Clinging to the Witcher world to become a god of martial arts

Threat in the Shadows

Pale blue frost spread rapidly across the Shadow Demon's claws, making a soft cracking sound, as if even the movement of air was frozen.

When those invisible mental shrieks touched Estelle, they were like waves crashing against an ice cliff, crushed and dissipated by her powerful mental strength.

"Annoying thing." Estelle's tone remained calm, but the speed at which her fingertips traced runes increased slightly.

She ignored the dark energy beams that surged from the shadows again, and instead gently pressed her left hand down.

Ice vines are spreading!

Centered on where she stood, the icy blue halo rippled out once more.

The icy aura no longer spread from the ground outwards, but instead expanded rapidly in all directions in a spherical shape!

Wherever the icy aura passed, the gray-black mist permeating the air was forcibly pushed aside and condensed. This negative energy was not yet concentrated enough, and it was frozen into countless tiny ice crystals by the spell released by Estelle, which fell down in a rustling sound.

"Buzz!"

Several piercing screams, sharp enough to hurt the ears, yet echoing in the mind, rang out simultaneously.

The shadow ghosts, who had just merged into the shadows and were preparing to launch a new attack, were forced out of their hiding places by the spreading cold aura!

Their gray-black bodies twisted violently in the icy blue halo, with wisps of black smoke rising from their surfaces and covered with a barely perceptible layer of frost.

Although Estelle's frost magic wasn't lightning or fire, it wasn't very effective against these negative energy creatures.

However, the cold and freezing properties it contains also have a significant destructive effect on this pure negative energy essence.

opportunity!

Lorne understood the situation the instant the ice vines were released.

The creation of Shadow Ghosts depends on the environment; these Shadow Ghosts are definitely not born out of thin air. There may be even more deadly threats lurking in the shadows.

Instead of rushing towards any of the manifested shadow ghosts, he extended his perception to the limit of his mental endurance.

His gaze swept quickly across the entire square, past the crisscrossing, broken beams, the toppled stone pillars, and the darkest corners near the skeletons on the ground.

Spiritual elevation brings not only dynamic observation and energy flow, but also an instinctive intuition for malice and threats.

There it is!

At the edge of the square, the base of a massive colonnade, half-buried in rubble, cast a shadow so thick it was almost impenetrable. Even under the light of the Frost Ring, it remained a deep, defying-light darkness.

More importantly, Lorne "saw" the negative energy threads emanating from a visible shadow ghost, like the control threads of a puppet, all of which ultimately pointed to that shadow!

"Estelle, there!" Lorne shouted, pointing in a direction before leaping into the air.

The Heavenly River Qi no longer remained contained within the star core, but was released at full power, like a resurrected silver dragon, surging forth from the dantian star core and infusing the limbs and bones.

Youlong Jiuxian pushed his movement technique to its limit. He no longer pursued agile maneuvering, but instead poured all his power into a straight-line dash. His speed increased to a terrifying level in an instant, and he even left a faint afterimage behind him!

Even without activating the double stacking effect, the speed is still very fast when internal energy is fully activated.

Shadow Hunt was drawn, the black longsword humming as it swallowed all other sounds, the aura flowing along its blade condensing into a sharp, cold glint that pointed directly at the unusual shadow.

Estelle reacted almost as soon as Lorne spoke.

"Buzz!"

Seeing that things were not going well, several shadow ghosts frantically pounced out of the shadows.

Before it could even touch Estelle's frost field, a nearly transparent, diamond-shaped ice crystal barrier instantly unfolded above her head and beside her. The Shadow Demon's attack, carrying a mental corrosive force, crashed into the barrier, creating ripples of icy blue, but it failed to penetrate, only causing fine cracks to appear on the barrier's surface.

Estelle's expression remained unchanged; she didn't even look at the shadow ghosts rushing out from the shadows, but simply raised her right hand.

With fingers loosely clenched, the fingertips suddenly blazed with an icy blue light.

Sublimation!

As the cold syllables were uttered, the air temperature within a ten-meter radius centered on her plummeted. The water vapor and negative energy particles permeating the air instantly froze, turning into countless tiny ice crystal dust particles that floated and shimmered.

This is not an offensive spell, but a high-level application of the frost magic property.

By utilizing the properties of magic, the freezing effect of magic can be maximized within the magic's protective aura.

In a space filled with ice crystal dust, light is subtly refracted and distorted, and all movement seems to be immersed in viscous ice slurry.

The shadow ghosts that had pounced out of the shadows suddenly froze, as if they had fallen into an invisible quagmire.

Their bodies, composed purely of negative energy and malice, become sluggish and stiff in extremely cold environments, with even a faint frost beginning to form on their surfaces.

The energy flow of the ice layer, which was originally spreading, suddenly changed!

As if drawn by an invisible hand, a large amount of icy blue frost magic instantly gathered, transforming into three rapidly spinning, razor-sharp frost hurricanes that roared in a triangular formation toward the shadow beneath the pillar Lorne pointed to!

This is no longer range control, but precise, targeted strangulation!

"hiss!"

A mental roar, far louder, more piercing, and filled with fury and terror than any previous shadow ghost shriek, exploded from the depths of that shadow!

The solidified darkness finally surged violently, like a pool of ink being boiled.

A much larger and more solid shadow suddenly rose up from it!

It still retained the general outline of a Shadow Ghost, but its size was more than three times that of an ordinary Shadow Ghost. Its limbs were twisted even more bizarrely, and two crimson lights suddenly lit up in the concave part of its head, locking onto Lorne who was rushing towards it.

"Pfft pfft pfft!"

Dozens of solid, black spear-like spikes of negative energy burst forth from the shadows. Half of them met the icy aura that was strangling them, while the other half, like a deadly black thorn jungle, blocked all of Lorne's paths forward and even predicted the direction he might dodge!

This is clearly a Shadow Demon leader with higher intelligence and greater power, or rather, a more powerful creature formed from the negative energy and evil thoughts in this area!

The countless spears formed from black energy instantly plunged into the pervasive, icy aura, emitting a series of muffled, explosive sounds.

Ice crystals and black mist splashed wildly, eroding and annihilating each other.

As for Lorne, facing the deadly blockade that sealed off all directions, the icy blue starlight in his eyes almost burned.

"No retreat!" A voice inside him shouted.

If they retreat, these monsters will likely merge back into the shadows, and the giant shadow ghost will likely launch an even stronger attack.

At this moment, how to make a choice has become a major issue.

Should we disrupt its rhythm with a single blow, creating an opportunity for Estelle, or continue to dodge and seek a chance to counterattack...?