Chapter 181 Invisible Existence

��9� The streets were silent, with tiny lights falling from the sky. The entire foggy city was gray, with occasional flashes of light, as if a wild beast was lurking in the darkness.

Zhang Shi and his companions also remained silent. Since the unusual movement on the street, everyone had tacitly kept quiet until Zhao Feng's breathing was heard beside him. Zhang Shi turned his head and looked. He, who was always carefree, also seemed very nervous, looking around constantly.

Suddenly, there was a clattering sound behind everyone.

Zhao Feng's figure reacted quickly like a cheetah, and he chopped down the source of the sound with an axe. The huge axe fell with a sound of breaking through the air, but was blocked by a layer of water wall.

Zhao Feng could see clearly that the sound came from Chen Beipan. He had hidden at the back of the team at some point. At this moment, he held a steel knife tightly in both hands. He was obviously frightened by the unusual movement on the street, and his whole body was shaking like sieves.

At this moment, Zhao Feng threw an axe at him without hesitation. He thought Zhang Shi and others were going to kill him, and he was so scared that he burst into tears.

The crying seemed to attract some unknown existence. Although everyone was standing still, there were footsteps nearby.

The footsteps surrounded everyone, as if they were pacing nearby, but they always kept an ambiguous distance.

Ge Dalong realized that the danger was approaching, kicked Chen Beipan, and whispered.

"Keep your voice down!"

Chen Beipan covered his mouth and tried not to make any sound, but his pale face still revealed his fear.

"Shitou..."

Zhao Feng wanted to say something, and shouted softly. The next moment, a voice like an echo suddenly appeared in the middle of the team: "Shitou..."

Several people were startled, and the sudden sound made their nervous nerves almost explode.

The continuous footsteps around them also stopped suddenly.

Zhang Shi's eyes were solemn. He held Old Duan tightly, stretched out his fingers and made a "hush" gesture in front of his mouth. He used Dingzhen to identify everywhere frantically, but found nothing.

There are only two explanations for this situation. One is that they are trapped in an illusion and everything in front of them is not real; the other is that the other party's existence is beyond the recognition range of Dingzhen.

But both situations are very dangerous for them. Zhang Shi knew that it was not a solution to stalemate here, so he held Old Duan horizontally in front of him and walked carefully towards the corner of the street. Zhang Dazhuang followed closely behind, and the rest of the team also followed slowly in tacit understanding. Every step was taken carefully, for fear of causing too much noise.

At the end of the street, Zhang Shi stopped suddenly, and everyone stopped and looked ahead in confusion. Everyone felt their scalps tingling.

There was a black shadow standing at the corner of the street. The black shadow stood quietly, as if it had merged with the darkness. Only the pair of eyes flashing in the darkness revealed a hint of indescribable breath. It was slender and wore a ragged cloak, the hem of which swayed gently in the wind, but its face could not be seen clearly.

"What is this?"

Zhao Feng lowered his voice, with a hint of fear in his tone that was difficult to conceal. The thing in front of him was obviously different from a soul. The aura it exuded was obviously more dangerous and visible to the naked eye. It looked like some kind of evil monster.

Zhang Shi did not answer. His attention was all on the black shadow. He slowly raised the old Duan, and the tip of the knife trembled slightly, not because of fear, but because he concentrated all his strength to prepare for any possible emergency.

The black shadow seemed to sense Zhang Shi's hostility and slowly raised his head. His eyes were as deep as the abyss, staring directly at everyone. There was a repressive and tense atmosphere in the air, and even breathing became unusually heavy.

"What do you mean, do it?"

Ge Dalong's voice trembled a little. He felt the threat of the black shadow. The strength of this thing was obviously far superior to those low-level monsters before.

Zhang Shi nodded, his eyes were firm.

Then, Zhang Shi took a deep breath, gestured to everyone, and prepared to take a step. At this moment, the black shadow suddenly moved, so fast that it almost turned into a black shadow and rushed straight towards Zhang Shi.

Zhang Shi reacted quickly, and Lao Duan swung his sword, the light of the sword was like a dragon, and a shadow sword energy slashed out, colliding with the black shadow in mid-air.

However, what was shocking was that the black shadow seemed to have no entity, and the sword light passed, leaving only a faint afterimage.

"Is it a soul? Or some kind of special superpower?"

Zhang Shi thought to himself, and at the same time, he did not retreat but advanced, swinging his sword again, trying to force the opponent back and buy time for himself and his teammates.

Seeing this, Wu Qing and Ge Dalong no longer hesitated, and took out their weapons, forming a defensive formation around Zhang Shi, ready to fight this unknown enemy together. Zhao Feng had already circled to the side, holding a battle axe and charging in front of the black shadow, but the opponent reacted and jumped onto the eaves on the side of the street.

Zhang Shi performed the Shadow Step and suddenly appeared behind the black shadow, but the black shadow seemed to be able to sense Zhang Shi's movements and once again avoided Lao Duan's blade.

The battle unfolded on the narrow street, and every confrontation was accompanied by the sound of tearing air, but the black shadow always managed to avoid the fatal blow at the critical moment, as if playing a trick on them.

"This is not a solution, we have to find its weakness!" Zhang Shi shouted while fighting, and fine beads of sweat had already seeped out of his forehead.

At the same time, the strange footsteps appeared around everyone again. Ge Dalong reacted immediately and cast an ice storm in the middle of the street. Countless ice cones fell densely. Within the coverage area, there were bursts of shrill cries, obviously hitting something.

A moment later, a deafening roar came from under everyone's feet, and the ground deformed again. This time, the whole street was shaking violently, and the ground kept rising and falling.

This time, the movement was directed at Zhang Shi and others. Except for Zhang Shi and the mysterious black shadow standing on the roof, the legs of all the others sank into the ground. The originally solid ground suddenly became like the mud on the Yellow River beach, and no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't pull it out.

Everyone tried to attack the ground, but whether it was swords or magic energy hitting the ground, it was like a mud cow entering the sea. The whole earth seemed like a pool of mud. Even if it was broken, it could heal quickly. The situation did not improve at all.

On the other side, the shadow stared at Zhang Shi, dodging most of Zhang Shi's attacks. After several rounds, Zhang Shi didn't touch it at all, but what was puzzling was that the shadow didn't attack, just dodged, as if playing a trick on Zhang Shi.

"Shitou, help!"

Zhao Feng's calves had already sunk into the ground. Wu Qing, who was standing next to him, placed the Staff of the Ancestors between his legs, pressed his whole body on it, trying to pull his legs out, but after a long time of effort, he got deeper and deeper.

What was even more terrible was that the footsteps that were close to each other seemed to be unaffected. The sounds of kicking and stomping were heard by everyone, getting closer and closer. Everyone could only use their skills in the general direction to slow down the opponent's speed.