Encounter (2)

"The Saluto family's two targets will be in hand soon. How are things on your end?" The psychic communication from the gray Colony body spread through the Corrupted Beasts on a bizarre wavelength.

Strangely, the surrounding Corrupted Beasts and fodder beasts naturally avoided the area where this person stood, leaving a small safe space for him amidst the endless tide.

Very quickly, an equally bizarre psychic wavelength responded.

"Based on the data from the specimens collected last time, we can seize all these preselected targets together now."

"I've already secured one," the smooth gray Colony body replied.

His entire body was covered in smooth, glasslike gray skin. Only his face had a normal human mouth; there were no eyes, no nostrils, no ears—nothing else.

"I've caught a few here as well."

"Then afterward, we'll check out the hidden cities. There are still some there. We couldn't get in before, but with the beast tide erupting this time, we can settle those hidden cities one by one. The other regions are probably handling things the same way we are," said the gray Colony body casually.

He lifted Ludi Saluto in his hand and was just about to make a move on Bilian.

"Who!?" He suddenly turned and grabbed at the beast tide to his right.

A massive surge of psychic energy poured from his body, forming an invisible giant hand that seized the beast tide on the right and crushed it.

Splash!

At least dozens of fodder beasts were crushed to death in an instant, reduced to mangled flesh.

But the moment the gray Colony body withdrew his hand, he suddenly felt it empty.

Ludi Saluto, whom he had just captured, had vanished from his grasp.

And within the distant beast tide, Bilian clutched her brother's Colony body and fled into