"Ding!"

The swiftly flying Fire Arrow was blocked by a round Red Mist Shield.

Du Yu's eyes narrowed. The Red-robed People could even piece together shields from the mist? This level of difficulty was far beyond the Demon Taming Prentice Level!

"Pull the Black-robed People back." Lin Shiwei was on high alert, giving a quiet order.

The Rose Double Spirit on her shoulder immediately extended a Flower Vine, entangling the Black-robed Person struggling to crawl on the ground.

As he was dragged, the Black-robed Person left behind a dense trail of Black Mist on the ground, like a long bloodstain.

"Ah!"

"Ah..." Exclamations rang out across the night market street, joined by a burst of screeching brakes.

As battle erupted on the street, pedestrians screamed and fled in panic.

Yet Du Yu seemed not to notice any of this; he only frowned deeply, staring at that lingering "black mist bloodstain" on the ground.

"Master Qing."

"Speak."

"This person is a Spirit Master!" As the Rose Double Spirit dragged the wounded Black-robed Person over, Du Yu stepped forward, blocking the way, "Everyone else is in Grey Mist form. Remember the last time I entered the tower? Even the Black-robed People under the Black Mist Woman's command were just pieced from Grey Mist.

In the whole world, only the owner of the Shadow Gu Tower, that woman with the Black Rain Umbrella, is a being pieced together from Black Mist."

Yang Qingqing nodded thoughtfully. "Mm..."

"Thud!"

With a dull thud, Du Yu quickly looked up.

He saw, twenty-plus meters ahead, Lin Shiwei had already engaged the enemy at close range. The girl's fist, armored with a Finger Tiger, smashed hard into the Red Mist Shield!

"Such strength!" Lin Shiwei spoke out. She had come in force, giving her all, yet the other side only staggered back three steps?

Unwilling to let up, she bent her legs and instantly closed in again.

Lin Shiwei's strategy was clear. There were five Red-robed People ahead—the fastest runner currently facing her.

If she could take out one before the others caught up, it would be the ideal outcome.

"Sss!" The Red-robed Person hissed, wielding a Red Mist Small Round Shield in one hand. With the other, he condensed a Red Fog Ball, and as he staggered back, hurled it straight toward Lin Shiwei's head.

Lin Shiwei quickly ducked low, dodging with textbook boxing head movement, her upper body tracing a "U"-shaped arc left and right.

Flame Soul Imprisonment appeared wordlessly, its form merging with Lin Shiwei's face but a fraction of a beat slower, mimicking her movements like a shadowy ghost.

Whoosh~

The Red Fog Ball flew past, grazing the top right of Lin Shiwei's head.

Her upper body was already lowered. With piercing eyes, she slammed her fist into the Red-robed Person's ribs!

"Bang!"

The Demon Breath Battle Robe violently quaked.

At the Demon Warrior stage of Shadow Gu Tower, the enemies could already muster Demon Breath Battle Robes!

"Sss..." That was a cry of pain from the Red-robed Person.

"Hiss!" That was the roar of Flame Soul Imprisonment launching its attack!

The Red-robed Person's body doubled over from the rib strike. Flame Soul Imprisonment, right before the Red Mist face, hammered down twin Fire Fists!

"Thud!"

Those fists seemed to announce to the cold Rainy Night City: the true BOSS was here!

Smashed under the twin fists, the Red-robed Person flew backward.

At the same time, a Flame Vine shot out from Lin Shiwei's shoulder, lashing down hard.

A crisp snap accompanied the sound of the Demon Breath Battle Robe shattering, and the Red-robed Person's wretched scream.

The Red-robed Person, who should have been flung far away, instead crashed straight to the ground.

And as Lin Shiwei stepped forward, her body simultaneously dove onto her fallen enemy!

Facing the supine Red-robed Person, it looked like Lin Shiwei was about to throw herself into their arms?

Her right hand's Finger Tiger was ablaze with fire, driving straight for the foe's chin!

"Crack!" A shocking, crisp snap.

This follow-up strike was vicious and forceful—a killer blow!

The Demon Breath Battle Robe shattered with a crash. Without it, Lin Shiwei's punch smashed straight through the Red Mist head, fracturing it instantly.

"Poof~" The Red Mist scattered, a Da Hong Pao shriveled up, dropped onto the damp ground.

"Beautiful!" Battalion Commander Liu's sharp eyes lit up, unable to help exclaiming!

It was seamless, like water flowing!

That was true Unity of Man and Pet. It was clear the girl had trained incredibly hard.

But Lin Shiwei, eager to finish her foe, had thrown herself right into danger.

"Hiss!" Another Red-robed Person was instantly upon her from behind!

Charging in a sprint, he dove predator-style, Red Mist Claws flashing, slashing at the prone Lin Shiwei.

Lin Shiwei jerked up her head, pupils narrowing. In that crouched posture, she couldn't counterattack, but a blazing outline shot out from her back!

"Ding~ding!"

Two sharp cracks in quick succession!

Flame Soul Imprisonment had just thrust out fists from Lin Shiwei's back, but two Fire Arrows were already in place!

Demon Arrow Array—Continuous Pearl Array!

One Fire Arrow riddled the Battle Robe with cracks, the other blew the Demon Breath Battle Robe apart!

Lin Shiwei had to attack relentlessly with her Demon Pets to break the enemy's Demon Breath Battle Robe. But for Du Yu, just one salvo—two arrows!

Decisive!

After the arrows, Flame Soul Imprisonment's twin fists were perfectly timed, shattering the Red-robed Person's skull in an instant.

After a bizarre explosion, another Red Robe lost its master and fluttered to the ground.

Behind, Du Yu stood, bow drawn, posture textbook, eyes bright as Twin Moons, unleashing another brilliant Demon Arrow Array: "Go, Shiwei!"

In that moment, Lin Shiwei's heart brimmed with confidence!

Trust—

Born of half a month's battles to the death!

Fostered by every unpredictable Fire Arrow!

She was no longer fighting alone. Ever since she'd had Du Yu, he felt like her Flame Soul Imprisonment.

A ranged, long-reach Flame Soul Imprisonment.

Every time she most needed it, there were always arrows—never missing!

"They have two forms!" Lin Shiwei called, springing sideways with right hand and foot, dodging left.

A Red Fog Ball came whirling over, but before it could hit, a Wind-Fire Pillar blasted it right back!

Unyielding Silver·Ghost Firefly Blow!

Below the rapidly flying Ghost Firefly Torch, the Two-tailed Fire Fox charged ahead.

Xiaoyan leapt nimbly, like skipping a jump rope, vaulting over the tangled Flower Vine—and gathered a Fireball in front of her face.

The two pets passed the Flower Vine: one forward, one back.

Du Yu, faced with the attacking Flower Vine, didn't even try to dodge; he simply squinted, understanding the meaning behind Shiwei's "two forms".

The Red-robed Red Mist People: one type has only claws and fangs, the other can cast "spells"—like gathering Red Fog Balls and condensing Red Mist Shields.

"Whoosh~"

Two more Fire Arrows shot out. At the same time, the Flower Vine wrapped around Du Yu's waist, giving him a nudge forward.

The Rose Double Spirit linked the two on the battlefield. Du Yu stood firm, and Lin Shiwei, who'd been rolling and dodging on the ground, used the Flower Vine's help to rise directly to her feet.

"Ding~ding~!"

At the girl's feet, two crisp pings: the charging Red-robed Person was shattered by the two arrows' attack—Battle Robe undone.

Lin Shiwei instantly reacted, wrapping her boot with Demon Breath, stamping down hard.

"Poof~"

"Eee!" Xiaoyan sprang up, all four feet coated in Demon Breath, landing atop Little You Ying's Torch, nimbly borrowing force to leap even higher.

There remained only two "Red Mist Mages" behind. Xiaoyan spat a Fireball at them.

The two Red-robed People scrambled, raising hands as two Red Fog Balls condensed and shot toward the attacking Fireball.

"Shit!" Du Yu panicked. Even though Xiaoyan was some distance from Spark Splash, the effect zone was huge! If this continued...

The Demon Arrow Array gleamed on Du Yu's bow in the icy street rain, freezing the whole moment!

Eye of Burning Sun·Hunting Moment!

No, it wasn't entirely frozen…

Droplets still fell, ever so slowly, from the air.

Far off in the night sky, Xiaoyan paused mid-air—right as a raindrop landed on her nose and slowly splashed.

"Whoosh~whoosh~!"

The world returned to normal speed.

Just as Shiwei expected: two Fire Arrows, supernatural as ever!

"Poof~poof~"

An arrow for each Fog Ball—two arrows, two orbs shattered!

The Red-robed People's Fog Balls made it only 15cm from their hands before being pierced and exploded by the pair of arrows!

"Bang!" The Red Fog Ball burst, waves of mist and surging haze rolling forth.

The Red-robed People shielded their faces, retreating again and again.

At that instant, a Fireball plunged into the swirling Red Mist…

"Rumble..."

The two Red-robed People were blasted away, followed by the sharp crack of Battle Robes breaking.

Their bodies, accompanied by shrill screams, dissolved into mist, leaving only two Da Hong Pao fluttering away…

"Damn!" In front of the monitor, Battalion Commander Liu slammed his palm down, eyes wide as saucers, staring at Du Yu's point of view. "What...what is this?"

He'd thought Lin Shiwei was already remarkable—her skill and Unity of Man and Pet far above those of her Power Tier peers.

But he never imagined that Du Yu, the one he thought he knew so well, would return to the tower after just over a month and have grown to this level?

Then again, can you even call this "growth"?

Accuracy alone, fine. Some people are simply talented, or have trained hard enough—to never miss an arrow.

But the real issue is...you're that accurate AND that fast?

It's not even about attack speed anymore—it's your reaction time?

Liu Camp wouldn't dare compare with Master Qing, but he himself couldn't react in time! And he'd been glued to Du Yu's first-person view the whole time, this…

Yang Qingqing propped both elbows on the console, playing with her jade-like fingers, watching Du Yu's screen quietly, lost in thought.

"Jingle~jingle-jingle~"

Suddenly, a clear and pleasant bell-sound came through the headset.

Every soldier and Du Yu himself recognized that sound instantly!

Du Yu's eyes snapped open. As his view cleared, he hurriedly looked behind him.

There stood seven Red-robed People.

At the front was a tall, slender Red Mist Woman, draped in a Da Hong Pao, hood up, only the lower half of her face visible.

And on her wrist, the Bell Bracelet seemed to mark her identity?

Wasn't that the little girl in red from the origin story—the one who killed the Black Mist Woman—all grown up?

"Ah ah! Ahhhhh..." The Black-robed Person at Du Yu's feet suddenly howled in pain—then flew off the ground!

"Jingle~jingle-jingle~" The Red Mist Woman reached out, her Bell Bracelet emitting its melodious notes.

Like snatching something out of thin air, she caught the Black-robed Person with a gesture. Under the neon lights, the scene was painted with a layer of pure horror.

"Stop!" Du Yu instantly drew his bow, aiming straight at the Red Mist Woman's brow.

Simultaneously, four Red-robed People closed in front of the Red Mist Woman, Red Mist Shields springing up.

The Red Mist Woman looked up, the shadow below her hood revealing a mysterious smile.

With one hand, she dangled the Black-robed Person's head, the Bell Bracelet jingling ever louder as he struggled in agony.

In the next instant, she pulled a tiny Shadow Gu Tower from her Da Hong Pao…

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Today's third update, 12.17.20.

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