Light and Shadow (V)

Li Mo flicked his black blade, forcing back the three people who were attacking him. He then turned to look at He Feng, who was charging towards him, and sneered disdainfully. He raised his black blade and slashed at He Feng.

Faced with this move, Li Mo was clearly underestimating his opponent. Lu Li understood the reason very well. "The artificial protagonist's halo is still imperfect. The strong luck attribute has its incomplete aspects. After it is activated once, there will still be a backlash of luck. It cannot be like a real protagonist who waits until the end of the plot to settle scores."

The true protagonist's luck may have its highs and lows, but it will always remain above average. Even minor hardships are preparations for good fortune later on. Of course, luck doesn't appear out of thin air; it's a kind of overdraft.

This overdraft will be repaid after the story ends, so most protagonists suffer extremely miserable old age.

However, Li Mo is still inferior to the true protagonist. After a large-scale burst of fortune, the backlash came immediately, as evidenced by He Feng's ability to successfully unleash his attack.

However, it's clear that Lu Li can't just watch Li Mo fail miserably, otherwise his losses would be too great. Even if Li Mo were to fail, it would have to wait until Lu Li's goal was achieved. Right now, he needs to stabilize the situation first.

As soon as Lu Li stirred, Li Mo narrowed his eyes. A sense of foreboding arose in his heart. Over the years, Li Mo had been severely corrupted by the power of shadow. A small part of his soul had been completely Mutation. If Lu Li put in a little more effort, he could turn it into a hidden dark personality. Then, if the dark personality grew to a certain extent, Lu Li could openly take over Li Mo's body.

After being subtly reminded by Lu Li, Li Mo paused slightly, then rushed forward, sweeping his black blade across the area.

A pale red light flashed, and everything struck by it would be Annihilation, provided, of course, that the strike actually landed.

Li Mo's figure faded and disappeared, and a shadowy figure crawled up, glancing at the vanished shadow with considerable apprehension. This shadow clone, condensed from his magic, was not sturdy, and it was quite normal for it to be killed.

However, what's abnormal is that one's own shadow power is also destroyed along with it. This kind of destruction is the kind that cannot be naturally restored. Simply put, what is cut is not mana, but mana bar.

It's not a lot, but the consequences are imaginable. If someone is arrogant enough to face that blow, they might very well be wiped out themselves.

"A decent move, but the person using it was terrible." He Feng heard these were the last words he ever spoke before being beheaded by Li Mo without any resistance.

"So, in the end, I can't escape this fate after all..." He Feng's head drifted away, and a final thought flashed through his mind. Resentment lingered in his remnant soul, but there was nothing he could do. In the end, he had lost.

Looking at the dead He Feng, Li Mo breathed a sigh of relief. That strike was indeed terrifying. If He Feng hadn't been a little weaker and hadn't been unable to control the strike after it was unleashed, Li Mo might not have had time to conjure a shadow clone to block the attack.

Then Li Mo coughed twice, swung his knife to deflect the flying darts, and a short knife flashed out with incredible speed and power, slicing past Li Mo from behind.

Although Li Mo sensed something was wrong, his lung condition slowed him down a bit. The short knife sliced through the Shadow Armor, leaving a long gash on Li Mo's back.

A massive shadowy force emanated from behind, morphing into a pair of enormous wings that blocked the upcoming attack, buying Li Mo time to deal with the other two Assassin.

Sheng Heng and Ling Ge, Fearless Blade and Dancing Blue, Senior Brother and Junior Sister, Li Mo pushed off with the wings Li Mo, his body rushed forward, his arm trembled slightly, and a terrifying force swung towards the two of them. After the weapons clashed, Li Mo's body pressed forward, but the shockwave did not pass through.

Sheng Heng used the same movement, pressing his body forward, and the shockwave shot out from the point where the weapons clashed, tearing the air apart.

"As expected of the senior brother, you've already found a way to break it after only two uses." Li Mo sighed, his body transforming into a shadow as he rushed towards Sheng Heng: "Master said that was our last competition, and indeed, this time it's no longer a battle, but a fight to the death. Don't blame me for killing you."

Seven different forces were contained within his body. Then, the shadow that Li Avatar Li Mo passed through Sheng Heng, and those seven forces remained in Sheng Heng's heart. It was with this move that he killed Lu Zhu back then.

The legacy of the Fearless Blade grants Sheng Heng the ability to connect the perceptions of others and enhance his own.

Therefore, Sheng Heng immediately felt something in his chest. A premonition of death appeared in his heart, telling him exactly how long he would have to live and the cause of death would be a ruptured heart.

He felt no fear; his mind raced. At the same time, he turned and drew his sword, aiming at the re-materialized Li Mo. He had two seconds to figure out how to deal with the force in his heart, but if he didn't turn around, he would be killed in the next moment.

The seven forces in his heart were intertwined and interconnected. Any external force would disrupt the balance, and the only result of this imbalance was the explosion of the seven forces, which would shatter his heart completely.

These seven forces are in balance with each other and can be retained for a long time, making them very difficult to deal with. However, this also made Sheng Heng understand that after Li Mo a shadow, he could not use his power on the outside world. He could only leave the power he had prepared in advance behind. Otherwise, when Li Mo Avatar turned into a shadow and passed through his body, he could have just pinched his heart. Why go through all the trouble of leaving seven forces behind?

The seven stable forces were rapidly disintegrating under Sheng Heng's heartbeat. Sheng Heng's eyes lit up as he blocked Li Mo's knife. His body trembled slightly, and he leaned forward, using the same move Li Mo had used earlier.

Sheng Heng spat out a mouthful of blood, but then laughed. This attempt could be considered both a failure and a success. It was a failure because Sheng Heng didn't understand the specific workings of Li Mo's move and could only barely imitate it. Therefore, the force he generated was not complete, which damaged his internal organs.

As for the success, it was naturally because Sheng Heng released the power contained in his heart, thus saving his life.

Sheng Heng did not stop because of his injuries. He unleashed all his abilities. The Fearless Blade had two functions: first, it could connect with his senses and see through everything; second, it could transform all his senses into a special force that would strike the enemy from the heart.

The pain of his own injury, the pride of his ability to defeat the enemy, the helplessness of fighting to the death with his former junior brother, and the Sheng Heng he could also barely mobilize the senses of others connected to him, all converged into this one strike. The impact on his senses and mind directly stunned Li Mo.

Then, Li Mo couldn't sense it anymore; a stinging pain appeared in his lungs, as if something had locked onto that spot.