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Chapter 259: 172 Thank you for your eighteen generations of ancestors (4000)_1 Chapter 259: 172 Thank you for your eighteen generations of ancestors (4000)_1 Casio, having lived through the era fifty years ago, was the most authoritative to comment. Though both the magician and the catwoman embodied superior skill and finesse in leveraging their powers, it was clear that their energy levels had diminished significantly. They were essentially compensating power with skill.

An action born of helplessness.

Having lived through the Hong Li Federation eras of seventy and fifty years ago, and comparing to the Hong Li Federation now, Casio could distinctly sense a withering wave of supernatural power. Nearly a human inevitability as a result of technological advancements, or perhaps something of a deeper cause.

Brushing the dust from his clothes, he watched as two figures almost disappeared at the end of the road, and he began to follow.

Half a minute later.

Three figures cautiously emerged from behind the stones.

“Yana, Soro, let’s go back to the villa… Uncle Soro was right, the Anta Mountains are too dangerous.” Under the pale moonlight, the red-haired teenager, Ali, showed a look of shock on his face.

“Phew… luckily that monster called Puppet didn’t notice us, otherwise it would have been over.” The young girl in a white dress patted her chest, her fledgling figure shifting slightly.

“You’re wrong.”

Suddenly, the green-eyed teenager spoke in a somber tone, “The Puppet has already spotted us, it was just detracted by the more valuable prey. Moreover, it seriously miscalculated the power of that prey. The original hunter has now become the hunted…”

Soro showed keen observation, at least minutely more careful than his two partners. Rubbing his throbbing temple, his jade green eyes stared at the pit not far away.

That was the mark left by the Steam Demon Puppet’s explosion from Casio’s attack.

About half a human size in diameter and pitch black. Surrounding the hole were fragments of stone and reflective chunks of silvery metal under the moonlight.

“We need to leave! Staying here may be dangerous!”

Soro recalled his gaze and motioned to his companions, Ali and Yana. Retracing their steps, they headed back to Blue Star Villa.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Inside the dense forest of the Anta Mountains, the land was full of ditches and covered in fallen leaves. The fragmented white moonlight sprinkled on the ground through the gaps of the trees, creating a cool and quiet atmosphere.

Tap tap tap… tap tap tap…

A series of rushing footsteps echoed through the forest.

An agile silhouette was darting between the dense trees, using her claws to counteract inertia, and ran straight ahead at an ever-increasing speed.

Behind her, another figure was coming to her fast.

The gentleman magician was no longer a gentleman at this point. His clothes were full of scratches, his top hat was gone, dropped somewhere unknown.

Whoosh~

A wind-like cold air brushed over the ground.

In the hazy black fog, a figure emerged. Composed of metal and stone, it was still a Puppet!

Its red eyes were fixed on the nearby magician, bearing a cold will to kill that was distinct from its wild nature.

“Another one! How can there be so many Puppets? Starting from the first one I encountered, I’ve already met four!” The magician groaned. With his power, he could barely cope with a single Steam Demon Puppet, let alone four. Moreover, his condition was not good, his covert weapons had been over-consumed in the fight against the catwoman, and his combat ability had declined.

So, in this situation.

There was only one way.

That was: Run!

Theoretically, both the magician and the catwoman should not be able to outrun a Steam Demon Puppet, and could only face it head-on. Hence, the magician had earlier proposed to team up with the catwoman.

But the catwoman, Heisha, chose another method. She definitely ran faster than the magician, and the Steam Demon Puppet would definitely catch up with the magician first. If so, even if she couldn’t take on the Steam Demon Puppet, the magician would surely be in dire straits.

Even severe injury or death was possible.

Heisha was a woman who held grudges.

However, from the very beginning until now, the magician had not been overtaken. When he turned his head to observe, his sight was blocked by the grey fog. All he could do was to be grateful that he ran fast enough that even the Steam Demon Puppet couldn’t catch up!

Boom!

A fist, as hard as a hammer, smashed forward viciously. A robust Steam Demon Puppet exploded on the spot. It cracked from the chest, scattering rocks that struck trees and the ground.

The stone fragments struck with the power of bullets, deeply embedding into the tree bark, revealing the yellowish-white wood underneath.

Casio glanced at the surrounding dust fog, and a white stream of air immediately surged in his right hand. The air at the center of his palm spun rapidly, gathering like a miniature tornado.

He closed his palm, and a gust of air instantly dispersed with a snap.

The black and grey fog obstructing the view was promptly blown away.

He looked ahead and was startled to see the hasty figure of the magician and a Steam Demon Puppet charging towards him.

“Why do these nuisances keep popping up… they’re randomly spawning around here? And the Puppets seem to be getting stronger gradually?”

Casio dusted the chalk off his hands. He had already slaughtered five Steam Demon Puppets, and their numbers were increasing. The attacking mechanism of these Puppets seems to be programmed to target the strongest life essence within range, so Casio was now like a big light bulb.

Constantly attracting flutters of moths and mosquitoes from the woods.

Then they got burnt and scorched to death.

On the contrary, the fleeing catwoman and the magician up ahead did not face much threat. They basically had brief exchanges with the Steam Demon Puppets before escaping. The repelled Steam Demon Puppets would soon notice Casio chasing after and generously offer themselves to death.