Simultaneous Transmigration: We Share a Role-Playing System

Chapter 204 Shadow King VS Lord of Light and Shadow, A Good Show

Unlike the Hunters, who went out in full force, Dragonbone Village only brought three vehicles with them to find Mark. Two vehicles were filled with elite Awakened Walkers, and one vehicle was filled with the main god squad. Bai Yuekui and Sui Xing sat in the driver and passenger seats, while Locke Li Hua and others sat in the back of the vehicle. Uchiha Sasuke continued to sit on the roof, seemingly enjoying the feeling of showing off. Thus, Locke called him Uchiha Jiahao.

Of course, Jiahao himself didn't know what it meant, but he liked it and gladly accepted the nickname.

After a brief analysis and discussion of the follow-up matters, Li Hua asked Locke with great interest, "Brother Locke, what did you draw in the village before you left? It looks like a magic circle."

"That's a secret for now. It's a backup plan I'm keeping in case I can't protect it later."

Locke analyzed the arm guards of Rosa's divine armor while replying.

"But you are the same. Although the main god can't do anything to me, you are different. You must become stronger quickly, score points, unlock your genes, and cultivate. I can protect you for a while, but I can't protect you forever."

Hearing Locke's words, Li Hua suddenly felt a lump in his throat; this sense of reassurance truly moved him.

Seeing this, Li Hua's eyes suddenly turned serious as he said to Locke, "Brother Locke, don't worry, we will definitely not let you down."

Seeing how sensible Li Hua was, Locke nodded in satisfaction. He didn't want to raise a bunch of useless people. He then returned the arm armor to Rosa and took the gauntlet she handed him.

The Divine Armor is really interesting. I'll give the copy to Type-Moon to study, and then we can make a new toy to play with.

Technology has the invincible young hero, mystery has the Type-Moon, and if all else fails, there's the Demon Void. Even without the system, I, Luo Ke, will still be invincible in the world!

Hehehe!

Walking beside Rosa, He Liang was frowning as she pondered the Feng Hou Tu in her hand, the blue Qi flowing from her fingertips flickering. Suddenly, she heard Locke's laughter not far away, and she instinctively shivered, causing even the light of the Feng Hou Tu to tremble violently.

Just then, the SUV came to an abrupt stop, and Bai Yuekui's voice came from ahead, carrying a hint of seriousness: "We've arrived."

As everyone got out of the car, they all looked up at the same time.

The city in the basin was tightly bound by a purplish-red band of light that stretched across the sky. It was the core entrance to the Mana ecosystem and a symbol of ecological evolution: the Ape Vortex.

Everyone's gaze fell on the materialized vortex, watching it slowly rotate and exude a suffocating sense of oppression, and they couldn't help but feel shocked.

Beneath the vortex, countless Devouring Beasts converged into an endless black torrent, surging towards the city like ants returning to their nest.

The densely packed figures covered every inch of the ground. Among them were not only the most numerous mutated forms, but also several enormous monarch-level creatures, who were taking heavy steps toward the center of the ape vortex.

And this is the mana ecosystem that destroyed the entire Australoid continent.

With binoculars in hand, Bai Yuekui's gaze swept quickly across the Black Tide, soon locking onto an incongruous figure.

It was the only four-legged Devouring Beast, more agile than its peers, with bone spurs on its back gleaming with a cold silver light.

"I see him!" Her voice suddenly rose, filled with unprecedented urgency. "He's about to enter the Vortex! We have to act now! Once he gets into the core of the Mana ecosystem, we'll have no more chances!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Hua subconsciously turned his head to look at the roof of the car, gesturing with his head raised, "It's your turn to perform, Jiahao."

Leaning against the roof of the off-road vehicle, Sasuke Uchiha held the Thunder and Fire Twin Swords that Locke had personally forged for him in his arms. A signature, slightly arrogant smile slowly curved his lips.

he thought.

Finally, it's my turn to take the stage. I still remember the grudge from last time.

He slowly closed his eyes, raised his right hand to cover his face, and the next second, his left eye suddenly opened through his fingers, and a Mangekyou Sharingan that had never appeared in the ninja world suddenly lit up.

"Witness the glory of the Uchiha clan!"

Before he could finish speaking, black Amaterasu Fire appeared out of thin air on the first Devouring Beast in his field of vision. A single spark fell and instantly turned into a raging inferno, spreading wildly along the dense horde of beasts.

The inextinguishable black flames licked at the Devouring Beast's tough hide, and the Mana ecosystem's proud regenerative abilities were weakened under the Amaterasu Fire.

That's all there is to it.

The mournful howls rose and fell, and the once orderly black beast tide instantly descended into a complete riot.

Two two-jawed beasts in the herd suddenly raised their heads, their scarlet eyes fixed on the culprit on the roof of the vehicle.

Upon seeing this, Uchiha Sasuke let out a hearty laugh.

He leaped off the roof of the car, his chakra surging wildly like a volcano.

A fully-formed Susanoo, its body entirely purple-black, suddenly rose from the ground. The giant warrior gripped a double-edged sword made of pure lightning and fire in both hands, and the two pairs of tengu wings that had spread out behind him flapped violently, stirring up a cloud of dust. Like a purple meteor tearing through the sky, it charged straight toward the horde of two-jawed beasts.

Inside the cockpit between the eyebrows of Susanoo, Sasuke's eyes were streaming with crimson tears of blood. The extreme circulation of chakra made him look like a madman, his emotions running high!

He stared intently at the king-level two-jawed beast charging towards him, roaring, "I am no longer the same as before!"

The two-jawed beast let out a deafening roar and opened its massive jaws, filled with sharp teeth, to meet the attack.

The two colossal creatures collided with a deafening roar, and a massive shockwave spread outwards, instantly blasting away and crushing the Devouring Beasts within a radius of a hundred meters into a bloody pulp.

But more Devouring Beasts surged in like a tide, frantically climbing up Susanoo's legs, tearing at the energy armor with their claws and fangs, making a piercing scraping sound.

Sasuke glanced coldly at the ants crawling all over his body, then manipulated his Susanoo to raise the Lightning and Fire Swords high above his head, letting out a triumphant laugh: "Muda muda muda muda!"

The twin swords pointed straight to the sky, and countless thick purple lightning bolts descended from the heavens, cleansing the Susanoo, which was bathed in the thunderstorm, of its filth.

The black Amaterasu fire had already attached itself to the lightning, turning each bolt of lightning into a burning black fire whip. The storm of lightning and fire raged in the black tide, turning everything in its path to ashes.

As the Awakened Ones watched the purple Susanoo in the sky relentlessly reaping the beast tide, their mouths felt dry and bitter, and they couldn't utter a single word.

When an absolute power far beyond their comprehension was displayed before them, all that swept over them was a deep-seated sense of powerlessness.

Fortunately, these were friendly forces.

"Sasuke, you take the lead and draw the main force of the beast tide. We'll clear the way. Xiao Liang, stop him and don't let him take another step forward."

"Okay!"

He Liang opened his mouth and spat out a sword aura that was as smooth and warm as white jade, yet incredibly sharp. The sword aura rushed towards the four-legged Devouring Beast, splitting into two and then four in mid-air, instantly transforming into a rain of swords.

The dense sword energy transformed into a rain of swords, weaving into an impenetrable sword net around the four-legged Devouring Beast, trapping him firmly in place.

Li Hua's eyes flashed with flickering psionic lightning as he turned to the two beside him and said in a deep voice, "Old Zhao, Rosa, clear the way!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lao Zhao and Rosa simultaneously leaped off the edge of the 30-meter-high cliff and plummeted straight down.

"Don't just stand there! Stay in your original state and keep up!"

Bai Yuekui patted the still dazed Suixing on the shoulder and jumped down after him. The remaining Awakeners then snapped out of their daze, activated their source potential, and followed after him, each displaying their unique abilities.

Above the cliff, Li Hua slowly floated into the air. His eyes turned completely white, and the air around him began to hiss, as if the space itself had been frozen, with a thin layer of frost forming.

He stretched his arms forward, and a surge of powerful spiritual energy coursed through him.

"bring it on!!!"

The next second, a beam of frost carrying a bone-chilling cold erupted from his hand, sweeping across the beast horde in front of him like a tsunami.

Wherever the beam of light swept across, all the Devouring Beasts were instantly frozen into crystalline ice sculptures, their roars even sealed within the ice, becoming part of the giant ice sculptures.

Just then, Lao Zhao and Rosa landed at the starting point of the ice corridor. Lao Zhao's fists were covered with jet-black Armament Haki, while Rosa wore divine armor. The two exerted their strength at the same time and slammed into the ice wall in front of them.

"boom!"

The solid ice shattered with a crash, creating a long corridor leading directly to their destination. Bai Yuekui and the Awakened Walkers followed closely behind, rushing swiftly along the corridor.

The surrounding Devouring Beasts were completely unaware of the human in his Returning to Origin state. Their attention was entirely drawn to the figure on the cliff radiating terrifying spiritual energy fluctuations, and they roared as they rushed towards Li Hua like a tidal wave.

Seeing this, Glasses put on his battle suit and flew into the sky. While using missiles to precisely bombard the dense areas of the beast tide, he calmly directed each member of the squad through the communication channel.

Locke remained alone in the off-road vehicle, slowly closing the dual-positioning Wilderness Hunter.

A moment later, he suddenly opened his eyes and smiled slightly.

coming.

On the cliff to their northeast, the hunters' convoy finally reached the edge of the Ape Vortex. Holding a black feather, Suiying gazed at the devastated battlefield below, his face grave as he asked the medical robot beside him, "Jianjian, where is Mark?"

"The patient Mark's current coordinates have been located; he is less than 900 meters away from us."

Suiying looked down at the holographic map projected by Jianjian, and her gaze finally fell on the semi-circular bulge at the end of the huge ice block, which was wrapped in pure white sword energy.

The surrounding hunters gasped in shock. Looking at Susanoo reaping the beast tide in the sky and Li Hua freezing hundreds of meters away with a wave of his hand, they had only one thought in their minds.

Are we supposed to fight these monsters who aren't even human for people? Are we even worthy?

Suiying gripped the black feather tightly in his hand, the cold touch coming through his fingertips. He remembered the deal with the Lord of Light and Shadow, and how 4277 hugged him before leaving, tears soaking his back.

Finally, he took a deep breath, his eyes becoming incredibly determined.

"Attention all hunters! This is Captain Shadow! I repeat, attention all hunters!"

"The supreme command of this operation is hereby officially transferred to Hunter Mo Cheng, effective immediately!"

"All units shall immediately construct a ring-shaped defensive position using existing vehicles, and heavy firepower units shall rapidly deploy!"

"Long-range suppressive fire is permitted only to cover the beast horde cluster. Any unit or individual is strictly prohibited from leaving their position and advancing without authorization!"

"Repeat: Long-range attacks only, no close-quarters combat! Provide full cover for our assault operation!"

After saying that, he turned and walked towards his private compartment. Carol instantly understood what he was going to do, her face turning pale as she rushed forward and grabbed his arm: "Captain Shadow! You can't go into the Abyss! Dr. Carrie said that no one who forcibly activates the Abyss comes out alive!"

Under everyone's gaze, Sui Ying gently pulled his hand away from hers. He opened his palm and looked at the black feather in it. His expression was desolate, but his eyes held a tenderness he had never shown before: "Don't worry, I have the protection of the Lord of Light and Shadow."

He turned and walked into the carriage, the heavy iron door slowly closing behind him.

A moment later, heart-wrenching screams of pain echoed from inside the carriage. When the screams subsided, everyone looked at each other, too afraid to open the doors.

Just as Mo Cheng stepped forward to open the car door, Lin Yuanzhe suddenly burst through the roof and soared into the sky. It paused in the air for a second, its eyes sweeping over the direction of the God Squad, before transforming into a black lightning bolt and speeding away.

Seeing this, Mo Cheng clenched his fist and roared into the communication channel, "Establish firing positions! All missile vehicles, lock onto the densest area of ​​the beast horde! Fire!!!"

Near the estuary of the whirlpool, the seawater suddenly surged violently like boiling asphalt.

A colossal creature, its dorsal fin slicing through the leaden-gray sea, was dragging its heavy body ashore. Its outline resembled that of an adult blue whale, but from the sides of its belly hung more than a dozen pairs of human hands of various shapes, some of which were twitching and scratching unconsciously.

Surrounded by a dense swarm of mutated Devouring Beasts and countless Anthropomorphic Beasts, it followed like a tide.

The king-level sea whale Devourer slowly opened its blood-red maw. Inside its mouth, there was no tongue; countless layers of interlocking sharp teeth formed a bottomless vortex. The walls of the vortex were covered with densely packed compound eyes, scanning everything around it from every angle.

Where the throat should be, there is a deformed head that is three-quarters eyeballs, with only a hideous slit at the corner of the mouth.

The eyeball-shaped head silently opened its mouth, and a highly penetrating ultrasonic wave swept across the entire coastline.

The four-legged Devouring Beast, which had been struggling wildly within the sword-qi cage, immediately stopped, raised its head, and emitted a response at the same frequency, its sound waves resonating within the cage.

Sparks flew off the cage walls.

On the trunk of the mantle vine that pierces the clouds in the distance, those long-dormant crimson giant eyes suddenly open.

The Mana flowers covering the mountains and plains trembled simultaneously, and countless tentacles lit up with an eerie red light, turning the dark wasteland into a boiling crimson.

The moment the Devouring Beasts that had crossed the sea reconnected to the Mana Network, all of them simultaneously let out deafening roars, as if pulled by invisible threads, and rushed wildly toward the direction of the ape vortex.

Having been relieved of the burden of temporary command, the Sea Whale Devourer finally began to reveal its true form.

The Hela Empire's leader, who had been observing everything from lunar orbit, only realized what was happening when its upper body had completely left the sea surface.

It turned out that the small mountain-sized part that they had mistaken for the entire body was actually just the head of this king-level Devouring Beast.

Beneath the sea, a colossal humanoid body covered in dark blue scales slowly rises from the abyss. Its torso is as majestic as a mountain, its arms hang down to its knees, and each finger is as large as a heavy truck.

When the Sea Whale Devourer finally stood firmly on the earth, the human hands hanging down like beards beneath its head swayed slowly.

It opened its massive jaws once more and let out a roar that shook the heavens and the earth, making the entire coastline tremble.

The moment the howl of the Sea Whale Devourer fell, all the Devourers across Eurasia stopped in their tracks.

They all raised their tentacles in unison, pointing them to the sky like countless invisible antennas, receiving the highest commands from the Mana core.

The moment the information synchronization was completed, all the Devouring Beasts simultaneously turned around, their scarlet compound eyes flashing with bloodthirsty light, and began to indiscriminately attack any target that appeared to be alive within their field of vision.

Around the ice corridor, the Devouring Beasts that had been frozen in place by Li Hua broke free of their ice shells and frantically rammed against the ice walls with their claws and huge mouths.

Spiderweb-like cracks instantly appeared on the solid ice, and fine ice shards fell down in a flurry, threatening to collapse the entire ice corridor at any moment.

At the same time, the sentry posts around Dragonbone Village sounded the highest alarm, and a dark, surging tide of beasts rolled in from the horizon, crashing against the village's fortifications like a black tide.

Meanwhile, other human settlements thousands of miles away also faced annihilation at the same time. Alarms, screams, and explosions rose and fell, and the last embers of humanity on this land teetered on the brink of extinction amidst the raging fury of the Mana ecosystem.

"Old Xia! Take the children and go!"

Lyra, who had just been resurrected, was carrying her own weapons and preparing to cover the rear once again, but Xia Tianlai grabbed her hand and took out a seven-colored crystal called Holy Crystal that Locke had given her.

"I won't let anything happen to you again! Let's go to the village center! Brother Luo gave me a backup plan!!!"

The Awakened Ones stared intently at the enormous, cloud-covering whale head on the distant horizon, a chilling fear creeping up their spines and making their sword-wielding hands tremble slightly.

But they did not retreat an inch, still gritting their teeth and controlling the four-legged Devouring Beast to prevent it from moving around, waiting for Bai Yuekui to clear the Breath Soil from his body and awaken the real Mark.

"Find—Mark—Destroy—Mana Ecosystem—End the End—Doomsday!"

The mechanical voice of the Abyss Keeper rang out intermittently, each word sounding as if squeezed out from between his teeth.

Old Zhao took a whip kick head-on, staggered back a few steps, clutched his chest and groaned. He could clearly feel that another rib had broken.

He couldn't help but yell, "Are you fucking brainless? All you can do is repeat yourself like a broken record? Didn't your mother teach you how to speak a complete sentence?!"

The shadow within Lin Yuanzhe's body showed no reaction to Lao Zhao's trash talk.

At this moment, his consciousness was being torn apart by the neural connection of the Abyss, and the bones in his body were making cracking sounds as if they could not bear the weight. His mind was blank, with only 4277's tearful smiling face and the promise of the Lord of Light and Shadow remaining.

"I...I want to go back alive!"

At the same time, Bai Yuekui finally emptied the Breath Soil from the four-legged Devouring Beast's body. She grabbed its head and patted it hard, her voice trembling with urgency: "Mark! Wake up!"

However, the other party did not react. He just mechanically shook his head, repeatedly muttering the same phrase: "Destroy—destroy me."

It was only then that Bai Yuekui suddenly realized something was wrong. Her gaze shifted downwards and landed on the back of the four-legged Devouring Beast's neck, where a cold, black barcode was clearly engraved.

Bai Yuekui's hand froze instantly, then slowly fell to her sides. She stared blankly at the barcode, her voice as soft as a breeze, yet filled with profound despair: "This isn't Mark, this isn't Mark, this—it's just another clone of the craniotrophoblast."

"We've been tricked."

The entire room fell silent.

Old Zhao froze for three seconds, then suddenly burst into a deafening roar: "What???"

Meanwhile, inside the core of the shielding tower in Dragonbone Village, the four-armed Mark, controlled by the Mana Giant, slapped Bai Yuetian away. Looking at his own body, he said to Mark in his mind: "￥&#%￥@ (All the truth is before your eyes; what you believe is deception, lies, and exploitation)."

After Mark's consciousness heard Bai Yuekui admit it through another version of himself, his inextinguishable anger gradually subsided, and the seeds of doubt began to sprout completely in his heart.

Seeing this, the Mana Giant began to manipulate the Breath of Earth into spikes, which pierced into her abdomen, continuously drawing life essence from her.

At this moment, Mark, who was completely manipulated, had his DNA transformed into a triple helix, and he became the complete entity.

Meanwhile, the Lord of Light and Shadow within the lighthouse heard Mana Ecology's words echo in his mind.

"#@&￥————*# (Destroy the extraterrestrial demon, forgive and forget)"

A slight smile appeared on Locke's lips beneath the mask. Under such divine transformation, even the Mana ecosystem could no longer distinguish between the real and the fake?

The Lord of Light and Shadow made the right move. Now, it's my turn to perform.

Then, the Lord of Light and Shadow on the throne rose, removed his mask, and transformed into a stream of light, traversing countless distances to arrive before the Crimson Vortex.

When Glasses saw the Lord of Light and Shadow before Bai Yuekui, with that star-like head, he instantly knew who it was and shouted into the channel, "The big one is here! Brother Luo, the Lord of Light and Shadow has appeared!"

"Get her!!!"

Seeing this, Locke and his counterpart, a thousand miles away, exchanged a smile, and then snapped their fingers.

The next second, the whole world suddenly froze.

The roars on the battlefield, the flashes of explosions, the splattering blood, the claws waving in mid-air—everything froze in place at that moment, even the wind stopped flowing.

Locke raised his hand and slowly removed the divine mask from his face.

The mask glowed with a faint golden light and hovered in mid-air. He and his clone simultaneously transformed into two blurry black shadows, exchanging positions in the gap of time.

The clone reached out and caught the divine mask in mid-air, then put it back on its face.

In an instant, his aura completely transformed, from the carefree Locke back into the cold, dignified, and aloof Lord of Light and Shadow.

He stretched his long-dormant muscles and bones, a hearty smile playing on his lips: "Come on, I've been waiting for this scene for a long time."

The Lord of Light and Shadow nodded slightly, his voice still flat, yet carrying a barely perceptible hint of excitement: "It's been prepared for a long time."

The frozen time finally began to flow again, the air trembled slightly, and all sounds and movements resumed abruptly after a pause of 0.1 seconds.

A strange purple light flashed in Locke's eyes.

The next second, a dark purple armor covered in dark gold patterns spread out from his body, covering his entire body. Liquid-like dark energy flowed on the surface of the armor, and the ferocious bone spikes on the shoulder armor pointed straight to the sky, emitting a suffocating pressure.

"Li Hua," Locke's voice came through the armor, a slightly metallic, hoarse tone, "Haven't you been asking me what my main enhancement is?"

Locke's lips curled into a wicked smile.

He slowly extended his right hand forward, then clenched his fist tightly: "Stand up!!!"

The next second, the entire earth seemed to come alive.

Within the black tide, countless black shadows burst forth from the ground, from the walls, and from beneath the feet of the Devouring Beasts. Wielding long blades formed from shadow, they silently and efficiently began their indiscriminate slaughter.

Everywhere you look, the mountains and fields are filled with Locke's Shadow Legion.

The black tide was instantly swallowed by an even deeper blackness, and the howls of the Devouring Beasts rose and fell, echoing through the sky.

Seeing this, Glasses shouted excitedly, "Wow! Shadow King! Brother Luo is awesome!"

Meanwhile, the White Moon Lord and the Awakened Walkers beneath the Lord of Light and Shadow were quickly taken away from the battlefield by Rosa and Old Zhao, leaving only the Lord of Light and Shadow and the Shadow King facing each other across the battlefield.

At this moment, kings meet kings.

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