Having undergone several rounds of chess species enhancement, the Empress’s instinct for detecting demons has become incredibly sharp.

As soon as a demon appears within a ten-kilometer radius, she perceives it immediately and conveys its exact location to Xia Pingzhou. The two then rush to the scene at the first opportunity.

As a result, the members of the Tokyo Exorcist Association may have been puzzled about where all the demons in the city have gone lately. At least in the area around Tokyo Bay, the demons have been entirely handled by Xia Pingzhou, leaving no room for others to intervene.

Fortunately, in the past couple of days, Xia Pingzhou has shifted grounds, taking a flight back to the familiar city of Li Jing. He contemplates taking a cab to the Old Jingmai District and might even run into Su Zimai.

However, he worries he might accidentally mistake the Diaper Demon for a real demon and decide against it.

At this moment, after vanquishing the Working Demon in the office building, Xia Pingzhou returns to one of the brigade’s bases in Li Jing—the interior of the underground bar "Grey Crow."

The Queen’s Statue raises its diamond finger, inputs the code on the door, pushes it open, and sets Xia Pingzhou down from its shoulder.

He sits at the bar, takes a sip of ice water, and then calls up the personal panel for Unit Two. A series of black-and-white data flashed out, greeting his pupil.

[The current advancement progress of Unit Two of the Celestial Driver "International Chess" is: 87%/100%]

"The remaining progress is minimal. In four or five days, I’ll reach Tier Three, acquire the chess player’s domain blocking ability, and be ready to take action against Jack the Ripper." 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Thinking this, Xia Pingzhou brings up the training system interface of "Winter of the Wild Hunt" to collect the task rewards.

[Training Task Six Completed—Kill any 120 C-Class or above "Demons," or 120 C-Class or above "Superhuman Species."]

[Rewards for the completed training task: 1 attribute point.]

[Training Task Seven was refreshed, kill count increased to 140 (current progress: 120/140)]

Without hesitating, Xia Pingzhou calls up the character panel and quickly distributes the attribute points.

[Your Unit Two "Chess Player’s" "Speed" attribute has changed: A++ level → S level (Your "Chess Species’ " power will also increase accordingly)]

[Current character attributes: Strength: D level; Spirit: S level; Speed: S level]

"Both attributes have reached the threshold of Catastrophe Level, I just need to level up to Tier Three Exorcist," Xia Pingzhou thought.

At that moment, a cold system prompt suddenly sounded in his ear.

[The "Fifth Phase" of Main Task One has been refreshed, task content is as follows—kill any member of the world’s leading exorcist organization "Lake Hunting" together with the White Crow Travel Brigade.]

[Task deadline: Complete by August 25, considered a failure if the deadline is exceeded.]

"Does this mean the brigade will really clash with those Lake Hunting creatures?" Xia Pingzhou pondered, "I wonder if this task can be completed smoothly—it seems excessively difficult."

Seeing the four striking red characters on the panel—"Task Deadline"—he suddenly thought of something, bringing up the system panel based on the international chessboard background and found the "Main Task" section to open it.

A line of blood-red text appeared before his eyes.

[Main Task 2 (Second Phase): Lay dormant in the White Crow Travel Brigade, awaiting the opportunity to kill Member Two—"Jack the Ripper."]

[ (Task rewards: 3 attribute points, 3 skill points, 3 Split Points) (Deadline: Complete by September 1)]

[Warning, only 12 days left until the deadline for Main Task Two "Avenge Jack the Ripper," please complete the task as soon as possible before the deadline ends.]

Suddenly, a cold voice resonated from the darkness, "It’s time to go... the captain wants us to head to Hai Fan City today, the other members have already gathered there."

Xia Pingzhou turned around, following the voice, and saw Yanmo Lin pushing open the bar’s code door, walking in slowly, with Ayase Origami expressionlessly following behind her, carrying a shopping bag with an aged Hello Kiki doll hanging from it.

At this moment, Yanmo Lin lifted her pitch-black eyes like the extreme night, turning them sideways to meet Xia Pingzhou’s gaze.

In the darkness, the two locked eyes, both expressionless.

"Let’s go..." Xia Pingzhou said softly, looking at her, "It’s time."