Hasse did not know what the 'reinforcements' that Hao Ren mentioned were at first.
Ever since he entered the Shadow Plane, he had been in a deep coma, or was about to be in a deep coma. He had never confronted the Soulless Guards. Even if he knew the existence of the Soulless Guards, he could not immediately associate them with the terrifying and immortal legion that wandered in the dream, let alone Hessiana's plan to seize control of the Soulless.
Even when he heard what Hessiana said through the communicator, he did not take it seriously.
But it did not matter. He would soon know where the reinforcements that Hao Ren mentioned were.
The moon was completely dyed in the color of blood, and the light that shone down from the sky was no longer bright. Instead, it was the color of blood that could not be dispelled. The figure that descended from the sky was almost solid. She had the same face as Vivian, but her red hair was flying in the wind, and her pupil-less eyes were devoid of reason and emotion. Hasse was ready to attack. But before he could, another force intervened. A black flame suddenly came from afar, accompanied by a strange howl. In the direction of the flame, a Humerus Wyrm, made entirely of shadows and bones, was tearing through the clouds and diving toward the ground.
Behind the Shadow Humerus Wyrm, more Shadow creatures of all shapes and sizes formed an army that descended like a downpour from the sky.
The Soulless Guards were the most powerful among the Soulless, and specialized in guarding the inner court.
Hessiana controlled the Soulless to enter the battlefield. The Shadow Skeletal Wyrm and the mutated gargoyles launched a surprise attack from the air, raining all kinds of energy storms on the Malevolence that had just woken up. As the firepower fell from the sky, the entire grassland began to shake. Hasse looked up in horror and saw a variety of strange beasts emerging out of thin air like a mirage. Some of them looked like the ancient Egyptian gods with human bodies and beast heads, and some looked like the prehistoric beasts that devoured the heavens and the earth in ancient horror legends. Some of them were simply huge meatballs made of countless limbs and countless pieces of flesh. They did not have a uniform style. The only thing they had in common was that they were all made of amorphous shadows and clouds. Even Hao Ren could not help but shiver when he saw them.
Fortunately, Hessiana had led the way when he came in. Otherwise, if he and Lily were to face the Soulless Guard head-on without cheating, they would probably die of exhaustion in the endless corridors and courtyards of the Shadowy Castle!
The Soulless' long-range attack first fell on the Malevolence. The powerful energy wave almost made everyone think that the Malevolence was going to be swallowed by the Shadow Skeletal Wyrm's breath. But the next second, the Shadow Skeletal Wyrm's breath melted like snow in the sun. The Malevolence, floating dozens of meters in the air, opened her hands, raised her head, and let out a silent scream.
She opened her mouth wide, but no sound came out. Only ripples visible to the naked eye swept out in all directions. Under the sweep of the ripples, be it the bone dragon's shadow breath, the gargoyles' corrosive arrows, or the twisted nightmarish creatures' various physical and non-physical bombardments, all of them exploded into a thick fog of smoke in the air. Some of the gargoyles even lost their lives. Without any time to resist, these powerful nightmarish creatures were directly crushed into a cloud of dust by the ripples.
But the Soulless Guards were endless. Before the real Vivian woke up, these Soulless Guards would resurrect indefinitely and guard their mistress until the end of the world or the moment when the mistress woke up.
More Soulless emerged from the air and rushed toward the powerful Malevolence like a tidal wave.
"This is …" Hasse was stunned. What happened in front of him was beyond his imagination. "The Soulless Guards are attacking their mistress?"
"This is not their mistress," Hao Ren said quickly. "You have been mistaken. It is not Vivian who awakens in a berserk state, but something like an avatar formed by her negative power. This avatar will be born in Vivian's dream. Sometimes, it can even break through Vivian's self-defense to fight her. This is what you see in front of you. Although the Soulless Guards have no soul, they know who their master is. These guards could not fight Vivian's Malevolence because of the difference in rank, and even their leader was banished from the cemetery. But our people found a way to gain control of the Soulless Guards. Through external orders, these Soulless Guards finally had a chance to return to the cemetery and fight the pirate who had stolen their mistress's power. "
"Malevolence …" Hasse repeated the new term mentioned by Hao Ren. Then he realized something and widened his eyes. "You have gained control of the Soulless Guards? Is there anyone in this world who can interfere with the power of Vivian Ancestor? "
"Of course, as long as we find Vivian's descendants," Hao Ren said with a smile. "We are a family. It is not illegal for a daughter to borrow her mother's private guards to clean her own house, is it?"
"That Countess actually has a descendant?!" This time, Hasse was really shocked. "She can afford it … No, I mean, since when is she interested in making descendants?"
Lily chimed in. "That's why Battie is so irresponsible. She has never raised one since she was born!"
Hasse was dumbfounded.
Hao Ren quickly coughed. "Don't just stand there. The Soulless Guards can only hold the Malevolence back. We still need to find a way to deal with it. Hasse, give it your all and fight the Malevolence to the death!"
The old demon hunter had noticed the powerlessness and limitations of the Soulless Guards in the face of the Malevolence. Hasse was ready to fight. When he saw Hao Ren and Lily had each raised their weapons and charged at the Malevolence, Hasse's eyes narrowed, and he disappeared in an instant.
The next moment, he appeared less than a hundred meters away from the Malevolence. He raised his hand and swept a powerful silver-white flame at the Malevolence.
As Hao Ren said, the Soulless Guards were powerful reinforcements. But this was only limited to the task of holding the Malevolence back. It was impossible to count on the Soulless Guards to destroy the Malevolence. This was the Shadowy Realm, and the Malevolence was also a part of Vivian. Under these two conditions, the Soulless Guards could never deal a fatal blow to the Malevolence.
So the only ones who could make a decisive attack were the intruders from the outside like Hao Ren, Lily, and Hasse.
Each Malevolence had a different form of power and fighting style. So while moving, Hao Ren quickly analyzed the characteristics of the enemy in front of him. The Malevolence stayed within the beam of moonlight and rarely moved, which might indicate that the source of her power was closely related to the crimson moon above. Most of her attacks were silent shrieks, which seemed to have the effect of shaking space and destroying energy structures. Not only could it render most long-range attacks ineffective, but it also had terrifying physical lethality. Even the strong body of Lily and Hao Ren's Steel Membrane Shield could not withstand the shrieks for long. They had to keep a distance to fight. The third characteristic of the Malevolence was that all her attacks were area attacks, whether it was silent shrieks or directional shockwaves. This made her single-target lethality slightly weaker than other Malevolences, but it caused a lot of trouble for the Malevolence.
The more Hao Ren analyzed, the more he wanted to curse.
Two of the three characteristics of the Malevolence were obvious advantages, and these two huge advantages greatly affected Hao Ren, be it close or long-range combat. Even aside from the last two, the Malevolence's ability to hide within the "moonlight beam" was also a problem. The moonlight and the Malevolence had a mysterious connection, allowing the Malevolence to disintegrate and reassemble at will within the range of the moonlight. Hao Ren had decapitated the Malevolence more than once with the Godslayer and even blasted off half of the enemy's body with his psionic gun. But the moonlight had deflected all the damage. The Malevolence was torn apart by the red beam of light, but the next second, the moonlight came again.
Hao Ren did not know how much this "rebirth" would cost, and how many times the Malevolence could reassemble with the help of the moonlight.
Hasse's figure flashed in the air. He quickly shot a series of crossbow bolts and then teleported behind the enemy while the Malevolence scattered the bolts. The sacred silver sword drew a curved arc and cut the violent "Vivian" in half.
The halves of the Malevolence dissipated in the moonlight like broken glass. But the next second, the crimson moon shone again, and the figure of the Malevolence reappeared in the beam of light.
The concentration of negative energy in the entire steppe rose again.
"There will be no end to this fight," Hao Ren said loudly to Hasse, distancing himself from the Malevolence. "Is your previous tactic only to stall for time?"
"There is no other way but to stall for time," Hasse also shouted. "She has no fatal weakness, understand? No fatal weakness! She can't be killed! "
No, of course, the Malevolence can be killed, Hao Ren said to himself. He had personally killed more than one Malevolence, and he knew that the only reason he could not kill this thing was that he did not have enough energy. As long as he had enough time, he could kill this strange and terrible creature. But what he was most worried about now was not how to kill the Malevolence, but time.
He looked at the edge of the prairie. There, the scene in the distance had become distorted and blurry. The edge of the earth seemed to be collapsing and disintegrating into countless floating debris. The debris swirled and fell into the approaching dark border, which was rapidly devouring the space.
The shadowy realm was about to collapse, but there was no sign of Vivian waking up. Not to mention waking up, Hao Ren had not even sensed the slightest trace of her breath.
If the entire shadowy realm completely collapsed and Vivian still did not wake up, what would happen if the Malevolence escaped to the real world?
Hao Ren could not come to a conclusion at the moment. But even a simple-minded person like Lily would know that it was definitely not a good thing.
Perhaps the already unstable sandbox system would suffer a huge impact, and then... and then it would be something that even Raven 12345 would curse.
At this moment, the entire "cemetery" suddenly trembled violently, and this tremor had nothing to do with the fierce battle that was taking place.
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