Mina quickly returned with good news after setting up the black smoke: "Master, they've passed through the black smoke. We can track them now!"

Bilenna chuckled: "Interesting, then I'll join the tracking too."

Chun was surprised: "My dear, you've already worked so hard!"

Bilenna laughed: "It's just tiring to maintain human form, besides, I'm full of the Power of Desolation, feeling energized."

"Alright, it's night time anyway."

Chun really needed a soul vessel. The previous gamble of leaving the Black Cat 200 kilometers behind was scary just thinking about it, lucky they encountered a Water Element at that time.

Bilenna laughed again: "Come to think of it, I miss the city, maybe a little visit would be nice."

So, the Shadow Demon's mark appeared on Bilenna's big screen, then they saw it hiding outside the village, not moving!

Chun was stunned: "So it's set to point surveillance?"

Bilenna retorted: "I wanted to go back and see the city."

This made Chun's head hurt, it's not that they fear thieves stealing but rather thieves being mindful. Or they could just kill it and devour it outside the village? It's reasonable that during mining operations, experts occasionally pass by outside the village. But the open space outside is risky... More troublesome is that the Ten Lords haven't given up on destroying the village, they likely have surveillance around the village, they can't act recklessly!

Thinking about the Ten Lords' surveillance, Chun immediately warned: "Bilenna, we need to hide too, make sure no one notices us."

"That's easy, we'll circle outside the village, find a place to monitor it."

Yes, the Ten Lords might only be monitoring inside the village, unlikely that they can monitor outside the village's position too.

Bilenna remembered something: "Forget it, I'll have the goblin hit it, once it's injured, it'll have no choice but to leave."

Chun's heart skipped a beat: "Does the goblin have that strength?"

Bilenna sighed: "If it doesn't even have this kind of strength, what's the point of having it? Wasting a Demon Soul slot."

"Alright, let's wait for the goblin to arrive."

When it comes to players, suddenly having a goblin priest appear outside the village is very suspicious. But sending NPCs to deal with NPCs requires less concern. Perhaps, even if the Ten Lords' surveillance sees it, they won't mind, if they have any thoughts, they can just think long and hard about it.

Mina, however, wasn't done yet: "Master, shall we rest while waiting?"

Hey, you're... okay fine, she hasn't rested enough, then let's wait.

...

At the southern jungle front line, the rapid mining progress was finally halted, the Fishman God was fiercely battling a giant Ancient Swamp Python in the muddy lake bed.

Though the Fishman is a god, it struggles against such primal violence. Especially underwater, even with Sariel's divine artifacts, there's no help, and the Black Dragon God can't spray fire underwater.

As the Mermaid continued to bless the Fishman, suddenly she flung a large Divine Power Water Ball backward! Even though Sariel was accustomed to the Mermaid's willfulness, he felt a bit confused.

Until the Eye of Omniscience in the Southern Canyon Village detected the approaching Divine Power Water Ball, which exploded with a village-wide energy ripple.

Sariel was even more puzzled, if the Mermaid's random throw is explainable, then why such precision, what does it mean?

Sariel hurriedly asked: "Lord of the Divine Throne, why did you throw the divine power to the Southern Canyon Village?"

The Mermaid was immediately unhappy: "I'm busy! I just felt something off there — don't bother me!"

Sariel dared not ask further. As for what's bothering her... makes sense, this village is indeed bothersome!

Sariel noticed what seemed like a fire alarm from underground.

A fire? Sariel instantaneously lost his serenity, adjusted the surveillance position, and approached the village for recon.

Suddenly, a fluctuation surged from the village's underground entrance—this?

Sariel immediately increased the surveillance power, tracked and locked, revealing that it's a moving shadow, a Shadow Demon!

This? What's going on?

Perhaps the Shadow Demon also realized something, it remained stealthy around the village for now.

Has it discovered it's under surveillance?

Sariel sent a surveillance video in the group chat: "Boss, look, I found a Shadow Demon in the Southern Canyon Village..."

Michael was astonished: "At what setting was your Eye of Omniscience previously?"

"I set it at level 3 to monitor the village, after detecting something unusual, set it to level 1."

Michael was surprised: "Level 1 can only lock location, this is a High Tier Shadow Demon!"

Sariel was startled: "The Mermaid said this village annoys her, because of it?"

Sela laughed: "Isn't this good? Let various Shadow Demons infiltrate and set fires, mess with this village, and when I establish myself in Black Iron City, then we'll take over the village too, what the monsters couldn't accomplish I will!"

Michael laughed: "Exactly! Sariel, keep monitoring, let's see what unfolds."

Sariel got excited: "Alright!"

In the end, this monitoring lasted a full half hour, half an hour in which the Shadow Demon stayed put.

During this half hour, the Fishman God's battle with the python also ended, the Fishman God was exhausted and quickly went ashore. The python dared not follow ashore, returning to the water to recover.

Sariel sighed: "Without dealing with this python, our mining can't proceed. Remember when we designed this map, there wasn't such a monster!"

Michael sighed: "That's the intelligent system setting autonomously, the Sea of Creation is full of such Ancient-level creatures, so if you want to hunt for shell whatever in the Sea of Creation, you'll have to handle such creatures first."

Sariel said: "Originally our plan was to have the Mermaid develop the Sea of Creation, so she could practice."

Sela pondered: "If this python blocks mining progress, what can be done?"

Michael laughed: "Well, at least the losses are China's Royal Team's burden, they've invested heavily in building roads already. Trapping them is our primary goal, right?"

Sariel was worried: "No, no, this will impact the Mermaid's esteem and beliefs, we should figure something out."

Sela laughed: "Yeah, take your time thinking!"

At that moment, Sariel's surveillance picked up new activity: "Sela, is that your Evil God Goblin?"

Sela was surprised: "It really is! Why is it here?"

Sariel wondered: "Shouldn't we ask why it's approaching a human village?"

Just then, the goblin danced and gestured exuberantly at its spot, prompting a wild thunderbolt to strike down from the night sky, hitting the Shadow Demon!

The lords were clamoring: "What's happening?"

...

Meanwhile, Chun, who was resting with closed eyes catching brief moments of sleep, was awakened by Bilenna: "Dear, the goblin's arrived."

Chun was invigorated: "Arrived pretty quickly!"

"Target locked and ready for strike."

Chun was shocked: "From so far away!?"

Bilenna was also surprised: "Is it because of its magic staff?"

Holy shit, a Divine Artifact staff from the Ten Lords?

As the wild thunder crashed down, the Shadow Demon, like being electrocuted, bounced in place, then swiftly shot towards Black Iron City.

It finally moved!

Chun got excited: "Bilenna, let's track it quickly!"