The addition of the demon hunter hunting group greatly improved the situation on the battlefield.

Hao Ren realized that he had previously misjudged one thing, or rather, had miscalculated an influencing factor, so that the battle was even more troublesome than he had expected—he had not expected that the evil spirits would also be greatly strengthened in the shadow world created by Vivian, and would also gain all sorts of troublesome special attributes, such as being more difficult to kill, being able to take advantage of the environment, and the shadow world itself rejecting outsiders. He originally thought that since the evil spirits were something split from Vivian, they should also be suppressed in Vivian's domain, but he never expected the opposite to be true: before the evil spirits had completely separated from the "mother body," they still seemed to be part of the mother body. Not only would they not be rejected by this world, but they would also be strengthened to a certain extent!

This misjudgment in intelligence, while not making the evil spirits truly invincible, undoubtedly caused Hao Ren a great deal of trouble.

But fortunately, his habit of thinking one step ahead played a role at a critical moment. The demon hunters, whom he had deliberately left behind and guided to this place, joined the battlefield, finally bringing the previously deviating battle back on track.

Saint silver crossbow bolts containing astonishing destructive power crisscrossed the air, drawing scorching trajectories that could almost tear apart the space, and the demon hunters' unique Leta rune magic formed layers of colorful energy clouds in the air. This was a unique phenomenon produced after a chain reaction of magical energy that was powerful to a certain extent, mutually enhancing each other. The dense magical energy gathered together, and even the silent screams of the evil spirits lost their effect for the first time. The hunting group personally organized and led by Hassel was certainly not a third-rate force. These demon hunters, who were elite on every battlefield, not only had superb combat skills, but also had the predator's intuition honed by years of walking on the edge of life and death. They were extremely good at fighting in harsh environments, and could find even a trace of weakness in enemies far more powerful than themselves, and this ability was exactly what was needed to deal with the situation at hand.

Demon Hunter Lockheed charged forward, waving his saint silver longsword. His comrades cleared a path for him with a barrage of arrows and magical bombardment, while the Soulless Guard, under the control of Hesperianna, launched another organized suicidal attack. The evil spirit used the same trick again, raising its head and emitting a silent scream. Large numbers of Soulless Guards were torn to pieces in the air by an invisible force, but their sacrifice created conditions for the subsequent attack—Lockheed, enduring the aftershocks of the silent scream, which had already weakened countless times, rushed up and with a wave of his sword, divided the evil spirit in two under the red moonlight.

The pillar of light pouring down from the bright moon in the high sky became brighter once again. In the dense, blood-red pillar of light, the figure of the evil spirit appeared again—but this time, her regeneration speed was significantly slower than before.

Before this figure had completely solidified, another attack arrived first.

Hao Ren wielded two black shards of the universe, rushing madly into the red pillar of light with complete disregard for defense. The evil spirit reacted immediately, her face, which was identical to Vivian's, filled with extreme madness and malice, opening her mouth to unleash a shockwave—but because her "revival" was half a beat slower this time, her attack fell behind for the first time.

Before the silent scream could be released, two black shards of the universe had already crossed and slashed down. Hao Ren rushed out of the red pillar of light, and the figure of the evil spirit simultaneously turned into scattered black fragments behind him—double kill!

The red moon shone once again, and the evil spirit appeared again like a never-disappearing nightmare, but this time she revived even more difficultly, and before her figure had completely appeared, a silver-white shadow had already pounced over.

Lily wielded the super-alloy greatsword that she was becoming increasingly proficient with, and the sword-dog merged into a whirlwind of blades, shouting "Starburst Abandonment Cut" and slicing the evil spirit, who was still in a state of recovery, into fragments—triple kill!

The evil spirit revived once again, and this time she encountered a thunderous blow from Hassel's large hunting crossbow—quadruple kill!

Can you believe that one person can get you four kills?

Lily flipped in the air and landed lightly beside Hao Ren, the two-handed greatsword made of super-alloy in her hand emitting a sizzling white smoke. Corrupted dark power left scorched marks on the blade. The husky girl wiped her forehead: "Phew—Landlord, do you think she's dead this time?"

Hao Ren didn't say a word, but stared intently at the red pillar of light in the very center of the battlefield.

The pillar of light pouring down from the moon still showed no signs of dissipating, but for the first time, the figure of the evil spirit was completely invisible in the pillar of light, and more than a dozen seconds had passed without any signs of dark power reappearing in the moonlight.

This time, the evil spirit seemed to be really dead?

Hao Ren was still a little unsure in his heart, but Lockheed and the demon hunter team he led suddenly fell into a confused state.

"The Countess Who Summons the Red Moon... could it be that we just killed her?" A younger-looking demon hunter said, wiping the blood flowing from his forehead and gasping for breath, his tone full of disbelief and... a hint of panic, "This... we actually killed her?!"

A group of hunters looked at each other, and an atmosphere of helplessness spread among them. This scene could be described as both laughable and absurd.

They were clearly demon hunters who specialized in hunting异类 (yi lei - different/unusual beings), they were clearly shouting "hunt" as their slogan before the battle, but after seeing the figure of "Vivian Ansester" completely disappear in the moonlight pillar, these hunters were completely dumbfounded—this was different from what they had agreed on! They were just shouting slogans to embolden themselves! How did they inexplicably succeed in hunting her?

The invincible image of "The Countess Who Summons the Red Moon" had long been deeply rooted in people's hearts, especially in the hearts of demon hunters. If anyone dared to pat their chest in Corpus and shout that they were going to kill Vivian, unless they were shouting it in a tavern, they would definitely be taken to the medical center to have their heads checked as soon as possible. No demon hunter—including all the elders—had ever thought that Vivian Ansester would die at their hands. It could be said that from the worldview of these people, the concept of "The Countess of the Red Moon will die" had been completely excluded.

This ridiculous worldview was entirely established after Vivian had beaten up every one of the demon hunters' fathers from top to bottom.

So the demon hunters on the scene were dumbfounded: they had no idea that they had killed an evil spirit, and they didn't even know that such a thing as an evil spirit existed.

But fortunately, there were still smart people here who knew the inside story. Hassel saw the wavering of a group of his subordinates and immediately shouted loudly: "Don't be silly, that Countess is not so easy to deal with—what was here was just a crazed avatar of hers."

"Avatar?" Lockheed was a little confused.

"Never mind what it is," Hassel descended from the air, waved his hand to signal his subordinates not to pursue these details for now, and then he turned to Hao Ren, "I think you wouldn't have failed to consider what would happen after the battle, would you?"

As Hassel's words fell, the atmosphere on the scene became subtle.

Even Lockheed, who didn't understand the ins and outs of the matter, realized that there were a lot of hidden secrets in the previous brief "cooperation," and now this cooperation seemed to be coming to an end.

The demon hunters surrounded them silently, but Hao Ren shrugged his shoulders indifferently: "It's not that simple yet—Hassel, wake up, don't let the hunting impulse burn out your brain, haven't you noticed that the real Vivian hasn't appeared yet?"

The old hunter suddenly reacted and immediately looked up at the sky as his first action.

In the sky, the red moonlight remained.

The towering red beam of light showed no signs of dissipating.

"Everyone, be vigilant!" Lockheed also reacted, "That 'avatar' is probably not dead yet!"

Lily, who had just breathed a sigh of relief after thinking that the battle was finally over, immediately became nervous again, carrying the two-handed greatsword and turning her ears back and forth: "Where is it, where is it, where is the bat's evil spirit hiding?!"

The demon hunters then searched around in this space that was constantly being swallowed by darkness. Some people even flew into the air, trying to test whether the moon in the sky was a physical entity or a phantom—but of course they didn't succeed. There seemed to be some kind of restriction in the high sky, and the moon hanging in the sky was completely unattainable.

The Moonlight Prairie was constantly being swallowed by the chaotic darkness at the border, and the entire shadow world seemed to be entering a countdown to collapse, but until now, it still showed no signs of completely collapsing, the real Vivian had not appeared, and the evil spirit had indeed disappeared temporarily—but looking at this unchanged space, you could tell that things were not over yet!

The evil spirit could actually hide?

This thought popped into Hao Ren's mind, and almost as soon as this thought popped up, the surrounding red moonlight suddenly became brighter.

A violent figure with flying red hair condensed at an unprecedented speed from the half-air far away from the red pillar of light, and suddenly pounced on Lily, who was turning her gaze to the other side!

At this moment, Hao Ren's soul almost left his body. While raising his sword and leaping forward, he shouted out: "Lily, behind you!"

At this moment, Lily also sensed the movement behind her by instinct. While trying to dodge to the side, she turned her head, but her dodge was obviously a step slower—the evil spirit's hands were only a dozen centimeters away from her. Lily could only widen her eyes, as if she was frightened and unable to take any action at all.

It was even more impossible to count on the demon hunters further away.

But at this critical moment, a faster black shadow, almost exceeding the visual limits of everyone, suddenly rushed out from another direction.

This black shadow stirred up a gust of wind,夹带着 (jia dai zhe - carrying/accompanied by) dazzling electric light, and crashed into the evil spirit. The huge impact produced when the two collided even stimulated visible ripples in the air. The evil spirit, who was so powerful before, was directly smashed away by this simple pounce and dragged a deep gully of a full hundred meters on the ground by the black shadow who was holding her neck!!

After the black shadow and the evil spirit had both stopped, Hao Ren could see what was going on—

The black-haired Vivian was holding the evil spirit's neck with one hand, and swinging the other hand in a full circle to greet the latter's face:

"I'll let you steal my bedroom! I'll let you steal my coffin! I'll let you steal my territory! I'm so poor that I can only sleep in ruins and someone still comes to steal things! Is there any justice left in the world!!!"