The 405th chapter, Clones and Clones - "Three-Legged Crow's Guidance Spool"
Bang!
Half of a Dragon's wing crashed down with a roar.
Rumble—
The Heroic Spirit Soul tumbled through the air and plummeted vertically, carving a hundreds-of-meters-long gash in the ground.
At this moment!
The Heroic Spirit Soul had not only lost a wing, but its Flesh Armament, which covered its entire body, had also completely shattered, revealing its pure white form.
Seeing the state of the Heroic Spirit Soul.
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's rage did not diminish in the slightest; instead, it intensified.
It had been tricked!
If it had only been suspicious at first, then now, with the Heroic Spirit Soul looking nothing like a living creature, it was clearly a fake substitute.
The smoke and dust dissipated.
In the crater-like ruins on the ground.
The Heroic Spirit Soul, dragging its heavily scarred body with only a few remaining pieces of its "Flesh Armament" covering it, crawled out of the crater.
"Senior, you seem very angry."
The Heroic Spirit Soul looked up at the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord in the air, its voice as calm as it had been from the start.
It appeared completely unaffected by the series of attacks.
That's only natural!
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord provided this answer internally.
The damage was only to a fake substitute; the true body of the other party was not here at all. It was no wonder the other party dared to show such confidence in front of it.
"However, I should be the one who's angry."
As the Heroic Spirit Soul said this, its tone became extremely pained:
"This is a very important and precious clone of mine. Now that it has suffered such severe damage, I'm afraid it will take a lot of resources to repair."
The pain was fake.
Once the 100-hour cooldown period passed, a new Heroic Spirit Soul could be summoned.
Although the current Heroic Spirit Soul looked miserable, it still had about 15% of its health remaining.
Most of the damage from the recent barrage of attacks had been absorbed by the "Flesh Armament" armor.
"Golem..."
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord stared at the Heroic Spirit Soul, then suddenly spat out three words. Three massive black figures, flapping their dragon wings, hovered in mid-air:
"You actually possess something like this!"
This mysterious dragon-kin had provided it with a lot of unexpected information, more valuable than it had anticipated.
A Golem of this caliber could never be manufactured with existing technology!
The legacy of the Evil Preya?
So—where exactly was the true body of the other party?
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's heart was filled with excitement. Despite its hatred for the "Dragon Emperor's Filth," it had to admit the value of the legacy left behind by those wicked beings.
What an immeasurable wealth!
As the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord, who had once solo-killed an Evil Preya, it believed it knew this better than anyone.
Golem?
Tang Zheng's eyes flickered slightly.
It mistook the Heroic Spirit Soul for a Golem.
Indeed, the Heroic Spirit Soul was quite similar to a Golem, but it was a little surprising that the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord had immediately deduced it was a Golem.
"It was a bit of a gamble, but you must have felt its value." Tang Zheng thought to himself, then manipulated the Heroic Spirit Soul to continue speaking:
"My sincerity has been shown enough!"
"Senior, you don't think I can tell that you are also a clone, do you?"
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord before him was not its true body at all!
When Tang Zheng saw the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord using the "Destroyer King" to block attacks while fighting the "Abyss Body," he noticed something was amiss.
Following that.
The series of probing attacks by the Shadow Clone further confirmed this point.
High-level magic damage was no joke, and the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord clearly did not possess any means of magic nullification.
After taking damage, it showed no signs of pain, which was clearly abnormal for a normal creature!
Even an Undead would show some signs of pain when attacked!
"Pathetic!"
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord sneered, its amber vertical pupils narrowing imperceptibly, and its figure suddenly moved:
"You think you can hide from me just because you're lurking in the shadows!"
Whoosh! A sharp sound of air being cut.
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord lunged in front of the Heroic Spirit Soul, extending a dragon claw. Like lightning, it grabbed the Heroic Spirit Soul's remaining wing and soared into the sky.
Within a few breaths.
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord, still holding the Heroic Spirit Soul, arrived at the edge of the "World Barrier" that covered several kilometers.
The black-scaled dragon claw suddenly exerted force!
The Heroic Spirit Soul was flung away, smashing into the distance.
Shortly after being thrown a considerable distance.
The Heroic Spirit Soul collided with an invisible wall, emitting a dull thud before sliding down from the air.
"What exactly do you want to do?"
The Heroic Spirit Soul appeared to be completely incapacitated and slumped on the ground, its usually calm voice now laced with a hint of panic.
Tang Zheng watched the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's actions, deliberately making the Heroic Spirit Soul appear unable to act due to its severe injuries.
This was because he also couldn't determine the location of the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's true body.
"As expected, these True Dragon Lords are all more cunning than the last!" Tang Zheng said with a serious expression.
The Platinum Dragon Lord's "Platinum Armor"!
The Kutushana Dragon Lord's "Million Corpse Armor"!
And the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's "special clone" before him!
Based on the information he had gathered, it seemed that every True Dragon Lord had developed specific countermeasures against Players.
Fortunately, he was cautious enough to maintain a degree of suspicion towards such a cautious being as the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord when it first appeared before the "Abyss Zone."
Therefore.
Both Tang Zheng's mention of "future prophecies" and his exposure of the "Golem clone" were indirectly proving his value.
This made the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord want to capture him alive.
A barely perceptible ripple appeared on the surface of the "World Barrier."
Looking at the Heroic Spirit Soul, which could not break through the barrier.
Confirming the experimental results!
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's mind was made up. It flapped its dragon wings and flew out of the barrier, landing near the edge of the Heroic Spirit Soul.
The two were separated by only a transparent barrier.
With the Heroic Spirit Soul unable to break through the barrier and having lost its ability to resist, the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord had let down some of its guard, no longer worried about it escaping.
This was a very precious high-level Golem.
According to what that guy said, he seemed to have a way to repair Golems.
Such a person absolutely could not be let go!
"What are you doing!"
"I've been very sincere." The voice emanating from the Heroic Spirit Soul was now clearly tinged with panic:
"I've already confirmed your stronghold's location from those Undead of the 'Abyss Body'."
"When you were fighting those Undead, I didn't take advantage of the situation, which shows I have no hostile intentions."
Tang Zheng made his voice sound panicked.
Hearing the panicked voice from the true body, the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's eyes showed a hint of enjoyment and satisfaction: "Struggle, you self-righteous ant! The more you struggle, the more delicious your despair becomes!"
As for the stronghold the other party mentioned?
If the other party dared to intrude, it would definitely give any intruder a gift beyond imagination.
As soon as the words fell.
The light in the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's pupils dimmed slightly, and its entire clone seemed to lose some life-force.
"Is it coming?"
Tang Zheng, using the Heroic Spirit Soul's vision, saw the state of the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's clone and his gaze sharpened as he muttered to himself:
"The plan has succeeded."
There were only two ways to trigger the "World Connector": First, through class skills, like the "Dragon Race Transcender" and "Primal Chanter" that were clearly mechanism-oriented.
Tang Zheng strongly suspected that the "World Connector" might not have class skills, and even if it did, whether the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord would use them was another matter.
The drawback of only being able to learn through others using skills became apparent.
Since it wasn't reliable!
Tang Zheng could only resort to the second method, which was to trigger the class by making physical contact with the other party's body.
This required directly facing the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's true body!
But—!
The danger posed by the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's true body was unimaginable, and Tang Zheng currently had no intention of confronting it directly.
This made the second method seem unfeasible as well.
"Since this clone of the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord can also use 'Origin Magic,' then the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord must have made some special modifications to its clone."
Tang Zheng pondered lightly, a smile appearing on his lips.
He didn't intend to make contact with the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's true body, but he didn't mind making direct contact with its clone. To achieve this.
It was necessary to first figure out the location of the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's true body.
Or rather!
To lure the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's true body away from the area where its clone was, giving Tang Zheng enough time.
"I hope you truly possess such means."
Tang Zheng sat cross-legged on the ground, silently waiting for something.
He was now more eager than the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord for it to find him, and the confidence it had shown so far seemed to indicate it possessed such capabilities.
"Dispel."
Tang Zheng quickly made preparations, first dispelling the Shadow Clone hidden in the Heroic Spirit Soul's mouth, and then activating the skill again:
"Ninjutsu: Shadow Clone Technique!"
The shadows writhed.
A Shadow Clone appeared beside Tang Zheng.
"Ninjutsu: Concealment."
"Judgment Blockade!"
Tang Zheng activated Ninjutsu to enter stealth, while the Shadow Clone activated a magic that could block teleportation.
—At the same time!
The outermost area of this battlefield, the "Finria Valley Bottom," was desolate, with not even a blade of grass on the surrounding hills.
The sunlight was blocked by the hills.
Forming shaded areas between the hills, the previously cool and calm shadows suddenly rippled faintly.
A massive black dragon head, covered in layers of dark scales, emerged from the shadows, revealing half of its head.
This was the true body of the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord.
"What an interesting junior,"
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's jaw split open, revealing a dangerous and chilling smile: "Let me see where you are hiding?"
A crisp sound.
A golden coin was tossed into the air and landed precisely on a black knuckle.
"Prank Coin."
Seeing the smiling face on the coin, the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord confirmed that there were no safety issues, and then took out another Magic Item.
A crow statue with three legs.
It was called the "Three-Legged Crow's Guidance Spool," with three red threads wound around it.
Looking at the Magic Item, a flicker of hesitation crossed the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's eyes. This was a very precious item.
It could only be used three times.
It could locate the exact position of anyone who had come into contact with it, which was one of the legacies it had obtained from killing that Evil Preya.
It was said to be an item called "Pay-to-Win," and although it didn't quite understand what "Pay-to-Win" meant, it was likely a very valuable type of item.
However, the current situation warranted the use of this item.
That self-righteous fellow kin.
Not only did it possess a lowly race with "prophetic" abilities, but it also had a very precious high-level Golem, and the means to repair Golems.
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord even highly suspected that this fellow kin might have accidentally obtained the legacy of an Evil Preya.
In short.
The other party was worth using this item for.
"Activate."
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord stared at the "Three-Legged Crow's Guidance Spool" in its hand, its voice echoing like metal, each syllable carrying a heavy pressure.
The "Three-Legged Crow's Guidance Spool" emitted a red light.
A red thread wound around the spool automatically broke, and one end of the thread extended into the void, then merged with the air and disappeared.
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord immediately felt its spirit rapidly moving with the spool in the void, first locating the Heroic Spirit Soul's position.
This was clearly not the result it wanted!
As its thoughts moved.
The red thread, which had located the Heroic Spirit Soul, broke again and re-entered the void, moving rapidly towards the distant east.
The black scales on the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's protruding brow furrowed slightly, as if something surprising had happened.
In its perception.
The red thread seemed to have quickly located the true body of that self-righteous fellow kin, but just as it was about to pinpoint its exact location.
The end of the thread.
It seemed to have entered a state of "hesitation"!
This made the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord, using the item for the first time, somewhat confused and perplexed.
The item clearly did not seem to have failed to activate.
However, soon.
The Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord's confusion dissipated as the red thread accurately pinpointed the location of the true body, and it abruptly opened its cold vertical pupils: "Found you!"
And at this moment.
Three thousand kilometers away, in a certain area.
Tang Zheng did not notice anything unusual, because the red thread was not locating Tang Zheng, but the Shadow Clone.
This was perhaps something even Tang Zheng himself had not anticipated.
The purpose of summoning the Shadow Clone was actually to ensure that if the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord found this place, the Shadow Clone could stall for time.
While the current outcome was the same, there had been a slight deviation that neither Tang Zheng nor the Eternal Darkness Dragon Lord had expected.
The "Three-Legged Crow's Guidance Spool" had not failed to activate. Theoretically, even a Player focused on building a rogue class could not interfere with the item's ability to locate the true body through clones or other special means.
After all, it was a precious "Pay-to-Win" item, and there should be no errors in this regard!
However!
Tang Zheng's innate Player ability, "Unobservable, Un-seizable," possessed the characteristic of "unobservable and un-seizable."
This caused the "Three-Legged Crow's Guidance Spool" to be unable to locate Tang Zheng, forcing it to choose the Shadow Clone as the point of reference.
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