Anchors

“Bang!”

In the giant exhibition hall, accompanied by a muffled thud, the distorted human figure finally lost all signs of movement.

The man tossed the last mutated corpse aside and swept his gaze over the five mangled monsters.

He wiped his hands, his eyes calm without a hint of emotion.

At the same time, on the other side, the beautiful girl in the oversized maid outfit finally approached again.

Her eyes sparkled as she looked at him, offering praise without any exaggeration.

“Officer Jiang, you are truly amazing!”

“…”

Despite being complimented, Jiang Xun did not feel happy; instead, a trace of helplessness appeared in his expression.

“It would have been simpler if you had handled these demonic people.”

These demonic people were humans contaminated by demonic power.

They appeared fearless of death and devoid of emotion, and in fact, they truly were.

However, they were not without weaknesses.

The power of a demonic person came from demons, making them very sensitive to such existences.

This was especially true for high-ranking demons; often, just a slight release of their aura could make these creatures retreat or even collapse entirely!

Demonic people found it difficult to resist a true demon.

In Jiang Xun’s view, there was no need for such trouble earlier.

If this succubus girl had stood up and revealed her aura, the battle basically could have been resolved.

The main issue was the waste of time!

Although he had handled them quickly, since these demonic people had almost no weaknesses and possessed immense strength, it still wasted several minutes to finish them all.

Su Mian could only offer an apologetic smile.

After all, the real demon was currently sleeping inside her body.

Right now, she was just a human who happened to look like a demon.

Fortunately, Officer Jiang only complained slightly and did not dwell on it, quickly returning to the main topic.

“Alright, since the other side could not help but send demonic people to stop us, it proves we are doing the right thing.”

“Where are the rest of the problematic exhibits?”

“There are several more here.”

Seeing that he was not dwelling on her performance, Su Mian breathed a small sigh of relief.

She then decisively led Jiang Xun to find all the exhibits in the hall that felt wrong to her.

Besides the one that had been shattered, there were three more ritual ‘vessels’ in this exhibition hall.

They were all shaped like containers, and without exception, they were filled with blood or internal organs.

When Jiang Xun shattered all the containers engraved with eerie lines and summoned a fire to burn the gathered piles of flesh, the entire building suddenly vibrated slightly.

Faint, blood-colored shadows began to emerge in the surroundings!

“What is this?”

“After the ritual vessels… or rather the anchors, were destroyed, it affected this space. We need to speed up.”

They needed to hurry not only because destroying the anchors would make the environment more chaotic, but also because the person behind this would not sit idly by and watch them sabotage it.

As things progressed, that person would likely become even more deranged.

Su Mian did not ask further and immediately rushed to the next exhibition hall with Jiang Xun.

However, this time, people were already waiting for them.

As they got closer, intense gunfire erupted from the other side.

The empty hallway offered no place to hide, and they were about to be riddled with bullets.

A cold light flashed in the man’s eyes first.

In contrast to his cold gaze, flames instantly ignited on his body.

Su Mian had seen Jiang Xun throw a ball of fire like a magic trick to burn those strange meat chunks into ashes earlier.

But seeing it again now, she still could not help but feel it was incredibly extraordinary.

The orange-red flames spread out in front like a curtain as they were thrown.

The carpet and the posters on the walls were instantly incinerated.

Then, with a push from Jiang Xun, a terrifying wave of fire flooded the entire hallway ahead!

The scorching heat made Su Mian feel as if the moisture on her body was about to be evaporated in an instant.

She instinctively closed her eyes.

When the temperature receded a few seconds later, she opened her eyes to see that the path ahead was completely pitch black.

The floor and walls were scorched, as were the few shriveled figures at the end of the hall that had been turned into charcoal.

The girl had been worried that they might turn into demonic people after death.

But after approaching with Jiang Xun, she found she had overthought it, as their bodies were truly just piles of carbon residue now.

“Officer Jiang Xun, are there many people as powerful as you among humans?”

As they walked into the second exhibition hall together, Su Mian truly could not restrain her curiosity.

Jiang Xun did not answer immediately.

He first walked into the hall to confirm there were no other abnormalities before speaking softly.

“I am just a small team leader. Just within the Bureau, there are plenty of people stronger than me.”

“I-I see.”

Su Mian felt a bit guilty.

She did not expect that this superhuman who could casually conjure a massive flame was not considered very strong among humans.

She could not help but feel worried about her career as a demon.

If she fell into the hands of that Bureau, would she really be sliced up for research?

Lost in thought, the girl could not help but pull a little distance away from the man.

Jiang Xun noticed but did not care.

He was not joking with his words earlier.

There were indeed quite a few people in the Bureau stronger than him.

However, saying there were ‘plenty’ was purely to intimidate the demon.

The Bureau’s combatants had always been in a state of extreme scarcity.

First, training was difficult, and second, frontline personnel were the most likely to suffer heavy casualties when facing various dangers.

As a result, the Bureau often found itself short-handed and lacking available personnel when dealing with many sudden incidents.

However, Jiang Xun had heard in recent years that someone in the Bureau had researched and synthesized a special magic potion.

Ordinary people could use it to gain power.

Although it could not compare to natural ability users like them, it was enough to handle some sudden dangerous situations.

Well, that was a bit of a digression.

Anyway…

“Let us deal with the trouble in front of us first.”

His gaze swept over the second exhibition hall, his expression exceptionally solemn.

Although things were moving in a good direction, Yu Fu would surely have other methods next.

Even if they could shatter all the anchors and interrupt the ritual, how to safely lead so many people out was also a very headache-inducing problem.

Once Yu Fu was driven to a corner, he would surely do something crazy.

Jiang Xun knew these types of people all too well.

But he had no solution for it.

Ultimately, there were too few available people!

There were not many to begin with, and then two went missing.

He was the only captain left busy here, and his only helper was a succubus who only knew how to be a bystander and act cute!

It was exhausting.

Even with Jiang Xun’s mental fortitude, he could not help but feel a bit overwhelmed for a moment.

In the end, he relied on his stubborn will to adjust his emotions back.

“I am going on vacation after this is over.”