Chapter 72: Chapter72-Haunting Shadows
John’s gaze sharpened.
Just as he was about to make a move, a sword light suddenly flashed.
Swish!
[-3,193!]
LoranBlade struck the python back with a single sword slash. She said calmly, "Leave small monsters like this to me. When we encounter something stronger later, I’ll have to trouble you to act."
John nodded slightly.
He took half a step back and allowed LoranBlade to perform.
In his previous life, he had only heard of LoranBlade’s reputation. He had never personally witnessed how she fought.
Now, he could finally see it for himself.
Buzz!
That python clearly possessed spatial power.
After being knocked back, a silver-gray glow flashed across its body.
The next moment, it suddenly whipped its tail through the air.
It actually tore open a rift in the surrounding space out of thin air, and a wind blade carrying spatial aura suddenly slashed over.
Spatial Wind Slash!
John could easily sense that the Spatial Law attached to this skill was very faint.
However, even if it was only basic Spatial Law, that was still enough to crush the vast majority of players.
Yet LoranBlade’s expression did not change.
She merely leaned slightly to the side and actually dodged this instant attack purely through reaction speed.
Then she drew back and slashed out with another sword strike.
[-10,870!]
This strike actually triggered a critical hit!
The python’s tail was instantly severed. Even a Lv.31 wild monster could not withstand such damage.
The python’s HP instantly bottomed out, and its widened pupils were filled with shock.
As the python’s corpse split in two, a ray of light entered LoranBlade’s body.
"Not bad swordsmanship."
John nodded and praised her.
LoranBlade shook her head.
"They’re just basic sword moves. Compared to you, Outlander, they’re hardly worth showing."
Then, under LoranBlade’s stunned gaze, John stepped forward and directly devoured the python’s corpse.
[You have devoured a Lv.32 Void Python. Free Attribute Points +32!]
Seeing this, LoranBlade’s pupils shrank slightly.
"What kind of skill is that? It can even store corpses?"
John shook his head.
"Secret."
Seeing this, LoranBlade tactfully did not ask further.
The two continued walking deeper together.
...
At the same time.
Two figures dressed in tight black outfits followed the trail and arrived at the foot of the Space Sever Mountain Range.
Looking at the Space Sever Mountain Range, one of the assassins said in an icy tone, "This man truly is bold. I don’t know what method he used to escape from that situation."
These two were none other than the two assassins who had survived after failing to hunt down John last time.
They knew very well that after failing their mission, they were not qualified to return to the city and meet their Lord and the old man.
So they could only continue hunting John!
Only by completing the mission could they return in peace.
"This place is perfect for assassination. That man actually dared to come here.
"Heh. Our Lord is favoring us."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Then their figures blurred, and they quickly slipped into the Space Sever Mountain Range.
...
At this moment.
John and LoranBlade had already entered a canyon within the mountain range.
This canyon was extremely strange.
Perhaps because of the influence of Spatial Law, the moment one entered the canyon, one’s body would involuntarily float into the air.
Under such circumstances, a player’s mobility would be greatly restricted.
Two people might walk forward, only for their bodies to uncontrollably drift backward in the next instant.
Here, everything could be reversed.
However, this had no effect on LoranBlade and John at all.
At this moment, one of LoranBlade’s hands was being held by John, while her other hand continuously swung the longsword in her grasp, cutting down the monsters appearing before them one after another.
John had mobilized a portion of his spatial power, covering both his and LoranBlade’s bodies.
As a result, not only could the Spatial Law in this place not affect them, but John could even use it in reverse.
At this moment, more than seventy meters ahead of them, a massive giant ape was staring at the two of them with glowing green eyes.
The silver-gray spatial fluctuations around its body were clearly far stronger than those of the Void Python they had encountered before.
John cast Detection Spell.
...
[Voidborn Ape]
[Skills]: Void Claw Strike, Spatial Blink, Demon Ape Roar, Rift Impact, Voidguard Body
[Description]: Originally an ordinary tribe of ape-type magical beasts, they were constantly nourished by the Law power left behind by a mysterious existence who once controlled Spatial Authority. As a result, the bloodline of the first Voidborn Ape mutated and evolved. After generations of reproduction and transformation, the entire tribe underwent complete evolution. Born with crude control over spatial power, they can tear open minor spatial rifts and teleport over short distances. With their strange spatial abilities and powerful bodies, they have become one of the most dangerous magical beast tribes within the Space Sever Mountain Range.
...
Its level was clearly much higher as well, actually reaching Lv.42.
"Can you handle it?"
John asked softly.
LoranBlade did not answer.
She merely tightened her grip on the longsword and signaled for John to take her forward.
The next moment, the two rapidly approached.
"Roar!"
The giant ape had originally been somewhat wary.
But after seeing that the two actually dared to take the initiative and attack it, the ghostly green in its eyes instantly turned scarlet.
It raised its palm and struck from a distance.
The giant ape’s palm wind arrived in an instant, slamming toward LoranBlade’s face.
However, in the next moment, due to the spatial barrier, a pale number appeared above LoranBlade.
[-0!]
A skill containing Spatial Law like this was absolutely incapable of dealing damage in front of John.
Seeing that LoranBlade and John were completely unharmed, the Voidborn Ape’s pupils suddenly widened, its face filled with confusion.
But in the next instant, a sword light slashed across its face.
[-10,890!]
For some reason, perhaps because LoranBlade had killed more and more wild monsters, she seemed to have gained bonus damage against space-type monsters.
"Looks like that fortune-teller really has some ability."
Watching LoranBlade continuously swing her sword light, John’s gaze flickered.
At this moment, he had already become somewhat curious about the identity of the fortune-teller LoranBlade had encountered.
[-11,099!]
As LoranBlade emptied the Voidborn Ape’s HP with a final sword strike, John immediately stepped forward and absorbed its corpse.
[You have devoured the corpse of a Lv.42 Voidborn Ape. Free Attribute Points +42!]
"With protection like yours, I could probably fight even Lv.50 monsters."
LoranBlade looked at the invisible barrier covering her body and gave a self-mocking bitter smile.
"We’re both getting what we need."
After absorbing the corpse, John prepared to take LoranBlade deeper.
LoranBlade’s progress had already reached 210 kills.
At this speed, the quest would probably be completed very soon.
"Hopefully, by the time we leave this canyon, it will all be finished."
Just as John was about to take LoranBlade deeper—
Swish!
Suddenly, a black shadow drilled out from the shattered void.
Like teleportation, that shadow appeared behind the two of them in an instant.
A sharp blade stabbed straight toward John’s back!
