The wedding was livestreamed by the sister, revealing his identity as a Taoist priest.

The gaunt old man sat cross-legged in the center of the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams formation.

He suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of dark red blood essence into the void in front of him.

The blood mist did not dissipate, but remained suspended in mid-air.

Seven translucent ghostly figures without facial features smelled the blood and simultaneously let out piercing screechs as they frantically pounced on the cloud of blood mist.

They tear at each other, devour each other, and become entangled.

"melt!"

A loud shout.

Seven ghostly figures twisted violently in the blood mist, and a grating sound of bones grinding together rang out.

Ten seconds later, a giant humanoid monster, three meters tall, stood in the center of the formation.

It was shrouded in thick black mist, its arms reached past its knees, and its ten fingers had half-foot-long, jet-black claws.

The old man looked up at the masterpiece before him, his eyes filled with madness.

"go."

The old man raised his hand and pointed outside the cave.

"Jiangcheng, Shen family, bring those two treasures back to me."

"And while you're at it, kill everyone who's blocking your way."

The giant, eerie creature looked up and let out a silent howl.

The sound waves caused the stalactites on the cave ceiling to break and fall.

In the next instant, its massive body transformed into a thick plume of black smoke and sped off toward Jiangcheng.

……

One hundred meters underground in Jiangcheng, at the "Tian Shu" base, a branch of the National Bureau of Abnormal Affairs.

Inside the monitoring hall, a piercing, highest-level alarm suddenly blared.

On the huge circular electronic screen, twelve blocks simultaneously flashed a blinding red light.

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

Lin Xue stared intently at the radar interface in front of her, her fingers leaving afterimages on the keyboard.

"team leader!"

"Abnormal energy reaction detected! Located in the western suburbs of Jiangcheng, moving towards the city center!"

In the center of the hall, a man with a buzz cut wearing a black combat uniform strode in.

Chen Feng, captain of the Tian Shu Jiangcheng branch.

He has a scar that runs through his brow bone under his left eye, and a dark gold "镇" (zhen, meaning town/suppress) character is engraved on a metal badge on his chest.

"Energy level?"

Chen Feng stared at the red dot on the screen.

Lin Xue swallowed hard.

"Breaked through the peak of Grade B...it's Grade A now! And it's still rising!"

Everyone in the hall gasped.

A-level bizarre, enough to wipe out a small town in half an hour.

"All personnel on standby!"

Without a second's hesitation, Chen Feng ripped off the tactical vest hanging on the back of the chair and put it on.

"Squad One, Squad Two, take all the exorcism grenades! Squad Three, go to the armory and bring out two heavy psionic cannons! Squad Four, bring the highest-grade sealing rune array!"

Lin Xue grabbed Chen Feng's arm, her brows furrowed.

"Captain! An A-level anomaly requires at least a B-level or higher ability user combined with heavy firepower to barely suppress it. Our branch only has one B-level user; charging in like this is very dangerous!"

"I can't worry about that!"

Chen Feng shook off her hand, strode towards the weapon rack, and pulled out two specially made longswords, which he then tucked behind his back.

"It's moving too fast. If we don't act now, hundreds of thousands of civilians will die once it enters the city!"

He turned around, his eyes cold and sharp.

"According to the rules of Tian Shu, as long as we are here, the city stands. Let's go!"

……

An abandoned steel plant in the western suburbs of Jiangcheng.

"boom!"

A thick cloud of black mist descended from the sky and crashed heavily onto the open ground.

Amidst the churning black mist, a gigantic, three-meter-tall creature stepped out.

With each step, a layer of black ice forms on the concrete ground beneath one's feet.

"Fire!"

A loud shout came from the top of the factory building.

"Bang bang bang!"

Six snipers pulled the trigger simultaneously.

The specially made anti-evil armor-piercing bullets accurately struck the eerie head and heart.

The moment the bullet entered the black mist, it burst forth with a blinding blue light.

But the blue light only lasted for half a second before being completely swallowed up by the black mist.

Without pausing, the eerie sight suddenly swept its scarlet eyes toward the factory roof.

Raise your right arm and wave it in the air.

A crescent-shaped black wind blade tore through the air, cleaving the three-story brick-and-mortar factory building in half.

The brickwork collapsed, and six snipers screamed as they fell from the height.

"Form ranks!"

Chen Feng rushed out from behind the side cover.

He was followed by eight team members who simultaneously threw out twelve array flags engraved with cinnabar runes.

The battle flags fell to the ground, and a flash of golden light appeared.

Twelve golden beams of light shot into the sky, forming a huge cage that trapped the strange creature in the center.

"roar!"

It let out a strange roar and slammed its claw into the golden pillar of light.

The beam of light trembled violently, emitting a piercing friction sound.

"Melee team, charge!"

Chen Feng exerted force with both legs, and his whole body shot out.

He clenched his fists tightly, and golden flames rose from his arms.

B-level fire-type ability, Crimson Sun Fist.

"Die!"

The eerie thing did not try to hide.

It raised its left arm, and the black mist instantly condensed into a thick black ice shield in front of it.

"boom!"

Golden flames collided with black ice.

A terrifying shockwave swept across the entire area, overturning the surrounding wrecked cars.

Chen Feng's expression changed drastically.

He felt his crimson golden flames being extinguished by an extremely cold yin energy.

A dark, cold, and repulsive force surged into his body.

"puff!"

He coughed up a mouthful of blood, flew backward, and crashed into the ruins.

"team leader!"

Two melee fighters roared and charged forward, their specially made longswords slashing at the eerie shoulder.

"when!"

Sparks flew everywhere, and the long sword shattered.

With a swift backhand motion, a dark claw slashed across the chests of the two men.

The two team members didn't even have time to scream before they were cut in half at the waist.

"No!"

Lin Xue operated the sealing array plate from the back, her eyes wide with shock.

Weiwei turned his head, his scarlet eyes locking onto the team members maintaining the magic circle.

He took a deep breath and suddenly exhaled an extremely thick plume of black smoke.

The twelve battle flags instantly burst into flames and turned to ashes.

Three support team members were hit by the black smoke, and their skin instantly turned black and ulcerated.

The entire abandoned factory became a one-sided slaughterhouse.

Beneath the shattered load-bearing wall, Chen Feng desperately pushed away the stones pressing down on him and struggled to stand up.

He stared intently at the three-meter-tall monster.

"This is impossible..."

Chen Feng gritted his teeth, blood flowing down the corner of his mouth.

"The Crimson Sun Fist couldn't even break its defense, and the sealing array was instantly defeated... This is definitely not A-rank!"

He turned to look at Lin Xue and roared.

"Lin Xue! This is A+ grade! She's even approaching the threshold of S grade! We can't stop her!"

The eerie creature seemed to have lost interest in these ants.

Instead of continuing to hunt down the remaining people, it looked up towards the city.

The black mist rose again, its massive body slowly ascending into the air, preparing to break through this area.

Lin Xue knelt on the ground, holding the tactical tablet in both hands, the red dot on the screen replanning the route.

She could see the end of the red line.

Lin Xue's pupils contracted sharply, and she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

"team leader……"

Lin Xue's voice trembled violently, filled with deep despair and fear.

"It didn't wander off...it had a specific destination."

"Where to!"

Chen Feng gripped the broken knife with one hand, supporting his body.

"West City... Cloud Top Villa District."

Lin Xue raised her head, her face ashen white.

"Its target is the Shen family! The Shen family of the Shen Group, who just held an appreciation event today, showcasing two sacred Taoist artifacts!"

Chen Feng's mind went blank.

The Shen family?

The richest man in Jiangcheng, the controller of the city's economic lifeline.

If the Shen family is mysteriously slaughtered tonight, it will trigger a major economic earthquake in the entire Jiangcheng and even the Jiangnan Province!