Chapter 44
Chapter 44: Two People Hiding Their True Depths?
Pfft!
Witnessing this scene.
Lu Shiyan, standing at the podium, was completely stunned.
He had a cigarette dangling from his mouth, and in his shock, he didn't even notice that his trembling hands had placed it backwards.
The glowing red tip pressed directly against his lips.
"Hssss!!"
A scorched smell hit him—Lu Shiyan inhaled sharply in pain, nearly burning off a layer of skin from his lips.
But he had no time for the pain.
Because he had clearly seen what had splattered out.
It wasn't the vivid red blood of a human—it was putrid, foul-smelling Corpse Fluid!
That was the most unmistakable trait of a Wandering Corpse!
"Damn! They're not human!"
Lu Shiyan's eyes sharpened instantly. He understood in a flash why the man who had been "sleeping" this whole time had suddenly fired a shot.
This guy…
Had seen through everything long ago!
Without any hesitation, Lu Shiyan kept his expression perfectly neutral as he reached into his Windbreaker pocket.
"Go to hell!!"
His wrist flicked, and a Scalpel instantly flew toward the back of the classroom!
Its target was not Jiang Nan.
It was the "Guo Shuai" following behind the headless female corpse—arms spread wide, lunging toward Jiang Nan!
Thud!
The Scalpel was perfectly accurate, piercing straight through "Guo Shuai's" brow.
However.
Something bizarre happened.
That "Guo Shuai" did not fall—didn't even pause.
Crack!
His head suddenly split down the middle, like a blooming carnivorous flower.
The human facial features vanished entirely, replaced by countless overlapping layers—
Of sharp teeth, writhing frantically!
Buzz!
From that split-open cavity came a nauseating droning sound, like the vibration of fly wings.
It ignored the Scalpel lodged in its skull, and its gaping maw lunged savagely toward the still-seated, eyes-closed Jiang Nan!
"Looking for death?"
Yekaterina, seated in the row directly in front of Jiang Nan, moved.
In that instant, her Golden Vertical Pupils appeared.
Using her left leg as the axis, her right leg snapped like a steel whip, slamming hard into monster "Guo Shuai's" chest!
Boom!
A muffled impact—the monster's sternum caved in, its body lost balance and toppled backward.
But it wasn't over yet.
Yekaterina's right hand shot out, gripping the edge of that split-open maw, and with a brutal yank, she slammed it into the floor!
At the same time.
Whoosh!
The Scalpel that had just pierced through the monster's skull came back around for another pass!
"Still pretty tough to cut? Then how about this?"
Lu Shiyan's fingers twitched.
Silver light spun and flashed wildly inside the monster's split-open skull!
Schlick schlick schlick!
The monster's head was shredded into countless pieces of flesh in an instant!
The headless corpse twitched twice, then lay still on the ground.
Huff…
Just as everyone thought it was over.
Yekaterina's Golden Vertical Pupils suddenly contracted sharply.
She saw—within that pile of shredded flesh and the severed stump of the neck—something was writhing violently!
"It's not dead!"
Yekaterina let out a low growl, and her normally fair hands were instantly coated in a layer of red Dragon Scale Armor.
Her fingertips transformed into razor-sharp Dragon Claws, slashing viciously at that thing!
However.
She was still a step too slow.
Squeak!
The thing concealed inside the neck didn't burrow back into the body—instead, like a spring, it shot out with explosive force!
It was a soft-bodied worm—ashen grey all over, no larger than a thumb, its surface covered in dense, fine fangs!
It traced a blur through the air and landed on the leg of the nearest Sakura Nation female student.
Squelch!
In just 1 second.
The worm had bitten through skin and muscle, burrowing into a blood vessel!
"Ahhhh!!"
The female student stared at the large lump bulging on her leg, terrified out of her wits.
"What is this?! Save me!! I don't want to die!!"
But it was completely useless.
That lump raced under her skin at terrifying speed!
Along her thigh, abdomen, chest cavity…
Heading straight for her brain!
The entire journey took only 3 seconds—impossibly fast!
Everyone watched in horror, scalps prickling.
Seated in the front row, Liu Yuqing had caught this exact moment, and a blue light flashed across her lenses.
【Appraisal Successful!】
【Name】: Parasitic Flatworm
【Grade】: Grade D
【Species】: Cursed Creature
【Information】: Possesses extremely strong Parasitic Body-Seizure Capability and Self-Reproduction Capability.
Upon complete fusion, it will give birth to Offspring Worms that lack body-seizure ability.
When the number of Offspring Worms reaches a certain threshold, they can autonomously remodel the host body to achieve a disguise effect.
"Hiss…"
The moment she saw the information, Liu Yuqing felt a chill run down her spine.
She had genuinely believed that was Guo Shuai just now!
She had even been about to go over and ask where Wang Meng had gone.
If the boss hadn't acted in time to eliminate one and forced the other to expose itself, she'd probably be the dead one right now!
'The boss… a god among gods.'
Just as Liu Yuqing was still shaken.
The worm had already traveled to the female student's neck, and was on the verge of drilling into her brain.
The female student's body began convulsing violently, her eyes rolling back, white foam forming at the corners of her mouth.
Flash!
A red blur shot past.
Yekaterina had already rushed to stand before the female student.
Without any hesitation, her Dragon Claws trailing a shrieking gust of wind, swept down under the terrified gaze of the female student.
Thud!
Clean and swift.
Half of the female student's skull was cracked open in an impromptu craniotomy.
And within that red-and-white brain matter, the Parasitic Flatworm that had been gnawing at the brain hadn't even had time to react.
Before Yekaterina's Dragon Scale-covered hand seized it—and crushed it in an instant!
Splat!
It burst.
"Disgusting creature."
Yekaterina shook the filth off her hand, the Dragon Scales receding rapidly.
The remaining Sakura Nation students clung to each other; they had even forgotten how to scream—only the sound of chattering teeth remained.
At this moment, Lu Shiyan walked over as well.
He first took a long, deep look at the man still sitting in the back row, maintaining his "sleeping" posture.
A slip of Notepad paper rested over his face, rising and falling with his breathing—as though everything that had just happened had nothing to do with him.
"This guy…"
Waves of shock surged through Lu Shiyan's mind.
'From the moment these two walked in—no, even before they walked in, had he already seen through the disguise?'
'That's terrifyingly sharp intuition… or does he have some kind of Detection-Type Ability?'
Lu Shiyan forcibly suppressed the wariness in his heart.
'But… as long as he doesn't interfere with my search for 'her,' it's fine.'
'Everything else—let him do as he pleases.'
With that thought, Lu Shiyan turned to look at Yekaterina beside him, a trace of concern in his eyes.
"Are you alright?"
"Forcibly activating your Phase 2 Ability will cause significant Backlash on your body."
"I… I'm fine."
Yekaterina braced herself against a desk, her face somewhat pale, her chest heaving sharply.
Although her Dragon Bloodline traits had faded, the weakness that followed the boiling of her bloodline left her struggling to stand steady.
Just as the 2 of them were momentarily distracted.
Liu Yuqing, seated in the front row, pushed her glasses up again.
‘An opening!’
【Appraisal!】
2 streams of data instantly unfolded before her eyes.
【Name】: Lu Shiyan
【Species】: Human
【Body Composite Data】: E-Grade
【Status】: Healthy, Calm
【Aptitude】: S-Grade
【Ability】: Psychokinesis (S-Grade): Possesses unparalleled psychic force, capable of manipulating any object whose total mass does not exceed 10 times the user's own strength.
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【Name】: Yekaterina
【Species】: Human, Mixed Blood
【Body Composite Data】: C-Grade (currently declining due to Backlash…)
【Status】: Weakened
【Aptitude】: C-Grade
【Ability】: Dragon Bloodline (A−-Grade): Depending on bloodline purity, can partially or fully transform into Dragon-Human Form, greatly enhancing physical durability and granting partial Dragon abilities.
【Note】: Current Bloodline Purity: 23.3%.
If forced into full transformation, there is a high probability of losing reason and degenerating into a mindless killing monster.