Chapter 90

(Second update of the day! It's been a month of continuous updates, with almost 6,000 words each day. While it may not be the most, it's still a pretty fast update rate! It's really not easy! Tomorrow, I'll be on the Three Rivers, so I hope everyone continues to support me. Thank you!)

Inside the black robe, there was nothing but emptiness!

Er Dongsheng was stunned, and the black robe in his hand slipped and fell to the ground!

Where was the person? What was inside the black robe? It couldn't have escaped so quickly!

This is...

The black robe that had fallen to the ground seemed to melt into a pool of black liquid, slowly seeping into the ground and disappearing! Er Dongsheng quickly looked around, but there was no sign of the black robes! They had all vanished!

His heart pounded, and his hair stood on end. Not daring to stay on the ground any longer, Er Dongsheng flapped his massive fiery wings and flew up, landing on a huge Abyssal Tree.

Leaning against the tree trunk and looking down, his expression was unusually grave!

What is this? Is there such a demon?

The pitch-black robe contained nothing, it was completely empty. What is this? Could it be the skin-stealing demon from the legends of the previous life?

In the legends of his hometown in the previous life, these demons were said to be transparent, without faces or bodies, and had to rely on human skin to manifest in the world!

However, this black monster didn't quite fit the description!

What the hell is this thing?

It was completely unharmed by my attack. It seems to be a monster immune to physical attacks. But without a physical form, how can I attack it?

At this moment, Er Dongsheng suddenly missed the Daoist techniques from his previous life. They not only had methods for mental attacks but were also particularly effective against such strange creatures.

The Destruction Armor quietly enveloped his body. Even now, he had to be cautious. For the sake of his life, it was better to activate the force field for peace of mind.

Time ticked by, and sweat began to bead on Er Dongsheng's forehead. Even with the prolonged activation of the force field, he was struggling! However, the sense of danger remained and grew stronger, indicating that those things had not left and were hiding somewhere, waiting to strike him fatally!

Since you won't come out, then I will...

"Whoosh!"

The force field suddenly deactivated, as if he couldn't maintain it any longer!

At that moment,

A black arm emerged from the Abyssal Tree he was leaning against, reaching for his heart!

Bang! A bright light flashed.

"What!"

Er Dongsheng was violently thrown back, landing with a loud thud on the ground!

"Cough, cough!" The pain was excruciating.

He stood up with a grim expression, coughing a few times. Fortunately, he had activated the force field in time, or else...

Looking up at the Abyssal Tree, countless black liquids were slowly oozing out, forming more and more until they coalesced into a dark, shadowy figure standing where he had been, silently watching him on the ground! Strangely, the Abyssal Tree from which it emerged was completely unharmed!

This thing...

Staring at it, even though it was just a black robe with no physical form, Er Dongsheng could still feel that silent mockery!

As if laughing at him, a mere ant, for his overconfidence!

He was terrified. This thing's ability to move unpredictably was extremely dangerous! You never knew where it would suddenly appear! Underfoot, overhead, inside a tree, or even underground!

However, it seemed that to use that strange ability, it had to first transform into black liquid, the black robe becoming a black liquid! This gave him some relief. Otherwise, if it were immune to physical attacks and could pass through anything, it would be invincible! For example, if it suddenly entered your body and materialized, you would be hard-pressed to survive!

"It can't use that ability again, so there must be a limit!"

Since you won't attack, let me try my move!

Flapping his wings, Er Dongsheng charged at the thing on the tree! But he suddenly felt something was wrong, his body completely immobile, as if rooted to the ground, unable to move no matter how he struggled!

At this moment, his massive, five-to-six-meter-wide fiery wings flapped wildly, creating a raging firestorm around him. Countless flames shot out, like a typhoon-level firestorm, fiercely assaulting the surroundings! Er Dongsheng struggled with all his might!

But it was futile, everything was futile!

No matter how he struggled, his body remained immobile, only the illusory fiery wings flapped uselessly!

"Damn! What's going on!"

"Move, damn it!"

...

"Stop struggling uselessly. Once entangled by the Shadow Bind, with your mere level-two demon abilities, there's no way you can break free!" The black shadow slowly floated down and stopped in front of Er Dongsheng!

A cold, raspy voice came at him. At such close range, Er Dongsheng could clearly see that the pitch-black robe contained nothing!

"Who are you!" He bought time, thinking rapidly! However...

He struggled even more violently because the strange thing had separated a hand from the black robe, slowly forming a black, pitch-black hand. Once this hand was fully formed, it could easily penetrate his force field, pass through his body, and pierce his heart!

The moment the force field shattered would be the end for Er Dongsheng!

This was a life-or-death crisis. The comfortable life he had been living had made him complacent, and he hadn't faced such a major crisis in a long time!

Death! How could this be! How could this be! Not wanting to experience the terror of life and death again, Er Dongsheng began to think frantically! Even the system within his body started to operate rapidly!

Another black shadow emerged from the ground, beginning to transform its black robe into a black liquid. Nauseating black liquid seeped out from the robe, flowing to Er Dongsheng's feet, as if it intended to consume him from the bottom up!

The armor covering his body began to creak, as if it couldn't hold out much longer!

"Two of them, there were three black shadows that ambushed me earlier, so where is the third one?" Now panicking wouldn't help; he had to think carefully.

"That ability is called Shadow Bind, so could it be..." Er Dongsheng's eyes lit up. He had an idea, though it wasn't very reliable, it was the only option now!

A desperate move!

But he couldn't move at all, how could he act?

What to do? What to do!

"Ah!"

"Destroying Spear! Come out!"

Boom! A mysterious black spear flashed in the void behind him and plunged into the shadow behind Er Dongsheng!

"Screech~"

A piercing scream echoed, and the Ink Spirit Fire on the Destroying Spear suddenly flared up, cutting off the scream!

A surge of pure energy followed, and Er Dongsheng's body suddenly relaxed, the mysterious control disappearing!

The remaining two black shadows panicked, trying to withdraw their illusory bodies, but it was too late. Er Dongsheng reached out into the void, and a spear pierced through both of them, nailing them to the ground with a thud!

"It took a lot to lure you all out, how could I let you leave so easily!"

Taking a risky move, using his own body as bait, this time, Er Dongsheng finally caught all three of them! These creatures weren't particularly powerful, even less so than the evil spirits, but their various strange abilities were unpredictable, like the Shadow Bind, which almost got him. To prevent future trouble, it was best not to let any of them escape!

"Tell me, who sent you!"

"..."

"If you don't speak, I'll make you wish you were dead!"

Struggling to pull his feet out of the black liquid, Er Dongsheng approached the two monsters!

"Chatter, chatter, the master will avenge us!"

Boom!

A pale flame erupted from the monsters' bodies, and within seconds, they turned into black ashes!

Boom! Another sound, and the Ink Spirit Fire surged out of the Destroying Spear, furious that another flame had tried to steal its food. It transformed into Er Dongsheng's form, opened its mouth, and instantly swallowed the pale flame, then slowly retreated back into the Destroying Spear, returning to Er Dongsheng's body with it.

Stunned by the dramatic changes, he thought, "I just asked a question, and they committed suicide so easily! I wanted to study these strange creatures!"

And, Ink Spirit Fire, what was that furious look for at the end?

"Click..." It twitched, as if it was full.

"..."

Forget it, this place isn't safe to stay long. I should go back and check! I hope these strange things were only after me!

Er Dongsheng quickly headed towards the mountain where he lived, his steps changing rapidly, covering dozens of meters in a single step, and disappearing in a few flashes.

Just as he reached the foot of the mountain, he heard some voices faintly!

"Master, Master, where are you? Something's wrong, come and see!"

"These are... the voices of the Hilje sisters!"

"What happened!!!"

...

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