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Chapter 231: Dark Shadow, the Plan of the God of Death?; Nemesis of the Mind Flayer

To avoid misunderstandings, the Transcendent Realm creature continued to explain, "As I just told you, after the appearance of darkness, the strength of the invading alien race has been declining."

"The same goes for what they brought with them."

"More than three hundred miles away from here, there was once an invader's stronghold, but we eventually broke through it."

"I was fortunate enough to participate in that battle. After killing all the invaders, I found a lot of things left behind by the invaders in that stronghold."

"By that time, the strength of the invaders and the things they brought with them had become very insignificant, so no one wanted the things the invaders brought with them to the warehouse."

Zhang Zhi's eyes lit up when he heard what that person said. He exchanged a glance with Zixia and then said, "Tell me the location of your base over there. I really don't think highly of your Iron Essence."

The extraordinary creature was overjoyed and immediately found a map and marked the location of the stronghold.

After Zhang Zhi took the map and looked at it carefully for a while, he nodded to the three transcendent creatures. Then, with a thought, four Transcendent Realm Six Paths of Reincarnation cultivators appeared beside him.

Afterwards, following the guidance of the four extraordinary beings, the four monks from the Six Paths of Reincarnation, each holding a huge torch in their hands and carrying more than twenty unlit torches on their backs, walked slowly towards the distance, inserting a torch on the wall every ten meters.

The reason for inserting a torch at a certain distance is to be able to transmit the ashes of the dark shadows after they are killed to the rear.

According to the three creatures, if the ashes are not collected in time after killing the black shadows with fire, the ashes will disappear after a while.

No one knows why the ashes disappeared.

There are rumors that if the ashes are not collected in time, they will absorb the energy in the darkness and turn into shadows again.
There are also rumors that the ashes will slowly merge with the darkness.
There are also rumors that the ashes were swallowed by other dark shadows.

After hearing the other party's three rumors, Zhang Zhi's curiosity was aroused. He thought that if possible, why not give it a try and see what would happen to the ashes if they were left in the darkness?
However, the darkness in this world is too strange, and there seems to be no way to observe the darkness at present.

The four monks of the Six Paths of Reincarnation summoned by Zhang Zhi walked almost three hundred meters along the wall of the village before stopping.

According to the extraordinary creature, the reason they ran so far was that the closer they were to light sources and living creatures, the more cautious the shadows became.

Zhang Zhi recalled that the first black shadow was originally observing him from above his head, but was accidentally "pulled" into the range of the light by him.

As a 'bait', the light source nearby cannot be too bright, so the four monks of the Six Paths of Reincarnation simply lit a torch and then sat cross-legged, silently waiting for the dark shadows to attack.

This wait lasted for more than two hours.

Zhang Zhi looked at the few people in the distance who were still motionless, and asked the other extraordinary beings around him, "Do you always have to wait this long?"

One of them replied, "That's not certain, but in most cases, you'll be attacked by the shadow within half an hour."

"Because, near where living creatures gather, there will definitely be a large number of dark shadows."

"However, there have been instances where there have been no shadow attacks at all throughout the night."

Zhang Zhi said "oh" softly to show that he understood, and began to weigh in his mind whether he should leave here as soon as the sun rose.

Which stronghold should I go to to collect the Mind Flayer's things and information before leaving?

Or, stay in this world for a few more days?

As his understanding of this world deepened, he found it more and more interesting, and he even began to think that he was not in a hurry to go back for a while.

Just as he was thinking about this, the Six Paths of Reincarnation monks who were acting as bait in the distance suddenly moved.

The four men suddenly stood up, as if they had discovered something. Then, they discussed in a low voice for a while, and one of them began to walk towards this side.

Zhang Zhi watched this scene with great interest, wondering what discoveries those monks from the Six Paths of Reincarnation had made?
The Six Paths of Reincarnation monk came over and bowed to Zhang Zhi and said, "Your Majesty, we have captured a black shadow."

Huh? Everyone, including Zhang Zhi, was surprised when they heard this.

Zhang Zhi rolled his eyes and understood the situation. He asked the monk, "Is that black shadow a soul?"

The monk hesitated for a moment before saying, "The existence of that black shadow is difficult to describe."

“It’s said to be a soul, but in reality it’s not. It’s said to be not a soul, but it can be barely classified as a soul.”

"We just noticed something nearby spying on us, so I subconsciously cast a spell, and found that the thing was controlled by the spell."

Zhang Zhi nodded silently upon hearing this. He turned to the three Transcendent Realm cultivators and said, "Three, we have something to discuss. Could you please make it easier for us?" The three Transcendent Realm cultivators were startled upon hearing this, then immediately nodded and said, "No problem, no problem."

After saying that, they immediately turned around and walked towards the house next to them, leaving this place to Zhang Zhi and the others.

After the three of them left, Zhang Zhi turned around and asked the man, "Can those shadows be controlled by the magic of the Six Paths of Reincarnation?"

The monk nodded and said, "Yes, I used the Soul-Fixing Spell. The spell is only effective on spiritual creatures, so I said it felt a little strange."

"That thing doesn't feel like a soul to us, but it can be controlled by spells targeting souls."

Zhang Zhi seemed to be lost in thought when he heard this. He turned to Zixia and asked, "Miss Zixia, in your impression, does the God of Death have any subordinate creatures?"

Zixia shook her head upon hearing this and said, "No, the God of Death doesn't have any subordinates. The most powerful ability of the God of Death is that he has countless clones, and can appear anywhere at the same time."

"If the God of Death had subordinates, it could actually be called the Path of the God of Death."

Zhang Zhi nodded slightly upon hearing this and fell into deep thought.

Doppelgänger?

The god of death has countless clones?
After pondering for a long time, he seemed to realize something and turned to the monk beside him and asked, "Can you describe in detail what the difference is between that black shadow and the soul?"

The monk thought for a long time, then carefully chose his words and said, "I really don't know how to describe it right now. Your Majesty, why don't you call them over and see what they have to say?"

Zhang Zhi nodded and waved to the three people in the distance.

After hearing Zhang Zhi's question, one of the other three monks said:
"Your Majesty, I just used magic to investigate and found that the black shadow is somewhat similar to a mecha. The outer shell seems to be made entirely of spiritual power mixed with some special substances, but there is another thing inside."

"I feel like the outer shell of the black shadow might be a soul that's been contaminated by something. Or, perhaps it's a shell that was constructed by something using its mental power."

After hearing the monk's description, Zhang Zhi's heart moved. Mental power? Soul shell? Is there something else inside?
Thinking of this, he said to himself: "Why does it sound like something is brewing inside those black shadows?"

He turned to Zixia beside him and said, "Miss Zixia, do you think that the appearance of those black shadows is actually due to the law of death?"

"The Death God Law wanted to be resurrected, but was worried about being discovered by the powerful, and was eventually beaten back to its original form."

"So, they're frantically creating clones this way. Could those things in the dark shadows be the gestating clones of the God of Death?"

"Once those shadows become powerful enough, they will directly transform into clones of the God of Death?"

"Using a huge number of Death God clones, the Death God's Law can be slowly restored?"

Zixia nodded slowly after hearing this: "If you say so, it's really possible!"

"Just now, those extraordinary beings said that any intelligent creature targeted by that shadow will eventually have its soul vanish."

"There are thousands of laws in this world that can kill people, but there are very few laws that can take away the souls of intelligent creatures while they are still alive."

"And this includes the Law of Death."

"The Soul Harvest of the God of Death can directly take away the souls of all creatures with low mental resistance."

"Creatures whose souls have been harvested may appear no different from living creatures on the surface, but due to the lack of their souls, they will never be able to wake up again."

Hearing Zixia's words, Zhang Zhi let out a sigh and said, "So, this is correct. This world still has the ancient laws of death that have been preserved for unknown reasons."

"No, it should be said that it is the God of Death. The laws of the God of Death have no intelligence, but the God of Death does."

"Judging from what happened before tomorrow, this god of death is obviously intelligent."

"He is currently harvesting the souls of intelligent creatures and absorbing the spiritual energy of a large number of intelligent creatures to create black shadows. Then, through those black shadows, he is nurturing something in their bodies that is most likely the Death God's Spiritual Division or the Death God's Law."

"It is precisely because the Law of Death is extremely restraining against creatures like the Mind Flayers, who are adept at manipulating mental power, that the Mind Flayers that invaded this world have become increasingly weaker in strength, their spells, and the power of their various mental artifacts, ultimately leading to their expulsion from this world."

At this point, Zhang Zhi suddenly realized something:
My own Six Paths of Reincarnation can directly control the soul. The soul is much more advanced than mental power. So, can my own Six Paths of Reincarnation also restrain the Mind Flayer?

(End of this chapter)