Rampaging vines and wooden branches surged, encroaching upon the darkness of the palace.
However, facing the plants that grew and eroded the palace with madness, the Dark Starry Sky did not panic in the slightest.
The sword cane in his hand scattered starlight into the air.
In an instant, countless points of starlight fell like flickering fireflies; the growing plants withered as if they had encountered their natural enemy.
The withered plants were instantly swallowed by the darkness and vanished.
Dark Stealth.
It was a disappearance from the bright side of the world.
Dispersing the plants that approached him, the Dark Starry Sky locked onto Dalun Li once again.
He raised the sword cane high.
His powerful perception allowed Dalun Li to instantly sense a feeling of crisis, and he quickly darted to the side, leaving only an afterimage in his original spot.
The plants beneath the afterimage vanished in an instant.
Only a hemispherical indentation remained.
What was that!
It didn't look like an attack, but rather an instantaneous erasure.
"It's a spatial ability!"
The Dark Starry Sky did not stop his movements, continuing to swing the sword cane.
The plant-covered ground was continuously erased by the spatial ability; Dalun Li could only rely on his extreme speed to keep dodging.
His powerful perception allowed him to sense the danger a step ahead.
However, against that powerful spatial ability, he couldn't think of a countermeasure at all.
Dalun Li released the greatsword, and it vanished in an instant; the Eroding Wood Bow immediately replaced it, appearing in his hand.
At the moment of evasion, Dalun Li drew the bow and notched an arrow.
The Crescent Arrow shot out, splitting into several arcs of crescent moon Sword Qi that swept toward the Dark Starry Sky.
The Dark Starry Sky raised an empty hand.
Attack erasure.
Darkness flashed by, and the several fierce incoming attacks were erased and vanished in an instant.
The domain of darkness was to conceal everything, to drag everything into the dark realm.
And being dragged into the dark realm meant disappearance and erasure.
Even an attack could be erased through the power of darkness.
Seeing that his attack was ineffective, Dalun Li quickly landed on the ground, and countless wooden spears that had already been charged shot forth.
The Dark Starry Sky raised his hand to erase them again.
However, this attack was not so simple.
The moment the fired wooden spears were erased, they grew at extreme speed, transforming into massive trees in an instant and smashing directly toward the Dark Starry Sky.
The power of the Dark Starry Sky was definitely not invincible.
If he could erase anything, he could have just erased everything in the palace except himself.
Yet, he fired the power of erasure like a cannonball to attack.
Therefore.
There were limits to the size or mass of the things he could erase, and he could only maintain erasure within a certain range.
Sure enough, facing the suddenly falling giant tree, the Dark Starry Sky did not activate erasure; instead, he swung the sword cane, splitting the giant tree in two.
The split tree was quickly enveloped by starlight and burned away completely.
Having dealt with the giant tree, the Dark Starry Sky gripped the sword cane with both hands, his bat wings spread wide as he flew into the air.
Dalun Li switched back to the greatsword and shield, the blue flames beneath his visor locked tightly onto the movements of the bat wings.
His powerful vision ensured he wouldn't miss a single detail.
But...
The Dark Starry Sky in the high sky split into three.
Two pitch-black clones simultaneously darted toward Dalun Li from the left and right at extreme speed.
A clone ability!
Dalun Li did not dare to be careless; while retreating, the plants beneath him grew frantically, actually forming a forest within the palace.
Fading into the forest, Dalun Li manipulated vines and branches to sweep toward the two clones.
The two pitch-black clones coordinated with each other, instantly shredding the surrounding vines and branches.
However, he had still underestimated the powerful vitality of these plants.
"Grow!"
Following Dalun Li's call, the debris of the plants filling the air grew rapidly like countless seeds.
In the blink of an eye, they filled a section of space, firmly imprisoning the two clones within.
The clones quickly exerted force, trying to shred the plants binding them.
However, the terrifying growth speed of the plants gave them no chance to break free.
Just as Dalun Li's attention was completely drawn by the two clones, his powerful perception began to warn him.
A sudden shock filled his heart.
How could he have forgotten the main body of the Dark Starry Sky!
No!
It wasn't that he had forgotten, but...
He had been affected by the Dark Starry Sky's ability!
That guy had used the power of darkness to eliminate his own presence.
A powerful concealment ability, combined with clones to distract attention, had actually forced Dalun Li in battle to forget the opponent's existence!
If not for his powerful perception, he wouldn't have noticed until now!
All the changes occurred in a flash.
Dalun Li suddenly looked up toward the position in the sky while retreating at extreme speed, using the forest to obscure his form.
As expected, the Dark Starry Sky in the sky had vanished.
Clairvoyance detection!
In the very next second after the detection expanded, the Dark Starry Sky, gripping his sword cane, suddenly appeared from the front and slashed heavily toward Dalun Li.
Dalun Li quickly raised his shield to block the attack, but the hurried defense didn't leave him enough time to set his stance.
The immense force directly sent the shield and his body flying, smashing heavily into the forest behind him.
Dalun Li quickly adjusted his posture in the air, manipulating the trees to grow rapidly and catch him.
But the Dark Starry Sky was already upon him again as he thrust the sword cane.
Erasure activated.
He was going to be erased!
Dalun Li quickly raised his hand.
The only things that could disperse darkness were light and fire!
Blazing orange flames surged out instantly, scorching toward the Dark Starry Sky.
As expected, the erasure failed.
Dalun Li blocked the sword strike once more, and the shield subsequently vanished from his hand; his body used the force to whirl around, and he was already dual-wielding the Wellmouth Greatsword, slashing down violently.
The property of the Wellmouth Greatsword's frontal attack being impossible to dodge forced the Dark Starry Sky to raise his sword cane in defense.
Sword met sword, once again clashing with sparks.
Gaze met gaze between the blades.
Looking at the face of the Dark Starry Sky composed of stars and darkness close at hand, Dalun Li's heart tightened the moment his perception sensed danger.
A narrow, pitch-black blade tip pierced through his chest.
How was that possible!
He had been pierced from behind!
Even though his perception and Clairvoyance were active the entire time, how could he have been ambushed? How was it possible!
How could the Dark Starry Sky in front of him let this opportunity pass?
He quickly swung his blade, mercilessly aiming for Dalun Li's head.
The erasure ability also followed the swing of the blade, directly erasing half of Dalun Li's shoulder and chest cavity.
However, at the moment the force struck, a thin film of wind slightly weakened the attack's speed.
The Whirlwind Badge had already been activated.
The momentary obstruction was enough for Dalun Li to react.
He suddenly erupted with power, switching his hands to the Eternal Imprisonment Sword-Shield and launching a charge, breaking through the encirclement.
Simultaneously, the damaged parts of his body grew, filled, and were restored to their original state in an instant under the power of the plants.
If a single blow couldn't kill him, his powerful vitality would allow him to recover instantly.
What happened just now? From what direction did the attack come?
How could he be attacked instantly without even a chance to react?
Darkness, darkness...
Could it be.
Shadows!
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