Chen Jing and the others were under the eaves, while a light drizzle was falling outside.

Chen Jing didn't plan to go back; he would wait here for the experts to return.

"Since we're already here..." Chen Jing muttered to himself.

After waiting for a while, Chen Jing had nothing to do, so he meditated under the eaves of the house that provided shelter from the rain.

This time, Chen Jing decided to test his guess.

In meditation, unable to see his divine self, Chen Jing, facing the source of darkness, attempted to utilize it:

"I wanted to use that opportunity to ask a question to gain power."

Since the source of darkness is both knowledge and power, then besides asking questions, one should also be able to obtain power, right?

After Chen Jing completed the order, the opportunity to ask questions that had only appeared in his mind disappeared.

The source of darkness trembled slightly.

A door appeared out of thin air in front of Chen Jing. The door was dark and black, and it seemed as if all the chaotic things were writhing inside.

Chen Jing was instantly sucked into the doorway!

When Chen Jing came to his senses, the surrounding scene had transformed into a dark, empty valley. In this valley, a few star-like dust particles emitted light, giving the place a uniform brightness.

Chen Jing saw a young man standing in the very center of the empty valley, dressed in silver mist fir and wearing the Heavenly Heart and Lonely City ornaments.

He turned around, and Chen Jing saw him, and he saw Chen Jing too.

When Chen Jing saw that familiar yet unfamiliar face, he felt horrified and terrified.

That was his own face, an overlap of two of his own faces.

One face was Chen Jing's, and the other was Chen Jing's face before he transmigrated. The features of the two faces were combined on the same face, and the features were constantly changing, making it look extremely terrifying.

Then, the Frankenstein's monster, Chen Jing, disappeared.

Chen Jing's eyelids twitched, and a word popped into his mind:

Shadow Cloak!

Using Shadow Cloak at such a distance... is it to enter a noise-invisible state?

Chen Jing also tried to enter a noise-invisible state, but he soon found that entering this state became unusually slow and difficult.

This... Chen Jing's eyebrows twitched as he recalled his initial sparring sessions with the experts.

Does being watched slow down the speed at which you enter noise-invisibility?

Not only that, but there's also the glowing stardust around me. I'm constantly interacting with it, and it's slowing down my speed to enter noise invisibility!

Even more surprisingly, once you enter a noisy stealth state, these interactions could directly cause the stealth to be removed!

Chen Jing immediately abandoned the method of using noise to hide and decided to use shadows to counter shadows.

Just then, he heard gunshots.

Bang!

A flower of blood had already burst open on his chest, and indescribable pain swept over Chen Jing's heart.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Frankenstein's monster, Chen Jing, emptied his magazine, lowered his pistol, and emerged from the shadows.

Chen Jing, covered in blood, slowly collapsed.

...

Chen Jing opened his eyes as if waking from a nightmare, panting heavily, his forehead covered in sweat.

The pain was real, but when Chen Jing touched his body, he found no actual wounds.

"Twelve more times," Chen Jing thought to himself.

Chen Jing suddenly realized that he could enter the valley like before and fight his Frankenstein-like self twelve more times.

"Damn it! Is this how you gain power? Make me fight myself to gain combat experience?" Chen Jing cursed inwardly, then resolutely chose to enter the valley.

He felt that he lost because he was let down by his surroundings, and that he would perform better if he had another chance.

As soon as Chen Jing returned to the empty valley and saw his own figure, he immediately raised his pistol.

Bang! Bang!

The two moved as if mirroring each other, firing while casting shadows on themselves and dodging.

After firing the first shot, Chen Jing immediately moved quickly in a certain direction after his Shadow Cloak became invisible.

The empty valley is not truly empty; besides the glittering stardust scattered throughout, there are also rocks, trees, and other objects.

Chen Jing chose to move towards the rock closest to him.

boom!

The palm lightning exploded at that spot, precisely at the moment when the Shadow Cloak had just ended.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Chen Jing, who was injured by the palm grenade, was subjected to a series of shots, giving him no chance to react.

Chen Jing opened his eyes again. Before him was still a thin curtain of rain. Water collected on the eaves dripped down from the edges and onto the ground. Together with the Tianxin he carried with him, it helped to calm Chen Jing's feverish mind a little.

"No, I need to calm down. Was it predicted beforehand?" Chen Jing pondered. "Did he anticipate that I would dodge towards that rock, so he prepared the palm lightning in advance?"

Although Chen Jing had already used up all his own palm grenades, he had taken two more from Dao Nan when he was in the arena.

Chen Jing pondered for a moment, re-examining his resources and capabilities, and considering feasible tactics.

This made Chen Jing realize even more that he still lacked practical experience and had neglected to think about this aspect in his daily life.

Returning to the empty valley, Chen Jing was more cautious this time. He immediately used Shadow Cloak to become invisible and then moved in any direction.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The revolver fired again.

The shots were aimed at Chen Jing's vicinity, but missed.

This confirmed Chen Jing's guess: the Frankenstein's monster could roughly determine Chen Jing's location!

It's just unclear what ability allowed him to pinpoint the location.

Bang!

But there was no time to think it through. While dodging, Chen Jing tried to retaliate with a shot, relying on his hearing and the trajectory of the bullet.

Chen Jing decided to wait for the Shadow Cloak's duration to end. Once the Shadow Cloak ended, due to the enormous mental burden it placed on him, neither he nor the Frankenstein's monster Chen Jing would be able to use it again for a short period of time!

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