I Have a Golden Crow

The soldier spoke softly, glancing at Yang Qingqing beside him: ”Master Qing, your disciple is impressive!”

”Fierce enough, brave enough!”

”Indeed, not bad at all.” Battalion Commander Liu nodded repeatedly; for a young Demon Tamer Prentice, such a fighting style, mindset, and technique were truly beyond reproach.

The scene unfolding live before their eyes seemed like Du Yu writing an answer sheet, clearly displayed in front of Yang Qingqing.

Here~ this is the answer you wanted.

Yang Qingqing looked at the nighttime street littered with Black Robes, giving the soldiers no response.

She had witnessed Du Yu’s relentless training day and night, but she truly hadn’t expected that on a real battlefield, especially against such terrifying enemies, Du Yu’s combat prowess had not diminished—he was actually getting braver with each fight!

For an instant, Yang Qingqing felt a softening in her heart.

She always felt that Du Yu was like a child with no way out, who suddenly encountered a ray of light. He would then dash for that light with all his might, reckless and desperate.

Just like in the car earlier, when this child heard that the accident rate for Demon Tamers advancing stages was high and that there was danger to life, he hadn’t cared at all, showing no reaction.

I hope I’m just overthinking things.

Yang Qingqing shook her head and smiled, inwardly mocking herself, unsure if she should call herself sensitive or simply over-imaginative.

Maybe Du Yu was simply born a warrior, growing stronger the more he fought, all unrelated to anything else.

”Master Qing.” Du Yu’s voice suddenly rang out. This was clearly a signal for help.

Yang Qingqing snapped back to reality and followed Du Yu’s gaze. On the surveillance screen, the Black Mist Woman appeared. Strangely, she had been standing silently in front of the iron gate the whole time, never making a move.

Du Yu: ”Am I supposed to... go up against this woman... hmm?”

Before he could finish, the mysterious woman in front of the iron gate suddenly moved!

She slowly turned her head and raised her black umbrella slightly. The relatively clear outline of her face, veiled in black mist, stared at Du Yu from afar, then she began to walk forward.

Du Yu’s heart clenched, but she wasn’t coming toward him. Instead, she was heading for the large iron gate?

The old iron gate, which even Spark Splash couldn’t break, was pushed open effortlessly by the Black-robed Woman.

The next moment, the Black Robes scattered over the street suddenly floated up.

Du Yu hurriedly retreated, his heart in his throat!

You have no shame, coming back for more?

Are you trying to force me to become a self-destruct truck, bulldozing through with ’Frightened Bird’?

”Ying!” Xiaoyan squeaked in alarm, her fluffy little head swiveling left and right as a fireball quickly formed in front of her face.

Du Yu: ”Wait a sec.”

In his view, each Black Robe was drifting toward the iron gate, with no intention to attack.

Even the nearby Black Robes paid Du Yu no heed, swaying as they floated past, gray mist rising again from within their cloaks.

They all gathered at the iron gate, brushing past the woman’s sides in an orderly procession inside.

Once all the Black-robed People had entered, the woman in her pitch-black wool coat pressed down her umbrella and stepped in after them.

”Clack, clack, clack.” The sound of high heels grew fainter and further away.

Du Yu gripped the Demon Soldier Qing Peak tightly, hunched over as he jogged forward.

The Black-robed People were headed toward the northern apartment building, straight for the only lit unit in the residential block!

”Master Qing, should I follow them in?”

Battalion Commander Liu answered immediately: ”They’re not attacking you—that’s a good thing. Best to keep it that way! Just follow them, at a distance, and try not to engage.”

”Yes, sir!” Du Yu let out a long breath and, retracing the path of the mysterious woman, stepped through the large iron gate.

Shua~

In an instant, Du Yu’s vision blurred.

At the same time, Yang Qingqing at the monitor quickly hit a button: ”Stop!”

She didn’t even need to call out, because right before Du Yu—he was suddenly at the edge of a rooftop!

For a moment, Du Yu was dumbfounded. I clearly just walked through the big iron gate, so why do I suddenly find myself on the rooftop?

”You should have entered the second level of the Shadow Gu Tower!” Yang Qingqing’s voice sounded again in his invisible headphones.

With her wealth of experience, she immediately realized this was the second scenario of the Shadow Gu Tower, the second episode of the story—in other words, the Ancient Tower’s second level!

From this moment on, every step Du Yu took would set a new record within the Demon Taming Prentice Tier!

”Have I reached the second level?” Du Yu looked around.

The rain—it had stopped at some point.

The once pitch-black sky, as clouds drifted aside, revealed a bright moon, casting silvery moonlight over the darkened residential area.

He couldn’t help but shiver; the rooftop’s night breeze was chilly and biting.

After confirming there were no enemies nearby, he looked farther ahead, and immediately the light from a seventh-floor window across the way caught his eye.

Isn’t this... Isn’t this the only lit apartment in the residential complex?

”I see! Right now I’m inside the compound, on the rooftop of the southern building, facing the north building.” Du Yu hurriedly reported his situation.

Liu Camp: ”Point the camera at the lit apartment; let’s line up the focus.”

Du Yu crouched down slowly, squinting toward the opposite building. No matter how the soldiers reacted, at that moment, Du Yu felt a shock in his heart!

Because in the lit seventh-floor apartment across the way, chaos reigned—furniture toppled and shattered, with corpses strewn everywhere!

The Mist People in there all had blades stuck in their bodies, yet none had dissipated, body and soul.