Beauty Saves Beauty
How can she fight this? She can still use her Soul Severing ability, but if she dares to stop and recharge now, she'll lose her head first!
Thump!
Another streetlamp was extinguished by the white dog, the lampshade shattered, and glass shards scattered. In the darkness, the woman walking the dog seemed to have moved even closer to her.
In a flash, Tao Yuan instantly understood her intention.
This woman deliberately used her hiding position to make the white dog turn off the streetlights.
What are the characteristics of streetlights? They emit light.
She was just standing in the light, which means that neither she nor her dog are afraid of light. That means she has some kind of Rules that can only be enforced in the dark.
In that instant, Tao Yuan remembered the note from 303.
You will die tonight, at the hands of a lady who adores her pets.
Does "a woman who loves pets" refer to the woman in this dog-collecting collection?
But if we find the right direction, there might be a glimmer of hope.
These were the words Ji Fengbai said to her.
This is definitely not the right direction.
"Sizzle!"
The Chainsaw collided with the dog's paw, sending Tao Yuan flying a considerable distance, scraping against the ground as he was slammed from Building 4 to the side of Building 7. Turning his head, he could see the West Gate of the community wide open.
Tao Yuan glanced at it quickly, then immediately rolled to the streetlight on the left, ignoring the pain in her back, and focused on observing.
The white dog hesitated for a moment as it lunged toward the light. The Dog-Walking Woman moved almost instantaneously in the dark, but under the light she had to walk on her own two feet.
Thump!
Another streetlight went out.
She remembered that she had wanted to bark like a dog in the dark just now.
The first Rules is tentatively set: Dog-Walking Specter and can directly interfere with one's perception of people and dogs, potentially distorting one's perception of a person into that of a dog.
If her understanding of being human is completely distorted into that of a dog, then she will be the next dog.
The Dog-Walking Woman was utterly puzzled as she watched Tao Yuan run away without any apparent problem.
Along the way, she smashed countless streetlights and plunged into darkness countless times, but why was she unaffected at all?
She'd never had so much trouble catching her beloved pet. Was the new Snowcake just too useless, or was the new pink puppy too clever?
"Cough--"
Tao Yuan's back slammed hard against the streetlight in front of Building 7, and blood gushed out from her back. A sharp corner behind the streetlight was deeply embedded in her back, which she pulled out with all her might.
The Pink Chainsaw was covered with numerous cracks, and several of its teeth were broken.
Tao Yuan patted the Chainsaw with heartache; it was her old partner, and she figured it would go before her.
Which direction is the right one...?
"Woof!"
The white dog had crashed into streetlights so many times that it started to see stars. But it quickly regained its composure and charged forward like a small mountain.
The sounds of a person and a dog woke up many players.
The timid players closed their eyes and pretended to be asleep, too afraid to move, while the daring players secretly peered out the window.
Liang Xinjin Building 7, Unit 2, also witnessed this scene, but he dared not go downstairs, much less help her. He could only silently pray that she could defeat the dog and the mysterious eeriness in the darkness.
"Clang!"
During the parry, the tail of the Pink Chainsaw shattered, and Tao Yuan, who was holding it, felt a sharp pain in her palm as the broken metal pierced her hand.
She could sense that her Weird Object was about to awaken.
Because he was very satisfied with the Chainsaw's capabilities, Tao Yuan didn't initially turn it into Weird Artifact, intending to give it even greater power. But the unexpected happened so suddenly.
Before it was subdued, this monster wasn't called the Pink Chainsaw. It was a real killing weapon.
"Woof!"
As the white dog turned in mid-air, its tail swept across the ground.
With his bloodied hands, Tao Yuan gripped the frenzied, about-to-explode Pink Chainsaw tightly, gritting his teeth and frantically channeling his energy into it to accelerate its Pink Chainsaw.
With a clumsy backflip to dodge the tail's lash, Tao Yuan quickly got to his feet, supporting himself with one hand. With his right hand, he held the increasingly frenzied Chainsaw and aimed it at the base of the descending tail, swiftly and ruthlessly slicing it off!
"Aww!!"
The dog's tail, dripping with blood, was broken off and writhed on the ground like a giant caterpillar.
The Chainsaw suddenly flew out of his hand, cleanly severing the white dog's tail. Covered in blood, it transformed into a massive, scarlet Chainsaw, which swiftly escaped from Tao Yuan's grasp and disappeared into the night.
Looking at the twisted tail on the ground and the white dog howling and struggling in pain because of its broken tail, Tao Yuan felt extremely pleased, but he didn't dare to delay and turned to run towards Building 8.
During the fight, she vaguely noticed that what was a wall opposite Building 8 during the day now appeared as a dark, bottomless abyss.
If that were truly a wall, the darkness wouldn't be so dense and bottomless. There's only one possibility: there must be a path there.
Could that be the right direction?
Whether it is true or not, she has no other choice but to take a gamble.
"Useless, stupid dog." The Dog-Walking Woman kicked the barking white dog on the ground and said coldly, "If my new pet runs away, you'll be the next Lucky."
The white dog wobbled to its feet. Without its tail, it stumbled as it ran, but its bloody fangs were fully bared, as if it wanted to swallow Tao Yuan whole.
"You stupid dog, I want you alive!"
The white dog was completely deaf to its Master's commands; its eyes were filled with murderous intent.
"Boom!"
The white dog missed again, and the immense force sent Tao Yuan flying into the distance once more.
Tao Yuan used the momentum to turn around, pulled the hair tie off the pink hair, channeled energy into it, and the hair tie transformed into a rope in the air, flying towards the white dog.
Tao Yuan clutched his head with both hands, rolling several times on the ground before barely managing to stop his momentum.
The white dog was firmly locked in mid-air, unable to move.
Although it's only a C-level Weird Object, once you're bound by this Hanging Rope, even B-Rank monster will be forcibly immobilized.
"Useless thing."
The Dog-Walking Specter beside the white dog, and a dog leash appeared in his hand without him noticing. A brown Tibetan Mastiff was staring menacingly at Tao Yuan.
Another one arrived.
She took a deep breath and struggled to prop herself up with her hands. The burning pain in her lungs almost made her faint, but she was unwilling to die like this.
At worst, she had one last option...
As the Tibetan Mastiff rapidly grew larger in the air, roaring and charging with its blood-red maw wide open, Tao Yuan clutched the pendant hidden deep inside her clothes.
However, what she encountered was not a strange figure, but a familiar, tall figure dressed in full armor.
"Boom!"
Mi Chuchu, who was capable of competing with Class A Weird in strength, was actually forced back several steps by this Tibetan Mastiff. The Tibetan Mastiff was also forced back, and she didn't have time to pursue it. She turned around and hoisted Tao Yuan onto her shoulder.
Tao Yuan's vision went black from the pressure of the armor, but he chuckled as he coughed up blood and said, "Thank you Sister Chu, for saving me."
"Shut up, you still have the energy to be so polite. Looks like you're not going to die." Mi Chuchu's voice was a little breathless.