A dark, ghostly shadow moved quickly in the darkness.
The dark figure blends perfectly with the darkness, making it difficult to detect.
However, the fluctuations caused by the surrounding wind still caught Shen Yanqing's attention.
Just as he was about to make a move, the thing had already hidden in the shadow of the trees near Captain B.
Qi Yanxuan noticed Shen Yanqing's actions, and fearing to alert the enemy, he looked at her and asked if she had discovered anything.
Shen Yanqing nodded, and then the two of them kept their attention on Captain B.
I don't know how that thing was hidden. Apart from the wind caused by its movement, no trace of it was leaked.
The two of them kept staring at Captain B, fearing that the thing would take advantage of them.
Because he was too focused, he didn't notice that there was something wrong with the shadow of the tree on the ground.
The shadow of the tree began to lengthen at an extremely slow speed, slowly moving towards Captain B's shadow.
This subtle change will not attract attention. Even if you find that the shadow of the tree is longer than before, you will probably think it is caused by the light.
Just as the shadow approached, Shen Wenlai, who was hiding in the shadow of Captain B, noticed something unusual about the tree shadow.
Because of the peculiarity of his own supernatural powers, he can sense the shadows of different creatures, so there must be something else hidden in the shadows of the trees.
He wanted to notify Qi Yanxuan and Shen Yanqing in the dark, but he was afraid of alerting the enemy. It would be even more difficult to lure that thing out next time.
After thinking about it, he decided to wait for the thing to get closer before taking action. Even if he couldn't subdue it, as long as he could hold it off for a while, he could also deal with the remaining Yan Xuan and Yan Qing.
When the tree shadow was less than three feet away from Captain B's shadow, Shen Wenlai quickly jumped out and dived into the tree shadow.
Two entangled shadows soon emerged in the shadows of the trees, sometimes emerging from the ground and then shrinking back.
Captain B, who was closest to the team, was so frightened by the scene that he stepped back repeatedly.
Qi Yanxuan and the other man arrived in an instant, with lightning attached to their hands. They took the opportunity when Shen Wenlai kicked the strange shadow a little bit and grabbed it and pulled it out in an instant.
The thing was stimulated by the lightning and howled madly, trying to break free from its restraints.
Looking at the city lord and his wife who suddenly appeared, Captain B stopped retreating, and the scream that was about to come out was choked in his throat, and he couldn't scream for a while.
Shen Wenlai only revealed himself when he saw that thing being caught. Under the moonlight, his face was as pale as paper.
"Are you okay?"
Seeing the man about to fall, Captain B hurried forward to support him.
Shen Wenlai shook his head, but his pale face didn't look like he was fine.
Qi Yanxuan also saw Shen Wenlai's frail appearance, and quickly conjured a lightning net to trap the thing. He stepped forward and asked, "Where is it injured?"
"When I was fighting with that thing just now, I felt pain from being bitten in many places on my body, but I didn't see any wounds when I looked just now." Shen Wenlai said, pointing to several places where he had obviously felt pain before.
"Let me see."
Qi Yanxuan looked the man up and down, left and right, front and back, but didn't see any blood seeping out, so he definitely didn't suffer any external injuries.
Speculating that the other party had suffered internal injuries, Qi Yanxuan reached out and grabbed Shen Wenlai's wrist, inputting his supernatural power into him, which circulated within his body several times but had no effect at all.
Shen Wenlai still looked extremely weak when he went up.
Qi Yanxuan was also puzzled by this situation. "There are no internal injuries, are you still in pain now?"
Shen Wenlai leaned on Captain B and shook his head weakly: "No, I just feel a little dizzy and my whole body feels weak and I can't muster any energy."
Shen Wenlai's answer was very confusing. Since he was not injured and his superpowers were not overdrawn, how could this happen?
If there is a problem with the body, Qi Yanxuan's special ability can definitely cure the person. Since it is not due to the body, then what could it be?
Shen Yanqing came to the monster when Qi Yanxuan was treating Shen Wenlai.
This monster was completely black, about ten feet long, shaped like a dog, with a head like a sheep but not a sheep. It had a pair of horns on its head, but two long fangs were exposed in its mouth.
Seeing Shen Yanqing approaching, the monster wanted to attack, but was bound by the lightning net and could only make an indescribable hoarse roar in pain.
Shen Yanqing observed the monster carefully, and was suddenly stunned when his eyes swept across the ground next to him.
"No?"
Shen Yanqing looked at himself and the others, then looked at the monster, and there was indeed no shadow.
"Ah Xuan."
"Huh? What's wrong?" Qi Yanxuan stopped thinking and looked at Shen Yanqing.
“Look.” Shen Yanqing pointed to the place where the shadow should be next to the monster.
Qi Yanxuan looked in the direction he pointed, only to see an empty space. He asked in confusion, "What are you looking at? There's nothing there?"
"There's nothing, but there should be a shadow in that place."
Qi Yanxuan was shocked when he heard this, and looked again, but there was indeed no shadow.
"How could that be? Everything has a shadow. How could there be something without a shadow?"
"Well, maybe it is the shadow itself." Shen Yanqing made a bold guess.
Captain B was so scared that he got goosebumps and increased the strength of his hands as he supported Shen Wenlai.
"If you use more force, he will die." Shen Yanqing noticed that Shen Wenlai rolled his eyes due to being strangled, and kindly reminded him.
Captain B quickly relaxed the force in his hands, and the air entered his chest cavity, causing Shen Wenlai to cough.
Seeing that the man looked like he was about to faint, Qi Yanxuan quickly used his special powers to relieve the pain and took out a chair from the space for the man to lie down.
After settling the people down, Qi Yanxuan's eyes swept over his own shadow and Shen Wenlai's shadows next to each other, and his pupils suddenly dilated.
"Ah Qing, look! Brunei's shadow is much lighter than mine. What's going on? Could his weakness be related to his shadow?"
Upon hearing this, several people looked over and found that Shen Wenlai's shadow was indeed much lighter. Logically speaking, with the same light, his shadow shouldn't be lighter than others!
"Could it be that the reason he behaved like this is because Shadow was bitten by that monster?" Captain B asked tentatively.
"Can a shadow be bitten?" Qi Yanxuan asked.
Captain B: "I don't know about that. But when I was little, my grandmother told me that a person's shadow is actually their soul. If their shadow is gone, then their soul is lost. They must find it within seven days, otherwise they will be gone."
"Then what should I do? Am I hurt in the soul?" Shen Wenlai sounded a little panicked, and started coughing again because he spoke too hastily.
"Don't worry, it's just a legend. Maybe there are other reasons." Seeing that he was anxious, Qi Yanxuan had to calm him down first.
Shen Yanqing: "If what the old man said is true, then those who are unconscious in the city are most likely to have had their shadows eaten by it. This explains why those who are unconscious have stopped breathing after a few days."
"Then how do we save it? Beat it until it spits it out?" Qi Yanxuan was a little embarrassed. He had never seen such a non-substantial thing before.
Several people were silent, thinking about what to do...
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