used even greater strength to control the skewer, quickly piercing it into his palm in full view of everyone.
"Ah!"
The metal-element senior brother screamed.
Captain Jiang was shocked, "This is impossible, what is your cultivation level? Are you deliberately hiding your strength?"
The metal-element senior brother was already a C+ level ability user. His control over metal-elemental matter required at least the martial arts of a lower third-grade cultivator to handle with ease.
"My identity is unfathomable, not someone you can afford to offend, so you'd better not listen to your captain's nonsense."
Captain Jiang laughed, "Yang Ding, you grew up in the bottom floor of the Imperial Maternity and Childcare Center, your parents were compost workers at a fertilizer factory, what the hell is your identity?"
He didn't realize he had let something slip; ordinary people wouldn't know the occupation of Yang Ding's parents in this life, they had been dead for over ten years.
Yang Ding swaggered down, the class consciousness of Jiangling University completely disregarded him.
"Without some special identity, could you have married two stunning instructors like Ye Rou and Fang Jing? Do you even have the qualifications?"
"That's because the Imperial Marriage System had a bug, not because of your strength."
"Why didn't the bug happen to you?"
"This..."
"During the ghost-extermination operation, a Dragon Guard wearing a golden mask came to my rescue. The sword energy he unleashed stretched for hundreds of meters, his cultivation was estimated to be at the seventh rank."
Yang Ding deliberately raised the rank by one.
"Seventh rank? Dragon Guard?"
The senior brothers and sisters panicked, their roasted meat no longer tasted good.
The Dragon Guard is the personal guard of Jinglong Royal City. They only obey the Queen's orders; they are the elite of the elite.
A seventh-rank martial artist in the Dragon Guard is at least a major general, someone students can't afford to offend.
But would such a master protect an ordinary person like Yang Ding?
Seeing that the students were fooled by Yang Ding, Captain Jiang said, "Look at this kid, he's talking nonsense. Don't be scared by him."
"The fire-type ability user who devoured your teammates at dawn was probably also from the Dragon Guard."
"Why would such masters protect you?" a water-type senior sister asked.
Yang Ding feigned melancholy, "I've thought about it for a long time. My first wife, Ye Rou, and my second wife, Fang Jing, are the goddesses in your hearts. They say I will be famous throughout the world, have many wives and concubines, and be richer than a country."
He adhered to the principle that one's identity is self-given, and bragged wildly, promising a direct path to heaven.
The water-type senior sister was stunned; this guy was indeed a braggart.
"I'll spit in your face."
"You're getting more and more outrageous, even trying to associate yourself with the Queen. I'll report you if you're not careful."
"Anyway, I've already warned you guys. Superhumans are a rare resource; it's not worth dying in internal strife."
After Yang Ding finished speaking, Mao Jian's distress call came through his earpiece.
"Brother Ding, Brother Ding, we've been attacked!"
Yang Ding rushed towards the elevator. "Is anyone injured?"
"One person was injured, but it's not serious."
"How many were found?"
"Two, one metal-type and one wood-type. They're quite strong."
"And a fire-type?"
"I don't know. These two attacked us on their own initiative."
"Attacked us on their own initiative? Where did they run off to?"
"They ran downstairs. We're in hot pursuit."
"What floor are they on now?"
"140th floor."
Once they get to the lower floors, these guys might jump down using objects, making them even harder to catch.
Yang Ding quickly called out, "Da Long, Da Long, where are you? Can you hear me?"
"Yes, brother-in-law, I'm going to intercept them right away."
"Don't you law enforcement officers need to make extra money? Won't you try to rob us?"
"They probably will, but I don't need it. My mom has transferred two or three million in cash to me over the years, and I haven't touched it much."
"Why doesn't your mom transfer it to your sister?"
"My sister already earns a million a year, what more do you want?"
"I'm coming down right now."
"I'll intercept them at the door."
"Be careful, Yi Jin and Yi Mu, did you bring shields?"
"Yes, don't worry." "
The two people watching the surveillance on the first floor will help you. If you can't stop them, that's fine, your life is the priority."
Yang Ding was also worried about his brother-in-law getting into trouble. When he saw his father-in-law and mother-in-law during the New Year, he would rely entirely on him for support.
When the elevator reached the 100th floor, Fang Da Long's urgent voice came through the earpiece.
"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, we've been attacked! We can't get through!"
"What attacked you?"
"Four, no, five or six! They have all sorts of abilities. The road's been overturned, and the parasites seem to be fighting back."
"If you're in danger, shout Catch-22! Shout it out loud with your teammates, and someone will come to your aid."
"What Catch-22?"
"Just shout it!"
Yang Ding pressed the elevator button for the 80th floor. The moment the doors opened, he turned and rushed towards the connecting corridor, leaping over the railing.
With his current cultivation level, the 80th floor was about 400 meters; jumping wouldn't cause injury.
Besides, his wife had taught him how to gather his energy upon landing to counteract the force of gravity during a high-speed fall.
It only took him nine seconds to fall from the 80th floor to the ground. Yang Ding spread his arms wide, slamming into a tree like a cannonball, breaking three trunks as thick as bowls before landing.
"Exciting!"
Yang Ding looked at the shattered floor tiles he had smashed, dusted himself off, and stretched his limbs, discovering he was surprisingly unharmed, only suffering minor scrapes.
"Bullfight!"
Several shouts of "Catch-22, Main Road Rescue!" rang out from the main road, accompanied by sounds of fierce fighting.
Mao Jian's voice came through his earpiece, "Brother Ding, those two parasites have disappeared."
"Never mind, everyone come down to support."
"Okay, we're only thirty floors away."
Worried about everyone's safety, Yang Ding was about to go to help when he was attacked by a barrage of projectiles raining down from the sky.
He used a sweeping sword technique to deflect all the projectiles, only to find they were all miscellaneous iron weapons—
nail, scissors, knives, forks, etc. They didn't seem very lethal, but a hit to a vital spot would be fatal or seriously injured.
A man wearing iron shoes floated down, and a woman stood atop the treetop that Yang Ding had almost balded.
"Were you the one who fell from the sky and almost hit me?"
The man was very displeased. He thought this guy was dead, but he actually got up again.
"Just the two of you? Where's the other one?"
"Why did you attack first tonight?"
Yang Ding said, retreating to the wall while quickly tightening the belt of his leather jacket.
He didn't know the strength of the metal-type parasite, but the leather jacket could definitely block most of the attacks from the wood-type ability user.
Wood itself isn't very hard, which is a disadvantage for wood-type ability users.
Only S-rank can use their mental power to enhance trees, forming an attack force as hard as iron.
Metal-type abilities are more disgusting. Metal devices can emerge from anywhere to attack, making them impossible to defend against.
Mao Jian's butt was stuck with a nail because that nail was in his heel.
"I only found out today that the ones sweeping the building weren't some law enforcement team, but freshmen noobs who've caused us so much trouble. You damned Earth-supporting creatures!"
The wood-type parasite glanced upstairs. "Honey, his teammates are catching up. Don't waste time talking to him, kill them quickly, we need to get out of the city."
These two had somehow become husband and wife.
Parasites are as intelligent as humans, but simpler. They have no gender, and therefore no desires. Their marriages are purely for cooperation.
They have only two missions: first, to find a planet with life; second, to frantically absorb spiritual energy.
"Attack together!"
The female parasite simply raised her hands, and the broken branches transformed into over a dozen sharp wooden spears.
The male parasite then summoned all the iron weapons Yang Ding had knocked to the ground, including the black gold sword in Yang Ding's hand.
Given Yang Ding's style, he should have attacked quickly to disrupt their rhythm, since the distance was within his capabilities.
But he didn't.
The greatest advantage of concealing one's strength is making the opponent careless, and carelessness is fatal.
"Kill!"
As the male parasite unleashed a hundred iron weapons, the female parasite released over a dozen wooden spears.
"Sweeping Sword Across the Wilderness!"
Yang Ding roared, unleashing a sweeping sword technique with 130% experience points and over 40,000 jin of strength at the mid-stage of the third rank.
He first swung the wooden spears at the male parasite, then swept the hundred iron weapons at the female parasite.
"Damn it, cunning humans!"
They couldn't control the substances attacking them and could only frantically try to help their teammates.
This naturally gave Yang Ding an opportunity to attack.
With a sweeping sword technique, Yang Ding cleaved all the wooden spears in two, and his black gold sword pierced straight at the male parasite's neck.
The male parasite immediately concentrated all his mental energy, controlling the black gold sword to within twenty centimeters of his neck.
"Wife, I'll hold him off, you quickly attack the back of his head."
"Hmph, you dare to challenge me!"
Yang Ding sneered, suddenly withdrawing the black gold sword, his body lunging forward, his left finger pointing at the man's brow.
The male parasite sneered, "Foolish human, with your meager cultivation, you think you can kill me with just two fingers?"
Before he finished speaking, a burst of true energy blasted a large hole in his head, and a golden beast crystal sprang out from the back of his skull.
Yang Ding swept aside the wooden spears attacking from behind, picked up the beast crystal, and pounced on the female parasite.
Knowing she was no match for Yang Ding, the female parasite tried to fly away on her wooden clogs.
But the treetops were only about ten meters high, and Yang Ding easily leaped up, sweeping his sword towards the female parasite's legs.
"Sweeping Sword Wind Through the Forest!"
Even though the female parasite had flown away, and the sword tip hadn't even touched her skin, her legs were neatly severed, separated from her body, and fell to the ground along with her clogs.
The female parasite's mental energy instantly dissipated, she lost her balance, and plummeted downwards.
"Sword Qi?"
This was the first time Yang Ding had unleashed sword qi.
He pointed his sword downwards, piercing her mouth and exiting from the back of her head.
When he pulled out the black gold sword, he also pulled out the parasite's corpse.
With the two golden beans in hand, Mao Jian and the others ran down.
Looking at the two corpses, they exclaimed, "Holy crap !
" "Brother Ding, what did your wife feed you? How did your cultivation progress so fast?"
"Yeah, Captain Yang, this gold-type parasitic beast is at least C+ level, maybe even B level, it's really strong!"
"Stop talking nonsense, follow me."
Yang Ding led a dozen or so team members towards the sound of fighting.
"Da Long, Da Long, are you still alive?"
"Brother-in-law, how can you curse your brother-in-law like that? How can you face my sister?"
"I want to inherit your father's estate." "
With my father's status, how could he only have two children? They have two more children in Donghai City. Do you think it's up to you, you scheming son-in-law?"
"Which building?" "
I'm in the corner of the lobby of Building 72. My calf was pierced by an ice arrow from a water-type parasitic beast."
Yang Ding stopped, glanced at the building number, and sprinted towards Building 72.
Shouts echoed along the main road of the community.
Fireballs rained down everywhere, ice spikes and arrows were aimed at heads, and every piece of metal falling from the ground could strike your lower body.
Mao Jian, gripping his shield, grew increasingly nervous as he ran. "Brother Ding, why are all these guys out here tonight?"
"It's probably because we intensified our search efforts. They know they'll be discovered sooner or later and are trying to escape the city."
"There are law enforcement teams patrolling the city walls; it won't be that easy."
"That's why they'll fight back fiercely. Be careful."
The battle at the entrance of Building 72 was extremely fierce, with seven or eight law enforcement officers already injured or killed.
A fire-type parasite, a metal-type parasite, and an earth-type parasite were employing aerial tactics.
They flew fifty meters in the air, using their respective elemental protective plates, constantly hurling fireballs, steel bars, and large bricks down.
The earth-type parasite had demolished over a hundred square meters of the outer wall of Building 76; if this continued, the building would collapse.
They were taking advantage of the fact that the students and law enforcement officers in this community were of low cultivation and couldn't jump fifty meters high.
"Fang Dalong, are you in there?"
"I'm here, brother-in-law, be careful."
Hearing Yang Ding's voice, the three parasites began attacking him.
Three substances rained down from the sky, attacking him relentlessly, a truly unpleasant experience.
Mao Jian and his teammates, carrying shields, protected Yang Ding as they retreated step by step.
"Damn, Ding-ge, you're a big star in the Parasite world, aren't you?"
The fire-type parasite stepped on burning steel plates, molten iron dripping onto the ground.
It pointed at Yang Ding and ordered its comrades, "Kill him."
"Does it recognize you?" Huang Bingbing asked.
"Probably because I killed four parasites, these guys seem like loners, but they're actually quite united within their group," Yang Ding replied.
"Do we humans only like infighting?" "
Captain Yang, does this mean we're far ahead in this community?" "
Probably." "
Watch out for ice arrows! Another water-type parasite is coming!"
The metal-type parasite had dismantled a water pipe, continuously supplying water, determined to kill Yang Ding.
Mao Jian shouted, "Protect Captain Yang to the death! Without his leadership, we'll all die!"
A dozen team members gripped their shields, protecting Yang Ding in the center.
Bricks, ice spikes, a jumble of metal objects, and scorching fireballs rained down on the protective shield.
The four parasites dared not get too close, and the stalemate continued.
Yang Ding peered through the gaps, searching for an opportunity to break the deadlock.
He had intended to use the Void Rift Technique to launch a sneak attack, but the four parasites were too fast, and his spatial abilities weren't well-controlled; he couldn't act at will, and randomly poking around would easily expose his abilities.
Since he was being targeted, he hoped that every use of his spatial abilities would be a guaranteed kill.
Tonight's events suggested that the parasites might have some kind of connection, able to sense the presence of their own kind even while disguised as humans.
No wonder they could lie low for so long and in such large numbers.
It seemed the ultimate secret of the universe was also to survive; in the Dark Forest theory, only by surviving could one live long.
This applied to the Others, and it applied to the parasites as well.
Yang Ding observed his surroundings. The nine senior brothers and sisters who had intercepted them on the rooftop hadn't made a move; their abilities could have easily subdued these parasites.
Now, only the students from Class B of the first year and Fang Dalong's enforcement team were fighting.
"These bastards, they're not even making a move, just waiting to steal the beast crystals."
"Brother Ding, hurry up and think of something, otherwise the casualties will be too high, and the student council might remove you as captain."
In the entire Class B22, no one was more suitable to lead everyone than Yang Ding.
In the stairwell window of the 18th floor of Building 75 next door, four big shots of the lurking Stinger organization silently watched the battle below.
Huang Bingbing's sixth sister, Huang Aqing, had shoulder-length straight green hair, wore a butterfly-shaped mask studded with diamonds, a black leather jacket covered with black gold darts, and a bamboo leaf tattoo behind her left ear. She wore a pair of pure silver high-heeled sandals.
Her style was very flamboyant.
She held a cigarette in her mouth and coldly stared at the battle below.
Huang Aqing was also in the gifted youth class, in the same year as Ye Rou's sister Ye Ke, and in the same class as Fang Jing. She was an
A-level metal-type ability user, her ultimate skill was "Green Snake Spitting Tongue," and her weapon was 18 black gold darts coated with different levels of alien venom.
According to regulations, a superhuman of her level who didn't stay on to teach should have gone to the Northern Legion to fight, but she deserted after graduation and disappeared.
The Northern Legion issued a global arrest warrant for her, but the Jiangling Law Enforcement Bureau never seriously pursued her.
When she wasn't on assassination missions, she spent most of her time cultivating in the basement of the Stinger headquarters, completely oblivious to the outside world.
"If we don't act soon, Yang Ding is doomed."
"It's the Parasite's doing, it's none of our business."
"Zhou Ruoxi doesn't want him dead."
"She's biased, always prioritizing the big picture, siding with the Queen."
Zou Xiaoren stuck his head out, scanning the sky.
"Those two Dragon Guards should be coming out soon, get ready to act."
"What if we're wrong? Then Azi is doomed." Huang Aqing asked.
Huang Aqing, Huang Agui, and Huang Azi all shared the same mother, so their relationship was naturally closer.
"She's surrounded by a dozen weaklings, but Azi is a mid-stage third-grade cultivator. She won't die so easily."
More and more students from Class 22 gathered, all called upon by Rule 22 to support Yang Ding.
But with four parasitic beasts bombarding from the sky, there was no better way. Someone was burned on the scalp by molten iron dripping, collapsing to the ground screaming. Yang Ding quickly dragged him into the protective shield.
"Yang Ding, you damn well better think of something!" Huang Bingbing cursed.
Yang Ding had a sudden inspiration, "I have a trump card."
"What trump card?"
Everyone was overjoyed.
Yang Ding didn't answer, but instead commanded, "I'll count to three, and you open the protective shield."
"Roger!"
"One..."
"Two..."
"Three... Open!"
Yang Ding grabbed Huang Bingbing's shoulder with his left hand and her thigh with his right, forcefully throwing her into the air.
"Go!"
"Close it, close it, close it!"
Huang Bingbing was still trying to figure out what the solution was when she herself was thrown towards the fire-type parasitic beasts.
"Yang Ding, you insidious bastard!"
The fire-type parasitic beast was also dumbfounded, and could only launch all its fireballs at Huang Bingbing.
Huang Bingbing was, after all, a mid-stage third-rank cultivator, and when she landed, she swung her twin pistols, deflecting all the fireballs.
But twin pistols were no match for four beasts, and she was accidentally stabbed in the arm by the scissors behind her.
Just then, a clear whistle came from the air.
Huang Aqing, clad in silver high heels, plummeted rapidly. Eighteen black gold darts, launched from four directions at her whistle, attacked four parasites.
The darts were small and fast, practically invisible in the night.
The first to suffer was the metal-type parasite, overestimating its abilities. It failed to dodge and attempted to control the darts, but its mental strength was far inferior, and its forehead was pierced.
The strongest was the fire-type parasite, which used the burning iron plate beneath its feet to block the darts before fleeing towards the window of building 75.
Because its body temperature was undetectable, it could easily conceal itself.
Its escape caused the other attacking parasites to scatter.
This clearly demonstrated that the fire-type parasite was the leader in this community.
Huang Aqing didn't pursue. She then killed the water-type and earth-type parasites, retrieved her darts, flew to the window, and vanished.
Without uttering a word, she appeared and disappeared just as suddenly.
Zou Xiaoren, looking at his disobedient sixth sister, wiped his glasses speechlessly. "Forget it for tonight, go back and rest."
"Brother Ding, who is she? Why did she save Huang Bingbing?"
"This is my ultimate move. You guys go and steal the beast crystals, I'll guard them."
Yang Ding used the stealing method because those older students might come out to snatch them. These were three beast crystals he got for free, probably worth hundreds of thousands.
He scanned his surroundings with his sword. His teammates were seeing parasitic beasts and obtaining beast crystals for the first time, and they were extremely excited.
One metal element, one water element, and one earth element.
"We're rich, we're rich! We've got a great haul tonight!"
Only Huang Bingbing crossed her arms and glared fiercely at Yang Ding. It was the first time she had discovered someone even more cunning than herself.
She began to suspect that Yang Ding had seen through her identity.
Yang Ding felt no guilt whatsoever. How many times had this little green tea betrayed him?
"Mao Jian, take stock of the casualties. Wait for me here."
He went to the lobby on the first floor and found the injured Fang Dalong. He took him to the community first aid station, where the wood element team doctor from the law enforcement team was on duty.
"Brother-in-law, you're really lucky. My sister shouldn't have to be a widow anymore."