NOVEL NEXT Chapter 468: Deliberately Disturbing the Mind
As they were rushing toward the laboratory's entrance, a powerful red flame chased them from behind, quickly engulfing the group.
"Ahhhh..."
As Xuan He and the others screamed in agony, Ye Xuan heard the cold notification sound of points increasing in the game system.
Nothing was going according to his plan.
Moreover, Shadow and Night Fiend would soon arrive; they had to deal with the Mother Evil Dragon Host before Night Fiend got there.
"Tang Xuerou, Ke Feng, help me take down this Mother Evil Dragon Host."
Ye Xuan removed his facemask, his black pupils shimmering with cold light under the dismal lighting of the laboratory.
"No, don't, brother."
Ye Xuan initially planned to kill the Mother Evil Dragon Host first, then restrain Shadow when he came, but now, Dudu had disrupted his plan.
"Brother, sister, don't kill my mom, she's my mom..." Dudu cried out, while He Yalan could only try her best to shield Dudu within her arms to prevent him from excitedly rushing out.
"Do it, Ye Xuan." He Yalan hugged Dudu tightly, knowing the gravity of the situation; if they did not deal with the Mother Evil Dragon Host now, they might all be wiped out later.
Ye Xuan raised his hand, giving Li Hui and Tang Xuerou a signal with his eyes. Both Li Hui and Tang Xuerou took out their weapons, ready to make a move, when applause suddenly echoed through the lab.
Clap, clap, clap.
"Hahaha, how interesting," laughed Shadow following the applause.
Ye Xuan frowned, annoyed. Had he arrived so soon?
As soon as this thought crossed his mind, Ye Xuan quickly dismissed it.
It was impossible for Shadow and his group to have arrived so quickly; he was... here all along.
Realizing this, Ye Xuan gripped his dagger tightly and turned to look at Shadow squatting on top of the laboratory cabinet.
"Hey, hey, Ye Xuan, what's with that face? You really don't have to be so tense seeing me," said Shadow with the same ease and nonchalance as before.
But Ye Xuan knew that Shadow was the kind of person who smiled outwardly while harboring all kinds of sinister thoughts inside.
"You've been here since the beginning, dressed in a disinfection suit and wearing a mask. When Xuan He and his group ran away, one person was missing." Ye Xuan spoke while looking at Shadow crouched on the cabinet.
Hearing this, Shadow cocked his head and laughed: "As expected of Ye Xuan, to stay calm and analyze the situation even when you see me here. I'm impressed."
"Cut the crap. You appearing now has to be to stall for time and wait for Night Fiend to come, right?" Ye Xuan continued.
Shadow shook his head: "Eh, am I seen as that weak in your eyes? Always waiting for Night Fiend before taking action. I can handle things on my own just fine."
"If that's the case, no more words are needed. Let's get on with it," said Ye Xuan, who then glanced at Tang Xuerou.
Tang Xuerou was smart; sometimes all it took was a glance from Ye Xuan, and she would quickly grasp what was on his mind.
"Leave the Mother Evil Dragon Host to me and Ke Feng," said Tang Xuerou with a smile.
Upon hearing Tang Xuerou's words, Shadow's expression changed for a brief moment, and Ye Xuan caught this subtle look and revealed a smile with a slight upturn of his lips.
"Bang."
Ye Xuan rapidly released silk threads, and because Shadow was a step too slow to react, his arm was slightly wounded by Ye Xuan's threads.
No blood was lost.
It seems that this shadow in front of me is another clone, and wasting too much time on it is pointless.
"Shoo shoo shoo."
At this moment, Li Hui and Tang Xuerou had also launched an attack on the Mother Evil Dragon Host.
Tang Xuerou's attack was very fast. This was also the first time Ye Xuan saw Tang Xuerou move so swiftly, making him feel that she hadn't been showing her full strength during previous battles.
Her speed was too fast, and every swing of the saw in her hand accurately found the spot she aimed to hit, causing the health bar of the Mother Evil Dragon Host to rapidly decrease.
She's actually this strong.
Ye Xuan sighed to himself.
"How is it, you've never really seen Tang Xuerou's strength, have you?" The shadow's voice rang out, and immediately afterward, countless steel marbles were shot towards Ye Xuan.
Previously, when fighting against the shadow at the base, the number of steel marbles the shadow had was around twenty, but now, he seemed to have more steel marbles in his hands. The number of marbles he used to attack Ye Xuan had more than doubled.
Could it be... that the shadow had not been using his full strength back at the base?
"Originally, I thought you were just a small fry and didn't take you seriously. But after the fight with you at the base, I regretted it. I underestimated you, Ye Xuan, you are formidable, worthy of my full effort."
As the shadow spoke, the number of steel marbles in his hands started to increase with astonishing power.
Ye Xuan's small knife simply couldn't block so many steel marbles, so he released silk threads from his hands, slicing towards the shadow's steel marbles.
The silk threads were even sharper than the knife, and even the shadow's steel marbles would surely be cut by Ye Xuan's threads.
The moment the silk thread touched the shadow's steel marbles, Ye Xuan's eyes widened.
Because the shadow's steel marbles turned into black smoke.
It's actually...
"Ye Xuan, the way you widen your eyes is really funny. Ah, it's a pity I didn't bring a camera, otherwise I really would like to take a picture of you." The shadow laughed and continued his attack on Ye Xuan.
Ye Xuan could only continue releasing silk threads to defend against the shadow's steel marbles, which kept increasing constantly, as if they would never run out.
No, that's not right.
Only those twenty marbles of the shadow were tangible.
Ye Xuan finally realized in a second that the shadow could not only divide himself into different clones, but his weapons could also be endlessly duplicated.
Moreover, the power of these duplicated steel marbles was no less than that of the real ones.
"Even if you can keep duplicating the marbles, as long as my strength overwhelms you, your marbles can't hurt me. Just like how your marbles turned into black ash when they touched my silk threads."
Ye Xuan's surprise lasted only a few seconds. Soon, he regained his composure and began to look for a breakthrough while fighting the shadow.
"But have you forgotten what your initial intention was? To quickly deal with me, right? Aren't you afraid that I'm delaying time? Hmm... maybe the Night Fiend has already reached the door."
When the shadow said this, he was intentionally disturbing Ye Xuan's mind.
However, Ye Xuan was not so easily disturbed, because from the moment he started fighting with the shadow, he had felt that it was he who was delaying the shadow's time.