Chapter 136: Eternal Night Domain

With the joining of the SS-Rank Night Stalker,

the leveling efficiency of this leveling team was significantly improved.

Especially since night had already arrived,

Moria gradually entered the Night Demon state, and under a fivefold boost to all attributes,

Moria slaughtered his way through the herd of exotic beasts as if no one else was there.

The exotic beasts on the lakeshore fell in rows upon rows.

[Ding! Congratulations, Host. Clone 'Night Stalker · Moria' has ranked up to LV20!]

A brilliant golden light flashed across Moria's body, only to be instantly swallowed by the dense darkness surrounding him.

A brand new power awakened within his body.

[Comprehended Ultimate Move: Eternal Night Domain LV1]

[Effect: Unfolds a Domain with a radius of two kilometers. Within the Domain, it is forcibly considered night. Whether a Demonic Lord or a Demon Slave, they can directly enter the "Night Demon" state and gain 500% self-healing ability. The efficiency of acquiring Devilish Qi is increased by threefold. Consumes 100 mana points per second, with no cooldown.]

Zhou Huai's heart stirred.

This was truly a good skill.

With this skill, even during the day, he could enter the Night Demon state.

Furthermore, there was no cooldown; as long as your mana points were sufficient, you could remain in the Domain state indefinitely.

Coming to this Secret Realm was indeed the right choice.

The experience points here were even more bountiful than Yasuo and Xiang Yu grinding the Dungeon outside for two days.

However, the commotion from the battle quickly attracted more exotic beasts around the lake.

"Roar——!"

"Hiss——!"

Roars rose one after another from all directions.

The ground began to shake.

A dense swarm of beasts surged from all directions, their numbers far exceeding a hundred.

Zhou Huai's eyes were calm as he controlled Moria to raise his hand.

"It's time to clear the field."

With a thought, the Devilish Qi within his body began to burn frantically.

"[Demonic Shadow Descent]!"

Five pitch-black shadows rose from beneath Moria's feet, rapidly condensing into five figures identical to him.

Shadow Assassin!

They had no facial features, only a pair of crimson eyes flickering with a bloodthirsty light in the darkness.

After testing it during this period of time,

Zhou Huai found that consuming 1,000 Dao of Devilish Qi could summon Shadow Assassins with attributes comparable to Moria's true body.

Now, with the daily increase in the number of Demon Slaves, the Devilish Qi obtained from them every day was close to over three thousand strands.

At this moment, the Devilish Qi accumulated within Moria's body alone amounted to over thirty thousand Dao.

It was enough for him to consume.

"Go."

Zhou Huai gave the order.

The five Shadow Assassins instantly transformed into five bolts of black lightning, charging into the surging beast horde.

Their attack methods were identical to Moria's.

Bizarre, swift, and lethal.

Every time they struck, an exotic beast was bound to scream and fall in a pool of blood.

The most terrifying thing was,

whenever a Shadow Assassin killed an exotic beast,

a new shadow would rise from beneath the corpse of that exotic beast, condensing into a brand-new Shadow Assassin.

One turned into two, two turned into four.

In a mere dozen seconds,

the number of Shadow Assassins skyrocketed frantically from the initial five to over thirty.

A small shadow legion had already taken shape.

They were like a black wave of death, charging in reverse into the beast horde and launching a one-sided massacre.

The originally menacing beast horde was actually forcefully suppressed in front of this fearless shadow legion.

Watching this scene, Zhou Huai had only one word in his heart.

Awesome!

The gap between an S-Rank class and an SS-Rank class was vividly displayed at this moment.

Just at this moment,

"Roar——!!!"

a deafening roar came from the rear of the beast horde.

The pressure contained within that sound caused the surrounding air to freeze.

Two immensely huge monsters squeezed past their obstructing peers and appeared in Zhou Huai's field of vision.

The one on the left was covered all over in a thick dark-green shell, resembling a moving fortress with thick limbs; every step it took caused the ground to tremble.

[Lakeshore Armored Beast LV35 (Elite)]

The one on the right was even more hideous and terrifying.

Its body was like a pool of flowing mud, its surface covered with densely packed eyeballs and tentacles. An abyss-like giant mouth split open in the center of its body, containing no teeth, only a constantly rotating, nauseating vortex of flesh and blood.

[Abyss Maw Beast LV35 (Calamity)]

[HP: 487550 / 500000]

Zhou Huai's eyes instantly turned fiery.

Two LV35 BOSSes!

At this moment, the number of Shadow Assassins had skyrocketed to over sixty.

Like sharks that smelled blood, they immediately turned around and swarmed toward those two BOSSes.

"Roar!"

The Lakeshore Armored Beast let out an angry roar, its huge head suddenly sinking downward as it used the sharp single horn on top of its head to viciously ram into the few Shadow Assassins charging at the very front.

However, the figures of the Shadow Assassins instantly turned illusory, easily dodging this immensely powerful strike.

The next second, dozens of pitch-black sharp claws grabbed fiercely at the Armored Beast from all directions.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Sparks flew in all directions.

The Armored Beast's defense was extremely astonishing; the Shadow Assassins' attacks could only leave shallow white marks on its thick shell.

On the other side, that Abyss Maw Beast was clearly even harder to deal with.

Dozens of tentacles on its body, like flexible poisonous snakes, frantically whipped at the surrounding Shadow Assassins.

Every strike could whip a Shadow Assassin flying backward, making its body grow somewhat more illusory.

At the same time, Xiang Yu and Yasuo, under AI control, also moved.

Two figures, one on the left and one on the right, rushed out simultaneously.

Zhou Huai controlled Moria, silently blending into a patch of shadow on the ground.

He bypassed the frontal battlefield and appeared like a ghost behind the Abyss Maw Beast.

He slowly raised his right hand.

Spreading his five fingers, dense Devilish Qi gathered in his palm, condensing into a hideous pitch-black sharp claw.

[Shadow Demon Claw]!

Rip——!

The sharp claw tore through the air, carrying the Aura of tearing everything apart, and fiercely grabbed onto the slippery back of the Abyss Maw Beast!

– 100,000!

A terrifying damage number floated up from the BOSS's head.

A full 20% of its max HP was taken away in a single strike!

"Roar——!!!"

The Abyss Maw Beast let out an extremely painful roar.

Its huge body violently shook, and within its central giant mouth, a destructive wave of energy began to gather.

It was about to use its ultimate move!

"In your dreams!"

Xiang Yu roared angrily, violently slamming his heavy shield into the ground.

[Overlord's Taunt]!

Hum——!

An invisible sound wave spread outward.

The energy gathering in the mouth of the Abyss Maw Beast instantly dispersed, and all the eyeballs on its body abruptly turned toward Xiang Yu, erupting with monstrous fury.

It abandoned the surrounding Shadow Assassins and, moving its slippery body, frantically lunged at Xiang Yu.

The Lakeshore Armored Beast was similarly hit by the taunt, turning its direction and charging at Xiang Yu like an out-of-control heavy tank.

"Bring it on!"

Battle Intent blazed fiercely in Xiang Yu's eyes.

Looking at the two BOSSes lunging toward him, not only did he not retreat, but he met them head-on.

[Demonic God Descent]!

Boom!

His body began to expand at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Two meters, three meters, five meters!

In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a Demonic God standing over 10 meters tall!

The giant shield and battle axe in his hands also became incomparably huge along with him.

His maximum HP limit instantly skyrocketed threefold, directly breaking through the sixty-thousand mark!

Boom! Boom!

The attacks of the two BOSSes landed fiercely upon Xiang Yu's massive shield.

Xiang Yu's body only swayed slightly, and the ground beneath his feet cracked inch by inch.

He forcefully withstood the combined strike of the two BOSSes.

"It's my turn!"

Xiang Yu roared, wielding his huge battle axe as he engaged in the most primitive hand-to-hand combat with the two BOSSes.

Yasuo's figure turned into wisps of erratic lightning, shuttling back and forth across the battlefield.

The long sword in his hand continuously left bone-deep wounds on the two BOSSes.

Ten minutes later,

the duration of all the Shadow Assassins ended, and they successively turned into black smoke and dissipated.

Meanwhile, those two arrogant BOSSes were also on their last breaths, covered in bruises and wounds.

The Lakeshore Armored Beast was the first to let out an unwilling mournful howl as its huge body crashed to the ground.

[Killed Lakeshore Armored Beast LV35, gained 180,000 experience points!]

Left isolated and without support, the Abyss Maw Beast similarly failed to last much longer.

Under the siege of the three Clones, its huge core was ultimately pierced through by a sword from Yasuo, turning it into a pool of foul-smelling mud.

[Killed Abyss Maw Beast LV35, gained 350,000 experience points!]

Looking at the two huge corpses on the ground, along with the equipment and Materials scattered all over, Zhou Huai couldn't help but exclaim in exhilaration.

After a brief rest,

Zhou Huai controlled Yasuo to come to the lakeside once again, provoking them with Sword Qi and drawing in a new wave of exotic beasts.

The experience point bars of the three Clones began to grow at a frantic speed once more.

…

Meanwhile, the imperial capital thousands of miles away.

Dungeon Tower, sixth floor.

A flash of white light passed.

Gandalf's figure stepped out from the portal.

A brilliant leveling golden light suddenly lit up on his body.

[Ding! Congratulations, Host. Clone 'Gandalf' has ranked up to LV28!]

There were only ten days left until the one-month deadline.

The challenge quest was close at hand.