"Damn it, I've been discovered!"
Seeing the demon spirit's six blood-red eyes, Zhang Chen's hands trembled uncontrollably, not knowing if it was from nervousness or excitement.
A chilling aura instantly enveloped Zhang Chen, as if pulling him into an infinite world of darkness.
"Since that's the case, I'll fight you!"
Zhang Chen rallied his spirits, dashed forward a few steps, scooped the little black cat into his arms, and struck an Eight Extremes Boxing stance.
"Meow!"
Despite being injured, the little black cat didn't struggle at all when held by Zhang Chen. Instead, it wore an expression of enjoyment.
However, when it looked at the demon spirit, its eyes were filled with killing intent.
"You're too small, don't join in. I'll try to get away safely!"
"Three pairs of eyes, that's a third-tier demon spirit. With my first-tier physical prowess, I definitely can't defeat it!"
"Don't you dare move erratically. We'll find an opportunity to escape!"
Zhang Chen whispered to the little black cat, as if afraid the demon spirit would overhear.
In reality, demon spirits at this level were no different from wild beasts; they couldn't understand human speech at all.
"Roar!"
The demon spirit let out a furious roar, and the darkness surrounding its body began to grow rapidly, engulfing the entire alley.
Zhang Chen peered intently, finally seeing clearly.
From the demon spirit's body, blood-red vines were released, vines that could absorb light.
They crawled along the ground and walls, absorbing all the surrounding light, which was why it had become so dark.
"Damn it, they taught combat techniques against demon spirits in class, but I slept through it and only remembered not to be afraid!"
"But... facing such a monster, who can remain unafraid?! What kind of crappy textbook is this!"
Zhang Chen wished he could tear the book apart.
Theory was easy to talk about, but when it came to actual combat, it was useless!
"Roar!"
The demon spirit roared again, and countless tentacles transformed into sharp blades, slashing towards Zhang Chen.
Using the darkness as cover, these pitch-black tentacles were only faintly visible for a moment as they moved; otherwise, they were completely untraceable!
"I can't see anything, how can I fight this?!"
"No matter what, I'll fight!"
Zhang Chen, with no other option, let out a roar and charged towards the demon spirit.
However, the moment he took a step, the scene before him suddenly became clear.
The once pitch-black alley suddenly became as bright as day!
Everything was clearly visible; even the dust on the walls and the small pebbles on the ground, all details entered Zhang Chen's vision without missing a single thing.
"Absolute Vision?"
Suddenly, a name popped into his mind.
Whoosh!
At this moment, Zhang Chen realized that the tentacles flailing in front of him were all feints.
They were intentionally revealed for him to notice; the real killing blow was behind him.
A pitch-black tentacle had silently shot out from the wall, now only a little over a meter from his back.
If not for activating Absolute Vision, his attention would have been solely on the tentacles in front of him. Once he made a move, he would have been pierced through!
As expected of a third-tier demon spirit, not only was its strength formidable, but its tactics were also so vicious!
"I have to show you some color, you damn thing!"
Zhang Chen suddenly turned around, grabbed the sneaking tentacle, then exerted force with his legs, and the entire person instantly sprang forward.
Boom!
A violent explosion echoed from the alley, the powerful shockwave shattering the glass of buildings within a five-hundred-meter radius!
As the deafening noise gradually subsided, the once ink-black alley once again regained its light.
Zhang Chen maintained his punching stance, eyes tightly shut.
The cat in his arms, however, had its eyes wide open, its mouth agape, revealing its little fangs, and its face was filled with shock as it looked at Zhang Chen.
"Is this... over?"
Zhang Chen opened his eyes and only then noticed a deep conical indentation on the ground in front of him.
The floor tiles were shattered piece by piece, almost ground into powder.
"Did... I do this?"
Zhang Chen could hardly believe his eyes.
A third-tier demon spirit, actually annihilated by his single punch?!
This was unscientific?!
Could this be the true power of the golden 108-character talent?!
Strong, it was too strong!
At this moment, Zhang Chen also began to understand the meaning of the prompt telling him to develop stealthily.
Such a powerful individual, once they grew, would have boundless prospects.
But for any country or organization, if such a powerful individual was uncontrolled, they would be the most dangerous existence.
This was the principle of "merit surpassing the sovereign"!
A slight misstep in his words or actions could lead to him being schemed against and framed!
He had to conceal his strength, absolutely must conceal his strength!