Magicians never make wishes

Chapter 194 Shadow Beast

Upon hearing the sound, the group of black phantoms moved, leaving the area of ​​shadow and taking action.

After these shadow beasts landed, their forms began to solidify, gradually shedding their illusory state and transforming into more agile and substantial bodies.

Thick, black liquid dripped from his body from time to time, making him somewhat resemble the polluters Ronan had once seen.

However, compared to the polluters, who are all humanoid, these shadow beasts are all powerful monsters, and there are ten of them in total.

With Ronan's limited knowledge, he had no idea what kind of monsters these ten shadow beasts were in their previous lives.

As he deciphered the incantation, he would occasionally glance at the battlefield situation.

The incantation analysis is now 90% complete, with only the last bit remaining.

But this last point is probably the most important, as it touches on the core logic of the Tower of Babel as a trial tower, especially the basic rules for connecting the upper and lower levels.

Besides keeping track of the analysis progress, Ronan also had to pay attention to the battlefield situation from time to time to prevent the situation from getting too bad or to prevent any unknown attacks from affecting him.

When the leader of the Eternal Night Kingdom released these ten shadow beasts, Ronan noticed that these demonic phantoms were all transformed from individual souls.

He couldn't help but have a somewhat absurd idea:

Since these monsters are all souls, is the soul-devouring function of the Mask of Truth effective against them?

If one could truly devour the soul of a demon, could one then transform into the corresponding demon?

And can they possess the skills of monsters?

Ronan realized that his previous understanding of the Mask of Truth was severely lacking; he had only considered the human soul, neglecting the souls of other powerful beings.

Of course, research in this area still needs to be conducted through experiments; otherwise, if something goes wrong and you end up turning into a half-orc, then everything will be over.

While they were pondering, the ten shadow beasts launched an attack on the constellations.

Due to the large number of Shadow Beasts, the Star Dragon on the other side immediately came to the rescue, spewing a mouthful of dragon fire, but it had little effect.

The powerful dragon flames seemed only able to slow down the Shadow Beast; their destructive power and other effects were quite poor, as if it were as difficult as forcibly igniting a flame in water.

Although the individual shadow beasts differed in strength, they cooperated seamlessly, and their overall strength completely overwhelmed the constellations.

Most importantly, the Shadow Beast also possesses the skills of the original monster.

Different skills can also be combined to create a synergistic effect, where 1+1>2.

Just as Charles had said, the two holy sons did not need to lift a finger, and soon enough, several of the constellations were already in danger multiple times.

Although the Flash Mouse's strength has increased dramatically and its speed is like a ghost, its attack power is still somewhat lacking.

Each time the dagger struck the shadow beast, he felt as if he were stabbing a mass of non-Newtonian fluid; the faster the stab, the harder the feedback.

A thought flashed through the mouse's mind:

If I had a weapon that could cut down everything—

No, as long as it's a weapon that can contain its own power, there's definitely no one here who can be its match.

The reality is that although he can concentrate his power on his weapon to attack, his dagger, which he had spent a lot of magic stones to forge, simply cannot withstand so much power concentrated on it.

If subjected to excessive force, the dagger will shatter into pieces.

Therefore, his harmless attack was completely ignored by the shadow beast.

In fact, three shadow beasts have already begun to focus their attention on him, intending to use a combination attack to capture him in one fell swoop.

Flash Mouse took a look and found that the abilities of the three Shadow Beasts were Gravity, Slow, and Binding.

Once you get hit by one of these moves, you're basically guaranteed to take the full brunt of the follow-up attacks.

He also tried to ignore the shadow beasts and charge forward again to attack the leader of the Eternal Night Academy, but as soon as he stepped into the shadow area around it, all his speed would decrease.

There seems to be a very powerful weakening spell in that area.

The mouse was stumped, unsure of where to begin.

The Shadow Beast attacked in succession, causing the other constellations to retreat in defeat.

Having just finished dealing with the remaining players in the Dark Tower, the brothers Dark Raven and Black Owl rushed over to provide support without stopping.

The illusory moon behind the raven's head quickly changed direction, and its shadow landed at the feet of a shadow beast, instantly activating the curse.

However, to his surprise, the Moon Shadow Spell, which is also related to shadow magic, had no effect on the shadow beast at all.

I tried several shadow beasts in a row, and the result was the same.

Dark Raven said to Black Owl with a grim expression, "My magic is useless against these things, but your bone spikes should work. You'll be attacking from now on, and I'll keep an eye on those guys for you."

Black Owl immediately shook his head and said, "My mental energy is also running low, I can't help them for much longer."

In reality, he had very little mental energy left and could not launch more than a few attacks.

In the past, he might have relied on his passion and done everything in his power to save people on the same side.

But since being educated by Dark Raven, Black Owl has gradually become wiser.

Dark Raven was slightly surprised: "So fast? Always have a backup plan; don't go all out unless it's absolutely necessary."

"understood."

Black Owl nodded heavily. As expected, his elder brother was more experienced and knew so many of the intricacies of actual combat.

"Since our mental strength is insufficient, our priority should be saving people. We'll lend a hand in times of crisis, and do what we can. I'm sure the stars of the Dark Abyss won't blame us."

Actually, Dark Raven was overthinking things.

The Abyss of No Darkness had no mind to blame them.

At this point, there were very few people left standing in the Dark Abyss.

The Shadow Beast's attack was far more powerful than anyone had anticipated. Most of the Star Constellations were already severely injured and barely breathing.

Flash Mouse was of no help at all. Seeing several constellations fall one after another, he could no longer care. He picked up the last female constellation, Spell Chicken, and ran towards Star Dragon: "Sister Chicken, I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do."

The chicken, held in his arms, looked at him with a hint of heartache. It reached out and patted his head, saying, "Cheer up, Shanshu. Don't let everyone's sacrifice go to waste—you can do it."

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Flash Mouse paused for a moment, then slowly put the Magic Chicken down.

This place is basically far from the combat zone of the Eternal Night Kingdom, and also some distance from the combat zone of Star Dragon and the Great Saint.

Flash Mouse wiped away his tears; he knew what Tech Chicken meant.

This is the destiny of the Twelve Constellations; they must absorb the souls of others to strengthen themselves, just like in the magic circle.

However, he had already felt that he had reached his limit.

If you keep pushing it, who knows what will happen—most likely you'll explode into a pile of flesh and blood.

But Sister Chicken is right, we can't let everyone's sacrifices go to waste.

"I understand, Sister Chicken. I'll protect you even if it costs me my life."

"You can do it!"

As Shuji was encouraging her with a smile, she suddenly noticed a bone spur in her chest.

She instantly lost all her strength and collapsed.

"You think you're safe now that you've run this far?"

The three holy sons pulled out the bone spurs from their hands with a mocking expression.