Shadow Clone Technique

"Roar~~"

Above Red Rock Mountain, a strange beastly roar suddenly echoed from Harvey's sword, and his entire body transformed into a blurred black phantom, charging straight toward Luo Ya.

"Profundity of Dark Element?"

Luo Ya's expression shifted slightly; he hadn't expected Harvey to have comprehended a second profundity.

"Sss--"

Observing the black wolf head formed by Harvey's blade, Luo Ya gathered dark battle qi energy onto his Black Jade longsword. It condensed into a massive black python that flicked its tongue with a hissing sound, appearing as if it were alive!

"Hmm?" Harvey noticed the black python formed by Luo Ya's sword and was somewhat surprised.

However, he immediately let out a cold snort and charged forward without a hint of fear.

"Roar!"

"Hiss!"

The cries of two different exotic beasts rang out one after another. The black energy python carried by Luo Ya's Black Jade sword lunged like a mountain-devouring serpent striking its prey, instantly launching its body toward Harvey. Meanwhile, the cyan sword in Harvey's hand also condensed into a giant dark wolf head with its jaws wide open, biting straight toward Luo Ya as if to swallow him whole.

In the blink of an eye, the dark python and the dark wolf head collided head-on!

"Boom!"

In an instant, the bodies of both terrifying elemental beasts shuddered violently. Then, the bodies of the dark python and the dark wolf head simultaneously collapsed and disintegrated. The overflowing battle qi energy from both mixed together, forming terrifying dark currents that swept through the surroundings like a tornado!

Visible to the naked eye, a dark current acted like a sharp blade, slicing through the trees on Red Rock Mountain below. Some boulders were even smashed to pieces, and countless dust and rubble rained down from the high altitude in all directions.

"Your Majesty, be careful."

A giant boulder from above was hurtling directly toward where Brian was located. Imperial Guard soldiers immediately flew up and kicked the nearly ten-thousand-pound rock away.

Powerful warriors stood guard beside various nobles. Among those watching the battle, many were formidable warriors and mages themselves.

"Everyone, be careful!" The spectators were all stunned.

This level of destructive power was truly terrifying.

"Luo Ya!" Queen Bi Xi looked at the black-haired youth in the sky. Seeing his astonishing and fearsome strength, her eyes remained fixed, her thoughts unreadable.

After their weapons clashed, Luo Ya and Harvey passed each other, both retreating nearly a hundred meters before confronting one another in the air once more.

This guy's comprehension of the Profundity of Dark Element is no lower than mine. Luo Ya recalled the opponent's peculiar dark wolf head technique and nodded slightly.

At the very beginning of the engagement, both had held back. Luo Ya had not used his most proficient Profundity of Devour, and Harvey had not yet unleashed his ultimate technique—the Shadow Clone Technique!

"Luo Ya, you are indeed a genius. To have progressed so much in just thirty years." A hint of surprise flickered in Harvey's eyes before his confident laughter rang out across the heavens. "But that last move wasn't my most skilled attack. Let's see how you break this next one!"

Without a doubt, Harvey was preparing to get serious.

"Whatever moves you have, feel free to use them." Luo Ya looked at the Phantom Sword Saint Harvey in the distance with indifference, his expression remaining calm and composed.

He hadn't used the Profundity of Devour yet either; he would surely give his opponent a 'surprise' later.

High in the sky, a scene appeared that left many spectators unable to believe their eyes. They saw the Phantom Sword Saint Harvey move slightly, and he actually split into another Harvey.

"This!"

"Incredible!"

"Good heavens!"

Never mind the common folk, even some powerful eighth or ninth-rank experts widened their eyes, filled with confusion and bewilderment.

In the sky, there were now two Harveys, and they were definitely not simple phantoms. They were real!

"Is this the Shadow Clone Technique?" Luo Ya looked at the two Harveys intently.

But the next moment, these two Harveys moved again, turning into four Harveys. And unlike the phantoms formed by high-speed movement, each of these four Harveys was real. At least, even with Luo Ya's keen soul power, he could not spot a flaw.

The four Harveys before him all possessed the life aura of Harvey's true self.

Under the gaze of the countless stunned spectators below.

The four Harveys stood in a line in mid-air, looking coldly at Luo Ya. Each of the four Harveys spoke a sentence to form a complete statement: "Luo Ya, you do have some strength. You are worth me using this move. However, with this next technique, when you attack me, you will find my body is illusory, but when I attack you, you will find... my body is real. In other words, I can strike you, but you cannot strike me. You are bound to lose!"

Hearing Harvey's 'declaration of victory,' the countless spectators around Red Rock Mountain erupted into an uproar!

"How is this possible!"

"Could it be? Will Lord Luo Ya really lose?"

Seeing Harvey perform such a bizarre technique, one that could be called invincible, even those who originally supported Luo Ya felt their confidence waver.

"It won't happen! Mr. Luo Ya, he will definitely win!" King Brian's face was flushed red, his heart exceptionally tense.

Opposite him, Osm wore a look of smug satisfaction, as if victory were already in his grasp!

With Harvey supporting him from behind, he would soon be the new king of the Black Moon Kingdom!

"Luo Ya!"

"Luo Ya!"

"Luo Ya!"

"Luo Ya!"

Four Harveys charged toward Luo Ya at high speed simultaneously, each one shouting his name, making it impossible to distinguish the real from the fake.

"Die!" Luo Ya lunged at one of the Harveys, but his sword strike felt like cutting through thin air. Luo Ya's Black Jade longsword passed straight through the Harvey's body without causing the slightest injury. However, this Harvey suddenly slashed at Luo Ya, who quickly used his Black Jade longsword to parry.

"Boom."

Fortunately, Luo Ya reacted in time, blocking the surprise attack by a hair's breadth. But as the saying goes, a long defense will eventually lead to a mistake; if he allowed the opponent to keep attacking with such ghostly unpredictability, there would eventually come a time when Luo Ya couldn't react.

"Good reaction speed, but how long can you block me?" The four Harveys surrounded Luo Ya, each wielding a cyan longsword and letting out a smug, cold laugh.

"Master, do you need my help?" The Hellfire Phoenix Ignis sent a soul transmission to its master at this moment, asking for instructions.

As Luo Ya's magical pet, it could also assist in battle.

However, the opponent's methods this time were indeed quite bizarre. Even if it joined the fray, it could only entangle one of the clones, merely relieving a little pressure for its master.

"No need. This move of his only looks intimidating; it isn't truly invincible." Luo Ya replied via soul transmission. His posture remained calm and unhurried, radiating an aura of absolute confidence.

There is no technique that is absolutely invincible.

Although the Shadow Clone Technique looked unsolvable, it had its weaknesses. For instance, when facing a God-level expert's God's Domain, this Harvey would naturally have nowhere to hide.

And Luo Ya, while lacking a God's Domain, was equally confident in breaking this move.

"As expected, although his true body can switch positions among the shadows at will, the distance from his true body is not infinite." Even though Harvey's move looked intimidating on the surface, Luo Ya already knew the ins and outs of it, so he naturally felt no panic.

Under his calm observation, he quickly discovered the limitations that existed when Harvey activated this technique.

The fact that the true body and the shadows could not be too far apart was Harvey's greatest weakness at this moment!

"Luo Ya, this battle is about to end!" As soon as the words fell, the four Harveys moved simultaneously, aiming directly at Luo Ya! The four Harveys swarmed him at high speed, yet Luo Ya showed no intention of fleeing.

"Is this guy's brain broken? Four against one, let's see how you fight me!" Harvey was somewhat surprised to see Luo Ya neither dodging nor retreating, but he attacked without mercy.

Trapped in this encirclement, Luo Ya could at most block an attack from one direction at a time, but his true body could switch to a shadow in another direction at any moment to launch a fatal strike. He was bound to win!

"Die!" All four Harveys swung their swords almost simultaneously, but at that very instant—"Sss~~~"

Nearly a hundred black tentacles suddenly erupted from the surface of Luo Ya's body, instantly wrapping around all four Harveys!

"Tentacles?"

Harvey felt a slight shock in his heart, while simultaneously sensing that these tentacles binding him tight were extremely cold and frigid!

"This is the dark magic 'Ice Tentacles', but do you think this will be useful?" Black waves of energy suddenly appeared on Harvey's body, surging and expanding rapidly... As the energy waves expanded, the Ice Tentacles began to tremble.

"Break for me!"

Accompanied by Harvey's all-out struggle, these Ice Tentacles were finally shattered with a "boom."