The孕种魔 took out a pitch-black box and placed the puppets into it one by one. This box could ensure the puppets were not damaged.
Each puppet was crucial to incubating the human-demon fetus. These puppets were like eggs; if an egg broke, a chick wouldn't hatch, and the human-demon fetus plan would fail.
"What... is that? It looks delicious..."
A chilling voice came from above. The 孕种魔 immediately looked up and saw a cold, icy blue-white face on the ceiling staring down at it.
Wen Wen had said that failure to achieve results would lead to punishment at the containment facility. However, Qin Shuang had searched for a while without finding a suitable target. It was only after sensing the aura of the human-demon fetus that he realized the 孕种魔 was the opponent he wanted.
"Fierce Spirit!"
Upon seeing Qin Shuang, the 孕种魔 gasped and, in its first reaction, clutched the box and retreated rapidly before bolting out the door. Its movements were so clean and natural that Qin Shuang was taken aback.
He couldn't understand why this seemingly powerful being would simply flee after a greeting.
Qin Shuang was unaware that in the abyss, the 孕种魔 was merely a weak demon at the bottom of the disaster class.
It had only possessed slightly stronger strength than ordinary disaster-class monsters by continuously devouring the residual power of human-demon fetuses. While it could stand tall against familiar demons, its first reaction when facing an unknown fierce spirit was to escape.
It was like a dog that was bullied by a cat in its youth; even when it grew to a size that could easily crush the cat, it was still intimidated by it.
After running out of the room, the 孕种魔 remembered that it hadn't finished packing the human-demon puppets. Three were left on the table, and it also realized that it didn't actually need to fear a fierce spirit!
It immediately returned to the room, wanting to reclaim its human-demon puppets. However, the moment it entered, its eyes widened in fury.
Because at that moment, the fierce spirit was holding one of its human-demon puppets!
Qin Shuang gazed with fascination at the small puppet in his hand. In his sight, this small puppet was like a strange egg containing immense power.
"Put down what you are holding, that does not belong to you, you lowly fierce spirit!"
Qin Shuang looked at the returning 孕种魔 with confusion, as if looking at an idiot, and directly swallowed the human-demon fetus.
"You... ask me to put it down, and I will put it down? Wouldn't that... make me lose face."
After the human-demon fetus entered Qin Shuang's abdomen, its outer shell was immediately eroded by a chilling energy. Qin Shuang, who had advanced by swallowing the怨魂珠 (Resentful Soul Bead), possessed super digestive abilities, capable of digesting the human-demon puppet!
A foul yet incredibly vast energy entered Qin Shuang's soul form from the human-demon puppet, causing Qin Shuang to float.
To Qin Shuang, the effect of the human-demon puppet was far more powerful than the 怨魂珠 (Resentful Soul Bead) that Wen Wen had fed him before. He had a feeling that if he could devour enough human-demon puppets, he might even become a disaster-class '鬼怪' (ghoul/monster)!
"Good stuff... give it to me!"
He placed the human-demon puppets from the table into his clothes and, with his eyes shining, released a large amount of cold air towards the 孕种魔.
The 孕种魔 casually tore off a door panel to block the cold air, its eyes turning red.
What was the background of this fierce spirit? It had to wait for the human-demon fetus to hatch before it dared to absorb the energy from the human-demon puppet, yet this guy had directly swallowed an unhatched human-demon puppet?
"You spit it out, that's mine!"
The 孕种魔, enduring the cold air, charged at Qin Shuang and smashed the floor where Qin Shuang stood with a punch. Pure physical strength found it difficult to harm Qin Shuang, but the foul energy缠绕 (entwined) around the 孕种魔 made Qin Shuang very wary.
But even with caution, he had to snatch what he wanted. Qin Shuang snorted and condensed two ice pillars, hurling them at the 孕种魔.
...
In a luxurious hall, the high-level members of the Pure White Caravan were summoned by the Faceless Demon to discuss how to deal with the attacking monsters.
The Faceless Demon roared furiously, "Damn it, who are these guys!"
To him, this attack was completely inexplicable; the attacking force was unheard of.
However, the black crosses on their robes instilled a faint dread in the Faceless Demon's heart. Could these people be subordinates of that mysterious disaster-class expert?
If so, why had that mysterious entity been bothering them repeatedly?
Why, even after they had fled to another city, could they not escape his pursuit?
This time, they sent monsters to attack them; would they descend directly next time to purge them?
The Faceless Demon knew very well that continuing the entanglement would only be detrimental to them, regardless of victory or defeat.
The current situation would surely have alerted the Hunter Association. And once the demon hunter team of Lukang City discovered the scale of the battle, they would definitely report it to the higher association.
The Hunter General Headquarters had at least one True Order or multiple Upper Order demon hunters stationed in every province. If they did not withdraw before attracting attention, they would inevitably face lightning-fast retribution!
It could be said that this stronghold was now considered useless, and they needed to relocate immediately!
Despite his reluctance, the Faceless Demon had to issue the correct order: "We cannot continue like this. Devouring Demon Izar, relay the order..."
But before the Faceless Demon could finish speaking, a pure white beam of light pierced the ceiling and struck directly at the Faceless Demon's throne.
After dispersing the beam of light, the Faceless Demon saw a dazzling existence through the hole in the ceiling.
It was... the Shining Angel!
The Shining Angel, holding a glowing long sword, pointed at the Faceless Demon Kroui and shouted, "Base demon, come and fight!"
Holy radiance filled the entire hall. Every demon felt uncomfortable. Angels and demons were naturally adversarial races, and their mere presence before each other caused extreme discomfort.
However, for a single angel to dare provoke so many demons was akin to seeking death.
Standing beside Kroui, looking like an ordinary child, Izar jumped below the opening in the ceiling and opened his mouth towards the Shining Angel.
His mouth grew wider and wider, gradually transforming into a bloody maw large enough to swallow a bull. A terrifying suction emanated from the giant mouth, drawing countless debris into it.
Under this suction, the hole in the ceiling gradually widened, and the Shining Angel above the hole was the primary target of this suction. He flew upwards with all his might but continued to descend.
Although this suction alone couldn't eliminate the Shining Angel, if he could be pulled down from the sky, the monsters here could easily kill the Shining Angel with focused fire!
But just then, a strange object was also drawn in by the suction.
This object was grayish-white, round, resembling a cartoon shark, with a cluster of flames on its back...
It was a bomb!