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Chapter 420
chapter 329 part 2
"This world... is far vaster and more terrifying than you can imagine. Do you know... why I'm doing all this?"
"In the eyes of ordinary people, Zuranon is... an evil secret society, but in this world, there exists... a secret society even more terrifying than Zuranon!"
The Alliance Leader's hoarse, grating voice sounded out, weak yet fanatical.
To have endured a full-powered blow from the Dominion Authority and survived, as an undead, could only mean that the Alliance Leader possessed some kind of powerful magic item.
Of course, Tang Zheng knew the Alliance Leader was stalling for time. The shadow clone couldn't speak and had no intention of doing so. It raised its hand, preparing to launch a magic attack.
"Wait, wait!"
Seeing that the shadow clone, despite having the upper hand, showed no signs of questioning or curiosity, the Alliance Leader's plan to stall for time was shattered. He panicked and immediately mobilized what little magic power he had left.
"Teleportation!"
A magic ring on the Alliance Leader's left middle finger flashed with a faint light, and his trembling body suddenly distorted.
"One-Sided Duel."
The shadow clone saw the disappearing Alliance Leader and immediately followed up by casting its own magic.
The next instant.
Their vision blurred.
Both of them vanished from their spot simultaneously. When they reappeared, they were in a dry jungle.
The shadow clone quickly locked onto the Alliance Leader not far away and, without hesitation, began to cast magic again: "Thun..."
For him to have been able to cast "Teleportation" once in his state was already surprising enough for Tang Zheng. It was impossible for him to have enough spare magic power to cast it again.
*Whoosh—*
A piercing sound of something cutting through the air came from behind the shadow clone. It was so fast that a normal magic caster's reaction time would be insufficient to dodge.
However!
The shadow clone was no normal magic caster. For a moment, Tang Zheng considered letting the shadow clone take the hit, but after a brief hesitation, he quickly switched spells:
"Dimensional Shift!"
*Swish!*
The shadow clone instantly vanished, reappearing over ten meters away.
The short dagger pierced the air with a hiss!
"Oh my, to think you could dodge that. You're quite the cautious one."
A surprised voice sounded.
The shadow clone stood ten meters away, looking at the person who had just attacked it. It was Clementine, who had been sent flying by the Alliance Leader and disappeared in the chaos.
Tang Zheng, seeing this through the shadow clone's eyes, immediately understood. This was clearly a backup plan arranged by the Alliance Leader.
"You didn't kill him, so my identity has been exposed."
Clementine's right hand reached behind her, grabbing at her cloak, and she pulled out another short dagger, a savage grin on her face as she looked at the shadow clone.
"As long as you kill him, no one will... know your identity has been exposed," the Alliance Leader said, his voice faltering.
"Ooh~"
Clementine drew out the sound, tilting her head at an angle and looking sideways at the Alliance Leader. "Even if he does tell someone, no one would believe him, right, Lord Alliance Leader?"
Hearing this, the Alliance Leader's cold white pupils shrank. He immediately realized that Clementine, seeing his current weakened state, was probably having other ideas.
His original backup plan didn't just consist of Clementine; the Gray-robed Mage was also part of it!
However, upon seeing the birth of the Soul Eater demon, the Alliance Leader had already realized the Gray-robed Mage was dead.
"Hehe..."
The Alliance Leader's withered arm, covered in a layer of red flesh, drooped. His hideous face twisted, and flames seemed to burn faintly in his eyes. "My dear high disciple, you should understand that only I can help you achieve your goal."
The savage smile on Clementine's lips grew even wider. Her aura became like that of a wild beast preparing to hunt.
Tang Zheng felt that the shadow clone's inability to speak was a troublesome matter because he suddenly wanted to cooperate with Clementine to get rid of the Alliance Leader and then secretly control Zuranon.
The information the Alliance Leader had just deliberately revealed, the mention of another evil society!
This finally allowed Tang Zheng to figure out something that had been puzzling him.
Why had the Alliance Leader stirred up such a huge commotion between the Holy Kingdom and the Slane Theocracy, and why had he only brought two of his powerful high disciples?
Because from the very beginning, the Alliance Leader had planned for failure!
In other words, the Alliance Leader's true goal was to use the commotion created by the legendary undead to attract the attention of another, true secret society.
This secret society was—Body of the Abyss!
Tang Zheng also knew another extremely obscure secret: the current Body of the Abyss was controlled by a True Dragon Lord.
Using the influence created by Zuranon to make contact with the Body of the Abyss was a good method.
But!
The shadow clone couldn't speak, let alone express his intentions, and Tang Zheng, currently in the center of the battlefield, couldn't just disappear and rush over here.
Clementine held a short dagger in each hand and fixed her gaze on Tang Zheng once more. Her rounded, powerful legs tensed and lowered as she assumed a cheetah's pounce.
*Skraaa—*
A hoarse screech came from above.
It was a skeletal griffin!
Clementine licked the corner of her mouth, her attacking motion pausing.
The skeletal griffin quickly appeared above the Alliance Leader's head, causing his tense nerves to relax.
*Clack.*
The Alliance Leader took out a semi-transparent crystal from a magic leather pouch in his robes and tossed it up towards the skeletal griffin in the air.
This transparent crystal was precisely the Magic Sealing Crystal that Captain Nigun had used up before!
Clementine's pupils dilated as she looked at the Alliance Leader in disbelief.
"I don't think there's any problem between... us that can't be resolved. Take this Magic Sealing Crystal as a greeting gift for our first meeting."
The Alliance Leader looked at Tang Zheng and let out a strange laugh.
"Skraw!"
The skeletal griffin clutched the Magic Sealing Crystal tightly, flapped its wings, and shot straight up into the sky, flying towards the center of the battlefield.
The other party was clearly gambling that Tang Zheng would either continue to fight Clementine here or give chase to the fleeing skeletal griffin.
Such an endless stream of tricks!
As expected of the Alliance Leader. If the shadow clone truly only had the power of 5th-tier magic, it would probably choose to pursue the skeletal griffin right now.
"Teleportation!"
The shadow clone's figure vanished in an instant.
The Alliance Leader's expression relaxed. He immediately looked at Clementine. "Let's go, quickly!"
The skeletal griffin's movement speed was extremely fast. Even with teleportation magic, which instantly moves you to a target's location, it was impossible to lock on quickly if the target was moving at high speed.
Teleportation magic was originally a support spell, not meant for combat.
However!
Just as the Alliance Leader finished speaking, before he could take two steps.
The air not far away distorted.
The shadow clone, holding the Magic Sealing Crystal in one hand, reappeared before the two of them.
"How is that possible!!" The Alliance Leader let out a sharp roar from his hoarse throat, his voice filled with disbelief.
"Silver Knight's Lance."
The clone raised a single hand and aimed it at the Alliance Leader. A silver spear, over two meters long, materialized and instantly pierced through the Alliance Leader.
(end of chapter)
"This world... is far vaster and more terrifying than you can imagine. Do you know... why I'm doing all this?"
"In the eyes of ordinary people, Zuranon is... an evil secret society, but in this world, there exists... a secret society even more terrifying than Zuranon!"
The Alliance Leader's hoarse, grating voice sounded out, weak yet fanatical.
To have endured a full-powered blow from the Dominion Authority and survived, as an undead, could only mean that the Alliance Leader possessed some kind of powerful magic item.
Of course, Tang Zheng knew the Alliance Leader was stalling for time. The shadow clone couldn't speak and had no intention of doing so. It raised its hand, preparing to launch a magic attack.
"Wait, wait!"
Seeing that the shadow clone, despite having the upper hand, showed no signs of questioning or curiosity, the Alliance Leader's plan to stall for time was shattered. He panicked and immediately mobilized what little magic power he had left.
"Teleportation!"
A magic ring on the Alliance Leader's left middle finger flashed with a faint light, and his trembling body suddenly distorted.
"One-Sided Duel."
The shadow clone saw the disappearing Alliance Leader and immediately followed up by casting its own magic.
The next instant.
Their vision blurred.
Both of them vanished from their spot simultaneously. When they reappeared, they were in a dry jungle.
The shadow clone quickly locked onto the Alliance Leader not far away and, without hesitation, began to cast magic again: "Thun..."
For him to have been able to cast "Teleportation" once in his state was already surprising enough for Tang Zheng. It was impossible for him to have enough spare magic power to cast it again.
*Whoosh—*
A piercing sound of something cutting through the air came from behind the shadow clone. It was so fast that a normal magic caster's reaction time would be insufficient to dodge.
However!
The shadow clone was no normal magic caster. For a moment, Tang Zheng considered letting the shadow clone take the hit, but after a brief hesitation, he quickly switched spells:
"Dimensional Shift!"
*Swish!*
The shadow clone instantly vanished, reappearing over ten meters away.
The short dagger pierced the air with a hiss!
"Oh my, to think you could dodge that. You're quite the cautious one."
A surprised voice sounded.
The shadow clone stood ten meters away, looking at the person who had just attacked it. It was Clementine, who had been sent flying by the Alliance Leader and disappeared in the chaos.
Tang Zheng, seeing this through the shadow clone's eyes, immediately understood. This was clearly a backup plan arranged by the Alliance Leader.
"You didn't kill him, so my identity has been exposed."
Clementine's right hand reached behind her, grabbing at her cloak, and she pulled out another short dagger, a savage grin on her face as she looked at the shadow clone.
"As long as you kill him, no one will... know your identity has been exposed," the Alliance Leader said, his voice faltering.
"Ooh~"
Clementine drew out the sound, tilting her head at an angle and looking sideways at the Alliance Leader. "Even if he does tell someone, no one would believe him, right, Lord Alliance Leader?"
Hearing this, the Alliance Leader's cold white pupils shrank. He immediately realized that Clementine, seeing his current weakened state, was probably having other ideas.
His original backup plan didn't just consist of Clementine; the Gray-robed Mage was also part of it!
However, upon seeing the birth of the Soul Eater demon, the Alliance Leader had already realized the Gray-robed Mage was dead.
"Hehe..."
The Alliance Leader's withered arm, covered in a layer of red flesh, drooped. His hideous face twisted, and flames seemed to burn faintly in his eyes. "My dear high disciple, you should understand that only I can help you achieve your goal."
The savage smile on Clementine's lips grew even wider. Her aura became like that of a wild beast preparing to hunt.
Tang Zheng felt that the shadow clone's inability to speak was a troublesome matter because he suddenly wanted to cooperate with Clementine to get rid of the Alliance Leader and then secretly control Zuranon.
The information the Alliance Leader had just deliberately revealed, the mention of another evil society!
This finally allowed Tang Zheng to figure out something that had been puzzling him.
Why had the Alliance Leader stirred up such a huge commotion between the Holy Kingdom and the Slane Theocracy, and why had he only brought two of his powerful high disciples?
Because from the very beginning, the Alliance Leader had planned for failure!
In other words, the Alliance Leader's true goal was to use the commotion created by the legendary undead to attract the attention of another, true secret society.
This secret society was—Body of the Abyss!
Tang Zheng also knew another extremely obscure secret: the current Body of the Abyss was controlled by a True Dragon Lord.
Using the influence created by Zuranon to make contact with the Body of the Abyss was a good method.
But!
The shadow clone couldn't speak, let alone express his intentions, and Tang Zheng, currently in the center of the battlefield, couldn't just disappear and rush over here.
Clementine held a short dagger in each hand and fixed her gaze on Tang Zheng once more. Her rounded, powerful legs tensed and lowered as she assumed a cheetah's pounce.
*Skraaa—*
A hoarse screech came from above.
It was a skeletal griffin!
Clementine licked the corner of her mouth, her attacking motion pausing.
The skeletal griffin quickly appeared above the Alliance Leader's head, causing his tense nerves to relax.
*Clack.*
The Alliance Leader took out a semi-transparent crystal from a magic leather pouch in his robes and tossed it up towards the skeletal griffin in the air.
This transparent crystal was precisely the Magic Sealing Crystal that Captain Nigun had used up before!
Clementine's pupils dilated as she looked at the Alliance Leader in disbelief.
"I don't think there's any problem between... us that can't be resolved. Take this Magic Sealing Crystal as a greeting gift for our first meeting."
The Alliance Leader looked at Tang Zheng and let out a strange laugh.
"Skraw!"
The skeletal griffin clutched the Magic Sealing Crystal tightly, flapped its wings, and shot straight up into the sky, flying towards the center of the battlefield.
The other party was clearly gambling that Tang Zheng would either continue to fight Clementine here or give chase to the fleeing skeletal griffin.
Such an endless stream of tricks!
As expected of the Alliance Leader. If the shadow clone truly only had the power of 5th-tier magic, it would probably choose to pursue the skeletal griffin right now.
"Teleportation!"
The shadow clone's figure vanished in an instant.
The Alliance Leader's expression relaxed. He immediately looked at Clementine. "Let's go, quickly!"
The skeletal griffin's movement speed was extremely fast. Even with teleportation magic, which instantly moves you to a target's location, it was impossible to lock on quickly if the target was moving at high speed.
Teleportation magic was originally a support spell, not meant for combat.
However!
Just as the Alliance Leader finished speaking, before he could take two steps.
The air not far away distorted.
The shadow clone, holding the Magic Sealing Crystal in one hand, reappeared before the two of them.
"How is that possible!!" The Alliance Leader let out a sharp roar from his hoarse throat, his voice filled with disbelief.
"Silver Knight's Lance."
The clone raised a single hand and aimed it at the Alliance Leader. A silver spear, over two meters long, materialized and instantly pierced through the Alliance Leader.
(end of chapter)
