Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

What kind of enemy will be the next one? Jiang Ran stared at the black magic circle.

According to his experience, the guy who appears next should be the final boss of this trial.

However, to Jiang Ran's surprise, after he found out the details of his next enemy, instead of feeling how powerful his opponent was, he wanted to laugh out loud.

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After a brief period of calm, new enemies began to slowly emerge from the dark magic circle.

This time the enemy was still a monster of the skeleton race, which cut off Jiang Ran's possibility of using the cursed equipment "Skeleton Dagger·Fate Chaser" to play a trick to pass the level.

I saw that this skeleton monster was wearing a black robe that covered his entire body. Only his head and hands were exposed from the robe. The rest of his body, even his feet, were covered tightly by the robe.

This skeleton monster wore a pair of "Magic Amplification Bracelets" on each of its hands. Jiang Ran identified that the effect was to reduce the cooldown time of all native skills by 5%. The two pairs of bracelets combined reduced the cooldown by 10%.

Jiang Ran’s thought about this kind of bracelet is: I want it, I want it very much.

Then, on the chest of the skeleton monster, there is a large black jade necklace worn outside the robe, which has the effect of reducing the magic consumption of all original skills by 10%.

Seeing such a necklace dangling before his eyes, Jiang Ran felt that this skeleton monster certainly did not understand the principle of "keeping wealth private".

As for the skeleton monster itself, coincidentally, it has a "two-word relationship" with Jiang Ran's current combat profession, "Shadow Trickster".

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Skeleton Shadow Mage - Lv140

Skill slots: 4 / 4

Vitality: 9500

Stamina: 5700

Mana: 18600

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Jiang Ran felt somewhat relieved when he saw that the enemy's race name did not contain the word "Undead".

If another enemy with the ability to use necromancy were to appear, his remaining stamina would be greatly challenged.

Now, Jiang Ran has already identified the equipment displayed by the enemy. What remains is to see what effects this guy's skills have.

With the experience from last time, Jiang Ran was no longer in a hurry to take the initiative to attack, but was prepared to dodge and wait for the opportunity.

The Shadow Mage raised his hands towards Jiang Ran from more than 20 meters away. Then, two purple-black shock waves came out from his palms, drawing a snake-like twisted trajectory in the air and attacked Jiang Ran.

(Not a summoning type... but a long-range output type?)

Jiang Ran easily avoided the two slow magical attacks, thinking that this Skeleton Shadow Mage didn't seem to fit in with the rules of this trial space and couldn't benefit from the help of the rules.

But it didn't take long for Jiang Ran to realize that he was wrong.

8.147 - Skeleton Shadow Archmage

On the vast stone ground, Jiang Ran was dodging the purple-black shock waves of the Skeleton Shadow Mage.

Because the distance was too far, Jiang Ran never had a good opportunity to contact the opponent's shadow, resulting in his inability to steal this skill.

But Jiang Ran was not in a hurry, because the current battle situation allowed the enemy to continuously consume magic power - exchanging a small amount of endurance for the enemy's magic power was very cost-effective.

However, the Skeleton Shadow Mage was not stupid. After Jiang Ran dodged several attacks, it immediately changed its stance.

After releasing another purple-black shock wave, the Shadow Mage suddenly put his hands together, and then his figure split into three, turning into three identical Shadow Mage.

The three shadow wizards dispersed and then released three times the number of purple-black shock waves towards Jiang Ran.

Jiang Ran was slightly shocked when he saw this scene. Not only could the opponent's clone split into two at a time, but it could also use the original skills of the main body, which completely beat his "Shadow Behind".

Fortunately, the speed of the purple-black shock wave was still not fast, and Jiang Ran could deal with it by turning on "all-round vision" and "computing power enhancement" from time to time.

While dodging, Jiang Ran used his identification ability to confirm the information of these three identical "Skeleton Shadow Wizards". The result he obtained was that the two clones other than the original body could be identified, and the attributes of the clones were only one-fifth of the original body.

Jiang Ran now felt a little more balanced, because the abilities of his shadow clone were exactly the same as the original.

Now, as long as Jiang Ran is willing, he can get rid of the opponent's clone with only 1900 vitality at any time, but he did not do so. He wanted to continue dragging it out to see what other abilities this Shadow Mage has.

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Soon, the magic power of the Shadow Mage's two clones was exhausted. Without magic power, they could only stand there stupidly, and disappeared on their own after a while.

Jiang Ran remembered the time of disappearance and determined that the opponent's clone would last for about 45 seconds. At this point, without using the Shadow Stealing Technique, Jiang Ran had basically grasped the situation of the enemy's two skills.

If we deduct the skill "Bone Body" that all skeleton monsters have, there is only one unknown skill left on this shadow mage.

Jiang Ran hooked his finger at the Shadow Mage provocatively, continuing to force the other party to use the remaining skills. The Shadow Mage did not hide anything and immediately responded to Jiang Ran's provocation.

The Skeleton Shadow Mage first used the clone skill again, summoning two clones. Then, it and the two clones used the final fourth-level skill together.

Jiang Ran saw that the three Shadow Mages put their hands together in unison and then slapped them on the ground. Then, a large number of identical Shadow Mages stood up beside them, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into an army with dozens of Shadow Mages!

Faced with such a spectacular scene, Jiang Ran was not shaken at all, and he also deduced a detail, that is, the Shadow Mage's clone would also inherit the original body's skill cooling time.

To put it more bluntly, the clones created through the "Clone" skill cannot use the "Clone" skill again immediately, but must wait for the cooldown to end with the original body.

By the same token, these new clones that have just been summoned through the "Ultimate Clone" skill cannot be used again immediately.

Therefore, the current total of thirty-six shadow mages is basically the limit of the opponent's number.

In addition, Jiang Ran also noticed that the quality of the 33 clones (11x3) produced by the "Ultimate Clone" skill was worse than the clones produced by the ordinary clone skill.

These clones, which look scary in number, have attribute values ​​of only one tenth of the Shadow Mage's original body. With 950 points of vitality, they cannot survive a single sword strike from Jiang Ran.

The Shadow Mage himself seemed to be very aware of this. He led his 35 clones to keep a distance from Jiang Ran, and then released the purple-black shock wave together.

In an instant, 72 shock waves came towards Jiang Ran, leaving him almost no room for escape!

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If the Shadow Mage was facing someone else, this move might have already decided the outcome, but in Jiang Ran's eyes, this combination of moves was nothing to be afraid of.

He relied on his speed advantage to run backwards continuously, and then used the "Shadow Escape Step" before being caught up by the shock wave, escaping the attack range of the shock wave explosion in one breath.

Seeing this, the shadow mages immediately launched a second round of shock wave volleys. However, Jiang Ran had already created a sufficient distance between himself and them by this time, and he could easily avoid these "slow" long-range attacks by simply running sideways in circles.

It is true that the Skeleton Shadow Mage does have an advantage in numbers, but on this vast stone land, their numerical advantage is "diluted" by the venue.

As long as Jiang Ran is not surrounded by them, their numerical advantage will not be able to be brought into play.

Under the continuous bombardment of shock waves, Jiang Ran continued to dodge in an orderly manner, and in his heart he was silently "timing" the Shadow Mage.

(41 seconds… 42 seconds… 43 seconds…!)

When the time was almost up, Jiang Ran suddenly changed the direction of his feet and rushed straight towards the Shadow Mage's body. Even though a large number of shock waves were flying towards him, he was not afraid at all.

(Shadow Escape Step!)

Relying on the ability of instant teleportation, Jiang Ran directly passed through the fire coverage area of ​​the shock wave and arrived in front of the Shadow Mage's body in one fell swoop.

Then, at this moment, the 45 seconds were up. At this moment, not only did the two high-quality clones disappear, but the other 33 clones also disappeared!

(I guessed it right…!)

Jiang Ran was calm. Betting that the two clones would last the same amount of time was only the first step towards victory. Next, he still had to deal with the 9500 points of vitality of the Shadow Mage himself.

At this critical moment, every second of Jiang Ran's time was extremely precious. However, just after he stabbed the Shadow Mage twice in succession, this guy actually put his hands together again, and in the blink of an eye, he split into three. Then he put his hands together again and slammed them on the ground, summoning a Shadow Mage army of up to 36 people again.

If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely be dumbfounded at this moment. It is not easy to find the original body among so many clones, not to mention the disgusting rule that "all efforts will be wasted if the attack target is changed."

However, Jiang Ran is not an ordinary person. At this time, he felt the pleasure of restraining others for the first time in the Prison Star World.

So what if the Shadow Master has many clones? The Super-Dimensional Divine Eye only needs to identify the original body and the clones clearly.

As for the current problem of being outnumbered and surrounded...

(I learned that your ultimate skill is called "Shadow Vision").

Jiang Ran stole the Shadow Mage's skill at the perfect time. This fourth-level skill that can summon 11 clones consumes 1500 magic points and has a cooldown time of only 60 seconds. It is truly an absurdly powerful cheating skill limited to the trial space.

Coincidentally, this skill requires the user's race or combat profession to contain the word "Shadow", and Jiang Ran's combat profession is called "Shadow Deceiver".

8.148 - All-round Restraint (Part )

Without hesitation, Jiang Ran immediately retaliated.

After putting his hands together in the same motion and then slapping them on the ground, Jiang Ran's eleven clones plus a shadow copy suddenly appeared on the earth!

Although Jiang Ran was still at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, his advantage in attributes played a significant compensatory role, allowing the eleven clones led by the shadow clone to help Jiang Ran create space, so that he could engage in a one-on-one battle with the enemy's original body!

However, before officially starting the life-and-death battle, Jiang Ran conducted an experiment in accordance with his usual cautious principles.

In order to confirm whether the attacks of the shadow copies and clones on other targets were counted as Jiang Ran's "shifting the attack target", Jiang Ran cooperated with them several times, and then concluded that the attacks of the shadow copies and clones would not be counted as Jiang Ran's attacks, and these attacks were counted separately.

With this conclusion as support, Jiang Ran no longer had to worry about triggering the rules and penalties in the trial space. He held the long sword and chased the Skeleton Shadow Mage's body all the way.

The Shadow Mage could never have imagined that his system of clones had no effect at all on the boy. It was even more impossible for him to imagine that everything about him, even his underwear, was seen through by the boy.

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In order to avoid being hit in the vitals by the boy, the Shadow Mage retreated while releasing the long-range attack skill "Shadow Wave". At the same time, he continued to control other clones to intercept the boy.

But when it comes to hitting and dodging, the Shadow Mage was no match for the young man, and it wasn't long before he was hit by several swords from the young man.

Fortunately, the boy's strength was not strong, and as long as the Shadow Mage was not injured in the vital parts, he could still withstand another twenty or thirty swords.

In addition, the Shadow Mage also noticed that the boy's physical condition was not good and he seemed a little tired.

If the battle continues at this pace, it can easily kill the boy by using its clones to delay the battle for a while.

However, the fact that the boy could accurately find his true form every time made the Shadow Mage dare not harbor any luck. After waiting for a while, he finally found the opportunity to use his trump card.

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It happened so quickly that the Shadow Mage made a mistake in his positioning and was surrounded by the young man, who thrust his sword straight at the back of his neck.

However, the Shadow Mage did not dodge or defend. Instead, he put his fingers together to form a diamond shape. Then, a thick book with a white skull embedded on the cover appeared out of thin air.

—(It’s over! Die, human! Gravity Binding Field!)

As the Shadow Mage used the skill of this "divine weapon", a two-meter-diameter black gravity ball suddenly appeared above his head. Then, the ground within a ten-meter radius of the Shadow Mage collapsed under the pressure of gravity!

——(Hahahaha, human! I caught you!)

The Shadow Mage turned around with great excitement, knowing that he was about to see humans being pressed to the ground by gravity.

But what it didn't expect was that when it turned around, all it saw was the bare earth and the young man standing more than ten meters away with a relaxed look on his face.

The Shadow Mage was stunned.

This impossible-to-avoid attack was actually dodged by the young man?!

Even if the opponent has the ability to teleport, he wouldn't be able to react to this move the first time he sees it!

The Shadow Wizard, not knowing what tricks the other party had played, was extremely angry. He used all his strength to chase after the young man with the gravity ball above his head.

Unfortunately, its "full sprint" looked like nothing more than a stroll to the young man.

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Ten seconds later, the duration of the "Gravity Binding Field" ended. The Shadow Mage looked at the young man provoking him from a distance and was so angry that he trembled all over.

The cooldown time of "Gravity Binding Field" is as long as five minutes. The Shadow Mage knew that he might not have the chance to use it a second time in the next battle.

In this way, the only card left is another trump card to save its life.

How could he defeat this elusive young man? The Shadow Master pondered over it, and finally came up with a strategy that would cost him his life.

If this trick still doesn't work, then it can only wait for death.

The Shadow Mage was not a hesitant monster. He immediately made up his mind and put his final strategy into action.

On the surface, it seemed that the Shadow Mage was still being chased and attacked by the human boy unilaterally, but in fact, he was secretly controlling his other clones, using himself as bait to lead the boy into the encirclement.

——(Alright! My clones!)

——(Now! Shoot at me!)

The Shadow Mage quietly gave the order, and at this moment, all the clones fired "Shadow Waves" towards it, and dozens of purple-black shock waves were about to arrive!