Chapter 739 - 738: First Absorption Successful! Who is the Prey?
Chapter 739: Chapter 738: First Absorption Successful! Who is the Prey?
Chu Sheng got up and walked toward Huang Mao at the entrance.
The beauty in the qipao was already drunk senseless.
Her entire body was draped over Huang Mao, her head lolling to the side, completely unconscious.
’All I have to do is walk over.’
’While Huang Mao is distracted, my true form can quietly fly over and take a little sip.’
’The Divine Blood, Divine Soul, and Power of Law will instantly be mine!’
As for Huang Mao’s actual relationship with the beauty in the qipao...
Based on their clothes and demeanor, it looked for all the world like Huang Mao was taking advantage of a girl who was blackout drunk.
But what did that have to do with him? He was here to "suck blood and level up," not to "dispense justice."
Besides,
with a girl who comes to a bar alone and gets this wasted...
it wasn’t at all certain who the hunter was,
and who was the prey.
Huang Mao, who had already reached the bar’s entrance, immediately sensed someone walking toward him with his Divinity Transformation Realm Perception.
His heart dropped, and he quickly looked up toward the bar.
He locked eyes with Chu Sheng, who was walking toward him.
Seeing the eyes peeking out from under the brim of Chu Sheng’s hat and his bizarre, fully-concealed outfit, Huang Mao felt a pang of anxiety.
’Who is this guy?’
’He can’t be her boyfriend, can he?’
Huang Mao racked his brain but decided it was unlikely.
’She hasn’t left my sight from the moment she walked in until she passed out.’
’Aside from the staff, she hasn’t interacted with anyone.’
’This guy must’ve just walked in. He hasn’t even ordered a drink yet.’
’They definitely didn’t plan to meet here.’
Huang Mao’s mind raced, running through the contents of the *Bar Chick-Picking Bible* he had just bought.
’If they didn’t plan to meet, then what’s this guy’s deal, walking over here?’
’Could it be... he saw what I’m doing and wants to be a hero??’
’But I followed the steps in the *Bar Chick-Picking Bible* to the letter! I didn’t make a single mistake!’
’If he didn’t figure it out...’
Huang Mao’s heart sank as the last possibility occurred to him.
’They probably know each other.’
’But they didn’t plan to come to the Drunken Immortal Bar together.’
’They just happened to run into each other by chance.’
’So he’s just coming over to say hi.’
’You’ve got to be kidding me!’
’My luck is the worst!’
’The very first time I try something like this, and I run into someone she knows!’
’What do I do?!!’
Huang Mao was filled with bitter regret.
While Huang Mao’s mind raced, scrambling to come up with an excuse, Chu Sheng had already reached him.
Huang Mao still hadn’t figured out what to say, so he could only force an awkward smile.
"Hey... hello!"
"Hello."
Chu Sheng replied politely, his tone calm.
Then he got straight to the point, his voice flat.
"Looks like you’re having trouble with your girlfriend there. Need a hand?"
"Huh???"
Huang Mao froze.
’Wait a minute...’
’I’m in the Divinity Transformation Realm. You think I’m struggling to hold up a woman who weighs less than 110 pounds?’
’Do I look like I need your help?’
’I can’t wait to get her out of here!’
The good news was,
he hadn’t figured out what I was doing.
And he wasn’t her friend.
"No, I’m good."
Huang Mao once again forced a smile and quickly waved his hand.
He was afraid Chu Sheng would insist on meddling and follow them.
Still worried, he quickly added,
"Thanks, but I’ve got it."
"Alright then."
Chu Sheng didn’t press the issue.
He nodded and turned to walk back toward the bar.
During that brief exchange,
his true form had already slipped silently out of the Spirit Beast Battle Armor.
It circled behind the beauty’s neck and took a vicious bite.
[Ding! Absorbed 3 points of Divine Blood. Estimated digestion time: six seconds. Estimated Divine Essence gain: 0.3 points.]
[Ding! Large amount of Curse Law detected. Now automatically comprehending...]
[Ding! Curse Emperor Domain Comprehension +1%]
The plan had worked like a charm.
The unconscious woman in the qipao didn’t react at all.
She hadn’t even noticed she’d been bitten.
After feeding on the woman, Chu Sheng had planned to just turn and leave.
But out of the corner of his eye, he caught Huang Mao’s tense expression and shifting gaze.
He instantly understood.
Huang Mao was on edge, his attention was focused entirely on him, and all he could think about was getting away as fast as possible.
In such a state,
his guard against everything else was at an absolute minimum.
An opportunity like this was too good to pass up.
So Chu Sheng seized the opportunity. His true form flew behind Huang Mao’s neck and took a bite out of him, too.
[Ding! Absorbed 2 points of Divine Blood. Estimated digestion time: four seconds. Estimated Divine Essence gain: 0.2 points.]
[Ding! Large amount of Space Law detected. Now automatically comprehending...]
[Ding! Space Law Comprehension +50,000]
[Ding! Space Law has evolved into Spatial Emperor Domain!]
He’d already absorbed a significant amount of Space Law Comprehension from Tang Jiesheng before.
Combined with what he’d just absorbed from Huang Mao,
Chu Sheng’s Space Law finally evolved into the Spatial Emperor Domain.
Furthermore,
just as Chu Sheng had predicted,
all Huang Mao felt from the light bite was a slight itch on the back of his neck.
He paid it no mind and didn’t give it a second thought.
Right now, Huang Mao’s mind was completely focused on one thing:
getting the woman out of the bar and finding a place to get down to business.
Why would he care about what might have been a simple mosquito bite?
Seeing Chu Sheng walk back to the bar and sit down, no longer paying him any attention,
Huang Mao didn’t dare to linger.
He immediately half-carried, half-supported the woman in the qipao and quickened his pace out of the Drunken Immortal Bar.
Out on the main street, it was late and there were few pedestrians.
Huang Mao didn’t stick to the main road.
Instead, he turned and ducked into a secluded alley.
After a series of twists and turns, he arrived at the entrance of a small inn marked by a hanging red lantern.
This kind of inn was the most convenient; no registration was required, you just had to pay with Spirit Stones.
He expertly paid for the room.
Huang Mao excitedly carried the woman into the room and kicked the door shut behind him.
He excitedly chugged some cold water, then rubbed his hands together as he walked toward the bed.
And then...
there was no "and then."
He stood by the bed, his face alternating between pale and ghastly.
’This isn’t right!’
Huang Mao’s face was a picture of utter confusion, a mix of anxiety and panic.
’Why isn’t it working?’
He wracked his brain for what felt like an eternity and could only come up with one possibility.
Back at the entrance to the bar...
something had bit his neck.
’Could it have been some kind of mutated Insect Beast?’
Furious and frustrated, but utterly helpless, Huang Mao could only sit on the edge of the bed and swear under his breath.
And just as Huang Mao was stewing in his frustration,
the woman in the qipao, who moments ago had been lying motionless on the bed, dead drunk,
suddenly sat up, slowly and deliberately.
Her eyes were crystal clear, without the slightest trace of intoxication.
In fact, they held a distinct look of disdain and chilling cold.
"Pathetic."
She suddenly spoke, uttering a cryptic curse.
Huang Mao whipped his head around.
Seeing the drunkenness vanish from her face in an instant, he was too stunned to react.
"You... you weren’t drunk?"
The woman in the qipao scoffed and got off the bed.
She was tall and slender.
She stood over Huang Mao, looking down at him as he sat on the edge of the bed. With her right index finger, she gently lifted his chin.
The gesture was teasing, but her gaze was glacial.
"I’ve lived for millions of years, and I have never once been drunk."
As she finished speaking,
the tip of her right index finger suddenly glowed with an eerie red light. Quick as lightning, it swiped across Huang Mao’s neck.
A soft SHLICK.
Huang Mao’s head tumbled to the floor.
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