Chapter 4: Lynx, Array

In the pitch-black of night, Xiao Jie hurried through the streets, searching for prey in the dark avenues.

The scent of food filled his nostrils, and the instinct to hunt made him restless.

Yet, Xiao Jie didn't rush to act, moving silently in the darkness like a ghost in the night.

A young couple caught his eye, cooing and cuddling on the stone path under the gleam of streetlights, whispering sweet nothings to each other.

(They'll do! The two of them add up to a nice big meal for me.)

Chaotic thoughts flitted through Xiao Jie's mind, his eyes glinting with bloodlust as he silently quickened his pace, closing in on the unsuspecting prey.

However, just as he was about to strike, the instinctive awareness of danger in a wild beast made him abruptly halt. He turned around and saw, not far off in a green belt of bushes, a pair of eyes as cold as frost staring intently at him.

It was a ferocious beast!