Xingtie: My silly online friend is actually a raccoon!

"Only by understanding her abilities and deciphering her mechanics can we possibly defeat her," Lu Ze said through gritted teeth.

He dodged a punch to the side and slammed his fist into the shoulder of the Devouring Shadow, but the purplish-black mist surged up again from the point of contact.

The gray hairs on his head added a few strands of gray, and he felt that his "future" was being eaten away little by little.

"Black Tower, aren't you done yet?" Lu Ze finally couldn't help but shout behind him.

"Almost there, don't rush me. Don't you love to show off? Now you can show off to your heart's content." The big black tower's voice was unhurried, and he even had the leisure to tease him.

Lu Ze was speechless. He was almost too handsome to be true, and this woman still had the mind to joke around.

The Great Black Tower is unreliable for the time being, so we have to find a solution ourselves first.

His mind raced—his time management skills were impressive, but they must have flaws.

If it were truly unsolvable, it would have been wiped out long ago and wouldn't have survived until now.

He observed each attack of the Devouring Enderman, that all-pervasive purplish-black mist, each instance of damage achieved through contact between fist and body.

It is contact.

He instantly understood, and lightly leaped backward, deliberately creating distance between himself and the Devouring Shadow.

As a result, the other party completely ignored him and turned around to rush towards the Great Black Tower.

"Damn it!"

Lu Ze was so angry that he cursed on the spot. He was still gloating over his reasoning, but this monster didn't play by the rules at all.

"Pfft—"

Ignoring the menacing Devouring Enderman rushing towards him, the Great Black Tower's eyes flickered as it looked at the face that instantly shifted from smug to anxious, and it covered its mouth and burst out laughing.

This little guy is so funny.

One moment they were basking in the glory of their discovery, the next they were left standing there like air by the monster.

Although the Great Black Tower was all smiles, its purple eyes curving into beautiful crescents, Lu Ze had no time to appreciate it.

He jumped away with such confidence just now, and now he's rushing back in such a miserable way.

He streaked after the silhouette of the Devouring Shadow like a shooting star.

Lu Ze stopped the Devouring Shadow once again.

After being thwarted by Lu Ze time and time again, she began to get angry.

The dark purple light deep within the void suddenly became blinding, and the attacks became even more ferocious, with overlapping fist shadows like waves.

Lu Ze's condition was getting worse and worse; the white hair on his head had turned into patches, spreading from his temples to the top of his head.

The emptiness deep within his body, constantly being drained, made each punch he threw heavier than the last.

Finally, he couldn't hold on any longer and was hit squarely in the chest with a punch.

He was sent flying like a kite with a broken string, tumbling several times on the ground. A mouthful of blood gushed from his throat, splattering onto the grayish-white ground.

He tried to stand up, but his arms were shaking so badly that he could barely lift his head. He could only watch helplessly as the slender, eerie figure of the Devouring Shadow once again swept towards the Great Black Tower.

He forced out a single word from his throat, his voice hoarse:

"escape--"

The Great Black Tower neither dodged nor avoided the attack.

As the sharp claw, shrouded in purplish-black mist, swung towards her, she simply extended her fair right hand and gently slapped it away.

She casually deflected the unstoppable attack from the Devouring Shadow.

Then, the Great Black Tower appeared beside Lu Ze in a flash, helped him up, and slammed its key-shaped staff on the ground. A teleportation array unfolded beneath their feet, and with a flash of light, the two disappeared from the spot.

The Shadow of Devouring did not pursue.

She stood there blankly, looking down at the hand that the Great Black Tower had casually slapped away, the dark purple light in the depths of the void flickering.

Why was her attack so easily neutralized?

This was clearly beyond her current capacity for thought.

She tilted her head, like a machine that had suddenly encountered a logical contradiction it couldn't handle.