186: Shadow Demise

"Damn, what the hell is that!"

Looking at the opponent's appearance, Xu Le found it very hard to associate him with a human being.

However, Zhou Xun once said, "The weirder you look, the faster you die."

Not daring to be careless, he immediately activated the Divine Eye.

The shadow figure moved even faster; without saying a word, it raised its hand and slashed.

Like a lagging video frame, the opponent raised its hand, and a hundred afterimages appeared, overlapping and slashing down one after another.

Xu Le felt his scalp tingle. He immediately used the "Mental Shock" Skill, then followed up by using the Little Demon Monkey's "True and False Clones" Skill, leaving the Clone at the doorway while his true body hid at the door to provide support.

Snap!

The shadow figure in the very front stiffened, its body going limp, while the subsequent 99 shadows continued to slash forward.

The Shadow Clone had just raised a "Battle Aura Shield" for itself when it was struck by countless blades; it also slashed out with a blade in return.

"Head-on Strike."

Countless blades struck the Shadow Clone, and the Shadow Clone's blade successfully hit one of the shadows, but that shadow merely swayed.

Click, click, click...

The Battle Aura Shield was shattered in less than half a second. Just as Xu Le was preparing to slip away, he discovered that the Shadow Clone's health bar was surprisingly sturdy, with countless single-digit damage numbers floating above its head.

-2

-2

-2

...

Xu Le's eyes lit up. So, the attack looked sharp, but it hadn't reached Divine-Grade yet.

Having played too many high-end games, he was a bit unaccustomed to suddenly breaking into a low-end game.

It had to be said that these shadows were definitely kings in low-end games. If they ever achieved demigod status, they would likely become existences that could kill gods if gods stood in their way.

But on second thought, if the God Descent Cult had such a "Divine Artifact" in their hands, who in the world would dare to defy them?

Even gods and Buddhas would have to lower their heads and greet them.

For the sake of caution, Xu Le's true body remained hidden behind the door, while he used most of his spirit to control the Clone.

With only one minute of time, he couldn't afford to waste it.

Mental Shock!

He followed up by using a spirit Skill to instantly kill one shadow, then the Clone cast the Chain Lightning Skill.

The shadow figure moved very quickly, disappearing in the blink of an eye. If it weren't for the two shadow-like things lying on the ground, he would have thought everything before was just a hallucination.

However, Xu Le had fought against Earths Punishment before and found the opponent's Skills somewhat similar to Earths Punishment's. With the attitude that trying it wouldn't cost anything, he pointed at his own shadow.

Crackle~

Black lightning traveled through the shadows; even without locking on, the subsequent lightning would automatically seek out enemies.

Another large group of shadows collapsed on the ground. However, those shadows were very strange; individually they looked like people, but together they could completely merge. He didn't know exactly how many had died.

Only then did Xu Le use "Divine Eye" again to check the ground.

[Shadow]

[Rank] 85

[Health] 86000 / 86000

[mana] 86000 / 86000

[Strength] 0

[Agility] 0

[Physique] 0

[spirit] 8600

[Talent] Shadow Clan Bloodline

[Skill] Shadow Escape, Shadow Intimidation, Shadow Slash, Berserk, Shadow Gathering, Shadow Follow, Shadow Resurrection, Shadow Stealth...

"It's actually a monster template."

"The God Descent Cult has already created a new type of unit? Terrifying."

"It even has a resurrection Skill. No wonder I couldn't get any experience points after killing so many."

Xu Le controlled the Clone and cast the "Blazing Blue Lotus" Skill at the mass of shadows on the ground.

The shadows on the ground knew they couldn't hide anymore and suddenly jumped up one by one, their bodies glowing with a scarlet light—it was clear they had used the "Berserk" Skill, which had severe aftereffects.

Before his eyes, it was like a lagging frame again; hundreds of blades almost overlapped as they struck at the Clone.

The scarlet blade aura connected, erupting into a huge blade aura over ten meters long.

Boom!

Like a mountain crashing down, the Clone took a heavy hit, and its whole body was slammed three centimeters into the ground.

Very wretched.

However, the damage dealt was only 128 points.

Compared to before, it was a Heaven-Defying change, but this number truly made the shadows feel deeply insulted.

It was worse than when they slashed separately; at least that could deal 300 points of damage.

The flower bloomed.

A blue sea of fire spread all around. The black shadows could barely withstand it for half a second before they all fused into one.

At the same time, dense amounts of experience points popped up.

[Experience + 23 million.]

[Experience + 23 million.]

...

Xu Le counted briefly; there were actually 76 of them. In a short time, his experience points had increased by more than 1.7 billion.

This meant there were 24 surviving shadows left.

Xu Le searched around and quickly discovered something wrong in his true body's shadow; they had actually discovered his true body hiding outside the door.

Xu Le's true body didn't hesitate to cast the "Chain Lightning" Skill. Black lightning appeared, and the shadows, like startled rabbits, scurried everywhere.

But their speed was still far inferior to the lightning.

Another group of shadows was struck down.

The leader of the shadows was furious: "Stop. Do you know who I am?"

"Who are you?"

Xu Le curiously used Divine Eye and found that the opponent just had a slightly higher Rank, reaching Rank 90, and that was it.

The shadow gritted its teeth and pointed to the sky.

Its meaning was naturally referring to the sky of Great Zhou—the Emperor.

Xu Le didn't think in that direction; he thought it was referring to the world's number one assassin, Heavens Punishment, who had been beaten by him until he was covered in dirt and disgrace, so he couldn't help but sneer repeatedly.

"Watch more news when you have nothing to do."

"What is news?"

"You are the news right now."

Xu Le couldn't be bothered to explain and raised his hand to cast Earth Spike.

"You... you won't give us a way out, right? We'll fight you to the death!"

The moment the earth elements gathered, all the shadow figures knew threats wouldn't work. They had already cast the "Berserk" Skill, their bodies glowing with red light, and then they fled quickly outside the City Lord's Mansion.

"Chase!"

The speed of Earth Spike was a big step slower.

"Awoo..."

A large group of Little Dog Clones appeared. They sniffed with their noses and pounced toward the shadows.

The enhanced shadows had their speed increased by another notch. The Little Dog Clones were numerous and powerful, but ultimately they were still a big step slower.

"Damn, did they really get away?"

Just as Xu Le was thinking this, he saw those shadows, having just rushed out the door, suddenly rush back, each with a ferocious expression, as if they wanted to fight to the death.

"Wait, that's not right! That wasn't a turn around; that's a Divine Domain."

He turned his head to look at the divine statue and saw its gaze focus. A bolt of black lightning descended from the sky, blasting onto one of the shadows.

[Experience + 23 million]

Snap!

Another bolt of black lightning blasted out.

Another shadow shattered.

[Experience + 23 million]

A thunder-type Skill, the speed was super fast; the shadows had absolutely no room to dodge.

"Stop! Let us go, I guarantee you'll become a General of the Household!"

"..."

Xu Le couldn't be bothered to respond. He didn't know much, but he knew that a General of the Household was a fourth-Rank military officer; given the current situation, they could at least be responsible for the military equipment of a city.

A mere Cultist, thinking the royal family and Aristocratic Families were just decorations!

Instead, the divine statue itself had absorbed the Soul fragments of the tenth city's divine statue and acquired a new Skill. He needed to check the changes.