"Hmm?"
Ah Yin, who had been guarding Jiang Xiu, saw the shadow suddenly appear. Her delicate brows furrowed at once, and she watched it warily. But when she saw what it looked like, astonishment surfaced in her azure eyes.
She realized that the shadow looked exactly like Jiang Xiu.
"What—what is going on?"
Ah Yin froze for a moment, her eyes filled with confusion.
She had noticed earlier that Jiang Xiu had no shadow. At first, she had thought the shadowlessness was caused by the Abyssal Tide in Snow City, and that Jiang Xiu himself had suffered an irreparable injury. But now, it seemed things weren't as she had imagined.
"I'm about to break through to God Level. Stay nearby and cover me."
After glancing at Ah Yin, Jiang Xiu's shadow drew a deep breath, then strode straight into Jiang Xiu's seated body!
"Buzz, buzz, buzz!"
The instant the shadow fused with Jiang Xiu's body, black ripples spread through the surroundings. A streak of black light swept outward, and the entire Qiankun Asking-Love Valley was swallowed by night. Even the Golden Sun and Bright Moon revolving overhead dimmed completely beneath the darkness!
Within the seventeenth seal of the Golden Dragon King Origin.
The Golden Dragon King had now dragged his battered body out of the Nether Shadow Domain. His crimson eyes watched Jiang Xiu with a mocking glint.
"Human, I bet you didn't expect this. You still couldn't kill me! Now I'm free, and your divine sense must be nearly exhausted."
As he spoke, the Golden Dragon King's powerful body lashed out. The surrounding blood energy and origin power surged toward him.
"And within this origin, I have a source of replenishment.
"But those Soul Skills of yours really are annoying!"
Watching his scales and wounds gradually recover, the Golden