Bi Ji stared at the corpse in disbelief, her entire body trembling slightly.
She could not accept that the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear who had once repeatedly challenged Di Tian's position had met his end just like that.
The other Ferocious Beasts were equally stunned, silently watching that orange-gold Soul Ring.
Just then, a ripple spread through space, and an enormous Void Star God Mecha appeared before Xiong Jun's corpse.
The mecha's right claw tore violently, ripping off Xiong Jun's entire right arm. He seized the arm and palm bones inside and wrenched them out, holding a dark-gold Right Arm Soul Bone and a right palm External Soul Bone bearing five long, narrow blades at the same time.
Ye Guixu put away the Soul Bones, slowly raised his head, and looked at the Ferocious Beasts hovering overhead.
"Oh? One, two, three, four, five... You came in quite a hurry, Beast God Di Tian."
Di Tian's expression was so dark it could have dripped water. His golden slit pupils locked onto the Void Star God Mecha.
"Human, you've got some nerve. I could overlook that silkworm sacrificing itself to you. But you dared to kill Xiong Jun of our Star Dou Great Forest!"
"Heh, he started hurling abuse the moment he showed up and courted his own death. Who else could he blame?"
Di Tian was about to speak when, the next instant, a black-and-red domain abruptly spread a thousand meters in every direction.
Every Ferocious Beast present had a drastic change of expression.
Their strength had actually been suppressed by fifty percent!
Moreover, their Soul Power and vitality were being consumed at a frantic rate, ten times faster than normal!
Meanwhile, the aura of the pitch-black mecha opposite them surged threefold again!
"Damn it! How is this possible?!"
The Scarlet King growled, all three heads watching the mecha warily.
"What kind of terrifying domain is this...?"
The Myriad Demon King's expression also turned extremely ugly. "It suppresses half our strength, multiplies his own several times over, and makes our power drain ten times faster..."
Di Tian clenched his fists, a grave look appearing in his golden slit pupils.
Even with his strength, someone could actually suppress half his combat power!
What was going on with this human?
That power... did not seem like divine power, either!
"Hehe, play with yourselves for a while."
Ye Guixu's voice came from within the mecha.
Pieces of crystalline, translucent Void Profound Ice appeared in the sky, enveloping the surroundings.
The next instant, the five Ferocious Beasts felt their vision blur. When they opened their eyes again, they had been transported into a dim space.
Ice-blue ice densely surrounded them, cold and deep.
"Where is this now?!" the Scarlet King roared in a low voice. With half his strength forcibly suppressed, his three pairs of eyes scanned the surroundings warily.
While they were still bewildered and uncertain, ripples began spreading through the void.
Illusory figures of light slowly coalesced in the air, their outlines gradually becoming clear.
The first to take shape was a pitch-black figure.
A tall body, golden slit pupils, and a pair of pitch-black dragon wings on his back.
It was unmistakably Di Tian!
"Di Tian?!"
Bi Ji's pupils contracted sharply.
Immediately afterward, a second figure appeared.
Long purple hair, a voluptuous figure-Zi JI.
Then came the third, fourth, and fifth.
Copies of Bi Ji, the Scarlet King, and the Myriad Demon King solidified one after another, like reflections stepping out of a mirror.
Every one was identical to the original, even reproducing their auras perfectly.
The difference was that all their eyes were blood-red, and they radiated terrifying auras far surpassing the originals.
"How is this possible?!"
The Myriad Demon King's expression was extremely ugly.
That false version of himself opposite him actually had a stronger aura than he, the original, did!
Every puppet was more substantial, more solid than the original, as though a mirror had reflected their "perfect versions."
"What exactly are these things?!"
The Scarlet King growled, staring fixedly at the puppet identical to himself.
Bi Ji looked utterly grave. "I can sense that they possess the same powers as us."
"They should be creations of this space..."
After a moment's silence, Di Tian spoke slowly, his voice exceptionally grave.
"An ability like the Mirror Shadow Beast's. It copied us, but their power is stronger than ours."
He stared intently at the Void Star God Mecha, which had also appeared within the Mystic Ice Illusion Realm, his expression extremely ugly.
Half their own strength had been suppressed, yet their copies possessed all their original strength.
Their auras were even several times stronger than theirs had originally been.
"Everyone, have fun playing with yourselves."
Ye Guixu's laughter echoed through the Mystic Ice Illusion Realm.
The Ferocious Beasts, with half their strength suppressed, faced puppets that possessed their original strength, amplified sixfold by the combined enhancement of the Void Profound Ice and the domain.
The sight would presumably be very interesting.
Di Tian abruptly formed a Dragon God Claw in his hand. Its golden talons tore through space as he lunged fiercely at Ye Guixu.
As long as he took down this human, this space would collapse.
Yet Ye Guixu merely stood where he was, watching him quietly without even dodging.
The next instant,
A pitch-black figure appeared before Ye Guixu, even faster than Di Tian.
It was none other than the puppet Di Tian.
He likewise formed a Dragon God Claw in his hand and, with a thunderous crash, shattered Di Tian's Dragon God Claw with a single swat. The terrifying impact blasted Di Tian away, smashing him through dozens of pieces of Void Profound Ice before he slammed heavily into the ground.
"Di Tian, you think you're worthy of laying a hand on my master?"
The puppet Di Tian's scarlet eyes swept coldly over the Ferocious Beasts. His terrifying pressure poured down as though tangible, leaving all the other Ferocious Beasts aghast.
This puppet Di Tian was at least four times stronger than Di Tian had been before his strength was suppressed!
Moreover, he could actually use all of Di Tian's Dragon God Claw abilities!
How was this possible?
"All right, everyone, enjoy yourselves. Farewell."
Ye Guixu casually left those words behind. Then his figure flashed, and he vanished from the Mystic Ice Illusion Realm, leaving only the five Ferocious Beasts facing their sixfold-enhanced puppets.
Di Tian slowly climbed out of the shattered profound ice, a streak of golden blood at the corner of his mouth. His chest heaved violently, and disbelief appeared in his golden slit pupils.
Di Tian raised a hand to wipe the blood from his mouth, staring fixedly at the identical copy before him. His voice was low and hoarse.
"He copied my power... and he can even use the Dragon God Claw..."
"That's not all..."
The Myriad Demon King's vines slowly contracted, his twisted face filled with gravity.
"Half our strength has been suppressed, yet they're four times stronger than we originally were before the suppression... We're no match for them at all."
Bi Ji bit her lip tightly and said softly, "What do we do now? We have no chance of winning a head-on fight."
The Scarlet King's three heads growled simultaneously. "How could we possibly win under these circumstances?"
Zi JI spoke coldly. "We have to fight even if we can't win. That human trapped us here. He certainly didn't do it just to have us face our copies."
She looked up at Di Tian. "Beast God, you decide."
Di Tian fell silent for a moment, slowly clenched his fists, and looked around as his gaze turned cold again.
"They should have been created through an ability of the Mirror Shadow Beast's kind. There should be a time limit..."
Before he finished speaking, the five scarlet-eyed figures ahead moved simultaneously.
The puppet Di Tian attacked first, slashing his enormous dragon claw straight down at Di Tian's head.
At the same time, the puppet Zi JI became a purple afterimage, heading straight for Zi JI's face.
The puppet Myriad Demon King's countless vines surged toward the original as though blotting out the sky and sun.
The puppet Bi Ji's emerald waves of light sealed off their retreat from behind.
Meanwhile, the puppet Scarlet King's three heads spewed hellfire simultaneously, instantly driving the temperature throughout the illusion realm to its peak.
Boom!!!
The five attacks fell simultaneously. The five Ferocious Beasts had no time to form a battle formation, and each was struck hard by their own copy.
Their bodies flew out like kites with severed strings, crashing heavily into distant ice pillars.
Only the puppets' scarlet eyes remained in the arena, looking coldly down at the five Ferocious Beasts sprawled on the ground.
The puppet Di Tian slowly walked forward and looked down at Di Tian.
"Isn't your power far too weak?"
"It seems you're unworthy of being the Beast God."
The puppet Myriad Demon King lowered his head to look at the original Myriad Demon King, bound tightly in vines, his tone carrying sinister mockery.
"The original? Only the strongest is the original."
The puppet Scarlet King stepped on one of the Scarlet King's heads and looked down at him, his voice low and mocking.
"Did all those years of cultivation go into a dog's body while you slept?"
The puppet Zi JI stood before Zi JI and slowly raised her hand.
"You dragon, you've probably disgraced the entire dragon race."
The puppet Bi Ji landed before Bi Ji and looked down at the blood-covered Emerald Swan, her voice carrying a soft sneer that sounded almost regretful.
"The strongest healer? Heal yourself first."
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