61: Join forces

"Shadow Decapitation Technique!" A person wearing black full-body night clothes suddenly leaped out of Jiang Chen's shadow, slashing the Black Short Knife in his hand toward Su Ze's neck.

At this critical moment, just as the tip of the knife was only half an inch away from Su Ze's neck, the Golden Feather Phoenix Bird flying in the air spat out a Line of Fire, forcing him back.

After the Man in Black skillfully rolled a few times on the ground, the moment he touched a patch of shadow, he instantly drilled into it like a stream of black liquid.

But Feng Qingyi's flame still caught up to the Man in Black at the last moment, making him carry the flame, which clung like maggots to bone, as he drilled into the shadow.

Immediately, his shrill screams seemed to echo from all the shadows in every direction.

"This method of concealing one's body... Is he a Fusang Dark Guard?!"

Su Ze's eyebrows twitched. He had witnessed this concealment method before, used by the Fusang Dark Guards at Tianyun Volcano.

He didn't know what method they used to give all their Beast Spirits the rare "Shadow" attribute, granting them the ability to hide in shadows everywhere.

This was also the reason why the Fusang Dark Guards excelled at assassination.

"Jiang Chen, I didn't expect you to collude with the Fusang Dark Guards! This is already Treason!" Guo Linshan glared at Jiang Chen and roared. He hadn't been this angry even when the Jiang Family calculated against him.

Because he truly couldn't imagine a Major Family like the Jiang Family secretly cooperating with Fusang. This would be a fatal blow to the Great Xia Nation!

Jiang Chen desperately shook his head: "No, it's not true, I didn't. I did calculate against you, but I truly have no connection with the Fusang people!"

"Then how did he hide in your shadow?" Guo Linshan continued to question.

The Fusang Dark Guards also cannot enter another person's shadow without physical contact, which means he must have recently had close contact with the Dark Guard.

Furthermore, a grown person drilling into his shadow like that—Jiang Chen couldn't possibly have been unaware.

Jiang Chen carefully recalled the people he had interacted with these past few days. Suddenly, a light bulb went off, and he spoke with an ugly expression.

"Last night... that guy Chen Ze called me out for a drink. My alcohol tolerance is usually decent, but last night I got drunk after just a few cups. I thought the liquor he brought was too strong."

"When I woke up this morning, Chen Ze was already gone. Young Master Tianlong and I thought he had run away because he didn't dare take responsibility for calculating against a Detachment Commander of the Great Xia Spirit Guards..."

As he spoke, he cautiously glanced at Guo Linshan with a troubled expression, only sighing in relief after realizing Guo Linshan wasn't exploding in rage.

Meanwhile, under a patch of shade not far away, a figure simultaneously emerged from the shadows.

The flames on his body had been extinguished, but his clothes were completely burned away, and he had many burns all over his body.

The black face mask naturally couldn't be spared either; it was burned clean away, revealing a somewhat aged face.

"Chen Ze! It really is you! Our Jiang Family treated you well, and yet you went and defected to Fusang!" Jiang Chen pointed at the other party's nose and roared.

But Chen Ze merely allowed the dagger he used for the failed assassination to undergo De-Weaponization and transform into a set of black armor, which he put on to replace his burned clothes. Then, he slowly said, "You got one thing wrong. I didn't defect to Fusang; I have been a Fusang person all along."

Just as everyone's attention was drawn to Chen Ze, another figure suddenly appeared from Jiang Chen's shadow. This time, he didn't choose to attack Su Ze, but Jiang Chen, who was the closest.

Although Jiang Chen appeared angry, he was actually constantly monitoring the changes in his shadow.

The Mirage Beast's Mist had not yet dissipated, so it was still difficult for outsiders to enter. The only possible transit point was his shadow.

God knows how many people Chen Ze stuffed into his shadow during the whole night he was drunk.

Therefore, the moment the attack struck Jiang Chen, the Mirage Beast above his head suddenly appeared in front of him, using its hard shell to withstand the attack.

At the same time, the Bright Pearl hidden inside the shell radiated a generous light onto Jiang Chen's body.

Like a Shadowless Lamp in an operating room, it made his shadow almost invisible.

The Fusang Dark Guards, who relied on shadows to conceal themselves, had no choice but to escape from Jiang Chen's shadow one by one.

One, two, three... dozens of figures emerged, surrounding them. Their lower halves were hidden in the shadows of various objects, while the other half was exposed.

This allowed them to instantly decide whether to launch an attack or use the shadows to evade attacks and change position.

It could be said that their Shadow Techniques were far superior to those of the Fifth Squad that Su Ze had previously encountered.

Among these people, including Chen Ze, there were at least three auras that were no weaker than the Golden Feather Phoenix Bird.

Although Chen Ze had just suffered some burns, they were not serious and did not affect his Combat Strength.

In comparison, even if Su Ze and Jiang Chen buried the hatchet now, they only had two combatants of the same rank.

Just as Jiang Chen was calculating the comparison of strength between the two sides, Chen Ze spoke: "Jiang Chen, we have mobilized three Squad Leader-level combatants this time. Given your current situation, you won't be our opponents.

"But our target is only Su Ze. We cannot allow the Great Xia Nation to produce another Xiao Sheng. So this matter has nothing to do with you. You can leave after dispelling the Mirage Beast's Mist."

Upon hearing this, Guo Linshan turned his head to look at Jiang Chen, finding that his expression was indeed very conflicted, appearing quite tempted.

However, the surrounding Mist not only failed to dissipate but grew thicker, enveloping all the Fusang Dark Guards on the periphery.

"It is indeed a very tempting proposal... but I also have a bottom line!"

He had calculated against many people for the sake of the Jiang Family, including setting up the trap for Guo Linshan this time.

But when it came to the Fusang Dark Guards, he would absolutely not reconcile with them.

Because his son was once a genius in the Jiang Family even more dazzling than the current Jiang Tianlong, and had even gained the appreciation of the Old Ancestor.

Just as he was about to receive the Jiang Family's best cultivation, he was targeted by the Fusang Dark Guards... "That is truly a pity..." Chen Ze's voice came from the Mist, becoming increasingly hollow.

He then suddenly rushed out from beneath their feet, and at the same time, the rest of the Fusang Dark Guards also launched their attacks.

Most of them headed toward the mission target, Su Ze, while the rest attacked Jiang Chen's Mirage Beast.

They would not allow the Mirage Beast's Mist to continue spreading across the battlefield. Although it had no immediate effect, things might get complicated later.

Feng Qingyi alone intercepted Chen Ze and one Squad Leader, while Jiang Chen held back the other.

Su Ze, holding the void spirit shield, managed to barely block the remaining attacks in coordination with Guo Linshan.

It seemed like an evenly matched fight, but Su Ze looked up at the battlefield involving Feng Qingyi and the other two, growing worried.

When he had just used the phoenix feather departing fire fan to attack, he was mainly relying on Feng Qingyi's power.

Having expended a large amount of power now, she might not be able to hold off two Beast Masters of the same rank for long.

Sure enough, Feng Qingyi quickly found herself stretched thin.

Su Ze gritted his teeth and decided to stake everything, abandoning the safest method of having Feng Qingyi fight alone, and chose Beast Spirit Weaponization once more!