Chapter 482: The Main Course Begins
"Old geezer, get lost already..."
The pale young man had long grown impatient, barely able to suppress his irritable mood.
However, recalling his brother's warning not to expose their position, he forced himself to comply with the old man's request.
Soon enough.
He led the old man to the restroom.
Just as he was about to leave.
Suddenly...
He touched his neck.
Looking down...
Huh?
Why was his hand covered in thick, black blood?
Wait...
Why was his vision spinning?
Before he could understand, his life had already slipped away.
His head had been cleanly severed without him even realizing, rolling silently to the ground.
Moments later.
A young man, now dressed in a security uniform and pale-faced, emerged from the restroom.
The young man returned to the security station.
At this moment.
No one noticed.
A faint light flickered momentarily in the young man's palm.
"Nature Affinity!"
That's right!
The young man was none other than Ling Zhan.
The real security guard had already been silently killed and his body disposed of.
At the same time...
Ling Zhan's body emitted a faint trace of inferior demon blood.
He even mimicked the security guard's habits, like touching his nose, taking a deep breath, and stroking his chin.
By using the Druid skill "Nature Affinity"...
Ling Zhan instantly gained shared sensory access to all the plants inside the shopping mall.
Just as Matsuda Rika had mentioned.
There were forty Demon Arrival remnants here.
All disguised as security guards, wandering freely through the mall.
If not for Matsuda Rika's earlier investigation, it would have been impossible to distinguish which ones were the Demon Arrival remnants.
But Ling Zhan...
His pure bloodline as the Lord of Demons allowed him to easily sense the traitors who carried inferior demon blood.
It was worth noting...
Ling Zhan also detected the presence of Jonathan and his four trusted subordinates sneaking around.
Judging by their cautious searching, they were likely looking for someone.
Who else could it be?
Naturally, it was Ling Zhan.
After all, all the information and faces of the Demon Arrival remnants were known to the three squads.
They weren't looking for the remnants—they were looking for Ling Zhan.
Ling Zhan overheard one of them cursing, "Where's that damn non-specialist?"
By the time it was 2 a.m.
Most of the people had left the shopping mall, leaving only a few stragglers.
Ling Zhan stood up and started walking toward the security conference room.
Upon entering.
He saw a group of security guards gathered.
It turned out they were having a meeting before the shift ended.
The security chief glanced around the room, closed the door, and spoke in a low voice, "From now on, be on high alert for anyone still in the mall. I suspect we've been discovered!"
"What?"
His words sent a ripple of alarm through the group.
Under the dim light in the conference room, their pale faces looked eerie.
"Big brother, what should we do?"
"What else? Go grab some of those lowly civilians as hostages!"
"As long as we have hostages, they'll be too cautious to act, and it'll give us time to escape!"
The security chief said gravely.
Then.
He turned to a young man, saying, "Amamiya, come here. I have a special task for you!"
The young man called Amamiya approached the security chief.
Just as he was about to speak...
The security chief's eyes turned sharp, and in an instant, a flash of white light!
Splat!!
Amamiya's head was immediately severed!
He didn't even have time to activate a skill!
The scene.
Left the group of pale-faced security guards utterly stunned.
"Quiet! This was a Free Federation member disguised as Amamiya!"
"The real Amamiya is probably dead!"
The security chief said coldly.
Huh?
In an instant.
The Demon Arrival remnants began to panic.
Damn!
Thank goodness big brother noticed in time!
"Big brother… are there any other fakes among us?"
The sudden event made everyone eye each other warily.
"Relax, no more!"
"Hmph!"
"These fools think they can impersonate us when we're blessed with the Supreme Demon Lord's blood!"
"These filthy humans are idiotic to think they could blend in with us..."
The security chief sneered.
In truth, the Free Federation member had disguised himself well.
He even emitted the scent of inferior demon blood.
But...
When the chief used a skill to activate the demon blood, this Amamiya had no reaction.
So, he immediately knew something was wrong.
"Alright, now let's get ba—"
Before he could finish his sentence.
The chief's eyes widened in shock!
"Urgh!"
In the stunned gaze of everyone in the room, the space around the chief's head was suddenly sliced clean off!!
What the…?
Shock rippled through the group of disguised Demon Arrival remnants.
They all jumped from their seats, ready to draw their weapons and activate life-saving skills!
However…
Whoosh!!
A flash of white light swept across them all!
And in their final moments, they realized...
Their heads had already begun to shift.
One second later.
Thud!!
Forty headless bodies fell to the floor.
In the corner, the pale young man slowly reverted to his true form.
It was Ling Zhan!
The method he had used? The "Space Domination" skill's spatial cutting effect.
He had forcibly severed the space around each person's head, effectively decapitating them all!
And...
As he entered the room.
A formation had been quietly set in place.
Now that it had been triggered.
All the corpses instantly turned to ash.
Ling Zhan stood up slowly, his face and body shifting once again.
"Disguise!"
A rogue-class basic skill!
With an A+ rank in Disguise, simply recalling a person's face allowed Ling Zhan to instantly transform his appearance and body into that of the target.
At this moment, Ling Zhan transformed into the recently slain Free Federation member.
His body even perfectly matched the original.
Calmly, he walked out of the conference room and headed for the top floor.
Where...
Jonathan awaited.
Now that the appetizer was done...
It was time for the main course!