Chapter 74: Monsters Practice Martial Arts, Even Gods Can’t Stop Them.

Fang Cheng emerged from the darkness, blood dripping from a wound on his palm.

The falling blood gathered without scattering, shaping into a spear before hardening into a crystalline entity.

This marked Fang Cheng’s progress from recent training. Though he still couldn’t manipulate blood freely like Muba Daichi, controlling small amounts and solidifying them into spears using Steel Blood proved effective.

Far better than bare-handed combat—with his current power, his thrown spears could pierce steel plates.

“Ah!!”

The middle-aged man nailed to the wall shrieked in pain.

He gripped the spear, struggling to free himself, but another spear shot through his shoulder, pinning him deeper into the wall.

A second scream tore from his throat as his body swelled violently. His skin and clothes split open, exposing dark brown flesh.

Within moments, the man transformed into a massive toad—larger than Fang Cheng’s cherished motorcycle—its back riddled with grotesque bumps.

This was the legendary Giant Toad, now fully revealed.

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Its human-like hands clutched the spears embedded in its body, yanking them free like a seasoned warrior.

Fang Cheng hurled a third spear, but it struck empty air. The Giant Toad kicked off the wall’s water pipes with its powerful legs, vanishing upward.

Fang Cheng recalled the documents: this monster could blend into surroundings like a chameleon, using optical camouflage.

The deep night fell silent. Fang Cheng strained to hear movement, only for a pipe to burst with a clang, water spraying loudly.

Clever beast—it created noise to mask its tracks.

“Status update. Need backup?”

Kanzaki Rin’s voice buzzed in his headphones. She guarded the alley’s far end, ready to intervene.

“Stay put!” Fang Cheng snapped. “Or I’ll join the enemy.”

Fighting the Giant Toad alone was manageable. Adding Kanzaki Rin as a teammate? That’d spike the difficulty to hell-level.

His lives were hard-earned—no room for waste.

“You!”

Kanzaki Rin seethed. The line of people in the Countermeasures Department who wanted her support could stretch from Tokyo to Hokkaido—yet this bastard kept complaining.

“You what? Ever reflect on your terrible support skills?”

Fang Cheng’s retort cut short as the attack came.

_Whoosh!_

A spear plummeted toward his skull. He caught it mid-air, the weapon dissolving into liquid upon contact. Without direct touch, he couldn’t control blood remotely yet.

The liquid pooled in his palm. He flung it upward, spraying blood droplets like rain.

The hidden Giant Toad got drenched, its camouflage failing. Startled, it leaped toward the gushing pipe, scrambling to wash off the blood.

Fang Cheng swiftly formed a fourth spear and hurled it at the Giant Toad midair.

The Giant Toad twisted its upper body in midair, caught the spear, and swung it back with a metallic clang, deflecting Fang Cheng’s attack.

Ignoring its toad-like appearance, that move resembled a classic battlefield reversal.

“Shit! Monsters know martial arts now?”

Fang Cheng charged forward, blood from his hands solidifying into a Long Spear. The Giant Toad didn’t bother wiping off bloodstains, landing with legs braced against opposite walls in midair splits.

Their spears clashed repeatedly like ancient warriors battling with cold weapons. Though lacking formal training, Fang Cheng’s raw power made his spear whirl chaotically – left thrusts, right sweeps, all parried effortlessly. The Giant Toad’s disciplined techniques clearly outmatched his brute force.

Imagine this: a giant toad doing splits against a wall while executing both flashy and deadly spear moves. Fang Cheng retreated after nearly getting impaled, asking incredulously, “You studied martial arts?”

“What’s it look like?” The Giant Toad spun its spear like seasoned performers do.

“Monsters with skills even gods can’t stop,” Fang Cheng muttered. “Times have changed.”

“Of course,” the toad sneered. “Humans steal our abilities – why can’t we learn yours? Think we’re dumb animals?”

“My bad for assuming.” Fang Cheng planted his spear and bowed. “You’re intelligent beings. Biologically, we’re equal. My apology.”

The Giant Toad blinked, stunned. Humans usually viewed monsters as mindless beasts. This equality admission was unheard of.

“Under different circumstances, we might’ve been friends.” The toad readied its spear. “But coexistence is impossible. Let’s end this.”

“Sure!” Fang Cheng drew a handgun and emptied the magazine.

Caught off-guard, the toad staggered as bullets tore through its body. Fang Cheng reloaded, fired another volley, then hurled his spear pinning the creature to the ground.

Bleeding from multiple wounds with a spear through its gut, the toad wheezed: “No… honor… cheat…”

“Can’t say that, Toad Bro.” Fang Cheng blew gun smoke away. “You monsters learned martial arts – me using guns is just keeping up.”

The toad gurgled angrily. Had Fang Cheng not pretended to fight honorably with cold weapons earlier, it would’ve anticipated gunplay.

Gunfire brought Kanzaki Rin sprinting. She glared at the dying monster, then demanded: “Where’d you get that?”

The Countermeasures Department strictly controlled firearms. Interns like her weren’t issued guns, yet this fake intern had one.

“Found it in a trash can during nighttime strolls.” Fang Cheng shrugged. Actually, he’d kept the security guard’s gun from the Morishita family incident, buying black market bullets cheaply – bulk purchases even included free (though shoddy) silencers.

Seeing through his lie, Kanzaki Rin scowled. Fang Cheng yanked the spear out and offered it: “Your kill.”