Chapter 198 Shadow Assassin

Hao Ren was taken aback after hearing Vivian's words: "You know what this is?"

Vivian wore a puzzled expression, rubbing her forehead in distress. "I... I feel like I've seen this thing a long, long time ago, but I can't remember when. I can only vaguely recall that this was something that appeared in the early days of the mythological era, and it seemed to have caused a lot of trouble back then."

"Something from the mythological era?" Hao Ren hadn't thought so much at first. He just thought he had been attacked by some rare type of alien or magic, but he didn't expect to bring up things from the mythological era all of a sudden. "Is this... a creature from back then? Or a magical effect?"

"Sorry, I can't remember too clearly," Vivian said, tapping her head. "But I can be sure that this thing caused big problems. I also remember dealing with events caused by these shadows with a group of old guys. If it could make ancient beings like us team up, it must be extraordinary."

Hao Ren thought of the black shadow's strange nature. Although its attack power didn't seem fatal to him, its special properties were indeed very tricky. If it weren't for the Data Terminal's help, it would have been very troublesome to catch this shadow by other means. However, according to Vivian's words, this black shadow was just something that was active in the early days of the mythological era, which meant that this thing had once become extinct after the mythological era?

"These things must have disappeared after the end of the mythological era, otherwise I would definitely have an impression," Vivian nodded as expected. "Although I can't remember exactly how we dealt with these things in the end, they should have been jointly expelled to... where was it? Anyway, they were sealed up. I also remember that there was some kind of family specifically responsible for managing the place where it was sealed. That family was in some place in South America, and the family's name was something something Te..."

Hao Ren was amazed by Vivian's memory: "So, you only remembered one character of the name and place?"

Vivian spread her hands. "You know my memory. Besides, that was thousands of years ago. It's good enough that I remember they were in South America."

Lily hadn't been studying the black shadow in the box since just now. After hearing Vivian's words, she looked blank: "It doesn't matter if you forgot, the important thing is where are we going to find clues... Are we going to turn the whole of South America upside down?"

Hao Ren looked at the sealed box surrounded by everyone. Although he didn't know where to start, he felt that this matter had to be investigated. This was something that Vivian and other ancient beings on Earth had once sealed together. It should have disappeared from this planet long ago, but it suddenly reappeared. This was definitely not a good sign. Hao Ren ruled out the possibility that this was a survivor from back then, because the black shadow hadn't appeared for thousands of years. So the only possibility was that the seal had loosened. Then how many of these black shadows had escaped? How many were there in total? To what extent have they leaked out?

Most importantly, in this era where the mythological era had ended and both the alien forces and the monster hunter forces had greatly weakened, who else could deal with this thing?

Hao Ren might not have even realized that, in addition to the clear reasons mentioned above, another reason why he cared about these black shadows was his sixth sense. His intuition was subconsciously reminding him, making him unable to turn a blind eye to this matter.

Nangong Sanba was also obviously worried about what Hao Ren was thinking. He frowned: "We have to find a way to find clues about this shadow. Since this is something that even the ancient beings back then found difficult to deal with, then probably no one in the modern era can control this thing. The threat after they spread will be great."

Lily spread her hands: "But Bat only remembered one character of the name and place, what should we do?"

Hao Ren thought for a while, and was about to speak when he heard the sound of the door opening behind him. Then Elizabeth's loud voice came from the door: "Uncle Ren, Uncle Ren! Something bad happened! My dad was attacked!"

Hao Ren and the others were immediately taken aback and quickly looked back, only to see Izhaks standing well beside Elizabeth. The great demon pressed his daughter's head with his hand, his face full of wry smiles: "Don't listen to this kid's nonsense. I just encountered a strange thing that attacked me. It took a lot of effort to finally solve it."

Elizabeth was bouncing around under her father's hand: "It's really a strange thing! It scared me so much!"

Hao Ren and Vivian subconsciously looked at each other. At the same time, a strong intuition surged into their hearts. Vivian's face was serious: "Were you attacked by a black shadow?"

Elizabeth immediately jumped over: "How do you know?"

Hao Ren raised his hand and pointed to the sealed box on the coffee table: "I was also attacked. Look, I even caught it. It's in the box."

Elizabeth drilled to the front of the coffee table and looked into the sealed box. After seeing the situation inside clearly, she immediately shouted: "This is it! This is it! I was hit several times by my own shadow, and then my dad and I spent a lot of effort to get something out of the shadow, and that thing looks like this!"

Izhaks nodded slightly beside him, indicating that Elizabeth was telling the truth.

Hao Ren looked at Izhaks in surprise. He knew the power of this demon king. He was a person who could destroy the world with a wave of his hand, and the little girl Elizabeth was also a good hand at magic. Even if these two were thrown into the mythological era on Earth, they would be characters who could walk sideways without paying tolls. However, they spent a lot of effort to solve this black shadow, which immediately made Hao Ren's danger assessment of the "shadow assassin" even higher.

He had captured the shadow with the triple assistance of the Data Terminal, the Golden Apple Box, and the rigid shield. Although the process was a bit thrilling, it was not difficult in reality, so he unconsciously underestimated this shadow a bit. Now it seemed that this thing was more troublesome than he thought?

Izhaks smiled and explained Hao Ren's doubts: "The main thing is that I have never seen this thing before. At first, I thought it was something like a shadow monster or a night shadow demon. After blowing a big hole in the ground, I realized that it couldn't hurt it at all, so I was teased quite a bit."

As Izhaks spoke, he patted his strong arms indifferently. Hao Ren immediately understood what the "teasing" in the other party's mouth meant. With the great demon's steel-like bones, even if he resisted with his bare body, his defense power would not be lower than Hao Ren's rigid shield. The shadow probably couldn't break Izhaks's defense - at most, it just scared the demon girl a little and made Izhaks mess up for a while.

"You blew a hole in the ground?" Hao Ren suddenly remembered the commotion of the fight in front of him. "You didn't demolish the street, did you?!"

"Don't worry, we were just strolling in the wild when we started fighting," Izhaks grinned. "That thing seemed to be waiting for us to be alone before attacking."

Hao Ren was relieved and a little curious: "By the way, how did you solve the shadow in the end?"

"At that time, conventional magic and physical attacks didn't work," Izhaks scratched his bald head. He still felt very棘手 when he recalled the strange battle against the shadow. "Later, I found that it would bounce away when it encountered a mirror, so I summoned two magic mirrors and induced it to the mirror surface, then let it bounce back and forth between the two mirrors - it bounced for two hours and finally exhausted it to death."

Hao Ren: "...This tm also works?!"

Izhaks spread his hands expressionlessly: "That's what I thought too."

After Izhaks finished telling their experience, everyone turned their attention back to the source of this shadow. Lily chattered and told Izhaks and his daughter what Vivian knew, and finally summarized with a serious face: "In short, this is something that Bat and other ancient beings sealed in ancient times, but I don't know why it suddenly came out."

Hao Ren sighed helplessly: "Now the biggest problem is that Vivian has completely forgotten the clues related to this shadow. She even forgot who she joined hands with to seal the shadow and where the seal was."

Vivian was a little unconvinced after hearing this and argued: "I still remember the character 'Te'... And I also remember that it was in South America!"

The others covered their faces, embarrassed to look directly at this forgetful bat spirit.

Nangong Sanba racked his brains for a long time, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "That's right, there should be other people who have experienced this event, right? According to Vivian, these black shadows caused a big disturbance back then. Will the other ancient beings of the mythological era know the clues of these shadows?"