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Deng Yougang's sudden realization echoed in the Shadow King's mind.

The Shadow King stared at the young man in front of him in a daze, and then suddenly became furious.

...How many years!

It has been so many years since I was humiliated in person like this!

The Shadow King was filled with rage and shame.

He used all his magic power without hesitation, and countless shadow lines burst out from the shadow under Deng Yougang's feet.

Thousands of shadow lines densely intertwined together, shooting towards the young man's defenseless body from all directions.

“Swish, swish, swish—”

“Clang clang clang—”

As countless sharp sounds of breaking through the air were heard, all the shadow lines that were shooting towards them were blocked by the seemingly thin blue energy shield on the young man's body.

Deng Yougang was bombarded by thousands of silk threads and looked down at the shadow under his feet in surprise.

"I'm telling you, haven't you figured it out yet?"

"This level of attack... has absolutely no effect on me!"

As the last sentence came out, Deng Yougang suddenly stretched out his right arm.

The palm wrapped in blue Qi light stretched towards the ground with thousands of silk threads, forcibly bending all the shadow lines on the path, like a piling plank inserted fiercely into the shadow under the feet.

The Shadow King sneered and spoke while controlling the shadow thread.

"It's useless, my shadow body...what?!"

Before he finished speaking, the Shadow King was shocked to find that the blue light extending from Deng Yougang's palm actually caught his body hiding in the shadow!

"Come out!"

Deng Yougang grinned fiercely, grabbed the creature in the shadow with his right hand and pulled it outwards.

In an instant, a human-shaped shadow was pulled out from Deng Yougang's own shadow.

The originally dense darkness fluctuated violently under the wrapping of the blue Qi light, and soon it was transformed back to human form from the shadow state, turning into a black-haired boy with an ordinary appearance.

The black-haired boy fell to the ground, looking at his hands in shock.

“This…how is this possible?!”

"How did you do that?!"

Deng Yougang chuckled and said calmly, "It's just the most basic elemental method. What's so surprising about it? The fire elemental masters I know can split their bodies into thousands of flames. Even if there is only a trace of flame left, they can instantly recover to their peak state..."

"Your little tricks are far from enough!"

As Deng Yougang spoke, he looked thoughtfully at the black-haired boy's face, which was obviously of Asian descent.

"Are you Chinese?"

"No, Neon!"

"That's not right. Oh, I see. It turns out that he stole the countrymen!"

Deng Yougang denied himself twice in a row, and then he suddenly realized and told the origin of the black-haired boy.

The black-haired boy's face darkened, and a thick shadow instantly spread behind him.

Countless darkness filled the entire room and even climbed up the huge floor-to-ceiling window, preventing the moonlight outside from shining in.

In just a moment, the entire room became dark, with only the blue light on Deng Yougang's body still glowing faintly.

The black-haired boy looked at Deng Yougang with a cold expression and retreated into the darkness... Well, why couldn't he retreat?

The black-haired boy was slightly startled and looked forward in disbelief.

Deng Yougang was holding a crystal ball emitting silver light in his hand. He looked at him calmly and said, "I heard that those who have awakened the dark attribute have some abilities similar to those of the space attribute, so I made some preparations in this regard."

"What a pity! Your boss didn't come. Only a little henchman came..."

This sentence again!

The black-haired boy instantly became furious. He roared and controlled countless shadows to surge forward.

"Devouring Shadow!"

In an instant, a huge wave rose in the dark room, and countless shadows rushed in like a tide.

Deng Yougang looked calmly at the wave of shadows in front of him. His originally dark eyeballs gradually turned into vertical pupils, and the muscles on his body swelled.

At the same time, black scales emerged from his naked skin, covering his neck, arms and cheeks in the blink of an eye.

Deng Yougang raised his right arm wrapped in black scales, looked at the black-haired boy through the tide of shadows, and said calmly:

"You like to eat, right?"

"Then eat more - purifying nuclear light!!"

Following Deng Yougang's loud shout, a brilliant blue-green light bloomed in the dark room.

All the shadows illuminated by the blue light collapsed into pure dark magic in an instant.

Countless darkness hissed under the illumination of nuclear energy. The shadows covering the floor-to-ceiling windows were completely dissolved, allowing the blue-green light in the room to bloom, becoming the most dazzling place in Jinghai City under the night sky.

At the same time, the black-haired boy collapsed to the ground, curled up with a look of pain on his face.

Under the illumination of the blue-green light, his originally fair skin turned into a flowing texture similar to that of a pitch-black slime, and his body, which seemed like a gathering of shadows, emitted hissing black smoke.

The dark magic power in his body was boiling under the illumination of the nuclear light, and dark blood was flowing out of his mouth, nose, and ears.

“What…what is this?”

The black-haired boy screamed in pain, as if every cell in his body was collapsing and dissolving.

Deng Yougang's palm glowed with a blue light. He glanced at the curled-up black-haired boy and smiled faintly, "It's just a small gift!"

"It's a pity that you can't bear it. If you can really absorb this power, you might be able to surpass your Shadow King!"

Hearing such regretful words again, the black-haired boy finally couldn't help it.

He widened his eyes, which were filled with black blood, and glared at Deng Yougang, who was covered by the blue light in front of him. He shouted in despair: "What do you mean my Shadow King? I am the Shadow King!"

"……Um?"

Deng Yougang was startled for a moment, then came to his senses and looked in surprise at the black-haired boy rolling back and forth on the ground.

"...What? Are you the Shadow King?"

"No way, didn't that guy devour many dark attribute awakeners a long time ago?"

"Even if it's just the accumulation of magic power, it should be at least a hundred times that of an ordinary S-level awakener, right?"

"How can someone like you be so weak?"

……weak?

He actually said I was weak?!

The Shadow King widened his eyes and looked at Deng Yougang in disbelief.

Immediately afterwards, an extremely depressed feeling surged into his heart.

Indeed, as the strongest dark attribute awakener in the world, his magic power is comparable to the sum of all the remaining dark attribute awakeners.

However, nearly 90% of the dark attribute magic power was stored in his exclusive skill [Shadow Space].

Therefore, his strongest form can only be displayed in the shadow space. Outside the shadow space, his strength will be reduced to one tenth of what it was.

But even so, his power is still far beyond that of an ordinary S-level awakener.

With such strength, as long as there is no targeted attack from the outside world, the entire earth can be freely traveled, but from Deng Yougang, he could only get a surprised comment of "Why is he so weak?"

“…Damn it!”

"If it weren't for that strange crystal ball blocking my ability, I would definitely let you taste the power of the Shadow King!"

The black-haired boy endured the pain coming from his whole body, gritted his teeth, and glared at Deng Yougang and the crystal ball in his hand.

Deng Yougang raised his eyebrows, looked at the crystal ball in his hand thoughtfully, and then said with a smile: "Don't think about it, we are all adults, don't be so childish."

"Although I also want to see how powerful you are, it is more important to prevent you from running away!"

The black-haired boy shouted angrily: "Do you think I will run away?"

Deng Yougang looked at him in surprise, then sneered and shook his head, turning to look out the floor-to-ceiling window.

Soon, a blue-green light streaked across the sky, shattered the glass, and landed next to Deng Yougang.

"Any movement on your end?"

Bai Lang asked casually while casting his gaze towards the young man on the ground.

"Yeah." Deng Yougang nodded and said with a smile, "We caught a big fish. Well, I should say, it might be a big fish."

Bai Lang was surprised and asked, "What do you mean?"

Deng Yougang looked at the black-haired boy with a strange look in his eyes and said, "This guy claims to be the Shadow King, but I'm a little unsure because his mind is too immature, just like a minor who hasn't even passed the second year of middle school."

“…”

Bai Lang looked at him speechlessly, and then hesitantly said: "Is there a possibility, I mean possible, that the people who established such a deformed organization as Shadow Kingdom were mentally immature?"

Deng Yougang was slightly startled, and said thoughtfully: "That makes sense!"

Bai Lang continued: "You think the Shadow King is a mentally deformed pervert, but in fact, he is just a nobody!"

"Who are you scolding?"

The black-haired boy yelled angrily.

Bai Lang glanced at him and said disdainfully, "Childish."

The black-haired young man's eyes were bloodshot and he was so angry that he instantly spat out a mouthful of dark old blood.

Deng Yougang was amazed and couldn't help but give Bai Lang a thumbs up.

Bai Lang didn't care at all. He looked at the black-haired boy and said calmly, "But even if he is a bitch, he is still a bitch who has killed countless people."

"Gangzi, search his soul and get some information, then send him to the west!"

Deng Yougang nodded, then held the crystal ball and walked over under the horrified gaze of the black-haired boy.

Not long after, Deng Yougang put away his right hand that was emitting blue light, and then moved the crystal ball in his left hand over.

In an instant, there was a flash of silver light, and the unconscious body of the black-haired boy disappeared on the ground.

Seeing this scene, Bai Lang asked in surprise: "Why not kill him?"

Deng Yougang glanced at Bai Lang and said, "Brother, have you forgotten? I promised my granddaughter-in-law that I would give her the magic power of the Shadow King. If I kill him now, wouldn't I be breaking my promise..."

Bai Lang frowned and said, "It's just magic power, why not just draw it away?"

Deng Yougang shook his head: "This guy has a skill called Shadow Space. Usually 90% of his magic power is stored in that space. This time, because of the Void Cage, he couldn't connect with the Shadow Space, so he was defeated so miserably."

Of course, even if he could use 90% of his magic power, the result would be the same.

Bai Lang understood what he meant and nodded, "Okay, let's keep him alive for now... What about other information?"

Hearing this, Deng Yougang's expression suddenly became strange.

Bai Lang asked curiously: "Go on, why don't you continue?"

Deng Yougang thought about it for a moment, then said depressedly, "Nothing, it's just... I think I'm overthinking."

"This guy sneaked into Jinghai City on the orders of the Lord God to investigate the fact that the air in the entire province was purified by me some time ago."

"The Shadow Nation's big move is just to attract the attention of the Cultivation Department. It has nothing to do with the two of us..."