Low gunshots echoed in the night streets. Wen Wen, clad in black, moved like a phantom through the alleys and thoroughfares.
Behind him, a flaccid human skin pursued him with horrifying steps.
"Direct energy blasts get absorbed by it, and bullets seem useless. Should I try slashing it?"
Wen Wen straightened up, drawing a rune-etched steel sword. He gripped the hilt with both hands and unleashed several sword energies.
Fearing the human skin might possess unknown abilities, Wen Wen refrained from using his Blood River Sword for the moment.
Before the sword energies could reach the human skin, it began to slide bizarrely, dodging the experimental slashes.
"As expected, it fears sharp attacks."
Wen Wen's eyes lit up. He instantly moved behind the human skin, gripping the sword hilt and bringing it down in a chop – the Iron Cutting style of the Nameless Sword Art!
The long sword sliced down, but Wen Wen felt no sense of severing anything. It was as if he were striking a ball of clay with a wooden stick; the resistance grew with depth.
Wen Wen's heart lurched violently. He then looked at the steel sword he had swung, his pupils constricting.
The fair skin of the human skin had already wrapped around the long sword and was creeping towards the hilt. By the time Wen Wen noticed, it was almost reaching his hand!
Wen Wen hastily let go, teleporting away. Looking at the human skin's direction, the long sword had been completely swallowed by the skin. It then softened within its mass and finally disappeared.
If Wen Wen had used the Blood River Sword just then, he would have suffered a significant loss; at least the sentience of the Blood River Sword would have been damaged.
"I cannot let any weapon directly contact it, and most ranged attacks are also ineffective..."
Wen Wen landed on the ground, looking at the entity with a headache. He wasn't without solutions.
Whether it was Master Fengbei's Monkey Shaking Thunder or the Heart Intent Divine Sword, both could easily deal with this thing.
However, for such a thankless task, using those high-consumption techniques felt like a loss to Wen Wen.
But as a demon hunter, he couldn't ignore it. Meanwhile, a mysterious person was battling the black hair. If this entity were to join forces with that mass of black hair, the difficulty of dealing with them would escalate drastically.
"Never mind, if a few methods don't work, I'll just try eight, nine, or ten more. I've contained so many monsters; surely there are monster abilities that can affect this thing."
Fire, ice, slowing rays, high explosives, poison...
Wen Wen would need considerable time to cycle through all his abilities.
Relying on his high mobility through spatial displacement, even with the human skin's bizarre abilities, it couldn't cause Wen Wen too much trouble.
However, while Wen Wen could handle the human skin, on the other side, Mr. X...
On the other side, the bizarre human skin had transformed into a large, purplish-black ice block, temporarily trapped and unable to escape.
This was a solid ice formed by Wen Wen's water control abilities combined with the poison spheres produced by the Black Blood Princess. The special toxin mixed with airtight ice should be able to hold the skin monster for a while.
However, it likely wouldn't last long.
Just as Wen Wen was preparing for the next test, he saw a figure with a broken leg, dressed in black, crash to the ground. It was Mr. X, who had been sent flying earlier.
The two stared at each other for two seconds, the atmosphere awkward. Mr. X gave a dry chuckle and said, "Uh... I was just passing by."
A dangerous glint flashed in Wen Wen's eyes: "Heh, I didn't notice before. You're from the Blood of Blasphemy, aren't you..."
Regardless of Mr. X's intentions, they were certainly not good.
With the Blood of Blasphemy, even if they farted in a place for no reason, it could potentially be poisonous.
"How can you let me go? As long as I can do it, I won't hesitate..."
Wen Wen smiled and said, "Then do a split for me."
Mr. X looked at his right leg, which was severed at the thigh, and had no idea how to perform a split.
"Or, how about another..."
Suddenly, Wen Wen's expression changed. He violently punched Mr. X on the head, knocking him unconscious, then dragged him a few steps to the left.
The next second, a green light struck the spot where Wen Wen had been. The ground cut by the light began to reveal an emerald-like sheen.
Then, a woman with hair long enough to wrap around a house three times descended from the air, her gaze fixed intently on the human skin that Wen Wen had immobilized.