221: Woman in the alley

“It’s too dark.”

“Can your flames illuminate the surroundings?”

“Let me try first.”

Kajiya Itten extended a finger, and a wisp of flame rose from its tip.

However, the two could only see the flame, but not the areas illuminated by it.

The flame’s light seemed to be firmly compressed around the tiny flame by the darkness within the entire alley, unable to provide any illumination at all.

Kajiya Itten increased the fire, but it had no effect, only making the flame a bit larger.

“Fire Finch Manifestation!”

Seeing this, Kajiya Itten didn’t hesitate, quickly drew the Fire Finch Manifestation card, and activated it simultaneously.

The card instantly transformed into flames, condensing into a Fire Finch.

The surroundings of the alley were instantly lit up!

Kajiya Itten and Shui Yuqianxi successfully saw the environment within the alley clearly.

The surrounding mottled walls were covered with cracks and large patches of peeling, exposing the ancient and simple blue bricks beneath the wall.

It didn't look like a modern building or a modern wall.

However, since this place was developed as an ancient town scenic area, it was not surprising to see such an alley.

The two looked to both sides along the passage.

They saw that the alleys on both sides were boundless, their visible ends shrouded in darkness.

“This length, we can’t see the end at all!”

“The same goes for behind us, even though we just entered this alley from the back!”

This bizarre scene was, without a doubt, a monster’s ability!

This alley was also a creation of a monster’s ability!

At this moment, in someone else’s home turf, it was not surprising for the monster to launch an attack at any time.

The two calmed themselves, determined their direction, and walked deeper into the alley.

However, after walking for a long time, they still didn’t find the legendary Sanctuary.

The long alley seemed to have no end.

“Use the Motorcycle cards!”

Both of them drew their cards.

Click! Click!

“Fire Finch Motorcycle F!”

“Sea Spirit Moto E!”

As the cards were inserted, two Motorcycles were summoned into this alley!

Kajiya Itten and Shui Yuqianxi quickly got on the Motorcycles and twisted the handlebars!

Accompanied by the humming of the engines echoing in the alley, their speed continuously increased as they sped through the alley!

A long time later!

“Stop.”

Kajiya Itten spoke, then stopped his Motorcycle.

“According to that guy’s intel, the other party reached the Sanctuary on foot, and it only took about ten minutes.”

“This distance is clearly impossible.”

Shui Yuqianxi analyzed.

“There’s a monster manipulating this spatial ability, preventing us from reaching the Sanctuary.”

“Is the goal not to drive us out, but to exhaust our stamina?”

“No, it’s not just to simply exhaust our stamina, but rather to exhaust your stamina.”

Shui Yuqianxi looked at the Fire Finch that had been floating beside Kajiya Itten, providing light and illumination.

“They are wary of your Vermillion Bird Flame, the second-tier armor after Fire Finch’s upgrade.”

It now seemed that it wasn’t necessarily Kajiya Itten’s Fire Finch Manifestation that could provide illumination.

Rather, they wanted to use this method to exhaust Kajiya Itten’s stamina.

Of course, the power contained in Fire Finch after upgrading to Vermillion Bird Flame was already extraordinary.

It had the ability to dispel monster abilities, and it was also possible that this power allowed him to dispel the darkness in this Ghost Alley and provide light.

“We can’t let him exhaust your stamina anymore; we can’t afford to worry about anything else now.”

“Use the Vermillion Bird Flame’s ability.”

Shui Yuqianxi said seriously.

Using the Vermillion Bird Flame’s ability to dispel monster power might directly lift the monster ability imposed on this alley.

But destroying this Ghost Alley might also cause them to lose this only clue.

However, when it came to life and death, there was no need to worry about so much.

“Then use Vermillion Bird Flame!”

Kajiya Itten’s eyes lit up with the light of flames, and he raised his fists.

In an instant, powerful energy transformed into flames wrapping around his fists, and the scorching flames dispelled the surrounding darkness.

“Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah!”

As his fists continuously struck the alley walls like phantoms, in an instant, the surrounding space suddenly twisted, until it twisted to its limit, and then gradually became blurred.

“Hah!”

Until Kajiya Itten raised his fist high and delivered the final blow!

The darkness of the entire alley was dispelled, and the monster’s ability was lifted.

“The darkness has been dispelled.”

“But the alley’s spatial ability…”

“Has not been lifted!”

As far as Shui Yuqianxi’s eyes could see, the alley, now without darkness, still connected to endless alleys on both sides.

“If it wasn’t dispelled by my Vermillion Bird Flame, it means that this alley was not created by a monster’s ability.”

“What the monster’s ability created was just the darkness that enveloped the entire alley earlier.”

Kajiya Itten retracted his fists, and the flames wrapped around his arms also extinguished.

“Since the darkness has been dispelled, we can conserve our stamina.”

“The opponent can’t continue to exhaust our stamina, so they will definitely try to engage in a direct battle.”

“And in this situation, a sneak attack is the best option.”

After Shui Yuqianxi finished speaking, her finger was already on the card holder, drawing the Sea Spirit Armor card.

The Sea Spirit Record also floated beside her body.

Kajiya Itten had already held the Fire Finch Armor card in his hand.

“To be able to break my ability without even summoning armor, just by relying on a faint armor power.”

“The Vermillion Bird Flame, after the evolution of Fire Finch’s power, actually possesses this level of strength.”

The voice that suddenly echoed in the alley made the two, who were ready to act, become alert, constantly guarding against any bizarre monster abilities that might appear.

“You, are you Mu Men’s Liver?”

Looking at the figure that suddenly appeared, Kajiya Itten called out.

“Hehe, Mu Men’s Liver?”

“To use such a title to refer to my Lord.”

“But whatever, you won’t be able to see my Lord anyway.”

“Because next, you will all die here.”

The figure in the other end of the alley continuously approached, its form and face gradually becoming clearer as the distance shortened.

Although from a distance, the voice sounded somewhat neutral, neither male nor female.

But as the distance closed, her body curves and lines became clearly visible.

This was a woman.

“What a big mouth, I can smell it from so far away!”

“I, this Merman, have fought so many monsters, and this is the first time I’ve met one with such bad breath.”

“In my opinion, did your Lord Mu Men send you here because he couldn’t stand your breath anymore?”

Kajiya Itten and Shui Yuqianxi each spoke a sentence, cooperating tacitly.

The words the monster in front of them wanted to say were choked back.

However, the other party’s subsequent tone showed no anger, which surprised the two.

After all, monsters were a group of psychologically twisted individuals, often with severe personality flaws.

This was a pattern the two had discovered through battling a large number of intelligent monsters.

“If that’s what you believe, then so be it.”

“Being able to kill Mu Men’s Heart Ape indicates that you are not simply muscle-bound and simple-minded individuals.”

“But luckily, I am the same.”

“I am also not a woman who relies on powerful monster abilities to simply overpower others.”