34: Chapter 34 Going Home

"Roar!"

After consuming over a dozen spirit cores, the Star Beast's body suddenly grew an entire size larger, and the wound on its neck healed rapidly.

"Boom!"

As the pressure emitted by the Star Beast increased, shocking cracks rapidly crawled up the walls on both sides of the alley.

Xing Yaoyan stared at the Star Beast, which was still roaring in place, and silently retreated, hoping to escape while the Star Beast was still immersed in the joy of evolution and hadn't noticed her.

"Click!"

Having seemingly stepped on something, this abrupt sound instantly attracted the Star Beast's attention.

"No way... who left trash lying around!"

The moment it saw her, the Star Beast seemed to instantly snap back to reality; the enemy who had just severely wounded it was still right here.

Its limb muscles bulged violently, and with a loud "Boom," its figure vanished instantly, leaving the ground where it had stood cracked in layers. Its speed was now so fast that Xing Yaoyan could only see faint afterimages.

"I'm done for..."

Just as Xing Yaoyan felt despair, a black shockwave struck from behind her, hacking fiercely at the Star Beast and abruptly halting its offensive momentum.

"Finally found you! Scum!"

A figure in a black trench coat appeared before the girl. The faint black dragon pattern on the shoulder revealed the newcomer's identity—a Black Dragon Enforcer.

"Whew~"

After recognizing the newcomer's identity, Xing Yaoyan let out a heavy sigh of relief in her heart. Although she feared Enforcers and didn't want any involvement with them, in this life-threatening critical moment, these figures in black trench coats provided such a strong sense of security.

"Are you okay, miss?"

The Black Dragon Enforcer turned his head, revealing a middle-aged face with a confident smile. He gave the girl a thumbs up, signaling that she was safe.

"Captain, the combat barrier is set up!"

More figures in black trench coats landed one after another in front of the girl. Among them, a Enforcer holding a blue data pad and wearing half-frame glasses reported to the aforementioned middle-aged man.

"The only unrelated civilians with vital signs within the barrier are this girl and a man who has already lost consciousness."

As he spoke, a familiar figure was placed next to the girl by a Black Dragon Enforcer; it was none other than Liu Yan.

"Finally, according to the preliminary detection of the 'Star Observation Device,' this should be a three-trace Star Beast, with a danger potential assessed at Rank A."

"Three-trace, huh... It seems this beast has eaten quite a few people... Lingque and Nightingale, you are responsible for protecting these two ordinary civilians. The rest of the Enforcers, with me!"

"Yes!"

After understanding the information, the middle-aged man who seemed to be the captain quickly assigned tasks.

The next moment, Xing Yaoyan felt a strong fluctuation of spiritual power instantly erupt from the Enforcers in front of her.

At the same time, they reached out slightly toward the Void Realm, and weapons of various forms appeared upon summons, carrying immense spiritual power, further elevating their Aura.

"Rank 3, Rank 3... Rank 4!"

This Enforcer squad was actually a full team of Rank 3s, and that middle-aged captain was even a Rank 4!

Seemingly sensing that its life was threatened, the Star Beast began to grow restless.

It began to slowly retreat under the pressure of the law enforcement squad, its three eyes scanning the surroundings, seemingly looking for an opportunity to escape.

Before long, it felt as if it had hit an invisible wall. Panicked, it began to attack the invisible wall incessantly, but to no avail.

"Hmph! A beast is just a beast. This combat barrier can withstand at least Rank 5 attacks. The only way to destroy it is to destroy the 'Array Eye' in my hand, but... you probably won't have the chance in this lifetime."

Watching the Star Beast's actions, the previously reporting Enforcer sneered disdainfully.

Following his words, Xing Yaoyan secretly glanced at his hand, seeing a small metal ball with blue light patterns quietly floating in his palm.

"A combat barrier, huh..."

Xing Yaoyan stared blankly at the floating ball moving slowly and rhythmically, and suddenly felt that the Illusion Array Cube in her storage space was no longer appealing.

"Wait! The Illusion Array Cube..."

She subconsciously looked down and saw her now-destroyed metal cube near her shoe, emitting black smoke, with blue stripes flickering on and off, as if expressing strong dissatisfaction at being an innocent bystander.

"I was wondering how they found this place; it turns out what I just stepped on was the Illusion Array Cube..."

Xing Yaoyan felt relieved.

"Attack!"

Keenly detecting a slight fluctuation in the Star Beast's Aura, the middle-aged man suddenly ordered the attack.

The next moment, he swung the long blade in his hand forward, and a black shockwave, more than ten times larger than before, traced an afterimage through space and slashed forward.

At the same time, several green vines burst from the ground, tightly entangling the unprepared Star Beast; several black points of light submerged into the Star Beast's body, causing it to instantly wither significantly; two electromagnetic cannons followed closely behind the black shockwave, sealing off all of the Star Beast's retreat routes from the left and right.

"Aside from phasing, I don't know how to survive..."

Watching this spectacular scene, Xing Yaoyan silently mourned for two seconds for this fellow creature who also came from the starry sky.

"Boom! Boom!"

The massive wind pressure generated by the violent explosion blew Xing Yaoyan's white hair, causing it to fly violently backward. She blocked her face with one hand and pressed down on the sun hat on her head with the other, her body slightly bent, struggling to maintain her balance.

Although her skirt was uncontrollably fluttering backward, revealing her white wolf tail, fortunately, no one noticed this.

"Heh heh~"

After the aftermath dissipated, Xing Yaoyan finally saw the miserable figure at the center of the explosion. Half of its head had been blown to pieces, and its body was covered in bloody cracks. The Star Beast was lying on the ground, groaning in pain, having completely lost all combat capability.

"Danger neutralized."

As the middle-aged captain gave the order, the Enforcer wearing glasses moved his spiritual power slightly, deactivating the combat barrier.

"Little sister, are you okay? Don't be afraid..."

A female Enforcer who had been blocking in front of Xing Yaoyan just now brought a kind smile and reached out to comfort her, but was suddenly dodged by her. This left her hand awkwardly suspended in mid-air.

Xing Yaoyan swallowed deeply.

She thought to herself that she couldn't be blamed for this. The miserable state of this Star Beast was even more shocking than the snake demon last time, making her, who was also a Star Beast, experience phantom pain...

"It's okay, Nightingale. It's inevitable that a young girl would be scared, after all, our enforcement style has always been so heavy-handed..."

The middle-aged captain softly comforted the female Enforcer who felt frustrated, then turned his head to reveal an apologetic smile at Xing Yaoyan.

"Sorry about that, we scared you..."

"ROAR!!!"

A huge roar suddenly rang out.

Everyone was startled and turned their heads sharply toward the dying Star Beast.

"No way, the boss has a third phase..."

Just as Xing Yaoyan stretched her head, wanting to see what kind of trouble this Star Beast could still stir up, she suddenly froze.

Listening to the Star Beast's roar, she inexplicably felt a sharp pain in her heart; it was a feeling of extreme sorrow.

"@##￥@#..."

Suddenly, the Star Beast stopped roaring and began to spit out chaotic, garbled notes.

"It's happening again, everyone cover your ears, I'm going to finish it off!"

Following a loud shout from the middle-aged captain, all the Enforcers obediently covered their ears.

"Little sister, what are you standing there for? Cover your ears!"

Seeing that Xing Yaoyan was still stunned in place without moving, the Enforcer named Nightingale shouted at her quickly.

"Oh!"

Xing Yaoyan immediately pretended to cover her ears with both hands, but her palms, away from Nightingale's line of sight, relaxed slightly, allowing the sound to enter her ears.

"You probably don't know, but these creatures always make this strange sound before they die, causing those who hear it to lose their fighting spirit and confuse their minds. Only our captain has a spiritual talisman to block the sound..."

Looking at the girl's dazed expression, Nightingale thought that she had been scared by her loud voice earlier, so she softened and explained briefly.

What she didn't know was that what made Xing Yaoyan feel dazed was not her words at all, but... the Star Beast's words.

That's right, the Star Beast's words.

The strange notes emitted by the Star Beast were undoubtedly chaotic audio to others, but to her, they had a clear meaning.

"Go home... Go home..."

That was the meaning of those chaotic notes.

When hearing these words, Xing Yaoyan felt a sense of sorrow hidden in her Bloodline erupt instantly. Her mouth twitched slightly involuntarily, mimicking the tone and intonation of these words in her heart.

She didn't know why, she just felt that doing so would make her heart feel a bit better.

She felt like a nun in a church at this moment, offering her sincere prayers for a wandering soul that could never return home.

The sound stopped abruptly.

The Enforcers then let out a sigh of relief and put their hands down; they knew that the matter was truly over.

"Hi, little sister, it's okay now. Are you still scared? How about I take you home?"

Seeing the girl in front of her still standing there blankly, maintaining the pose of covering her ears, Nightingale immediately felt a pang of heartache.

Star Beast matters should never be something ordinary civilians come into contact with; after all, they are completely different from demons. Because demons can at least communicate, but this thing...

Thinking of this, Nightingale glanced coldly at the headless corpse of the Star Beast.

Fortunately, we arrived in time, or we managed to save two. Sigh~ This poor girl...

The more Nightingale thought about it, the more her heart ached. With a surge of maternal affection, she reached out to rub the girl's head.

Suddenly, the previously dazed Xing Yaoyan recoiled sharply.

"No... no need, big sister. And... um, it's over, right... I... I'll be going now..."

Her voice trembled, and after receiving permission from the Enforcers, she hurried toward the exit, looking as if she were truly terrified.

"It's okay, Nightingale. Everyone is like this; people will be afraid of unknown creatures. Anyway, I just hope our Human Alliance can give our squad a vacation sometime. Running all over the country is really too tiring."

The middle-aged captain's voice sounded behind Nightingale; he didn't want his team members to harbor resentment over this.

"Bad news, Captain, I didn't collect any 'Star Soul' from this Star Beast!"

The Enforcer wearing glasses slowly stood up from the side of the Star Beast's corpse, looking at the instrument in his hand with an expression of disbelief.

"What!"

"Huff, huff..."

The sound of a large number of people running suddenly came from the alley entrance.

"Hello, members of the 'Birdcage' squad. We are from the Youfeng City Security Bureau. Leave the aftermath to us."

The person speaking was the man who had been monitoring Xing Yaoyan's movements in the car earlier.

"Okay, I am the 'Birdcage' squad captain, Crow. We'll leave the rest to you, thank you for your hard work."

Crow suppressed the shock in his heart, stepped forward, and exchanged a few polite pleasantries with the local Youfeng City Security Bureau Enforcers as a matter of routine.

"Oh, one more thing. It's a pity we arrived late. There were over a dozen people in the alley; we only managed to rescue two in the end. One is the teenager currently in a coma over there, and another terrified girl just left a moment ago. Logically speaking, you should have seen her, right?"

"A girl? No, we didn't see anyone come out when we just came in..."

The leading man suddenly seemed to have thought of something and asked eagerly:

"Senior Crow, can you describe what the girl looked like?"

"Uh... white hair, wearing a white mask and a yellow sun hat, dressed in... uh..."

"Captain, that's called a fluffy skirt..." Nightingale reminded.

"Oh! Right! Dressed in a white fluffy skirt..."

"It's her!"

Before Crow's voice had even faded, the man stamped his foot hard.

"There's a problem... She definitely has a problem..."

On the other side, Xing Yaoyan, who had already transformed into her white wolf form, had returned to her safe little nest.

She first concealed her Aura, evaded the Enforcers from the Youfeng City Security Bureau, then ran to a place far from Qian Mo's house to transform into the white wolf, then secretly took a side path to the back of Qian Mo's house, and finally crawled in through the window she had opened in advance.

She chose this route to completely avoid cameras, because she knew that her technique could only deceive human senses; she was helpless against physical cheats like cameras.

"Sigh~ Why does it feel like whenever Qian Mo isn't around, I'm always so pathetic when I'm alone..."

"No, Xing Yaoyan, you need to pull yourself together. You are the noble Heaven-Swallowing Star Wolf, one of the oldest races in the starry sky. Your goal is the starry sea; what's a little humiliation and burden-bearing now?"

Xing Yaoyan clenched her fists to vigorously cheer herself up.

"By the way, what's your situation now?"

She sank her consciousness into her Spirit Sea and saw a white soul body with three big eyes happily wandering inside.

If one looked closely, it wasn't hard to tell that this thing was the Q-version form of the Star Beast from just before. If she hadn't seen the brutal side of this guy, she would have really thought this thing was harmless.

"What?!"

Xing Yaoyan froze.

"You said... thank you for taking you home..."