World-saving Plan: The Only Savior-Chapter 681 - 507

With a light pinch of his fingers and a sudden swing of his arm, a dazzling Light Ball was thrown into the sky, illuminating the dim plaza with clarity.

Flash Spell!

"Squeak squeak squeak squeak squeak!"

Just as Justin had said, the rats stopped their attack at the moment they came into contact with the strong light, shrieking miserably as they scrambled back to the hole they had come from.

"Damn wizards! You’re lucky today. If it weren’t for Lord Makula’s research being incomplete, I would have killed you all."

From behind the crate, Hamby spewed a venomous curse.

In his eyes, these two who had suddenly appeared and knew how to use magic had to be wizards from the legends of Water Blue Star.

"You just wait, I’ve taken note of today’s score. It won’t be long before I personally kill you all."

Having said that, he leaped up and sprinted in the opposite direction, clearly intending to make a break for it.

But in the next second, with a "buzz" of a vibration, Hamby bounced back as if he had hit an invisible wall.

Seeing this, Hu Peng and Xun You’s steps, as they prepared to chase, also slowed down slightly.

They knew their Boss had made a move.

Zhang Xiaoman, fingers spread, slowly emerged from behind the wall where he was hiding.

He was using a variant of the Dark Energy Shield—Shadow Binding.

The original Dark Energy Shield skill was something he had developed and researched on his own.

It was meant to generate a Protective Shield to fend off external attacks, while attacks from within the shield were unaffected.

However, Shadow Binding was the exact opposite.

Its purpose was to create a shield that blocked attacks going from the inside out, while external attacks coming in were not affected.

It was somewhat akin to drawing a line in the ground to make a prison.

And the one who improved this skill was none other than the professional monster trapper, Brother Hero.

After developing it, Brother Hero even gave this skill an ostentatious name—Shadow Binding.

When used on a small scale, it could restrict the movement of a single enemy, allowing allies to attack more effectively.

On a large scale, it could create a sealed Barrier, preventing the enemies inside from escaping.

Considering its invisibility to the naked eye, the name Shadow Binding really fit.

Zhang Xiaoman was using this very technique.

In fact, from the very beginning of the battle, he had already set up a Barrier around the area to prevent any enemies from escaping.

Unfortunately, whether it was the Dark Energy Shield or Shadow Binding, neither could penetrate the ground, so they couldn’t contain the rats.

"Damn it! There’s another one!"

Hamby also noticed Zhang Xiaoman, realizing that all of this was the other party’s doing.

But now that he was in a losing position, all he could do was curse a few times, knowing he had to escape the place immediately.

"Buzz buzz buzz!"

A series of vibrations sounded, and Hamby was repeatedly bounced back four or five times, each time tumbling head over heels.

"No! No! No!"

He was like a cornered beast, desperately changing angles attempting to break free.

In the end, he tragically discovered that he was sealed in from all sides, whether from the sky or the ground.

He had no way out.

"No! I am a Divine Envoy! I am the most loyal Angel Envoy of Lord Makula! I will not fall here! Die!"

Hamby, like a trapped animal, immediately spotted Zhang Xiaoman, who was still in the midst of casting, and leaped at him.

It seemed he believed that if he could kill the spellcaster, then he would be able to leave.

The question, however, was whether he could succeed.

Standing to the side, Hu Peng and Xun You both wore expressions of pity.

Zhang Xiaoman, seeing the other charging straight at him, casually waved his hand and a Dark Energy Shock was sent out, promptly sending his assailant flying.

"Bang!"

A thunderous noise sounded as Hamby’s body, like a kite with its string cut, slammed against the black box and then slowly slid down, bleeding from every orifice.

Zhang Xiaoman shook his head.

Against an opponent without any fluctuation of Dark Energy, the impact of his own Dark Energy Shock would not be reduced at all—such targets would absorb the full damage. They were just too easy to handle.

At this moment, Hamby also knew that he was finished; his body felt as if it had fallen apart, and he could not muster any strength. His consciousness was rapidly blurring.

"Heh, heh heh..."

Yet, he suddenly began to laugh in a strange succession of chuckles.

Those present looked at him with incomprehension, unable to see what was there to laugh about at this point in time.

"Hehehe, hahahaha! Do you think you have won... Well, let me tell you... Inside my heart... There’s a switch installed... by Lord Makula... As soon as I die... these boxes... will immediately open! Then... the divine seals will turn you all into... servants of Savarus... heh heh heh..."

His voice grew fainter, and by the end, it was barely audible. Hu Peng and Xun You even failed to catch what he was saying.

As he uttered his last word, his head dropped, and he was completely dead.

Zhang Xiaoman’s complexion couldn’t help but change.

Hu Peng and Xun You may not have heard, but he had, and his gaze subconsciously shifted to the two strangely textured black boxes.

"Run!"

Zhang Xiaoman bellowed, immediately releasing two Dark Energy Shocks in opposite directions, blasting Hu Peng and Xun You toward his position.

Fortunately, both were Transcendents. They had Dark Energy fluctuations and Magic Shields, so the Dark Energy Shocks did not deal much damage to them.

Hu Peng and Xun You did not yet know what had happened when they felt a tremendous force pulling on their arms, flinging them into a room nearby.

As Zhang Xiaoman completed these actions, two black boxes on the platform burst open, revealing two Mutants and black stones inside.

"Roar!"

Two angry roars erupted, and the Mutants, upon release, immediately charged toward Zhang Xiaoman’s location with terrifying force.

"Bang!"

Another thunderous noise sounded as a hammer enveloped in golden light was summoned out of thin air and then smashed down hard on the heads of the two monsters.

This was a Skill from the Star Shining Saint Knight, which Zhang Xiaoman had come to understand after meticulously sensing it up close dozens of times. He had learned the Dark Energy Formula behind it.

Learning in this way was difficult, requiring one to calm the mind and carefully contemplate in order to sense the fluctuations of Dark Energy. It was totally unsuitable for combat.

With Zhang Xiaoman’s strike, bricks and stones flew everywhere, and the two Mutants were pounded into mush.

Instant kill.

For low-level monsters like these, he dealt with them quite easily. freēwēbnovel.com

However, the situation had not ended there.

As the two black stones appeared, the bodies of the black rats on the ground and Justin, who was tied to the altar, began to mutate as well.

The entire process took no more than the few moments it took for Zhang Xiaoman to dispatch the two Mutants, not even exceeding twenty seconds in total.

The first to react were the black rats lying on the ground.

Most of them underwent mutations under the influence of the black stones, growing disgusting tentacles and appendages on their bodies that made their already horrifying appearance even more terrifying.

The rest, whose heads had been smashed, showed no signs of life. This made Zhang Xiaoman even more certain of his previous conjecture.

The so-called spiritual pollution couldn’t affect the creatures that were brain dead.

Finally, Justin also mutated amidst his screams.

He couldn’t hold on for a few more seconds. Zhang Xiaoman didn’t even have the chance to save him before he was completely infected.

"Roar, roar, roar!"

Over a hundred Mutants roared in unison, the sound itself enough to strip away the will to resist.

Hu Peng and Xun You hid in the room, not daring to show their faces.

They also knew how terrifying that kind of stone was. They were not like the Star Lords with their vast Divine Skills; just one encounter would probably result in immediate infection into monsters.

Of course, their spiritual power might be higher than the average person, perhaps giving them a little more time, but that would be no different than courting death.

PS: Thank you for the 100 coin reward from "Mad at Awareness" and "Ice Star Frost Dusk"! Thank you!