Date- 4 April 2321

Time- 02:45

Location- Southern Region, Blossom District, Sun blossom city, Sewer

Did I have to use the transcendent blood slime demon to escape? Would it not be safer to escape as a pebble?

My speed in pebble form could be compared to snail speed, which wasn"t enough so I could either transform into my original form or use the transcendent blood slime demon as a shuttle to make a run for it hoping that the paw clan members wouldn"t return to catch me in the act.

Heeding caution, I went with the transcendent blood slime demon shuttle. For an A-rank demon, it was strong and all but it was not fast enough to take me to the exit of the sewers in seconds. Making the scenario of the paw clan members catching me in the act very likely.

To ensure that scenario would not happen, I decided to stall the paw clan members by having them believe one of my three clones was my original body. Hoping that this would keep the paw clan members busy for a while buying me the time I needed to escape.

Efficient plan, what could go wrong, right? But my web of deception unwinded here. I had underestimated the paw clan members, they were smarter than I gave them credit for. And even though the paw clan members did not show it, they trusted each other and their abilities very much.

The moment my clone tried to make contact with the paw clan members to confuse them into believing it was the original body, the paw clan members immediately saw through my clone"s act and its intention to gain their attention.

This was where they showed how much they had faith in their teammate"s soul energy signature tracing ability. Because of this, they believed that my original body was in the sewer, making it possible for them to see through my clone"s act. Which raised the question, why would a clone try to fool them into believing it was the original? The answer couldn"t be obvious. It was trying to stall for time by confusing them into believing that it was the original.

From there it did not take long for the paw clan members to figure out why their teammate kept saying that the soul energy signature of the boy vanished at that particular part of the sewer tunnel. It was because my original body was hiding right there under their noses. Knowing this they acted on it immediately leading to my current situation.

Under a second, two-thirds of the city"s sewer network was filled with SS-rank Dragonviper Poison. Unfortunately for me, I was in that two-thirds portion of the sewer network. But having already expected something like this, I had prepared for this. Though it was not ideal it would buy me enough time until my other contingencies kicked in.

"s.p.a.ce distortion Array," as the poison was about to hit the transcendent blood slime demon I immediately deployed the s.p.a.ce distortion Array formation, distorting the s.p.a.ce surrounding the Slime demon, making it impossible for the poison to reach the slime demon.

Considering that the rate of spread of the poison was under a second how did I perfectly time the deployment of the s.p.a.ce discretion array?

The timing in the deployment of the s.p.a.ce distortion array was key because if I were to deploy it even a millisecond late, it would be too late as the poison would have already claimed the slime demon and me as its victim and if I were to deploy it early it would reveal my location to the paw clan members. So I needed the timing to be perfect, this was where the clones of slime demon came into the picture.

Coming into contact with poison the slime demon clones died immediately. As the poison got close to the original slime demon the closest slime demon clone would die informing it of the arrival of the poison, this way I could keep track of the spread of the poison and perfectly time the deployment of the s.p.a.ce distortion array.

But by propping up the s.p.a.ce distortion array the risk of my location being revealed was always there. However, it still mattered that I did not deploy the s.p.a.ce distortion array too soon. Because they had to use the poison to get my location. Allowing me to get rid of the poison in their possession once and for all. Even though I risked revealing my location for this, it was worth it at the cost of damage to the city.

"Agatha, now use heaven"s sanction and enhanced s.p.a.ce isolation barrier to gather the poison and contain it," My clone reminded Agatha as soon as the paw clan members detonated the poison canister.

"Got it," Agatha immediately acted and used Anna"s trap card and the city"s enhanced protection array to gather and contain the poison spreading in the city"s sewer system. Within the next few seconds, the poison spreading in the drainage tunnels was cooled and isolated by Agatha. Yet, the damage the SS-rank Dragonviper poison had left in its few seconds of glory was beyond irreparable.

Even though Agatha had managed to isolate the poison as fast as she could, most of the city"s land and water resources were contaminated and had lost their vitality. When I say the poison was isolated, I mean all the poison and materials affected by it were moved to an area that was isolated using a s.p.a.ce barrier. What this did was stop the poison from spreading and doing more damage, but to get rid of the poison we would need an SS-rank purification skill or array.

Though the hazard looming over the city was taken care of, the disaster following me had just descended.

Since the empty beast can hide in the empty s.p.a.ce it was unaffected by the poison and once the paw clan members in it noticed the s.p.a.ce distortion array within their vicinity they immediately made their way to it to complete their mission before the target went into hiding once again.

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