"Roooar!"
The monster was attacked and had to give up its plan of continuing the chase, switching its target to Eva instead.
Evaâs Longsword was a Dark Spiritual Artifact; even though the other side was a pure energy body monster, it could still inflict a certain amount of damage.
But unfortunately, precisely because the opponent was a pure energy body monster, the Longswordâs attack wasnât very effective. After slightly slowing it down, the blade went straight through its body, and most of the physical attribute damage was ignored.
"Careful! Get down, quick!"
Even at such a critical moment, Eva didnât forget to warn the baseball cap kid whoâd been scared stupid beside her, then raised her hand and unleashed a Burst Spirit Skill.
A purple beam of Energy instantly pierced through the Shadow Demonâs body in front of her, but this one didnât get one-shot like the first monster. After a bout of shuddering, its body actually re-condensed and lunged at her again.
"Damn it!"
Eva swung the Longsword in her hand and tangled with the monster, but judging from how she kept getting hit once or twice, the girl clearly wasnât its match. If not for the Shield provided by the pendant on her chest, she probably wouldâve already lost.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
Several gunshots suddenly rang out, echoing in the silent Dark Night for a long time.
Baseball Cap hurriedly turned his head and saw that the girl whoâd been ambushed at the start was already standing, holding a strangely-shaped black pistol in her hand. The shots just now had come from that gun.
"Using a gun? Will that even work...?"
Baseball Cap almost instinctively had that thought, but just as it popped up, he heard the monsterâs grating roar in his ears.
"Roar roar roar!"
He saw the Shadow Demon monster, after being hit by several of Su Kuangkuanâs shots, twitch and collapse limply to the ground. Its body looked like it was being burned by fierce flames; one hole after another spread at a speed visible to the naked eye, quickly spreading over its entire body before it finally just dissipated.
"Huff, huff~"
Su Kuangkuan lowered the gun, her palms slick with sweat.
The sudden ambush just now had caught her completely off guard. Fortunately, she had her brotherâs Huang Dao Soft Armor protecting her, so she wasnât hurt.
But experiencing something like this in real life for the first time made her heartbeat ramp up several gears. Even though the monster was already dead now, she still couldnât calm down for a while.
"Kuangkuan! You were amazing!"
Gasping for breath, Eva still didnât forget to give her teammate a thumbs-up in words.
This Shadow Demon monster was way too troublesome, much stronger than the one Su Kuangkuan had killed at the start.
Thankfully, Su Kuangkuan made a snap decision and attacked directly with Holy Water. Under the powerful restraint, that Shadow Demon just died on the spot.
Thatâs right, the bullets loaded in Su Kuangkuanâs pistol werenât ordinary ones, but specially modified Holy Water Bullets.
The Shadow Demonâs body was an energy body, immune to physical attacks, but when the bullets passed through its body, the Holy Water inside them made contact with it, serving it a full Death set meal.
"Kuangkuan, are you okay?"
Eva hurried over to check Su Kuangkuanâs wounds.
"Iâm fine. Are you okay?"
Su Kuangkuan forced a smile. Even though sheâd been scared half to death just now, the Huang Dao Soft Armor had done its job, and she hadnât been hurt.
"Iâm fine. When did this monster get here? It hid so deep it actually evaded our Spirit Detection Technique..."
"This should be a Second Level Shadow Demon, an Evolved Body of the Shadow Demon. The instructor said Shadow Demons have extremely advanced hiding methods. Ordinary Spirit Detection Techniques canât detect them at all; only more Advanced Spiritual Vision can spot their tracks..."
After thinking for a moment, Su Kuangkuan gave her answer.
The Shadow Demon Star Alliance had encountered these things before, so they were recorded in the data of the âAlien Species Manualâ.
"So what do we do now? Should we contact Uncle Lu?"
Eva looked around at the surroundings. A fall into the pit, a gain in the witâthe lesson just now was still vivid in her mind. She too started staying on guard, wary of whether there were any Alien Species left nearby.
"You contact Uncle Lu, Iâll keep watch."
As Su Kuangkuan spoke, she took out two scrolls from her Space Ring, one for herself and one for Eva. After tearing them, the silvery-white light in their eyes was replaced by a golden hue.
These were Spiritual Vision scrolls!
"The Spirit-detecting Compass has already been interfered with. Weâre currently inside an illusion constructed by Shadow Demons. Only Spiritual Vision can find the targets..."
But just as the two of them applied Spiritual Vision, the scene they saw the next second made them both suck in a sharp breath.
"So many...monsters..."
Within the perception of Dark Spiritual Power, the two of them were already surrounded by dozens of monsters. Judging from their twisted postures, they were all even more powerful Shadow Demons. No wonder they hadnât sensed anything earlier.
"Well? Did you reach Uncle Lu?"
"Iâm establishing the connection. The signal is being interfered with; Iâm switching to a Dark Spiritual Power transmission channel..."
Seeing this, Baseball Cap didnât know what the two girls were talking about, but he understood heâd fallen into an even greater crisis. His face went pale with fear, and he hurriedly raised his wrist to call the police.
It wasnât that he doubted the strength of the two Transcendents, but this was his own life on the line. The more people that could come rescue him, the safer heâd be, right?
Only, his wristband display was already a blur. Forget having a signalâright now even its normal functions were affected.
"Zzzzt~"
As if to echo his confusion, the streetlights around them went out one after another. The interference from the monster environment caused all electronic devices here to stop working, plunging the street into pitch blackness.
"Lighting Technique!"
Eva raised her hand and released a Little Light that shone with intense radiance, letting the Light Ball hover above their heads.
With the appearance of the Light Ball, the surrounding darkness was instantly swept away. Baseball Cap could even see several twisted Black Shadows flicker and vanish, retreating back into the shadows not far away.
Su Kuangkuan and Evaâs Star Network Terminals were naturally not something as ordinary as Baseball Capâs wristband. After establishing a Dark Spiritual Power transmission channel, they finally got in touch with Lu Lin Haohan outside.
"Eva, Kuangkuan, how are you holding up!?"
Before they could speak, Lu Lin Haohanâs anxious voice came from the other end. Through the projection, the two girls saw that Uncle Lu seemed to be fighting something.
"Weâre surrounded by a ton of Shadow Demons! Uncle Lu, whatâs happening on your side?"
Su Kuangkuan said succinctly.
Brother Hero smashed apart a monster beside him with one swing, then engaged another, squeezing out time in the middle of the battle to respond:
"Not good at all. Listen, the assessment is over. You two need to find an open area immediately and use the Lighting Technique to stall for as long as you can. Iâm rushing to you at full speed right now. Itâs not just Malt Streetâseveral nearby streets have already been shrouded by the Shadow Demonsâ Shadow Barrier. Ordinary Teleport methods are completely unusable. These monsters are very strong. Do not act rashly. Wait for me!"
"Okay, Uncle Lu! Weâll definitely wait for you!"
At this point, the two girls had no intention of showing off by killing monsters. They nodded obediently and agreed.
"What do we do? What on earth is happening here? How did so many monsters suddenly show up? Where did they all come from?"
"No idea. But Uncle Lu said heâs coming to rescue us. Letâs go over thereâno buildings blocking the way. Weâll cast a few more Lighting Techniques, that should let us stall for a while."
The two girls tried their best to act calm, but from their eyes it was clear that neither of them was anywhere near calm inside.
Baseball Cap followed them to an open area at the side of the street and suddenly felt that maybe heâd misunderstood something from the startâhow come these two girls seemed just a little bit unreliable?