The Formless Spawn did not share the trait of having its entire species die once its nest was destroyed. On the contrary, like most animals, once their nest was destroyed, they would frantically attack whoever had ruined it.
Shade's plan was to destroy the nest, then seize the chance to escape while the Formless Spawn were temporarily thrown into confusion. Therefore, he had only one chance:
"Help me find the way later."
He spoke in his heart, silently counting down from three. The pistol that had been pointed at the sky swiftly aimed at the clearing.
He pulled the trigger, firing and consuming the second Demon Bullet. It was another completely silent strike. In an instant, even the moonlight from the Source of Chaos was compressed to its limit. When the pearl's radius of light returned to normal, Shade saw that a huge hole had been blasted into the snow surface of the clearing.
The nest had been destroyed. The bullet's residual force interfered with the judgment of the other Formless Spawn. Run to the right.
With one step, he appeared twenty meters away. Shade's figure swiftly vanished into the Withered Forest.
He did not know how far he had run before he stopped, panting as he braced himself against a large rock. After confirming there were no pursuers behind him, he slowly sat down behind the wind-sheltering rock, intending to rest for a while.
"If I hadn't encountered this kind of monster in the Fifth Epoch before, this would have been dangerous."
He planted Night Watchman into the ground, first sensing the current time before trying to identify his present location. Unfortunately, there were no obvious landmarks around him. He could only see what appeared to be red firelight far away, though he did not know whether it belonged