Your Ability

"...The nuclear power plant?" Chen Xuan suddenly saw the light. "So that's how it works!"

"What do you mean?" Lin Qing asked, even as she sped along. On city streets with a speed limit of sixty, she had pushed past a hundred and twenty. Many monsters were left behind before they could even block their path.

"Electricity is nourishment!"

"What?" Lin Qing frowned. "The Shadow Demon can digest electricity directly?"

"No, I mean it's symbolic! In Su Xingwan's mind, electricity is a form of energy, so in her dream, it manifests as something that nourishes the Shadow Demon," Chen Xuan explained in one breath. "Summoning monsters consumes its power, and that manifests as unstable voltage throughout the city!"

Lin Qing jerked the wheel again, the tires screeching. With a deafening crash, the right side of the car's nose struck a monster and sent it flying several meters, shattering the right headlight in the process. As the car skidded nearly out of control amid the collision, the two passengers in the back couldn't help screaming.

"What does that prove?" she asked after straightening the wheel.

"Don't you get it? Cutting off the power might weaken it significantly!"

Chen Xuan rolled down the window, leaned halfway out, and summoned the Thousand Thoughts Sword to clear the way for Lin Qing. That last collision had been decisive, but this was still a civilian car. It couldn't withstand his teammate's repeated abuse.

By now, the four of them were very close to the power plant. A chain-link perimeter fence ran beside the road. The already enormous Shadow Demon looked even larger now, filling almost their entire field of vision. They had to tilt their heads back to see its body. It loomed over the plant like a mountain, while the densely packed streetlights below