God Eater Sequence: The Devourer

Qin Siyang looked at the information about Li Tianming, shocked to the point of being speechless.

'The principal… killed dozens of people?'

'Killed dozens of people and was still assigned as the principal?'

'How ruthless is he? How powerful must his backing be?'

Qin Siyang suddenly felt that when he had just spoken to the principal, his voice might have been too loud, and he had not shown the respect a student should have for his teacher.

"Forget it. I'd better not come here again. I should just go bully the weaklings over at Wang Defa's place. The principal is not someone to mess with."

He closed the video, marked [Tingting]'s message as unread, and deleted the downloaded video. He planned to leave the office while Li Tianming was not paying attention.

From now on, he should try to meet Li Tianming as little as possible.

Just as he was about to get up, the office door opened. Li Tianming, with his big belly, entered from outside holding a thermos.

Seeing Qin Siyang seemingly about to stand up, he smiled, "What, done checking? About to leave?"

"Yes, thank you, Principal, for letting me use the computer. I've found the information I wanted."

The principal then walked past Qin Siyang and glanced at the clean desk and the bouncing chat icon in the bottom right corner.

He moved the mouse over it, revealing an unread message from [Tingting].

The principal frowned slightly, looking at Qin Siyang with some suspicion. Qin Siyang, however, smiled and said, "You want to chat with someone, right? Then I'll leave now. Peeking at others' privacy is not a good habit."

"Mm, you can leave."

"Goodbye, Principal."

Qin Siyang left his seat and had just reached the door when he heard Li Tianming's voice:

"Since you've already seen it, don't leave just yet. Sit down and chat for a while."

Qin Siyang paused, "I didn't look at your chat records, Principal. What do you mean?"

Li Tianming pulled out a nearby chair and patted the backrest, "Tingting sent me four or five new messages, but the icon only shows one unread message. That means you read them and then marked them as unread, right?"

Qin Siyang was secretly startled. He hadn't expected such a small oversight to be noticed by Li Tianming.

"Sit down. Let's talk," The principal's demeanor was completely different from before—no longer helpless and casual. Instead, his gaze was deep and calm, exuding an intimidating aura.

If Qin Siyang didn't know that Li Tianming was the principal, he might have thought he held a similar rank as Qian Wenzhao.

But knowing that Li Tianming was a dangerous man, why would Qin Siyang willingly approach him?

Even if he had been caught, so what? This was Li Tianming's scandal—it had nothing to do with Qin Siyang.

Even though Li Tianming was preventing him from leaving, he still reached for the office door, ready to walk out.

At that moment, he realized—his body had suddenly lost control.

His feet felt as if they were glued to the ground, unable to move an inch.

Looking down, he saw that his freshly cleaned tattered pants and shoes were now covered in dirt. The soil clung to his legs like hands, firmly restraining him, making his heart race in panic.

"Student Qin, come back and have a seat."

Turning back, Qin Siyang saw that Li Tianming's face was now covered by a multicolored mask—the same mask that had flashed across Luo Yilian's face in the forest that night.

Li Tianming dared to use sequence abilities on him?

It was well known that [Shaman] was an incredibly powerful combat sequence, and its skill [Earth Bind] was a crucial control method highly sought after by many god-hunting squads.

Using a sequence skill against someone within the safe zone was an extremely provocative act.

If the Bureau found out, Li Tianming would definitely be interrogated.

Just as Qin Siyang was about to warn him, Li Tianming spoke again, "Are you thinking of reporting me to the Bureau for using abilities in the safe zone? Go ahead, report me. My position has already hit rock bottom—there's nothing left to lose."

"I don't have many demands. Since you saw my chat logs, you must have also seen my video and probably even found out about my sequence identity."

"So, I believe there's no more need for pretense between us. Let's talk openly."

"Why should I talk with you?"

"Just a moment."

BANG! BANG!

Two fist-sized ravens suddenly materialized in the air, flew to the door, and shut the office firmly.

Qin Siyang narrowed his eyes and immediately adopted a defensive stance.

"Two skills! Your sequence level is second-tier?"

"No, the [Small Beast Spirit Summon] I just used is a third-tier skill."

At that moment, a wooden pillar covered in totemic symbols suddenly emerged from the office floor. Instantly, Qin Siyang felt a surge of power flood into him.

"This [Primal Totem] is a second-tier skill."

Qin Siyang's eyes widened, "You're… a third-tier sequence user?"

At [Godslayer Camp], Qin Siyang had seen the classification of sequence ability users.

The vast majority were first-tier.

Those who reached second-tier typically had rich combat experience or professional backgrounds.

If they came from a god-hunting squad, second-tier users were often qualified to serve as squad leaders, commanding members in hunting divine beings.

If they came from a professional background, second-tier users could escape the lowest ranks and attain minor official positions, stepping partially into the power structures of the United Government.

But third-tier sequence users weren't even mentioned at Godslayer Camp.

There were simply too few of them.

Advancing from first-tier to second-tier required only five bottles of sequence elixir.

But advancing from second-tier to third-tier required thirty bottles of sequence elixir.

One bottle of sequence elixir cost ten God Hunting Points or the equivalent in United Government merit points. Qin Siyang didn't know how merit points were earned, but he did know about God Hunting Points.

This meant that even if he were earning double points alone, he would still need to slay five gods to afford just one bottle.

If working in a team, he'd earn fewer points—possibly needing to kill fifty divine beings to exchange for a single bottle.

Thirty bottles of sequence elixir… That was an astronomical amount.

Of course, through years of dedicated god-hunting, as long as one survived, reaching third-tier was still possible.

But since the first sequence user awakened, only five years had passed.

In just five years, accumulating enough achievements to acquire thirty bottles of sequence elixir was incredibly difficult.

Moreover, Qin Siyang remembered that Li Tianming had been transferred to [Ju'an School] as principal during his first year of high school—almost two years ago.

That meant he had reached third-tier in just three years.

And the person smiling at him now was not a chosen one with a special sequence like himself.

Li Tianming had to obtain his sequence elixir through standard distribution from the Bureau.

His advancement speed was like riding a rocket.

Qin Siyang was dumbfounded.

'This pot-bellied, balding Li Tianming… just who is he really?'

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