Zhang Kewei assumed the demeanor of a superior, speaking with an air of authority to the two demons: "The promises made with the Abyss Eye, I’ve fulfilled them all. I lost everything for it, so our agreed reward..."
According to the contract between the Abyss Eye and Zhang Kewei, upon completion of this matter, Zhang Kewei would be transformed into a demon and could become one of the high ranks of the Abyss Eye.
As for the two red demons in front of him, aside from the unusually shaped horns on their heads, they looked completely like ordinary inferior demons.
The so-called inferior demons are merely commoners among demons, possessing mediocre strength without any special abilities, holding a status only slightly higher than some useless beings who can’t even defeat human farmers.
The demon on the left side, with a large horn on the left side of its head and a smaller one on the right, spoke to Zhang Kewei in a sinister tone: "But the ritual failed..."
Zhang Kewei’s voice was stern: "This is not my problem. I’ve completed what was required, and now you should fulfill your promise."
"Not only did the ritual fail, but our base in Sihu City was almost completely wiped out," the demon on the right added. It had a large horn on the right side of its head and a smaller one on the left.
Zhang Kewei frowned: "We have a contract between us; you wouldn’t want to break it, would you?"
Wang Qin’s expression changed slightly, and a longbow formed from dark green light appeared in her hand. Two dark green poison arrows floated on it, aimed at the heads of the two demons.
Unlike Zhang Kewei, she could sense the strength of these two demons—they were disaster-level demons, speaking so audaciously. Conflict seemed inevitable this time.
The left-horned demon cackled darkly: "The one who signed the contract with you was Haris. That guy is dead now, so the contract is as good as waste paper."
"If the ritual had succeeded, then the Abyss Eye wouldn’t mind fulfilling its promise. But given the huge losses, you dare come over here? Utterly foolish!"
Even Zhang Kewei, however slow, sensed that the atmosphere was off, his eyes twitching: "If you don’t intend to fulfill the contract, why are you waiting here for us?"
The right-horned demon revealed a cruel smile: "Someone has to take responsibility for this failure and bear the anger of the council members, and that person... is you!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Kewei acted decisively, striking the right-horned demon with his hand. His five fingers suddenly transformed into thin needles, capable of piercing the skin to absorb the opponent’s life force.
But the right-horned demon wouldn’t give Zhang Kewei a chance, grabbing Zhang Kewei’s palm and throwing him aside.
The left-horned demon sneered: "Since we’re already here, do you still think you have a chance to escape? Your abilities were given by us; don’t think you can use them to ambush me."
Before he finished speaking, two arrows of dark green shot towards the demons, and they quickly dodged. They underestimated Zhang Kewei but never underestimated Wang Qin, this battle-hardened former ranger.
Back then, Zhang Kewei was on the brink of death, the earth almost covering him, about to enter the coffin when the demons approached him.
If Zhang Kewei was willing to work for the Abyss Eye, it could help him escape death, even restore his youth.
Zhang Kewei had long known the true nature of the world; in his youth, he cooperated with the Hunter Association to make the world a better place. But as he aged, inner resentment destroyed his lifelong resolve.
He owned a massive business empire, with unimaginable wealth, retired rangers employed as bodyguards, and even hired superpower users for dirty work.
Why should he be defeated by mere aging, he should be able to live longer.
But the help from the Hunter Association could only extend his life, not stop aging, so he straightforwardly joined the demon camp.
The condition was to regain youth and achieve immortality!
The Abyss Eye altered Zhang Kewei’s hand, enabling him to absorb others’ life force through his fingers to maintain his youth, hence his rejuvenation.
To facilitate his absorption of other life forms, Zhang Kewei, along with the demons, planned a subversive act targeting Wang Qin.
Wang Qin had been his bodyguard for many years, and her personality flaws were long understood by him; with his cooperation, she quickly fell.
This time, Zhang Kewei took considerable risks to cooperate with the Abyss Eye’s actions.
Now the risk turned into a true disaster as he completely lost the Kowei Group, and the Abyss Eye wanted to break the contract...
Zhang Kewei climbed up from the ground, his expression fierce: "Wang Qin, kill those two! As long as we survive this crisis, with our capabilities, we can rebound sooner or later!"
Wang Qin nodded, starting to move swiftly, continually shooting arrows at the two demons.
She was a retired ranger of lower sequence level strength, extremely experienced in combat. Once back in youthful state, her strength returned to peak levels with middle-order level prowess.
These two monsters are of lower sequence strength; even with subtlety, combined, they are no match for Wang Qin.
Yet as the battle continued, the two demons began to smile eerily.
Their small horns suddenly melted into liquid, and the two demons fused into one, becoming a large red-skinned demon with two enormous long horns!
This demon possessed middle-order level strength, with impressive momentum, but may not yet be Wang Qin’s match. The fatal thing was in its hand was a remote control.
The twin-horned demon sneered sinisterly and pressed the remote control. Wang Qin seemed struck by lightning, her body trembled violently, lying on the ground unable to move. The twin-horned demon kicked her in the stomach, sending her rolling to Zhang Kewei’s side.
"We specifically held a ritual for you at the time, returning you to the peak state of your youth. But we also planted a little thing in your body, so you can be controlled by us at any time," the twin-horned demon said proudly.
"You must flee," Wang Qin barely managed to say three words to Zhang Kewei.
The twin-horned demon squatted down halfway, looking at them with a dark laugh: "You cannot escape, none of you can."
A fierce glint flashed in Zhang Kewei’s eyes. With his strength, he had no way to escape the twin-horned demon. After all, aside from his right hand, he was just an ordinary person.
Now, if he wanted to escape, there was only one method left, so without hesitation, he plunged his right hand into Wang Qin’s back.
Wang Qin’s life energy rapidly poured into Zhang Kewei’s body, and his aura quickly soared.
Upon absorbing life energy, for a short period, he could possess part of the strength of the person absorbed. He could use this portion of power to escape from the twin-horned demon!
To ensure his survival, Zhang Kewei could abandon anything, including Wang Qin!