# 1925
Chapter 1925: Rose Fire Feather Garment
Seeing this half-bull, half-snake monster, everyone stood frozen in place.
Except in movies, it was the first time they had encountered such a massive and grotesque creature… No, even in movies, nothing could compare to the creature before them. Those copper-bell-like eyes glared at them, and it felt as if all their strength had been drained. They could only stand there blankly, their legs heavy as lead.
The moment Zhao Zhengbin saw the monster, he thought of the four-headed, eight-legged creature from the livestream, along with those other monsters… But, but weren't those things only supposed to exist outside the borders?
No, that couldn't be right…
Zhao Zhengbin recalled that in the livestream comments, someone had mentioned encountering such monsters, but they were taken care of by people in red cloaks. He had dismissed it as a made-up story, but now that they knew about the existence of the Night Watch, this was no longer just fiction.
Were there also such monsters within Great Xia's borders? But why hadn't they discovered them all these years??
Was this also because of the Night Watch?
Scattered thoughts flashed through Zhao Zhengbin's mind, but he had no time to dwell on them further, because the dozens-of-stories-tall monster before them had already wrapped its scaly serpent tail around a truck on the street and hurled it directly at them!
A truck weighing tens of tons was like a toy in front of this monster, easily twisted into a pretzel. The vehicle screamed shrilly through the air as���风 tore at everyone's faces. They watched the rapidly enlarging black shadow approach, their pupils constricting sharply!
Clang—!!
A rose-colored flame streak slashed through the void, sweeping across to before the group in an instant. The heavy truck was like soft melting wax, severed at the waist by that firelight!
The next moment, a sea of rose-colored flames blazed before everyone's eyes!
The bisected truck was engulfed by the fire sea, rapidly consumed until only a shattered, broken shell remained. It drifted lightly over their heads, crashing onto the cement ground and shattering into scorched debris scattered across the surface!
This all happened too quickly. The crowd merely closed their eyes instinctively, and a truck weighing tens of tons had already turned to debris, finely scattered across the ground.
They opened their eyes in astonishment. Drifting rose-colored embers swirled like flower petals, flying circles around the sea of flames.
A young maiden gripping the Hongying spear stood calmly within the flames. The embers dancing beside her dark red cloak were like scorching stars adorning her form!
"…A red cloak?" Someone in the crowd snapped to attention, their eyes flooding with unprecedented excitement!
"Night Watch!? She's from the Night Watch!!"
Several people who had watched the expedition team's livestream began to glow with excitement. Ever since witnessing the Night Watch's power in the livestream, they had dreamed of seeing a Night Watch member in person. And now, a Night Watch operative stood right before them, having just saved their lives from that monster!
Zhao Zhengbin was among them.
"Mom, Mom! Did you see that?! That's the Night Watch!" Zhao Zhengbin tugged at his mother's sleeve, speaking excitedly as if he had spotted his long-awaited idol.
The woman stood beside him, staring in a daze at the maiden standing tall within the flames. Even though she hadn't watched any livestreams and didn't know what the Night Watch truly meant, there was no doubt that this scene would be forever etched in her memory.
"Sorry about this, big bull-headed guy…"
The spear wreathed in rose-colored flames was casually resting on Hongying's shoulder as she gazed up at this dozens-of-meters-tall bull-headed Mystery, her eyes narrowing slightly.
"Cangnan is the territory of Squad 136. Anyone who dares to cause trouble in Cangnan today… dies without exception!"
Roar—!!
As if sensing the threat from those rose-colored flames, the bull-headed Mystery let out a low roar. Its muscular arms suddenly lifted, stirring up howling winds as they smashed toward the ground!
Hongying coldly snorted. The rose-fire spear twirled a bloom of枪花 in her hand as she charged toward that pair of fists without hesitation!
Spear shadows like dragons, rose flames dancing—within everyone's field of vision, it was as if a crimson flower bloomed between her palms, lightly sweeping across those two fists larger than her own figure.
The instant they touched this bouquet of flowers, the bull-headed Mystery's hands shattered into countless fragments of blood mist, then instantly vaporized by the crimson spear shadows!
A mournful howl pierced the air. Hongying steadily halted her flying spear, her form slightly crouching…
"Merely a River Realm Mystery. What a death wish."
As her words fell, rose-colored flames fluttered around her like feathers, weaving into a burning feather garment. The next instant, the earth beneath her feet exploded violently. Her form shot forward like a crimson lightning bolt, piercing through the void. A spear shadow passed the bull-headed Mystery's body at a speed too fast for the naked eye to track, flashing to the sky behind it!
As Hongying's form steadily landed on the ground, a line of flame patterns spread across the bull-headed Mystery's chest. A column of blazing fire tore through its body, exploding in the center of the street and shooting straight into the clouds!
Everyone standing around the street stared at that rose-colored pillar of fire piercing through the dark clouds, their jaws dropping in shock.
Even Zhao Zhengbin, who had witnessed even more spectacular scenes in the livestream, was deeply shaken at this moment. Watching through a phone screen versus experiencing something this close brought entirely different sensations.
He stared blankly at the maiden's profile within the flames, suddenly feeling a sense of familiarity…
Under the dim sky, several figures consecutively leaped out from the darkness, landing beside the young maiden. They were all draped in dark red cloaks, appearing quite young, some even younger than Zhao Zhengbin by several years.
"That's…" Zhao Zhengbin noticed a young man in the group and suddenly froze. A scene from that office they had visited flashed through his mind!
It was him?!!
"Captain, the one at the southeast corner has been dealt with."
"The one at Shanta Street is also resolved. Fortunately, they were all far from the crowds, so no casualties occurred."
"Good, well done!" The maiden clapped her hands. "Everyone's getting extra chicken legs tonight when we get back!"
"I feel like there's something off about this wave of Mystery uprisings." Beside the maiden, a man around her age pondered. "Previously, Cangnan City would see at most four or five Mysteries in an entire year, but now four have appeared all at once… Could it be because of that lion's roar?"
"It's a good thing we made preparations beforehand, plus the secret assistance from the Special Secret Department. Otherwise, relying only on us few, we might not have been able to intercept them all in such short notice."
"This wave of Mystery uprisings probably hasn't fully subsided yet. Don't let your guard down. Continue separating and patrolling. If anything happens, use the radio to communicate!"
"Yes!"
As the maiden finished speaking, the group immediately dispersed. Their dark red cloaks vanished into the dim sky.