Chapter 44: Shadow Warrior

"Heh, so what if I did it?"

The Shadow turned around and let out a mocking laugh.

Through the dim light, Principal Zhang could see that the face under the black robe was pitch black.

He raised an eyebrow.

"What, surprised? I'm used to hiding my face."

"By now, I can't even remember what I originally looked like."

The Shadow spread his hands and shrugged, instead carefully examining Zhang Dashan's face.

Looking at the silvery-white hair and the face full of wrinkles and age spots, the Shadow couldn't help but mockingly say: "Is the Pet Beast Association out of people? Why send an old codger like you, with one foot in the grave, to guard this place?"

The Shadow said with a look of disdain; he seemed to not take Principal Zhang seriously at all.

At this moment, countless black shadow threads extended from Principal Zhang's shadow, tightly binding Principal Zhang and his Pet Beast, Hellfire.

"Aha, didn't expect that, did you? My Shadow Warrior can catch you and your Pet Beast off guard and bind you."

"Feel despair; the Shadow Warrior's Yingzi Shushu can seal your movements."

"No one can break free from the Shadow's binding."

"You can only watch helplessly as death approaches."

The Shadow looked as if he had everything under control.

"What exactly is your goal? Creating a Beast Tide to cause chaos, sneaking into the Pet Beast Association's secret vault without restraint."

"What are you looking for?"

"That unknown virus, you were the one who spread it, right?"

Principal Zhang did not struggle at all; he calmly stated the Shadow's intentions on the spot.

A hearty laugh came from under the black robe: "I didn't expect that an old codger like you would have such strong deductive skills."

"You saw through my plan at a glance. It's a pity; smart people don't live long."

The Shadow hooked his finger, and the shadow threads binding Zhang Dashan immediately spread to his neck, like a pair of large hands tightly gripping Zhang Dashan's throat.

"Don't forget to tell the King of Hell that I am the one who killed you."

The Shadow snapped his fingers, and the shadow threads immediately tightened.

But the Shadow saw a smile on the old man's face; he showed not the slightest panic.

"You're clearly about to die, what are you laughing at!"

The Shadow said with some anger; he felt that Zhang Dashan was laughing at him.

This was something the highly prideful Shadow could not accept.

At this moment, black flames spread from the old man's body, burning the shadow threads one by one, and a large amount of black smoke dissipated into the air.

In the blink of an eye, the old man, Hellfire, and the controlled Pet Beast Master were all freed.

"How is it possible? How could my shadow threads be burned by flames?"

"It is clearly an intangible thing; how could it be burned to nothing just like thread?"

The Shadow's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"Shadow Warrior, hurry and attack."

After hearing the Shadow's command, the old man's shadow began to stretch and lengthen, forming a knight covered in Shadow.

It was two meters tall, wearing black, shiny armor, with its head shrouded in black mist.

The Shadow Warrior held two black shadow spears in its hands and thrust them violently at the old man.

A sound of breaking air came from the air, and a large amount of black electric arcs emerged from the spears.

The old man simply extended two fingers and clamped the spear tips, letting the black electric arcs surge into his body, making a crackling sound.

No matter how hard the Shadow Warrior tried, it could not pull the spears from the old man's fingers. Black flames emerged from the old man's fingertips and spread along the black spears to the Shadow Warrior's body.

In the blink of an eye, the Shadow Warrior was covered in black flames, and it wailed as it turned into countless black smoke and dissipated in the air.

"No!!!"

The Shadow reached out his hand; he could clearly feel his contract with the Shadow Warrior being severed.

The Shadow Warrior was actually killed in seconds by black flames? How could this be!

The Shadow Warrior was a type of intangible Pet Beast; how could it be burned alive into ashes by flames?

"Hellfire, take this person down."

Green flames emerged from Hellfire's body, and it strode forward, making a thumping sound.

The ground it passed over cracked one after another, with green flames burning on the ground.

Hellfire swung its huge fist at the Shadow's head.

The Shadow's body instantly turned into countless black smoke.

A sharp glint flashed in Zhang Dashan's eyes: "Hellfire."

Countless black flames appeared in mid-air, and after the black smoke came into contact with the Hellfire, it let out a shrill howl.

Zhang Dashan watched all this coldly, and only after the black smoke had disappeared did he look at the gate of the Pet Beast Association's secret vault.

"This person from the Gospel Society must have set their sights on something to dare to take such a risk and create a Beast Tide."

"I don't know what the situation with the Beast Tide is now; I hope no accidents happen."

At the gate of the Jiaying City Pet Beast Association, beside the stone lion, the black smoke gathered together, and the Shadow's illusory figure appeared.

"If it weren't for the fact that I have a Pet Beast like the Substitute Doll, and consumed one of the Substitute Doll's lives, I might have been finished off by that old man long ago."

The Shadow said with lingering fear.

His plan had failed completely, losing both his wife and his army, which made the Shadow feel very frustrated.

"Forget it, I'll let you off this time. After I heal my injuries, I will secretly plot to get that Seven-Orifice Exquisite Jade."

"This is merely a small setback."

The shadow stumbled as he walked out, and he dissipated into the darkness.

At this moment, Ye Bai followed Zhang Lingxue to the vicinity of the Lengdong Cangku.

Before they had even fully approached, the two of them heard a rapid series of gunshots.

From time to time, the sound of explosions drifted over; it seemed the battle was extremely intense.

Blood Rage Rats were surging like a tide, crashing against the first line of defense.

Many Pet Beast Masters picked up heavy weapons and began to open fire on the Blood Rage Rats.

Every bullet could hit a Blood Rage Rat, and a strong, bloody stench permeated the air, though the injured Blood Rage Rats would quickly be devoured by their own companions.

"Blood Rage Rats are truly too disgusting; they are endless to kill and countless in number."

"Indeed, the key is that the blood of the Blood Rage Rats is also poisonous. With so many Blood Rage Rats dead, we haven't gained any benefits at all; the cost-effectiveness is too low."

"Even the Blood Cores that drop from their bodies are something not even a dog would want, let alone being able to sell them for a good price."

Another person from the Pet Beast Guild said, feeling very depressed.

The Blood Cores contained violent energy, and they had just intended to give the Blood Cores they dug out to their own Pet Beasts to increase their strength.

However, not a single one of their Pet Beasts was willing to swallow a Blood Core, and they all successively revealed expressions of wanting to vomit.

Just kidding; ever since they started following their Pet Beast Masters, they had been living the good life, eating meat at every meal.

To them, these crystal cores covered in bloodstains were not even as attractive as a bag of beast feed.

Begging for votes, what a miserable author I am. I had something to do this morning and went out, only just returned home now~(End of chapter)