Chapter 641: Chapter 367: The Tier Three Chess Player, Xia Pingzhou vs. Black Sun Demon

August 19th, underground bar "Gray Crow".

The sky was just starting to brighten, and the cicadas in the trees began to chirp. The bar signs and television screens dimmed simultaneously, and the bar counter was still cluttered with glasses from the night before, filled with leftover drinks. The English-style jazz music kept playing without a pause.

At this moment, a young girl in a red dress, with a hint of makeup at the corner of her eyes, and a boy in overalls stood side by side at the bar entrance, each holding a suitcase.

"Nine o’clock train, you know, it’s been ages since I’ve taken a train."

The Bloodline put down the suitcase and stretched with a smile.

"No way around it, Hai Fan City is a small place with no airport." The Hacker looked down at his phone, "Otherwise, I wouldn’t want to take a green train, stinky and awful."

"You handle waking up the Little Cat and the Missy."

"Who cares about them..." The Hacker shrugged, "Don’t worry, if the Little Cat, the love saint, doesn’t get up, Jack the Ripper will definitely kill him. And once he’s awake, the Missy will be too."

"Makes sense, our electronic pet has a keen eye."

"Like I don’t understand their nature?"

"Has the leader said anything recently?" the Bloodline casually asked.

"Not much, just told us not to be late," the Hacker said plainly, lifting his eyes from the phone.

After chatting at the doorway for a bit, the two dragged their suitcases and headed to the train station, leaving Jack the Ripper, Ayase Origami, and Xia Pingzhou in the bar.

After a while, they woke up one by one, washed up, and left the private room.

Today, Ayase Origami was dressed in a rust-red kimono, holding a small bag, leaning against the doorway, seemingly not fully awake, her cool eyes slightly drooping, as if they could close at any moment.

Yanmo Lin was still wearing her black and white Japanese school uniform, her long hair cascading down to her waist. On her shoulder hung a tennis racket bag, inside which was a sword scabbard.

Xia Pingzhou wore a black hoodie, covering the crow tattoo on his right hand with a glove.

He packed his belongings, stuffed his clothes into a brown backpack, slung it over his shoulder, then dragged Ayase Origami’s suitcase toward the door.

"Let’s go."

Ayase Origami barely audibly said "Mm," then walked out of the bar alongside him.

Xia Pingzhou glanced at the black glove on his hand, then looked at Yanmo Lin at the end of the corridor. She pushed open the metallic code door, sunlight brushed against her face, illuminating the entire underground corridor and sweeping away the darkness.

When the three exited the alley and reached the main street of Li Jing, Xia Pingzhou suddenly paused.

A chilling gust swept across the tall neon sign, followed by a shadow that covered the sky.

"Demon?" Xia Pingzhou murmured.

"No escape," Jack the Ripper also said.

At this moment, the entire street was engulfed in darkness, as if night had fallen. From the advertising signs on the skyscrapers to the roadside telephone poles, even the faces of passersby dimmed.

Voices sounded in succession from the dark.

The pedestrians were stunned, raising their heads to see a black sun in the sky.

Indeed, this black sun eclipsed the previous sun, its center a drunkard’s face. Its features almost twisted together, with a creepy smile hanging on the face.

Anyone seeing a giant smiling face hanging in the heavens would shudder involuntarily.

At the same time, from the sun’s edge, black arms extended one by one, like some kind of insect’s tentacles.

These tentacles descended from the sky, entangling skyscrapers, slicing them in half.

Amidst deafening roars, majestic buildings collapsed one after another.

Dust mixed with glass shards swept through like a flood, the frantic sounds of an earthquake mingling with people’s screams, composing an apocalyptic picture.

Xia Pingzhou raised an eyebrow, looked up from his phone, but his eyes first landed on a massive red question mark in the sky. Undoubtedly, this was the symbol of the Event Card.

[Event Card No. 15 of Li Jing Triggered—"World Without Light".]

[Event Content: Kill the Catastrophe Level Demon—"Black Sun Demon".]

[Complete the Event Card within 10 minutes to receive a corresponding "Event Card".]

He shifted his gaze from the text panel, observing the various corners of the city. Park fountains burst, street advertisements malfunctioned, carousel in the paradise spun wildly, the entire world seemed to be performing a doomsday chorus.

This calamity came too suddenly, unavoidable, and the new batch of oddly dressed Mutants in Li Jing had yet to arrive.

Besides, matters involving demons should be handled by "Exorcists", not left to Mutants. Especially against such Catastrophe Level opponents, if someone of Swallowing Silver’s level were to support, they’d likely become mere cannon fodder on the battlefield, unable to even delay.

With Rainbow Wings’ speed, it would take at least 10 minutes to arrive at full speed.

"What do you say?"

Xia Pingzhou said, setting down the suitcase.

"It’s not necessary to meddle unnecessarily," Yanmo Lin calmly said. "Such a scale of demon needs Rainbow Wings or Lake Hunting to solve... and conveniently, there’s a Rainbow Wings right there."