"Okay."
Shane glanced at the panicked girl and stood up to walk toward the door. But this casual glance made him stop in his tracks.
"She looks a bit familiar."
Jeans, brown jacket, short blonde hair. Shane vaguely felt she looked familiar but couldn't recall her identity for the moment.
Bang!
The bar door was slammed open again. Outside the door, there was no one.
Cold wind hit their faces. With a crack, a bar stool by the counter shattered inexplicably, as if it had been attacked by something.
"It's here, it's here..." The short-haired blonde girl, who had calmed down somewhat, covered her head with her hands in fear and screamed in terror.
Jo in the bar quickly grabbed a shotgun and aimed at the empty doorway, nervously shouting to Shane outside the bar: "Get out of the way!"
Click.
Ellen, who had been on the phone, cocked her pistol, aimed at the door, and slowly paced closer to Shane and Jo.
"Did you see what it is?"
The open door, the cold wind rushing in, the bar stool shattered on the floor, the unseen enemy... Not daring to blink, not daring to breathe, the atmosphere in the bar became heavy and tense.
Suddenly, another bar stool flew up out of nowhere and smashed into the arcade machine nearby. The screen of the arcade machine shattered, and the crackling sound of electric current made the already tense people even more nervous.
In the bar, it was as if an invisible creature was watching them.
Bang bang bang.
Ellen fired a few test shots in the direction outside the bar. The gunfire was deafening. Besides leaving a few bullet holes in the bar and floor, and making the atmosphere even more tense, it seemed to have no effect.
Silent silence. Jo nervously whispered, "Did you hit it?"
Bang!
What answered Jo was the sound of a light bulb exploding on the ceiling.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
The light bulbs in the bar exploded one after another. Jo and Ellen instinctively ducked and covered their heads. The surroundings fell into darkness, with only weak moonlight shining in through the doors and windows. The faintly swaying shadows made the situation even more horrifying...
Shadow?
Shadow!
Shane's eyes lit up, the corners of his mouth slightly raised as he spoke quietly in the silence: "According to records, there is a sect called Zoroastrianism. This sect was born 2,000 years before Christianity. The sect recorded the summoning of a shadow demon king called Daeva. They are fierce and cruel, feeding on humans."
"Jo, do you know why it's called the Shadow Demon King?"
Jo, crouching in the bar, gradually calmed down listening to Shane's relaxed and steady voice. Her little brain immediately understood—what they were facing was probably this Shadow Demon King.
"Why... why?" Jo cooperated very well, playing the straight man for Shane.
"Because it has no physical form, only the form of a shadow, and it can harm targets by attacking their shadows. It's said that it fears strong light and can be dispersed by bright light."
"And then?"
"And then? Hehe, let me tell you a secret. Actually, I'm also very good at using shadows."
In the darkness, the Byakugan activated. Shane watched a mass of black shadow rushing toward him and rapidly formed hand seals.
Shadow Possession Technique!
Whoosh... The shadow at Shane's feet instantly drilled toward the opponent.
The moment they connected, Shane felt the resistance coming back from the shadow—the resistance of the Shadow Demon King.
Secret technique VS demon.
Secret technique wins!
Although the Shadow Demon King was powerful, its strength lay in having no physical form and being able to harm targets by attacking their shadows, making it very difficult to deal with.
Shane's Shadow Possession Technique could control his own shadow and was amplified by chakra. After connecting with the Shadow Demon King, which itself was a shadow, the energy of the chakra was something the Shadow Demon King simply could not resist.
Shane slowly turned around. Under the moonlight, the Shadow Demon King also turned in the same direction.
"Ellen, Jo, I've already controlled it. You can come over now. Oh, and stay away from that wide-eyed blonde young lady. She's lost control of the Shadow Demon King, so there's no guarantee she won't attack you in desperation."
The blonde young lady?
The girl who ran in panicking?
This Shadow Demon King was actually controlled by her!
Jo and Ellen couldn't help but be startled and hurriedly looked at the girl.
In the darkness, the blonde girl who had just been covering her head and screaming slowly walked forward a few steps, her posture swaying, the corners of her mouth raised, her face wearing a flying smile. "You know quite a lot. How did you recognize my identity?"
"Even in darkness, demons attached to humans shine with a black light." Shane flipped his wrist and took out a few Explosive Tags, casually tossing them behind him.
Behind him, the Shadow Demon King made the same motion, but it didn't have any Explosive Tags in its hands.
The Explosive Tags Shane threw landed in front of the Shadow Demon King. With a word "explode," the tags ignited themselves, followed by a loud boom.
Bright firelight suddenly flared up, illuminating the originally dim bar like daylight. In the glaring firelight, a strange and sharp scream rang out. The Shadow Demon King disappeared, and the firelight dimmed accordingly, leaving only the ignited floor burning slowly.
"Want to guess how I'm planning to deal with you?" Shane smiled at the demon lady whose expression had darkened.
This demon lady was called Meg. One of Lucifer's most loyal followers, she was initially in the villain camp, working for the Yellow-Eyed Demon.
Later, she turned to the light.
She helped the Winchester brothers resist Hell's forces multiple times and even flirted with the angel Castiel when his mind was confused. In the end, while helping the Winchester brothers and Castiel resist Crowley, she was killed by Crowley with an angel blade due to the huge difference in strength.
The reason Shane didn't recognize her identity at first was that when she first appeared—in this body right now—she died not long after. Later, she switched to another body and joined the Winchester brothers' camp. Shane was more familiar with that body and had a deeper impression of it.
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