Ch. 69 - Outside the Door

"Why can't we teleport?" Han Shu asked, voicing everyone's concern.

Tianyang stared at the wizard, mobilizing the star essence again to prepare for the next attack. "I've been observing just now and found that every time it's about to teleport, it must clasp its hands together and make a triangular hand gesture."

Lao Xu was the first to understand. "So, when you were fighting it just now, you didn't give it a chance to make the gesture. I was wondering, most of your attacks were aimed at its hands, turns out you planned to cut them off."

Tianyang nodded. What he didn't say was that he actually wanted to find the wizard's weakness. Unfortunately, this dark being frequently used its teleportation ability and rarely stayed in one place for more than three seconds.

Unable to lock onto it, Tianyang's Weakness Sensing ability was useless.

Moreover, the wizard only used black fire to strike with its right hand, igniting the target upon contact, while its left hand was more versatile, able to shoot black fire from its fingertips. It was by catching onto its pattern of movements that Tianyang was able to fight it up close just now.

Now that the wizard had lost one hand and couldn't use gestures to activate its abilities, all they had to do was find its weakness to end the battle.

At this moment, the howling of the pack of dogs outside the camp could be heard. The defensive line organized by Ji Yu was undergoing a test from the dark creatures.

With little time left, Tianyang focused his mind, his gaze gradually becoming distant.

In his vision, the figure of the wizard began to fade.

But then, from the position of its severed arm, the wizard suddenly spewed out a jet of black flames.

The black fire twisted, forming the shape of an arm.

Then the flames receded, revealing a pale, emaciated arm hanging in the air.

"It can regenerate!" Han Shu felt like cursing. They had finally cut off one of the monster's hands, preventing it from teleporting short distances. Yet in the blink of an eye, it regenerated another arm!

Dark creatures with a danger level of 3 were indeed not easy to deal with.

This was almost everyone's inner voice.

Clasping its palms together, its figure shrinking, the wizard teleported several times in succession, retreating to the highway outside the camp.

It raised its hands, clapped them above its head, and then opened them left and right.

As the palms separated, a black orb appeared above the wizard's head. It resembled a miniature black hole, but thankfully, there was no gravitational reaction; otherwise, Han Shu reckoned he'd have to order a retreat.

The wizard's hands slowly descended, and black orbs hovered in the air one by one. Each orb was approximately ten centimeters in diameter, with a remarkably smooth surface, showing no traces of energy movement.

Then, it raised its hands again, palms flat, and a thin seam appeared in the center of each palm.

Suddenly, it forcefully opened, revealing a ring of irregular broken teeth, with an eyeball floating in the center.

Two eyeballs, capturing Tianyang and his companions entirely.

Suddenly, from the shadow of the wizard's hood, came a dense and low voice. It sounded like it was saying something, but unfortunately, the language it used was incomprehensible to anyone present.

"…Ritual…"

Tianyang was stunned. Amidst the hoarse words, a word that a young person could understand suddenly popped out.

The pronunciation of this word was unmistakably that of a language from outside the door!

Tianyang thought he had misheard, but seeing the strange expressions on Han Shu and the others, it seemed that he wasn't the only one who heard this word.

"…Human… die…"

Two more words that some of the people present could understand emerged. This was truly shocking. Could the inhabitants of the reverse realm actually use the language from outside the door?

Although there were only three words, it was still astonishing!

Could it be that these things could learn too? When this thought arose, Tianyang broke out in goosebumps. There was nothing more terrifying than this!

The wizard's right hand moved slightly to the left, and the eyeball in its palm clearly reflected Han Shu.

A black orb above the monster's head trembled lightly, then swiftly and smoothly, like a cannonball, smashed towards Han Shu.

Han Shu didn't dare to be careless. Holding the Star Essence spear like a bear, he moved clumsily, but managed to escape from his original position before the black orb hit.

As the black orb hit the ground, a bright black flame suddenly exploded, dazzling everyone's eyes. Although the flame was black, it formed a glaring white light during the explosion, and the subsequent shockwave pushed everyone around wildly.

Tianyang was knocked to the ground by the shockwave, but as soon as he touched the ground, he quickly pressed his hand down.

A handprint immediately sank into the ground, and the enhanced strength made Tianyang bounce back up instantly. Then, he saw another black orb descending from the sky.

If Tianyang hadn't strengthened his physical abilities, he would have been slower in both reaction and strength at this moment.

Now, he could only lie on the ground to face this black orb.

But instead, he pointed his toes to the ground, and his whole body slid back as if gliding on ice, retreating three meters.

The black orb landed.

Another earth-shattering explosion ensued.

Although there were two fewer orbs above the wizard's head, the remaining six were still plenty.

Each one of them was powerful enough to compare to a heavy artillery shell. If hit directly, except for Han Shu, everyone else would likely be shattered to pieces.

"Spread out! Scatter!" Han Shu's voice came from behind the swirling dust and smoke. In the headlights of the Falcon armored vehicle, a figure could be vaguely seen rushing towards the road.

On the other side of the road, the wizard saw Han Shu emerge from the smoke. Surprisingly, it didn't seem to intend to use its teleportation ability. Instead, its hands moved towards Han Shu, and the eyes in its palms all focused on him.

Two black orbs flew out from above its head. These orbs were actually compressed energy bodies of black fire.

Upon impact, they would explode violently, releasing the black fire completely.

When the human body came into contact with black fire, it would instantly ignite and be difficult to extinguish.

The new recruit who had turned into a fireball before was a clear example of this.

Although Han Shu didn't know the composition of the black orbs, he knew their power. Even so, when he saw two black orbs flying towards him one after another, he still had no intention of backing down.

The light emitted from the Star Essence on his body continued to shine brightly as Han Shu continuously strengthened his defense, then faced the first black orb head-on.

As Tianyang tried to support Han Shu by maneuvering through the thick smoke, he saw a sudden burst of light in front of the campsite. In that dazzling white light, a burst of rapidly expanding black flames instantly engulfed the captain's figure!

The shockwave came crashing like a tsunami, and Tianyang had to lower his center of gravity to withstand the impact.

Before the shockwave could dissipate, another violent explosion occurred, pushing the teenager back repeatedly.

When he stabilized his figure and looked up, a mass of black flames sprayed into the air, slowly dissipating.

Tianyang's heart sank as he wondered if Han Shu could withstand the consecutive explosions…

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