Originally, there were a total of four Little Refining Demons besieging Zhang Xiaoman, and with the one that ran over to sneak attack Brother Hero, there were five of them together in his area.
And yet, these five monsters were all killed by Zhang Xiaoman alone in such a short amount of time!
His moves were clean and decisive, bolstered by his constitution, and combined with the restraint of the Holy Water Bullets, it took him less than two minutes to finish the fight on his side.
In the middle of the field, the last Little Refining Demon was staring dumbfoundedly at the corpses of its companions on the ground, looking somewhat timid and hesitant to approach; it seemed that these creatures also experienced fear.
After the Little Refining Demon "wah wah" cried out a few times, it suddenly turned and ran towards the exit of the garage, abandoning its comrades still fighting on the field and fleeing.
Seeing this, Zhang Xiaoman’s eyebrows slightly furrowed.
Such creatures cannot be allowed to just run away like that...
Little Refining Demons are not only good at hiding, but they also move quickly and are difficult to kill. If it were allowed to escape , it would likely lead to very serious consequences...
The monster’s running speed was very fast, and even with Zhang Xiaoman’s current constitution of 21 points, he found it hard to catch up.
Moreover, he had already run out of Holy Water Bullets and could not perform long-range shooting. Could he really just watch helplessly as it escaped?
Zhang Xiaoman felt a sudden urgency in his heart, subconsciously squeezing the Purple Cloud Divine Sword in his hand before suddenly lifting his arm as if he’d thought of something, and hurled the Divine Sword out.
The development of the situation occurred in the blink of an eye; from turning around to running away, the Little Refining Demon had covered less than 30 meters.
At this distance, given his current physical prowess, Zhang Xiaoman was confident that he could strike with one hit.
Indeed, in the next moment, the Purple Cloud Divine Sword, thrown with great power, pierced through the opponent’s head and brought it down instantly.
Had it been any other normal creature, it would most certainly be dead by now. However, this monster from another dimension was still alive, struggling to stand up and continue fleeing.
Zhang Xiaoman wasn’t about to let it get its wish. With a thought, the Purple Cloud Divine Sword flew back into his hand, and raising his arm again, he threw it once more.
The sound of the blade entering the body rang out once again, taking down the monster that had just tried to stand and flee, and Zhang Xiaoman took this opportunity to quickly run up to it. After recalling the Divine Sword, his hand rose and fell, decapitating it with a single stroke.
Looking at the monster with its pathetic death throes in front of him, Zhang Xiaoman didn’t feel any sense of disgust.
Although this was technically his first time seriously fighting a monster, perhaps because he had already been through many hunting actions before, his resilience to such encounters was stronger than he initially thought.
However, now that the fight was over, Zhang Xiaoman noticed something strange.
These Little Refining Demons were dead or maimed, but the scene was eerily devoid of any bloodstains, as if these creatures inherently did not possess the function of having blood.
Having dealt with the fight on his side, Zhang Xiaoman turned his attention to the Star Guards. Although their constitution was not as urgent as his, they were rich in combat experience.
Coupled with an Undying characteristic even stronger than that of the monsters, they were still holding their own despite facing three times their number in enemies.
Zhang Xiaoman had already issued instructions to the Star Guards earlier to aim for the head, and in just that time, two of the Little Refining Demons had been killed, leaving four still struggling desperately.
The last four monsters, after skirmishing for some time, had gradually become familiar with the Star Guards’ way of battle.
They leapt up and scurried down, dodging left and right, carefully avoiding a head-on confrontation with the Star Guards, and for the moment, they seemed evenly matched.
Although the Star Guards were experienced in combat, the Long Spears in their hands were too heavy, limiting their speed, which made it difficult for them to hit the agile Little Refining Demons.
On the other hand, the Little Refining Demons would occasionally find an opportunity to launch a sneak attack, scratching wounds into parts of the Star Guards that the armor didn’t cover.
However, the Star Guards themselves weren’t biological, nor did they have a sense of pain; let alone scratches, even if their heads were chopped off, they could still continue to fight. They could be considered similar to Elemental Puppets; as long as their "form" didn’t disperse, they wouldn’t perish.
It was now nearing midday, and in such a public underground parking garage, Zhang Xiaoman certainly didn’t want to watch them slowly fight back and forth for half a day. He had to end the battle quickly!
He raised his hand and threw.
Zhang Xiaoman threw the Purple Cloud Divine Sword from his hand; he found this newly discovered long-range attack method quite useful.
The Purple Cloud Divine Sword, carrying powerful kinetic energy, struck one of the Little Refining Demons, interrupting its attempt to dodge and allowing the oncoming Long Spear to sweep across and cut off its head.
Having killed another one, Zhang Xiaoman repeated the process, recalling the Divine Sword and continuing the long-range sneak attacks.
Under the control of Zhang Xiaoman’s Mind Transmission orders, the Star Guards coordinated perfectly with each other, almost as if they were cheating, and swiftly claimed another victory.
There were only two monsters left in the arena now. Seeing that their companions had all fallen, they immediately scrambled, each running towards the solitary Zhang Xiaoman, treating that direction as their means of breakout.
Seeing the two monsters nearly pouncing at the same time, Zhang Xiaoman tightened his grip on the sword, then dodged and attacked fluidly, immediately killing one of them.
At the same moment, the claws of the other monster struck near him. Zhang Xiaoman suddenly raised his arm, delivering a flurry of rapid strikes, swift as lightning. Brother Hero inside the car couldn’t even see how he moved before the monster was sent flying ten meters away, crashing into the wall with a "bang".
Skill 3601, One Flash!
Unleashing this move with a Constitution of 21 points, its power was exponentially greater than before.
The two Star Guards scurried over, finishing off the monster and collecting its head, which finally brought the battle to an end.
But Zhang Xiaoman didn’t let his guard down; first, he used the Spirit Detection Technique to scan the surroundings for any fish that might have slipped through the net. Only after seeing that there was no danger did he relax and start to prepare for handling the bodies of the monsters.
In the underground parking garage, the bodies of thirteen Little Refining Demons lay scattered about. If someone had come down at this moment and seen this scene, it would have been inevitable for them to be scared half to death, and they’d likely develop a psychological shadow about this place for a long time after.
Brother Hero was still sitting in the car; Zhang Xiaoman didn’t have time to attend to him just yet. He ordered the tool-like Star Guards to gather all the Little Refining Demons together, then crouched down and activated the Eye of the Starry Sky’s skill to absorb them.
"Ding, Essence of Little Refining Demon absorbed*13, points increased by 46."
Seconds later, the System prompt appeared as expected in Zhang Xiaoman’s mind, but to his surprise, he could absorb all the monster bodies at once by stacking them together.
"That’s better, saves me the trouble of absorbing them one by one."