Witch, I'm really not the Deep Sea Ancient God!

The creature before him exuded an unfathomable aura.

Its fierce and bulky form hesitated for a moment, its head slightly leaning forward.

Subconsciously, like a human feigning death, it concealed its restless spiritual power.

Shadow Beasts fear no pain and lack emotions, but they still possess the instincts of wild beasts.

Instincts are their means of survival.

As a predator, it stepped back a few steps and bumped into the door behind it.

"!!!"

With a bang!

A semi-illusory tentacle burst forth like a ferocious python, crashing down!

Its head embedded in the wall, the wall behind it shattered!

Following that! Came the second punch!

Steel Qi!

Accompanied by an even stronger black aura, the five-meter-tall building behind it shattered instantly, dust flying everywhere!

Huh——

In the rubble of the collapsed building, all one could see was a shattered torso and a blood-drenched black bear head.
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[You have slain the Great Bear Shadow Deer, earning 500 inspiration points.]

Chen Qi wiped the black blood from the corner of his mouth, looking down at the corpse:

"Why did you run? Couldn't I attract you?"

Saying this, a small, dark tentacle from Chen Qi's back slowly stretched out, picking up the creeping shadow and the Shadow Core from the ground.

"Not satisfying enough..."

Chen Qi glanced at the creeping shadow in his hand, silently gazing toward the end of the street.

Due to the vision obstruction by the Rank B crack, his view was limited, unable to clearly see the creatures on the street, but he could hear their heart-rending pleas for help.

It was apparent that the town's residents were fleeing!

"Am I that terrifying?"

Chen Qi stowed the items into his backpack card, spitting out a mouthful of bright red breath.

In this battle, Chen Qi seldomly utilized a special ability, which was his Shadow Charm Lv3.

Shadow Charm Lv3, in darkness, could shroud oneself with a dark aura while also emitting a scent that attracted Shadow Beasts.

With this ability, coupled with the characteristics of Night Monsters and the darkness of the Rank B crack, even in the light of a lantern, Chen Qi himself seemed like a light-absorbing black hole, unfathomably deep.

The daylight lantern, together with the Shadow Charm, greatly reduced the difficulty of the crack.

However, the power of the daylight lantern, as well as his own aura, also caused quite a bit of trouble.

Chen Qi initially thought that by carrying a lantern and walking the streets, he would provoke the Shadow Beasts' anger to ambush him.

This way, he could play a tower defense game, cutting down the continuously attacking Shadow Beasts one by one, thus harvesting a large number of inspiration points.

However, contrary to his wishes, after activating Residual Fire Touch and with the status of Night Monsters, holding the daylight lantern, no Shadow Beasts approached him.

To be precise, no humans dared to come near him, not even burly pirates who had been on the battlefield fled at the sight of him.

"Why? Is it because my posture is too frightening?"

Chen Qi looked back at the Residual Fire Touch on his back.

It had grown larger and thicker.

Previously, at Second-tier, he had not unleashed the full power of Residual Fire Touch.

But after reaching Third Rank, the power of Residual Fire Touch was perfectly unleashed.

These tentacles grew significantly larger, reaching a terrifying three meters in length and up to fifty centimeters in diameter, the width of a human head.

Along with the growth of the spiritual power origin, there was an increase in all attributes during the night.

These eight burly, sinister tentacles danced incessantly behind him, exceptionally terrifying!

Combined with the deep black dye of Shadow Charm Lv3, Chen Qi himself resembled a monstrous creature walking at night with a lantern.

And he himself could feel the impact of reduced spirit, more impulsive, his inner desires more easily aroused.

"I must find a way to attract those monsters..."

Chen Qi looked at the 1500 inspiration points displayed on his panel, his eyes cold.

The efficiency was too low, Shadow Tide Night was a rare opportunity to gather inspiration points.

At the same time, to achieve a C-rank rating, he needed to kill a sufficient number of Shadow Beasts.

Chen Qi lowered his head, looking at the daylight lantern in his hand.

At that moment, on the ground, several Shadow Hands stealthily crept up from the pitch-black ground, attempting to extinguish the lantern in his hand.

"Touch! (Go!)"

"Ha! (Back off!)"

The six deep-sea Water Elves wearing miner's lamps, like professional bodyguards, drove these Shadow Hands away.

Shadow Hands have no lethal power, are extremely fragile, and can be easily scared away by some simple shouting and striking.

And the deep-sea Water Elves were the best choice to drive these Shadow Beasts away.

With the protection of the deep-sea Water Elves, I don't have to worry about the Shadow Hands for now... Chen Qi's Spiritual Vision extended into the darkness.

In the darkness, he could feel the entire town's agitation and panic.

In the silent darkness, more and more people were suffering attacks by the Shadow Beasts.

Whether it was to protect the town or the creeping shadow, he had to hunt, hunt more Shadow Beasts.

"Since my charm can't attract the Shadow Beasts, and since the daylight lantern drives them away—"

Is there anything weak but with plenty of spiritual power that can attract them? Chen Qi pondered.

Chen Qi unwittingly lowered his gaze to the six adorable deep-sea Water Elves at his feet.

The Water Elves looked up, staring blankly at their master.

...

...

Tick-tock! Tick-tock!

In the town's trade street, numerous torches and lanterns were mercilessly torn apart and thrown on the ground.