Chapter 246: Eye Monster Bizarre Kind

In the withered forest, black mist swirled.

The moment the bizarre Eye Monster appeared, it used a special mind-capturing ability to make the eyes of Li Luo and his two companions turn vacant and hollow.

Sss-sss.

The Eye Monster emitted a harsh, grating sound, then its massive eyeball drifted over like a balloon, its claw-wind whistling down directly toward the three of them.

Its claws were exceptionally sharp and wreathed in black Qi; once struck, that malignant pollution would invade the human body through the wound, causing fatal damage.

Swish!

The black claw slapped directly onto the crown of Li Luo's head, yet at the very instant of impact, the claw passed right through the top of his head.

This sudden turn of events left the Eye Monster stunned, and when it looked again, it saw that the figures of Li Luo and his companions were gradually becoming illusory.

Phantoms!

The Eye Monster let out a hissing sound, appearing somewhat enraged.

"Truly worthy of the Dark Cave; danger lurks at every step," a voice sighed from the side. Li Luo and his companions were seen emerging from behind a large tree, their eyes flowing with Resonance Power, fully prepared for defense.

Fortunately, Li Luo had been cautious earlier and had not used his physical body to scout the path, instead having Bai Mengmeng manifest phantoms in front while the three of them followed carefully behind the illusions.

The mind-bewitching ability the Eye Monster had unleashed earlier had only been cast upon the three phantoms.

"Captain, you are truly amazing," Bai Mengmeng applauded, praising him.

"It was your phantoms that were amazing," Li Luo complimented back.

Whoosh!

While the two were exchanging commercial pleasantries, Xin Fu's figure had already transformed into a dark shadow and shot out. Utilizing the connections between shadows, he leaped several times and appeared behind the Eye Monster. On the dagger in his hand, Shadow Resonance Power flickered, and like a long nail, he stabbed fiercely toward the monster's massive eye.

However, at this moment, a forest-white aura suddenly rose from the Eye Monster's body, and its claw-wind lashed out like lightning, colliding with Xin Fu's attack.

The sound of metal clashing rang out, and sparks flew in all directions.

Xin Fu's figure was sent flying backward, disappearing directly into the shadows.

"Be careful, this is a White-Erosion grade Otherkind. Its strength is not weak; it should be at the second level of the Pattern-Birth Stage," Xin Fu's voice came from the shadows simultaneously.

"The second level of the Pattern-Birth Stage..."

Li Luo narrowed his eyes. This strength was a cut above both his and Xin Fu's. Fortunately, however, the Eye Monster's special mind-bewitching ability, which required eye contact to activate, had already been neutralized.

"Mengmeng, be careful yourself, protect yourself."

Li Luo gave a quick reminder, then his figure shot out. On the twin blades in his hands, water radiance flowed at high speed, emitting a humming vibration as if even the air were being sliced apart.

Within Li Luo's body, two Resonance Seeds erupted with light, and streams of Resonance Power flowed out, providing him with strength.

He charged straight at the Eye Monster, his blade edges sweeping past with a sound like rushing water, sending beams of light slashing toward the creature.

The Eye Monster let out a sharp screech, its pitch-black claws wreathed in white aura, clashing lightning-fast with the twin blades Li Luo swung more than a dozen times.

Sparks showered down.

Li Luo's expression was grim. Although immense pressure came from the twin blades, he did not retreat a single step. Instead, he took all of the Eye Monster's attacks head-on; after all, even though the opponent possessed the strength of the second level of the Pattern-Birth Stage, he also possessed dual resonances. If they were to truly clash, the opponent did not have much of an advantage.

However, as the fierce battle continued, the Eye Monster's massive eyeball gradually turned crimson, as if its emotions had become extremely irritable and unstable.

The next instant, a grayish-white beam of light shot out abruptly from the eyeball, aimed straight at Li Luo's face.

Its speed was extremely fast.

But just at this moment, behind Li Luo, Starlight Resonance Power erupted, and a light butterfly formed from Starlight Resonance Power charged over, colliding with the grayish-white beam.

Yet this starlight butterfly only held it off for a single breath before being turned into nothingness by the grayish-white beam.

However, in this split second of obstruction, Li Luo had already pulled back. The grayish-white beam pierced through the butterfly and struck a large tree behind him.

Immediately, the large tree began to rot at an astonishing speed.

This sight caused Li Luo's expression to change slightly. This Eye Monster was indeed tricky; these attacks were bizarre and possessed great lethality. If Bai Mengmeng hadn't helped block it earlier, he would have been forced into a rather wretched state by the opponent.

The Eye Monster, having failed to land its strike, became even more enraged and turned to pounce on Bai Mengmeng behind it.

But at this moment, dark light flickered in the shadows, and Xin Fu launched a surprise attack. His suddenly erupted offensive was like a violent storm, sharp and astonishing. Piercing dark-light Resonance Power broke through the Eye Monster's defense and landed on that massive eyeball, instantly carving out several marks as viscous grayish-white liquid flowed out.

At this, the Eye Monster seemed stimulated and became even more frantic, shooting grayish-white beams from its eyes and forcing Xin Fu to retreat in a hurry.

It chased for several steps, but suddenly the mud beneath its feet became viscous, like a quagmire, trapping its legs directly inside.

Li Luo's figure appeared in front of the Eye Monster at this moment, and as he appeared, the latter seemed to have had a premonition; grayish-white light condensed in its massive eye and suddenly shot out.

"Captain, look out!" Bai Mengmeng's exclamation came from behind.

But this time, Li Luo did not dodge. He raised the tip of his blade, and Resonance Power condensed at the point. Then, to Bai Mengmeng's astonishment, it formed a ball of light with little lethality.

"Water Light Ball."

Li Luo whispered in his heart, and this water light ball suddenly erupted with brilliant radiance, the intense light piercing through some of the nearby black mist.

To the great shock of Bai Mengmeng and Xin Fu, as the water light ball exploded, the Eye Monster let out a miserable, shrill scream. Its massive eye was seen with gray Qi constantly darting about, viscous liquid flowing from it, and finally, the eyeball emitted black smoke and began to shrivel rapidly until it completely dissipated.

Xin Fu's figure emerged from beside Li Luo, his face under his hood showing some astonishment: "How did it die just like that?"

Bai Mengmeng also trotted over and said, "It seems to be very afraid of strong light."

Li Luo nodded and said, "Although this Eye Monster possesses some bizarre abilities, it also has a very obvious flaw, which is... its eyes are too big and it's a bit afraid of light."

"Actually, in the previous battle, it clearly avoided the light several times. As long as one observes carefully, it is not hard to discover its weakness."

Xin Fu realized, saying, "But Captain, the light from your water ball was too strong. Ordinary water balls don't have that level of intensity, right?"

"Exclusive custom-made."

Li Luo smiled, then he looked at the place where the Eye Monster had disappeared, seeing a black fragment remaining on the ground, which contained a certain degree of Malignant Force.

He bent down, carefully picked up this fragment of Malignant Force, and dropped it into a bottle he carried with him.

After returning to the academy, these would be the vouchers for exchanging for academy points.

"The first battle is a success."

Having resolved this Eye Monster, Li Luo was clearly very happy. After all, this was their first time facing an Otherkind, and although the opponent's bizarre abilities had caused them some trouble, fortunately, they had resolved it together in the end.

"Next, let's continue to clear along this direction."

Li Luo looked up at the black mist ahead. After the success of the first battle, they had gained some confidence.

Bai Mengmeng and Xin Fu both nodded, then after making some preparations, they continued on their way.

On the hillside outside the withered forest.

Jiang Qing'e, Qiu Bai, and Tian Tian had Resonance Power light surging in their eyes, taking in the entire battle within the withered forest. When the latter two saw Li Luo and his team resolve the Eye Monster, looks of surprise appeared on their faces.

"Not bad, not only do they know to use phantoms to scout the path, but they can also find the weaknesses of the Otherkind..." Tian Tian praised. The performance of Li Luo and his team was much better than she had imagined.

"The most critical thing is that they didn't foolishly head straight to the Purification Tower to activate it, but chose to clear the Otherkind in the withered forest first, avoiding the situation of being besieged later."

"Although they were caught off guard at first, this efficiency is still quite good. The top-ranked freshman team really does have some tricks up their sleeves," Qiu Bai also nodded, expressing his approval.

Jiang Qing'e's golden eyes reflected the withered forest where the black mist surged, her gaze sweeping over a place where the black mist was particularly dense.

"This is just the beginning..."

"Everything else... let's wait until they successfully activate this Purification Tower."