Chapter 990 (1/2)

Chapter 990: 308. Pursuing Shadows

Noland Lee and the Crawling Fear stared each other down, eye to eye.

That scene lasted for less than 5 seconds before being interrupted by a noise coming from underfoot.

“Sssss sss…crack crack crack…”

This noise was far more chaotic than what he had heard before.

Clearly, a considerable number of Shadow Creatures were making their way towards Noland Lee’s position from underground.

The five Crawling Fears in front of him were purely trying to buy time for reinforcements to arrive. They weren’t truly wary of the “Silent Shield” on Noland Lee.

Noland Lee glanced around using his peripheral vision.

He was in an underground hollow that was no more than two hundred square meters in size.

On the walls were man-made cave entrances, about three in number, each leading in different directions.

In a corner, there were some earthy brown stones with bite marks piled up.

These stones were none other than Barren Stones.

Next to them were large footprints.

Considering the height and width of the entrances, the half-eaten Barren Stones, and the outline of the footprints, the area used to be Mole Man territory.

Now, with the Mole Men gone, replaced by Shadow Creatures, the fate of those Mole Men was not hard to guess.

Noland Lee looked toward the side entrance without revealing his thoughts and nodded inwardly, having some guesses about the location of the Shadow Magic Array.

As he reached his conclusion, ten Crawling Fears leaped out from the ground below, appearing before him with monstrous posture.

Their arrival signaled the start of the battle.

The five leading Crawling Fears pounced towards Noland Lee like hungry wolves.

Before their claws could reach him, their long shadow tongues arrived first.

Five stinking black tongues shot out like bullets from the wide mouths of the Crawling Fears, aimed at Noland Lee’s heart, head, and ankles.

The other ten Crawling Fears, however, did not pounce at Noland Lee; instead, they shook the heads on their backs violently, emitting noisy sound waves.

The noise suddenly increased in volume, as if a loudspeaker had been placed right next to Noland Lee’s ears.

At the same time, a large amount of Shadow Silk emerged from the bodies of the Crawling Fears.

More dense than a spider web, the Shadow Silk instantly wove a pitch-black cocoon around Noland Lee that was impervious to all.

In that instant, Noland Lee’s mind was flooded with countless pieces of System Text.

[Warning!]

[You are under attack by “Crawling Fear”!]

[“Shadow Lash” has hit your vital body parts, but the damage has been blocked by “Silent Shield”!]

[“Shadow Mental Impact” has hit your spirit, but the damage has been blocked by “Mental Shield”!]

[“Shadow Weave” has applied a “binding effect” on you, decreasing your mobility!]

Level 50 Crawling Fears, that’s all they amount to, huh?

They can’t even penetrate my shield.

Noland Lee squinted at the Crawling Fear biting into his arm.

These repulsive Shadow Creatures possessed multiple mouths, filled with teeth like short daggers.