I am becoming the ultimate demon.

Chapter 3: Shock, Search; Tragedy, Hunter and Prey!

"You mean, on the road you suddenly needed to urinate, and after you finished, you followed the carriage and found that the young lady's carriage was wrecked, everyone in the party was dead, their bodies scattered everywhere, and the snow was stained red with blood...?"

Inside the study, Ji Chang'an listened to the maid's account as her face darkened like still water.

The maid nodded, her face deathly pale, as if she had recalled some terrifying scene, her petite body trembling.

"They must be bandits! I know! They can't stay in the mountains for the winter, so they've come down to rob those passing by. The bandits near Xiong'an County are despicable! I will definitely pursue this matter to the end!"

Ji Chang'an patted the maid's head to comfort her, then prepared to contact people and dispatch troops to investigate thoroughly.

After the maid left, Ji Lin, who had followed, stopped Ji Chang'an.

"Dad, do you really think they're bandits?" A sense of unease rose in his heart.

"There are no demons or monsters in this world. It must be the work of evil people. If it's not those wicked bandits from the mountains near Xiong'an County, then who else could it be?" Ji Chang'an waved his hand.

He also felt a sense of unease, but hoped it wasn't...

But now, regardless of whether it is true or not, we can only deal with whatever comes our way.

This is my eldest daughter; I can't just ignore her.

...

Tap! Tap! Tap!

Horses galloped through the snow, a long procession speeding along the official road.

There were more than a dozen carriages, hundreds of horses, and several hundred elite soldiers.

Ji Chang'an informed the county magistrate of the matter and explained that a thorough investigation was to be conducted.

The death of the eldest daughter of the Ji family is no small matter.

The magistrate of Xiong'an County revealed all his secrets on the spot: hundreds of soldiers wearing simple armor.

The Ji family mobilized all its resources, drawing upon its strengths and deploying personnel from several escort agencies, martial arts schools, and well-trained warriors to protect the family.

They pulled out warhorses prepared for this chaotic world, hundreds of sets of full-body armor and weapons that the blacksmiths had been ordering to forge in recent years, and even powerful bows and simple Molotov cocktails.

"Demon..." Ji Lin was sitting in a carriage at this moment, looking at everything outside.

My father originally didn't want him to come, but he insisted on coming.

Seeing that the preparations were so thorough, the father reluctantly agreed after much pleading and cajoling, since it was his eldest sister who had died and had a very good relationship with the original owner of the body.

His father had three children: an eldest brother who tragically died young in his teens from a strange illness, an eldest sister, and the youngest, him...

Now that both of his children have gotten into trouble, he's really gotten angry.

However, despite the sheer scale of the operation, Ji Lin also felt a sense of unease.

Their opponent may be the terrifying "demon" that exists only in anecdotes and strange tales.

This is an unknown entity; this journey will certainly not be smooth.

However, he still has a trump card: the form of fused with that drop of incomplete demonic blood. Even if he really can't win, he can still run away.

With 20 points in agility, although I haven't tried it, I feel that I should be able to run faster than a horse or a Grandmaster Warrior, and I definitely won't get killed.

Thinking about it, Ji Lin's tense heart gradually calmed down.

After traveling for quite some time, the carriage suddenly stopped.

The county constable leading the troops at the front shouted loudly:

"This corpse belongs to Ling Yunfei, the chieftain of Lingyun Village!"

It turned out that they had encountered a horrific corpse ahead, with its limbs torn off, its internal organs ripped out, and its eyeballs gouged out.

After examining the body, the county constable recognized it as the corpse of the leader of a gang of ruthless bandits who had been entrenched near Xiong'an County.

"This, this, could it be that the one who attacked my daughter wasn't that band of mountain bandits? Then there aren't any other bandits around this official road. Who could it be...?"

Ji Chang'an rode his horse forward from behind.

Could that bad thought have come true?

"Perhaps it's infighting among those bandits. Besides, shouldn't we investigate the death of Miss Ji? We haven't even seen Miss Ji's body yet. Let's move forward..." At this moment, the magistrate poked his head out from a carriage.

Seeing the situation ahead, he calmed the group down and told them to continue.

He himself knew that Lingyun Village was extremely united; otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to withstand the attack for so long, allowing it to remain and cause trouble for Xiong'an County.

Judging from the way their leader died, he must have encountered something terrifying.

However, he and the Ji family went all out in this mission, bringing so many soldiers and equipment, hundreds of armored soldiers, and others with bows and Molotov cocktails—such a powerful force.

That terrifying thing can't possibly cause any trouble. If it dares to show itself, we can kill it.

After a minor hiccup, the group continued on its way.

Shortly afterward, they arrived at the scene of the incident.

There lay several large carriages that had been forcibly dismantled by some kind of violence, with limbs and remains scattered everywhere.

Some of the heads were still separated from the corpses and stood upright on the snow.

At that moment, Ji Lin looked at this scene through the side window and suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

The hairs on his body stood on end, as if he had been targeted as prey by something terrifying.

The demon... is nearby...!

He frantically scanned his surroundings, but the heavy snowfall obscured his view, and the dense forest beside the official road made it impossible to see anything at all.

Amidst the trembling, he suddenly felt a strange sense of excitement.

With so many soldiers, he can also fuse with fragmented demonic blood to unlock a form possessing extreme speed...

So, who will be the prey?

.....

In the dense forest bathed in heavy snow, a pair of large, dark eyes stared intently at this place.

It concealed its form, like a hunter preparing to pounce.

The faint scent of their kind in the air made this 'demon' even more excited.