Inside The Black Mist

At the camp's defensive line, Ji Yu radiated a brilliant light from her Star Essence, suddenly bursting forth with a tremendous aura. The star-quality longbow in her hand emitted a dazzling glow.

Ji Yu drew the bow like a full moon, raised it towards the sky, and released the string.

The burst of light immediately exploded into thousands of arrows, streaking across the dark sky of the reverse realm. Upon reaching their zenith, they rained down upon the battlefield like a torrential downpour.

After this arrow rain swept through, a section of the attacking canine horde was diminished, relieving some pressure on the soldiers.

Only then did Ji Yu have time to look back at the campsite. She happened to see Han Shu rushing towards the highway, only to be engulfed by the connected explosions of black fire.

The hand holding the star-quality longbow involuntarily tightened, and due to nervousness, Ji Yu's hand turned pale.

After a moment, her pupils slightly dilated, and she saw a figure emerge from the black fire. Despite the barrier on his body being shattered, and even though his armor was shattered, Han Shu still managed to survive the explosion.

The insane defensive power of the Fortress class could be seen from this.

The female archer finally breathed a sigh of relief, then turned back to focus on the dark creatures at the frontline. With immense consumption of Star Essence, Ji Yu couldn't release another arrow rain like before, but her attacks were still swift and powerful. She constantly moved along the defensive line, aiming her arrows at either the more dangerous female canines or the elusive snipers causing trouble for the defensive line.

On the highway, the wizard seemed slow to react when he didn't expect Han Shu to break out of the explosion zone.

Han Shu had already roared and rushed forward, thrusting with the Star Essence spear. The outer spiral ripple first pierced into the wizard's hood.

The wizard's hat was immediately shredded into countless pieces, and amidst the dark fabric flying everywhere, Han Shu's face showed an incredulous expression.

Because under the hat, the wizard in front of him, surprisingly, had no visible head.

In fact, from the neckline, it seemed like there was only a deep shadow within the cloak-like fabric!

Was there nothing beneath the thing's clothes?

Feeling a slight chill on his face, Han Shu reached out and touched it, finding a drop of black liquid in his palm.

Just as a vague thought crossed his mind, the wizard's hand moved, and the eyes in its palms met his gaze.

"Damn it!"

Han Shu immediately leaped backward, tightened his body, and deployed a layer of Star Essence barrier.

As soon as the barrier appeared, a black orb had already descended.

In the next moment, Han Shu's eyes were filled with dazzling white light, then he saw a rapidly expanding black flame!

The barrier couldn't even hold for one second, almost being destroyed at the moment of the black orb's explosion. The shockwave, carrying the black fire, came rushing towards Han Shu, almost about to hit him. Suddenly, a land dragon rushed in, inserting itself between them.

The land dragon burst open, and a large amount of mud and rocks sprayed into the air, forming a wall of mud and rocks.

The black fire hit the wall constructed of mud and rocks, slowing down slightly before breaking through the debris and continuing to spread and advance.

Seizing this hard-won opportunity, Han Shu quickly rolled away from the range of the black fire, managing to escape the danger after a few consecutive rolls.

"Are you okay, Captain?" Cang Du hurried over. The mud wall he had created just now saved Han Shu by intercepting the black fire. Otherwise, without any protection, even Han Shu would likely have turned into a human torch if the black fire had licked him.

Han Shu nodded, spat out some blood-tinged phlegm, and got up. "That thing probably doesn't have a physical form. This is troublesome."

Cang Du had already rushed towards the wizard, while Lao Xu had already launched an attack. Seeing this situation, Han Shu reached out and pressed his chest, adding another layer of barrier to himself.

About to go and cover the two team members with his spear, at this moment, the communicator rang: "Captain, listen to me..."

It was Tianyang's voice!

Cang Du and Lao Xu were attacking the wizard closely. They kept their eyes on the wizard's hands, preventing it from using its teleportation ability.

Perhaps worried that the explosion of the black orb would affect itself at such a close distance, the wizard was just carefully evading the attacks of the two Sublimates, without using the powerful black orbs above its head.

It only used basic abilities, occasionally shooting out a black fire beam or slapping a mass of black fire towards its opponent's body, to buy some buffer space.

Cang Du and Lao Xu appeared extremely tacit, never giving the wizard the chance to be hit simultaneously. Thus, even if one of them was forced to retreat, the other would always be entangled with the wizard, preventing it from using short-range teleportation.

The three of them were advancing and retreating on the highway like this.

Seemingly annoyed by Cang Du and Lao Xu, the wizard suddenly spread out its palm, and the eyes in its palms locked onto Lao Xu.

Lao Xu immediately had a bad premonition. He looked up and saw only three black orbs remaining above the wizard's head. One of them was headed towards him. With a strange cry, Lao Xu turned and ran without hesitation.

"Cang Du, get out of the way!"

Cang Du didn't need him to remind him. His face had already turned pale, and he swiftly retreated.

They weren't like Han Shu. If they were engulfed in an explosion at such a close distance, they would likely meet their end today.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them moved away from the wizard, and just as the black orb was about to hit the ground, it stopped.

The wizard retracted its palm, and its two withered arms closed together, forming a triangular hand seal.

With a swift rotation, it reappeared about ten meters away.

"Damn it!"

"We've been tricked!"

Cang Du and the others couldn't help but curse. The wizard had never intended to die with them. It just scared them off to take advantage of the opportunity to use teleportation.

At this moment, the creature had already raised its hands, and the eyes in its palms were looking at Cang Du and the others.

But before it could lock on, a dull clang sounded from behind, followed by a blade breaking through its chest.

The crimson war blade gleamed with a rich blood light, emitting an astonishing heat.

With a loud bang, flames suddenly surged from the fabric on the wizard's chest, ignited by the blade.

The Crimson Moon Warblade!

Not only did the blade pierce through the fabric on the wizard's chest, but it also pierced through the triangular ornament. A sharp, piercing sound suddenly came from the pendant. It didn't sound like a biological sound, more like the sharp clashing of metal against metal.

The three crystals on the pendant shattered simultaneously, and the metallic surface instantly cracked open, spewing out a black substance that landed on the ground.

It was a lizard-like creature, but this lizard was completely black, with purple ring-shaped markings on its tail.

It had six legs and was covered with various sizes of eyeballs from its head to its back.

There was no mouth, but underneath its abdomen, there was a split mouthpiece.

As soon as the creature landed on the ground, the wizard's body seemed to lose support. In an instant, the fabric on its body fell to the ground. The cloak and cloth strips piled up together, apparently there was no substance supporting them inside.

"Captain!"

Tianyang shouted. The multi-eyed black lizard was desperately fleeing towards the depths of the town.

A beam of azure light flew across the highway, accurately hitting the lizard, leaving a teacup-sized gap on its back.

Several more beams of light flew over, blasting it into pieces.

Only then did Han Shu put down his assault rifle and sit down on the ground with a sigh of relief. "Damn it, finally got it done."