Heavenly King

Chapter 17

A strong smell of urine filled the air, and the other three scumbags suddenly knelt down, crying and begging for mercy.

"Gods! Gods, spare me! I haven't done anything wrong!"

"God, have mercy! It's all Zhao Laohu's fault! I was just trying to get a sip of soup!"

Mr. Wang and his daughter were stunned for a long time before they suddenly snapped out of their daze. Mr. Wang hurriedly took out his phone and called the police. Soon after, sirens went off, several police cars arrived, and more than a dozen police officers, armed to the teeth, rushed in. The officers were also dumbfounded by the scene inside the clinic.

Sun Weiran is a veteran criminal investigator with over twenty years of experience, having handled countless cases, both big and small. He had always been confident in his investigative abilities, but recently, that confidence has been severely shaken.

From Song Laopi's gruesome death in the woods, to Kong Jinlong, and then to the four deaths in Chang Youcai's case yesterday! Each and every incident is extremely bizarre, although these people all deserved to die! But who killed them? They clearly knew the murderer was a demon, but who is that demon?! And, is today's case also related to a demon?

Thinking of this, Sun Weiran's eyes lit up. He then searched carefully inside the clinic but found no demon mark. Could this case be unrelated to demons? Just then, a person walked into the clinic and went straight to Sun Weiran's side.

"Boss Sun, I found a demon mark in an inconspicuous corner near the entrance of the clinic."

"Oh? Take me there quickly!" Sun Weiran lifted her foot and walked out.

The demon's skull mark was tucked away in a corner near the clinic's entrance. To avoid revealing his identity, Ma Xiaoniu deliberately chose a spot without any security cameras to mark the mark before driving away with Wang Youcai.

Sun Weiran looked at the skull symbol and the words "Demon Forum" to the west of the symbol with a complicated expression.

It's that devil again! This is the fourth time he's killed someone! Because of the devil's previous cases, the higher-ups have been putting a lot of pressure on them. If they can't solve this one, the outcome will be unpredictable!

Sun Weiran turned to look at the young policeman beside him. "Xiao Jin, what do you think?"

“Boss Sun, the Demon Forum needs no introduction. It has already caused a huge impact across the country. And the Demon… Boss Sun, this Demon has gradually become an idol for many people. Many people even report crimes directly on the Demon Forum instead of going to the police station. If this continues, it will inevitably have a very bad impact on our public security organs! We can’t delay any longer.” Xiao Jin’s face was serious and his voice was helpless.

Sun Weiran's expression was complicated. He looked up and sighed, "How could I not know this? It's just that this demon seems to leave obvious clues every time, but when you really try to investigate, it's all elusive. Take that demon forum, for example, even the national team couldn't do anything about it, right?"

Xiao Jin also sighed and remained silent for a long time.

...

Conference room of the county public security bureau.

The atmosphere in the meeting room was oppressive. Police Chief Liu Feixing frowned as he looked at the documents on the table, his face growing darker and darker. Then he slammed his hand on the table, knocking the documents to the floor.

"This is outrageous! This devil is too arrogant! He's committed crimes in our county one after another. What is he doing? He's slapping our Fengxian County Public Security Bureau in the face! If such a villain can't be brought to justice, where will our Public Security Bureau put its face? What will our colleagues think of us? What will the people of Fengxian County think of us? What will our leaders think of us?!" Liu Feixing roared loudly, spitting as he spoke.

Sun Weiran curled her lip. "What's the use of roaring all the time? The devil is still getting away with it."

"Sun Weiran! As the captain of the criminal investigation team, what do you think we should do?" Liu Feixing suddenly asked Sun Weiran.

"Chief, I've reviewed this case carefully. The circumstances surrounding these individuals are particularly bizarre. Zhao Laohu died because his ribs protruded from his body. The other three scumbags have strangely different hair growth patterns: one's hair grew abnormally long, one's feet became enormous, and one's nose grew abnormally long. All of this is utterly perplexing. Furthermore, after interrogating Boss Wang and his daughter, they were completely baffled. They only knew that all these changes occurred within a very short period. Combined with the bizarre nature of the Chang Youfu case—two people's heads appeared to have been struck by heavy objects, Chang Youfu was strangled, and Chang Youfu's neighbors reported hearing wild animal roars—I think this may be beyond our capabilities. I suggest we seek assistance from higher authorities to see if they have any solutions for this type of case!" Sun Weiran looked at the chief, his voice calm and collected, his analysis logical and well-reasoned.

Sun Feixing frowned, and after a long while, he nodded.

"For now, this is the only way. However, if we ask our superiors for help, it will mean our failure! If our superiors send colleagues from other places to intervene and solve the case, then our Fengxian Public Security Bureau will become a laughing stock!"

Sun Feixing glanced around, his voice tired and low, "So, do we really need to ask our superiors for help?"

Deputy Director Liu Maozeng frowned and sighed. "It seems this is the only way. Besides, even if colleagues from other places get involved, there's a high chance they won't be able to solve it. After all, this demon case is something I've never heard of before; it could even be classified as a paranormal event. I think only some special departments of the country have the ability to solve such cases! But right now, it's definitely beyond our capabilities! We have no choice but to report it!"

The others nodded in agreement. Sun Feixing stood up from his chair. "Then let's do it this way! Since we've decided, let's submit it today and not delay! Sun Weiran, you're in charge of this matter, the sooner the better."

Sun Weiran was also very uncomfortable when he said "okay". No one would feel comfortable if they were helpless in the face of a case.

"Demon, oh demon, are you human or ghost?" Sun Weiran looked out the window.

...

The Public Security Bureau's headaches were none of Ma Xiaoniu's concern. He almost jumped for joy after dealing with Zhao Laohu! Because he had finally been promoted to Level Two!

Looking at the semi-transparent window that appeared in his mind, which listed all the superpowers he had acquired during this period, he saw invisibility, demonic eyes, teleportation, superhuman sense of smell, shapeshifting, and life-giving abilities. Each one was incredibly tempting, but Ma Xiaoniu didn't hesitate at all and quickly chose one superpower—teleportation.

This was something Ma Xiaoniu had decided long ago. After all, with teleportation, he could completely escape the small place of Feng County, which would be of great benefit to completing the mission and realizing his ideals!

"Congratulations to the bound user for choosing the first permanent superpower—teleportation. We hope you will continue to work hard and strive to become a qualified villain as soon as possible!"

Ma Xiaoniu's lips twitched. Damn it, a perfect villain, so utterly against his values! Ugh!

Let Wang Youcai drive back himself, then Ma Xiaoniu teleported to his own yard. Looking at the huge jujube tree in the yard, Ma Xiaoniu thought to himself, "Awesome!" From now on, the sea is wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky is high enough for birds to fly! (Recently, there has been significant encoding issues, which motivates us to update faster. Please feel free to exit reading mode. Thank you.)

===Chapter Seventeen===

Hmm? No, it's too early to say, because his actions are still controlled by the system. Actually, Ma Xiaoniu is quite wary of the system. Right now, it's just the initial stage, and the system's task is simply to kill. What if the tasks change as the level increases? Like wiping out an entire clan? Or destroying a village or a city? At that point, wouldn't he have no choice but to be annihilated?

Eliminating the system would mean eliminating his own abilities, so Ma Xiaoniu didn't want the system to disappear. However, he could take shortcuts when dealing with the tasks issued by the system. As for how to do so, Ma Xiaoniu didn't know and could only hope that he would acquire a suitable superpower later.

...

Enter the house, then take out the egg-sized black gem obtained from Black Dragon Lake and place it on the living room table, then activate the growth-inducing skill on the black gem.

The black gemstone grew at a visible speed, becoming the size of a duck egg, a goose egg, a basketball, a washbasin, and a water vat. Stop! A black gemstone the size of a water vat shone brightly and dazzled everyone. Ma Xiaoniu was overjoyed, his eyes sparkling. But the living room table was not having it and groaned with a creak.

Uh… how do I move the gemstone? This is ridiculous! Ma Xiaoniu was so excited he completely forgot about this. What to do? What to do? With no other option, Ma Xiaoniu finally used all his strength to pull the entire table to the corner of the wall a short distance away.

I wiped the sweat from my forehead. Luckily, after adding a few points to my constitution, my physical condition was much better than before, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to do it.

"Bang!"

The table, unable to bear the weight, shattered into pieces. The black gemstone crashed to the ground with a thud. Fortunately, the table wasn't high, and the gemstone was hard enough that it didn't break, but the ground did...

Looking at the rather large crater in the ground caused by the black gemstone, Ma Xiaoniu was speechless. Oh well, this black gemstone is enough to buy many, many houses anyway.

Then Ma Xiaoniu dared not activate his life-giving ability inside the house, fearing that if he wasn't careful, the already old house would collapse with a loud bang.

Seeing that it was only around ten o'clock, Ma Xiaoniu teleported to Feng County, found a gold shop, and spent over two thousand yuan on a 24K gold ring, which he then put in his pocket. He then teleported again to the flower, bird, and fish market, where he planned to buy a fledgling bird to raise as a mount. Of course, since it was to be a mount, it had to fly high and steadily. As for speed, Ma Xiaoniu didn't care; could it be faster than teleportation? Actually, with teleportation, one could go anywhere, but raising a bird to experience flight occasionally was still nice. After browsing around, he bought a fledgling eagle, and then a small mongrel. The mongrel looked like it had just been born, with a yellowish-brown body, white paws, and a tuft of black feathers between its eyebrows, making it look like a vertical eye. Ma Xiaoniu privately named it—Three Eyes.