CHAPTER 929: CHAPTER 929: THE MANTIS STALKS THE CICADA

The night was deep, Su Nuo and Hu Yanbing squatted on the balcony, accompanied by flowers and plants, facing each other in the cold wind, the scene somewhat desolate.

Meanwhile, inside the room, Lin Huan comfortably lay on the sofa, with legs crossed, drinking ice-cold beer, occasionally making a toast gesture toward the outside, making the two outside gnash their teeth in hatred.

But there was nothing they could do; Lin Huan’s mastery of illusion techniques allowed him to easily hide indoors.

Truth be told, Lin Huan wasn’t much more comfortable than the two outside; Miao Xuan had been crying her eyes out daily, neglecting eating and grooming.

Inside the room, he was comfortable, but his mood grew increasingly gloomy.

The romantic scenes he originally imagined sometimes appeared, but under such circumstances, combined with the constant watch of those two outside, he wasn’t in the mood to peek.

They had been staking out here for two days, during which two more disappearance cases occurred outside, causing them to doubt whether Lin Huan’s intuition was useful.

The three agreed that if nothing was discovered tonight, they would need to think of another strategy.

The group of Demon Hunters that came to investigate the demons still hadn’t reported anything, leaving Lin Huan and the others clueless about Sihu City’s situation.

Miao Xuan prepared her towel, walked to the bathroom, and patted her face in the mirror, her eyes were swollen and her complexion had become much duller over the past few days.

She wanted to pull herself together, but once she fell asleep at night, the sadness surged uncontrollably.

Lin Huan sat up from the sofa, his eyes lit up.

It wasn’t because Miao Xuan was about to shower, but because he sensed something unusual, he made a gesture toward the outside, and the two outside immediately concealed their presence.

Miao Xuan was about to undress when she suddenly felt bone-chilling cold and tightened her clothes, noticing condensation forming on the mirror, indicating the low temperature.

The condensation on the mirror began to change, as if someone was writing with their finger.

The words were... ’baby’.

Only her boyfriend would call her that, and the mirror reflected a shadow behind her that resembled her ex-boyfriend.

Miao Xuan covered her mouth, tears gushed out, wanting to say something but suddenly feeling sharp pain, then fainting.

It was Lin Huan who acted, maintaining Miao Xuan’s form with an illusion and secretly knocking her out.

The situation nearly confirmed someone was targeting Miao Xuan, and they couldn’t let her risk herself, so they planned to use illusion techniques instead.

The soul writing in the condensation had not realized the person before him had been swapped, gradually revealing details only he and Miao Xuan knew.

Unlike ghost form with formidable strength, souls are fragile, and even superpower users find it hard to see them without special methods.

Thus, Miao Xuan’s boyfriend could only communicate with her this way.

Lin Huan controlled the illusion, displaying a near collapse appearance, ramping up vigilance to its peak.

This soul alone couldn’t abduct Miao Xuan or cause damages like at Xu Hongjiao’s home, so there had to be something else lurking.

After the soul’s shadow fully materialized, a terrifying red figure swiftly charged at the illusion, extending a horrifying tongue intending to wrap around the illusion’s head.

It loved to suddenly appear and watch the terror on these fragile humans’ faces.

But this time, it didn’t hear screams, the woman in front transformed into a lump of decaying flesh, eerie eyes floated amidst the meat, the creeping sprouts climbed onto its tongue and aimed to invade its body!

This mass before it emitted unnerving aura, it howled in terror, retreating ten steps to the window.

At this moment, Lin Huan and the two outside finally saw the monster clearly.

What stood before them was a creature with limbs and head clad in red skin, the torso skinless, disgusting, with an eye imprint on the forehead.

Its jaw split wide open, extending clefts to the navel, lined inside with sharp teeth and twisted tentacles!

Frankly, this thing was scarier than what Lin Huan conjured.

The monster startled by the illusion realized it and prepared for indiscriminate attack in the room, but a hand burst from the window capturing its neck and threw it downstairs.

The monster reacted quickly, using tentacles to latch onto the balcony railing, attempting another bounce.

However, before it succeeded, a man extended his hand toward it, transforming into mechanical texture swiftly, a black hole appeared in the palm from which a laser beam shot out directly knocking the monster down.

After the fall, the monster’s tentacles were half severed, blocked by Lin Huan’s amulet, it was naturally not a powerful disaster level monster, taking a direct hit from Su Nuo left it gravely wounded.

It rose to flee but saw Hu Yanbing leap from above, delivering a kick to its neck, sending it flying into a bent streetlight.

After such strikes, the monster was about done, Lin Huan and the others descended and surrounded it, several rounds making it weak and dying.

Lin Huan showed pride, despite in the sanctuary only matching the bottom feeders of the sea, he could still stand alone outside.

"These guys have significant ambitions, and given its weak strength, it might just be a pawn for capturing people, there could be accomplices we mustn’t be careless."

Su Nuo’s right hand remained in combat mode, ready to fire the energy cannon at any time.

Hu Yanbing then took out the Black Chains all containment officers carried, they flew out automatically and bound the monster.

To interrogate, they would proceed at the sanctuary, capturing it first for security.

However, just halfway through the capture, a dark green energy arrow flew from above, directly penetrating the monster’s head!

Lin Huan and the others looked up, seeing a woman in black night attire standing on the floor Miao Xuan was, carrying Miao Xuan on her shoulder, glancing at the three and leaping away.

"Stay with me!"

Hu Yanbing shouted, charging forward like a ferocious tiger.

Lin Huan and Su Nuo followed but were quickly left behind, though capable, physically they lagged behind Hu Yanbing who could enhance strength with momentum.

After pursuing in the direction they left, they saw a figure flying back like a ragged sack, it was Hu Yanbing who had chased.

Hu Yanbing’s abdomen bore a bloody wound, evidently hit by the arrow.

Moreover, his lips turned dark green, the arrow was poisoned!