An enormous, skeletal claw reached out of the shadows and lunged at Katie. Before she could even react, it seized her shoulder and dragged her into the darkness...
That was how it should have gone.
Unfortunately, reality had other ideas.
The hand grabbed Katie's shoulder and yanked hard, but she remained rooted to the spot without budging an inch. Instead, she turned her head and glanced at her shoulder.
Then she jumped in fright.
"Waaah! Where did that hand come from?"
Katie screamed at the hand that had suddenly appeared on her shoulder. Then she reached up, seized its wrist, and gave it a hard tug!
A huge black shape was instantly hauled bodily out of the darkness by Katie and slammed into the ground!
But it wasn't a person. It was some kind of monster!
Its appearance reminded Li Wei of the vampire that had reverted to its true form during the vampire case, except this monster had no fur, and thin wings stretched beneath its arms. It had a long, donkey-like head and a body like a hairless monkey's. It also seemed especially terrified of sunlight. Once Katie flung it outside, the direct sunlight made it cover its eyes and unleash piercing screams.
"Holy Lord above!"
"What the hell is that thing?"
Clearly, the guards had never seen such an ugly monster before, and they were panic-stricken.
Just then, a gunshot rang out.
Bang!
The loud report echoed through the canyon, startling a flock of birds in the distance. The spinning bullet punched through the monster's head, ending its life. Finally, it stopped struggling and collapsed on the ground. Moments later, its body began melting like a candle beneath the sunlight, giving off a stench that sent everyone recoiling.
Before long, the monster had disappeared completely in the