"This damn—!" Deng Lin was speechless, but several people saw his eyes redden.
Duan Chen discovered that it was pitch black outside the door, and water seemed to be dripping from the ceiling.
It was an Empty Domain!
He gritted his teeth. When did this happen...
Hill walked over slowly. Yu Lun lay on the ground, face up, his eyes wide open, a trace of terror lingering in them. His body was torn into pieces, with smooth, fractured surfaces. His arm was even bent in a motion to knock on the door.
"Hmm... killed in an instant."
"Is there any way?" Duan Chen's face was ashen, and a hopeful light shone in his eyes as he looked at Hill.
The other three also stared at her with teary eyes. Although they didn't know who Hill was, they understood Duan Chen's implication: could Hill revive Yu Lun?
Hill shook her head slightly. "No, he's completely dead. It would be too troublesome to stitch him back together, and my team members aren't here."
Her words were spoken calmly, but they definitively extinguished the last flicker of hope in Deng Lin and the others.
They hugged each other, their sobs rising and falling.
Duan Chen clenched his fists. To have brothers he had lived with for many years die inexplicably before his eyes was something no one could accept.
"Don't cry yet. The dead are dead, and the living must live well. Don't you want to find the killer and avenge him?" Duan Chen said in a low, stern voice.
The crying stopped abruptly.
The reception room was preceded by a small office area. To the right was a water dispenser with several untouched cups on it. Clearly, the Empty Domain had already been activated, and Yu Lun might have encountered a sea monster as soon as he stepped out.
Duan Chen's eyes narrowed.
Eye of God!
The God's perspective covered the entire police station. On the first-floor women's restroom, Jun Ci and You Jiawei were locked in a fierce battle with a sea monster. The sea monster's appearance... was that of the young police officer who had entered earlier to deliver water!
Damn it!
Duan Chen had been too focused on Deng Lin and the other four, failing to notice the sea monster until it was upon them.
He blamed himself, but his words were not slow.
"Follow me, don't fall behind. We're going to the first-floor women's restroom! The sea monster is there!"
"A sea monster? Is this incident related to sea monsters?"
"That's right." Duan Chen had no time to explain. He scooped up Hill with one arm, Qin Nan Yuan and Yuan Qing Qing quickly followed him, and Deng Lin and the others dared not delay, asking questions as they ran.
"What about the other police officers?"
"There are some skilled individuals inside; they wouldn't have met their end, would they?"
This was the first time these young men had experienced a sea monster incident. They might not know that while good combat skills were important, without spiritual energy, they were absolutely useless against a sea monster.
Duan Chen led the group through the corridor, heading straight for the women's restroom.
"Oh—you're here quite quickly."
The sea monster slowly turned around.
"It's... it's Wu Qi!" Le Wu recognized the girl in front of them at a glance.
"No, she's already turned into a sea monster."
Duan Chen took a deep breath.
The Wu Qi before them had her arms transformed into flexible tentacles. Oddly, unlike ordinary tentacles, sharp blades grew from hers, flashing menacingly under the reflection of the mirror. You Jiawei's clothes had clearly been torn by these blades; her white shirt was cut open from the shoulder, revealing a faint pink lace trim. She blushingly covered herself with her hand, her face flushed.
No one had the mind to care about the scene before them.
Wu Qi stepped forward with a sinister grin, her scrutinizing gaze sweeping over Duan Chen.
"You're the one who killed Tian Mei, aren't you? Not bad, you've got some skills."
"It's a pity, the power I gained from the Apostle is even greater than hers!"
Another Apostle... Duan Chen saw the number "05" in her eyes, clearly indicating she was a subordinate of Apostle 05.
That damned guy...
"You killed Yu Lun!"
Le Wu, hot-blooded and the only criminal police officer among them carrying a firearm, immediately drew his pistol from his waist and fired two shots at Wu Qi.
"Bang! Bang!"
"Clang!"
The bullets struck the blades, emitting a grating metallic collision.
"Everyone retreat!"
Duan Chen roared, successfully driving back these impetuous men.
"Xiao Hei, Sister Wei Wei!" Yuan Qing Qing took out two rice balls and placed them in her hands.
"Thanks!" You Jiawei's ability was telekinesis, and taking the two items was effortless.
"You look down on me?!"
This action successfully enraged Wu Qi.
"So what if we look down on you?"
Duan Chen sneered, his hand moving to his waist to retrieve the Thousand Illusions Pandora.
"Thousand Illusions Pandora – [Blade] Form!"
A pitch-black long sword appeared in his hand. He chose not to use a gun because the space here was too narrow, and You Jiawei's ability was telekinesis. He feared stray bullets might injure his teammates.
"Come!"
"Sequence 06: [Swift Steps]"
"Clang, clang, clang!"
Everyone watched in a blur. In an instant, Duan Chen was locked in combat with the sea monster. Relying on Swift Steps, he moved so fast he left afterimages. Unexpectedly, Wu Qi's tentacles were equally swift. She stood firm, but her two tentacles moved with a life of their own, preventing Duan Chen from getting within half a meter of her.
"Petrifying Eye!"
Duan Chen seized the opportunity. Wu Qi immediately turned into a stone statue, frozen in place.
"Crack!"
"Sister Wei Wei!"
You Jiawei reacted swiftly and, from a distance, punched Wu Qi squarely in the face.
"Bang!"
The woman who normally appeared frail possessed strength no less than that of a man. This punch, imbued with spiritual energy, shattered the stone encasing Wu Qi's face, striking her delicate features hard.
"Ah—!"
"Hill! Little Red!"
Seizing the opportunity while she was down, Duan Chen understood the principle of striking while the iron was hot.
Jun Ci first raised his dual guns, Light and Dark, firing two shots that hit Wu Qi's armpits—the very base of her tentacles.
At the same time, Hill's six arms extended from behind, raising scalpels in an attempt to sever Wu Qi's two tentacles. However, Wu Qi suddenly twisted, resulting in only one being cut off.
Qin Nan Yuan let out a clear shout, and a fire dragon spewed from her hand, instantly filling the restroom with blazing flames, majestic and formidable!
Deng Lin and the others watched, stunned...
What in the world was all this...?
"Squeak!"
Amidst pained cries, Wu Qi's skin was burned away, revealing her true form: a strangely shaped octopus. Her tentacles writhed on the ground before being cleanly severed by Duan Chen's sword.
Green fluid flowed out, and the sea monster finally lost its life.
"Hoo..." Jun Ci breathed a sigh of relief.
"This..." Le Wu's eyes widened, like two grapes.
Duan Chen felt satisfied. Previously, when the high school where Mi Xueer was located had an incident, he had to face a sea monster alone and protect a group of students, which was undeniably a great mental strain.
But now, his team members cooperated flawlessly under his command. Even You Jiawei, whom he had known for a short time, did not falter, and the people behind him, apart from their initial impulsiveness, caused no further trouble.
Duan Chen thought it was perfect!
"Let's go. There might be more than one sea monster in the police station. Otherwise, with so many people, she alone couldn't have handled it."
"Eye of God!"
He saw nothing.
This shouldn't be...