The Gap in Strength

Looking at the three experts before him, Midnight smiled slightly, "With such long titles and high positions, the situation must be under control by now, right?"

Upon hearing her words, the three men's expressions changed slightly. "Who exactly are you? Where did you get this information from?"

Midnight chuckled softly, "Guess?"

The three frowned, exchanged a glance, and without further ado, unleashed their abilities and attacked Midnight!

Bishop Roland opened the Book of Revelation in his hand, chanted scriptures, and cast spells one after another. The buffs were applied to his two teammates, while the Curse were all cast on Midnight.

Enchanted by powerful magic, Evelyn took out a pair of fingerless gauntlets, put them on, and her aura surged. With a burst of speed, she shot towards Midnight like a shooting star!

At the same time, Xu Jiahe, and Method Formula surrounding air surged. The invisible wind formed a huge ghost face as big as a mountain, which opened its mouth full of fangs and sharp teeth and bit towards Midnight.

A true expert's skill is immediately apparent. Luo Jun, hiding some distance behind Midnight, frowned slightly. Clearly, these three were not only renowned but also possessed formidable strength, all being Peak Level masters!

Despite being surrounded by three top experts, Midnight remained calm and composed, arms crossed over his chest, his hair fluttering in the wind as he met Evelyn, the first to rush towards him!

As Evelyn faced the tangling black hair, she clasped her fists together, unleashing a shockwave that scattered the strands of hair. At the same time, she stepped back into the air, accelerating further and passing through the gaps in the hair to strike directly at Midnight's true form!

Midnight remained calm, her black hair behind her seemingly endless, as another large clump wrapped around Evelyn.

At this moment, the giant Wind Element ghost face that Xu Jiahe had summoned arrived and bit into the black hair. However, Midnight's hair was extremely tough, and even the sharpest Wind Element could not bite or cut it. Helpless, Xu Jiahe changed his Method Formula, and the giant ghost face suddenly turned into a powerful tornado, twisting the supple hair into a ball, turning it into a thick, long braid that shot straight into the sky.

The tornado spun larger and larger, and in the blink of an eye it became a colossal Natural Disaster, swallowing Midnight whole. The surrounding trees were uprooted and swept high into the sky, as if to grind everything into dust!

However, Midnight's hair seemed endless, growing longer with the wind. No matter how the tornado spun, it only swept away more hair. Her body remained standing in the eye of the hurricane, as steady as a mountain. Under the protection of the protective energy, not even the hem of her clothes moved!

At that moment, Evelyn's figure suddenly emerged from the hurricane and appeared in front of Midnight. With a flick of her hands, countless afterimages appeared, as if a thousand fists were simultaneously striking Midnight!

Faced with such a comprehensive attack, Midnight neither dodged nor avoided, but simply raised one hand and gently grabbed one of the fists.

Snap!

The flurry of fist shadows vanished instantly, revealing Evelyn's shocked face. At that moment, her hands were crossed, and both wrists were held firmly in Midnight's grasp with one hand, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't break free...

Midnight smiled slightly, flicked his wrist, and Evelyn's entire body began to spin. Just then, a flash of blue light appeared, and Evelyn's body vanished, reappearing behind Midnight. Her fists clashed, and an exceptionally powerful force condensed, attaching itself to Evelyn's fists. Then, she unleashed both fists, striking towards Midnight's back!

Boom!

A tremendous impact resounded, and a terrifying shockwave spread out, so powerful that it instantly dissipated the dreadful tornado!

At the same time, a figure was sent flying through the eye of the hurricane, tumbling several times before landing awkwardly on one knee, crawling for more than ten meters before finally coming to a stop, spitting out a mouthful of blood with a "pfft"...

Luo Jun looked closely and realized that it wasn't Midnight who flew out, nor even Evelyn, but... Xu Jiahe!

What happened?

Luo Jun's gaze swept across the area, and he suddenly noticed in the distance that Bishop Roland was floating in mid-air, the Book of Revelation in his hand had fallen to the ground, his limbs stretched out in a stark shape, his expression one of extreme pain...

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that his neck, torso, and limbs were tightly bound with threads as thin as hair... No, those were hair threads!

Midnight slowly emerged from beneath the suspended Roland, smiling as she looked at the bewildered Irina in the distance and Xu Jiahe, who was kneeling on the ground.

A position switch? Luo Jun frowned. Clearly, at a crucial moment, Midnight had switched his and Xu Jiahe's positions and also launched a sneak attack on Roland...

This doesn't seem like a particularly sophisticated tactic, and even the ability to switch positions isn't especially remarkable. But the problem is that Midnight is facing three Peak Expert. Their perception, reaction, and control over vital energy far surpass those of ordinary Cultivators. To pull off such a trick against them requires extremely precise control over the situation to have any chance of success!

What's more, it seems these people didn't even realize they'd been tricked... they were completely being played like children!

Clearly, after this exchange, the three Peak realized the strength of their opponent. Evelyn and Xu Jiahe, watching Roland still hanging in mid-air, ultimately dared not make a move...

"What exactly do you want?"

Finally, Roland broke the silence. He was entangled in Midnight's hair and dared not even lower his head. Even the movement of his throat when he spoke caused a cut on his neck, and blood flowed down.

"Would you believe me if I said I meant well?" Midnight laughed. "I want to see what you're researching right now."

"So that's how it is. It seems the prophecy was correct..." Roland closed his eyes. "Then I can't let you go any further!"

As he spoke, he gritted his teeth, and his body suddenly twisted violently. With a whoosh, his body was cut into pieces by the tightly bound hair, and bits of flesh and blood splattered down!

Seeing Midnight, Ziye frowned, tossed a lock of hair aside, and unleashed a powerful burst of qi, shattering the blood and flesh that rained down upon him, turning it into a cloud of blood mist.

However, the blood mist did not disperse with the wind; instead, it seemed as if it had been painted red in the sky, growing larger and darker in color!

Moments later, the entire night sky was dyed red, and even the surrounding land and trees were covered with a bloody filter.

Looking at the other two in the distance, they also used new methods. Evelyn's body began to change. Her originally thin and withered figure suddenly swelled up, not only increasing in height but also becoming more robust. Hair began to grow on her originally wrinkled skin, sharp claws grew on her hands and feet, her head began to grow larger, her snout lengthened, and sharp teeth appeared in her mouth...

In an instant, Evelyn transformed into a werewolf over three meters tall, with a fierce and agile appearance! The Head Wolf roared, and Gao Qiang qi surged from its body!

"A combination of the Martial Combat Faction and the Shapeshifting Faction?" Luo Jun couldn't help but secretly admire this scene.

The Martial Combat Faction specializes in close combat, while the Shapeshifting Faction transforms itself into other monsters, mostly enhancing its melee abilities. The two fighting styles overlap significantly, so more than one person has wondered if cultivating both the Martial Combat Faction and the Shapeshifting Faction could produce a synergistic effect greater than the sum of its parts!

But it's easier said than done. The Martial Combat Faction values the strength of one's internal energy (罡气), while the Shapeshifting Faction mainly increases Combat Power by changing one's appearance. Generally speaking, the bigger the better, and the less human-like the better.

However, this means that most of the vital energy is used to maintain the form, which inevitably reduces the Protective Qi Strength. Moreover, because the new form is larger than the human form, the protective aura covers a larger area, which further thins the protective aura. In fact, the extra energy spent on maintaining it can even reduce the overall combat ability.

Therefore, generally speaking, forcibly maintaining one's inner energy after transformation is a counterproductive approach for the Shapeshifting Faction. Countless Cultivators have tried various methods to balance the two factions, but all have failed. Who would have thought that the two factions that seem to be most compatible are actually the most contradictory in practice?

But unexpectedly, Luo Jun saw a perfect solution in this female executive of the foundation today! He didn't know how she did it, but it was clear that she had perfectly combined the advantages of the Shapeshifting Faction and Martial Combat Faction, elevating her power to a new level!

Meanwhile, Xu Jiahe on the other side had also undergone a transformation. Compared to Evelyn, his methods were more conventional, at least as Luo Jun had seen before.

That's the Elemental Avatar!

That's right, Xu Jiahe completely transformed his body into the form of Wind Element, becoming a wind Elemental Giant with his own characteristics, hovering in mid-air, towering and upright!

Although Luo Jun had seen Elemental Avatar more than once, this was the first time he had seen one so enormous and so completely transformed. It was clear that Elder Xu's cultivation was indeed formidable!

Beneath the blood-red night sky, the two experts, who had evolved to the Second Stage, attacked together at Midnight!

The werewolf Evelyn charged forward on all fours like a streak of gray lightning! But behind her, the wind Elemental Giant waved his hands, unleashing a massive Wind Blade that cleaved the earth and sky in its wake. Luo Jun could feel the terrifying wind pressure even from a great distance!

Facing the menacing enemy, Midnight remained calm. She simply raised her hand and grabbed at the air, causing the entire crimson space to distort, as if a huge canvas had been grabbed by a corner and pulled forcefully. Everything around her tilted towards that corner along the folds!

Whether it was the charging werewolf, the flying Wind Blade, or the blood-red moon in the sky, everything seemed to have fallen into Black Hole, twisted by some irresistible force, and plummeted towards Midnight's right hand along with space...

Tear!

Finally, the crimson space could not withstand the tearing force of Midnight and shattered completely. All the crimson color faded instantly, and the world returned to its original state!

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Looking at Evelyn again, her wolf skin had been completely shredded by the distorted space, and Xu Jiahe's wind Elemental Avatar had also been torn to pieces. Helpless, she reverted to her original appearance, her face pale and bloodless.

As for Roland, who had been cut into pieces by the hair, he somehow came back to life, but he looked the most pathetic. At this moment, he was being choked by Midnight and kneeling in front of the Chaos Succubus.

"What's going on?" Luo Jun was also stunned by this scene. Illusion? No, with Luo Jun's current attributes and cultivation, he could see that everything that had just happened was real! This Bishop Roland must have sacrificed himself, pulling everyone present into a newly opened alternate Different Space. This space was obviously of great help to the three of them in their battle. Anyone who fought them in this space would be hindered at every turn and things would not go smoothly...

Normally, such a space cannot last too long. The way to deal with it is to defend or escape as much as possible, and drag it out until the space ends, or if you are strong enough, you can defeat the creator of the space while enduring a lot of debuffs and forcibly end the space.

However, Roland was clearly more cunning than the average person. On the surface, he sacrificed himself to create space, but in reality, he hid himself using a special ability. Luo Jun began searching for the archbishop the moment the crimson space was created, and even used the dice once. The result was that Roland was not in the space!

In this way, Roland himself would be invincible, and might even be able to extend the duration of the Chang Kong outside the space. Even if Evelyn and Xu Jiahe couldn't defeat Midnight, he could use the Crimson Space as a cage to temporarily trap Midnight. This was simply an unsolvable dead end!

At least Luo Jun himself couldn't think of a way to break the deadlock.

But Luo Jun didn't expect that this Midnight was even more outrageous. She actually tore open this space and rubbed Roland, who was hiding outside the blood-red space, to the ground!

"Who are you? How could this be..." Roland struggled, grabbing Midnight's forearm with both hands, but he couldn't budge her slender wrist at all.

"If you were truly hiding in the Main World, it would take quite a bit of effort to find you with my current strength," Midnight laughed. "But unfortunately, you're just a Peak cultivator. Even if you fake your death, it wouldn't be enough to completely escape the cage you've built... You're actually hiding in the gap between the Crimson Space and the Main World, right? That makes things much simpler."

"Simple?" Xu Jiahe exclaimed in shock, "This is something even Peak could do... You... could you be Feather Transformation?"

"Just realized it?" Midnight shook her head with a smile. "Such a long reputation, yet the reaction is so slow..."

As he spoke, Midnight reached out and pulled towards the distance. Everyone immediately felt a dizzying sensation, and when they came to their senses, they found themselves in a valley. In the middle of the valley stood a huge instrument, and in the center was a constantly flashing unidentified substance that emitted powerful Space Fluctuation. Looking around, they saw researchers from various countries with shocked expressions...

"What... what happened?" Evelyn asked in surprise, "How did we get back to the Testing Ground?"

Before anyone could react, Midnight waved his hand again, and the surrounding space distorted, all the researchers vanishing...

"Could it be mass Teleportation?" Xu Jiahe looked around. "They've all been teleported away?"

"No..." Roland, who had some knowledge of Space Ability, said, "That's not simple Teleportation or blinking... This is manipulation power; she's manipulating distance!"

"Distance?" Evelyn exclaimed in surprise, "You can even manipulate something so abstract?"

"If it's Feather Transformation, then it might be possible..." Roland asked in surprise, "What is Feather Transformation I've never heard of coming to this unstable Testing Ground to do?"

"It's nothing." Midnight waved his hand, tossing Roland away so that he landed next to Xu Jiahe and Evelyn.

"Seeing that you've been researching for so many days without success, I thought I'd help you out." With that, Midnight took out the Night Sky Purple Pure Jade.

"I'll help you push this 'door' open completely!"

(End of this chapter)