A few days later, Shrek City, Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.
The golden door opened in front of several people again. This time there was no need to lead the way. They were already familiar with the way.
The territory of the first eighteen thousand-year-old Soul Beast was crushed by them like autumn leaves. Xiao Mu didn't even open the force field. Na'er and Xu Xiaoyan took turns to attack. Gu Yue occasionally added an elemental impact. The advancement speed was very fast. If it hadn't been a waste of time through the animation, they would have finished the fight long ago.
When they reached the nineteenth floor, the golden door slowly opened in front of them, and a completely different aura than before seeped out from the crack in the door.
The world behind the door is completely different from the previous Vajra Baboon level.
The whole world turned out to be pure white, with only a very light layer of gray mist slowly flowing around the ankles.
It seems that it was specially built by Spirit Pagoda.
And in the center of this void, squatted a cat.
The cat was completely black, and its fur was as smooth as silk soaked in moonlight. It was squatting in the void, with one of its nine tails elegantly wrapped around its front paws, and the tip of one tail gently patted the ground.
Its eyes were amber, with vertical pupils, and it was looking at the four intruders with a gaze that looked at prey. But what really made people unable to take their eyes away was its body, which seemed to be constantly flashing.
It seems like it exists, but it also seems like it doesn't exist.
"This cat's ability -" Xu Xiaoyan held Star Wheel Ice Staff tightly and lowered his voice, "It seems to be a little special. It can't be an illusion. The real body is probably hidden elsewhere."
Gu Yue narrowed his eyes slightly, "It's possible, it should be because the real body and the phantom body can change positions at will, so be careful."
She tried to use elemental perception to locate the cat, but the result of the sensory feedback made her frown.
"There seemed to be a lot of cats around."
Xiao Mu uses the force field to sense the surroundings, "I also feel it. The person in front of me seems to be a phantom, but it is constantly changing with the real body."
Before he finished speaking, the cat moved.
It didn't pounce, but was like a drop of ink falling into clear water, and the figure suddenly fainted.
One turned into two, two turned into four, four identical black cats squatted in four directions, their amber eyes blinking at the same time.
"Which one is true?" Xu Xiaoyan asked.
"They are all false." Xiao Mu said, "They may also be true."
Four cats jumped up at the same time.
Na'er and Silver Dragon Spear were handed out and penetrated the one on the left.
The tip of the spear penetrated, but there was no blood, and the blackness dispersed like smoke.
Almost at the same time, the cat's claw on the right side reached the back of Xu Xiaoyan's neck, and the wind pressure brought by the claw's edge stung her skin.
Xiao Mu raised his hand, and the force field exploded beside Xu Xiaoyan. Gravity pushed it sideways, and Xu Xiaoyan stumbled and fell out. The cat's claws brushed against the corner of her clothes, tearing a hole.
"Left!" Gu Yue shouted, and the four elements of wind, fire, water, and earth blasted in that direction at the same time. The explosion engulfed the cat, and the smoke and dust dispersed, leaving only a few wisps of black smoke.
Still fake.
"Up above!" Na'er raised his head.
The true form of the cat in the void was finally revealed, swooping down from the pure white ceiling, as fast as a black lightning.
It opened its mouth, and a dark shadow ball condensed in its throat, shooting directly at Xiao Mu's face.
Xiao Mu turned his head, the shadow ball flew past his ears, hit the ground, and exploded into a dark pit.
The gray mist at the edge of the pit was swallowed up, as if a piece of it had been eaten by something.
The black cat landed and its figure flickered again.
This time they divided into eight, formed a circle, and walked slowly.
Eight pairs of amber eyes never blinked, and their tails slapped the ground at the same time, making a neat clicking sound.
"It's teasing us." Na'er said, pointing the tip of the gun diagonally at the ground.
"Isn't there nothing he can do against us?" Xiao Mu didn't understand the black cat's position-changing mechanism at all.
The third Soul Ring under his feet lit up, and the future was reflected in his golden eyes.
But the future is bifurcating.
He saw himself punching to the left, hitting a phantom; he saw himself dodging to the right, and being caught on the shoulder by his true form; he saw Na'er throw the dragon spear, but it penetrated the air. Countless timelines were intertwined in front of his eyes, each one being constantly distorted by the transformation between reality and illusion.
"What's going on with this cat? I can't tell which one is real." Xiao Mu was speechless, "It's really interesting Soul Beast, I want this Soul Beast!"
"Then what should we do now?" Xu Xiaoyan asked doubtfully.
"Just stop beating them all."
Xiao Mu Take a step forward, the force field is no longer testing, but is like a net, spreading indiscriminately towards the entire pure white space.
Gravity doubled and covered every inch of the ground. The eight cats sank at the same time, their steps sluggish.
"It takes time for him to transform into his true form." Xiao Mu said directly.
Eight cats jumped up at the same time and rushed from eight directions.
Some have shadow balls condensed in their mouths, some have wind with their claws, and some have bodies that disappear in mid-air - a mixture of real and fake, like a well-designed scam.
"Xu Xiaoyan, control them."
"Leave it to me!"
Starlight Splendor! Large range Soul Skill can immobilize the opponent in a short time.
The eight cats froze at the same time, and frost spread across their bodies.
"That's true!" Gu Yue shouted, paying attention to the surroundings.
Na'er's Silver Dragon Spear has been thrown. The gun body rotated and tore through the air, like a silver meteor, piercing the cat's heart.
The black shadow solidified, but his clone was still there.
Xiao Mu did not hesitate. Dark-Gold Dread-Claw popped out, and five sharp blades pierced the throat of the black cat that was pierced by the dragon spear.
"Pfft."
There was no blood. The black cat's eyes blinked, and its body rippled like water. At the same time, a clone on the left froze, and its throat was split with a dark golden wound.
"Damage transfer?"
The main body slowly raised its head, and the wound was healing. The remaining clones raised their claws at the same time, with a smile hidden in their amber eyes.
"It seems like there are nine lives." Gu Yue said, "Or, nine transformations."
"Then kill nine times."
The second claw pierced the heart, black shadows rippled, and the second clone exploded. The third claw, the fourth claw, the fifth claw - the attack was absorbed by the main body and then transferred.
The clones disintegrated one after another, like candles blown out by the wind, one, two, three.
The sixth claw, the seventh claw, the eighth claw.
When the eighth clone dissipated, there was only one cat left in the pure white space.
"Last life."
Xiao Mu raised his hand, and Dark-Gold Dread-Claw penetrated its head.
This time, there was no transfer.
The black cat froze and finally died.
A mechanical announcement suddenly came from the dome, the sound was flat and without fluctuations, "The nineteenth floor has been cleared. Please choose: enter the twentieth floor, or absorb the current Soul Spirit. Countdown, ten seconds."
Numbers dance in the center of pure white space. Ten, nine, eight...
Xiao Mu Looking at the black light that has not yet dissipated, they gathered towards him as if they were alive, Entanglement at his fingertips.
"I absorb this black cat and do the second Soul Spirit."
"Is this Soul Spirit suitable?" Na'er asked.
"What if his master's name is Schrödinger." Xiao Mu said.
Others didn't understand it at all, but Xiao Mu, the most sinister Soul Skill, started.