Question, Understand, Become a Holy Lord

At this moment, the Black Shadow Corps, led by General Black Shadow, were killing everyone in this extremely cold land. Along the way, no matter they were the wild beast-type monsters that lacked intelligence, such as the Ice Bear, Snow Demon Wolf, and the Snow Leopard, or the intelligent monsters that possessed wisdom and were called White Ghosts by the Hunter Association, all fell on the Black Shadow Corps' way.

The strength of each individual soldier of the Shadow Legion is not that strong. Even the Scythe Shadow Soldier, who has the strongest frontal combat capability, would find it difficult to defeat ordinary monsters in this dungeon, whose danger level has reached six or even seven stars, in a one-on-one fight.

However, the soldiers of the Black Shadow Corps are just soldiers when taken individually. Under the leadership of the Black Shadow Generals, they will become a powerful army. And their combat effectiveness is not simply one plus one plus one equals three. The combat effectiveness of an organized and disciplined army will increase exponentially compared to that of roving soldiers and generals.

What's more, this army is composed of a group of immortal ninja legions that appear and disappear in the shadows with the help of the Shadow Kingdom. They can emerge from the invisible shadows of the enemy at any time and give them a fatal blow. From the perspective of an assassin, almost every combat soldier of the Shadow Corps is a hunter of five stars or above.

The Dark Shadows' devastating advance through the snowy forest finally alarmed the owner of this place, who was also the culprit that caused the changes in this five-star dungeon - the King of Cold, one of the nine kings.

"What's going on? Was it caused by that group of humans?" The King of Cold naturally knew that a group of humans had just broken into his territory, but he didn't take it seriously at all.

Because the King of Cold did not sense any powerful magic from that group of humans. Most of them were not even as good as the monsters in the ice and snow forest. The King of Cold did not take two of them with slightly stronger magic seriously.

Although it looked down on this group of "mixed" soldiers controlled by the rulers - mixed people was a derogatory term used by kings to refer to their despised subordinates - but with the strength of this group of "mixed people", it was more than enough to kill the two humans with slightly stronger magic power, and it was completely impossible for them to make such a big noise.

Just when the King of Cold was deciding whether to temporarily leave and hide his tracks or come out to kill those humans before leaving, Bart, the masked general who commanded the Flying Shadow Corps, had already led his soldiers across the ice and snow forest and discovered the King of Cold, an enemy who was somewhat different.

'Why do they feel a bit like the Shadow King's soldiers?' The Frost King looked at the posture of the Shadow Legion with a puzzled expression. Although they were not essentially the same, he did feel that there were some similarities between the Shadow Soldiers and the Shadow Legion, and he couldn't help but wonder if this was the Shadow King's backup plan.

"It seems that the greatest credit goes to me. Guys, charge!" Bart felt the powerful magic in the body of the King of Cold. Instead of being afraid, his eyes lit up. He immediately commanded his Flying Shadow Legion to swoop down from the sky and launched an attack on the King of Cold.

"You lowly guys, you're looking for death!" The provoked King of Cold no longer thought about evacuating. He wanted to freeze these guys who dared to challenge his majesty, along with the hunters behind them, into pieces!

"The magic power over there seems to be very strong. I'll go take a look. You shouldn't be in any danger if you stay here." After the battle between the King of Cold and General Bart and his flying shadow soldiers, the fluctuations of magic power spread throughout the entire underground city.

"You have to be careful." Lu Renjia hesitated for a moment but still didn't say much. Although Bai Hen was just a summoner on the surface, he should stay in a safe place and let the summons fight.

However, Lu Renjia asked himself whether it would be better for a rookie like him not to bother with what the quasi-seven-star hunter boss did. Even though he had more experience in dungeons, the boss's height and perspective were different from his own, and his own experience would affect his own judgment.

Not only Bai Hen went to the location of the King of Cold, but the masked generals who were sweeping the ice and snow forest also headed towards the location of the King of Cold after feeling the powerful magic, trying to snatch the head from Bart.

However, Bart, who is currently fighting against the King of Bitter Cold, is not in a good situation. The soldiers and generals of the Shadow Corps who exist in the form of White Mark summons in this world have their own adjustments.

The soldiers of the Black Shadow Legion have been purely strengthened. With the blessing of the White Mark's magic, their basic strength has far surpassed their strength in the world of Jackie Chan Adventures. Although there has not been much improvement in defense and they can still be easily defeated, their attack power and the characteristics of each type of soldiers have been greatly enhanced.

The strength of the masked generals has undergone a series of balancing adjustments to adapt to their current identities as summoned creatures. The most obvious of these is that their individual strength has declined significantly after losing the blessing of the black energy, which is now the level of an S-class hunter in this world.

The King of Cold is one of the top fighters in this world besides the King of Shadow Asmu, the King of Destruction Dragon Emperor and the group of rulers. Therefore, General Bart was almost unilaterally crushed by the King of Cold in the head-on confrontation with him.

However, in contrast, the connection between the masked generals and the shadow soldiers under their command is much stronger than in Jackie Chan Adventures. In the beginning, the relationship between the masked generals and the shadow soldiers was just a simple superior-subordinate relationship, but now the masked generals can use the shadow soldiers to perform various skills.

For example, one of the most commonly used skills of Cheng Xiaoyu, the protagonist of "I Level Up Alone" is Shadow Swap. Bart relied on this skill to constantly exchange with his flying shadow soldiers to barely hold on and not be killed by the King of Cold.

"Haha, Bart, you're in such a mess!" Just when Bart was thinking about whether to go all out and fight, the Scythe Shadow General Manny led his Scythe Shadow soldiers to the battlefield second. His Scythe Shadow soldiers were the most powerful soldiers in the Black Shadow Corps in terms of frontal combat capability, and therefore they were the fastest to arrive.

After Manny joined the battlefield, the pressure on Bart was suddenly reduced. At the same time, this made the King of Cold even more annoyed, because Manny could also exchange shadows.

Chapter 269: Shadows gather, the legions merge

After Scythe Shadow General Manny, Helmet Shadow General Ika and Claw Shadow General Lazo arrived one after another and joined the battlefield. This made the already cold heart of the King of Cold even colder. When all nine black shadow generals participated in this massive encirclement and suppression campaign, the King of Cold felt a little regretful.

"Damn it, where on earth did these guys come from? Why are they so difficult to deal with?!" The King of Frost unleashed another blast of ice, which only froze a few soldiers of the Shadow Corps who were too close to it to dodge, and did not cause any damage to the masked generals who immediately dodged when they saw the situation was not good.

"This must be the work of the Shadow King. I knew he would betray us!" The more the King of Frost fought, the angrier he became. After fighting for so long, he couldn't even defeat a masked general, and the number of soldiers in the large group of shadow troops did not decrease. He had already thought of retreating.

However, the masked generals always appeared in time when it was about to retreat and interrupted its transmission intention, which made the King of Cold sink deeper and deeper like he was stuck in a quagmire, becoming more and more powerless. If it weren't for the fact that the attacks of the Black Shadow Legion posed no threat to it, it would have collapsed long ago.

"King of Cold, is that it? Tara, kill it, quickly and decisively." Bai Hen and Tara hid aside and watched the lively battlefield not far away, expressing disappointment with the performance of King of Cold, one of the top combat forces in this world.

"Yes, my Lord." Tara was very annoyed when he saw the nine generals under him not doing their best. If the King of Frost was not good, then wouldn't the masked generals who couldn't do anything to him be even worse? The Lord had been watching the battle for so long, but they still hadn't achieved any significant results. Did they want to win by such an undignified method as exhausting the enemy to death?

Tara did not hide in the shadows to launch a sneak attack, although the sneak attack would most likely not succeed. Instead, she jumped directly into the battlefield, causing both sides to stop their actions at the same time.

"Your performance really disappoints me! Do you regard the task assigned to us by the Lord as entertainment?" Tara did not care about the King of Bitter Cold, but questioned the nine generals with a little anger. This was their first time to go out on a mission, and such a shameful scene ended up happening. What if Bai Hen forgets about them again in the future?

The nine generals felt Tara's anger and none of them dared to say a word. It had indeed been too long since they had been out and about, so they were having too much fun and fought for a long time without any results. Naturally, they did not dare to touch or disobey Tara at this time.

"Who is your master, the Shadow King?" The Cold King narrowed his eyes and asked Tara. He could feel that Tara was much stronger than the nine masked generals. If they fought again, he might really be exhausted to death.

"You are not qualified to know the name of our master. You only need to know that today is the day you will die." Tara ignored the King of Frost's face that was about to be deformed by anger and issued an order to the masked generals: "The master wants us to fight quickly and use all our strength!"

"Yes!" Hearing that it was the big boss who spoke, the masked generals immediately used their strongest ability now - shadow aggregation.

This is the ultimate secret of the masked generals after becoming summoned creatures. It is also the strongest skill that can be used after strengthening the connection with the shadow soldiers under their command. The effect of this skill is also simple and crude - that is to integrate the shadow soldiers under their command with themselves as much as possible and strengthen themselves to the greatest extent!

The soldiers of the Black Shadow Corps, who received orders from their respective generals, transformed their bodies and merged into the shadows on the ground, and then continued to pour into the bodies of their generals.

The King of Cold wanted to take this opportunity to stop it, but was blocked by Tara. Although Tara, as a summoned creature according to the rules of this world, is not as powerful as the King of Cold in terms of combat power, it is still easy to hold it back temporarily.

And in the short time that Tara had gained, the nine masked generals had completed the shadow aggregation, absorbing all the black shadow soldiers within the battlefield and turning them into their own strength. The aura emanating from them surpassed that of Tara at this time, causing the King of Cold to cry out in his heart that something was wrong.

But this is not the end. If it were just like this, even if they could defeat the King of Bitter Cold, they would still have to waste some time. And Tara remembered the order given by Baihen - to fight quickly and decisively.

"Shadows - gather!" Tara shouted with power. The nine masked generals turned into shadows like the black shadow soldiers before and rushed towards Tara's body, causing Tara's aura to rise steadily.

The masked generals are able to integrate the shadow soldiers directly under their command. Tara, as the former supreme commander of the Shadow Kingdom and the chief leader of the Ghost Shadow Corps, is in charge of the nine ghost generals of the Shadow Corps and their respective soldiers. Therefore, he has a higher status and power to mobilize troops than the nine ghost generals. In theory, he can summon all types of shadow ghost soldiers to obey his orders.

There is no reason why Tara cannot do what the masked generals can do. Moreover, Tara's ability is even above that of the masked generals. Even the nine masked generals themselves will become part of Tara's fusion and strengthening.

"Now, you still have a chance to say your last words." Tara, whose muscles bulged and exuded ominous black energy, smiled ferociously and spoke slowly to the King of Cold.

The King of Bitter Cold was deeply regretting why he did not choose to escape at the first moment but instead arrogantly launched a resistance. He felt the powerful aura from Tara that had only appeared in the King of Shadow and the King of Destruction.

While the King of Bitter Cold was thinking about what he should say to make Tara let him go, Tara's shadow had already quietly circled behind him.

Tara, who remembered Baihen's advice to end the battle quickly, naturally would not continue to talk nonsense with the King of Cold under such circumstances. The reason why it asked the question just now was just to distract the King of Cold so that the battle could end faster.

When the King of Cold noticed something was wrong, it was too late. Tara's iron fist crossed the distance of space through the link of shadow and burst out from the heart of the King of Cold. At the same time, black gas spread along Tara's arm that pierced the King of Cold, dealing a second blow to the King of Cold.

The sudden pain made the King of Bitter Cold scream: "Ah——"

"Your last words are so beautiful. Now that you have said them, just die in peace!" Tara's body also moved to the back of the King of Cold along with his arms. With an excited expression on his face, he inserted his other arm into the body of the King of Cold.

Then, he suddenly exerted force with both arms, tearing the body of the Cold King into two halves irregularly along the hole in the chest. As Tara tore the Cold King apart with his hands, the shadow energy also invaded the body of the Cold King.

In order to prevent it from making a dying struggle, its mouth was blocked. Since Tara said that she would only give it the chance to leave a last word, she would naturally not let it scream a second time!

Simple, crude, direct and effective. Tara did not use other abilities of the Fox Whistle, but used the most direct and visually impactful fighting method to kill the King of Cold cleanly and neatly, even preventing it from making a second sound before it died.

The King of Cold, who had the most scenes in the original work, died quietly in this mutated five-star dungeon. He didn't even know who killed him until his death. He just used all the vicious words he had learned in his life to curse the King of Shadow in his heart.

"My lord, I have fulfilled your mission." After Tara killed the King of Bitter Cold with ease, the expression on the bloody cat's head returned to its original appearance, and it knelt respectfully in front of Bai Hen.

"Well done." Bai Hen was not praising Tara's strength. After all, strength had no meaning to him.

Bai Hen praised Tara's work attitude and execution. Bai Hen thought that it was indeed a bit wrong that such an excellent employee had been forgotten by him before, so he decided to make more use of the Black Shadow Corps in the future.

While Baihen was watching the battle between the Black Shadow Legion and the King of Frost, people outside the portal were extremely anxious.

Jin Boying had not only nearly bombarded his own phone with calls to other regional branches of the Hunter Association and private guilds requesting support, he had also sent an urgent message to the headquarters of the Country Z Hunter Association seeking support from the Seven-Star Hunter Liu Zhikang.

The good news is that the process of seeking help went smoothly. Six-star hunters from other regions and private guilds all actively responded to the call for help. Liu Zhikang, a seven-star hunter who knew the situation here, even said that he would rush to deal with the matters of this mutated dungeon as quickly as possible.

The bad news is that Country Z is too big. Even if Liu Zhikang takes a special plane to get here through a green channel, it will still take at least two hours. After two hours, the portal may not be out of control, but the people inside the portal will most likely be dead.

Jin Boying paced outside the blood-red portal, extremely anxious. Not to mention the elite five-star hunter team for the time being, the two six-star hunters trapped in it, Lu Renjia and Bai Hen, were both important figures. Even the loss of one of them would be enough to make him heartbroken for a long time. If both of them died in the dungeon together, Jin Boying would really doubt whether he would be so heartbroken that his life would be shortened.

An hour has passed and it will take some time for hunter Liu Zhikang to arrive. All Jin Boying can do now is pray.

"They're coming out, they're coming out!" Suddenly Jin Boying heard a loud noise.

Come out, what come out?

Jin Boying didn't react at first to what was being said. When he came to his senses, he widened his eyes and looked in the direction of the portal in disbelief. The blood-red portal had turned back to light blue at some point, and the hunter team that had been trapped in it not long ago was walking out.

The hunter team members who survived or won without knowing what enemies were in the dungeon were also confused, because it was too easy for them to even feel the joy of surviving the disaster.

"President, the weather has changed." Lu Renjia, who appeared behind the hunter team, walked straight to Jin Boying in the crowd and said in a complex and excited tone.

Chapter 270: Two or Three Things About the Absolute

"Supernova, the genius hunter who conquered a six-star dungeon single-handedly!"

"After Liu Zhikang, will Country Z have a second seven-star hunter?"

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"A few things about Hunter Baihen in high school, real-life testimony, absolutely explosive!"

《On the Importance of Feng Shui to Awakening! Exclusive Secrets! 》

"The story that Baihen and the beautiful landlord have to tell..."

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After Baihen killed the King of Bitter Cold and completed the strategy of the dungeon, the storm surrounding this mutated dungeon not only did not stop but intensified. Suddenly, Baihen became the focus of the world's attention, and various news and marketing accounts about Baihen emerged in an endless stream.

Bai Hen, who was at the center of the storm, was naturally also entangled with many affairs, so he simply handed over all the trivial matters to Tara. Although this behavior made many people quite dissatisfied, in the face of his battle record and Tara's deterrence, no matter what opinions they had, they could only keep them in their hearts.

After all, they have never been the protagonists of this world. No matter how many ideas they have in their hearts, in this turbulent era where strength is respected, there will be no say for the weak like them at the top.

Bai Hen was naturally very relieved when Tara was doing things. All matters, big and small, were arranged by Tara in an orderly manner without Bai Hen being disturbed at all. Tara would only report to Bai Hen certain things that were absolutely necessary.

For example, the meeting with the president of the Z Country Hunter Association and the friendly exchanges with the Seven-Star Hunter Liu Zhikang, all other matters were blocked by Tara, and the affairs concerning foreign hunter associations were pushed by Bai Hen to the new tool man, the president of the Z Country Hunter Association.

After a simple process and cutscene, Bai Hen was officially given the title of seven-star hunter, becoming the second seven-star hunter in Country Z after Liu Zhikang, and the sixth national power-level hunter in the world.

The nine masked generals under Tara are now in the limelight. Having long since faced the reality, they naturally no longer have the idea of ruling the world or letting the world be shrouded in black air. Instead, they begin to enjoy their current daily life of being sought after.

Baihen, who has achieved his goal and is a summoner, naturally no longer needs to go to the dungeon to complete quests in person. Tara has obtained privileges through negotiations, so that each of the nine masked generals has a weave and can participate in the dungeon quests as an independent individual.

As a result, the nine masked generals have been dispersed across the country to become fire captains. They do not need to rest and now that they finally have the opportunity to move around in the world, they run around like wild dogs on a loose rein, enjoying the treatment of being the center of attention wherever they go.

Thanks to the energetic masked generals, the chaos and losses caused by Country Z's portal have declined significantly compared to before, and even the residents' happiness index has increased by several points. This made the other countries that were already envious of Country Z for suddenly having an extra national power-level hunter even more envious and jealous, and they kept sending people to try to contact Baihen and poach him.

There are even some nosy people who like to watch the fun and create a real-time updated popularity ranking list for the nine masked generals. Currently at the top of the list is Soft Shadow General Leisu, while the least popular is Giant Shadow General Samo. This is because the giant shadows under his command are too ugly, which makes him quite annoyed, and he believes that there must be something fishy going on!

During this period, some people have questioned why Baihen has so much magic power to maintain the existence of his summoned creatures, but this doubt is like a drop of water merging into the ocean and does not cause any waves at all, because in people's common sense, a seven-star hunter is an existence that breaks common sense.

Stimulated by the prosperous scene in Country Z, the top leaders of Country H could no longer control their hearts and launched the fourth Jeju Island attack war with even greater momentum than in the original work.

There is an out-of-control S-class underground city on Jeju Island. The humans of Country H were driven out of Jeju Island by the ant monsters that emerged from the underground city. This incident has always been a big thorn in the heart of Country H.

However, Country H was not strong to begin with, and therefore the three offensive wars it had launched all ended in failure. This undoubtedly deepened the shadow cast by the Jeju Island incident on Country H. For this reason, this time they even asked for help from Country R, with which they had always been hostile.

Country R also responded more positively than in the original work, because the president and leader of Country R's strongest guild, the Sword Guild, and Country R's strongest S-class hunter, Goto Ryuji, had already tried to use the Jeju Island siege to add a highlight to his resume and make himself a national power-level hunter.

The sudden appearance of Baihen seriously stimulated Goto Ryuji. He thought that there was no reason why Goto Ryuji could not do what even a novice hunter could do. He mustered up his energy and planned to make a big move in Jeju Island so that people all over the world would recognize his name, Goto Ryuji.

Jeju Island is also the stage where the original protagonist Cheng Xiaoyou showed off to the world. It is also from here that the hierarchical combat power in the plot began to completely lose its meaning. The battle between the hunters with national rights bestowed by the ruler with "Glorious Fragments" and the "King" became the only main theme.

Or to be more precise, it was Seong Xiao-Woo's history of pretentiousness that caused him to go out of control. Chosen by the "Shadow King", his strength also skyrocketed compared to humans since the Jeju Island incident.

Bai Hen naturally had... no interest in such an important original plot point, but he still submitted an application to the Hunter Association to go to Jeju Island to watch the fun.

Bai Hen really has no interest in this kind of plot which is very important in the original work but is actually irrelevant overall, but he still has a little interest in the king who emerged after the Jeju Island incident and the shadow king in Cheng Xiaoyu's body.

As for the red rampage portal before, Bai Hen could tell at a glance that it was specially prepared for him because of his confidence in his mediocre luck. However, no other abnormalities occurred until the Cold King was killed and the portal was closed.

Although Bai Hen could guess with his butt that the only one in this world who could control the "king" without anyone noticing was the "Absolute" who had been "killed", he was still a little curious about how He observed him.

It's not that Bai Hen is complacent, but although the way he embeds himself into the world is simple and crude and cannot stand up to scrutiny, that is a conclusion that can only be reached after close scrutiny.

The "Absolute" who pretended to be dead for who knows how many years and even sent his corpse to the "Ruler" to make the artifact, the Holy Grail of Time, should not have been able to notice Bai Hen's abnormality at the first time. However, not only did He discover it, he also specially sent a "King" to expose himself. This is a bit intriguing.

Although to the "Absolute", both the "King" and the "Ruler" were merely tools created by Him to kill time, His fake death, now confirmed by Baihen, further proved that the power of these two was not worth mentioning to Him.

But using the life of a "king" who played a big role in the drama to greet me, could it be that this guy is overestimating his own abilities and wants to treat me as a new source of fun? Bai Hen thought with some doubt.

But since the "Absolute" has come out in person, Bai Hen doesn't mind playing with Him. The "Absolute" is greeting him with the life of the King of Bitter Cold, so he can just fight back with the lives of one or two "kings".

Unfortunately, the masked generals hunted all over the country but failed to find the second king. It is unknown whether they learned of the death of the King of Bitter Cold and hid themselves or whether the "Absolute" controlled them to avoid them.

After the Jeju Island incident, multiple "kings" will appear on Jeju Island. Even if they do not come for various reasons, there is still Cheng Xiaoyu, the "Shadow King". If the "Shadow King" who occupies the most roles on the original stage of "The Absolute" is casually abandoned, then Bai Hen will go to him in person next time.

Baihen's application is naturally full of difficulties. As a newly promoted national power-level hunter, he will be the focus of the world no matter where he is. A large number of disputes over rights and interests will arise around this application alone.

However, Tara, the head of the Black Shadow Empire, was no pushover. Under Tara's operation and the intimidation of the title of seven-star hunter, even the most reluctant Country R had to acquiesce to Baihen's participation.

The top leaders of Country H were half happy and half worried. They were happy that with Bai Hen's participation, the attack and plunder war that was originally a sure win was now foolproof, but they were worried about how much benefit they had to give out to get rid of Bai Hen.

Although Bai Hen took the initiative to apply to participate in the Jeju Island Battle, even so, as a hunter of national power, it was impossible for him to come to help Country H without making some gesture. The cost of promising to plead for support from Country R alone made Country H feel distressed.

Even if the reward given to Bai Hen who volunteered is lower than that of hiring a powerful national hunter, it cannot be so low that people would think that Country H is looking down on powerful national hunters. How to make this decision is also a headache for the top hunters in Country H.

"A national power-level hunter who controls the shadow army? I wonder who is stronger than me?" As one of the few S-level hunters in Country H, Cheng Xiaoyu naturally got the news first and thought of heading to Jeju Island.

Cheng Xiaoyu, whose occupation is "Shadow King", has the ability to extract shadows from dead lives and control them by himself. Cheng Xiaoyu has always been quite satisfied with his ability. Now that there is a national power-level hunter with similar abilities, he immediately has the idea of comparing them.

"It's decided, let's go to Jeju Island." Cheng Xiaoyu made the decision.

Chapter 271: Jeju Island Attack