The owl's maniacal laughter echoed through the "Shadow Erosion Domain," each syllable seemingly transforming into a tangible sound wave that struck the hearts of everyone present.
He watched with amusement as Lin Yi and the others looked on with alarm, a cruel, cat-like pleasure gleaming in his eyes: "Struggle, wail! The more you suffer, the more pleasure I derive! Shadow Guards, tear them to shreds!"
"roar!"
Before he finished speaking, the dozens of twisted, enhanced shadow guards behind Night Owl suddenly unleashed an astonishing killing intent.
They were much larger than the swamp devourers they had encountered before, and the shadow energy wrapped around their bodies was almost solidified, forming an ominous black armor.
His scarlet eyes were devoid of any emotion, filled only with pure bloodlust!
They charged forward on all fours like cannonballs, their sharp claws scraping the ground with a screeching sound and sending up streaks of black sparks.
Dozens of figures surrounded them from all directions, blocking all escape routes. The overwhelming sense of oppression was enough to make an ordinary job changer collapse instantly!
"Well done!" Lin Yi's eyes narrowed, and the divine power of [Time and Space Dominator] erupted like a volcano!
"Space-Time Barrier!"
He gave a low shout, his right hand making a grasping motion, and invisible power of law rapidly condensed.
In an instant, a pale golden, semi-transparent barrier appeared out of thin air, enveloping the entire team.
Above the barrier, countless mysterious time runes and spatial coordinates intertwined and flickered, exuding an aura of indestructibility.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!"
The first few enhanced shadow guards charged forward, slamming into the spacetime barrier with tremendous force, unleashing a muffled, drum-like roar.
The barrier trembled violently, creating ripples, but ultimately it steadily blocked the first wave of impact.
"Well done, Lin Yi!" Long Wu roared, his blood boiling.
He knew this was only temporary, but Lin Yi's defense, which could be described as divine, undoubtedly bought them a precious chance to catch their breath.
"Chu Yao, analyze the Shadow Guard's weaknesses and the suppressive effect of 'Shadow Erosion Domain'!" Lin Yi spoke rapidly, maintaining the barrier while calmly giving instructions.
His gaze was sharp as an eagle's, fixed on Night Owl, who was leisurely waiting behind the Shadow Guard.
That guy is the real threat!
"Received, Master!" Data streams in Chu Yao's eyes refreshed rapidly like a waterfall. "The Shadow Erosion Domain has an effect of suppressing non-shadow energy by about 30% and continuously restores the Shadow Guard's injuries. Preliminary judgment is that unless damage far exceeds its recovery limit is dealt instantly, or a special attribute attack is used, the Shadow Guard is almost immortal within this domain!"
"An immortal body?!" Even though they had expected it, everyone's hearts sank when they heard Chu Yao's analysis.
This means that this will be an extremely difficult war of attrition!
"Hmph, immortal? I'd like to see how you can revive after being blasted to dust!" Long Wu had a fiery temper and couldn't stand such arrogant remarks.
He roared to the sky with a deafening roar: "Dragon Transformation!"
"hold head high--!"
A high-pitched dragon roar echoed through the swamp. Dragon Five's body rapidly expanded in the golden light, thick dragon horns bursting from its forehead, and golden dragon scales shimmering with metallic luster covering its entire body. Its ferocious dragon head was majestic and extraordinary, and its pair of dragon eyes burned with fierce fighting spirit.
In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a powerful golden dragon several meters long. His terrifying dragon might spread out, which actually diluted the oppressive feeling of the Shadow Corrosion Domain by a bit!
"Die!" The golden dragon swung its tail, its massive claws gleaming with cold light, carrying an overwhelming force as it slammed down on a shadow guard who was attempting to attack the barrier.
"Bang!"
With a loud bang, the enhanced shadow guard was sent flying by Long Wu's claw, and cracks appeared on its hard shadow armor!
However, before the crowd could cheer, the cracks on the shadow guard's body began to wriggle and heal at a visible speed as he flew backward. After landing, he roared and pounced on the enemy again, as if the heavy blow had only been a tickle!
"Damn it! They're really troublesome!" Long Wu swung his dragon head angrily, spewing out a scorching dragon breath that enveloped the other shadow guard.
Under the intense heat, the Shadow Guard let out a shrill scream, his body charred black, but amidst the swirling black mist, his injuries were rapidly healing.
Just as everyone's hearts grew heavier, Su Qing, who had been silent all along, made a move.
She took a deep breath, a resolute glint in her beautiful eyes.
She knew this was her best, and only, chance to prove herself!
She didn't want to be a burden to anyone anymore, and she didn't want to see her teammates fall into suspicion and danger because of her!
"The Moonlit Night... Cleanses the Soul!"
Su Qing parted her lips slightly, her voice ethereal and mysterious.
Her fair hands formed a strange hand seal in front of her chest, and the faint blue aura around her suddenly intensified, transforming into a gentle yet purifying halo that spread outwards.
A bizarre scene unfolded!
Those originally fierce and incredibly resilient enhanced shadow guards became noticeably sluggish the moment they came into contact with the dark blue aura. The surge of shadow energy on their bodies also weakened considerably, and even the speed at which their wounds healed visibly slowed down!
"It works!" a sharp-eyed support player exclaimed in surprise.
Long Wu also noticed the change. He discovered that the Shadow Guards, who were enveloped by Su Qing's aura, had seen their defense and recovery abilities drop by a level.
He slammed out his dragon claw again, this time directly blasting half of a shadow guard's body into a hole, black blood splattering everywhere, and the shadow guard's recovery speed was clearly not keeping up!
“Su Qing, you…” Long Wu’s massive dragon head paused slightly, and his gaze toward Su Qing showed less wariness and more surprise and approval.
The other team members were the same; they never expected that this mysterious woman, whose identity had always been shrouded in mystery and had even caused a crisis of trust within the team, would possess such a powerful ability to subdue shadow creatures!
Su Qing felt a slight warmth in her heart as she sensed the change in her teammates' gazes, but she did not relax at all, maintaining the "Soul Cleansing Moon" state to create a favorable output environment for her teammates.
She gradually won back everyone's trust through her actions.
The balance of power on the battlefield seems to be tilting slightly.
But Lin Yi's brows did not relax.
He knew that the real threat was always the Night Owl, who stood at a distance, watching coldly from the sidelines!
These shadow guards are nothing more than an appetizer.
As expected, Night Owl's smile grew even more sinister as he watched the Shadow Guards retreat. "Interesting. Su Qing, your strength has indeed not disappointed me. But do you think you can win like this?"
He slowly raised his hand, and in his palm, a ball of dark energy, deeper and purer than the Shadow Erosion Domain, began to condense, emitting a terrifying fluctuation that sent chills down one's spine.
"The battle has only just begun!"
As Night Owl finished speaking, the dark energy in his palm suddenly erupted, transforming into countless tiny black tentacles that shot towards the shadow guards suppressed by Su Qing's aura.
Black tentacles pierced into the shadow guards' bodies, and the shadow guards, as if injected with stimulants, grew in size again, their shadow energy became even more violent, and their scarlet eyes were filled with a madness that wanted to destroy everything!
Their power and speed have clearly improved to a whole new level compared to before!
"Oh no! He can strengthen the Shadow Guard again!" Chu Yao warned urgently.
The situation has deteriorated again!
Lin Yi's eyes flashed with a sharp light. He knew he could no longer afford to be passively defensive! He had to find a breakthrough!
His gaze swept rapidly across the battlefield, his brain working at an unprecedented pace.
The power of spacetime surged wildly within him, allowing him to clearly feel the passage of every second and perceive every subtle fluctuation in space.
The pressure, the immense pressure, acted as a catalyst, stimulating a deeper understanding of the [Time and Space Dominator] profession.
"Time is not only fluid; it can also be frozen, it can be... sharp!"
A bold idea flashed through Lin Yi's mind.
He suddenly stretched out his right hand, his five fingers together like a knife. On his arm, pale golden time runes and silver-white spatial cracks intertwined and formed a strange light blade phantom.
"Since you claim to be immortal, then I will sever your existence along with time itself!"
"Time-Space... Soul-Severing Slash!"
Lin Yi roared and swung his arm down fiercely!
A pale golden blade of light, almost invisible to the naked eye, sliced through the three berserk enhanced shadow guards in front of them as easily as cutting through tofu.
There was no earth-shattering explosion, no deafening roar.
The movements of the three shadow guards suddenly froze.
Immediately afterwards, their bodies silently broke apart from where the light blade had passed, the cuts as smooth as a mirror.
Even more bizarrely, their broken body parts did not emerge from the black mist to heal as before. Instead, they seemed to have been completely erased by some force, and the wounds were filled with a sense of emptiness as if time had been stripped away!
"Splash! Splash! Splash!"
The three mutilated corpses of the Shadow Guards collapsed to the ground with a thud, and then fell silent!
One strike instantly killed the three-headed, twice-enhanced Shadow Guard!
"What...what kind of skill is this?!"
"That's incredible! Boss Lin Yi is awesome!"
"The Shadow Guards haven't recovered! They're really dead!"
The teammates erupted in thunderous cheers, and their morale instantly soared to its peak!
Long Wu's enormous dragon eyes were also filled with shock. He asked himself if his dragon flames and dragon claws, though powerful, could be so decisive and swift in completely annihilating these strange shadow guards.
Lin Yi's "Time-Space Soul-Severing Slash" undoubtedly tore open a true ray of dawn in this desperate battle!
The smile on Night Owl's face finally froze, replaced by an incredulous and furious expression: "Impossible! How could you possibly master such a level of spacetime law?! This has already touched upon the power of the origin!"
He stared intently at Lin Yi. He had paid a terrible price to gain power, even distorting his own soul, while this human had actually reached such a level through his own comprehension!
"Nothing is impossible." Lin Yi's voice was icy as he unleashed another Space-Time Soul-Severing Slash. "Today is your death day!"
"Death? Lin Yi, you underestimate me, Night Owl!" Night Owl laughed in fury, a mad glint of suicidal rage flashing in his eyes. "Since you're so eager to die, then I'll grant your wish! I'll show you my true power!"
Before he finished speaking, Night Owl's figure suddenly became blurry, as if it had merged into the surrounding Shadow Erosion Domain.
An unprecedented sense of crisis instantly enveloped Lin Yi's heart!
"Watch out!" Chu Yao's warning exploded in Lin Yi's mind.
Almost at the same time, Lin Yi felt the hairs on the back of his head stand on end. A terrifying killing intent, enough to tear his soul apart, locked onto him like a venomous snake!
In the blink of an eye, the owl appeared silently behind him!
A jet-black claw, imbued with the ultimate shadow energy, shrieked as if tearing through space, aimed straight for Lin Yi's vital point in the back!
That was too fast! So fast that there wasn't even time to react!
That deadly glint rapidly magnified in Lin Yi's pupils; the shadow of death seemed to have already gripped his throat!
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