The Emergence of the Calamity of Strangeness!

"You!! Cough! Cough!!" Zhang Zhi tried to say more, but choked on a mouthful of blood and coughed violently.

Zhang Zhi had initially thought Wei Fan was a lamb to the slaughter, but he never expected Wei Fan to be a dragon in sheep's clothing, only revealing his ferocious fangs at the last moment.

He thought he was the hunter, but he turned out to be the prey being toyed with.

Fear, annoyance... a flood of emotions surged through his mind.

"Do you have any last words?" Wei Fan stared at him, asking with interest.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me!" Zhang Zhi, having recovered slightly, quickly begged for mercy.

"Is that all? Then die!" Wei Fan decapitated him with a single stroke.

Afterward, Wei Fan tossed Zhang Zhi's corpse outside the stone wall. The strong smell of blood attracted beasts foraging in the darkness.

Soon, Zhang Zhi's body was gnawed down to bare bones.

"I didn't want to kill you, you forced me!"

Seeing that Zhang Zhi was undeniably dead, Wei Fan pulled the trigger on a signal flare and fired it into the night sky.

A few breaths later, Shi Meng appeared from the darkness, steel knife in hand, his eyes warily fixed on Wei Fan.

"Where's the monstrosity? Where is it?" Shi Meng asked.

"It's already dealt with!" Wei Fan placed a Monstrosity Detection Talisman on himself, proving he wasn't possessed.

"Then where did Zhang Zhi go?" Shi Meng looked somewhat surprised.

"He's dead!" Wei Fan walked to the edge of the stone wall and pointed down. "He died with this monstrosity!"

Shi Meng looked down and indeed saw a human-shaped skeleton and the corpse of a giant bat.

"It's a Black Marsh Bat!" Shi Meng's pupils contracted.

This type of monstrosity was extremely troublesome. Even he would have to pay a price of injury to kill one.

It was almost impossible for Zhang Zhi and Wei Fan alone to slay a Black Marsh Bat.

Shi Meng turned to look at Wei Fan, seeing that he wasn't injured at all, a seed of doubt sprouted in his heart.

"Xiao Fan, how exactly did you two manage to kill this Black Marsh Bat? Tell me quickly," Shi Meng asked.

"We just encountered the Black Marsh Bat, and Zhang Zhi used a secret explosive technique from the Three Yuan Battle Art. They both ended up critically injured, dying together!"

Wei Fan fabricated a story.

"Explosive technique?" Shi Meng frowned, then relaxed, sighing, "Zhang Zhi must have been on the verge of the Divine Strength Realm. What a pity."

Then, Shi Meng patted Wei Fan's shoulder and chuckled, "You're really lucky, kid. You've encountered two Black Ghost Level monstrosities in a row and survived both times!"

"Brother Zhang Zhi saw I was new and protected me. Uncle Shi Meng, please give him a proper burial!" Wei Fan said with genuine sincerity.

"I understand!" Shi Meng nodded heavily.

Glancing at the remains below the city wall, Shi Meng leaped down and wrapped Zhang Zhi's bones in a rough cloth.

Shi Meng carrying such a large piece of rough cloth clearly expected such an event.

Carrying the bundled remains on his back, Shi Meng looked towards the deep darkness in the distance, his tone heavy:

"The frequency of monstrosities appearing has been increasing lately! Not just in our East District, but the Night Watch Teams in the other districts have suffered heavy casualties!"

"Is there a reason behind this phenomenon? Has anything similar happened before?" Wei Fan inquired.

"This situation, according to the records of Wushan Village, has happened before. It was called a [Calamity of Strangeness]," Shi Meng sighed. "We can't confirm yet if a [Calamity of Strangeness] is imminent. If it is, it would be a devastating disaster for Wushan Village!"

"What exactly is a [Calamity of Strangeness]?" Wei Fan asked with a frown.

"A [Calamity of Strangeness] is a disaster brought about by strange monstrosities. However, only when numerous 'Blood Ghost Level' monstrosities, which are rarely seen, or even Grievance Level, Black Grievance Level, and Blood Grievance Level monstrosities appear frequently, can it be called a [Calamity of Strangeness]. The guard force of Wushan Village alone would be unable to resist, and many people would die."

"Doesn't Wushan Village have Monster Suppressing Stones? Can't they resist these monstrosities?" Wei Fan sounded confused.

It was rumored that Monster Suppressing Stones could repel most strange monstrosities, and those that were weakened would even be annihilated if they got close.

"You don't know, the power of the Monster Suppressing Stones needs to accumulate. If it's just one or two monstrosities, it can easily resist them."

Shi Meng paused, then continued, "But if monstrosities invade continuously, the effect of the Monster Suppressing Stones will weaken, and eventually, they will become useless. This is also why, even with the Monster Suppressing Stones, we Night Watch Teams still need to guard the city walls."

Hearing this, Wei Fan's heart grew heavy.

It seemed that the seemingly safe Wushan Village had very little resistance against the current catastrophe.

"Not strong enough!"

"I need to become stronger!"

Wei Fan clenched his fists, a sense of crisis re-emerging in his heart.

Whoosh... Bang!

Another flare burst in the night sky.

Wei Fan turned to look, his heart sinking.

Because this time, the signal flare that was launched was the red one!

It meant multiple monstrosities, or a Grievance Level monstrosity had appeared!!!