Black Card

Lu Zeyu had deep dark circles under his eyes. For the past two days, worried that someone might come after him, he had not gone out to relieve stress, and he had slept uneasily at night.

Suddenly, dense footsteps woke him. He sprang up and went to the living room, looking at the footage from the cameras on his computer. The people in the hallway all seemed to be in a hurry, heading outside.

Although he did not know exactly what was happening, staying home right now would definitely make him stand out. The chaotic crowd in the hallway also made it impossible for him to tell who was an enemy.

But the sunlight outside was blazing. The shortcomings of his Man-eating Demon bloodline were now on full display. Even if he put on thick protective gear, going outside carried the risk of being instantly killed if the other party attacked him beneath the scorching sun.

"Damn it, if I’d had more time, I could have cashed in that prescription and had Goddess help me optimize away this weakness!"

His heart began pounding violently.

Lu Zeyu was certain that guy had come.

Mercenary Tao had really found him!

A chill rose from the depths of his spine and instantly spread through his entire body. He was freezing all over, and even his powerful physique could not make him feel warm.

Then, an even deeper resentment surfaced. He knew Elizabeth must have betrayed him. She had handed that rum over to Mercenary Tao.

Lu Zeyu would not reflect on how many flaws there had been in his actions, nor would he consider the danger of acting without informing Elizabeth. At this moment, all he felt toward Elizabeth was resentment.

"Damn it, I should’ve acted sooner and killed that woman…"

Fear caused Lu Zeyu’s thoughts to scatter out of control, but soon, the sound of a single footstep made even his heartbeat seem to lower its volume.

It was a footstep. Someone was coming up through the hallway, lightly tapping on the wall as if announcing their arrival.

They stopped on the seventh floor. Would they find him…

At that moment, Lu Zeyu could barely breathe. The hand gripping his gun was soaked in sweat, while brown patterns began spreading from his neck across his entire body. His body started swelling, and his strength, speed, and recovery were all rising.

Crack.

The footsteps stopped. Damn it, was it because he was the only one with blackout curtains?

Lu Zeyu was not stupid. Whether it was giving up on staying in a big city years ago and returning to his hometown, using his parents’ connections to get a job in this kind of institution, or getting along with colleagues and superiors, he had always been good at winning people over and obtaining what he wanted without leaving a trace.

He had some cleverness to him.

The only time he had been a little greedy was when he clicked that Yes. In that moment, he had been greedy. He had wanted power that surpassed all mundane daily life.

And as for intercepting the deal between Mercenary Tao and Muzan, Lu Zeyu did not think he had done anything wrong. Every Reincarnator had the right to do that. The winner took all…

Step, step, step…

The footsteps reached his door. Fangs filled Lu Zeyu’s mouth, and his feet burst through his shoes, fully revealing his Man-eating Demon form.

Thud, thud.

The instant the knock sounded, Lu Zeyu’s pupils contracted. He abruptly raised the blue shotgun called Terminator’s Grip and pulled the trigger.

At that moment, he no longer considered what would happen afterward. He only wanted to survive.

Bang!

As the door exploded apart, Lu Zeyu’s trembling pupils saw the baseball-capped man lean against the wall, completely evading the shot.

Damn it, he had predicted it.

Bai Cangshu had been prepared when he knocked on the door. Moreover, his sensitivity to breathing was far beyond Lu Zeyu’s understanding.

Human breathing was also a rhythm, a frequency, an omen.

Before launching an attack, people would always instinctively take a deep breath. Then, the instant they acted, they would hold their breath for a long time—especially when performing something as highly stimulating as firing a gun.

Bai Cangshu twisted at the waist and watched the shattered door fly out from the seventh-floor corridor.

The shotgun in Vincent’s hand instantly ejected its shell. He turned, lowered the barrel, and pulled the trigger at Bai Cangshu again.

Screech!

Thunder Breathing: Thunderclap and Flash!

Like muffled thunder suddenly exploding, Vincent’s vision went blank. He instinctively turned around, only for a hand to violently strike from behind him.

The rhythm of Bai Cangshu’s breathing underwent a fierce change. His lungs and organs throbbed with pain from the shift, yet his movements did not pause in the slightest. One hand pressed against Vincent’s—no, Lu Zeyu’s—face, then smashed him into the now doorless frame.

Bang!

The force was so great that the wall shook violently, and blood had already splattered everywhere.

Expressionless, Bai Cangshu held Lu Zeyu’s head and began sprinting wildly down the hallway.

Splat, splat…

As flesh violently scraped against the walls, blood and meat mixed with lime and cement, falling away continuously.

"Ah!"

Lu Zeyu’s miserable howl no longer sounded human. His scream suddenly rose into a piercing shriek.

Riiing!

A violent ringing filled Bai Cangshu’s ears, and the entire space seemed to tremble. Blood began flowing from his ears in an instant, while Lu Zeyu suddenly punched the wall, shattering it on impact.

Taking the opportunity, Lu Zeyu dropped down. His nearly ground-flat head rapidly began regenerating.

Click. The shotgun chambered another round. He was going to blow this monster’s head off.

Click, click!

Lu Zeyu pulled the trigger twice, but nothing happened. Looking down, he found a hand already lodged inside the trigger guard. Bai Cangshu leaned backward, somewhat caught off guard by this Blood Demon Art that used sound waves.

Light flashed in Lu Zeyu’s hand, and the shotgun vanished. The machine gun with its terrifying rate of fire appeared. Though it was only a basic weapon, it was more than enough to kill an unprotected Reincarnator at close range.

He pulled the bolt, only to hear a deafening boom. That guy’s strength was terrifying. With just a stomp, the hallway had already cracked.

Crack, crack.

The hallway began to crumble. Lu Zeyu’s pupils shrank, and his heart sank. If he fell now, the sunlight would definitely kill him. He looked at that madman, blood streaming from his ears and temples, yet wearing a bloodthirsty smile.

Lu Zeyu turned and lunged toward his room. Bai Cangshu was faster and reacted more quickly than Lu Zeyu. The instant the hallway broke apart, he leaped lightly like a white crane, his body stretching gracefully as he jumped into the room ahead of Lu Zeyu.

Lu Zeyu jumped back into the room. Hearing movement, he raised his gun again, but a fierce gust had already hit him in the face.

Bang!

Like a watermelon bursting, Bai Cangshu directly punched Lu Zeyu’s head apart.

Lu Zeyu swayed twice and collapsed to the floor. As his muscles twitched, his head began slowly recovering.

Bai Cangshu did not use Hamon to kill Lu Zeyu.

Although Lu Zeyu had many bad habits, it had to be said that his habit of stuffing rum into his Backpack had, in a sense, given him quite a few opportunities.

Bai Cangshu was unwilling to risk drawing several bottles of rum if he killed him directly, so he gave Lu Zeyu plenty of chances to counterattack.

Bai Cangshu’s breathing rhythm surged, and golden ripple finally appeared. He crouched down and swept his hand blade lightly, severing Lu Zeyu’s limbs and shallowly opening his chest and abdomen as if dissecting a lab rat.

"Now, I speak, you listen. Understand?"

Lu Zeyu’s head had only just regenerated when the searing heat of the ripple made him howl.

He tried to return to the space, but the prompt was merciless and cold.

You are currently in combat. Please leave combat before returning to the space.

Splat!

With a flick of his finger, Bai Cangshu plucked out an eyeball. Amid his wails, Lu Zeyu finally nodded.

"Don’t kill me, please. Mercenary Tao, don’t kill me…"

"Do you want to live, Lu Zeyu?"

Within Lu Zeyu’s opened chest and abdomen, his heart beat frantically. Lu Zeyu himself, watching his own heart beat with his own eyes, had pupils that trembled incessantly, while the skin of his face twitched as if spasming.

This was how humans began to lose control over certain organs under extreme stimulation.

Though Lu Zeyu was no longer technically human, he still retained human reactions.

Faced with a beast that had turned him into a limbless stump in an instant, Lu Zeyu nodded instinctively. Before his skull had fully regenerated, he could even feel his brain matter splattering with the movement.

Bai Cangshu seemed satisfied with the answer. He nodded and revealed his trademark smile.

"Very good. It seems we have a basis for friendly communication."

Bai Cangshu raised one finger.

"I fought Upper Rank Demon Moon alone, yet you picked the final fruit. That isn’t appropriate. You need to return that prescription to me."

Lu Zeyu could not draw any positive emotion from the other party’s warmthless smile. He watched as the ribs and muscles in his chest began to heal, only to be sliced open again by a ripple-infused hand blade.

Damn it, this guy was the complete nemesis of Man-eating Demons.

Lu Zeyu nodded instinctively. In truth, he had not even heard what "Mercenary Tao" had said. He was simply terrified. He only wanted to live.

"If I kill you, I can safely obtain one attribute point. You know, I’m a Special Reincarnator, so you have to compensate for my losses."

Lu Zeyu’s awareness began returning. Looking at "Mercenary Tao" standing over him, an idea surfaced in his heart. If he could find a way to touch his body, then he could use Doppelganger…

Lu Zeyu suddenly realized Bai Cangshu had stopped talking. He raised his head and met those cold, emotionless eyes. The fake smile from before had completely vanished, leaving only eyes devoid of any warmth.

Bai Cangshu could not read minds, but for someone whose chest had been cut open, the trembling frequency of his eyeballs, the rhythm of his lungs contracting, and the tempo of his heartbeat all showed that the man before him had begun thinking again.

And he did not like prey that thought.

Bai Cangshu slowly raised his right foot. A tearing pain suddenly erupted across Lu Zeyu’s scalp, an intense sense of danger that nearly stabbed into his nerves, warning him.

The next moment, the rhythm of Bai Cangshu’s breathing changed. The explosive force of Flame Breathing combined with the fierce downward stomp of Niko Style: Fire Heaven Form – Blazing Fire.

"Don’t…"

Bang!

Bai Cangshu felt as though he had crushed a rotten winter melon beneath his foot. Its pulp and foul-smelling juices instantly sprayed in every direction.

Whoosh!

Blood instantly dyed the entire room red.

Lu Zeyu’s vision spun wildly. His head rolled around the room like the rubber band flung away after a balloon burst. Everything in his field of vision was covered in his own flesh and organs.

Immense pain and terror nearly drowned him completely.

He did not understand. He had not even done anything yet. This guy had clearly been negotiating with him, so why…

His vision suddenly turned. A hand picked him up from a corner. Lu Zeyu looked at the Reincarnator codenamed Mercenary Tao, his entire body covered in Lu Zeyu’s blood and flesh, yet still expressionless.

There was definitely something wrong with this guy!

Lu Zeyu was utterly certain. Even among Reincarnators, who were abnormal to begin with, this guy was absolutely one of the strangest.

"Let’s continue. Apart from the attribute points I can gain from killing you, I can also obtain your proficiencies, abilities, or items. You’ll have to pay for that loss too. Any objections?"

Lu Zeyu wanted to nod, but with only a head left, he merely swayed twice in the other man’s hand.

He was truly afraid now. He deeply realized that he and the other party were not even the same "species."

Why had he tried to steal something from a guy like this…

"No, I have no objections… As long as I can live, I’ll give you anything…"

Bai Cangshu nodded without replying. He then allowed the other man’s neck and chest to regenerate bit by bit. Once both hands had regrown, Bai Cangshu extended his hand, indicating that he could hand over the items.

Looking at this demon star, Lu Zeyu did not dare entertain any other plans. Light flashed in his hand, and a prescription radiating purple light appeared.

YU15169987 (Vincent) wishes to make an oath with you under the space's witness: YU15169987 will hand over all of his items and 80% of his Dimensional Points and Singularity. You will be unable to attack him in any way. Accept? (The other party will pay the contract fee.)

Bai Cangshu frowned at the prompt. Ripple appeared in his hand again, and Lu Zeyu hurriedly explained.

"Spatial Contracts have the highest authority. Only this way can I feel safe handing over those things. Otherwise, I’d rather die!"

He was not stupid. If he handed over everything for nothing, then once he lost his value, the other party would only kill him.

Bai Cangshu still shook his head. Lu Zeyu’s heart turned cold, but without a Spatial Contract, he would never accept such a guaranteed-death deal. He could only risk his life in one final fight…

"Change the contract to say I cannot attack you for seven days."

After seeming to consider it, Bai Cangshu gave this answer.

Lu Zeyu froze. The courage he had just gathered for a desperate fight instantly vanished. After thinking it over slightly, he understood the other party’s concern.

Mercenary Tao was worried that the earlier contract terms would mean that if they met again in the future, he would still be unable to attack him…

That concern was entirely reasonable. More importantly, it delighted Lu Zeyu, because such consideration meant Mercenary Tao truly was willing to let him go.

Once his heart began beating again, he immediately revised the contract.

YU15169987 (Vincent) wishes to make an oath with you under the space's witness: YU15169987 will hand over all of his items and 80% of his Dimensional Points and Singularity. You will be unable to attack him in any way for the next seven days. Accept? (The other party will pay the contract fee.)

"Accept."

Watching Mercenary Tao accept the contract, Lu Zeyu suddenly relaxed.

You have obtained the item Unidentified Rare Ancient Prescription (Purple).

You have obtained the item Terminator's Shotgun (Blue).

You have obtained the item Lone Warrior's M134 (White).

You have obtained the item Common Quality Rum (White) x12.

...

You have obtained C-rank Anomaly Point x1.

You have obtained 4800 Dimensional Points.

Lying on the floor, Lu Zeyu began considering how he should explain the gunshots. Perhaps he should stage a gas explosion. The police could not possibly find any firearms on him anyway. If that happened…

Suddenly, Lu Zeyu felt someone watching him. He raised his head. His limbs were still regenerating somewhat slowly. He had suffered several overly severe injuries today, and his recovery speed had dropped.

Lu Zeyu saw that Mercenary Tao, who had completed the contract, had not left. Instead, he looked at Lu Zeyu and revealed an unreadable smile.

Panic suddenly rose in his heart.

"What are you planning to do…"

"We have a contract. You can’t do anything in any form…"

Bai Cangshu looked at the things Lu Zeyu had given him, which had compensated for his losses, and smiled in satisfaction. He helpfully finished the sentence for him.

"You mean I can’t attack you? I know."

"I have no plans to attack you. I’m merely planning to… do a little damage. Heh."

The next moment, a fierce wind erupted inside the room. Lu Zeyu’s heart seemed to stop beating in an instant, and immense terror washed over him again.

Bai Cangshu abruptly turned around and stepped forward. The floor shook violently as he instantly reached the balcony and threw a punch.

Boom!

The balcony windows shattered completely in an instant. Even the thick blackout curtains were blasted straight outside.

Lu Zeyu saw the dazzling sunlight streaming in and tried to retreat, but Bai Cangshu took another step, his body instantly expanding.

Bang!

The brick wall shattered, and the window opening expanded to its maximum size in an instant.

The sunlight blazed fiercely, impossible to block any longer. Bai Cangshu kicked every piece of furniture out one by one.

Bai Cangshu wiped his watch. It was 10:15. The sunlight was just right, and this residential complex had excellent lighting as well.

He stepped aside and watched sunlight completely illuminate the room he had opened up from both sides. He waved at the Lu Zeyu who had begun burning.

"I won’t violate the contract. You may not know this, but I follow the rules very well."

"Ah!"

Lu Zeyu gradually vanished beneath the sunlight.

Bai Cangshu neither saw a kill notification nor received a Scarlet Drop Card.

Because this truly was not his kill. The other man had been killed by the sun.

Looking at the bloodstains on himself, Bai Cangshu frowned. He went to the bathroom, whose outer wall he had also blasted apart, turned on the showerhead, and fiercely rinsed himself down.

After washing himself clean, Bai Cangshu changed into a clean, lightweight T-shirt and shorts from his waist pouch, then placed a Black Card amid the pile of ashes in the center of the room.

He then deleted the surveillance footage from the computer, turned around, and leaped down from the seventh floor, vanishing into the woods below the residential complex.

An hour later, Bai Cangshu, looking as though his clothes had been drenched in sweat, completed the Haidai National Marathon in a top-one-hundred time.

After having a seafood buffet, he boarded the high-speed train back to the city.

Unbeknownst to him, Binhai was in a state of high alert. Song Xian suddenly received news from Haidai’s special department.

"A Black Card has appeared in a certain Haidai industrial park. It is suspected to be the aftermath of a Reincarnator battle. The scene is gruesome."

The Reincarnators staying in Binhai all had their own information channels. At this moment, they all stopped what they were doing, and the tense, drawn-sword atmosphere abruptly dissipated.

Another card had appeared?

Or had Phantom Sword not died at all? Had he lured everyone to Binhai while going to Haidai himself?

The flood of tangled information seemed to ease the situation in Binhai in an instant.

That same day, all three high-risk observation targets headed to Haidai, finally allowing Song Xian to breathe a sigh of relief. That person suspected of belonging to the Great Sin System had truly made Song Xian extremely uneasy.

When Bai Cangshu returned to Binhai University that night, he did not forget to report his itinerary to his advisor and Luoshui. Neither of them noticed anything unusual.

At that moment, a black business van also drove out of Binhai University.

Bai Cangshu returned to his dormitory, shut the doors and windows, and immediately entered the space. He was preparing to appraise the prescription when he suddenly received a special offer.

Offer: Beware of Moon Demon. He already knows your approximate identity information.
Offerer: PR334587XX (Professor)

The real-world plot will be wrapped up quickly next. The next dungeon will be the Jujutsu Kaisen world, which has been heavily ravaged by Reincarnators. New cards and clues regarding the sequence will appear.

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