Chapter 782: Chapter 649: Capturing the Shadow Thief (Part 2)

His true form is the Refining Void Perfection, a thousand-meter tall dark golden being, fused with Body Forging Technique, Inner Cycle, and countless resistance evolutions.

Ordinary mysterious forces to him are like a breeze brushing his face, unable to break even the outermost layer of resistance.

But the bite from the Shadow Thief did indeed strip away a small part from his life aspect.

Although the amount is small, extremely tiny, almost negligible.

But this isn’t about quantity; it’s about "whether it can be done".

Jeming’s lips slightly curved into a smile of interest.

The research value of this thing is higher than he anticipated!

Inside his body, the Body Forging Technique automatically activated.

This Body Refining Technique, which has become ingrained in his instincts, initiated a self-adaptive repair program upon sensing the "damage" at life’s level.

His shadow grew back almost instantly after a small chunk was bitten off.

The Shadow Thief instinctively took another bite.

The shadow grew back again.

The Shadow Thief was stunned.

Jeming could clearly see that the faceless humanoid shadow stiffened slightly when "stunned," and the trembling at its edges ceased.

It seemed to be "sensing" this prey in a way Jeming didn’t fully understand yet.

Then it bit again.

The shadow grew back again.

Jeming took out a cup of spirit tea from his storage bag.

The tea was hot, freshly brewed, and the amber-colored tea shimmered warmly under the streetlight’s glow.

He held the teacup, lightly blowing on the surface steam, and took a sip.

The aroma of tea spread in his mouth, carrying a faint hint of sweetness.

He leaned against the lamppost, drinking tea while watching the Shadow Thief gnaw at his shadow like a hamster eating sunflower seeds.

Once, twice, thrice.

The Shadow Thief’s "mouth" opened and closed quickly at the shadow’s edge, with dense protrusions resembling rows of tiny teeth, continuously biting and devouring.

Its speed increased, frequency rising, like racing with some invisible force.

But Jeming’s shadow seemed like a bottomless well, maintaining its complete shape and length no matter how the Shadow Thief gnawed.

And in this process, Jeming’s All-Purpose Eye and Fate System were constantly operating.

The All-Purpose Eye penetrated the shadow surface of the Shadow Thief, reaching its core structure.

He saw the transformation process of shadow fragments being devoured inside the Shadow Thief, recording various energy change data in the process.

As time slowly passed, several minutes went by swiftly.

During these minutes, Jeming collected data on various aspects of the Shadow Thief.

The frequency of energy fluctuations, efficiency of shadow devouring, manner of energy transformation inside, and its mechanism of sensing "prey"...

All of these were recorded, archived, and stored in the deep database of his consciousness.

Of course, the sole reason for not continuing data collection is purely that the Shadow Thief couldn’t proceed further.

After the initial excitement, the Shadow Thief’s actions began to slow down.

Mainly because it found that its "mouth" seemed less effective.

Those dense protrusions, while biting at Jeming’s shadow edge, no longer easily stripped off another piece like at the beginning.

Those dense protrusions, biting at Jeming’s shadow edge, felt like they were biting into elastic and tough rubber, requiring substantial effort to make a tiny notch.

Jeming shook his head and sighed helplessly.

This is probably the only flaw after obtaining true form.

The adaptation speed of evolution is too fast, and it also automatically evolves as a kind of instinct.

His body, upon sensing repeated "minor damage", automatically adjusted the reserve structure of life energy.

Through continuous shadow wear, it rapidly evolved targeted resistance against the concept of destructive force.

If Jeming wasn’t constantly suppressing his power and deliberately dispersing his life force, the Body Forging Technique’s adaptation from "being bitten" to "barely bitten" would’ve been completed in an instant.

But even with Jeming’s actions, the Shadow Thief struggles to gnaw his shadow now.

The Shadow Thief took another bite.

This time, its "mouth" slipped at the edge of the shadow like biting into a smooth stone, biting nothing off.

So it stopped.

The flat humanoid shadow retreated slightly, seemingly reassessing this prey before it.

Its "body" surface began showing subtle wave-like undulations, which Jeming, through the All-Purpose Eye, determined to be similar to an energy expression of "confusion" or "unease".

"It seems... the intensity and intelligence of mysterious forces are not proportional. Besides, if Night Mysterious inherently possessed intelligence, it wouldn’t dare to provoke wizards." Jeming thoughtfully stroked his chin.

Glancing at the Shadow Thief seemingly ready to flee, Jeming decided not to test further.

The spirit tea was finished, and the data was collected enough; it was time to wrap up.

He put down the teacup, which disappeared instantly as it left his fingers, returned to the Inner Grotto Heaven.

Then he lifted his right hand, fingers spread, palm facing down.

Numerous blue runes simultaneously emerged from the alley’s walls.

The blue runes rapidly spread across the mottled wall surface, connecting quickly into a full closed circular array.

The light of the array shrank inward, locking the Shadow Thief in a segment of the alley’s center.

This was the sealing technique Jeming learned from the Spirit Communicator Association.

The complete mysterious being he secured from the auction came with the association’s standard sealing container and sealing technique.

Through research and disassembly during this period, he had fully grasped the principles and operation methods of this technique.

Compared to Wizard World’s sealing technique, the association’s technique is more targeted.

Simply sealing mysterious entities, in terms of the sealing array of the same level, is more effective than the Barrier that specializes in sealing Law-like entities.

Understandable, after all, this is almost the core technology humans rely on for survival in this world.

Although just mastered, with Jeming’s technology, it was easily deployed.

The Shadow Thief’s shadow film began to shrink under the pressure of the blue light.

It attempted to escape through gaps, but each node of the array was tightly interlocked, leaving no openings.

It attempted to climb up walls, but the light of the array covered the entire space from ground to rooftop, giving it no dark place to retreat.

The dark humanoid shadow shrank smaller and smaller under the sealing array’s pressure, from a carpet size to a tablecloth, finally to a newspaper size.

Jeming retrieved a specially crafted metal box from the Inner Grotto Heaven.

Rectangular, silver-white, its surface engraved with runes, resembling the containers used in association auctions for mysterious items.

However, it was much smaller, more like a cigar box.

He opened the box, aiming its opening at the now palm-sized compressed Shadow Thief.

The last beam of the sealing array flashed, compressing the Shadow Thief’s shadow film into a dense black ink-like substance.

Jeming reached out, folding the mass of substance like paper, then again, stuffing it into the metal box.

The lid closed, the light of the runes emerged from the silver-white surface.

It flickered stably a few times before settling into a calm state.

Shadow Thief, capture complete.

Jeming returned the metal box to the Inner Grotto Heaven, leaned against the lamppost, and closed his eyes.

His consciousness connected to the scattered Eyes of the Micro-Light outside, examining their positions and status one by one.

Most Eyes of the Micro-Light were quietly lying in various parts of the old city district, transmitting normal signals.

A few were attached to members of the Spirit Communicator Association, moving with them.

Those were the elite participating in tonight’s operation, returning to headquarters.

Then he found the Eye of the Micro-Light attached to the shark monster.

The signal was clear, the location information showing that the entity had ceased moving.

"But this location... still seems to be at sea?"

Could it be that the entity has returned to the base of the figure behind the scenes?

Or has it been abandoned?

Thinking this way, Jeming’s figure disappeared from the spot.

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