The female vampire's position was still some distance away from Su Xiyan.
However, in the flicker of an eye, the two detected each other's identity.
She's a vampire!
As the key player in this Kendo competition, Su Xiyan and her Nanli University Kendo Club teammates had just won the match. Her teammates crowded around Su Xiyan to celebrate their hard-earned victory.
Surrounded by her cheering teammates, Su Xiyan could hardly slip away.
The female vampire in the stands looked just like an ordinary college girl, blending into the crowd seamlessly.
But to Su Xiyan, a level two golden Demon Hunter, the vampire had nowhere to hide.
Aside from being detected, Demon Hunters could also identify vampires when they came into a senior Hunter's field of vision.
With so many people around, Su Xiyan could only wait until the award ceremony ended before taking action.
During the break before the awards presentation, Su Xiyan sent Chen Shuo a message:
[I've picked up traces of a vampire in the competition stands. See if you can keep her here after the match ends and people start leaving. Then we can deal with her.]
Soon, Chen Shuo replied:
[Got it. I'll assist you this time.]
[Don't worry, I have a way to make her stay.]
With Chen Shuo's affirmative reply, Su Xiyan felt reassured to celebrate their kendo victory with her teammates.
The award ceremony for the friendly competition between the two schools was simple.
After the awards, only a few students remained to clean up.
Su Xiyan told her kendo club teammates to head back first, saying she still had some things to take care of.
When Su Xiyan looked up again, the female vampire who had been in the stands was gone.
Su Xiyan instinctively glanced toward Chen Shuo's spot,
and as expected, he was gone too.
At that moment, Chen Shuo was standing at the door of the gym equipment room, as if waiting for someone.
Behind him came the sound of footsteps.
And a voice Chen Shuo would never forget: "So eager to see me?"
"Why meet in such a shady corner? Can't stand the light?"
Chen Shuo turned around to see a delicate looking girl who seemed no different from an ordinary college student, even daintier.
But her beautiful face exuded a vicious aura.
She looked Chen Shuo up and down with a smile, as if appreciating a work of art she had crafted by hand. She couldn't help but compliment:
"I do have excellent taste! Even as a vampire you're still quite handsome."
Chen Shuo frowned. "Cut the crap. Tell me, where are the vampire dens in Su City? Now that you've turned me into a vampire, shouldn't you take me to meet Su City's senior vampires?"
The female vampire giggled. "Eager to meet the parents already?"
Chen Shuo's face was filled with disgust. If his system wasn't powerful enough yet to locate all the vampires in Su City, he wouldn't waste another breath speaking to this vampire!
Seeing Chen Shuo's odd expression, the female vampire immediately wiped the smile from her face and said, "I know you're still under the thumb of Demon Hunter Su Xiyan. But listen to me, and soon you'll be able to break free of Su Xiyan's control, without fear for your life."
Chen Shuo raised his eyebrows slightly. "Oh? How so?"
The female vampire made no attempt to hide her admiration for Chen Shuo. "A clever vampire like you must know how to work with us to turn the tables and kill Su Xiyan, right?"
"You don't have the power alone, but we'll help you!"
Chen Shuo asked back, "Oh? How will you help? What's your trump card?"
The female vampire's eyes shone with hope. "Let me tell you a secret! The Demon King's traces have appeared in Su City! The Demon King's whereabouts are elusive, but our kind can sense the Demon King's presence!"
"With the mighty Demon King around, what do you have to fear from Su Xiyan?"
"Not just Su Xiyan. Even if all the Demon Hunters in Su City joined forces, they'd be no match for the Demon King!"
"So, will you cooperate with us and kill Su Xiyan?"
Chen Shuo looked at the female vampire before him and found it quite amusing. She still didn't know the Demon King she eagerly anticipated was standing right in front of her as Chen Shuo.
What dramatic irony!
The female vampire stared wide-eyed at Chen Shuo, awaiting his response.
Back at the kendo competition venue, Su Xiyan couldn't find Chen Shuo and got no reply to her messages. Worried about him, she immediately started searching around the gym for any trace of Chen Shuo.
A male student was cleaning up near the side exit of the venue.
Su Xiyan approached him. "Hello there, student."
The boy looked up to see campus goddess Su Xiyan herself, and was so excited he could barely speak. "You...you you hello!"
Su Xiyan asked, "Did you happen to see a male student in a Nanli University uniform leave from here? Tall, and...kind of good looking."
The student's previously high spirits were instantly doused like a bucket of cold water.
So the campus goddess was asking about another guy? And she even described him as "kind of good looking"??
But the goddess was talking to him, a once in a lifetime chance!
The student thought for a moment, then answered Su Xiyan's question: "This is the side exit. Most people left through the front entrance. So the only guy who went by here was one male student, I remember very clearly he headed toward the equipment room."
Su Xiyan nodded politely but distantly. "Thank you, student."
With that, she headed toward the equipment room.
As the student watched Su Xiyan's departing figure, the broom in his hand suddenly felt much lighter, and strength filled his body. He even felt like he could clean the entire gym in one go!
"My god! The campus goddess said 'thank you' to me!"
"She said thank you to me! Wow, I'm so touched!!"
Following the student's directions, Su Xiyan arrived at the equipment room entrance.
Just as she was about to go inside, she saw the silhouettes of two people inside.
One of them was Chen Shuo.
Chen Shuo stood casually, hands in pockets, leaning against the window.
Next to him stood a delicate and scholarly looking girl.
This girl was the female vampire who had locked eyes with Su Xiyan in the kendo competition stands.
So Chen Shuo really had arranged to meet the vampire alone?
But why didn't he inform me??
After all, Chen Shuo was a vampire, and vampires were sworn enemies of Demon Hunters.
Su Xiyan listened carefully, wanting to hear what Chen Shuo and this female vampire were talking about.
Growing impatient from Chen Shuo's lack of response, the female vampire pressed him directly:
"Why are you hesitating to take the chance to kill Su Xiyan when I'm telling you to do it??"
"Are you afraid of her?"
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