56: Manipulator Monster

Mian Yu Technique Proficiency + 1.5

Mian Yu Technique (Beginner) Proficiency: 10 / 10

Mian Yu Technique (Beginner) → Mian Yu Technique (First Level)

Physique + 1

His physique increased by 1 point again.

Although not as obvious as the previous increase, Kajiya Itten could clearly feel a surge of vitality within his body, as if spring rain was nourishing a dry field.

His body also became more comfortable, as if an invisible shackles had been removed.

“The Mian Yu Technique can increase physique by a total of 10 points when cultivated to its highest level.”

“How much power will my body be able to withstand then…?”

Physique determines a Summoner's lifespan, resistance, and self-healing ability.

At the same time, it also determines the upper limit of a Summoner's endurance, allowing him to withstand more of the armor's power.

Perhaps when his physique reaches a certain level, he can transform Fire Finch's burning form into a normal state.

“Whew…”

“If there is no upper limit to the cultivation techniques, and I cultivate more and more techniques, the various attribute points and the effects of various techniques will continuously stack.”

Kajiya Itten began to look forward to the day he could physically hammer monsters.

However, just as Kajiya Itten was thinking about these things, his Summoner buzzed again.

“Darn monster, the time for revenge has come!”

Kajiya Itten looked at his Summoner, not daring to be careless.

It seemed he was still bothered by his previous embarrassing injury.

After notifying the Monster Countermeasures Squad, he quickly pulled out Motorcycle F from his card holder and headed to the location where the monster appeared.

Meanwhile, Lin Ti was already in the dark, using light to connect and hack into the network, controlling all surveillance along the way and deleting any footage of Kajiya Itten.

For him, being a being of light, these were mere trifles.

After the incident with Cheng Yang, he became more cautious.

He diligently avoided exposing his identity and giving Mu Men Depei a chance to find him.

Mu Men Depei.

Lin Ti remembered that name and was extremely cautious.

Mu Men Depei had even been able to block his memory and erase his presence before.

Lin Ti only discovered his existence when he reached Cheng Yang's doorstep.

Lin Ti now not only used light to constantly perceive any unusual movements around him but also allocated a portion of his mind to constantly hack into all cameras within a one-kilometer radius centered around Kajiya Itten.

He monitored all abnormal personnel within the range.

And he regularly used light to check if his memory had been blocked by darkness.

“I have arrived at the scene of the monster's reaction.”

“The location is a bit unexpected.”

Kajiya Itten maintained contact with the Monster Countermeasures Squad through his earphone, while stopping his motorcycle and looking at the unfinished buildings in front of him.

This community was a well-known unfinished real estate project in Lai Guang City.

The developer had absconded with the funds and fled the country, swindling many people out of their money.

Some people had no choice but to move into the unfinished buildings, living miserable lives.

At the same time, many beggars and stray dogs gathered here.

“It's actually in such a dilapidated place.”

“Proceed with caution.”

“Received.”

Entering the cluster of unfinished buildings, the towering, desolate gray concrete structures appeared particularly oppressive.

Under the empty unfinished buildings, weeds grew profusely.

Occasionally, a few barks would echo from the empty buildings.

Passing by the unfinished buildings, ragged and disheveled beggars were lying on tattered mattresses on the first floor, sound asleep.

“Only beggars.”

Kajiya Itten continued to approach the inner area.

However, just as Kajiya Itten turned his back on the beggars, they all began to get up one by one.

They followed behind Kajiya Itten.

Kajiya Itten stopped.

And all those beggars also stopped.

“What's going on, you…”

“Whoosh!”

A sturdy stray dog suddenly darted out of a dog hole in the weeds nearby, leaped into the air, bared its fangs, and bit at Kajiya Itten's neck.

Dog?

Kajiya Itten quickly reacted, turned around, and punched the dog's nose hard.

Immediately, with a wail, the stray dog was knocked to the ground by the punch.

However, as this one stray dog wailed, more and more stray dogs began to gather here.

Barks filled the air.

The beggars trailing Kajiya Itten, as if awakened by the barking, actually quickened their pace and rushed towards Kajiya Itten.

They held fruit knives, hidden from who knows where, and were about to stab Kajiya Itten.

“These guys here are all crazy!”

Kajiya Itten complained into his earphone, then kicked over a stray dog and picked up its hind leg.

“Watch my Stray Dog Cyclone!”

Holding the stray dog by its hind leg, Kajiya Itten put all his strength into it, swinging the dog with a powerful force, sweeping away one stray dog after another.

Then he aimed at a slender, thin dog, kicked it in mid-air, knocking it over again, then bent down and picked up its leg, all in one smooth motion.

At this moment, the beggars holding knives also rushed forward, howling and trying to stab Kajiya Itten.

“Watch my Double Stray Dog Cyclone, Stray Dog Two-Sword Style is here!”

Kajiya Itten held a stray dog in each hand, swinging them so hard that the dogs' mouths opened wide, spitting out the late-night snack they had eaten yesterday, adding magical damage to Kajiya Itten's attacks.

Instantly, vomit splattered, and the hard dog heads scattered the beggars in disarray.

The surrounding stray dogs also dared not approach, being swept dizzy one by one by Kajiya Itten.

In an instant, he was like Lu Bu reincarnated, fighting so fiercely that the various scoundrels dared not advance.

“Are these guys being manipulated?”

“Not just dogs, but even humans can be manipulated?”

Both the stray dogs and the beggars looked too abnormal, like puppets.

Combined with the monster reaction from his Summoner, it was not difficult to judge.

The monster hidden here should be the one manipulating these guys to attack him.

So how was it manipulating them?

If it could manipulate them at will, then he should have been manipulated too.

Moreover, the ability to casually manipulate the behavior of a living being would be too abnormal.

Humans would have been completely enslaved by monsters long ago.

Kajiya Itten kicked away a beggar, swung a stray dog, swept away another pouncing stray dog, and created some distance.

At this moment, the two dogs in his hands whimpered, trying to break free from his grasp.

“Hmm?”

Kajiya Itten tried letting go of one stray dog.

Only then did he realize that his right-hand Doggo had not attacked him; instead, it was whimpering, dizzy, and trying to run away.

“It regained consciousness?”

“I understand.”

Kajiya Itten picked up his left-hand Doggo; the left-hand Doggo was clearly not as good as the right-hand Doggo, still dizzy and unresponsive at the moment.

Vomit was still dripping from its open mouth.

Food.

That monster manipulated these stray dogs and beggars by means of food.

And it was only temporary manipulation.

If they threw up what they ate, they would no longer be manipulated.

The diet of these beggars and stray dogs should have been scavenged from surrounding trash.

Beggars could also beg.

So the commonality in their diet…

“Water.”

The water in this place was problematic; the monster was very likely hiding in a nearby water source.

Kajiya Itten threw the left-hand Doggo, shaking off the beggars and stray dogs.

Then he searched around and found a small Artificial Lake overgrown with weeds.

On the Artificial Lake, there was also a faded yellow duck boat floating.