The leading man finished speaking and gave a look to his subordinate beside him.

The subordinate understood immediately and stepped forward.

His face was cold, and he reached out to pull open the passenger door, preparing to forcibly take Zhou Huai away.

Zhou Huai's gaze turned cold.

The night was deep, and the streetlights were dim.

A pitch-black shadow, without warning, stretched out from the shadow beneath Zhou Huai.

It was a sharp claw.

It was entirely black, gleaming with a cold metallic luster.

“Pfft!”

The sharp claw sliced through the subordinate’s hand, which was reaching for the car door, as easily as cutting tofu.

It was severed cleanly at the wrist.

Blood gushed out like a fountain.

“Ah—!”

A shrill scream pierced the silent night sky.

The subordinate’s eyes widened as he stared at his empty wrist, his face filled with incomprehensible horror.

The other five people finally reacted, their expressions changing drastically as they retreated, adopting defensive stances.

They looked at the SUV with fear, as if facing a formidable enemy.

Zhou Huai looked at the group of people outside the car with no expression.

“I know you are just following orders, and I don’t want to make things difficult for you.”

“Go back.”

The leading man’s eyes were filled with apprehension.

He stared intently at the shadow beneath Zhou Huai, his heart pounding.

He hadn't seen what it was at all.

He only saw a black shadow flash, and his subordinate's hand was gone.

This eldest young master of the Zhou Family, who had been driven out, actually had such a terrifying powerhouse hidden by his side.

He dared not make any rash moves.

He quickly bowed and respectfully nodded to Zhou Huai in the car.

“My apologies, Young Master.”

“Thank you, Young Master, for sparing our lives.”

After speaking, he immediately motioned to the others, helped up his companion with the severed hand, and quickly got into the car.

The three sedans hurriedly turned around and disappeared into the night in a sorry state.

Zhou Huai looked in the direction they left, his gaze deep.

The reason he didn’t kill them was because he didn’t want to, and couldn’t, completely fall out with the Zhou Family yet.

After all, his Clone's Rank was still too low.

As this small interlude ended, Xiang Yu restarted the car and merged into the traffic flow.

The vehicle quickly left the bustling urban area and entered a secluded section of road leading to the suburbs.

On both sides of the road were dense forests.

Zhou Huai suddenly frowned.

He acutely sensed that several figures were moving at high speed through the forests on both sides of the road.

Even when moving through dense trees, their speed was no slower than the SUV's.

Another group of people? Is Zhou Feng determined to make him return today?

Just as he was pondering, a sudden change occurred!

Boom!

The asphalt road ahead suddenly bulged upwards without warning.

Dirt flew, and gravel scattered.

A thick earthen wall instantly rose from the ground, spanning the center of the road.

Xiang Yu reacted extremely quickly, slamming on the brakes.

The screeching sound of tires rubbing against the road echoed.

But it was too close; it was already too late.

“Bang!”

The entire car body violently crashed into the earthen wall.

The violent impact caused Zhou Huai’s body to lurch forward, only to be yanked back by the seatbelt.

Fortunately, this specially made SUV was sturdy enough; the car body only slightly deformed and did not fall apart.

But before he could catch his breath,

A piercing whooshing sound came from the sky.

Zhou Huai looked up, and through the car window, he saw dozens of fist-sized fireballs, trailing long fiery tails, descending like a meteor shower.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!”

Dense explosions merged into a continuous roar.

Fireballs struck the SUV's roof and hood one after another.

Each explosion caused the entire car body to shake violently.

Even this special vehicle, capable of withstanding attacks from exotic beasts, could not endure such a violent magical bombardment.

The car windows were covered with spiderweb-like cracks, and the car's armor began to melt and deform.

In a short while,

“Boom—!”

With a loud bang,

The entire car transformed into a massive fireball, undergoing a violent explosion.

The terrifying shockwave snapped the surrounding trees in half.

High above.

A man in a black tight-fitting suit quietly floated in mid-air.

He looked down at the fiercely burning flames below, his face devoid of any expression.

He raised his hand, pressed the communicator to his ear, and gave a command in a cold voice.

“First Squad, go confirm if the target is dead.”

“Mission accomplished, we withdraw.”

A brief reply quickly came from the communicator.

“Received.”

In the dense forest, three figures silently darted out, rapidly approaching the wrecked SUV.

Their movements were agile, and their coordination was seamless, clearly indicating they were well-trained assassins.

However, they did not notice.

As they approached the flames, the shadows on the ground began to twist and writhe unnaturally.

A figure slowly rose from the shadows.

It was Moria, in his Incarnation as the Dark Night Demon Lord.

The night was his domain.

In his Night Demon state, all his attributes increased by a full five times.

“Who?!” 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

The captain of the three-person squad was the first to notice the anomaly and sharply turned his head.

He only saw a blurry black shadow, flashing past like a ghost.

“Pfft!”

A thin, long line of blood appeared on the throat of one of his teammates beside him.

The teammate clutched his neck, his eyes filled with terror and confusion, and fell straight down.

“Enemy attack!”

The captain roared, and the other teammate immediately turned around, the dagger in his hand glinting with cold light.

But it was too late.

Moria's figure appeared behind him as if teleporting.

The pitch-black Demonic Claw easily pierced his heart.

The remaining captain's pupils suddenly constricted.

He hadn't even been able to see the enemy's face.

He only felt a cold Killing Intent lock onto him firmly.

He wanted to escape, but his legs felt as heavy as if filled with lead.

The next second, he saw a pale, slender hand caress his forehead.

Then, his world plunged into eternal darkness.

High above.

The black-clad man frowned.

“What’s going on?”

Through his night vision device, he saw that the First Squad he had sent out had all lost their life signs within a few short seconds.

But he had never clearly seen who had killed them.

“Something’s not right, how are there still survivors?”

No sooner had he spoken,

“Bang!”

With a loud bang,

The door of the SUV, which had been reduced to a skeleton, was kicked open from the inside out with immense force.

Xiang Yu’s mountain-like figure emerged from the burning wreckage.

In his arms, he held the unharmed Zhou Huai.

Zhou Huai's expression was stern, his gaze filled with undisguised Killing Intent.

This group of people was completely different from those Zhou Feng had sent before.

The previous group only wanted to take him back.

But this group, from the very beginning, was aiming to take his life!

The black-clad man in the air saw Zhou Huai appear completely unharmed, and an incredulous expression appeared on his face.

After such a dense attack, and with the car blown to scrap metal, this guy wasn’t dead?

How was this possible?

But now was not the time for shock.

He immediately issued new orders through the communicator.

“Second Squad! Third Squad! Go immediately and eliminate the target!”

“Understood!”

“Understood!”

However, these two squads had just received the orders.

The next second, a gasp suddenly came from the communicator.

“Wait! What the hell is that thing?!”

“Ah!”

This was followed by a series of dense screams coming from the communicator.

“Second Squad! Third Squad! What’s happening?”

“Please respond! What’s happening?”

However, for a long time afterward, there was no response.

Only a continuous rustling of static... One minute ago.

Moria precisely locked onto the positions of the other two squads lurking in the shadows.

Dense Devilish Qi surged wildly from his body.

This Devilish Qi converged and compressed in front of him, finally solidifying into a pure black shadow.

The shadow was slender and humanoid, but it had no facial features, consisting entirely of flowing shadows.

【Demon Shadow Manifestation (LV1)】!

This was a brand new skill Moria had comprehended after reaching Rank 15.

【Effect: Consumes Devilish Qi to create a Shadow Assassin. The more Devilish Qi consumed, the stronger the Shadow Assassin. In Night Demon state, all Shadow Assassin attributes are increased by three times. Each enemy unit killed consumes the Soul and flesh of the slain to generate a new Shadow Assassin. Duration: ten minutes, no cooldown.】

The next second.

Moria and his Shadow Assassin, like two arrows released from a bowstring, moved in different directions, splitting up.

A silent massacre unfolded in the dense forest.

The three members of the Second Squad were cautiously observing the distant firelight.

Suddenly, a black shadow burst forth from the shadows behind them.

The Shadow Assassin, like a black lightning bolt, instantly pounced on an archer at the very back of the team.

The archer only managed to let out a short gasp before his throat was cut by the shadow blade.

“What is that?!”

The other two warriors reacted and immediately turned around.

What they saw, however, made their Souls flee in terror.

The archer’s corpse was rapidly shriveling, turning into a dried corpse.

And beside him, a new Shadow Assassin slowly formed.

One against three instantly became one against two.

No, it was two against two.

Before the two warriors could recover from their shock,

Two black shadows launched attacks simultaneously from different angles.

The battle ended in a mere ten seconds.

The two warriors also turned into two dried corpses.

Four Shadow Assassins quickly disappeared into the dense forest.

On the other side of the jungle, Moria also easily dealt with the Third Squad.

In just under a minute,

The two elite squads, a total of six people, lurking in the dense forest, were completely wiped out.

High above.

No matter how the black-clad man called out, there was no response from the communicator.

An ominous premonition spread through his heart.

He looked down.

At some point, the young man held by the burly man below had already raised his head, noticing his presence.

The firelight flickered on the young man’s face.

The corners of his mouth slowly curved into an arc.

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