The Power of the Spider Spear

"Eyes?" As Milia asked the question, her eyes had somehow returned to normal.

But she hadn't forgotten the strange sensation from moments ago, as if her eyes could see through everything.

"I don't know what happened, either. It was an instinctive reaction just now. Now that I'm trying to activate the ability on purpose, I don't know where to start..." Milia quickly communicated with Luo Ya through Soul Transmission.

"Is that so?" Luo Ya found it a little strange, but didn't think much of it.

"Whoosh!" At the same time, another figure dressed head to toe in black robes launched a deadly attack from below him!

Compared to the previous attacker, this Shadow Guard had chosen a much better moment to strike.

Unfortunately for him, his opponent was Luo Ya, who had already seen through his stealthy movements.

"Bang!" Without using any profound mysteries, Luo Ya simply stomped down. The Shadow Guard who had suddenly approached the three of them froze in place!

A terrifying, unreasonable force struck him. His body exploded into a cloud of blood mist, and even the Artifact in his hand snapped in two!

"Morti, take his Shadow Guard Token." At Luo Ya's order, Morti, who had just recovered from his surprise, hurried forward and found a strange token engraved with a black spider among the scattered debris.

Glancing at the chaotic, disorganized crowd around them, Luo Ya saw that the examinees had suffered heavy casualties.

"God-Slaying Arrows?" Besides launching surprise attacks from the darkness, the Shadow Guards also fired arrows at them without warning. In that first wave alone, nearly two hundred of the thousand examinees had been killed.

Of course, after being caught off guard at first, the examinees had begun to fight back with all kinds of abilities!

The examinees outnumbered the Shadow Guards by almost two to one, but the Shadow Guards had the advantage of terrain, as well as the fact that they could see their enemies while remaining unseen themselves. It was hard to say which side would win in the end.

"Over there! Numbers seven and nine are dead, so there must be some tough opponents in that direction. Aim there and fire!" After Luo Ya and Milia had both killed their attackers, they quickly drew the attention of the Shadow Guard captain.

In the gloomy swamp, ten Shadow Guards raised their divine bows and fired all at once!

The terrain in the Shadow Swamp slightly reduced the power of their arrows, but they were close enough, and the God-Slaying Arrows mainly killed with the Soul Poison contained in their shafts.

"Thwip!" "Thwip!" "Thwip!"... In an instant, dozens of arrows rained down on the spot where Luo Ya and the others stood.

The dense volley shot through the air and reached them in an instant.

"Watch out!"

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"...

The deadly arrows hidden in the darkness struck Luo Ya one after another, but it was as if they had hit a solid wall of bronze and iron. They were completely ineffective.

"Black Hole Devour!"

Dark Divine Power erupted within him. A dark vortex, somewhat similar to Aliquin's technique, suddenly appeared in the swamp and enveloped Luo Ya, Milia, and Morti.

"Shhh..." With the dark vortex blocking them, the God-Slaying Arrows were utterly spent. They couldn't harm Luo Ya or Milia; even Morti could withstand them with the Profound Mystery of Ice he controlled.

"Move!"

With the dark vortex clearing a path, Luo Ya and the others vanished from the spot and charged toward the eleven Shadow Guards lurking ahead!

Since the Shadow Guards had tried to kill them, he naturally wouldn't show them any mercy.

"Hm? They're coming straight for us!" The Shadow Guard captain seemed to have some special means of sensing what was happening within the Spider Web.

"This fellow seems unusual!" An ominous feeling stirred in the captain's heart, but he didn't retreat.

Lord Natlan's rules were clearer to him than to anyone.

"Attack together!" The eleven Shadow Guards soon clashed with Luo Ya and the others.

The outcome was just as expected: Luo Ya and Milia quickly wiped them out.

"Ugh!"

"Die!"

"Second Brother!"

Although Luo Ya's group had wiped out a squad of Shadow Guards, the sounds of fighting still rang out throughout the Dark Swamp. Even just from the noise, it was clear the battle was fierce!

"Let's see what's up ahead." They had already collected thirteen Shadow Guard Tokens, well beyond the number required. Luo Ya only wanted to go have a look.

He was genuinely curious about the battle between Aliquin and the master of the Shadow Swamp.

"Shh, shh..." The dark vortex opened a passage wide enough for them to travel through. Along the way, they occasionally encountered battles between Highgod Fiends and Blood Shadow Guards, but they didn't get involved.

Before long, the battle at the deepest part of the Shadow Swamp came into view. On a huge underwater reef, two vast, indistinct masses of shadows were tangled together, each blending into the other.

"Their Clone Techniques are impressive!" Luo Ya had seen other divine-level experts who were skilled at creating clones, but even the Highgods among them could only summon dozens. Aliquin and his opponent, however, had each split into hundreds of illusory clones.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"...

The two experts in the Laws of Darkness could appear at will among any of the hundreds of illusions they had created. Each time they clashed, they separated immediately, making the fight look exceedingly strange.

Their occasional collisions of energy shattered reefs across the underwater terrain, sending tremors through the depths!

"Natlan, if we keep fighting like this, neither of us will win," Aliquin's laughter suddenly echoed through the area, though he still maintained his hundreds of illusory clones.

"Meow~" As for the little golden cat, it sat in the distance, looking completely harmless.

"Does Aliquin really think I don't know what he's capable of?" Natlan, also dressed head to toe in black robes, was in no good mood.

Frankly, he didn't take Aliquin alone seriously. But Aliquin's pet was just as terrifyingly powerful!

Natlan wasn't confident he could take on two powerful enemies at once.

"If you're asking to die, I'll grant your wish!" Natlan wasn't sure he could win, but his words showed no hint of it.

"Whoosh!"

In an instant, strange black spider legs emerged from Natlan's spine. He transformed into a killing machine, eight icy, blood-red legs wreathed in dense black mist. The sight was exceedingly bizarre!

"The Mysteries of Evil?" Luo Ya narrowed his eyes, carefully savoring the strange sensation he had just felt.

Clearly, Natlan had combined the profound mysteries he had comprehended with his own unique traits, creating this distinctive combat form.

From that alone, it was clear that Natlan was a formidable opponent.

"That guy!" Aliquin had evidently sensed the danger radiating from those eight blood-red spider legs. He took a black whip Artifact out of his Spatial Ring.

Aliquin had seen Natlan's combat form beforehand in the Floating Shadow. But only when facing the move head-on did he realize how terrifying it was. He now didn't dare risk close combat with his opponent, which was why he chose to fight from a distance with the whip.

"Go!" Seeing that Natlan wasn't making a move, Aliquin struck first!

He lashed out with the black whip in his hand. It instantly turned bright red and transformed into a gigantic red serpent that coiled toward Natlan. The serpent also opened its jaws, revealing black fangs.

The red serpent charged through the air, stirring up ripples in space!

"Bang!" Natlan didn't dodge. The eight spider legs on his back moved as nimbly as his own limbs, easily intercepting the red serpent.

"Shing!" "Shing!" "Shing!"...

In the next instant, the eight spider legs, each as sharp as a spear, pierced straight through the red serpent!

An evil, overbearing force surged along the "spears," causing the red serpent to disintegrate. Even Aliquin's black whip let out a mournful cry!

"Boom!" An unprecedentedly violent explosion rang out in the underwater space. Countless enormous reefs and debris swept wildly in every direction, and Aliquin withdrew his black whip with a grim expression.