Chen Ye suddenly felt the surrounding environment begin to tremble.
The next moment, from the thick black shadow behind Li Zhengming, a massive beast slowly stepped out.
“Another Erosion Beast at the Blazing Sun Level.”
‘Are your Blazing Sun Levels wholesale?’ Chen Ye cursed inwardly.
This Erosion Beast was covered in a layer of thick, dark gold scales.
Its head was like an enlarged crocodile.
In its eye sockets, instead of normal eyeballs, there were two burning, leaping dark red flames.
Chen Ye could sense that this Erosion Beast was no weaker than the one she had encountered before.
Without even looking at the giant beast, Li Zhengming turned around and pushed open the pure white door, stepping inside.
“Hey, hey, seems like I’m being underestimated. But I’ll make you know the power of the Night Crow Hunter!”
Chen Ye drew her katana and charged toward the Erosion Beast.
***
“Beep—beep—beep—”
The alarm for an Erosion Beast attack sounded.
Su Wanyue was originally in class.
When she heard the alarm for an Erosion Beast attack, she realized that Chen Ye had probably done something incredible.
Students were rushing to the nearest shelter, but Su Wanyue walked quickly in the opposite direction.
“Su Wanyue, you’re going the wrong way! Hurry to the shelter, it’s too dangerous here!” Su Yao grabbed Su Wanyue’s wrist, saying anxiously.
Oh no, her little sister actually noticed her.
“Su Yao, you go to the shelter first. I’ll be right…”
“Squish, squish”—the sound of bones deforming rang out.
“Not good!”
Not far from Su Yao, a student’s body suddenly swelled rapidly like a balloon being inflated, emitting a skin-crawling stretching sound.
A few seconds later, what remained was a humanoid Erosion Beast.
It let out a sharp, piercing howl and pounced toward Su Yao.
The terrifying sight before her paralyzed Su Yao, leaving her unable to move.
Only one familiar and dependent figure remained in her mind.
She murmured helplessly in her heart: ‘Su Xiangyang, big brother, will you come save me?’
“Boom!”
The Erosion Beast’s attack was blocked by a pitch-black barrier.
‘Am I dreaming?’ That was the only thought in Su Yao’s mind.
In front of her, a figure had somehow appeared.
A black witch’s dress, as dark as night, trailed on the ground.
Su Wanyue stood there quietly, blocking the fatal blow for her.
Su Wanyue moved her fingertip, and the black barrier contracted into a black beam, instantly piercing through the Erosion Beast.
Su Wanyue slowly turned around, her black dress gently swaying.
“It’s okay now.”
“Su Wanyue, are you a witch?” Su Yao, still shaken, asked.
Su Wanyue silently nodded.
“Wow, Su Wanyue, you’re so amazing! That terrifying Erosion Beast, you took it out in one hit. And, and, this outfit of yours is so beautiful!”
Su Yao, eyes sparkling, circled around Su Wanyue like a curious baby, looking at her from all angles.
“Su Yao, it’s very dangerous to stay here now. I still have things to do. You should go take shelter.”
‘So gentle… Ah, speaking of which, I almost forgot. Before leaving, my brother repeatedly told me to call him immediately if anything happened. If he finds out the school was attacked by an Erosion Beast, he must be really worried by now.’
Thinking this, Su Yao pulled out her phone and started scrolling through her contacts.
Meanwhile, seeing Su Yao take out her phone, Su Wanyue immediately understood what she was going to do.
She felt a sinking feeling in her heart.
Su Wanyue hurriedly reached into her pocket to grab her phone, wanting to turn it off before Su Yao pressed the dial button.
But Su Wanyue was a step too slow.
A pleasant ringtone sounded from her pocket, echoing through the now empty hallway.
This was going to be hard to explain.
Su Yao paused, her hand holding the phone frozen.
She looked up in confusion: “Huh? Su Wanyue, why is your phone ringing?”
“Su Yao, we’re friends, right?”
“Mm! We’re best friends forever!”
“Trust me, I’ll explain later, okay?”
“Hmm… then it’s a deal. You have to be careful.”
Having witnessed Su Wanyue’s power firsthand, Su Yao also understood that staying here would only cause trouble.
“Be safe on the way. Don’t wander off alone again.”
Watching her little sister’s retreating back, Su Wanyue let out a small sigh of relief.
She had managed to stall for now.
“Now it’s time to get down to business. Serafica, tell me Chen Ye’s current location.”
“Roar—”
Under the impact of the soundwaves, rocks from the ceiling of the stone chamber fell one after another, stones of various sizes crashing down toward Chen Ye.
Chen Ye dodged desperately, sweat beading on her forehead.
Her breathing grew more rapid, and her movements gradually slowed.
There was a long gash on her back, clearly from the earlier battle.
Chen Ye clenched her teeth, a taste of rust in her mouth.
Chen Ye wasn’t just dodging; that was her usual fighting style.
“Absolute Shadow” was the martial technique Chen Ye practiced.
As long as something is alive, it has a weakness.
First, use high speed to find the enemy’s opening, then concentrate all your strength into one point, delivering a fatal blow.
That was the true meaning of “Absolute Shadow”: Decide the match in an instant, determine life or death with one slash.
And the weakness of this Erosion Beast in front of her was its seemingly strange eye sockets.
Chen Ye seized the gap between the Erosion Beast’s attacks and sheathed her blade.
Closing her eyes, she slowly adjusted her heavy breathing.
The next second, Chen Ye suddenly dropped her waist, her body almost touching the ground.
“Absolute Shadow: Demon Severing Slash!”
Chen Ye quickly unleashed the ultimate technique of Absolute Shadow.
So fast that Chen Ye’s drawing of the blade was invisible, so fast that the trajectory of the slash was invisible.
This slash even cut through space!
The Erosion Beast’s strange eye socket was precisely hit, and the dark red flames instantly dimmed.
The Erosion Beast let out a mournful cry, its massive body thrashing wildly, smashing the rocks in the stone chamber to dust.
After a moment, the two dark red flames in the Erosion Beast’s eye sockets completely extinguished.
Its body crashed to the ground and then dissipated into a wisp of black smoke.
After finishing off this Erosion Beast, Chen Ye dragged her battered body step by step to the door.
Chen Ye pushed open the heavy door.
Inside was a laboratory that seemed long abandoned.
And in the center of the laboratory stood a huge transparent container, a girl’s body immersed in the strange solution.
She must be Li Zhengming’s daughter, Li Jing.
Li Zhengming’s voice, with a near insane fervor, rang out again in the lab.
“It’s useless, it’s all useless! I will have my daughter descend upon me again. My proud child will personally destroy you, destroy this rotten world!”
Darkness surged like a tide, instantly engulfing Li Zhengming’s entire body.
Then, the black mist exploded—
The Fake Witch, Li Jing, descended.
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