"My lord, please do not recklessly put yourself in danger."
"Those shadows are dangerous. They seem capable of ignoring ordinary defenses."
Jeanne warned him with a grave expression.
The France swordsman who had died beneath the shadows moments ago had practically been devoured in an instant.
The shadows wandering among the crystal clusters could not be tracked at all.
They were so bizarre that they seemed to appear out of thin air.
Moreover, they could completely ignore defensive measures, including magical shields.
One had to know that France swordsmen, as elite warriors, possessed defensive skills of their own.
Yet those defensive skills had proven useless against them.
In truth, the France swordsman had suddenly vanished as though he had never been attacked at all. That was what put Jeanne most on guard.
Hearing this, Zong Shen nodded cautiously.
"Alright, I'll handle this carefully."
Having arrived in this Creation Realm, Zong Shen could not help becoming more prudent as well.
The unknown was the source of fear.
Zong Shen's past fearlessness had largely been because the Strategy Module allowed him to understand dangers.
Since conventional defensive methods were ineffective against the shadows, there were only a few remaining possibilities.
For example, energy annihilation, soul erasure, or the pollution and assimilation unique to shadow entities...
Every one of those possibilities required special methods of defense.
After mastering a trace of the power of chaos, energy annihilation would have a hard time harming him.
At the very least, he could ensure that he would not be instantly killed by annihilation properties.
As for soul defense, he did not lack suitable artifacts either.
Pollution and assimilation, however, would require careful handling.
Only after rapidly assessing the dangers he might encounter did Zong Shen set off.
The France swordsmen scouting the other areas had not