As the Cursed Eye Slug made its move, the other two Ghost Suppression Guards summoned their respective Guardian Beasts.
One was a two-headed hound, wreathed in flames, its lean body brimming with power. The other was a panther with large patches of shadow flickering across its body, almost completely concealing its form. Both were already lunging toward the Deceit Beast Master.
A piercing shriek suddenly erupted as the dense Blood Qi around the Deceit Beast Master's body, so thick it was almost tangible, rapidly expanded.
Tentacles formed from clotted blood shot out to meet the Hunting Flame Two-headed Dog and the Shadow Panther.
At this moment, the crazed look on the Deceit Beast Master's ordinary face was gone, and even his fear had vanished, replaced by an utterly calm expression as he began to fight back.
Seeing this, the man in the center wearing the standard Ghost Suppression Bureau uniform furrowed his brow behind his mask.
The reaction of the Deceit Beast Master before him indicated that after assessing the situation, he believed he still had a chance to fight.
The leading man was about to summon his own Guardian Beast, but he quickly stopped himself when he remembered this was a residential area.
The man cursed inwardly. 'In a residential area like this, my Guardian Beast is too difficult to deploy!'
"Number Two, Number Three, go all out. Take him down as fast as you can."
The moment the leader finished speaking, he received two solemn replies.
"Understood, Number One!"
"No problem, Number One. Our intel on this Deceit Beast Master's Deceit Beast is incomplete, but its strength should be at Peak Silver Quality of the Extraordinary Level."
"It won't be hard for the two of us to take it down!"
Originally, neither of them wanted their Guardian Beasts to get hurt in the fight, so their combat style had been somewhat conservative.
Now, with the new command, the two Ghost Suppression Guard members chose to hold nothing back. They were willing to trade injuries to kill him as quickly as possible.
As the Hunting Flame Two-headed Dog and Shadow Panther attacked with full force, the blood-red tentacles suffered varying degrees of damage under the scorching flames and swift claw strikes.
One of the bloody tentacles even snapped!
A hoarse voice echoed from between the bloody tentacles.
"Don't think you so-called 'normal' Guardian Beast Masters are the only ones with a Talent! I'll make you meddling bastards pay!"
As his voice fell, the Deceit Beast Master's body shriveled rapidly like dehydrated tree bark, and more bloody tentacles erupted frantically from beneath his feet.
At the very center of these bloody tentacles was a Blood Thread Puppet—a tattered and broken doll completely stained with blood.
Its body was stitched with countless dense red threads.
And now, the dense red threads stitched all over the puppet's body seemed to come alive!
Seeing this, the Ghost Suppression Guard members immediately became vigilant.
Whether for a Guardian Beast Master or a Deceit Beast Master, their awakened Talent is their most precious trump card.
Fighting rashly without knowing the opponent's Talent, even with a power disparity, could lead to an unexpected defeat.
But the Ghost Suppression Guards never expected that the bloody tentacles, which had suddenly swelled to nearly thirty meters long, wouldn't attack the nearby Hunting Flame Two-headed Dog and Shadow Panther.
Instead, they struck at the spiderweb blocking their side, as well as the dozens of cursed eyes on the web that had been restricting the tentacles' movement speed.
With each attack, as the bloody tentacles ruptured, they would release a great cloud of foul, viscous, blood-colored mist.
After several attacks, all the blood-red threads on the bizarre puppet at the center of the tentacles snapped, and its aura weakened.
The dense Blood Qi that had enveloped the Deceit Beast Master was also nearly depleted.
It turned out the Deceit Beast Master hadn't intended to fight from the very beginning; he was trying to escape.
To break the Barrier behind him, which had been jointly created by the Void Web Prohibition Spider and the Cursed Eye Slug, the Deceit Beast Master had gone all out, draining every last bit of his Energy.
The blood-red mist he released at the end successfully created an opportunity for him to escape.
After a long while, the blood-red mist finally began to dissipate.
The Hunting Flame Two-headed Dog was lying half-prone on the ground, its two massive heads vomiting nonstop like broken fire hydrants.
The vomit was a distinct green; it had clearly thrown up all its bile.
The Shadow Panther wasn't in as pathetic a state as the Hunting Flame Two-headed Dog, but it wasn't much better off.
There was a gash on its back so deep the bone was visible, and the wound was already festering and rotting.
"Number Two, Number Three, recall your Guardian Beasts to your Soul Bases to recuperate."
"After we get back, I'll help you apply for the antidote Potion for the corrosive poison."
Clearly worried about their Guardian Beasts' injuries, Number Two and Number Three hurried forward to check on the condition of the Hunting Flame Two-headed Dog and the Shadow Panther.
"Number Four, Number Five, your Contracted Void Web Prohibition Spider has been at high altitude. Did it see where that aberrant fled to?"
After a moment of contemplation, Number Four and Number Five replied.
"The blood mist spread by the aberrant was too dense. It almost completely obscured the Void Web Prohibition Spider's vision."
"But I don't think this aberrant would dare remain in the Upper City District. His Talent enhances his Deceit Beast's power by consuming his own blood."
"It lets his Deceit Beast erupt with Tier-Jumping combat power for a moment; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to break the Barrier we and Number Six set up."
Hearing this, the leader said in a grave voice.
"It's highly likely he fled to the Lower City District. He can evade our pursuit there."
"But given his injuries, fleeing to the Lower City District would expose him to numerous dangers."
"That said, we can't rule out the possibility that he's holed up somewhere in the Upper City District."
"It's late. Number Two, Three, Four, and Five—you four will remain on duty here on South Cross Street."