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Chapter 705: The Transcendent Shadow Lord Makes His Move!
Chapter 705: The Transcendent Shadow Lord Makes His Move!
"Compared to our Shadow Courtyard, isn't your Diabolos Sect more like sewer rats, hiding in the shadows and doing despicable deeds?"
A black arrow shot from a distance towards Modred, but it was deflected by his rune-armored gauntlet.
Stepping back a few steps from the arrow's impact, Modred looked at Beta and Epsilon, who were cloaked in black robes, and said with a sudden realization, "So, you two are the so-called Seven Shadows of the Shadow Courtyard?"
"You've arrived just in time; now I can take care of you and Princess Alice, the First Princess, all at once!"
Facing Epsilon and Beta, Modred remained calm, confident in his own abilities.
Even if he were to take a step back and assume a one-on-two situation, he didn't think he had the advantage. But he still had a trump card—Night City.
As a finalist in the God Warrior Festival, Night City was undoubtedly within the barrier at this very moment.
Of course, the sect also valued Night City's public identity. Unless absolutely necessary, Modred didn't want to expose Night City.
After all, a 'Round Table Knight' operating in the shadows was far more valuable than one whose identity was known.
The higher Night City's status, the greater the assistance they could provide to the sect in the future.
"What a joke! You dare to claim you'll defeat us, relying on your divine armor?
Do you think only your sect is prepared, and we in the Shadow Courtyard are unaware of your plans?"
Beta clapped her hands, and from among the spectators, lithe black shadows flew out, engaging in combat with the sect's henchmen.
Witnessing this, Modred's anger surged. He couldn't understand why every move of their sect was thwarted by the damned Shadow Courtyard.
Aside from the miscellaneous henchmen, the incident at the Holy Land had been an accident. This operation, personally planned by Modred, was only known to a select few. How could it have been exposed?!
Could the Shadow Courtyard's intelligence department be that formidable?
As the barrier, originally meant to weaken their enemies' mana, was gradually deciphered and reversed by Eta, targeting the sect instead, Modred's expression darkened.
To turn the tide, he had no choice but to order his henchmen to ingest the Diabolos' magic potion, triggering a mana surge.
Being an unfinished product, the potion could enhance their mana and make them stronger.
However, after consuming the potion, these henchmen would transform into demihuman monsters, similar to Jeno Gulifi, and eventually devolve into mindless beasts.
Modred had brought relatively high-ranking Diabolos Sons, and he hadn't intended to expend them in this manner.
But with the situation at hand, the ancient artifact's mana barrier had been reversed, and the Shadow Courtyard was well-prepared. If they didn't act, they would be the ones annihilated.
After taking the forbidden potion, the sect's henchmen experienced a surge in power, transforming into half-demon, half-human monsters. They began indiscriminately destroying and slaughtering everything around them.
The pressure on the Shadow Courtyard's side intensified instantly.
Sid, who had been backstage preparing to enter the arena, was momentarily stunned by the scene before him.
He had been thinking about what cool and stylish lines he would say when facing Night City.
But before he could even step into the arena, the entire dueling field was already a river of blood!
And weren't those fighting Beta and Epsilon?
Alpha and her group caused such a huge scene, but why was the leader of Shadow Courtyard completely unaware?
But one couldn't blame Alpha and her group, for in their eyes, Shadow Lord was all-knowing.
His participation in the God of War Festival under a disguised identity must mean he was already aware of these events.
Shadow Lord, with his wisdom, wouldn't need the Seven Shadows to inform him, especially since Shadow Night Lord was so close to him. Even if they didn't tell him, Shadow Night Lord would surely have informed Shadow Lord.
Sid was utterly bewildered by the chaos before him.
However, he soon realized that this situation was perfect for his showboating.
As a black sludge enveloped his body, Gimmna Sene logged off, and it was now the Transcendent Shadow Lord's turn to perform.
"I am Shadow, lurking in the shadows and hunting the darkness.
Slaughter, plunder, and the foolish pursuit of power, only to lose oneself.
True strength lies not in power itself but in the way one exists, yet you have chosen an ugly path."
With these words, Shadow Lord made his grand entrance, a figure in a black robe appearing in mid-air.
As Shadow Lord spoke, thin threads instantly crisscrossed and bound the demihuman monsters of the Diabloros Sect.
With a clenching of Shadow Lord's fingers, the next second brought an explosion of blood, like blooming flowers in the field. With just one move, Shadow Lord had cleared the field of the Sect's minions.
Witnessing Shadow Lord's overwhelming power, the members of Shadow Courtyard, including Beta and Epsilon, gazed at the figure in the air with awe.
True to his name, Shadow Lord remained as formidable as ever.
Nocturne, who was about to take action, now covered her face and feigned reluctance to look, as the focus shifted to Shadow Lord in mid-air.
Shadow Lord's otaku nature remained unchanged, but combined with his unparalleled strength, it appeared eccentric and dominant to others.
Shadow Lord was pleased with the attention he was getting from all sides. He gave himself 118 points for this showboating performance.
He awarded himself a perfect 100 points without fear of arrogance, and the remaining 18 points, as Nocturne suggested, he kept for himself in the form of 666.
After Shadow Lord's area-of-effect skill cleared the field of minions, he turned his attention to Modred, who was fighting Beta and Epsilon. As he hesitated about whether to intervene, he suddenly sensed a dangerous aura.
Trusting his instincts, he slightly sidestepped, and almost simultaneously, a sharp sword energy brushed past Shadow Lord, carving a deep trench in the ground.
When Shadow Lord turned to face his attacker, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Alpha... No, the face is the same, but the aura and feeling are off."
"The Alpha you speak of is my aunt's daughter. I'll kill you, you succubus, Shadow Lord!"
Shadow Lord was initially surprised to hear that the attacker was Alpha's niece, wondering if he should go easy on her since she was Alpha's relative.
But upon hearing the latter part of her statement, Shadow Lord was utterly bewildered. When did he get the title of "succubus"?
(End of Chapter)
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