426: Chapter 426 Shadow Manipulation

At this moment, Nie Ning had decided to just let things be.

Anyway, he had realized that facing such a high-level Jerky Bear Head, it would be a miracle if they managed to escape this time!

"Kid, since everyone is going to die anyway, I'll start with you!"

The Black-Robed Person who had been retorted spoke in a sinister tone, and magic began to rapidly condense between his fingers.

Nie Ning, however, was not afraid in the slightest. He rested his hand on Amivika's shoulder, scratched his ear, and continued.

"It's one thing to have a bad brain, but your perception is terrible too. Hasn't anyone told you? There's more than one Corruptor here."

The crowd, who were originally watching the show, were shocked upon hearing this.

Although Helian and the others knew that Nie Ning had two Corruptors, they were not clear about the specific abilities of the two.

Just like now, if they had known earlier that it was such a dangerous Corruptor, they might have violated their professional ethics and destroyed Nie Ning along with him.

"So what? Everyone's going to die anyway. What's the difference between one more or one less?"

The Black-Robed Person looked disdainful, and with a wave of his hand, a black arrow shot straight at Nie Ning's head.

The dignity of the strong cannot be violated, let alone by such an ant, who dared to clamor against him!

But just as the black arrow was about to hit Nie Ning, a gaunt, skeletal arm directly crushed the black arrow.

"Soul Bone King, what is the meaning of this!"

Seeing this, the Black-robed wizard looked gloomily at the Soul Bone King who had obstructed him.

"Hey, don't be so impulsive. We're all in the same boat; isn't there anything we can't discuss properly?"

The Soul Bone King smiled, acting like a good-natured person.

In reality, even if he didn't stop him, others would have stopped him as well.

The reason is simple: even if there is a glimmer of hope for survival, no one wants to die in such a stifling way.

And since Nie Ning possessed intelligence on the Corruptors, this would increase their chances of winning by a fraction.

At this moment, another Black-Robed Person stepped out.

"You know how to perform Soul Searching, don't you? Just strip away his soul and read his memories; then we'll know everything."

The Soul Bone King rolled his eyes upon hearing this and retorted irritably, "You know how to do it too, so why don't you go?"

In the past, Soul Searching should have been an essential skill for a High-level Wizard; after all, it was much more convenient than interrogating others directly.

However, Soul Searching also had its drawbacks: reading too many memories could lead to a shift in one's own temperament.

After all, the composition of living beings relies mainly on memories, and it requires extremely high willpower to be exempt from the drawbacks.

And after the appearance of the Corruption tide, an even greater drawback emerged: the problem of Corruption.

Since Nie Ning could control two Corruptors, he possessed high resistance to Corruption, but he would still inevitably be stained by the Power of Corruption.

If one were to rashly perform Soul Searching, who knows if they would be contaminated by it!

"Um, I think it's fine the way it is."

Upon hearing this, the Transcendent who had spoken up gave a sheepish laugh and dismissed the idea.

Because he did indeed feel a heavy aura of Corruption on Nie Ning, which was also the reason he wanted to trick the Soul Bone King.

The Soul Bone King had started this whole affair, and they didn't even know about the existence of the Demon Wizard.

Now, not only had they gained nothing, but they had also suffered heavy losses; naturally, this matter had to be blamed on the Soul Bone King.

...

Nie Ning shrugged at the Transcendent who had been retorted, looking as if to say, "If you have the ability, come and hit me."

The other party looked around and found that everyone else was staring at him, so he could only turn his head away in anger and stop looking at Nie Ning.

Seeing this, a smile appeared on Nie Ning's face, and he suddenly felt in a great mood.

"See the fog outside? That..."

Just as Nie Ning was about to explain the Human-Faced Balloon, the entire barrier began to shake violently.

Everyone looked up at the sky.

Although they couldn't see clearly in the dark, oppressive sky, their keen Spiritual Power made them perceive that something had fallen down.

"Wait! Something is com... Ah!"

At this moment, a scream suddenly came from the crowd.

The crowd was shocked and looked towards the source of the sound, only to find that it was empty.

And those who were originally nearby retreated several steps with panicked expressions.

"What did you see!"

The Transcendent who had been retorted grabbed one of them by the collar and shouted, questioning him.

Compared to the treatment of Nie Ning, the various high-level Transcendents were not as concerned about these people.

After all, their time was limited now, and value was the key to whether low-level Transcendents could survive.

"I didn't see anything, I only saw a black shadow."

The grabbed Transcendent replied in a panic.

The high-level Transcendent looked around at the others; they all gave the same explanation, none of them saw what had attacked the person.

"Bronk, you said earlier that the Corruptor outside has the Shadow Shuttle ability, right?"

This wizard Belen asked in a deep voice.

Nie Ning nodded: "Yes, it does have a Shadow Shuttle ability."

Upon hearing this, everyone understood.

Although the formation could stabilize space, if the opponent was too strong, the formation would still fail.

Not to mention the more special shadow abilities; the formation's restrictive power against shadow abilities was weaker than against conventional spatial abilities.

Of course, that doesn't mean shadow abilities are strong.

It's just that normal formations are specifically designed to suppress spatial abilities; others are just incidental.

Just as everyone was wary of the surrounding environment, thinking of countermeasures, one of the knights showed a look of struggle.

It seemed like he wanted to speak, but it was as if he couldn't open his mouth no matter what.

This knight slowly drew the longsword from his waist, and before everyone could react, he beheaded the two people in front of him with one sword strike.

Seeing this scene, a seventh-rank powerhouse immediately took action, and a Shadow Fireball directly burned him to ashes.

"Look at the ground!"

The seventh-rank powerhouse who had attacked suddenly shouted.

Everyone looked over in unison.

They saw that on the ground, besides the ashes, there was actually a human-shaped shadow left behind!

What was even stranger was that the shadow seemed to have come to life and began to quickly approach another person.

"Use Illumination!"

Seeing this, Nie Ning lit up a white light in his hand.

Under the illumination of the white light, the shadow disappeared.

Seeing this, those with Light and Fire talents immediately began to cast corresponding spells, and the entire barrier was lit up brightly.

"Damn it, that's not Shadow Shuttle, it's Shadow Manipulation; its ability has evolved!"

Helian clenched his fists, his face becoming extremely ugly.

The others were no better off, and all couldn't help but look at Nie Ning.

"It really was just Shadow Shuttle before."

Feeling the pressure on his body, Nie Ning gritted his teeth and defended himself.

He also hadn't expected that the Jerky Bear Head would improve so quickly, even reaching the point of evolving its ability.

It could no longer be described as just terrifying.

Abnormal!

Truly very abnormal!

Looking at it this way, he had still underestimated the potential of the Jerky Bear Head.

Nie Ning dared not imagine, if the Jerky Bear Head were left to go out, to what extent that guy would grow!