Within the Forest of the Strong, a detective little girl and a golden glasses man sat around a campfire.
"We’re running low on food."
The detective little girl sighed, her once clean face now sared with dust. Just ten minutes ago, they had encountered several ’guests,’ and the food these guests carried caught their attention, prompting them to make a move.
The outco wasn’t great; they didn’t manage to snatch any food, and the glasses man nearly lost his life. Those ’guests’ could burrow underground, disappearing completely once they entered the earth. Their escape was sowhat lucky.
"Next ti, we need to be more careful with our targets. We..."
The golden glasses man tilted his head, looking toward a sound in the distance.
"Sothing’s not right."
Just as the glasses man finished speaking, two figures rushed forward, and upon seeing one of them, the detective girl tensed up.
"Could he be trying to reduce the number of gars?"
The detective girl stood up, seeing Su Xiao rushing towards them from afar.
"Doesn’t seem like it; he appears to be... running for his life?"
The glasses man seed puzzled.
"Brother Bai Ye..."
Whoosh~
Su Xiao dashed past, with Bu Wang close behind, completely ignoring the golden glasses man.
The campfire was scattered by a gust of wind, and the glasses man’s hand froze in mid-air, looking awkward.
Rumblin rumblin...
The ground began to vibrate, causing the faces of the detective girl and glasses man to turn pale as they looked toward the source.
"Oh my god~"
The detective girl’s voice carried a sob as she spoke.
"Split up and run!"
The golden glasses man shouted, and the two of them fled in opposite directions.
Whoosh.
The parasitic star crab army swept past, not chasing after the detective girl and glasses man, but instead locked onto Su Xiao. It seed that Su Xiao’s action of using water in their territory had turned both sides into a relentless duel.
Ignoring the detective girl and glasses man who were nearly scared to death, Su Xiao pondered while fleeing about why these parasitic star crabs were so obsessed. Looking at their posture, it was clear that Su Xiao had once burned their holand.
Su Xiao had never done this, but a shadow of annihilation nad Kahn Seris had once done it. To the shadow of annihilation, parasitic star crabs were a species that must be exterminated.
Parasitic star crabs had destroyed far more planets than war. The destruction of each planet represented the shattering of large-scale elental balance within the Void. Therefore, whenever a shadow of annihilation saw a parasitic star crab, they would eliminate these creatures, as they were the pests of the Void.
Over ti, parasitic star crabs grew to hate the shadow of annihilation. However, a shadow of annihilation who has matured can easily defeat the parasitic star crab race, leaving them trembling.
At present, this seems like a resentful encounter, with the act of using water on their territory being a minor issue. The pure blue steel shadow energy within Su Xiao’s body was the key factor that angered the parasitic star crabs.
Su Xiao beca an unfortunate target, inheriting the shadow of annihilation not through traditional ans. With the shadow of annihilation now extinct in the Void, he was unaware of his enemies.
The presence of parasitic star crabs on the fourth floor of the ancient castle may not be coincidence. It’s unlikely Alice brought such a dangerous species to the castle without a reason.
The chase continued, with Su Xiao and Bu Wang speeding through the forest, both swift. Even with the parasitic star crabs moving like a tide, the pair gradually pulled ahead.
Noticing this, the parasitic star crabs increased their speed, leaving a trail of shattered shells along the way.
Their speed suddenly surged, soon entering Su Xiao’s intuition range of seven ters.
Irritated by the chase, Su Xiao abruptly halted. This startled Bu Wang and it barked twice, as if saying, "Master, calm down."
Su Xiao was very calm. Continuing this escape was too exhausting. He needed to either cause the parasitic star crabs to pause montarily or severely wound them.
Initially, Su Xiao didn’t plan to do this, due to the risk of being surrounded by parasitic star crabs. However, these parasitic star crabs were too aggressive to ignore.
Su Xiao had just stopped, when countless parasitic star crabs surged forward.
He activated the counter shield, forming a circular barrier encircling him.
The sound of nurous star crabs crashing against the counter shield echoed loudly, prompting Su Xiao to crouch low for stability.
Crack crack...
The terrifying sound of gnawing overwheld the counter shield, which cracked like shattering glass.
"Not yet. Need to wait for them to gather more densely."
With parasitic star crabs encircling Su Xiao, it beca pitch black around him. Once the counter shield broke, he wouldn’t leave a trace.
Noticing Su Xiao completely surrounded, tears welled up in Bu Wang’s eyes, and it rushed toward the star crab army, clearly determined to fight.
Whirr!
A wave of faint red energy rippled through the star crabs, instantly shattering those it touched into shell fragnts.
Whoosh~
Innurable star crabs crumbled, revealing Su Xiao amidst his tattered counter shield.
This was the active effect of releasing breath. It allowed one’s own aura to be forcibly expelled at high speed, causing 100 damage willpower×5 to enemies within 30 ters. This damage ignored armor, magic resistance, shield, and equipnt defense.
The parasitic star crabs had low physical attributes, relying entirely on their white shells for defense. Thus, Su Xiao judged the breath release active effect could instantly kill them.
Su Xiao was unsure of how many star crabs he had eliminated, but using the gap created by the dead ones within a thirty-ter radius, he darted out of the star crab army and continued to flee.
Seeing this scene, startling Bu Wang to stop suddenly and change direction, clearly displaying its thoughts: "Living is good. Fighting is too violent."
Once again, one man and one dog ran frantically to escape. The star crab army ceased moving forward, seemingly apprehensive of Su Xiao, or perhaps recalling the inherited fear of the shadow of annihilation. No matter the kind, a tiger remains a tiger, untouchable by grasshoppers.
Soon after, Su Xiao and Bu Wang fled to the depths of the Forest of the Strong.
Upon realizing the star crabs hadn’t followed, Su Xiao let out a breath of relief, resting against a tree with Bu Wang.
Bu Wang panted heavily, trying to cool down through its mouth; oddly, the deeper they ventured into the forest, the hotter it got.
Su Xiao stripped his upper body and held a cigarette between his lips. Upon seeing Su Xiao bare-chested, Bu Wang glanced at its thick fur coat. Although it felt hot, it couldn’t take off the fur coat.
"What, thinking about shaving your fur?"
Su Xiao exhaled a puff of blue smoke, having already designed a style for Bu Wang in his mind: shave its entire body, leaving only the fur on its back and head.
Su Xiao couldn’t help imagining that this look resembled a donkey...
Bu Wang tilted its head back, conveying: "I won’t shave my fur."
Despite their disheveled appearance from the chase, their effort was not without benefit.
Su Xiao retrieved a bucket of fresh water from his storage space and took out two cups, throwing one to Bu Wang. The pair took turns drinking from their cups.
Burp~
Bu Wang let out a satisfied burp, content with having enough water, despite the harsh chase.
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