The Journey of Freedom After the Awakening of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit

"Who are you?" Moria asked back, not recognizing Dongjun Feiyan of the Yin-Yang School.

He was very curious about who this woman, whose aura was even stronger than Jing Ni's, was; she was definitely not an ordinary person.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Jingni was taught a lesson by Yan Lu's master, Wuming, in the anime.

In reality, as a top-tier assassin trained by the Luo Wang organization from a young age, Jing Ni has survived countless life-or-death missions, and her strength is formidable.

And this woman, whose aura seems even stronger than Jing Ni's, must be even more formidable.

Moreover, judging from her appearance and demeanor, Moria is not very old, younger than Jing Ni.

Moria's question, raised on the snake's head, made Fei Yan frown.

This man is very strange. He doesn't have any internal energy at all, just like an ordinary person.

But she saw what just happened very clearly.

Not only did he easily dodge her sneak attack with his air blades, but the shadow that moved like a living thing also told her that this man was no ordinary person.

Moreover, the man's strength must be astonishing to be able to kill this snake demon, which required the Yin-Yang family to use special medicines and Yin-Yang incantations to weaken it by more than half.

Therefore, Fei Yan did not make another move, waiting for Da Si Ming to arrive first, and besides, it would be disadvantageous for her to make a move now.

because

Tread!

Jingni arrived and came to Moria's side, where they both stared at the woman on the snake's head.

"Can you hold her off?" Moria asked Jingni beside him, looking at the woman on the snake's head.

Every second of delay weakens Orochi's life energy. Heiyan can afford to delay, but Moria cannot.

"Yes!" Jing Ni replied simply, just one word, but it reassured Moria, because she was not one to boast.

"Then I'll begin." Moria smiled and manipulated the shadow to extend and merge into the giant serpent's shadow.

Upon seeing Moria's flowing shadow, Fei Yan, though puzzled, knew that the snake eggs inside the giant serpent were crucial to their Yin-Yang School's plans. She dared not take any risks and waved her hands, sending two golden energy blades flying towards Moria.

She chose to attack Moriah, the instigator, without regard for his shadow.

Clang!

Jing Ni quickly swung her sword, unleashing two sword energies that intercepted the golden energy blade in mid-air. The two energy energies canceled each other out, creating a shockwave with surprisingly similar power.

Moria underestimated Jing Ni. Although her aura was not as strong as Fei Yan's, swordsmen do not use the strength of their aura as the standard of strength, but rather the level of their sword intent.

Clearly, Jing Ni's sword intent was far stronger than her aura.

Moreover, Fei Yan was still young at this time, and her strength was far from its peak. The fact that she could be on par with Jing Ni only proved how terrifying her talent was.

hum!

The sound of a sword rang out as Jingni, who had blocked the air blade, charged toward Feiyan, who was about to continue attacking Moria.

Amidst the crisscrossing sword energy, crimson smoke descended from the snake's head and landed on the other side of its body.

Clang!

In the rapid exchange of blows, Fei Yan's hands were enveloped in golden yin-yang magic power, as hard as metal, clashing with Jing Ni's longsword.

"Jing Ni! One of the Eight Swords of the King of Yue!"

"You are a top-tier assassin from the Luo Wang organization!"

During the battle, Fei Yan exclaimed in surprise. She recognized the sword in Jing Ni's hand and also recognized Jing Ni's identity as a member of the Luo Wang organization from the sword.

"How did the Net get here?"

"Could it be that they've discovered the Yin-Yang School's plan?"

"impossible!!"

Feiyan quickly dismissed the idea in her mind. Before coming, she had used astrological calculations and there was no problem; no one knew about the Yin-Yang School's plan.

Even if an accident occurs now, it is only a local accident. If the behemoth that is Luo Wang learns of the Yin Yang School's plan, the resulting changes in the celestial laws will be like a raging storm, which cannot be concealed.

Moreover, when it comes to the art of divination, Fei Yan doesn't believe anyone can surpass the Yin Yang School.

But how did the people from Luo Wang end up here?

Feiyan couldn't understand it, and she couldn't think about it any longer.

As Moria devoured it, only ten seconds later, the serpent's body began to change, withering away as if water had been sucked out.

Seeing this, Fei Yan disregarded the possibility of harming the snake eggs inside the giant snake's belly. She clasped her hands together, and a blood-red aura rapidly expanded from her hands, instantly covering an area of ​​two hundred meters in radius.

In an instant, Jing Ni's expression changed as the blood-red aura enveloped her, which was absorbing her innate spiritual energy.

When one's innate spiritual energy weakens, the speed and amount of spiritual energy absorbed from heaven and earth will decrease, resulting in slower attack and movement speeds.

In that instant of slowing down, Fei Yan seized the opportunity, immediately withdrew her blood-red aura, and then quickly stepped forward, striking Jing Ni in the chest with a palm strike before she could block or dodge.

A tremendous force, along with a Yin-Yang spell, was injected into Jing Ni's body.

puff!

Jing Ni spat out a mouthful of blood, then flew backward, crashing to the ground and leaving a ditch in its wake.

Chapter 213 Jing Ni VS Dong Jun (Two Chapters Combined)

After knocking Jingni away, Feiyan immediately ran towards Moria.

"Who exactly is this person? Why is he unaffected by the Soul Devouring Curse?"

Fei Yan was shocked. The Soul Devouring Curse, as the name suggests, is a special Yin-Yang curse that devours innate spiritual energy. It was specially prepared by the Yin-Yang School to deal with the giant serpent.

Even a creature with such powerful innate spiritual energy as a giant serpent cannot withstand the Devouring Spirit Curse's absorption, so why would a person with no internal energy be completely unaffected?

"Could it be that the time was too short?" Fei Yan wondered to herself.

But there was no other way. It didn't work at first because they were afraid that with the giant snake dead and without its protection, the baby snakes in the eggs wouldn't be able to withstand the Devouring Spell.

If the snake is killed as a result, then the mission can be declared a failure.

So even when she was forced to use it, Fei Yan only affected Jing Ni for a moment, and she immediately withdrew the Soul Devouring Curse, just to avoid affecting the snake egg.

"trouble!!"

Seeing Fei Yan rushing over, Moria frowned. He hadn't expected this woman who suddenly appeared to have a powerful move that could injure Jing Ni in one fell swoop.

Moria assumed that the crimson aura was a powerful attack aimed at Jing Ni, not at him, since he hadn't reacted at all.

This is because he originally had no innate spiritual energy in his body, so the Soul Devouring Curse couldn't absorb it even if it wanted to, and therefore it had no effect on him.

Moria knew none of this.

Now he had to think about the fact that the giant snake's shadow would take about ten more seconds to finish devouring him, and clearly this woman wouldn't give him ten seconds.

We have to stall her!

Thinking this, Moria instantly conjured shadow armor on his body, and then manipulated a portion of the shadows to transform into hundreds of shadow needles, which attacked Scarlet Smoke like a torrent.

Hopefully, this will buy us some time.

"What a strange ability!!"

Facing the incoming shadow needles, Fei Yan dared not be careless. Although she could not sense any fluctuations in internal energy or spiritual energy from the shadow needles, this only made her more vigilant.

After all, the ability to control shadows without internal energy or spiritual energy of heaven and earth is impossible to be ordinary, especially since it is the ability to defeat Orochi. Feiyan has to be cautious.

So Feiyan clenched her fists in front of her chest, extended her thumbs, index fingers, and little fingers to make a hand seal, and then a golden yin-yang spell emanated from her hands, forming a golden aura that enveloped her entire body.

Scarlet Smoke met Moria's Shadow Needle with her most powerful defensive Yin-Yang spell.

then……

Hiss!

Feiyan was stunned!

This... is so weak?

Feiyan watched as those shadow needles, as thick as index fingers, disintegrated the moment they collided with the air shield. Their power seemed to be no different from that of an arrow fired at full force by an ordinary soldier... no, even weaker.

This is not the expert Fei Yan imagined!

Although things took an unexpected turn, the outcome was favorable to Hiyan.

After realizing that the Shadow Needle attack was not very effective against her, Scarlet Smoke activated her protective shield and quickly ran towards Moria.

"There's no other way!"

Moria sighed helplessly. Once the shadow was broken by an attack containing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it would instantly dissipate. This caused the Shadow Needle to use the power brought by its extreme speed to disappear instantly as the shadow vanished the moment it touched the golden aura shield of Scarlet Smoke. Of the ten layers of power, less than five layers might actually impact the aura shield in the end.

This is also what Feiyan finds incredible.

After all, the speed of the shadow needles is quite frightening, but when they actually hit the air shield, it's like a tough guy hitting your little buddy—it looks scary but is actually just a tickle.

Clang!

Inside the protective aura, before even getting close to Moria, Fei Yan leaped into the air and fired two golden energy blades at Moria's snake-like body.

Moria moved left and right, easily dodging the attacks.

Feiyan looked down at Moria's feet. During the attack, the man's feet were always connected to a shadow, and the shadow was connected to the giant snake's shadow.

"Is the serpent's transformation due to its shadow?"

The doubt was also confirmed, as two more golden energy blades flew out from Scarlet Smoke, this time aimed at the shadow.

There's nothing that can be done about it. After all, the shadow has to merge with the giant snake's shadow. Moria can use Observation Haki to dodge with his body, but the shadow is there and can't be dodged.

Just as the shadow was about to be shattered and swallowed by the air blade, Moria had a flash of inspiration and used the Shadow Stream technique that he hadn't used in a long time.

In an instant, the shadow covered the ground within a radius of several hundred meters, completely enveloping the giant snake and Jingni, including their shadows.

Meanwhile, Moria also took the opportunity to separate a small portion of his shadow and go to the carriage to prepare for the retreat.

Boom!

At this moment, the golden energy blade struck the shadow, clearing away that part of the shadow and causing it to dissipate.

However, Moria quickly filled in the shadows.

The surrounding shadows merged into the giant serpent's shadow, which prevented Scarlet Smoke's attack from interrupting Moria's devouring of the serpent's shadow.

However, the absorption speed has slowed down; what used to take ten seconds now takes one and a half minutes.