Xia Fan stared at her for a moment. "I understand. Whatever you do, don't get close to it. Once it notices you, don't think about anything else—turn around and run."
Li nodded, transformed into a little fox, and slipped into the shadows at the foot of the wall.
Xia Fan, meanwhile, cast Chameleon Camouflage and flew into the sky once more—this was a new ability he had developed through research in the Dragon-Climbing Tower's database. It allowed him to alter the color of his skin according to the surrounding environment, achieving a form of optical invisibility. It had already been thoroughly proven when they entered the Buddhist compound in Tsushima Prefecture. Unless one's senses were exceptionally sharp, even Qi Sense Users below Azure Blade rank would find it difficult to notice him at first glance.
For this reason, he had deliberately changed into relatively close-fitting modern clothes, making it easier to construct a covering layer before casting the spell and encompass his clothes within it—Li, Shanhui, and the others followed the same approach when transforming.
This time, the Evil Spirit did not look up at the sky at all.
Just as expected, it was a "newborn," Xia Fan thought. The statue from before had actually been nothing more than a nest that birthed it. From the moment it was born, it was likely no different from an ordinary child—but the nature of Chaos was to defy all reason. What made it incomprehensible was its astonishing capacity to learn. Every step it took, even every breath it drew, taught it something new. Combined with that surging qi within its body, one could easily imagine how far it might rise.
This battle was utterly different from their past fights against Great Demons—it was a contest of trump cards.
Every card they played