From the end of the world

Chapter 117 VS Monster Maker 4
The Monster Maker is more powerful than all the opponents I have faced in the past combined.

Agent Kong, the immortal monster, the shadow-changing monster, and even Zhu Shi, Ma Zao, and Lu Youxun... Not counting their special abilities, and just from a purely strength perspective, even if all six of them were added together, they would probably not be a match for the monster maker in front of them.

Even if their special abilities were taken into account, the six people mentioned above could only escape death at best. For example, Ma Zao could teleport, and the Shadow Changer could also swap with his clones in other places. The other four people probably couldn't even escape. Shadow shifting was not possible either, because shadow shifting also required a move to sneak into the shadows, which would only allow them to be killed by the high-speed moving Monster Maker.

Now it makes sense. If he had this level of combat power, even if those cruel monsters rebelled collectively, it would be easy for him to suppress them.

Even such a monster maker is vulnerable in my hands.

The right arm that turned into a long dragon of fire grabbed the Monster Maker who was a hundred meters away from me. He was very fast, and he should have the processing speed of consciousness to control such physical speed. However, it was as easy for me to catch him as to catch an earthworm on the ground.

I then burned all the parts below its head to ashes again.

But this time, my "feeling" was different from the previous three times.

It looked like I had grabbed one person, but my "hands" felt like I had grabbed a group of people. It was incredible. He was resurrected again, and the form of resurrection was different. Previously, he was spit out by the black mist, but this time he appeared directly in the air dozens of meters away.

"...Sure enough, an attack of that level just now is useless to you." He looked at me deeply.

Is he referring to the invisible attack just now? I don't know why he said that. It is obvious that physical attacks are ineffective against me. Could it be that he mixed some other attacks into the attack just now?
Without waiting for him to make a new move, I grabbed it again and burned it up.

It felt the same as before. He was the only one caught, but it felt like he had caught a group of people. To be more specific, it felt like he had caught more than a dozen people. If there was any difference from before, it was that there was "one less person" this time.

He resurrected nearby, and I continued to repeat the previous killing actions, while an enlightenment came to my mind.

If I'm right, the fusion with his other selves just now not only doubled his own strength, but also increased his "number of lives". Just like the player characters in the game who have many lives, every time they die, their bodies disappear, and then they come back again.

Honestly, do I encounter this type of enemy that "can't die even if killed" too often? Although I seem to be this type myself.

But it doesn't matter. I have dealt with this type of enemy many times and I have gained experience. No matter what kind of immortal body it is, it cannot be resurrected infinitely. Even if it is the immortal monster and the shadow monster in the past, as long as you keep killing them, they will be exhausted sooner or later. The same is true for the monster maker.

But I still don't know if he is the real body or a clone, and even if it is the real body, I don't know when he will really die, so I can't let Zhu Shi come to cooperate. I can only use him up first, and then see if I can use his head as material for Ma Zao to investigate the authenticity and more information.

Thinking of this, I had a better idea. Even if I can't see through the other party's more details, what about Zhu Shi? Although I can't cooperate with her, it doesn't prevent me from talking to her now.

Through the heat marks left in her body, I saw the images there.

She and Ma Zao were leaving the sea of ​​fire and moving towards me and the Monster Maker. Ma Zao could have teleported directly to me, but she probably didn't because she saw that she couldn't help, so she didn't teleport herself rashly.

There were actually other people on the street occupied by the sea of ​​fire. Although this was originally a deserted street, it was located in the city after all, so it was impossible for there to be no one. The black fog that previously covered the street caused some people outside to faint, and after the sea of ​​fire replaced the black fog, they woke up one after another and were at a loss in the sea of ​​fire.

There were also some people who were originally indoors and were not affected by the black fog. They were shocked by the huge noises coming from the outside world one after another and fell into great panic.

As long as I didn't mean to, the flames wouldn't damage the buildings on this street, let alone kill people, but this incident would definitely appear as a headline in newspapers and on TV afterwards. The seemingly all-consuming fire and the constant explosions sounded like an invisible monster invading the city.

Compared to the monster maker who just spreads black mist, it seems that I am the villain now. I don't know if it's really okay for me to do this, but when I am on the battlefield, I can't care about so many things. Everything comes first.

I noticed that black mist was also emerging around Zhu Shi and Ma Zao, as if it was going to spit out new monster makers to attack the two. Before the changes continued, I controlled the sea of ​​fire to destroy the black mist. The reason why I didn't remove the sea of ​​fire immediately was also to prevent the black mist from continuing to cause trouble there.

Black mist also appeared in other directions, but it didn't seem to be spitting out the monster maker, but rather swallowing up the enemy's head that fell to the ground. In addition, the black mist seemed to be collecting the ashes of the enemy's corpses after they were burned to ashes.

Here, the life of the Monster Maker was reduced to half by me. The black mist in the distance spit out a new individual again, which turned into a black flash and merged into the body of the Monster Maker. This should be restoring the life of the Monster Maker.

At first I thought the clones were prepared in advance and then transferred here by the black mist. However, considering the movements on the other side, could the black mist use the wreckage materials to re-synthesize clones inside itself?
It seems that the real problem is not the monster maker itself, but the black fog that reminds people of the gray fog in the misty dream.

At the same time, in the process of continuous killing, my inexplicable feeling became more and more obvious, and I even felt like I had vaguely touched the metaphysical level, just like the last time I came into contact with the Shadow-Shifter.

On this level, there seems to be something like a string hanging down, controlling the monster maker in front of him like a puppet.

It was just like seeing flowers in the fog. I summoned a fireball next to Zhu Shi, and from the fireball came my own voice: "Zhu Shi."

"Zhuang Cheng?" She immediately looked at the fireball.

"It's me." I said, "Have you figured out what the Monster Maker's ability is?"

"...I see." She gritted her teeth and said, "Zhuang Cheng, you just took off the mask of the monster maker, right? Is it Lu Chan under the mask?"

"No," I said, "someone I don't know."

She was stunned for a moment, then said, "But the ability he displayed was clearly the magic that Lu Chan was best at in the past."

Monster Maker is using Riku Yuxun's skills? Could it be that Riku Yuxun was studied by Humanity Department and Monster Maker in the past, and his abilities were somehow reproduced by the other party?

"Tell me the details."

"Lu Chan's best spell in the past was 'Possibility Clone'." Zhu Shi explained quickly, "He can summon his other possibilities as clones. If he had not become an impermanent in the past, he might have directly become a patroller, or a scholar, or an ordinary person... Even if he became an impermanent, he might have chosen a different combat system route. He can summon those 'selves who have taken different life paths' and make them act as his clones.

"Of course, there are strict limitations, and it's not as easy as it sounds, but even if you just use it as an ordinary clone, it's powerful enough. The skill that the monster maker used to merge the clone into his own body was also Lu Chan's old spell, which doubled his combat power and increased his life force.

"The current Monster Maker has a level of power that can be considered a replica of Lu Chan in his prime."

"But I don't think those clones are so-called 'spirits'." Actually, I don't know what a spirit is, but those clones look like flesh and blood.

"The monster maker should have combined the spirit with his own clone. After taking on the body, the spirit is not easily restrained by the spell to expel the spirit." Zhu Shi explained.

"So, what about the main body?" I asked, "How should I lock the main body of the monster maker?"

"...You can't lock onto his real body." Zhu Shi said solemnly, "Although I just used the description of 'clone', the different possible selves are still the real self after all. After Lu Chan in the past summoned a possible clone, a consciousness network would appear between him and his clone.

"Under this consciousness network, every individual that appears before you is its true self. If we must point out which one is the true self, it is the consciousness network itself.

"And in order to destroy the consciousness network, all individuals within the network must be destroyed."

It turned out that Lu Youxun had such ability to commit fouls in the past. I really underestimated him.

"But this doesn't make sense. Even if the Humanitarian Department has a way to analyze Lu Chan's power, it is impossible to reproduce it completely." Zhu Shi still cares, "The 'Possible Clone' is not only the product of Lu Chan's practice, but also the embodiment of his personal talent. Even if someone else were to learn his magic, they would not be able to train it to produce exactly the same effect.

"... Could it be that the reason why Lu Chan lost his power in the past was not because his body was destroyed by the experiment, but because his power itself was taken away completely?"

She continued to speculate. I accepted her information and started to explore further.

Although she said that in order to destroy the consciousness network, all individuals under the network must be destroyed, but what if I have a way to access the consciousness network itself?

Every time the Monster Maker was resurrected, black mist would appear around him and emit black light to replenish his life. Then, as if worried that the black light would be intercepted by my flames, the black mist simply appeared directly inside his body and replenished his life at zero distance. All of this was clearly seen by my thermal energy perception.

I no longer cared whether his life force was more or less. After getting accurate information about his ability, my consciousness seemed to have found the exact direction. By continuously burning his body, I could more clearly perceive the line that existed on the metaphysical level.

It seemed like there was not just one line, but countless lines, forming a vague network.

It’s not clear enough yet. There’s only one last step left before I can touch this network with my own hands.

The Monster Maker showed a confident expression in the flames.

(End of this chapter)