DB Chapter 147

Chapter 147 – ‘Bath Salts’ 

Novel Title: 龙血 (Dragon Blood)

Author：水千丞 (Shui Qian Cheng)

Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)

Protagonists: 单鸣 (Shan Ming -MC), 沈长泽 (Shen Changze -ML)

*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*

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The next night, the two came to the residence of Congressman Hansen’s mistress. Since they had stepped on the spot the day before, they were very familiar with this place. It was sparsely populated and the nearest villa was two hundred metres away so they could easily sneak in.

After entering, they found that the atmosphere inside was a bit off. In the three-story villa with a total of more than 500 square metres, none of the rooms were lit. The whole villa was dark. According to their monitoring of Hansen, he indeed was staying here for the night. Besides him and his mistress, there should be two servants, a driver and two bodyguards here. It’s only past ten o’clock at night. So they shouldn’t be sleeping at all.

The two squatted down against the outer wall of the villa. Shen Changze wrinkled his nose, “It smells like blood.”

“Human’s?”

Shen Changze nodded.

Are they late to the scene? Did any other enemies of Hansen come to him before them?

Shan Ming asked: “Can you smell the scent of that Dragon Blood Man?”

Shen Changze frowned and shook his head. His sense of smell is much more developed than that of humans so the strong smell of blood makes it very uncomfortable for him. “I can’t smell him since the smell of blood was too strong.”

Shan Ming wrinkled his nose and tried to sniff the air. But he didn’t smell any blood. Perhaps he wasn’t close enough. So he said softly, “That’s good. At least, the other party can’t smell your scent too.”

“I guess we’re already late. But let’s go in and have a look.” Shen Changze turned the doorknob lightly. It was locked.

Shan Ming took out his gun with a silencer and broke the door lock. The two slowly opened the door and tiptoed in.

As soon as they entered the door, Shan Ming also smelled blood. Since it is summer now, the air conditioner is activated in the house while all the doors and windows are closed tightly. No wonder Shan Ming couldn’t smell it before. But now after entering the house, he is exposed to an unknown bloody environment. It sent shivers down his spine.

Shan Ming turned on the flashlight and scanned the surroundings of the living room. The room was deserted. The tables, chairs and other furniture were all over the place. Residues of food and drink were scattered on the floor. It seemed that a small party had just been held here. They were not surprised to find that there was a naked female corpse sprawled in front of the TV. A lot of blood flowed from her chest. Her entire upper body was soaked in blood.

Shen Changze walked over and turned the body over. He was surprised to find that the poor woman’s internal organs were almost hollowed out.

Shan Ming showed a look of disgust. He could tell that the wound was caused by the claws of a Dragon Blood Man.

Shen Changze walked into the kitchen and found the body of a middle-aged man, whose internal organs had also been emptied. But this person was not Hansen. According to the data photos, this was Hansen’s driver.

Shan Ming found a lot of blood in front of the stairs. He shook his flashlight towards Shen Changze to signal him to come over.

The two stood in front of the stairs and looked at the bloodstains spreading upwards. They glanced at each other and raised their guns in understanding. They then stepped lightly up the stairs together. One at the front and one at the back.

When the two of them reached the second floor, they clearly heard a strange sound coming from the innermost master bedroom. It sounded like the sound of… chewing.

The blood was spread on the floor. Coupled with the hollowed out bodies downstairs and the eerie sounds from the master bedroom, cause the horror atmosphere to heat up. Fortunately, the two remained calm. They walked towards the bedroom more carefully step by step.

When Shen Changze, who was walking in front, stepped into the door, he suddenly stretched out his hand to signal for Shan Ming to stop moving. Shan Ming turned around and hid behind the wall. At this moment, a black shadow sprang out from the bedroom and jumped on Shen Changze. The two of them pushed and got entangled with one another. They fell several metres away. Shen Changze’s back hit the ground forcefully. He transformed the moment his back touched the wall.

Shan Ming saw a dark blue scaled Dragon Blood Man pinching Shen Changze’s neck. He raised his gun without hesitation to shoot. Although ordinary bullets couldn’t penetrate the dragon scales, it is different if their wings were shot. It would be enough to cause damage to the flesh on the wings.

The gunshot wound on the wing angered the Dragon Blood Man. After he punched Shen Changze, he turned around and rushed towards Shan Ming.

The moment he turned around, the moonlight just shone on his face. It was a face so ferocious that it was almost impossible to know whether it was a human at all. His eyes were blood red and there were dark red traces of blood and pieces of flesh hanging from the corners of his mouth all the way down to his chest. A piece of human skin was also hooked on his claws. He opened his mouth and roared. His sharp teeth gleaming in red.

Although he had already guessed what was going on, Shan Ming still felt uncomfortable in his stomach when he thought that this thing had eaten so many people. He didn’t want to be bitten by those teeth so he rushed to escape the Dragon Blood monster. After firing several shots, he turned around and ran towards the fence on the second floor. He jumped down to the first floor.

He was still in mid-air when the monster had already pounced on him. Its speed was many times faster than him. It jumped on his back, opened its mouth and bit the back of his head.

There was no way for Shan Ming to hide in mid-air so he was still bitten by the Dragon Blood Man. He lost his balance and was about to fall headfirst to the ground.

In a matter of seconds, a golden light flashed and the dark blue scaled Dragon Blood Man clinging to his back was slammed out into the air. Shan Ming felt his waist tighten. Shen Changze’s tail acted as a final buffer for him so that he fell to the ground unharmed.

After Shan Ming jumped up, the first thing he did was to turn on the light.

The living room was brightly lit in an instant. Shen Changze inevitably closed his eyes while the dark blue scaled Dragon Blood Man howled and covered his eyes. It was as if he had been greatly stimulated. The Dragon Blood Man was four to five seconds later than Shen Changze to adapt to the light. In this short period of four to five seconds, Shen Changze had already taken the opportunity to poke two holes in his body. His blood was flowing down.

Only then did Shan Ming realise that besides a pile of food and wine glasses on the table in the living room, there were also some colourful crystal particles scattered everywhere. He grabbed it and put it on the tip of his tongue to taste it. Sure enough, it was synthetic cathinone, which is a new type of drug commonly known as ‘bath salts’.

This thing is much scarier than the common hallucinogens such as heroin and cocaine. This kind of central nervous system stimulant is more than ten times stronger than ordinary drugs on the human body. After taking it, people will become irritable, panic, and bloodthirsty. They would feel that they are extremely powerful and they would attack objects that are threatening to them in their eyes. Some direct reaction of those who take these drugs is cannibalism.

It seems that Hansen, a desperate fat man, found a few women to hold promiscuous parties at his mistress’ house. Not only did he himself use ‘bath salts’, he also let his bodyguards take them. Shan Ming is sure that before they came in, there was no else left alive in this villa except for the dark blue scaled Dragon Blood Man.

This is really courting death.

Judging from the colour of the Dragon Blood Man’s scales, his blood purity is not high. Normally, he would definitely not be qualified to be Shen Changze’s opponent. But now due to the effect of the drug, he has shown amazing explosive power. He kept on attacking Shen Changze. The two hit the ground from mid-air, destroying everything along the path.

Shan Ming drew out his sabre and wanted to help Shen Changze. But Shen Changze shouted, “Baba, don’t come here.”

While he was distracted, the Dragon Blood Man bit Shen Changze’s shoulder with his mouth. Shen Changze yelled in pain and punched his temple. The Dragon Blood Man was thrown away and at the same time, he brought with him a large piece of Shen Changze’s shoulder meat.

Shan Ming didn’t intend to go there. This Dragon Blood Man was in a state of madness. His fighting power was amazing. If he went to help, it would distract Shen Changze.

Shen Changze flew over and rode on the Dragon Blood Man, piercing his shoulder and chest with the sabre in his hand. The dragon blood man also resisted desperately. He was constantly scratching and biting Shen Changze’s arms, neck, and anything else within reach.

It was a real fight between two wild animals. Blood was flowing non stop while flesh was torn apart. The animalistic roar will chill people down to the bone in the middle of the night.

Shan Ming hid at the side and seized the opportunity to act as a sniper. He started to target the vulnerable places such as ears and noses. The dragon blood man gradually lost his physical strength under the attack of the two. He finally was pierced through the heart by Shen Changze and slowly stopped breathing.

This fierce battle lasted for more than ten minutes. Shen Changze was scratched and bitten all over his body. His flesh was torn off and some dragon scales fell all over the ground. He was in a bad condition.

Neither of them expected that this seemingly simple task would require them to encounter such a fierce Dragon Blood Man. The scary thing about this Dragon Blood Man is not his ability, but it is that he was not afraid at all. He was not afraid of death and not afraid of pain. He only knew how to attack so Shen Changze was injured all over by him.

Shan Ming walked over slowly and squatted next to Shen Changze. But he didn’t dare to touch him. He heard the sound of the rubber sole of his military boots being burned by the dragon blood around.

“Changze?”

Shen Changze sat leaning against the corner, covered in blood. He opened his red eyes and glanced at Shan Ming. He cursed in a low voice.

Shan Ming gritted his teeth and said, “I’m fucking going to settle the accounts with House.”

Shen Changze gasped in pain, “Did he take some drugs? Why is he so crazy?” Although the wound is healing, the speed is obviously slower than usual. This must have something to do with the drugs.

Shan Ming nodded, “They took ‘bath salts’.”

Shen Changze was trembling even while breathing, “Damn it. No wonder he can bite so well.”

Shan Ming was at a loss, “How to deal with your wound?”

“I can’t handle it for now. I’m bleeding too much. You don’t touch me…let’s wait for them to heal by themselves.”

Shan Ming was so angry that he wanted to smash House’s face into pieces. He knew that as long as it was related to the Dragon Blood people, nothing is ‘easy to deal with’.

Shen Changze said: “However, fortunately, he hasn’t run out yet.”

If such a terrible monster really ran out of the villa, then they don’t know how House was going to solve this big trouble. It can cause panic among the people.

Shan Ming stood up, “I’ll go upstairs to see if there are any survivors.” It’s better that they all die, otherwise he won’t let anyone survive.

He returned to the bedroom on the second floor. There were three naked corpses lying in the bedroom. To be specific, the three people were broken into pieces. Shan Ming managed to find their heads to identify them. After comparing the disfigured face to the photo for a long time, he was sure that one of them was indeed Hansen.

He checked the second and third floors thoroughly and found that it was true that there were no survivors. So he took a deep breath again. He took out a wet towel and a set of clean clothes from the bathroom and threw them to Shen Changze, “Wipe the blood from your body. And then change your clothes. Let’s leave quickly.”

Shen Changze took the towel and wiped the blood on his face. Although half of the towel was burned away after wiping, his face was basically wiped clean.

Panting heavily, he stood up from the pool of blood and sat down on the chair. He then stopped moving.

Shan Ming waited for a while. When he turned his head to see him sitting in a daze, he urged him: “Hurry up. We need to contact House immediately to deal with the situation.”

Shen Changze turned his head to look at him. There was a trace of strangeness and panic in his eyes.

Shan Ming felt nervous, “What’s wrong?”

“Baba…” Shen Changze looked at his hand. His crimson eyes shone with a strange light, “I…I can’t turn back into my human form.”

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Next update: 2023.–.–(*TBA)

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