What the hell?
Duanmu Huai was a seasoned veteran with plenty of experience. Faced with the sudden attack, he immediately raised both hands to shield his face. He then felt something like a thick whip lash against his arms before bouncing away. Duanmu Huai hurriedly reached out and grabbed at it, but caught nothing.
"Ahahaha!"
At the same time, Minme Satori seemed to have come under attack as well. But as one would expect from a swordswoman, she merely let out a light laugh and sidestepped, seemingly dodging the attack with ease. Then she drew her blade and brought it down toward the side!
"Pfft—!"
The sound of something being struck rang out, but nothing appeared.
"Ahahahaha, how amazing! There really seems to be something here!"
Minme Satori showed not the slightest trace of fear. Instead, she was as excited as a child who had just found a new toy... Well, how should I put it? It wasn't exactly surprising.
But where was that thing?
Duanmu Huai was certain that they had been attacked, yet he couldn't see their opponent at all, even with Thousand Eyes. In other words, was this thing invisible on every dimensional level?
Fortunately, the system was still reliable. Duanmu Huai could see the words ??? Tentacle floating in the air—at least he could determine the thing's general location through those markers.
What the hell was this thing?
"Whoosh—!"
The Formless Thing lunged at Duanmu Huai again. This time, however, he merely assumed a stance and stayed perfectly still. Soon, he felt a tentacle as thick as an elephant's trunk wrap around his body.
Good. Now!
As the thing coiled around him, Duanmu Huai thrust both hands forward and grabbed the tentacle tightly, like he was pulling in a tug-of-war. Then he yanked it violently toward