Chapter 1666: Chapter 1704: Battle Royale (Second Update)

He had thought about various possibilities of them being discovered by the shadow.

Never did he expect it would be Young Master Xiang’s magnificent sword to leave its mark.

Whoosh!

The shadow gave them no time at all, instantly enveloping the volcano beneath them.

Several remaining Two-star and Three-Star Blood Demon Kings, without any suspense, met their end immediately, their screams reaching up to them.

Vaguely, Jiang Fan seemed to hear their curses too.

The tragic cries close to his ears made Jiang Fan’s heart shudder, instinctively urging him to run fast.

But reason told him, at this moment, any movement would lead to death!

No matter how fast he ran, he couldn’t outpace the shadow.

Young Master Xiang and the others, along with the White Tiger beneath their feet, all remained calm and still.

Fortunately, it was them — either top-level Great Venerates of various realms or Beast Kings emerging from hunting grounds.

Had it been anyone else, how could they possess such strong willpower?

Now, they could only wait for the shadow to finish searching the volcanic ruins and retreat.

This process did not take long.

After just a few breaths, with another two cries abruptly stopping, the shadow withdrew from the ruins, wandering towards a distant area.

Jiang Fan was so tense that his whole body was drenched in sweat.

Liu Bianhuang, Yun Wanxiao, and Heavenly Sword all kept their gaze fixed on the shadow, their expressions extremely tense.

Luckily, the shadow finally seemed to be leaving.

Once it was out of their sight, it would be time for them to escape and leave.

But.

Just as it was about to move away, it suddenly stopped again.

Jiang Fan’s heart skipped a beat, sensing something was terribly wrong!

Yun Wanxiao and the others’ faces changed drastically too!

The shadow must have realized!

Indeed!

The shadow unexpectedly rose into the air, slowly moving toward the space above the volcano, trying to probe for any hidden fish slipping through the net.

Jiang Fan made a decisive move, stepping on the White Tiger’s head, signaling to run quickly.

The White Tiger, too, was seasoned from battles and was not one to bury its head in the sand like an ostrich; this was a situation calling for immediate action.

The later, the more dangerous!

Young Master Xiang, Liu Bianhuang, Yun Wanxiao, and Heavenly Sword also made extremely decisive choices.

Young Master Xiang suddenly pointed to the distance: "I am! Omnipresent!"

A ripple of law power was unleashed.

With his movement, the shadow swiftly locked onto them.

In the next instant, darkness engulfed everyone’s vision, plunging them into this deadly black shadow!

Jiang Fan was horrified upon realizing this wasn’t a mere shadow.

It was a living entity!

Its body compressed into a flattened shadow, with two blood-red eyes like phantoms within, capturing the prey hidden in the shadow.

Moreover, it immediately sensed their presence.

A black blade, chilling to the soul, silently cut towards them.

Whoosh—

Young Master Xiang, being the first to act, was also the first to suffer the attack, instantly turning into mist.

It turned out he had already used the law to become incorporeal; his true self had appeared outside the shadow and was concentrating silently again.

Heavenly Sword’s face changed drastically, deciding to act swiftly too.

At the moment the blade sliced towards him, a puppet identical to him appeared in front, pulsing with the wave of law.

The blade cut through his body, but the damage appeared on the puppet instead.

A piercing scream emanated from the puppet.

In contrast, Heavenly Sword avoided the attack unscathed and seized the chance to instantaneously move away from the shadow, hiding away and staying silent.

The blade also sliced through Liu Bianhuang, but he remained composed.

He was the most prepared participant this time.

Only a slight crackling could be heard; some magic artifact in his embrace shattered, erupting with a soul-level law wave.

It was a soul defensive law!

Dodging the attack, Liu Bianhuang decisively instantaneously moved away.

Before leaving, he glimpsed Jiang Fan, who reacted the quickest, already riding the White Tiger leaping out of the shadow, evading the blade’s attack.

His gaze suddenly flashed with fierce anger.

They all relied on the power of laws to evade the attack, and Jiang Fan thought he could escape easily?

Impossible?

Without thinking, he tossed a bottle of silver undulating liquid back.

The bottle shattered, and the liquid glommed onto Jiang Fan and the White Tiger like a living creature, immobilizing them.

The gigantic commotion naturally drew the Dead Soul’s attention.

The dreadful soul blade went straight for the human and tiger.

Yun Wanxiao’s face changed, but he didn’t hesitate, seizing the chance as Jiang Fan drew the fire and instantaneously escaped.

They all escaped, except Jiang Fan who was trapped in the shadow.

Liu Bianhuang turned to sneer coldly after escaping the shadow: "Fight with me? Are you worthy?"

"Your achievements and your gourd are mine now!"

Who would have expected what happened next.

A purple glow flashed on his wrist, wrapping him in a cluster of space power, forcibly teleporting him.

The next instant, his vision darkened.

And unexpectedly appeared in front of Jiang Fan and the White Tiger!

A purple ring on Jiang Fan’s wrist glimmered, just like on his own!

"You..." Liu Bianhuang was startled, wanting to ask when it was put on him.

But that dreadful blade had already swept over, silently penetrating his body.

Crack!

Luckily, he had another soul law on him, again blocking this strike.

Similarly, Jiang Fan and the White Tiger also escaped the attack unharmed.

Jiang Fan glanced at him coldly, retrieving his hand ring while the White Tiger finally broke free from the silver liquid, instantaneously escaping the shadow.

Liu Bianhuang was enraged.

This wretched thing, causing him to squander another life-saving law!

But he had no time to be angry; he hurriedly instantaneously moved away too.

Thus, all five individuals and one tiger entrapped in extreme peril succeeded in escaping.

They spread out to five corners around the shadow, maintaining a significant distance.

Having witnessed the shadow’s speed far surpassing Heavenly Human Five Declines’ instantaneous movement, none dared to act rashly, all restraining their aura, staying motionless.

At this time, anyone moving might divert the shadow, creating an escape opportunity for the others.

The shadow lunged in vain, failing to kill anyone, swirling angrily.

A soul-level shriek sweeped across all directions.

Jiang Fan suddenly felt intense soul pain.

Seeing Young Master Xiang and others all frowning too, it was obviously unpleasant.

Yet they all endured it, still not making a single sound.

Infuriated, the shadow, immense beyond measure, churned like boiling water, bubbling furiously.

Then, the shadow continuously contracted, rising high in the middle.

Ten feet, twenty feet.

Thirty feet, forty feet, fifty feet.

Until eighty feet, the shadow finally settled.

No.

This was no longer a shadow.

It was an eighty-foot-tall ghost cloaked in a black shadow cape, with no legs, suspended in mid-air.

Beneath the brim was a plane of pitch-black void, with blood-red eyes radiating cold, ruthless glimmer.

Black shadow coalesced into sinister bone claws, gripping a gigantic eighty-foot scythe.

It emanated a terrifying sharpness sending the soul shivering!

This very scythe was harvesting them earlier!

And the towering black-robed ghost upfront was indeed the true form of the Dead Soul!

Jiang Fan secretly shuddered.

There were five half-transparent stars on its brim symbolizing the soul’s origin, indicating it was merely the weakest Five-Star Dead Soul in the hunting ground.

Nevertheless, it nearly annihilated the five people and one tiger present.

Jiang Fan completely believed that no world survived an invasion by the Dead Soul.

He couldn’t imagine how these worlds could withstand such extremely dangerous dark beings.

What’s even more concerning for Jiang Fan was the Dead Soul, now appearing in its true form, remained furious.

It was not ready to let go, its blood-red eyes surveying the surroundings as if sensing several people nearby.