I adopted a child demon from the Gap, and I'm a special agent for the Bureau of Supernatural Ab

Zi, sitting upright in the gap, looked at Li Cheng, whose hair had been blown into a mess, with a gloating expression. Incidentally, she still maintains the form of a child.

"Although I have witnessed many battles at the level of Transcendents, I have to say that this is much more terrifying than I imagined."

Smoothing his hair, Li Cheng stared at the crimson light bursting in the distance, unsure of how to react.

He usually stays in the abandoned shrine, spending his time spacing out, smoking, and sleeping. He seems harmless, but when it comes to actual combat, he turns out to be like this. He is truly a terrifying guy who hides his true strength.

"Hmph, after all, it is the aggregation of all the negative forces in Gensokyo, containing all the dark emotions such as sadness, anger, and despair. It is only natural that someone who bears all the roots of calamity would have such power," Yukari said, also watching the monster closely chasing the dark figure in the distance, with some inexplicable emotions in her bright purple pupils. "However, it is precisely because she has such power that she has been denied and banished. It is truly remarkable that she has been able to fight alone until now."

"purple?"

Li Cheng sensed the suppressed emotions in Zi's words and couldn't help but turn to look at her.

"It's nothing, it's none of our business anyway, otherwise she wouldn't have agreed to travel with us. Speaking of which, it seems that two more lost little ones have arrived."

With a soft laugh, Yukari created a rift beside her. Reaching out, she pulled Marisa out, her figure somewhat disheveled, still shrieking and yelling. Instead of closing the rift, Yukari expanded it further, and a beam of red light suddenly appeared, piercing towards her, only to be engulfed by the expanding gap.

"Hmph, how dare you call me a little guy? What an disrespectful fellow."

Countless tiny bats gathered and swarmed in front of them. Remilia, with blood-red pupils, held a long spear that exuded a bloody aura and looked at Purple with displeasure.

"Oh dear, we were just saying a little kid got lost. If you're going to jump to conclusions and assume it's all our fault, then it's not our responsibility~"

Purple covered her mouth and chuckled softly, while Remilia's displeasure deepened.

boom--

A violent explosion, accompanied by a shockwave of incredible power, spread outwards. Zi's expression tightened as she looked in the direction of the battle. Li Cheng followed suit and looked in that direction, where he discovered a pitch-black vortex growing stronger amidst the crimson storm.

"It seems that the guy who refused to show his face really does have some strength. In that case, we can't keep slacking off here."

With that, Zi ignored Remilia's shout of "Don't run!" and silently disappeared into the gap. The next moment, she arrived directly at the center of the battlefield, making the pressure coming from that direction even stronger.

This is even more impressive than the last time we fought that frozen zombie. Is the person shrouded in black mist really this powerful?

Li Cheng looked worriedly at the center of the battlefield, which had almost turned into a furnace. He then had no choice but to retreat further away under the increasingly spreading impact. He dragged the dizzy Marisa along and opened a gap to move away into the distance. Remilia looked angrily at the battle zone that was exploding into chaos, but in the end, she rationally pursed her lips and left in another direction.

"Ugh, going around and around, haha, I almost fainted but it was so exciting da☆ze~"

Marisa, now fully conscious, recalled her experience of being caught in the storm and spun around endlessly, muttering to herself.

"Yeah, it felt like being caught in a nuclear-powered super washing machine, spinning so hard my guts were about to come out. You could say the Beyonders are just ridiculously powerful."

Li Cheng sighed as well.

"What is nuclear energy? And what is a washing machine? Is it some kind of magical artifact from the outside world?"

Marisa immediately turned her face and asked curiously.

Oh, I forgot, this girl's common sense is completely out of touch with modern society.

Li Cheng pondered how to explain nuclear energy and washing machines to Marisa, but Marisa suddenly looked in another direction, then abruptly pulled out her miniature octagonal furnace, unleashing a beam of light that blasted towards a spot among the floating ruins. Almost simultaneously, Li Cheng heard a distant gunshot, which narrowly grazed his cheek and shattered a boulder in front of him.

The attackers were the same as last time.

Amidst the surrounding ruins, small groups of people surrounded Li Cheng and Marisa.

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Chapter 27, Section 317: The Milky Way, and the Last Pivot

The dazzling light, as bright as festive fireworks, scattered and swirled in the gray, misty space. But whenever this swirling light touched anything, a massive explosion would immediately occur.

Marisa raised her hands high, and countless beams of light flew out from them, scattering in all directions towards those who attacked from all sides. Explosion after explosion erupted in this shattered world, circling around the two in the center, blasting the enemies who tried to approach into pieces.

"I didn't know you knew this trick."

Li Cheng looked at the enemies being blown away all around him and spoke with some surprise.

"Hmph, don't let my current weak appearance fool you. When it comes to fighting, especially against large-scale mobs like this, I'm not a coward at all!"

Marisa spoke with a smug look on her face, casually drinking a potion to restore her energy. Immediately afterward, an even larger beam of light was released from her hands. In an instant, it was as if a silver river had spread above their heads.

The next moment, the stars began to fall.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom da☆ze——"

Marisa chuckled, providing the artificial sound effects for the exploding stars. If Li Cheng hadn't been standing beside her, he probably wouldn't have been able to hear her at all, because the explosions at that moment were so violent that for a moment, Li Cheng even suspected that it was an entire air force unit conducting an air-to-ground bombing raid. The scorching blast wave hit him in the face, and the flames had completely engulfed the surrounding ruins.

"Hehe, how was it, uncle? I didn't drag you down, did I? Da☆ze~"

In the firelight, Marisa looked at Li Cheng and spoke very seriously, but no matter how relaxed her tone was, she couldn't hide her pale face.

“Ah, that’s true,” Li Cheng smiled and bowed to Marisa apologetically. “I’m sorry for saying before that you would be a burden. You’re still very capable, Marisa.”

and so--

Li Cheng stepped forward and, with lightning speed, pushed out a person who had rushed through the sea of ​​fire, attempting to ambush the exhausted Marisa. The person was gently pushed to the chest. The next moment, with a muffled bang, the person flew into the sky like a tennis ball struck by a racket.

"Please continue casting your spell, Miss Archmage. I'll take care of the few who slipped through your net and came to your side."

As he spoke, purple light surged in Li Cheng's eyes, and the power of his realm silently strengthened Marisa's body, ensuring that she would not be killed by a sudden sniper attack. Then, his gaze turned to the enemies who had survived the explosion and continued to rush over.

There were quite a few of them, all of them C-rank and B-rank. Considering that the girl beside him probably couldn't fight the enemy in close combat, he figured he wouldn't hold back either.

Looking at the numerous enemies that were already close at hand, Li Cheng made up his mind.

Capture a few, lock them in the gap, and interrogate them slowly. Deal with the rest!

Having made up his mind, Li Cheng's figure flashed and disappeared into thin air. While the attackers, many of whom were covered in black gauze and whose bodies were swollen, were still in a dazed state, they saw a figure suddenly appear in front of them. The next moment, usually accompanied by a crisp cracking sound from the neck or head, was followed by eternal darkness.

Li Cheng moved through the crowd like a phantom, and with a mere grab or flick of his hand, someone would fall dead. Thanks to the enhancement of his physical body by his cultivation level, no one could catch a glimpse of him, keep up with his movements, or even mount a basic defense.

Within seconds, he had taken care of more than twenty or thirty people, and two who looked more like normal people were knocked unconscious and thrown into the gap.

And so, in one fell swoop, all was solved...

"boom!"

In an instant, accompanied by a suffocating sense of crisis, Li Cheng subconsciously reached out and activated his demonic power to the fullest extent. The bullet that struck him immediately carried enormous kinetic energy, propelling him away and sending him crashing heavily into the wall of a nearby, upside-down, suspended hospital ruin.

Pshaw, that sniper actually changed targets and is now heading towards him?

Rubbing his numb arm, Li Cheng got up from the pile of rubble and pushed aside the dusty hospital bed that was pressing down on him. Rubbing his eyes, Li Cheng was a little stunned when he took in his surroundings. This room was clearly the same hospital room he had stayed in after he met Zi and was seriously injured in the battle with the cultists and the man named Kuntai. Even the layout of the room was exactly the same.

Aside from being dilapidated and covered in dust.

Outside the large hole Li Cheng had created, Marisa continued to unleash her magical bullets with abandon. One after another, dazzling light screens, like starlight, shot from her hands, blasting away any enemies who tried to approach her. After a moment's thought, Li Cheng turned to look in the direction from which the bullet had come, deciding to locate the sniper.

In any case, eliminating the sniper was definitely the right choice. The feeling of being secretly watched by an enemy with long-range attack capabilities is anything but comfortable.

With that thought in mind, Li Cheng opened a gap and appeared directly in the ruins area hundreds of meters away. Without needing his five senses, his demonic power automatically spread out, quickly helping Li Cheng lock onto the enemy's location.

A person who was probably at the level of a B-grade martial artist was hiding behind a pile of rubble, holding a sniper rifle, and... there was another being radiating powerful energy, near the sniper.

That's—a monster that serves as a spatial anchor point?!

After the initial shock, Li Cheng quickly realized the enemy's identity. Almost simultaneously, with a furious roar, a dark figure crashed through several boulders and instantly appeared before Li Cheng. A fist was thrown straight at him, but Li Cheng caught it with a backhand strike, and was blasted away in a violent blast of air.

Completely unable to withstand the opponent's punches, the difference in strength is probably close to 1.5 times or more.

Clutching his aching arm, Li Cheng tried to steady himself, but the opponent's speed far exceeded his expectations. Li Cheng only felt a shadow suddenly cover him, and a large hand suddenly grabbed his head. The monster stomped on Li Cheng from behind, grabbed his head and slammed it into the rubble in front of him, then lifted him high and threw him far away like a soda can.

Marisa, who was bombarding the grunts, witnessed Li Cheng fly towards a patch of ground next to her and slam into the ground headfirst.

It's a pity Ms. Wenwen wasn't here, otherwise she could have definitely recorded this embarrassing scene of the uncle.

Marisa thought to herself sincerely.

"Pah, pah, pah! This feeling...you little girl, were you thinking about something really bad just now?"

Li Cheng, who had pulled himself out of the ground, looked at Marisa with a sharp gaze, while the latter whistled and casually looked around at the scenery.

"Be careful, a heavyweight opponent is coming."

Li Cheng dusted himself off and warned Marisa. Most of the enemies who had been constantly attacking them had retreated, and the sniper's line of sight had also disappeared. It seemed that after the monster appeared, all these enemies of unknown origin had retreated.

In a sense, this also makes room for the upcoming battle.

"■■■——!!!"

Amidst indistinct roars, the dark figure charged forward at breakneck speed. Li Cheng let out a low growl, channeling his demonic power to its limit, accelerating and charging straight at the black humanoid figure that was hurtling towards him like a high-speed train. In a deafening roar that nearly caused Li Cheng's head to concusse, before he could react, the monster grabbed him again and slammed him against the wall. But then, Li Cheng braced himself with one hand on the ground, springing upwards, his head slamming heavily into the monster's face. He then elbowed the monster aside, but at the same time, the monster kicked Li Cheng, the force of the kick sending him flying into a pile of rubble once more.

"Tsk, what a tough-skinned guy."

Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Li Cheng smashed the pile of rubble around him with a punch, stood up, and looked at the monster rushing towards him again, preparing to fight back.

The next moment, a huge pink fist rose up in front of him, slamming the menacing monster directly into the ruins of the nearby hospital, smashing straight through the entire building.

"Hey uncle, you're not fighting alone!"

Marisa flew to Li Cheng's side on her broomstick. Li Cheng saw her drink another bottle of potion, and the paleness on her face lessened a little. Marisa smiled brightly at Li Cheng and gave him a thumbs up.

Meanwhile, in the crumbling ruins of the hospital, the monster's howl rang out once again.

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Chapter 28, Section 318: A Formidable Enemy, and Marisa's Fighting Techniques

With a roar, the black humanoid monster burst out of the collapsed hospital, charging towards Li Cheng and Marisa with overwhelming force.

With a significant difference in strength and no advantage in agility, the upcoming battle is likely to be quite challenging.

As Li Cheng was thinking this, he suddenly heard Marisa beside him give a soft shout. A straight, dazzling light shone from the Eight Trigrams Furnace in her hand, transforming into a rapidly expanding magical cannon that blasted towards the monster. The power of this attack far exceeded any magical cannon Li Cheng had seen before, sending the pitch-black monster flying hundreds of meters away in an instant, piercing through countless ruins.

"■■■!!"