Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 278 The Shadow Monster Seems a Bit Too Weak

As Song Que said, she moved to this sparsely populated street corner to avoid her enemies—but the question is, why is this place so sparsely populated?

This is still part of the city, so there should be people living here, but that's not the case...

"My goodness..."

When Qiong rushed outside, he felt he had a pretty good idea of ​​why.

At the end of the street, a group of shadowy monsters (Honkai Beasts from Mars) were chasing a passerby with bared fangs and claws. Driven by the will to survive, the man's adrenaline surged, and he ran frantically toward them.

The shadow monsters chasing him were all sorts of strange creatures. Many of them were slow-moving creatures that had big eyes and looked like crabs, three-in-one stacked shadow monsters, I think they were called something like "Hanging Hat Eyes"—honestly, who could remember that clearly? Let's just call them the big-eyed black crabs that love to stack up... There were also a few flying black eels and probably poisonous black scorpions?

"Did she settle in the Shadow Monster's Territory to save money?!"

Qiong didn't have time to complain about Song Que's behavior, which was tantamount to making his home in the collapsed Changkong City and the Void. He had to save people quickly! Although the man looked unharmed, the "eel" that was chasing him was about to bite his head!

"Help me! Help me!"

"Don't be afraid, come here quickly!"

The man who rushed over shouted in terror. Wherever the "swimming eels" went, the wind howled. In Qiong's eyes, the man was constantly emitting a kind of "black mist". Although the black mist was faint, it was indeed constantly drilling into the mouths of the "eels" whose bodies were floating in the air at extremely fast speed.

"What exactly happened?"

"look by youself!"

"Nian Gao" was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect there to be so many little monsters near the sparrow's home... Could she really feel safe living there?

"Be careful! These are shadow monsters. We've heard that they specifically drain people's life force, and some even eat people directly!"

Why are there so many monsters near your house?

"It wasn't like this a few days ago, and it won't be in a few days. Deng and his gang said it's not safe these days, but they'll come to wipe out the monsters in a few days—and then it'll be safe, right? We're just figuring out that no one's charging us here..."

The sparrow put down the wooden board, embarrassed, and scratched its head.

"Hey, hey, hey, you're not going to break into a house in such a dangerous place, are you?"

Qiong didn't have time to think. She rushed up and pulled the man, who was still crying, behind her. She pushed him towards "Nian Gao" and Song Que, and then swung her baseball bat to face the Shadow Monster.

The passerby, who was terrified and disoriented, was able to run wildly just moments before, but after being pushed by Qiong, his legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground, his twitching mouth still muttering to himself.

"Run! Run! They're catching up!"

"Get up! You don't want to be eaten, do you? Qiong, come back, go back inside! Nian Gao, lend a hand!"

"Where would I get a hand to help you?"

"Nian Gao" stared intently at Qiong, seemingly having no intention of running away. In her opinion, it was the group of Martian Honkai Beasts who should run away—even if Qiong was now so weak that she couldn't even defeat a group of Martian cannon fodder, it didn't matter, because she was still there.

Don't worry, she'll step in if anything goes wrong.

Seeing the man fall to the ground, Song Que only thought about leading everyone back to the house to take shelter, while Qiong chose to grip the baseball bat and keep her eyes fixed on the rapidly approaching Shadow Monster.

"This shadow monster should also be susceptible to physical damage, right..."

One of the "Floating Eels" was the fastest and swooped down first. Qiong didn't dodge at all, and swung his baseball bat hard at the "eel". With a "bang", the shadow monster was sent flying and disappeared into a cloud of black smoke.

"Huh? That's it?"

Looking at the Shadow Monster's kind that had been killed with a single blow, Qiong couldn't help but feel a little annoyed and amused: he had just prepared himself to miss with a solid attack, then switch to his Flame Spear, unleash a powerful attack, suffer a loss, set up a Fire Wall defense, burn down the Pine Sparrow's house, and then turn around and run away with the two people and the snake. And this is what happened?

They're not as tough as the zombies in Changkong City! Although those zombies aren't as formidable as assassins, they're not something you can take down with a single blow.

However, the words "give up when faced with difficulty" did not seem to exist in the Shadow Monster's dictionary. Immediately, more Shadow Monsters surrounded them. The three-in-one stacked "Hanging Hat Eyes" waved their large pincers, "Abyss Floating Eel" hovered in the air, and the black scorpion "Greedy Heart Crystal Tail" rapidly approached from the ground.

"Hey, come back quickly!"

In Song Que's mind, even the "Lamp Organization," a group of professionals, would be terrified at the sight of this array of shadow monsters—a single shadow monster is not scary, even a newcomer in the Lamp Organization could handle it, but a group of shadow monsters is not something that ordinary people can deal with... Either ask Mr. Litost for help, or let the Lamp Organization find a lone shadow monster and slowly wear it down.

"Don't be afraid, they're a bunch of useless trash. Watch me take care of them!"

Qiong ignored the sparrow's cries, simply watching as a black scorpion leaped from the side. He swung his club, knocking it back into the shadows—but while he attacked the scorpion, more shadow monsters swarmed in from all directions. After that, Qiong, outnumbered, would be torn to pieces by the shadow monsters' pincers and then eaten…

But in the very center of the circle of shadow monsters, a blue-white light suddenly burst forth.

"Rules are meant to be broken!"

Before the bat, bursting with light, even struck the shadow monsters, its light shone evenly on each one, turning them white and then quickly spreading to the remaining black parts...

"Ugh?"

Qiong, who had intended to first strike with her staff and then use her Flame Spear for self-defense, witnessed the scene before her: the shadow monsters, turned white by the light, were also emitting light? Their spontaneous light seemed to devour the shadow monsters themselves; the light spread too quickly, and moments later, the horde of shadow monsters that had just tried to devour Qiong alive had vanished without a trace—no, they had left something behind. But only… intangible black lines remained? They disappeared after landing.

"What...what's going on?"

Qiong looked at "Nian Gao" Song Que and the passerby. He was completely confused about what had just happened: Yes, the initial assessment was that the Shadow Monster was not as good as the zombie, but it should still be killed with one blow! Why did they not even bother with one blow?

Wasting his energy!

Unlike Qiong's frustration and confusion at missing his target, Song Que's mind was being bombarded by a deluge of information.

They wiped out a huge group of monsters so easily? Even the elite of the Lamp Organization couldn't do that!

"Qiong, no, Big Brother, what... what did you just do? Just like that, all the Shadow Monsters..."

The sparrow stammered as it asked, but the stutter was quickly replaced by the light in its eyes.

With this ability, what's acrobatics? What's aliens? By clinging to this powerful figure, one can eliminate evil and quell disasters, and reap both fame and fortune!

"I don't know either. I just swung the bat once, and then this happened."

"I knew it! You're the best!"

"Nian Gao" came over and immediately returned to Qiong's shoulder.

Just then, the passerby who had been slumped on the ground suddenly stood up, trembling, his eyes filled with tears and gratitude.

"Thank you so much for saving me! I thought I was going to die! My benefactors, I can't thank you enough. If there's anything I can do for you, Scudder, just let me know! May I ask your honorable name?"

"Ahem, I, Qiong, never leave my name when I do good deeds—you can just call me Bai Shu… no, are you called Scudder?"

Kiana: ...

This still leaves a name, doesn't it?

While "Nian Gao" was still complaining, the smiling pine sparrow had already come over.

"Qiong—Brother Baishu, you were a hidden master all along! Take me as your follower, okay? If I follow you, I'll definitely live a life of luxury!"

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Chapter 276 has been slightly adjusted, and the understanding of the all-purpose Blessing of Fate has been optimized—based on this, it is reasonably guaranteed that Herrschers/Fate Walkers will not suffer from motion sickness, seasickness, or various space-related illnesses.