The expressions of Lin Huang and the other two turned ugly.
Nine Gloom was already a peak heavenly god-level powerhouse and was not far from becoming a half-step lord-level powerhouse.
The three of them had been able to win the previous battle because Nine Gloom's Divine Power and spirit had been severely drained after his battle with Silver Armor. Moreover, the three of them had been caught off guard. Virtuoso had successfully pulled Nine Gloom into an illusion as soon as they appeared, which was how they had managed to kill Nine Gloom later on.
As for Nine Nether, not only did she borrow the power of the Paramita Tree to complete her reincarnation, she even possessed the body of Silver Armor.
Although Nine Gloom's combat strength did not immediately elevate to his previous peak after his reincarnation, he had merely crossed the threshold of ninth-rank heavenly god-level. However, judging from the aura emanating from his body, he was definitely not weaker than when he was at his peak.
Previously, when Lin Huang and the other two were dealing with Nine Nether, who was not in peak condition, they did not fight him head-on. Instead, they used some tricks. If they had a choice, the three of them would definitely not want to confront Nine Nether head-on.
However, the three of them had no choice but to face the enemy head-on.
His strongest attack was easily countered by Nine Nether. Under his mask, Lin Huang frowned slightly.
He could see that Saber9 was currently frowning deeply as well.
Although Lin Huang could not see Virtuoso's expression through the mask, he knew that Virtuoso was definitely not in a relaxed mood at the moment.
Unlike the previous battle, now that Nine Nether had successfully reincarnated, the three of them no longer had any advantage.
Furthermore, through the first wave of attacks, the three of them had already probed Nine Nether's strength. She was definitely not at her peak state from before.
"Fight or retreat?" Saber9 asked Lin Huang and Virtuoso through voice transmission.
The reason why he asked this question was probably because he felt that his chances of winning were not high.
Lin Huang did not answer this question. He was also waiting for Virtuoso to give him an answer.
After all, it was Virtuoso who had invited them on this trip to the Abyss.
Lin Huang had no say in whether to fight or retreat. It all depended on Virtuoso's attitude.
Virtuoso only hesitated for a moment before quickly coming to a decision.
"Fight!"
Lin Huang and Saber9 were not surprised by Virtuoso's decision. After all, they were only one step away from obtaining the last fragment of the castellan's seal. The duo could completely understand Virtuoso's current feelings.
Although on the surface, the three of them didn't have much of a chance of winning. However, Lin Huang was very certain that his side's chances of winning were not as low as it seemed.
He had his own trump cards. He also knew that as clones of Almighties, Virtuoso and Saber9 would definitely have powerful trump cards as well.
Furthermore, Virtuoso was a meticulous person to begin with. No matter how much he wanted the City Lord Seal shard, if he really couldn't do it, he definitely wouldn't force it. With his personality, he would only choose to retreat at the first moment and look for another target.
Since he chose to fight, it meant that in his opinion, his side had a certain chance of winning this battle.
Thinking of this, Lin Huang immediately felt much more at ease.
"I'll be in charge of holding him back. Both of you attack!" Virtuoso said to the two of them through voice transmission.
Hearing this, Lin Huang did not hesitate at all and took the lead to charge at Nine Nether with his saber.
Among the three of them, his close-combat ability was the strongest, so he naturally had to shoulder the responsibility of Nine Gloom's main firepower.
Although Saber9 was also adept at attacking, his forte lay in Sword Kinesis. Middle-range and long-range attacks were the most advantageous to him; close-combat would not give him any advantage.
As for Virtuoso, from the looks of things, they were only suitable as support. Close-Combat would be a complete suicide mission.
Seeing that Lin Huang was charging at him with his saber, Nine Gloom knew that he was planning to fight him to the very end. He was so furious that he laughed instead. "What a bunch of brats who don't know their place. Do they really think that they can beat me a second time just because they've schemed against me once?!
"We'll have to at least try whether we can win or not." As Lin Huang spoke, he had already severed several vines. He passed through the layers of vines and arrived not far from Nine Gloom, who was clad in silver armor.
Seeing this, Nine Gloom could not be bothered to use his vines to block him. Instead, he reached out and gripped the air lightly. A black battle spear rapidly consolidated in his hand.
If Lin Huang and the other two had seen Silver Armor before, they would have been able to recognize right away that this spear was the Black Dragon Spear that Silver Armor had used when he was alive.
Holding the spear in his hand, Nine Gloom's feet exerted force in the air, and he launched an attack in Lin Huang's direction.
Wherever the tip of the spear passed through, even the air was torn apart, leaving cracks in its wake.
At the same time that the tip of Nine Gloom's spear thrust forward, a red arc lit up in the air.
In an instant, the red and black gleams collided with each other. Layers of energy shockwaves rippled through the area within a radius of several thousand kilometers, crushing everything into dust.
However, this evenly matched confrontation only lasted for the span of a few breaths before the red gleam began to crumble …
At that moment, countless golden gleams shot toward Nine Gloom like a torrential downpour, enveloping the entire area where Nine Gloom was.
The person who had attacked was none other than Saber9.
Nine major sword formations consolidated in front of him once again, amassing millions of golden sword gleams and charging toward Virtuoso.
Nine Gloom glanced at the golden sword gleams sweeping toward him from all directions, his lips curling into a disdainful smirk.
He did not withdraw his spear to defend himself. Instead, he locked his gaze firmly on Lin Huang and increased the output of his Divine Power once more.
The red gleams, which had already begun to crumble, were instantly annihilated as easily as crushing dry weeds.
The black gleam turned into a terrifying shockwave, completely engulfing Lin Huang's blood-red sword gleam in the blink of an eye. It then continued its assault in Lin Huang's direction.
Nine Gloom completely ignored Saber9's round of attacks. His spear attack was aimed at Lin Huang with the intent to kill.
Saber9's expression was extremely grim. Clearly, he had not expected that he would not be able to pin Nine Gloom down.
On one hand, he was a little worried that Lin Huang would be killed by this spear attack. On the other hand, he was rather annoyed that Nine Gloom had ignored his attack.
On the other hand, Virtuoso, who was off to the side, performed extremely complicated hand seals. Their movements did not stop at all.
Nobody knew what kind of expression they had under their mask right now.
As he watched the black shockwave rush toward him, the corners of Lin Huang's lips under his mask lifted slightly.
Just as the attack was about to reach him, a black mirror suddenly appeared in front of him.
After the seemingly invincible black shockwave collided with the mirror, it only caused ripples that looked like water. It did not go any further, nor did it hurt Lin Huang in the slightest.
Nine Gloom could not help being slightly stunned when he saw this.
He had initially thought that his attack would be a surefire hit. Even if he could not kill Lin Huang instantly, it should be enough to make him lose his combat strength and withdraw him from the battle.
However, he had never imagined that Lin Huang would be able to break through his near-full-force attack so easily.
Just as Nine Gloom was in a daze, Saber9 took advantage of this momentary opening. The millions of sword gleams in the air suddenly accelerated, raining down like a curtain of rain, completely drowning Nine Gloom's figure.
At the same time, the black mirror in front of Lin Huang suddenly lit up with a piercing red gleam.
The next instant, an alternating red and black shockwave, almost eighty percent similar to the one Nine Gloom had unleashed earlier, shot out. Its target was the spot where Nine Gloom had been standing earlier …
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