BXBX NOVEL Chapter 294: 233 Eradicate the Shadow Puppet, Treasure Hunt in the Cave 2
Chapter 294: 233 Eradicate the Shadow Puppet, Treasure Hunt in the Cave 2
“Where did it go?”
Vincent Wolf peered around inside the Water Jiao, but could see no signs of the creature’s presence.
Without making a sound, a curtain of darkness descended, enveloping the area where Vincent Wolf was located, spanning several hundred meters.
“Has it turned dark?”
Vincent Wolf felt the day darkening and his vision slowly blurring, as if he had suddenly developed severe myopia.
“Oh no! I’ve been tricked!”
Vincent Wolf might be inside the black Water Jiao, but his view looking outward shouldn’t have been affected as if he had lenses in his eyes.
If his vision had changed now, it must be the damn Shadow Puppet who messed things up!
Splash! Splash!
The Water Jiao under Barry’s control was suddenly attacked, but its robust defenses diminished the damage. It successfully intercepted the assault, trapping the shadow inside the Water Jiao.
“Yes!”
Just as Vincent Wolf was exhilarated, he saw the shadow disappear abruptly.
“Gone?! How could it be gone?! It was trapped just now! Where on earth did it go?!”
Not only was Vincent Wolf pondering, but the Shadow Puppet also recognized the Water Jiao was not something it could easily mess with.
It used its shadow attack again, controlling the shadows aiming for an opportunity around the Water Jiao.
At that moment, endless radiant light erupted from the sky, blinding the Shadow Puppet, forcing it to close its eyes and hide.
“Haha, I have finally found you! I knew there was something off about your shadows!”
Amid the gleaming light, Vincent Wolf laughed joyfully, for he had discovered the Shadow Puppet’s vulnerability.
The shadow controlled by the Shadow Puppet disappeared by Vincent Wolf’s side, returning to beneath its body.
The Shadow Puppet was taken aback.
For its shadow attack to function, its body needed to be in the darkness or under the shadow of another object. If only its own body is exposed to light, the controlled shadow would return beneath it, making it uncontrollable.
This wouldn’t be an issue if it was still in the Darkest Moment from the Shadow Demon Domain: the entire area was dark and the Shadow Puppet wouldn’t worry about its abilities being discovered.
However, now that the Darkest Moment had turned into the Moment of Light, there wasn’t much darkness left for the Shadow Puppet to exploit, forcing it to hide in a shadowy corner.
But now, Vincent Wolf had Flora Gates emit light, a type controlled so precisely that it eradicated all shadows.
Under these circumstances, the Shadow Puppet naturally had nowhere to hide.
With their target found, Dragon Town let out a surge of anger, the Dragon Breath it had been brewing inside its mouth erupted, its power bolstered by the wind.
Even though the Shadow Puppet was now targeted by Dragon Town’s Dragon Breath, it had no plans to surrender. It hastily unleashed its shadow escape skill, but was struck by the mental shock from Vincent Wolf and Flora Gates, interrupting its escape. Within a split second, the fiery Dragon Breath precisely hit the Shadow Puppet.
Rang!
An explosion of fire erupted in an instant. Amid the raging flames, a black puppet snake convulsed in pain, hissing dreadfully.
After about a dozen seconds, the black puppet snake stopped moving, its body charred and lifeless.
Vincent Wolf continued to beat the carcass a few more times to confirm that the Shadow Puppet was indeed dead. “Fortunately, the current environment does not allow the Shadow Puppet to exert its full strength. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have been able to defeat it so easily.” He then sighed with relief.
Dragon Town, still relishing in its revenge, nodded in agreement: “You’re right, this Shadow Puppet seemed weaker than when I and my old master first encountered it. The Puppet’s power has diminished rather than increased since becoming one of the High-Level Commanders.”
Vincent Wolf collected the nearly unrecognizable Shadow Puppet into his Space Bracelet, intending to squeeze out its last bit of value.
“Now that we’ve dealt with the Shadow Puppet, we need to proceed with the crucial next step!” Vincent Wolf’s eyes twinkled with excitement.
“Next step? What is it? Are there any more Demon Beasts we need to kill?” Dragon Town was confused.
“What are you talking about? What is the future in killing Demon Beasts? The thing we should do, of course, is to find the nest of this Shadow Puppet, and then see what goodies there are inside!” Vincent Wolf began fantasizing, “I bet there’ll be a lot of resources, and if there are any eggs of Shadow Puppet, which is strong and difficult to deal with, they will definitely fetch a good price!” Dragon Town looked at the money-loving Vincent Wolf and was speechless:
“You’re not short of money either, are you? Why are you still so money-minded?”
“Who would ever despise money? Of course, we should take the money that we can earn with the flick of a finger! Besides, the money I have isn’t even that much. If I buy all the resources, it probably wouldn’t even trade for a minor miracle!”
After he finished speaking, Vincent Wolf started excitedly searching on the island.
Dragon Town, on the other hand, was pondering a question right by Vincent
Wolf: “Is there a connection between money and miracles?”
Taking the place where he encountered the Shadow Puppet as the center, Vincent Wolf began to search around on the island.
Just less than half an hour passed, and Vincent Wolf had some discoveries.
In a hidden dark and damp cave, Vincent Wolf found some traces of snakes crawling.
After comparing the size of the Shadow Puppet, Vincent Wolf considered this place to be its nest.
The most critical thing was that Vincent Wolf specifically caught a low-level Demon Beast to help him search.
In other places, the Demon Beast reacted quite normally, but as it got closer to this place, it shivered more and more, until inside the cave, the Demon Beast was so scared it even fainted.
Vincent Wolf tossed the Demon Beast aside and began to explore this cave.
Upon entering the cave, Vincent Wolf immediately felt a cold and damp atmosphere. This atmosphere filled the air, carrying the smell of soil, moss, and ancient stones.
The cave was well hidden, with only a slight infiltration of light from the outside. It was still very dark inside.
Vincent Wolf had Flora Gates release a bit of light, and suddenly the cave lit up, revealing the walls covered in a variety of damp mosses and mushrooms.
There was a wide space deep in the cave where there was a small pond. The water in the pond kept flowing out from the cracks in the cave wall.
As Vincent Wolf approached, he found a few small water lilies growing in the pond. Apart from that, there was nothing else.
“Is that it?”
Vincent Wolf looked at those water lilies, realizing that they were not any high-level resources, only at the Transcendent Level. He considered them too low to even take up space in the Space Bracelet.
Not discouraged, Vincent Wolf searched again, but he still found nothing.
“What a cheapskate!”
Vincent Wolf spat, ready to leave in anger. However, the puppy in front, Yvonne, made a few noises, prompting Vincent Wolf to take another look at the pond.
“What’s so interesting about a broken water pond?!”
Vincent Wolf didn’t want the muddy water in the pond to dirty his clothes, but he didn’t want to leave without making any gains. So he had an idea and directed Barry to control the water in the pond, drain it, and then clean all the sediment.
Finally, there was a tiny hidden hole underneath the sediment, which was directly exposed.
“Glad I didn’t leave! Hidden so deeply, it definitely must be a treasure!”
Vincent Wolf eagerly dropped to the bottom of the pond and began to dig things out of the small hole.
As he dug, Vincent Wolf felt that something was off.
“What is all this mess?”
After Vincent Wolf’s busy work, what he dug up wasn’t any rare resources, but just some skin of an unknown animal.
Vincent Wolf looked at the leather he had dug up, his brows furrowed, and his hands subconsciously began to feel it. “What kind of animal skin is this?”
“Cowhide? Nope. Sheepskin? Nope.”
Vincent Wolf pondered for a long time, then suddenly shivered and threw the skin to the ground.
“Holy shit! This can’t be human skin, can it?!!!”