Dolosius cultivated darkness power and was a Lower God Late Stage. When he saw Han Shuo agree, his grinning expression abruptly changed, and a dark, murderous aura immediately emanated from him.
Han Shuo walked toward the center of the Training Grounds step by step. His main body drew only on the power of the External Incarnation inside him that cultivated death power. Soon, an aura of death that held life in contempt seeped from him.
Death power and darkness power were both known for their sinister nature, and neither was particularly suited to close combat. Han Shuo and Dolosius had no intention of fighting hand to hand, either. Dolosius struck first. With a slight sway of his body, five dark shadows split off from him. Each was a blurry mass of blackness, thick with dark divine power.
The moment the five shadows appeared, they all charged at Han Shuo, trailing more blurred shadows across the Training Grounds in an eerie display.
Those who cultivated darkness power excelled at concealing their bodies and auras. In battle, they often used shadows to obscure their opponents' vision, hiding their true bodies in the darkness or turning into a Phantom Shadow themselves. While their opponents could not distinguish the real from the false, they would win with a single killing blow.
Dolosius clearly knew how to use this technique well. Blurry dark shadows constantly circled Han Shuo, closing in on him little by little.
Han Shuo stood perfectly straight and motionless, his calm eyes fixed on the blurred shadows constantly flashing before him. Entirely unmoved by the illusions, he waited until the many Phantom Shadows drew closer before laying down the Death Element's three trump-card Barriers around himself, clearly preparing to defend.
Dolosius conjured more and more Phantom Shadows, sending them flitting across the