CHAPTER 164: CHAPTER 65 GHOSTLY SHADOWS_2

She cried out in pain: "Ah, it hurts, hurts, hurts~ Hiss, Lord, are you a monster? How can you dodge these dense blades while thinking of a way to break the situation? I haven’t even figured out the situation yet!"

So this is the advantage of having an overall enhancement in Attributes.

Lu Weite was also shocked. In this sudden situation, the guild was at a loss, completely unaware of what happened. But in the blink of an eye, Lord Lin Rui had already come up with a countermeasure? What a terrifying level of composure and meticulous thinking.

Lin Rui restored a bit of health to Audrey, grabbed her wrist, guiding her to dodge the blades coming from all directions, and then ordered: "Don’t worry about the blades, leave them to me. Command your summoned creatures to charge in all directions with full strength, and revive them immediately when they fall."

Audrey didn’t understand the meaning of doing this, but she was intrigued by the matter itself, blinked, and said with a smile: "Okay then, I’ll leave my body to you, Lord."

This fool! Lin Rui’s head was filled with black lines, even at a time like this, she was so unreliable.

On the other side, under Audrey’s command, her seven summoned creatures instantly left the formation and ran swiftly in different directions.

Even though they were pierced by the blades repeatedly, they didn’t stop at all, especially Fur Ball, who as a little teddy among wolves, had already run so fast that it left an afterimage, tongue hanging out. Its small frame made it easier to dodge the blades, and it was jumping up and down nearly out of everyone’s sight.

Eleanor cheered happily: "Lord, the shooting blades seem to have become disorderly, lost their aim, and their threat has greatly reduced."

Audrey bit her lip, frowned, her pretty face full of confusion: "It actually works, but why?"

A sharp, ear-piercing scream resounded, and a ghost shadow of Dark Energy suddenly appeared behind Fur Ball, and before the leaping Fur Ball could dodge, it was split from behind, a frosty damage making its tail stand up instantly, with the hair on its tail bristling like steel needles.

"Revive it and make it continue running." Lin Rui decisively ordered.

Fur Ball’s recently slain body quickly reanimated, leaping up with a tragic howl, darting off with its rear end sticking out.

Lin Rui let go of Audrey and folded his arms, looking into the distance. The blades shooting in the air were now drizzling down without threat.

The obsession of that hidden monster was incredibly strong, not allowing anyone to escape from the Dark Abyss. But such a strong obsession led him to be easily distracted by the fleeing summoned creatures.

Silently, ghost shadows of dark energy appeared and disappeared unpredictably, each summoned creature was hunted down by it. After killing one, it would instantly appear behind another summoned creature with a terrifying ability like instant teleportation.

Observing for a while, Lin Rui calmly said: "I have a plan now. Summon all your creatures back. All of you stay here and don’t move. Lundestadte, come with me. Everyone, heal me with all your strength."

Once he finished speaking, he mounted the Griffin and shot up like a low-flying fighter jet, swiftly skimming over the ground.

Audrey shouted nervously: "Lord, be careful! There’s a ghost shadow behind you!"

A blade ignored the layers of azure transparent shields around Lin Rui and pierced directly into his chest.

This Dark Energy Blade was different from before; it was a directional skill that couldn’t be dodged.

Lin Rui remained calm, having speculated this possibility when he saw the creatures couldn’t dodge the blades.

He patted the Griffin beneath him, encouraging it: "Accelerate forward."

The Griffin understood human speech and immediately cooperated by activating the Rapid Flight skill. Its wings created two streams of air, increasing its flight speed by 280%.

"Don’t fly straight out of the abyss; circle around the formation."

The Griffin, upon receiving the command, adjusted its direction with a gliding stance, spreading its wings and gliding rapidly in the air.

Lin Rui clicked his tongue in amazement; this agile turning was even more flexible than aerospace fighters, as if there was no air resistance.

On the ground, the troops watched nervously at the Lord flying in circles in the sky, except for Audrey, the fool, who exclaimed: "Wow, the Lord is so cool. Xiaoxiao, we also need to learn this flying posture, you’re too clumsy, like a meteor charging blindly."

Lu Weite was astounded: "Lord Lin Rui, what is he... doing?"

Terion, with the best combat intuition, analyzed: "High-speed Flight is to lure the ghost shadow to appear, and circling the formation makes it convenient for the priests to heal him. As long as this continues, the ghost shadow can do nothing to the Lord, and the hidden monster will eventually be provoked into revealing itself."

Sure enough, after a period of sustained effort, the hidden monster could no longer hold back. With an ear-piercing wail, twelve ghost shadows appeared around Lin Rui simultaneously, throwing blades tainted with dark energy at him.

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Lin Rui’s gliding posture suddenly halted, diving directly toward the ground, patting the Griffin to let it leave, then pointing with his arm, icy blue frost aura emerged behind him, shooting rapidly towards the ghost shadow he indicated.

The frosty aura penetrated the ghost shadow directly, causing it to disappear instantly.

Everyone in the formation couldn’t understand why the Lord suddenly stopped and shattered a ghost shadow.

Was this ghost shadow somehow different?

Lin Rui furrowed his brow, just now he was utterly convinced that this ghost shadow was the monster’s true form.

But in a split second, this creature swapped places with an illusion.

Now, these densely packed ghost shadows assaulted him, wielding crescent-shaped blades in an attempt to dismember Lin Rui with a flurry of blows.

Fortunately, their Physical Attack was blocked by Lin Rui’s shield, with only True Damage continuing to inflict harm.

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Lin Rui took decisive action, unleashing a fierce frost aura that shot out, this time catching the monster before it could change positions, knocking it into the air.

Lundestadte, who had been waiting on the side, instantly launched it skyward, then released Radiant Slash, enveloping the ghost shadow with eleven potent sword lights, immediately draining a portion of the monster’s Life Value.

In the next moment, the monster disintegrated in midair, reappearing as twelve identical ghost shadows, all of them now targeting Lundestadte.

Being sliced to pieces was no idle threat; Lundestadte was now covered in blood, with flesh flying everywhere.

So many attacks triggered his Divine Champion trait immediately, and he struck back at the ghost shadows around him with all his might, his sword flashing brilliantly, golden light shining.

But... it was all to no effect.

Everything he hit was an illusion.

Lin Rui’s eyes shone brilliantly, realizing this skill was truly a Divine Skill.

Especially for the followers of Blood God Khorne, this is practically a Super Divine Skill.

Those who only know how to chop and chop, and whose minds are consumed by rage once a battle begins, would be played to death by this skill.

They wouldn’t care which was an illusion and which was the true form; they would just grab their axes and hack away. They might never manage to deal any effective strikes, hitting only illusions.

In Lin Rui’s observation, every world is filled with such individuals who, in battle, don’t bother to discern the real body from illusions.

Not to mention, this monster could switch between illusions at will.

Terion shouted: "Lord, should we go up and help, smash it to pieces?"

"Don’t come up here, this monster reflects damage, and the priests can’t maintain everyone. Kipulin, release Forest Recovery."

Forest Recovery forms a stretch of vines within a two-hundred-meter range, needing just a bit of magical encouragement to strike with roots and branches, inflicting area magic damage.

With Kipulin’s current Wisdom Value and equipment, it can instantly deal 300 points of damage.

But all the ghost shadows reflected 22% of the damage, instantly causing 792 points.

Kipulin’s health bar was immediately one-third empty, making him panic-stricken.

Meanwhile, as the brambles lashed wildly, Lin Rui and Lundestadte both found their targets, attacking one of the ghost shadows with all their might.

"Give Lundestadte full recovery!" Lin Rui shouted excitedly, "Today, I’m going to shatter this monster here!"