From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 353 Shadow Demon

Celian obtained the [Heart of the Tide], left the battlefield, summoned the Streamer Jellyfish, and rode it back to the Temple of Vashj.

Not far from the deep frozen trench, three dark shadows suddenly appeared in front of her and blocked her way.

These three black shadows were actually shadow demons.

Seeing the shadow demons appear in the sea, Celian immediately realized that these shadow demons were summoners of the abyss.

The Abyss Summoners can be any kind of demon tribe, including blood demons, winged demons, horned demons, black-scale demons, shadow demons, etc.

However, the demons that are usually recruited are groups with a relatively large number of individuals.

This is similar to the Human Conscripts.

After the Abyss began to invade the human world, humans became conscripts many times.

There are billions of people on Blue Planet, and anyone who awakens to become a superpower may be recruited.

In comparison, the elves, Dark Iron dwarves, and Bansairs were recruited much less frequently.

Because their population size has continued to shrink after the invasion of the abyss, their population has declined rapidly, and many races are even on the verge of extinction.

If it weren't for Lu Heng's help, the Bansel people might have been wiped out during the incident at the evil god's burial ground.

The Darkville tribe of the Dark Iron Dwarves is in a similar situation. If they cannot retake Blackrock City, this branch of the Dark Iron Dwarves will not be able to hold out for long.

When the Banser people were at their most dangerous, their population numbered only a few thousand people.

In comparison, the population of Blue Star is in the billions, and the number of awakened superpowers continues to increase, so the chance of being recruited is naturally high.

The same goes for the demon race. When the abyss recruits demons, it will also recruit based on the demon's racial characteristics, individual numbers and other factors.

The positive and negative wills of conscription have many similarities in the logic of conscription.

Shadow Demons are a type of land demon that normally does not appear in the Tidal Sea.

Therefore, the three-headed shadow demon that blocked Celian's way could only be the Abyss Summoner.

The shadow demon looks similar to a canine creature, but with a more slender body, its body wrapped in shadow energy, and it has sharp fangs, which makes it very scary.

Part of the Shadow Demon's body is made up of shadow energy, so its appearance is not completely fixed and can change slightly.

Some shadow demons will change their body shape and appearance according to the skills and abilities they have mastered, so as to better exert the power of their skills.

Shadow demons belong to a high-powered group in the abyss world. Such monsters will not appear in general low-level abyss battlefields.

The Sirens were once summoned into the battlefield of the abyss and had seen powerful demons like the Shadow Demon.

So when Celian saw the Shadow Demon appear, she was immediately shocked and knew that the danger of this recruitment was higher than expected.

Moreover, she realized a problem.

These three shadow demons appeared, obviously to stop her.

She had just obtained the [Heart of the Tide] when the Shadow Demon appeared.

This means that the Shadowfiend is always keeping an eye on the battlefield.

At the same time, an important piece of information was revealed. The Shadow Demon intercepted the [Heart of the Tide] with the purpose of preventing High Priest Sona from escaping.

If this speculation is correct, then things are far worse than expected.

Because the high priest was placed under house arrest in the temple after Elder Onatu seized power, that is to say, before the Shadow Demon appeared, this incident was a rebellion within the Sirens.

As long as the rebellion affects a small number of Sirens, the impact of the incident can be minimized after the rebellion is quelled.

However, the appearance of Shadow Demon shows that things are not that simple.

This implicitly revealed a key piece of information: behind what Onatu did, there might be the shadow of the Shadow Demon or the Summoner of the Abyss.

However, Celian clearly remembered that the high priest said that Onatu did not have the aura of the abyss.

There must be some information hidden here.

No matter what the truth is, the most important thing now is to rescue the high priest.

As long as the high priest comes out of the temple, he will have the power to save the situation.

After the three-headed shadow demon appeared, it immediately attacked Celian.

Celian wielded the harpoon in her hand to fight back and tried to find an opportunity to break out of the encirclement.

Facing the three-headed shadow demon, Celian was not sure of winning. The most important thing now was to return to the temple to rescue the high priest and not be held back by the three-headed shadow demon.

The Shadow Demon is not an aquatic demon, so its combat power is greatly suppressed in the deep sea.

Therefore, Celian could barely cope with the three-headed shadow demon alone, but it was very difficult to escape from the siege of the three-headed shadow demon.

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the other side.

In the deep frozen trench, Lu Heng's team was still fighting with Onatu's elite sirens.

Onatu was very angry because Lu Heng took away the [Heart of the Tide], which greatly reduced the speed at which he could break the seal.

At the beginning, he wanted to leave Lu Heng behind and chase after Celian to take back the [Heart of the Tide], but Lu Heng did not give him this opportunity and blocked his way with his sword.

He could only turn around and attack fiercely. The two sides fought fiercely, the sea water surged, and huge waves were created.

During the battle, Lu Heng felt his breathing becoming more and more rapid because he had too little oxygen at the bottom of the sea.

The fish gill grass in the mouth can only provide a small amount of oxygen.

The oxygen supply of gill grass is barely enough under normal circumstances, but during combat, the oxygen consumption increases exponentially, so relying solely on gill grass is not enough.

Lu Heng could only take out the oxygen cylinder, put on the oxygen mask, adjust his breathing as quickly as possible, and continue fighting after his breathing was adjusted.

Even so, in order to ensure a balanced oxygen supply, one needs to suppress one's combat power during battle and not exert one's full strength.

This made Lu Heng always at a disadvantage when facing Onatu's attacks.

the other side.

The fighting situation of Liu Haiyang and the other six people was much better. They all had underwater breathing skills and could obtain enough oxygen for fighting in the deep sea.

When facing the Siren Warriors, they all have the ability to fight.

But that's all.

As land creatures, it is quite difficult for humans to defeat the sirens in the deep sea.

The battle came to a stalemate.

The current situation has achieved Lu Heng's goal.

The original purpose of this operation was to prevent Onatu from breaking the seal, and it would be enough to just delay him.

Once Sona is freed, all that remains will be the internal affairs of the Sirens.

However, with the appearance of more than a dozen dark shadows in the distance, the situation of the battle changed 180 degrees.

More than a dozen black shadows appeared, carrying strong shadow energy, bringing extremely strong oppressive force as soon as they appeared.

Su Muyu immediately warned: "An abyss monster has appeared, covered with shadow energy."

"It's the Shadow Demon!" Lu Heng recognized it at a glance. The dozen or so black shadows that appeared were the Shadow Demons.

Shadow demons are not aquatic demons, but in sea water, shadow demons have more advantages than humans.

Because humans need oxygen, but Shadow Demon does not. Shadow Demon does not need to breathe oxygen to fight.

In other words, the Shadow Demon can unleash his full combat power in the deep sea without having to worry about breathing.

Of course, the Shadow Demon’s combat power will still be suppressed to a certain extent in the deep sea.

Just like humans, all physical attacks will be affected by the resistance of sea water, thus greatly reducing their power.

If we must describe it with data, humans can only exert 30%-40% of their combat power in the deep sea, while Shadow Demon can exert at least 60% of their combat power.

Comparing the two, humans' disadvantage is more obvious.

Moreover, the moment Lu Heng saw the shadow demons, he knew that these shadow demons were summoners from the Abyss.

There is no such thing as Shadow Demons in the Tidal Sea. If there were, the Sirens would have discovered it long ago.

Since the Shadow Demons are not a race from the Tidal Sea, they can only have been summoned from the Abyss.

The human psychics recruited were mainly those with enhanced marine abilities.

According to the same rule, the shadow demons summoned by the abyss must also possess marine abilities.

In other words, these shadow demons must have ocean-related skills.

In this way, the disadvantages of human mutants are even greater.

After the Shadow Demon appeared, the surrounding Siren warriors fell into panic for a short time.

However, the Shadow Demon did not attack the Siren, but went straight for the humans.

After Onatu saw the Shadow Demon appear, he immediately issued an order: "All Siren Warriors, kill the humans, kill these humans!"

Seeing this, Lu Heng had already guessed something, so he asked Jiang Shaoran to cast water magic, and then shouted loudly: "Do you still believe in Onatu? He is in cahoots with the Shadow Demon!"

These words caused confusion among many sirens present.

The Sirens were once recruited into the world of Shadow Demons, so they recognize that Shadow Demons are a very dangerous group of demons in the abyss.

The Sirens have always been troubled by the Abyss and hate all Abyssal demons.

This hatred far exceeds that of the Dark Iron Dwarves.

Any siren with a clear mind knows that they are in an absolutely hostile relationship with the abyss demons and there is no room for maneuver.

Now, Onatu saw the Shadow Demon appear, but instead of ordering an attack on the Shadow Demon, he chose to attack the human recruiters.

This behavior itself is problematic.

The Siren warriors brought by Onatu were all his confidants, but the other sixteen Siren priests were not his subordinates.

The Siren priests belong to the priest system and obey the orders of the temple priests.

Moreover, those who can become priests among the Sirens have strong talents and high mental strength.

When facing the abyss, he is more sober than other Siren warriors.

Therefore, after hearing Lu Heng's reminder, the sixteen Siren priests also began to doubt Onatu.

"Elder Onatu, even if we have conflicts with the human recruits, we should deal with the shadow demons first and then deal with the problems with the recruits." A Siren Priest raised the question.

Onatu said angrily: "Now I am the leader of the tribe. Follow my orders, kill the human recruiters and break the seal!"

When Lu Heng heard his words, he knew that the situation was about to change, and shouted: "Did you hear that? Onatu and the Shadow Demon are in the same group, and he has been contaminated by the Abyss.

“The Shadow Demon attacked the Summoners as soon as it appeared. Its purpose was obvious, which was to help Onatu break the seal.

"What the Abyss wants to achieve is what we want to stop. The Siren Warriors who don't want to be polluted by the Abyss should deal with the Shadow Demon first."

Several Siren priests looked at each other, and after a brief discussion, they made a decision and announced loudly: "Whether Elder Onatu has been contaminated by the abyss or not, it will not be wrong to deal with the Shadow Demon first.

"After we deal with the Shadow Demon, we can discuss whether to break the seal."

Most of the Siren Priests present agreed with this statement: "That's right, let's deal with the Shadow Demon first, and discuss other matters later."

For a moment, there was a disagreement within the Siren team, and some of them chose to obey the orders of the Siren Priest and turn around to attack the Shadow Demon.

Some of them continued to attack humans under Onatu's forced orders.

In an instant, the battlefield fell into chaos.

Humans, shadow demons, and two groups of sirens that had disagreements formed a four-way melee.

Even so, humans are at a huge disadvantage in the deep sea.

Lu Heng made a decision immediately and ordered: "Lure the Shadow Demon to the surface of the sea and deal with it."

As he spoke, Lu Hengxian led the two shadow demons and rushed towards the sea.

The Shadow Demon itself is also a land demon, so the Shadow Demon also wants to fight on land. So when he saw Lu Heng rushing towards the sea, he immediately followed and turned into two black shadow arrows to chase him closely.

Su Muyu, Lin Zeyu and Xie Shien also immediately swam upstream and led the shadow demon to the surface of the sea.

Liu Haiyang and the other six are marine warriors, so they don't mind fighting in the sea, but they also try their best to lure the shadow demon to a position closer to the sea surface for battle.

It is close to the sea surface, so if you are at a disadvantage in the battle, you can choose to float to the surface to seek support.

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After rushing out of the sea, Lu Heng ran on the sea with a sword in hand.

Behind him, two shadow demons were flying in the air, chasing him closely.

The shadow demon is a demon with a dual structure of matter and energy, and its body mass is lower than that of other demons.

Coupled with the special nature of shadow energy, it is easy for them to acquire the ability to fly.

The two shadow demons were extremely fast, like two sharp arrows, shooting towards Lu Heng's back.

Just now at the bottom of the sea, two shadow demons had been attacking Lu Heng fiercely, overwhelming him to the point where he could hardly fight back.

Therefore, they believed that the human recruiter in front of them was not strong enough to fight, and as long as they accelerated their offensive, they would be able to kill and devour the human recruiter quickly.

Lu Heng ran on the sea for a while, shook off the sea water on his body, breathed in the air deeply, and suddenly felt relaxed all over.

After the breath in his body was fully restored, a cold look flashed in Lu Heng's eyes, and he turned around and slashed with a sword.

Wind Dragon's Breathless Slash!
The second level of Wind Dragon's Breathless Slash was launched, the wind was howling, and the wind dragon rolled up the sea water.

A huge rotating wave rose into the sky, trapping the two shadow demons inside.

After the tornado knife was added with sea water, it became an ice knife, cutting the shadow demon madly.

The two shadow demons struggled and roared in the wind dragon, but the wind pressure was too strong and they could not escape no matter how hard they struggled.

When they burst out their defensive skills to break through the blockade, Lu Heng's second sword came.

Shoulong Tracer!

A sword flew across the sky, slashing through the two shadow demons.

The two shadow demons were instantly broken into two, and the shadow energy exploded under the powerful sword light, breaking into thousands of pieces.

[Kill the Shadow Demon and absorb 2000 energy points. ]

Two consecutive reminders, plus the energy absorbed previously, caused a tide of energy to surge in the body again.

[Energy level increased to level 43, all attributes +5, agility attribute additional +1.5]

(End of this chapter)