"So, I'll let you go next time. We need to build up our relationship first..."
With an apologetic look, Lu Xin said this to Father, while gathering his concentration.
The shadow spreading from beneath his feet suddenly changed drastically. It had originally been enormous, covering the entire brain monster, but now it rapidly shrank, like a black bundle being pulled tight. The contraction of its power caused an intense mental shock to spread from the blood-red brain.
"Crackle, crackle..."
The sound came from the walls and windows along both sides of the road as they were struck by the mental shock, shattering and collapsing.
The brain monster had nearly affected everything around it.
Even Lu Xin, standing three or four meters away, was struck by the sudden surge of power and slid backward one or two meters.
But at that moment, after shrinking, Lu Xin's shadow suddenly surged forward.
This violent change condensed an immense force within the shadow, like someone gathering strength before striking, then suddenly releasing it. With a tearing sound, the shadow rushed in front of the blood-red brain. Under the mental shock covering the entire brain monster, it forcibly tore open a gap in the distorted air around it—or rather, in its force field...
The gap was torn extremely deep, even injuring the brain monster's true body.
The brain visibly writhed, as if it had felt pain, and the currents flickering across its surface became denser.
Such a minor wound seemed insignificant to it.
Moreover, it could repair itself immediately.
But Lu Xin, who had already reached an agreement with his family, seized this tiny opportunity. He suddenly bent down, grabbed the nearby hairless puppy, which was cowering with its tail between its legs, and hurled it forward with all his strength, striking with speed and