My health recovery is incredibly fast.

The Faceless Man's arrows of light, condensed from sunlight, posed a deadly threat to the Shadow Fiend's cloud formations.

The two are like incompatible water and fire, poison and antidote. The moment they touch, they burst into intense light and air waves, and the fierce light and dark reaction erupts instantly.

At the boundary between light and darkness, the two energies tear at each other, spewing out plumes of gray smoke. The light within the smoke flickers between light and dark, changing from white to black and then back to white dozens of times in a single second. The high-frequency, continuous flashes can blind every viewer.

An ordinary Shadow Fiend would be no match for the Faceless Man's wrathful arrow of light, but the Shadow Fiend disguised as a flesh clone did.

This is thanks to the new spell Shazo acquired during the battle between the pseudo-blood mage legion and the otherworldly demons—[Shadow Furnace].

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[Spell Effect]

A persistently burning shadow furnace condenses within the target's body.

Adding 1 part Life Force, or 4 parts of any elemental energy, or 1 part of neutral energy, or 2 parts of Mind Energy to the Shadow Forge will produce 3 parts of Shadow Energy.

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This spell amplifies Xia Zuo's life force efficacy three times, meaning that when using life force-driven shadow spells, the spell's power will become three times the original.

Therefore, the Shadow Fiend, disguised as a flesh clone, barely managed to neutralize the Faceless Man's Arrow of Light using the Shadow Fiend's signature spell, Shadow Veil.

Watching his radiant arrows melt away in the dark clouds, the faceless man trembled in shock. He then took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down, and raised his hand to create a semi-transparent energy barrier at the edge of the static energy field, blocking the approaching clouds.

"You are no ordinary Shadow Fiend. But why are your Shadow Mark characteristics just those of a regular cube Shadow Fiend, and not a high-level Shadow Fiend?"

The cube-shaped Shadow Fiend is pure black, while the high-level Shadow Fiend has purple undertones in its black.

Xia Zuo's shadow magic, Shadowweave Disguise, currently only includes the shadowweave characteristics of the Cube Shadow Fiend—the pseudo-blood mage legion failed to kill the higher-level Shadow Fiend.

Thus, this bizarre scene unfolded—a seemingly ordinary cube-shaped shadow demon blocked the arrow of light.

Xia Zuo was too lazy to defend himself; the more he said, the more wrong he was.

He directly ordered the combat troops to attack according to plan.

The dark cloud no longer roared as before; it fell into an eerie calm and rushed toward the energy barrier formed by the faceless man at an extremely fast speed.

Just as it was about to collide with the energy barrier, the cloud suddenly changed its flight direction, ignoring inertia and making a right-angle turn to fly straight upwards.

The faceless man glanced at the sun in the sky and instantly understood the other party's intention.

He opened his arms, making a embracing motion.

The earth cracked open within a three-kilometer radius, and sharp, cone-shaped spikes rose from the ground. As the faceless man pointed to the sky, the thick spikes surged towards the rising dark clouds like a tidal wave.

The dark cloud formation displayed extreme agility, dodging the oncoming ground spikes from left and right, perfectly demonstrating what unparalleled evasion means, remaining unscathed amidst the onslaught of hundreds of ground spikes.

"This is impossible," the faceless man exclaimed in surprise.

With the [Spacetime Phase Simulator], nothing is impossible.

Xia Zuo spent five whole days studying the attack patterns of the faceless men. The trajectory of each of the 112 ground spikes had already been marked on the battle plan by Xia Zuo. As long as the combat team followed the plan step by step, they could predict the direction of the ground spikes' attack in advance.

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Xia Zuo felt a sense of anticipation:

"Is it Stasis Wave, Air Brick, or a combination of Frost Pillar and Chain Lightning? Whatever it is, hehe, I've already prepared a countermeasure."

The missed spikes turned 180 degrees in the sky and launched a swirling attack on the dark cloud from above. Although they could not harm the cloud, they did buy it a little time.

Seeing that the second round of attacks from the ground spikes still failed to take effect, the faceless man slapped his hands down, and the high-pressure air cannon blasted the ground. The violent recoil force sent his body shooting into the sky like a cannonball.

A band of airflow appeared around his body, and he clapped his hands behind him again, unleashing a ring of sonic boom that continuously increased his flight speed, propelling him towards the sun high in the sky with a momentum far faster and more powerful than the clouds.

At the same time, the earth spikes circling around the dark cloud stopped piercing it and instead wove a dense net of earth spikes, blocking the dark cloud at a speed comparable to its flight speed.

Countless "air bricks" appeared at the base of these ground spikes.

These high-pressure bricks, made entirely of air, make the spike formation more stable. Even when faced with a powerful impact, they can instantly channel the pressure into the air behind them through the explosion of the air bricks, thus obtaining a recoil force that matches the impact force.

The fact that a large number of high-speed moving air bricks could be combined with ground spikes to form an interception formation in a very short time is enough to prove how amazing the faceless man's spellcasting accuracy is.

But this still couldn't stop the dark cloud from carrying out its master's orders.

With a series of speeds breaking the sound barrier, the faceless man had already left the dark clouds far behind, thwarting the Shadow Fiend's plan to use [Shadow Veil] to block out the sun and create a dark zone.

Just as he turned around, facing downwards to taunt the Shadow Fiend, a scene that made him anxious unfolded:

At some point, the dark cloud split in two. One part continued to rise into the air, doing its best to avoid the earth spikes and air walls, while the other part turned around and flew straight down into the hole in the ground.

In the past, the Faceless Man wouldn't have needed to worry about the underground defenses at all; the layers upon layers of protective arrays would have been enough to put his mind at ease.

But now... almost all the protective magic arrays have failed due to the recent heavy weapon bombardment and the destruction by the drilling vehicles. Only the metal door installed at the deepest part of the cave can barely provide protection.

For a moment, the faceless man was extremely anxious.

He forced himself to remain calm and think, several thoughts flashing through his mind:

The enemy chose the perfect time to attack, launching their attack precisely at the most critical moment of his deep meditation;

Secondly, the drilling vehicles that destroyed the core nodes of the protective array did not take any detours; they all went straight to the core nodes, as if they had known the entire layout of the array in advance.

The alchemical flying saucers and heavy boulders that followed each had their own purposes: the former aimed to eliminate the elemental servant alchemists and alchemical facilities, while the latter sought to destroy the entire underground base.

All signs indicate that the enemy No-Face is facing is not simply one that came prepared; the enemy's understanding of No-Face makes No-Face feel a little scared for no reason.

Why does this feeling of being completely known and having every move anticipated by the opponent seem so familiar?

The faceless man shuddered.

Could it be that someone else who can predict the future is targeting him?

Otherwise, how can we explain how the other party was able to precisely choose to launch an attack during deep meditation? Faceless Man had never mentioned this matter of vital importance to his own safety to anyone.

If that's really the case, then today's battle is doomed to failure—no one who can predict the future would start a battle when victory is impossible.

The faceless man trembled as if he had fallen into an ice cave, realizing that he had fallen into some kind of trap, and that the other party's mastery of the laws of spacetime was far superior to his own, otherwise he would have been able to foresee this future from the spacetime container.

Thinking of this, Faceless felt an overwhelming sense of fear, as if a giant hand wanted to grab him, crush him, and squeeze him into liquid flowing from between its fingers.

For the first time, he felt the helplessness of his enemy when facing him.

Through the blood-red servants placed at the edge of the battlefield, Xia Zuo saw the faceless man lost in thought in the sky.

In many future timelines, around this point in time, the Faceless Man realized that he was being targeted by another person who possessed the magic to predict the future.

Three scenarios will then occur:

There is a 13% chance that the Faceless Ones will abandon their base and flee to the nearest town in the Wasteland Hammer Kingdom.

There is a 39% chance that the faceless man will not completely lose his fighting spirit. He will use various means to fight against the dark cloud and will eventually escape to the town.

There is a 48% chance that the faceless man, for some unknown reason, will inexplicably become highly motivated, enter a berserk state, and fight the dark cloud group to the death.

"What could be the outcome?" Xia Zuo remained remarkably calm in the face of this battle, which he had already anticipated. So far, nothing unexpected had occurred.

The faceless figure in the sky suddenly opened its arms and tore apart its robes and artificial skin with its silver sand palms, exposing its energy body and the chaotic container in its brain.

"Oh, it's the third possibility: this guy chooses to fight to the death." Xia Zuo scratched his head. "I really don't know where he gets this kind of courage..."

The static energy field around the faceless man expanded rapidly, quickly covering an area of ​​five kilometers in radius. At the same time, the holes in the ground and the two clouds flying in the air were also covered by the energy field full of white fluff.

Thick, forked bolts of lightning shot out from the faceless man's body. Twisting electric snakes darted rapidly amidst crackling sparks, leaping from the sky to the ground and then back up into the sky, transforming the entire energy field into a cage of raging lightning.

The dark clouds near the cave entrance were pierced by dozens of deep purple lightning bolts, and vanished like cotton balls on fire.

The dark clouds in the sky collapsed and contracted inward, transforming from their original fluffy cloud-like appearance into a square, seemingly solid black cube.

Deep purple lightning bolts danced back and forth across the black cube, electric snakes darting about, desperately searching for any opening to slip through. The airtight cube firmly contained the "demons" within, revealing not a single flaw.

The Faceless Man's [Flash Explosion Domain] deals quite a lot of damage... In order to transfer life force to his flesh clone, Xia Zuo reduced his own health regeneration speed by about one-third.

He gripped the alchemical pouch containing the alchemical dragon's blood, ready to replenish his life force at any moment.

The "Flash Blast Field" signifies the start of the second phase of the battle.

The faceless man is no longer confined to a humanoid form; he will use his full wild elemental spellcaster form to deal with enemies.

Xia Zuo has witnessed the power of the [Elemental Star Network] countless times in future timelines, and he will never take it lightly.

Chapter 40 The Mage's Nemesis

After using the [Flash Explosion Domain] to suppress the demonic forces, the faceless man's body split and reassembled.

His chaotic container cracked open, and countless wild elements flew out, drifting to every corner of the static energy field.

His energized limbs and torso also shattered and dispersed into different parts of the energy field.

A vertically suspended white column appeared high in the sky, with thin white lines extending from it to connect with wild elements in various places. A semi-transparent energy cocoon wrapped the column, and its protective power of up to 500 points made it invincible.

This pillar-shaped structure is the core of the faceless [Elemental Star Network]'s body. Destroying it will end this battle; otherwise, Xia Zuo's flesh and blood clone will perish under the endless onslaught of wild elemental energy.

[Flash Burst Domain] ended, and the electric snakes within the energy field instantly disappeared.

The space was filled with star-shaped wild elements, which flickered at the same frequency under the unified control of the columnar objects, condensing into powerful elemental spells.

Taking advantage of this rare lull in the battle, Xia Zuo issued the transformation command to the combat team.

The black cube dissipated as smoke.

The Split-Back Terror, standing at the front of the line, raised its hands.

The Shadow Demon coiled around its body, transforming into an armor made of shadow energy.

The church assassin's gray body split in two, flying into the hands of the Riftback Terror, transforming into two sharply styled long-handled axes.

The floating turrets floated to the back of the Riftback Terror, pierced its sharp spinal spikes into its body, and fixed it to the Riftback Terror's back. Then, the muzzle was attached to the Riftback's right shoulder.

The Splitback Terror used its axe to sever the main artery in its right arm, and the Pleasure Commissioner, amidst a licentious chuckle, transformed into a bloody shadow and burrowed into the Splitback Terror's ruptured blood vessels.

A large, visible bulge moves through the blood vessels of the Splitback Terror Demon. At the heart, it splits into several smaller bulges, which continue to advance into other parts of the Splitback Terror Demon.

Painful growls echoed in the sky. The Splitback Terror closed its eyes tightly, gripped its long-handled axe, its muscles bulged and twitched, and its body convulsed and twisted.

Amidst boundless pain, its figure rapidly grew larger, expanding from three meters to five, six, and ten meters, standing in the air like a wild and ferocious giant of flesh and blood.

The shadow energy armor formed by the Shadow Fiend tightly constricted the flesh of the Riftback Terror, the shadow energy seeping deep into its flesh, and the desire for slaughter and chaos surged, reaching its peak under the influence of the Pleasure Specialist's biotin.

"Roar!!"