199: Confident Zhizi Jiu found the flaw

The three newly appeared Zhi Zi Jiu instantly unleashed a complete set of combo skills.

Two seconds later, the energy dissipated.

That Zhi Zi Jiu spoke with a hint of surprise.

“You actually survived my Wind Wall Fire Dragon skill. Your vitality is much stronger than I anticipated. Is this your trump card?”

Listening to Zhi Zi Jiu’s words, Ye Xiao’s expression was a bit strange. He then glanced at his health bar. He had to admit, Zhi Zi Jiu’s series of combo skills just now were quite powerful, having depleted a full 50,000 of his HP.

He acknowledged that the power of this skill was indeed extraordinary.

One must know that earlier in the City Lord’s Mansion, the four Zhi Family assassins also attacked simultaneously, yet they only caused Ye Xiao to lose over 10,000 HP.

However, a mere 50,000 HP was nothing compared to his over 50 million HP, especially since he had the negative effect of taking double damage.

If calculated properly, it was only 25,000 damage.

But, what level was Zhi Zi Jiu?

At the same level, the highest HP for ordinary Professionals was only a few tens of thousands, with some even barely breaking ten thousand.

And Ye Xiao’s dual defenses had long since surpassed others of the same level by several times.

Even so, Zhi Zi Jiu’s series of combo skills still managed to deplete 50,000 of his HP, showing his formidable combat power.

If anyone else were here, their corpse would have long since turned to dust.

For a moment, Ye Xiao looked at Zhi Zi Jiu with a hint of emotion.

No wonder Zhi Zi Jiu was so confident.

However, it was only a feeling of emotion.

This amount of damage was practically negligible to Ye Xiao.

Even if he did nothing and stood there as a target for Zhi Zi Jiu, the opponent might run out of magic power before he was harmed.

However, Ye Xiao had no masochistic tendencies, so he raised his hand and unleashed various skills.

His target was the short Zhi Zi Jiu behind him.

Unfortunately, the situation was the same; the opponent still used Mirror Flower, Water Moon to perfectly evade the damage.

Ye Xiao frowned, waved his hand, and shifted his target to the fiery red Zhi Zi Jiu in front.

However, just as Ye Xiao’s skill activated.

The giant Zhi Zi Jiu had already blocked in front of him, his sturdy body covered in green earth elements.

This time, Ye Xiao’s skill did hit.

However, the giant Zhi Zi Jiu, after taking all of Ye Xiao’s skills, stood perfectly still as if nothing had happened.

This scene puzzled Ye Xiao again.

Disbelieving, he unleashed another series of skills.

But this time, at the moment the skills activated, Ye Xiao also charged towards the giant Zhi Zi Jiu.

With Ye Xiao’s speed, it took less than a blink of an eye for him to appear in front of the giant Zhi Zi Jiu.

As countless skills rained down, Ye Xiao simultaneously swung his staff.

However, this time the giant Zhi Zi Jiu finally moved.

The giant Zhi Zi Jiu, after enduring a large amount of skill damage, suddenly vanished from its spot, replaced by the short Zhi Zi Jiu who had arrived at some unknown moment.

Ye Xiao’s staff swung, once again passing through the short Zhi Zi Jiu’s body.

And with the help of this series of obstructions, the fiery red Zhi Zi Jiu escaped Ye Xiao’s attack range.

When it reappeared, it was already behind Ye Xiao, along with the giant Zhi Zi Jiu.

Immediately after, the three Zhi Zi Jiu repeated the process, unleashing another round of combo skills, hitting Ye Xiao once more.

Ye Xiao glanced at his health, ignoring it.

If he truly wanted to, he could naturally evade this set of combo skills, but it was completely unnecessary and a waste of skills.

Currently, he was more focused on figuring out how to break Zhi Zi Jiu’s strange defensive ability.

At this moment, Zhi Zi Jiu suddenly spoke, still in that calm and unhurried tone.

“It’s useless. While your vitality is somewhat surprising, in my eyes, you’re just a thick-skinned target.”

“I can give you a chance. As long as you kneel and surrender to me now, I can consider only taking the red moon token from you and sparing your life.”

Ye Xiao looked at Zhi Zi Jiu’s arrogant demeanor and shook his head.

Immediately, two doppelgangers appeared beside him.

Phantom Doppelganger.

Since his combat power surged, Ye Xiao hadn’t used doppelganger skills for a long time.

Seeing this, Zhi Zi Jiu sneered, “Oh? Doppelgangers? It seems you’re still not giving up. How long can you stall with such a low-level doppelganger skill?”

Saying that, Zhi Zi Jiu attacked again.

But this time, the red Zhi Zi Jiu’s skill was no longer a single-target skill, but three red light pillars filled with explosive aura.

They aimed at Ye Xiao and his two doppelgangers respectively.

At the same time, the short Zhi Zi Jiu also unleashed several gusts of wind, completely engulfing Ye Xiao, including his doppelgangers.

As for the giant Zhi Zi Jiu, he still plunged his hands into the ground, and earthen walls rose from the earth.

Seeing this move again, Ye Xiao immediately understood. It seemed that these Zhi Zi Jiu’s attack methods were relatively simple, which made things easier.

The doppelgangers’ stats were inferior to the main body, but their HP still exceeded ten million.

Therefore, he didn’t let the doppelgangers dodge; instead, he and his doppelgangers all cast skills together.

In an instant, dense skills completely sealed off the surrounding sky.

Zhi Zi Jiu, seeing this, showed no panic, but instead sneered, “Don’t waste your energy. Don’t you understand yet? Your attacks have no effect on me.”

As he spoke, their skills exchanged.

Damage numbers constantly flickered on Ye Xiao’s body.

On Zhi Zi Jiu’s side, the short Zhi Zi Jiu still used Mirror Flower, Water Moon to dodge a large number of skills, while also taking the opportunity to close in and attack Ye Xiao.

And Zhi Zi Jiu’s main body and the fiery red Zhi Zi Jiu were both hiding behind the giant Zhi Zi Jiu.

Countless skills smashed onto the giant Zhi Zi Jiu, but besides the rumbling explosions, they did not cause any substantial damage.

However, Ye Xiao didn’t care and continued to release skills.

One of the doppelgangers quickly rushed towards the giant Zhi Zi Jiu.

The staff glowed with a biting cold light, striking fiercely at the giant Zhi Zi Jiu.

At the same time, Ye Xiao’s main body made the same movement, swinging his staff at the short Zhi Zi Jiu beside him.

A miraculous scene appeared.

This time, facing Ye Xiao’s doppelganger’s magic weapon, the giant Zhi Zi Jiu did not disappear again, but was solidly hit by the doppelganger.

Explosive power pierced through the giant Zhi Zi Jiu’s body, creating a terrifying energy wave at the spot.

The ground instantly cracked, and the giant Zhi Zi Jiu’s sturdy body sank heavily into the ground, while its strong body was covered in cracks, clearly having suffered extremely heavy damage.

“Oh?”

Ye Xiao couldn’t help but let out a surprised sound.

This giant Zhi Zi Jiu was actually able to block his magic weapon.

One must know that since he obtained the magic weapon, no enemy had been able to withstand his powerful strike, which had countless skill effects stacked on it.

Especially after leaving the Xiling Ruins, his combat power had increased several times, and the power of his magic weapon was unmatched.

However, this giant Zhi Zi Jiu was actually able to survive his strike.

Although the doppelganger’s damage was much lower than Ye Xiao’s own, this astonishing defense was enough to surprise Ye Xiao.

But it was only surprise, and it did not hinder Ye Xiao’s subsequent attack.

At the same time, his previous guess had also been confirmed: as long as the short Zhi Zi Jiu used Mirror Flower, Water Moon, he could not instantly swap positions with the giant Zhi Zi Jiu.

And the giant Zhi Zi Jiu seemed to be immune to all elemental damage, but could not achieve complete immunity to physical damage with attached statuses, such as those from magic weapons.

With this conclusion, Ye Xiao, with renewed vigor, continuously used his doppelganger to unleash skills on the short Zhi Zi Jiu while simultaneously attacking the giant Zhi Zi Jiu again.

Suddenly, soft ripples surged towards the giant Zhi Zi Jiu.

In an instant, the giant Zhi Zi Jiu, originally covered in cracks, recovered as before.

At the same time, Zhi Zi Jiu’s voice came.

“I didn’t expect your reaction to be so quick, discovering the conversion conditions between these several puppets so soon. You’ve surprised me again.”

Ye Xiao didn’t expect Zhi Zi Jiu to admit it so openly.

At this moment, his doppelganger’s staff had already smashed onto the giant Zhi Zi Jiu again.

Unfortunately, it still couldn’t achieve a one-hit kill.

He could only watch as Zhi Zi Jiu released the soft, ethereal blue ripples again, restoring the giant Zhi Zi Jiu to its original state.

Ye Xiao’s eyes flickered, and he threw out several skills with a backhand motion.

Immediately after, his figure suddenly ascended. While Zhi Zi Jiu was casting his recovery skill, the doppelganger bypassed the giant Zhi Zi Jiu and charged towards Zhi Zi Jiu’s main body.

However, Zhi Zi Jiu’s face showed no panic, nor did he dodge.

He just watched as Ye Xiao’s doppelganger’s staff swung towards him.

The next moment, the staff touched Zhi Zi Jiu’s body and once again swung through empty air.

Zhi Zi Jiu’s main body once again transformed into a phantom.

At the same time, Ye Xiao looked at the short Zhi Zi Jiu and found that he was also using Mirror Flower, Water Moon.

This discovery made Ye Xiao frown.

At this moment, a cold glint burst from Zhi Zi Jiu’s eyes, and a dagger appeared in his hand at some unknown point. He fiercely activated a skill towards the Ye Xiao doppelganger in front of him.

Countless strong winds raged.

At the same time, the fiery red Zhi Zi Jiu, who had been hiding behind the giant Zhi Zi Jiu, also activated a skill again, forming a pincer attack on Ye Xiao from front and back.

In the battlefield at this moment, seven figures constantly intertwined, and various skills flew about, making it extremely lively.

The ground had long been disfigured by their clash.

In reality, this battle had only lasted less than 2 minutes.

Ye Xiao had lost hundreds of thousands of HP in total.

This showed that Zhi Zi Jiu’s combat power was indeed extraordinary.

Of course, because his maximum HP was too high, Ye Xiao’s not-so-high self-healing ability had already brought his HP back to full.

Therefore, while he couldn’t harm Zhi Zi Jiu, the latter also couldn’t cause him any significant damage.

However, these Zhi Zi Jiu were unaware.

In his opinion, no matter how thick Ye Xiao’s HP was, as long as the battle continued at this pace.

Ye Xiao would eventually be killed by him.

Soon, the two exchanged another barrage of skills.

Several minutes passed, and neither could do anything to the other.

On Ye Xiao’s side, although there was no threat to his life, facing Zhi Zi Jiu’s bizarre and unpredictable moves, he felt annoyed for the first time.

Instead, Zhi Zi Jiu seemed to sense Ye Xiao's impatience and began to sneer.

"Do you think my Mirror Flower, Water Moon can only be used on one person at a time? Unfortunately, you guessed wrong."

Ye Xiao narrowed his eyes and said nothing, continuously attacking Zhi Zi Jiu's main body.

Zhi Zi Jiu watched Ye Xiao's actions, easily dodging with Mirror Flower, Water Moon, and couldn't help but shake his head repeatedly.

"You're not the only one in this world with a fortuitous encounter; my circumstances are probably far beyond your imagination."

Ye Xiao ignored his arrogance, waving his hands repeatedly as a sky full of fireballs poured down.

At this moment, Ye Xiao's figure vanished from in front of Zhi Zi Jiu.

Before he could react, Ye Xiao had already appeared in front of the giant Zhi Zi Jiu.

At the same time, one of Ye Xiao's Phantom Doppelgangers also arrived by Ye Xiao's side.

Both of them attacked simultaneously, two berserk magical weapons slamming down fiercely.

However, the giant Zhi Zi Jiu's figure disappeared again, replaced by Zhi Zi Jiu's main body.

It was still Mirror Flower, Water Moon, directly evading both attacks from Ye Xiao and his Phantom Doppelganger.

"You're very clever, but I forgot to tell you that not only can those three switch between each other, but I can also switch with them. You can't hurt me."

"So what?"

Ye Xiao said indifferently. He indeed hadn't expected that Zhi Zi Jiu's main body could also switch with the other three.

But as long as he restricted these two Zhi Zi Jius and prevented them from using Mirror Flower, Water Moon, wouldn't that be enough?

Next, two Phantom Doppelgangers launched fierce attacks on Zhi Zi Jiu's main body and the short Zhi Zi Jiu respectively.

Immediately after, Ye Xiao's main body once again engaged the giant Zhi Zi Jiu.

At this point, Zhi Zi Jiu's main body and the short Zhi Zi Jiu were both entangled by Ye Xiao's two Phantom Doppelgangers.

The giant Zhi Zi Jiu in front of him had nowhere left to run.

After unleashing a series of skills, Ye Xiao once again cast a magical weapon.

However, something unexpected happened.

As Ye Xiao swung his staff, the giant Zhi Zi Jiu in front of him disappeared again.

It was replaced by a figure completely shrouded in darkness.

After the staff passed through this body, Ye Xiao also clearly saw his face.

Another Zhi Zi Jiu?

Ye Xiao's brows furrowed slightly.

When did this Zhi Zi Jiu appear? Ye Xiao hadn't noticed him at all.

Including this Zhi Zi Jiu shrouded in darkness, there were a total of five Zhi Zi Jius present.

At this moment, Zhi Zi Jiu's main body also broke free from Ye Xiao's Phantom Doppelganger's entanglement and chuckled:

"Seeing your ignorant, surprised expression is truly delightful."

However, facing Zhi Zi Jiu's scornful mockery, Ye Xiao merely waved his hand lightly, calling his two Phantom Doppelgangers back.

Then, without continuing his attack, he calmly said, "Your series of strange abilities indeed surprised me."

Zhi Zi Jiu laughed, "So, are you despairing?"

Ye Xiao also started to laugh, "I find you a bit too conceited."

With that said, Ye Xiao lost interest in continuing to entangle with Zhi Zi Jiu.

The previous series of attacks were merely Ye Xiao's curiosity about Zhi Zi Jiu's novel abilities.

But after a period of entanglement, he had roughly figured out his opponent's tactics.

He already had a plan in mind.

Immediately, Ye Xiao waved his hands.

Restriction Barrier · Seal Demon!

The invisible Seal Demon Restriction Barrier enveloped all five Zhi Zi Jius, as well as himself.

Zhi Zi Jiu felt the sealed space around him, and his expression changed for the first time.

But in an instant, he sneered endlessly.

"A boring trick."

Ye Xiao ignored him and unleashed various skills again.

For a time, the entire barrier was filled with various energies.

Among the five Zhi Zi Jius in the barrier, except for the giant Zhi Zi Jiu who shielded the fiery red Zhi Zi Jiu beneath him, enduring Ye Xiao's skills.

The rest, including the black Zhi Zi Jiu that appeared last, all continuously maintained the Mirror Flower, Water Moon state.

Ye Xiao, seeing this, was not discouraged.

Instead, he intensified his efforts, maintaining an uninterrupted barrage of skills.

Thus, within the entire barrier, apart from the overflowing energy explosions, neither Ye Xiao nor Zhi Zi Jiu moved.

One attacked, one defended.

This continued for five minutes, still the same.

But what was different was that Zhi Zi Jiu seemed to understand what Ye Xiao wanted to do, and a bad premonition arose in his heart.

However, facing Ye Xiao's relentless bombardment, Zhi Zi Jiu could only maintain his current state.

Another five minutes passed.

Zhi Zi Jiu's face no longer held its previous composure, replaced instead by a hint of solemnity.

Ye Xiao wanted to outlast him.

After a long while again.

Ye Xiao's skill frequency did not decrease in the slightest.

Seeing this, Zhi Zi Jiu's face had already darkened, and a trace of fine sweat began to appear on his forehead.

The ability of Mirror Flower, Water Moon was very strong, allowing him to easily evade all damage, but its consumption was also considerable.

Even though his magic power was many times greater than that of ordinary people.

But facing Ye Xiao's insane continuous attacks, he was also starting to struggle.

Zhi Zi Jiu looked at his rapidly depleting magic power, and there was no longer any smile on his face.

"Good! Good! Good! You are very good! I didn't expect that I underestimated you."

Until this moment, he finally realized that Ye Xiao had planned to wear him down from the very beginning.

And the purpose of the barrier he had just cast was to prevent him from escaping.

Thinking of this, Zhi Zi Jiu was furious.

He hadn't expected to be so underestimated by someone.

To him, this was simply a great humiliation.

However, Zhi Zi Jiu was not an irrational person.

He already knew that continuing would be extremely disadvantageous for him.

So, Zhi Zi Jiu took a deep breath and looked at Ye Xiao, saying coldly, "I, Zhi Zi Jiu, will remember what happened today, but don't get complacent. Next time we meet, I will make you experience what despair feels like."

Ye Xiao heard this and chuckled, "That's if you're still alive next time."

Zhi Zi Jiu snorted coldly, and a faint red glow emerged from his body.

However, the next moment.

Zhi Zi Jiu's face suddenly changed, and he cried out in alarm, "How is this possible!"

Ye Xiao, while continuously releasing skills, said indifferently, "You and I are both Crimson Moon Summoners. Do you think I would forget about the Red Moon Space? I cast this barrier precisely to prevent that move of yours."

"You..."

Zhi Zi Jiu heard this and became flustered.

For the first time, he felt a palpitation that things were out of control.

After a moment, the Mirror Flower, Water Moon on Zhi Zi Jiu's body clearly showed abnormal fluctuations.

Ye Xiao's eyes flickered, knowing that Zhi Zi Jiu was already at the end of his rope.

His movements became even more fierce.

Just as Zhi Zi Jiu had guessed earlier, Ye Xiao had long found the most direct and effective way to break Mirror Flower, Water Moon, which was to deplete his opponent's magic power.

However, he hadn't expected that Zhi Zi Jiu could last so long.

Fortunately, he had already depleted a round of Zhi Zi Jiu's magic power earlier.

Otherwise, if he had truly lasted more than thirty minutes and the barrier's power disappeared, he might indeed have escaped.

Facing an enemy like Zhi Zi Jiu, Ye Xiao would never let him go.

Once he was allowed to leave, who knew what level he would grow to next time.

Finally, another minute passed.

Ye Xiao finally saw a hint of panic in Zhi Zi Jiu's eyes.

A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

It's finally going to end!

And just as Ye Xiao had guessed.

Another round of bombardment.

The short Zhi Zi Jiu was the first to suffer heavy damage.

Without the blessing of Mirror Flower, Water Moon, Ye Xiao's skills completely engulfed him in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, Zhi Zi Jiu's face was extremely grim.

Left with no choice, he could only hide under the giant Zhi Zi Jiu, using the latter's elemental immunity to evade Ye Xiao's skills.

At the same time, he looked at Ye Xiao with a furious expression.

"Speak! What do you want in order for you to let me go?"

Ye Xiao couldn't help but laugh after hearing this.

"I still prefer your arrogant and untamed look from before."

"You!"

Zhi Zi Jiu was furious, but still wanted to say something.

Unfortunately, Ye Xiao didn't give him any chance.

Seeing that Zhi Zi Jiu was already at the end of his rope.

He immediately rushed towards the giant Zhi Zi Jiu, slamming a magical weapon fiercely onto him.

This time, the giant Zhi Zi Jiu did not disappear.

And with Ye Xiao's main body personally taking action, the giant Zhi Zi Jiu split apart with a crash.

Ye Xiao didn't check whether the giant Zhi Zi Jiu was dead, and instantly appeared in front of Zhi Zi Jiu.

A series of fireballs erupted towards his face.

At such close range, Zhi Zi Jiu had nowhere to hide. He could only grit his teeth and have the dark Zhi Zi Jiu and the fiery red Zhi Zi Jiu simultaneously block in front of Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao used a magical weapon on each, taking out two more.

Finally, only Zhi Zi Jiu's main body remained in the entire barrier.

Ye Xiao had no habit of giving his enemies a breather, and in the blink of an eye, he appeared in front of Zhi Zi Jiu again.

Skills were unleashed, and Zhi Zi Jiu used his last bit of strength to cast Mirror Flower, Water Moon one more time.

Unfortunately, this time Mirror Flower, Water Moon only lasted for three seconds.

After a series of skills passed through his body, Ye Xiao's magical weapon suddenly followed up.

It slammed heavily onto Zhi Zi Jiu.

Zhi Zi Jiu's face showed a pained expression, but he didn't die immediately.

"No! I'm not reconciled! I'm not reconciled to dying like this!"

Ye Xiao sneered, saying nothing.

Just the impotent barking of a dying man.

However, at this very moment.

A puff of black smoke suddenly emerged from Zhi Zi Jiu's glabella.

At the same time, the pained expression on Zhi Zi Jiu's face grew even more intense.

"No! I haven't achieved my ambitions yet. I am Zhi Zi Jiu, I am not your puppet."

Ye Xiao looked at Zhi Zi Jiu's nonsensical rambling, somewhat confused.

But the next moment, an old sigh suddenly exploded in Ye Xiao's ears.

"I gave you too much freedom; in the end, it was a waste."

(Sorry for the late update. I had a fever yesterday and planned to sleep for a bit and then catch up, but I ended up sleeping until the afternoon. This chapter is 6000 words, considered compensation for you, my lords. Please be gentle with your criticism.)