Chapter 521 The Heartbeat of the Adventer (please vote for the super large chapter)
Tick-tock——
The twisted and viscous liquid-like shadow dripped from the ceiling and sprinkled on He Ao's side.
The dark shadow enveloped everything, and also blocked He Ao's sight.
He mobilized his consciousness to look around, and saw only the energy flowing in the entire hall. Apart from him, there was no human-shaped object in this vast space.
The staff who were moving around now melted into the floor like liquid, twisting and tangled together.
These shadows between reality and reality seem to form a complete whole, but these energy flows have no clear core. They only have fuzzy nodes intertwined with each other, looking like a fine three-dimensional network.
He Ao briefly turned on Super Memory and glanced around. In Super Memory's vision, the surroundings were still dark and silent, without any souls beating.
At this moment, He Ao felt that he was not in a wide hall, but standing in a deep, dark abyss full of twists and weirdness that no one had visited for thousands of years.
Mystery and unknown are filled here.
The emotion of fear crept into He Ao's heart little by little, and the twisted power soaked into He Ao's soul like water dripping into a sponge, causing him to tremble in the deepest part of his soul.
He Ao didn't see anything scary, nor was he reminded of any scary memories.
But for no reason, a sudden fear filled his heart.
He Ao stood there, as if in a daze.
The shadows under his feet squirmed, being separated like water waves. A pitch-black arm stretched out from the shadow waves little by little, and then grabbed He Ao's ankle.
Immediately afterwards, one arm after another stretched out from the shadows, grabbing his feet and calves.
These shadowy arms were arranged in sequence, grabbing He Ao's thighs, grabbing He Ao's upper body, until they grabbed his arms, his neck, and his head.
These arms made of shadows are like cocoons wrapping butterfly larvae. They stack up one after another, completely covering He Ao's body, and then drag him into the shadows bit by bit.
The surrounding shadows rippled slightly, and the arms disappeared little by little, like ice cubes melting into water, returning to the shadows little by little.
And He Ao's body, wrapped by them, was gradually disappearing into the shadow.
Tick-tock——
The liquid transformed from the shadow dripped from the ceiling onto the undulating ground, making a crisp sound.
The last arm was completely hidden in the dark silence.
The whole world seemed to have fallen into absolute silence at this moment.
He Ao felt as if he had fallen into a space that was constantly falling, with a downward attraction dragging him down and down.
This seems to be an endless abyss, and even the soul will perish in this eternal fall.
The endless murmurs echoed in his ears, as if they were filled with the despair of countless years of wasted death in the abyss.
And at this moment, He Ao activated his super memory, opened his eyes and looked at the darkness surrounding him.
A faint dim light flickered at the end of the endless abyss.
Right there!
He placed a mark on the radiance, then raised the Shadowless Sword in his hand. His consciousness spread from his fingertips to the sword body, and then he slashed down towards the endless abyss in front of him.
Zhi, like the sound of a curtain being torn.
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Some of the dark clouds in the sky dispersed, and some moonlight shone through the windows that were not yet shrouded in shadow.
Under the bright moonlight, an invisible sword blade came out of the shadow and slowly slid downwards.
The moonlight shines on the sword blade, refracting little marks, as if the cold brilliance made the sharp blade.
A faint invisible color flickered on the sharp blade, and then, the sharp blade slid downwards, cutting through the dark shadow like a curtain.
A huge crack protruded from the shadow. He Ao opened the crack and jumped out of the shadow.
The light of the bright moon shone on the side of his face.
Sure enough, the 'abyss' just perceived was actually within the body of this shadow. The boundless space was actually a misplaced distortion of perception.
And the shadowless sword attached to the divine consciousness is also lethal to this kind of shadow that is between invisible and tangible.
Endless fear still spreads in He Ao's heart, but this does not actually affect his ability to move.
His sluggishness just now was actually waiting for the shadow to swallow him up.
This hall, which is completely covered by shadows, can be regarded as a whole life in a sense, and its life intensity has reached B level.
Standing outside this whole, He Ao could not find the soul of this shadow life, nor could he find its energy core.
But there is an active flow of energy in its body, which is a strange phenomenon and something extraordinary objects do not have, so He Ao is sure that it is a life.
This is the first time that He Ao has seen a life without a soul. Either this shadow life is just a puppet, it has no life itself, and there is a manipulator behind the scenes.
Either this shadow has some ability to block the fluctuations of the soul and can cover up the existence of one's own soul.
He Ao is more inclined to the latter speculation, because a very real problem is that although the mysterious shadow is powerful, the power it projects is limited.
After all, there are only a few good friends who like to spend a huge amount of money to come at their own expense. Usually, the gods need enough sacrifices to transfer their power.
The strength of the carrier itself also determines the difficulty of improvement. The stronger the carrier, the greater the degree and upper limit of improvement it can achieve, and the smaller the amount of sacrifices consumed.
To upgrade an ordinary person to a rational B-level level, the energy consumed is much greater than that of a C-level transcendent, and large-scale sacrifices are required.
Because the soul of an ordinary person simply cannot withstand the huge power of B-level, while upgrading the body, the soul must also be strengthened, otherwise it is very likely to become an irrational monster.
Therefore, the predecessor of this shadow life was most likely a C-level strongman.
Judging from Rhodes' past habits, whether it is Rose or the Puppet Master, the souls of these servants who have been enhanced with B-level strength only maintain a C-level level, so the soul of the shadow monster in front of him should also be
Maintain a C-level degree.
This is also the reason why it hides its soul. Its soul is its weakness.
But if you can't see it from the outside, it doesn't necessarily mean you can't see it from the inside.
So He Ao simply changed his mind. When he realized that the shadow wanted to devour him, he allowed the shadow to devour him, and then he found the hidden soul in the shadow's body.
And as he expected, this soul was far weaker than the body and could not match the huge B-class body.
Of course, only he can do this operation. He has divine consciousness and can cut through the shadows, and he is not affected by those twisted whispers.
If you replace it with an ordinary B-level one with weaker mental resistance or no means of dealing with shadows, it will be gone just now.
Taking into account the degree of weirdness and the pollution it brings, this shadow's overall strength is even stronger than that of the puppeteer, and it is probably not considered weak among B-levels.
The price is that the shadow's rationality is much lower than that of the puppeteer.
At this moment, He Ao activated his super memory and could feel the thoughts of shadows.
Most of those thoughts are horrific murderous intentions, as well as chaotic and twisted murmurs. Ordinary people may transform into twisted monsters just by hearing these rants.
Of course, in these chaotic thoughts, He Ao could also feel the surprise of this shadow being that He Ao had just broken away from its body.
It seems to be incomprehensible to Heao's abilities.
But it is incomprehensible and incomprehensible. Its movements are not slow. Almost at the same time as He Ao came out, the shadow under He Ao's feet began to squirm violently.
These shadows that were originally flat and solid, like the ground, were now as twisted as mud, swallowing up He Ao's feet almost instantly.
At the same time, those wriggling shadows turned into fine sharp needles, trying to penetrate into He Ao's skin and sink into his blood vessels.
He Ao's current clone is only C-level and cannot resist the attacks of these sharp needles.
But he was not in a hurry. He first mobilized the power in his body to gather it on his feet as much as possible, and then guided a spiritual consciousness to disperse and resist the invading shadow. Then he stepped on his feet and used gentle force to break free from the control of the shadow.
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His strength was not strong, because he found that the harder he exerted force, the tighter the shadow became. Instead, he lifted it gently, and the shadow was not entangled at all.
Then, he stepped on these wriggling shadows with his feet and moved forward quickly.
At the beginning, the soles of his feet stepped on the shadow, but soon they would sink in. Then he concentrated his strength on the toes, reducing the ground contact area, and instead felt like walking on flat ground.
The nature of these shadows is not very consistent with common sense.
The shadow life also immediately noticed that He Ao figured out its shadow state and quickly changed its state. However, his thoughts directly helped He Ao point out the way.
So amidst these wriggling and twisting shadows, He Ao's steps were as smooth as walking on flat ground.
But at the same time, those fine sharp needles kept pouring out from the shadows in all directions, piercing He Ao's clothes and sinking into his skin.
Although most of these shadow sharp needles will be quickly expelled by the wandering consciousness, a small part will still enter He Ao's body.
The moment they enter the body, they will turn into corrosive bugs and begin to attack He Ao's body structure and erode the energy in his body.
The shadow life obviously realized that direct devouring from the outside could not kill He Ao, so it chose to destroy He Ao's body from the inside.
As time went by, more and more of these shadow bugs invaded the body. He Ao had to devote his attention to fighting these sharp needles, and the power he could mobilize became less and less.
These shadows will eventually make him lose the ability to resist, and then swallow him up again.
The surroundings were still pitch black without any radiance. After coming out of the shadow life's body, He Ao could no longer see the location of the shadow life's soul.
But this does not affect He Ao's actions.
He directly found the node where the shadow life energy gathered the most and slashed it with one sword.
Now, it's time to fight for time.
Let’s see which shadow life devours He Ao first, or He Ao kills him first.
The shadows surrounding the energy nodes were cut open with a sword and quickly closed again.
This is of course not the core of the shadow life, but the places where these energies gather are more or less important. Attacking these places will cause the shadow life to worry.
At this time, the other party, whose rationality is not perfect, will subconsciously protect his true core.
And by constantly changing positions and feeling the changes in the shadow life's mentality, He Ao can determine the relative position of the shadow life's core and him.
In this way, amid the constant changes, although the surroundings were pitch black and He Ao even lost part of his perception of the distance of space, he was getting closer and closer to the core of shadow life.
As his figure flickered, he walked to the deepest part of the shadow.
At this!
The invisible sword light cut through the dark space, splitting the twisted shadows.
At this moment, the dim soul finally appeared in He Ao's vision.
And along with the existence of this soul, there are endless energy lines that meet at this point.
This body is too large. In order to prevent the situation like Rose where the soul cannot fully fit with the body and form a fatal weakness, this shadow life gave up the method of distributed energy core and instead bound the energy core to the soul, so that it can
Tightly control the entire huge body.
In fact, its method is perfect, after all, it almost perfectly hides the energy core, and only the soul will be exposed to a certain extent.
But can people who can find the soul also see the energy core?
These are almost two completely different powers, which have gone beyond its world view and beyond the basic knowledge given to it by the mysterious shadow along with the power.
This is impossible, absolutely impossible.
But He Ao has already swung his sword and pointed at its energy core.
While being surprised and frightened, it did not forget to fight back. The shadows in the entire space shrank, and the shadows cut by He Ao gathered together again, and a thick wall composed entirely of dark shadows quickly took shape.
However, at the moment when the defense was about to be formed, He Ao's eyes were fixed on the soul that was about to be covered up again.
Mental disturbance!
The soul of this shadow life is still C-level.
Under the influence of Chaoyi's huge spiritual power, all the movements of the shadow life paused for an instant.
At this moment, the invisible sword light was wrapped in a faint brilliance, piercing the unformed shadow wall and the twisted energy core.
Time seemed to have stopped at this moment, and the shadows covering the entire space suddenly boiled. Along with the sound of flesh and blood tearing, pieces of shadows collapsed from He Ao's head and shattered on the ground.
The hazy light passed through the cracks between the shadows, finally bringing some light to this dark world.
Soon, the entire dark space completely collapsed, and countless shadow fragments fell like heavy rain.
The shadow bugs wandering in He Ao's body also lost control and were expelled from the body by the power of divine consciousness.
He Ao's eyes scanned the entire hall and found the stairwell in the corner.
Then he drew back his sword, his figure shuttled among the shadow fragments, and rushed into the stairwell without looking back.
It was as if the entire collapsed world had nothing to do with him.
That shadow monster was the mutation of a C-class transcendent.
There is actually only one C-class in Yueguang Ruodan's headquarters, and that is one of the two C-classes sent by Yueguanghou.
And he should be the strongest combatant in this headquarters besides Rhodes.
In other words, after getting rid of this guy, He Ao needs to face a strong enemy next, which is Rhodes.
He quickly climbed up the stairs.
The staircase in this pointed building is spiral and seems to go all the way to the top of the building.
But before He Ao took a few steps, a twisted shadow monster rushed out of the stairwell and rushed towards He Ao.
The invisible sword light cut off the monster with one stroke. He Ao continued to move forward without any pause. At this time, a shadow stood on the platform of the stairs in front of him.
It was a young man with a gentle smile. He looked at He Ao and said in a calm and natural tone, "Mr. Hao Yi, you still have a chance to become one of us. Don't try to stop our Lord. That is just a dream.
"The end of the world has come. All those who do not believe in our Lord will be destroyed by His terrifying power. Only by becoming a slave of our Lord can we achieve evolution and eternal life in this end."
He Ao stopped and looked at him doubtfully.
"It seems that you are stubborn and unwilling to listen to well-intentioned advice."
The young man stretched out his hand, took out a pistol turned into a dark shadow, and pointed it at He Ao.
boom--
The dark shadow bullet streaked through the void and shot towards He Ao's eyebrows. He Ao turned slightly to the right, dodged the shadow bullet, and then took a step forward, arriving in front of the young man in an instant, with a sword towards the young man.
Cross it diagonally upward.
Before the young man could react, the sharp sword blade had already cut his body open.
The young man's body swayed slightly, his eyes widened with disbelief.
Then his body fell forward and fell between the stairs, with light green blood flowing down the stairs.
He Ao put away the Shadowless Sword and looked away from the young man.
It's a pseudo-C level, and it's not very strong among the pseudo-C levels. It should be because it just gained a lot of power and is a bit bloated.
His footsteps did not stop and continued to move forward.
As he got closer and closer to the roof, more and more twisted shadow monsters appeared in front of him.
In the end, the Shadowless Sword, an extraordinary object that became sharper and invisible as it killed more people, even lost its invisibility effect because the blood on the sword never flowed cleanly.
Finally, stepping on those twisted roads paved with flesh and blood, He Ao stepped onto the floor of the attic.
This is a cone-shaped space. Except for the ground under your feet, the rest of this space is made of completely transparent glass. When you raise your head, you can see the bright moon and stars above your head, which are half obscured by clouds.
"I didn't expect that you could actually kill Locke."
Standing in the center of the room, looking at the entire city, Rhodes turned around and looked at He Ao with a smile.
He has gray hair and a gentle face, and looks like a kind old man.
"There are always some things in this world that are unpredictable."
He Ao looked behind Rhodes. Between the bright lights, there was an invisible force already connected.
In a daze, He Ao seemed to hear the slow and heavy beating of his heart.
That was when the huge ritual spread throughout Nancheng was taking effect, and these powers were stirring at a frequency that sounded like gibbering.
Just hearing the sound of agitation filled He Ao's heart with twisted and crazy emotions.
Beyond endless time and space, it seems as if a vast gaze is coming.
It is a great existence that cannot be looked directly at, an endless mysterious reflection, and the end that brings destruction.
Tick-tock——
The last drop of blood dripped from the Shadowless Sword, and the sharp blade disappeared into the invisible void.
He Ao raised his head and stared at Rhodes,
"It seems that you are not willing to stop this ceremony."
"It seems that you are not willing to take the initiative to return to the embrace of our Lord."
