Shadow Warrior

"Heh heh, so what if I did it?"

The shadow turned around, letting out a mocking laugh.

Through the dim light, Principal Zhang could see that the face beneath the black robe was completely pitch-black.

He raised an eyebrow.

"What, surprised? I'm used to hiding my face."

"By now, I can't even remember what I originally looked like."

The shadow spread his hands and shrugged, instead carefully studying Zhang Dashan's face.

Looking at his silver-white hair, his face full of wrinkles and age spots, the shadow could not help mocking him. "Has the Pet Beast Guild run out of people? Why did they send an old geezer with one foot in the grave to guard this place?"

The shadow spoke with disdain, seeming not to regard Principal Zhang at all.

At that moment, countless black Shadow Threads extended from Principal Zhang's shadow, tightly binding Principal Zhang, Hellfire, and the other pet beasts.

"Well, well, didn't see that coming, did you? My Shadow Warrior caught you and your pet beasts off guard and bound you."

"Feel despair. The Shadow Warrior's Shadow Bind can seal your movements."

"No one can break free from the shackles of shadows."

"You can only watch helplessly as death comes for you."

The shadow looked as if he held every card in his hand.

"What exactly is your purpose? You created a Beast Tide to stir up chaos, then brazenly infiltrated the Secret Vault of the Pet Beast Guild."

"What are you looking for?"

"That unknown Virus... you were the one who spread it, weren't you?"

Principal Zhang did not struggle in the slightest. Calmly, he exposed the shadow's intentions on the spot.

A hearty laugh came from beneath the black robe. "I never expected an old geezer like you to be such a capable reasoner."

"You saw through my plan at a glance. What a pity. Clever people never live long."

The shadow curled a finger, and the Shadow Threads binding Zhang Dashan immediately crept up to his neck, like a pair of giant hands tightly gripping his throat.

"Don't forget to tell the King of Hell that I was the one who killed you."

The shadow snapped his fingers, and the Shadow Threads immediately contracted and tightened.

Yet the shadow saw a smile on the old man's face. He was not panicked in the slightest.

"You're already at death's door! What are you smiling for?!"

The shadow spoke with some anger, feeling that Zhang Dashan was laughing at him.

That was something the extremely prideful shadow could never accept.

At that moment, black flames spread from the old man's body, burning the Shadow Threads apart one by one as thick black smoke dispersed through the air.

In the blink of an eye, the old man, Hellfire, and the restrained Pet Beast Masters all broke free.

"How is that possible? How could my Shadow Threads be scorched by flames?"

"They're clearly formless. How could they be burned to nothing like ordinary threads?"

The shadow's heart skipped a beat, and a sense of foreboding suddenly rose within him.

"Shadow Warrior, move!"

Upon hearing the shadow's command, the old man's shadow began stretching and lengthening, forming a knight completely cloaked in shadows.

It stood two meters tall, clad in gleaming black armor, its head shrouded in black Mist.

The Shadow Warrior gripped two black Shadow Spears and fiercely thrust them at the old man.

A sharp tearing sound rang through the air, while large arcs of black electricity crackled around the spears.

The old man merely extended two fingers and caught the spearhead between them, allowing the black arcs to surge into his body with crackling sounds.

No matter how hard the Shadow Warrior pulled, it could not wrench the spear from between the old man's fingers.

Black flames emerged from the old man's fingertips, spreading along the black spear and onto the Shadow Warrior's body.

In the blink of an eye, black flames covered the Shadow Warrior from head to toe. It wailed as it turned into countless wisps of black smoke and dispersed into the air.

"No!!!"

The shadow stretched out a hand toward it, clearly sensing that his contract with the Shadow Warrior had been severed.

The Shadow Warrior had actually been instantly killed by black flames?

How was that possible?!

The Shadow Warrior was an incorporeal pet beast. How could flames burn it alive into ashes?

"Hellfire, capture this man."

Green flames rose from Hellfire's body as it stepped forward with booming thuds.

The road beneath its feet cracked apart, and green flames burned across the ground.

Hellfire swung its enormous fist at the shadow's head.

The shadow's body instantly turned into countless wisps of black smoke.

A sharp gleam flashed in Zhang Dashan's eyes. "Hellfire."

Countless black flames appeared in midair. Upon touching the Hellfire, the black smoke let out piercing screams.

Zhang Dashan watched everything coldly. Only after every trace of black smoke had vanished did he look toward the doors of the Pet Beast Guild's Secret Vault.

"That person from the Gospel Association must have set his sights on something to dare take such a desperate risk and create a Beast Tide."

"I wonder what the Beast Tide is like now. I just hope nothing goes wrong."

Outside the Jiaying City Pet Beast Guild, beside the Stone Lion, black smoke gathered together, and the shadow's illusory figure appeared.

"If I hadn't had a pet beast like the Death Substitute Doll, sacrificing one of the Death Substitute Doll's lives, that old man might have killed me already."

The shadow spoke with lingering fear.

His plan had completely failed, losing both the lady and the army, leaving the shadow deeply frustrated.

"Forget it. I'll let you off this time. Once I recover from my injuries, I'll secretly scheme for that piece of Seven-Orifice Exquisite Jade again."

"This is nothing more than a minor setback."

The shadow staggered away and vanished into the darkness.

At that moment, Ye Bai followed Zhang Lingxue to the vicinity of the Cold Storage Warehouse.

Before they had even gotten close, they heard a rapid barrage of gunfire.

Explosions rang out from time to time. The battle was clearly extremely fierce.

Berserk Blood Rats surged like a tide against the first line of defense.

Quite a few Pet Beast Masters picked up heavy weapons and began spraying bullets at the Berserk Blood Rats.

Every bullet struck a Berserk Blood Rat. A powerful stench of blood spread through the air, but injured Berserk Blood Rats were quickly devoured by their own companions.

"Berserk Blood Rats are seriously disgusting. You can kill them until your hands go numb and still never finish them, count them until your eyes blur and still never count them all."

"Yeah, and their blood is poisonous. So many Berserk Blood Rats have died, yet we haven't gained a single benefit. The value for effort is way too low."

"Exactly. Even dogs wouldn't want the Blood Cores they drop, let alone whether they could fetch a good price."

Another member of the Pet Beast Guild said gloomily.

Blood Cores contained violent energy. Earlier, they had dug out some Blood Cores and planned to feed them to their pet beasts to increase their strength.

But not a single one of their pet beasts was willing to swallow a Blood Core. Every one of them wore an expression like it was about to throw up.

What a joke. Ever since following their Pet Beast Masters, they had lived the good life of eating meat every meal.

Those Crystal Cores covered in bloodstains were less appealing to them than a bag of pet food.

Please vote, this author is so miserable. I had something to do this morning and only just got home now~