Whoosh!
The black-and-white scene in Zhang Chen's vision contracted toward a central point like fading ink. As the monochrome wash dispersed and the original colorful scene returned, Wang Yizhi and the others behind him, along with Heavenly Dragon and the living corpse cultivators replaced by false souls blocking the way ahead, reappeared. No time had passed in between.
"Zhang Chen, your tooth blade?" Wang Yizhi asked through voice transmission.
The flesh connecting the gaps between each tooth of the tooth blade in his right hand had all been dyed black, and it was a blackness that Wang Yizhi, as a creature of the Dark Realm, could not control.
"Part of the Slender Man's body that I consumed earlier seems to have caused some changes within my body."
Zhang Chen had no intention of telling Wang Yizhi about his connection to the Slender Man. Considering the importance of that connection, it was a crucial factor in killing Nyarlathotep.
"Yi Zhi, you don't need to fight. Leave this place to us. Miss Tina is actually quite formidable too."
Zhang Chen's target was naturally Heavenly Dragon Upper Person. As an assassin, Chong Ying locked eyes with the short Tang Sect leader. Tina's body was linked to thirteen demons, and Zhang Chen had already told her about Qin Qi's traits. She only needed to merge with a demon that countered Qin Qi to keep him occupied.
"Ten pitiful cultivators, let me free you first."
In Heavenly Dragon Upper Person's eyes, Zhang Chen vanished directly before him. Heavenly Dragon had been far too confident and had never seriously looked into Zhang Chen.
"A spatial ability? Why wasn't there the slightest fluctuation?" Heavenly Dragon Upper Person was the only one here capable of analyzing the situation. The other living corpses had merely received instructions in their