Defying the Fate of Beheading

Lumi said with a grim expression:

"The one who attacked Olivia seems to have followed us into the Fallen Shadow Nether Realm. I can feel the lingering aura on him."

The killing intent in her eyes was uncontrollable and surged forth.

If anything happened to the Little Swan, how would she explain it to the Princess Consort?

...

At this moment, by the riverside where Louis and his team previously killed the Fallen Shadow Beauty Snake.

A pair of cold eyes were trudging across the ground.

His skin had a deathly pallor, and his gaze was filled with a beast-like cruelty and ferocity.

Suddenly.

He stopped walking.

A sinister smile appeared on his zombie-like stiff face:

"Found it!"

"Finally found you!"

He was like an old wolf, starved during the snowy winter, suddenly smelling the blood scent left by his prey, and sprinted without hesitation in the direction Louis and his team had left.

...

Meanwhile.

Louis and his team continued to proceed towards the exit indicated by the pocket watch.

Every creature they encountered along the way was immediately dealt with.

[Fallen Shadow Demon Bee]

Challenge Level: LV6

Fallen Shadow Magic: Honeyed Words with a Sword

Effects:

In a non-combat state, the Fallen Shadow Demon Bee can consume magic power daily to produce a special ingredient "Happy Honey."

In a combat state, the Fallen Shadow Demon Bee can launch high-speed flying swords with piercing damage from its lower abdomen.

Some adventurers maintain a well-managed public image of their adventure groups, yet secretly betray their employers or even moonlight as bandits.

The Fallen Shadow Demon Bee is said to be the reflection of such people.

The battle with the Fallen Shadow Demon Bee was Limuru's stage.

Limuru transformed directly into a giant slime, tanked the damage, and devoured the hive first, digesting over twenty Fallen Shadow Demon Bees that hadn't yet flown out.

Afterward, it regressed back to slime form, allowing Louis to use it as a stone, directly sniping at airborne enemies with a sling.

With Little Swan's magic cooperation, the group quickly eliminated the Fallen Shadow Demon Bees.

Limuru absorbed a great deal and successfully unlocked the advanced form of the Fallen Shadow Demon Bee.

[Mimicry: Fallen Shadow Bee Queen]get!

[Honeyed Words with a Sword]get!

Then they encountered a pesky plant-type magical creature while going through the forest across the great mountain.

[Shadow-Climbing Ivy]

Challenge Level: LV4-LV5

Fallen Shadow Magic: Fawning on the Powerful

Effects:

Can parasitize on Fallen Shadow Magical Creatures, absorb their power, and launch fire blasts at enemies.

This thing is said to be the reflection of certain people who will stop at nothing to climb their way up.

In actuality, one or two Shadow-Climbing Ivies aren't that troublesome.

The trouble comes when there's a group of them.

On the mountain top lied a colossal magical creature, decayed to just bones.

It didn't dissolve onto the ground as a shadow, indicating it was a native magical creature.

Louis seriously suspected it was one of the creatures granted equal death by Emperor Lao Deng at the time.

The Shadow-Climbing Ivies were rooted on this hillock-like magical creature.

Having absorbed a massive amount of the creature's power, they unleashed a volley of flame bombardments the moment they appeared, forcing the group to keep their heads down.

Ultimately, it was the Little Swan who turned the tide.

The three-ring Fireball Technique, upgraded to a four-ring Fireball Technique through super magic specialist expertise, and further inflated by the Little Swan's unique physique, infused with a tremendous amount of magic power.

Finally, in the somewhat startled eyes of everyone, a ghostly green fireball, like a small sun, plummeted onto the magical creature.

A colossal explosion covering thirty to forty meters erupted into the sky.

When dealing with such stationary targets, the Little Swan's destructive capability was simply explosive.

Unfortunately, the burnt Shadow-Climbing Ivy couldn't be turned into ingredients, nor was any magic collected.