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The unrest at the foot of the mountain continues.

Dragon Shield agents were busy dispersing the crowd and calming people down; the scene was chaotic.

On the villa's terrace, Li Haotian, Su Wan, and Liu Hu were watching the live stream on a holographic screen.

At the center of the image are the remains of the cult leader, torn apart by the monster.

"Boss, this mark..." Su Wan pointed to the enlarged image on the screen, showing the strange black tattoo on the back of the cult leader's neck.

Li Haotian didn't speak, but just stared at the mark made of twisted lines.

Just then, the mark on the screen lit up without warning.

The light was very faint, like a spark about to go out.

But the next second, the spark suddenly exploded, turning into a dense black light that shot into the sky from the wreckage.

"Holy crap! It's come back to life?" Liu Hu shuddered in fright.

The black light swirled and twisted in mid-air, like a living thing struggling to be born.

At the foot of the mountain, the crowd that had just woken up from their frenzy and was crying and fleeing also noticed the strange phenomenon in the sky.

Their steps slowed, and fear once again filled their faces.

"Then... what is that...?"

The black light frantically absorbed the fear spreading from the crowd, its form becoming increasingly solid.

Ultimately, it transformed into a monster that defies description.

It has no physical form, like a shadow made of pure darkness and resentment, with wailing faces constantly appearing and disappearing on its surface.

It has no eyes, yet it seems to have hundreds of eyes, greedily watching every trembling soul on the ground.

"Threat assessment! Quickly!"

Inside the Dragon Shield Bureau's temporary command vehicle, Qin Yue shouted into the communicator.

"Report, Captain! Unable to scan! Target has no physical form! Energy reaction... exceeds threshold! Unable to analyze!"

"Fire! Fire at will!" Qin Yue gave the order decisively.

Da da da—

Dense tongues of fire instantly tore through the air, and specially made anti-magic bullets rained down on the shadowy monster in the sky.

However, all the bullets passed through without hindrance, soaring into the sky without even causing the shadow to sway.

"Physical attacks are ineffective!" The frontline team's report was filled with despair.

The shadow monster let out a silent, yet soul-piercing shriek.

It swooped down, through the cordon set up by the Dragon Shield, and pounced on the nearest agent.

The team member only had time to let out a short scream before he was struck as if by lightning. His body convulsed violently, his eyes rolled back, and he collapsed, foaming at the mouth.

"Psychological attack! It's a psychological attack!" the analyst in the command vehicle shouted hoarsely.

"Mental Awakener! Prepare to counterattack!" Qin Yue's voice carried a chill.

A young member of the Dragon Shields, wearing a uniform and with prominent temples, stepped forward.

He took a deep breath, his eyes lit up with a pale blue light, and an invisible mental barrier pushed forward.

"The struggles of mortals... are truly laughable."

The shadow monster emitted a mocking mental wave, and its body instantly transformed into a giant ghost face, opening its maw to swallow the mental barrier whole.

"ah--!"

The mental awakener let out a scream that was not human, clutched his head and rolled wildly on the ground, blood seeping from his seven orifices.

"Back off! Everyone back off!" Qin Yue's face turned pale; she had never seen such a bizarre enemy.

"Mortals cannot touch the gods."

The shadow monster twisted triumphantly in the air, its form becoming more solid with each wave of fear it devoured.

"Your despair will become the steps upon which I descend!"

Genting Villa No. 1.

"Boss, what... what do we do with this thing? It's invulnerable to blades and bullets, and it can even launch mental attacks. It's practically a bug!" Liu Hu stared at the screen, his legs trembling.

Su Wan's brows were also tightly furrowed; on her terminal, all the analytical data was just a jumble of gibberish.

"It has no physical form, cannot be located, cannot be locked... it's more like a... concept."

Li Haotian put down his black tea and yawned, looking somewhat bored.

"I've already said, no spirits are allowed after the founding of the People's Republic of China."

He stood up, walked over to Xiao Hei, the black cat who was sleeping soundly on the sofa, and patted its round bottom.

"Wake up, wake up, there's takeout."

Xiao Hei opened one of its silver eyes with displeasure, glanced at him, turned over, and continued sleeping.

"This thing doesn't have a solid form, so it should taste similar to a marshmallow," Li Haotian continued enticingly. "You should like it."

The little black tail flicked impatiently, and it buried its head in its paws, giving off a "leave me alone" vibe.

Li Haotian sighed.

"Alright, extra food tonight."

Little Black's ears twitched.

"Two S-grade crystal cores."

Swish!

Xiao Hei sat up instantly, its silver vertical pupils shining as it looked at Li Haotian, its tail wagging behind it like a propeller.

Meow~

"Go ahead." Li Haotian pointed in the direction of the screen.

Little Black barked once, and in a flash, it disappeared from the spot.

at the foot of the mountain.

Qin Yue was directing her team to use heavy firepower to indiscriminately cover the area, attempting to use the shockwave from the explosion to disperse the shadow monster, but the effect was minimal.

Just when everyone was in despair.

A black cat the size of a palm appeared out of thin air on the roof of the command vehicle.

It elegantly licked its paws, then raised its head and looked at the arrogant shadow monster in the air with an expression of utter contempt.

"Hmm? A cat?" The shadow monster noticed it too, sending out a mocking thought, "A tiny creature, trying to defy the gods? Your fear must smell very..."

It stopped mid-sentence.

Because it felt no fear from the black cat, only pure... disgust and impatience.

Little Black seemed to find the talkative fellow noisy, so it yawned and then lazily opened its mouth.

There were no spectacular sound and light effects.

However, a tiny, pure black dot, smaller than the tip of a pin, appeared near Xiao Hei's mouth.

It wasn't black in color, but black in which even light couldn't escape, like the singularity at the beginning of the universe.

A miniature, stable void vortex leading to an unknown dimension.

The shadow monster's body, composed of spiritual energy, froze instantly.

It felt like a piece of iron filings being attracted by a magnet, an irresistible, unreasonable attraction from another dimension locking onto its core.

"No... what kind of power is this! You... what are you?!"

The monster let out a terrified scream, and it twisted its body frantically, trying to escape.

But it was all in vain.

Its enormous shadowy body, like a torn noodle, was helplessly stretched and twisted, gradually being sucked into that tiny black dot.

The whole process was eerily quiet.

Thousands of people witnessed the terrifying monster that had baffled the Dragon Shield and claimed to be a god being eaten, piece by piece, by a black cat that suddenly appeared.

After the last wisp of black shadow disappeared into the vortex, Little Black smacked its lips, as if it thought the taste was just so-so.

The sky was clear again.

The scene was deathly silent.

Everyone stared in disbelief at the black cat licking its paws on the roof of the car, their minds blank.

Qin Yue was also stunned, not even noticing that the communicator in her hand had fallen to the ground.

Just then, a shared bicycle slowly rode up beside her.

Li Haotian stopped the car, put one foot on the ground, glanced at Xiao Hei on the roof of the car, and then glanced at the petrified Qin Yue.

"See, I told you, we must use magic to defeat magic."

He said it as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

"Your approach, based on physics, is useless against this kind of unscientific stuff."

Qin Yue mechanically turned her head to look at him, opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

Li Haotian waved to the little black car on the roof.

"Let's go home and collect our reward."

Little Black meowed, and in a flash, jumped into the basket of the shared bicycle.

Li Haotian pedaled his bicycle, preparing to leave.

But just then, Little Black in the basket suddenly let out a painful whimper and curled up.

"Hmm?" Li Haotian stopped the car and frowned.

On Xiao Hei's body surface, a silvery substance, like liquid metal, was rapidly secreted.

The substance quickly enveloped its entire body, eventually forming a silver metallic cocoon inside the basket, its surface covered with intricate patterns, constantly contracting and pulsating.

"No way..." Li Haotian looked at the cocoon, his expression becoming serious for the first time.

"At this critical juncture... it evolved?"