From the moment the team was attacked until now, only a few seconds had passed...
Aside from Kanzai and Moses, everyone else had hundreds of wounds on their bodies, looking extremely tragic.
If Moses had been even a second slower, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
"I'll keep watch. You all tend to your wounds first."
Moses controlled his two shadow clones to guard in one direction respectively, forming a triangle formation to protect everyone in the middle.
Biscuit and the others glanced at the black insects Moses had killed, their hearts still racing, and they quickly began treated their wounds with Sanbica's help.
When Kanzai saw the true form of the attackers, he had no time to sigh at the horror of the Dark Continent. He gave Moses a thumbs-up and quickly joined the alert team.
As a self-healing Enhancer, he wasn't afraid of attacks. However, he dreaded the various bizarre abilities that left him baffled.
Fortunately, Moses had resolved the issue immediately.
Still, Kanzai was curious about how Moses had figured it out so quickly, especially in such a short amount of time...
Just thinking about it felt unbelievable.
Kanzai shook his head slightly.
'Moses, this guy...'
'He's really something.'
Kanzai sighed in his heart, and then focused his attention on the movements around him.
If Moses knew what Kanzai was thinking, he wouldn't feel the slightest bit of pride.
The reason he could find a solution so quickly was largely because the 'shadow' factor happened to be his area of expertise.
Strictly speaking...
Luck played a significant part.
Moses continued scanning the area, coordinating with his two shadow clones' vision to block any potential attacks from the black insects.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Moses noticed a palm-sized shadow darting through the grass.
It wasn't a figure, but an actual shadow!
Just like his Soul Echo...
A strange feeling rose in Moses' heart, but it didn't affect his reaction speed.
A Nen Bullet shot from his hand, accurately hitting the palm-sized shadow silently moving through the grass.
Thud.
With a muffled sound, grass and dirt exploded as a black insect with numerous thin wings tumbled out, struggling briefly on the ground before falling lifeless. It then transformed into a shadow-like black sheet.
'Can something like this even be considered a living creature...'
There was a look of surprise in Moses's eyes.
In his opinion, this black entity seemed to have three forms.
One was its shadow form, which is used for movement and attack. Another was its physical form, which is revealed when attacked. The last was its corpse form, which resembled a black cloth.
Moreover, when the black entity moved or attacked in its shadow form, there was no trace of Aura fluctuation on its body, making it impossible to sense its presence.
Only when it was hit by the Nen Bullet just now did Moses feel the rapidly disappearing Aura from it.
'It's really dangerous.'
Moses still felt a lingering fear when he thinks about what happened just now.
If it were someone else, once these entities infiltrated their shadow, they would likely die without even understanding what had happened.
As time passed...
Sanbica and the others gradually tended to their wounds.
During this time, Moses and Kanzai continuously took out black insects that were silently creeping in from various corners.
On the premise of ensuring everyone's safety, Moses specifically tested the threat these black insects posed to the Shadow World's passage.
The result was that the black insects could damage the two-dimensional Shadow World's passage even when it was closed.
Not only did the pain from the numerous wounds they inflicted feedback to Moses, but the passage could only last about three seconds before being torn apart by the black insects.
Biscuit, who is covered in bandages, frowned as she stared at the sheet-like corpses nearby. She said in a deep voice, "These things are very tricky. If we are not careful and they slip into our shadow unnoticed, it's basically game over."
"But it's different now."
Pyon, feeling uncomfortable, twisted her bandage-wrapped waist slightly and glanced at the numerous sheet-like corpses Moses and Kanzai had taken down. Then, she said weakly: "Now that their secrets are exposed, their threat level has dropped significantly."
"That may be true, but we have no idea how many of these things there are or their range of activity."
Menchi maintained a high level of vigilance.
She felt that the most troublesome thing about these black insects was their ability to sneak up from anywhere unnoticed.
Shizuku crouched down and observed the corpse of the black insects with curiosity.
Not far away.
Sanbica was fiddling with the equipment, testing everyone's blood.
Although the wounds were simple to treat, no one could guarantee that these black insects didn't carry bacteria or viruses.
So Sanbica believed a blood test was necessary.
Moses stood nearby, protecting Sanbica while controlling 3D Hisoka to patrol the periphery.
After a long time…
The blood test results came out and it showed that all everyone injured by the black insects is fine.
With this result, everyone felt a sense of relief.
The dangers of the Dark Continent weren't limited to strange and bizarre creatures, as there were also viruses and bacteria invisible to the naked eye.
"It's about time we moved on."
Moses glanced at the forest ahead with a focused gaze.
Upon hearing this, everyone took their positions in tacit understanding, except Hisoka, who gave people the feeling that he was just slacking off.
After a while, the team set off and headed towards the forest.
…
Time passes slowly.
Several days later.
A figure arrived at the outskirts of the forest and walked along the stream for a distance. Suddenly, he noticed the black insects' corpses scattered in the woods not far away.
"Shadowwing?"
Seeing the black sheets scattered on the ground, the figure couldn't hide the surprise in his voice, despite speaking softly.
It seemed he was well aware of how troublesome the 'Shadowwing' were.
This figure was none other than Don Freecss, with 'lichen' wrapped around his body.
He walked closer, bent down, and picked up one of the Shadowwing's corpses. After carefully observing the surroundings, he quickly noticed the traces left behind by Moses and his team.
"I didn't expect…"
Don Freecss's eyes widened with even greater surprise.
Some time ago, he had been searching for the Ancient Pipeline on the white land, but returned empty-handed.
Now he is back on his original route, but he has actually discovered traces of human activities, as well as...
the remains of numerous Shadowwings that had been dealt with!
Don Freecss felt both surprised and deeply impressed.
With his defensive measures, what he feared most was the seemingly insignificant existence like the Shadowwing.
"Maybe I can meet them."
Don Freecss picked up some Shadowwing's corpses.
These corpses could be useful.
But there was something even more valuable.
Don Freecss looked toward the direction where numerous rocks stood.
Where dangerous creatures roamed, there are often items with extraordinary effects.
In other words-
Calamity and hope go hand in hand.