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Chapter 1199: Chapter 539: Shadow Beast
"These shadow beasts don’t have physical form?"
"No, not exactly. They can transform into shadows anytime and disappear without a trace," said Huang Guangzu.
"Then how do they attack?"
"These shadow beasts have a power that can drag living beings into the Shadow World. Once pulled in, they’re completely trapped in shadows."
"Only by using the Light Element to repel darkness immediately can one escape."
"Also, the shadow beasts aren’t always in darkness. Sometimes they appear, attack lethally, and then retreat back into the Shadow World."
Liang Yuan, hearing this, said, "So they aren’t completely non-physical?"
"They can switch between physical and non-physical states, mostly hiding within shadows."
Liang Yuan nodded slightly; as long as they aren’t entirely without physical form, they aren’t invincible.
Even if they were entirely non-physical, there must still be a mental consciousness.
As long as there’s mental consciousness, they can definitely be affected by Spiritual Power.
Thinking of this, Liang Yuan immediately asked, "Can Spiritual Power attack these shadow beasts?"
"Uh, I don’t know. Most of the Water God Sect experts who captured me are masters of Water Attribute Genetic Species."
"When facing shadow beasts, they can only defend or force me to emit light to disperse them."
Liang Yuan was in deep thought. These shadow beasts were indeed peculiar, and their abilities sounded a bit like Wu Ying’s powers.
"Have you found the Brain Core after investigating for so long?"
"No, this Brain Lake is huge, and these shadow beasts interfere. We’ve been here for two days and nights but still haven’t found the Brain Core."
"Can you confirm that the Brain Core is still in the Brain Lake?"
"I... don’t know either."
Liang Yuan furrowed his brows. To be honest, he had never truly seen the Brain Core.
When in Mist City, the Brain Core had long been refined by Chang Yuntao.
He even left bait for the Earth Mother Sect people, wasting a lot of time searching aimlessly in the Brain Lake.
When Li Qinghua refined the Mirage Snake Space, the Brain Core had already been refined by other creatures.
That creature had even been killed by Li Qinghua and the others, causing the Brain Core to completely dissipate.
Li Qinghua only obtained the Heart Core of the Mirage Snake Space.
Therefore, Liang Yuan had no clue about how to find the Brain Core.
However, he knew that the Brain Core and Heart Core of a Floating Island are often easiest to sense by people with matching attributes.
For example, when in the Mirage Snake Space, Ding Yan, Zhou Qingming, and others felt nothing special.
But Li Qinghua could accurately sense the existence of the Heart Core within the Swordtail Sea Snake.
This showed that if the attributes matched, it is highly likely to sense the existence of the Heart Core and Brain Core of a Floating Island.
With this realization, Liang Yuan’s thoughts immediately shifted.
"In this Dark Attribute Floating Island, a large amount of Dark Attribute Energy is contained."
"Especially in the Brain Lake ahead, where there are numerous Dark Attribute Blood Crystals."
"I should refine the Dark Attribute Blood Crystals first, condense a Dark Attribute Genetic Species, and then search for the Heart Core and Brain Core."
Thinking of this, Liang Yuan’s eyes glinted; he already had a plan.
"You’ve been in this Brain Lake for so long. Do you know where there are Dark Attribute Blood Crystals?"
Huang Guangzu pondered slightly, then immediately said, "Turn right up ahead; there’s a place where the Dark Attribute Energy is extremely dense. Even if I exert all my powers, my Light Attribute Energy can’t disperse the Dark Attribute Energy there."
"I don’t know if that’s the Dark Attribute Blood Crystal you are referring to."
Liang Yuan immediately said, "Take me there."
Upon hearing this, Huang Guangzu, hurriedly replied, "Yes."
Compared to the people from the Water God Sect, he knew how terrifying Liang Yuan was.
In terms of strength, Liang Yuan’s combat power is far above anyone else’s.
Anyway, there was no way he could survive on this shadow beast-filled Floating Island alone. He might as well choose the strongest person to stick with.
The two of them carefully ventured into the Brain Lake—pitch black all around—daring not to make a sound lest they attract shadow beast attacks.
Liang Yuan activated all his defensive Skills: Stone Armor, Scale Armor, Spirit Turtle Shield, Sea of All Rivers Water Shield.
Huang Guangzu, staying closer to him, was also enveloped inside the Spirit Turtle Shield and Sea of All Rivers Water Shield.
Seeing so many layers of defense, Huang Guangzu felt much relieved.
The two of them quickly navigated through the Brain Lake. Not long after, a corpse appeared ahead.
Huang Guangzu whispered, "This is an expert from the Earth Mother Sect. He died a day ago, dragged into the Shadow World by shadow beasts. Didn’t expect his body to be here now."
Liang Yuan asked, "Was the shadow beast attacking him in the Shadow World and then discarded his body out here after killing him?"
"Should be, but I haven’t entered the Shadow World myself, so I don’t know what it’s like."
Continuing forward, the Dark Attribute Energy grew denser.
Liang Yuan suddenly stopped, grabbing Huang Guangzu.
Huang Guangzu paused, ready to inquire.
Bang!
Suddenly, the Water Shield beside him exploded, and Liang Yuan’s Sea of All Rivers Water Shield vibrated loudly.
Water surged violently, Superpower Energy erupted.
This massive commotion immediately attracted countless shadow beasts, enraged and charging towards Liang Yuan and Huang Guangzu.
Huang Guangzu was shocked: "Not good!"
Liang Yuan said calmly, "Don’t panic, light up the surroundings."
Huang Guangzu quickly operated his superpower, instantly emitting countless bright lights around him like a mini-sun dispelling the darkness.
Almost instantly, the shadow beasts—like numerous person-like shadows—were rapidly melting away and retreating, vanishing into the darkness.
Meanwhile, Liang Yuan’s eyes focused on a massive rock not far away.
Two men in water-blue robes stood there, faces filled with murderous intent.
"Water God Sect!"
"It’s them!"
Huang Guangzu was immediately enraged, saying, "They deliberately attacked us, trying to make noise and use the shadow beasts to kill!"
Liang Yuan’s face remained calm as he raised a hand towards the void and sharply pointed.
The two Water God Sect men immediately sensed something.
"Spirit attack!"
The two felt a shock in their heads, and then a golden light appeared. They had golden headpieces on their heads.
These headpieces were engraved with some runes.
The runes lit up, covering their heads and resisting Liang Yuan’s spiritual power attack.
In just a few breaths, the headpieces emitted a creaking sound.
Both of them changed their expressions.
"Not good, his spiritual power is too strong!"
"Retreat quickly, we can’t fight head-on!"
With a look of horror, they sensed the danger and quickly moved back to hide.
Clearly, they knew that the attack range of a spirit ability user is fixed. As long as they escape the range, they can avoid Liang Yuan’s attack.
Liang Yuan just gave a cold smile and waved his hand!
Two sharp ice spikes instantly formed with a clatter.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
The two sharp piercing sounds exploded instantly, as if the two ice spikes shot out like phantoms.
The duo from the Water God Sect were not flustered but instead responded with a cold smile.
They could not see Liang Yuan nor knew what method he used.
But the sound of breaking through the air clearly indicated something being launched.
Their figures flashed, and both entered an elemental state in an instant.
They transformed into a state of water elements, merging with the surrounding water flow.
However, in the next moment, the two ice spikes violently entered the water flow.
In the following moment, they exploded fiercely!
Rumble!
The ice spikes shattered with a bang, and terrifying cold air swept in all directions instantly!
The surrounding water vapor and waves instantly froze.
The two in their elemental state from the Water God Sect barely had time to scream.
In the next moment, their elemental forms were completely frozen.
Crack~
The ice patterns quickly cracked under the impact of the explosion.
Crash!
In an instant, the elemental bodies of these two shattered into pieces of ice and perished completely!
This is why water attribute superpower users fear ice attribute superpower users.
Against an ice attribute superpower user, all methods of a water attribute superpower user would be restrained.
Even elementalization, which could ignore physical attacks, would be frozen and broken.
Just as Liang Yuan said, in the apocalypse under the great flood, there are a myriad of powers.
But there is no invincible superpower.
Superpowers can restrain each other in various ways.
This is why Liang Yuan desperately develops in a balanced manner, covering all his weaknesses.
The Hundred-Change Demon Ape Genetic Species perfectly solved this problem for him.
Allowing him to cover all weaknesses.
Furthermore, it can also quickly enhance his strength in conjunction with the system’s points.
Withdrawing his hand, Liang Yuan smirked coldly, looking around at the surrounding black shadows.
In the first wave of spiritual power impact just now, the surrounding shadow beasts were all hit by the spirit shock.
Many died instantly, and some immediately hid in the shadows, whereabouts unknown.
"Can these shadow beasts even dodge spiritual power after diving into the Shadow World?"
Liang Yuan frowned, feeling somewhat troubled.
However, this did not surprise him.
It is known that space superpowers can block spiritual power detection.
Why couldn’t such a Shadow World do so?
Even elemental class ability users can rely on elemental defense skills to resist spiritual attacks.
However, since spiritual power attacks are so mysterious and formless, and Liang Yuan’s spiritual power is strong enough.
It seems that as long as Liang Yuan uses spiritual power, the enemies cannot resist.
But as Liang Yuan makes more contact with the people of Guangfu, he has discovered a serious problem.
People in Guangfu almost all use gold as headpieces, engraved with runes.
Obviously not for decoration but as a defense against spiritual power sneak attacks.
Clearly, Guangfu people have found a way to deal with spirit ability users.
Unfortunately, Liang Yuan’s spiritual power is too strong, far beyond ordinary superpower users.
Even though they wear golden headpieces, they cannot completely block Liang Yuan’s spiritual attacks, at most just weakening them.
Yet, even the weakened spiritual power is enough to heavily damage them!
This is the effect of Liang Yuan’s horrifying spiritual power of 83.5.
"Let’s go."
Liang Yuan called out to Huang Guangzu, who then came back to his senses from his shock.
He turned to Liang Yuan, full of shock, saying, "Mr. Liang, you seem to have gotten stronger?"
Liang Yuan glanced at him and said indifferently, "Not bad, don’t delay, let’s continue."
Huang Guangzu felt excited, feeling like he has found a powerful ally.
Thinking back again, he wondered what courage he had to dare challenge Mr. Liang in the past.
Mr. Liang didn’t kill him with a single spirit shock back at the Ring City World Trade Building; he must have shown mercy.
Huang Guangzu was secretly relieved and led Liang Yuan rapidly toward the bottom of the dark lake.
In a short time, his steps halted, and he exclaimed, "Mr. Liang, we’ve arrived!"