When Avalon unfolded, it was as though he stood in another world. His image remaining in this world was illusory, so attacks passed straight through it. Only when Mo Shuying attacked would he become tangible again.
But the black shadow's attack was different. That strike had clearly been a solid collision—though it had been a collision between Avalon and the black shadow. Avalon rejected the shadow, unwilling even to let it pass through his illusory body.
"Ghk."
Semiramis, with a hole torn through her chest, looked somewhat like a walking corpse. The black shadow emerged from her chest, with only the tip of its tail still left inside her body.
The black shadow and Mo Shuying faced each other. Neither made a move for the moment, both unable to gauge the other.
And then!
"Boom!"
The sound of stone slabs shattering came from outside. It seemed to be a signal; in an instant, both Mo Shuying and the black shadow moved!
"Wind King Barrier!"
Mo Shuying stirred the power of the wind, expanding the Wind King Barrier wrapped around the blade! He extended the sword's reach and slashed at the black shadow.
Though he did not even know whether it counted as a body. It was just a thin strip, anyway.
Mo Shuying knew a little about this black shadow. Nothing else mattered, but there was one thing he had to watch out for!
He absolutely could not let those black shadows touch him at close range! If they did, he might be left with nothing but a leg.
"Hah!"
Mo Shuying swung his sword upward, sending turbulent air crashing into the black shadow and knocking it into the air, but it did not suffer any substantial damage.
That was what made the black shadow so troublesome. He had no