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Chapter 201 Fusion

Shadow Morty channeled the demonic energy of the Mountain Demon Pogan into the giant Shadow Eater beneath his feet, chanting a fusion spell he had developed after mastering the Complete Book of Magic.

The greatest power of the mountain demon Pogon is devouring; she devours all physical matter in the world, and her size increases accordingly.

The Shadow Eaters grow larger by consuming shadows, a similarity to the Shadow Eaters. This is why Shadow Morty chose to fuse the mountain's demonic energy with the Shadow Eaters, rather than with the troll pack, which is more similar in size.

The colossal Shadow Devourer, imbued with the demonic energy of the mountain, roared repeatedly, undergoing a dramatic change in appearance. Its massive body, resembling a moving hill, gradually became covered in yellow lumps and rugged textures.

Its head still retained the features of a Shadow Eater soldier, with sharp teeth. A faint black shadow surrounded its body; these shadows, like living things, wriggled with the giant Shadow Eater's movements, as if ready to devour everything around it at any moment.

Similar to the pairing of the Shadow Eater Gang and the Mountain Demon Qi, there is also the fusion of the Heavenly Demon Qi and the Night Bat Gang, which is also a relatively perfect combination.

After the fusion, the Nightbat Squad soldier had a slender and agile body, with deep blue-black skin covered in deep blue-black scales that shimmered with a cold luster in the dim light.

A pair of enormous bat wings extend from its back, their skeletons clearly visible, their edges sharp as knives. A gentle flap can create a chilling gust of wind, as if it could tear space apart.

The head is where Ximu's physical characteristics become more distinct, with eyes burning with intense flames. The mouth and nose resemble an eagle's beak, but are sharper and more curved.

Its ears retain the characteristics of a night bat, long and pointed, like the most sensitive radar in the night sky, constantly capturing the movements around it. Together with the unique horn in the middle of its head, they stand upright, making it look almost like it has three horns.

The surrounding shadows spread out, flowing and shifting like liquid water. Their edges were blurred, as if gently stirred by an invisible force, creating delicate ripples.

Beneath the shadows, which resembled the surface of water, some kind of creature seemed to be swimming. A monster, roughly twice the size of a human, emerged from the shadows.

This figure resembled a water god from the deep sea, yet possessed the eerie qualities of the Shadow Legion. Its body was streamlined, covered in deep aquamarine scales that shimmered with a cold and mysterious luster in the dim light, as if each scale contained the depth and power of the ocean.

The lower half of its head transformed into eight tentacles, which swayed flexibly in the water like seaweed, both beautiful and dangerous.

Its eyes, like deep blood-red rubies, gleamed with a cold and cunning light. Its mouth and nose resembled fish gills, yet also bore some human features.

A faint layer of water magic surrounded the creature's body, swirling around it like mist, causing the seemingly liquefied black shadow to sometimes condense into spheres and pillars, and sometimes transform into surging waves.

The monster's limbs are long and powerful, with sharp, hook-like fingertips. It can swim swiftly in the water, cutting through the surface like a knife, and climb nimbly on land, demonstrating astonishing adaptability. Its tail is like a giant sea serpent, which, when it swings in the shadows, can create huge waves formed by the shadows, seemingly capable of engulfing everything.

This is the product of the fusion of the Shadow Legion's Alien Squad soldiers and the Water Demon. While their abilities are largely similar, the Alien Squad soldiers do bear a resemblance to the Water Demon, Basha.

Furthermore, the Shadow Legion soldiers, who had little in common or connection, merged with each other based on the principle of overlapping or complementary abilities. Shadow Morty's arrangement was the fusion of the Claw Hunter soldiers and the Thunder Demon Aura; the Blade Piercer soldiers and the Wind Demon Aura; and the Troll Legion and the Moon Demon Aura.

Fortunately, the greatest advantage of demonic energy is that it accepts all, regardless of the host. Shadow Morty himself did not use demonic energy; the earth and fire demonic energy were with Song Shuhang, who only had six shadow soldiers under his command who had fused with demonic energy.

"Oh dear, this is terrible news. Dad saw that guy merge the Shadow Legion's and the demon's demonic energy together, so the spells Dad prepared won't work!" The giant Shadow Eater's body was so big that the changes were very obvious, so Dad naturally noticed this situation immediately.

The old man exclaimed that things were going badly. The greatest advantage of air magic was that it could create spells specifically designed to counter the target when their state was known. However, air magic was most vulnerable to situations like this, where the target's state suddenly changed and became more complex, rendering the prepared spells ineffective. "So, should we break through Morty's defenses, storm the pyramid, and use the Chronicles of Time inside to turn the tide?" Cheng Yiyi asked, pointing to the pyramid behind the giant Mountain Devourer.

After all, this is Dad's world, and they should ask him for his opinion on how to proceed. As for their own safety, there's no problem; they can return to their own world at any time.

"Or you could stall them and buy Dad time to create the spell." Dad took a large bag from Tru. If they hadn't brought most of the magical materials this time, they would have had no choice but to follow Cheng Yiyi's suggestion. Now that the materials were complete, Dad could break through this dual fusion state on the spot.

“Alright.” Cheng Yiyi, Song Shuhang and the others had no objections. It was clear that their father did not want to use the power of the Book of Time to change the status quo unless absolutely necessary.

“I think you’ll need this.” Lope, who was holding off the Shadow Legion behind them, broke through the encirclement and handed a scroll to the old man. The old man took the scroll and discovered that it was a spell Lope had developed to strip away the divine power of the twelve talismans of the Holy Lord.

This power-stripping spell is of great reference value to Old Man, as it can serve as a basis for developing spells that separate the Shadow Legion from demonic energy.

If immortal gods don't qualify as normal human mages, then Lope is undoubtedly the pinnacle of magic, possessing a magical reserve comparable to a peak Holy Lord. Having Lope research targeted spells might be more efficient.

But Lope didn't act immediately. He knew he was resurrected because of the Rat Charm and didn't belong to this era. Every era has mages favored by righteousness; back then it was him, and in this era it's his father. Lope understood this, and simply handed over the spells he knew to his father for reference.

Anonymous (Third-Order Anonymous): "This archmage is probably the biggest actor in the world."

In the chat group, Wuming watched Lope's performance against the nine shadow legions and couldn't help but complain in the group.

You are my eyes (Level 3, Yang Jian): "Isn't that right?"

The other group members agreed, since they had all seen the adventure story. In the episode where the Rat Talisman revived Lope, Lope faced only a dozen or so shadowy ninjas, yet she sacrificed herself to cover the retreat so that Chen Long and Xiao Yu could escape first.

Keep in mind that Lope still had twelve talismans on her at the time, yet she was still entangled by more than a dozen shadowy ninjas. If you were to say that Lope, as the archmage who personally sealed the Holy Lord, disdained to use the Holy Lord's talisman power, it would be somewhat understandable.

Compare this to the fact that Lope can now hold off most of the nine Shadow Legions single-handedly without using any spells. It's clear that Lope is an actor in the story, playing the role of Chen Long and his group.

Wuming even thought that Lope could simply assume a horse stance, face Shadow Morty, pull out a few magic scrolls from his sleeve, and easily beat Shadow Morty like he would Shendu. After all, this was a top-tier mage created from the adventure world.

It's hard to say whether the current Shadow Morty is stronger than the peak Shendu. Both have mastered the complete magic encyclopedia; Shendu has twelve talismans, while Morty controls the Shadow Kingdom. However, in terms of overall strength, with the demonic energy of six demons fused under his command, Morty is definitely stronger.

This is a good thing for Old Man and the others. The stronger Morty of the Dark Faction becomes, the stronger the boost that the Righteous Faction provides to them. Currently, the Dark Faction is stronger than the Righteous Faction, so the Righteous Faction will inevitably have to create a Big Man to compete with him.

Lope is a sculpture that has been temporarily resurrected, Cheng Yiyi and the others are outsiders, Chen Long is a pure martial artist, and Xiaoyu is not here, so the only choice for the righteous one is their father.

The old man probably didn't want to borrow the power of the Book of Time because he wanted to become the MVP of the righteous faction. Borrowing the Book of Time would only provide temporary power, which wouldn't truly belong to him.

(End of this chapter)