msmithbooks Chapter 5 Instant Refinement, Stand Up!
Chapter 5 Instant Refinement, Stand Up!
Chapter 5 Instant Refinement, Stand Up!
"Sasasa!"
One by one, huge, dark purple ants walked past Jiang Xiu, heading in an orderly fashion in one direction, as if they hadn't noticed him at all.
"This is the Ant Queen race, ranked seventy-sixth among the Abyss races. So, I am currently in the Abyss Plane?"
Jiang Xiu took a deep breath, suppressing his negative emotions with his strong mindset, and carefully observed the ants walking past him.
In just a moment, Jiang Xiu recognized that it was this very clan that had emerged from the abyss tide and destroyed Snow City.
"And now, have I become a shadow?"
Jiang Xiu looked down at his hands and found them completely black. Wasn't this the shadow that had disappeared?
Jiang Xiu's blood-red eyes narrowed, a slight ripple appearing on his face. He looked around and then at his own reflection, a sense of enlightenment gradually welling up in his mind.
"I see. Fierce Wolf Douluo was partly right. Due to the uniqueness of the Shadow King, it did trigger the protection of its master when the Abyss Tide descended. However, my shadow did not merge with it. Instead, due to some reasons, it came to this Abyss Plane with the Abyss Tide."
Thinking of this, Jiang Xiu felt no fear at all; instead, a hint of excitement appeared in his eyes.
The Shadow King's most important ability is to extract the shadows of the dead and turn them into his most loyal shadow soldiers. And looking at the entire plane, is there anything more suitable than a creature from the abyss?
The abyss is not only diverse in species, but also in sheer numbers, making it a natural backdrop for his films!
"These abyssal creatures may not have their own consciousness, but they do have shadows. I just don't know if we can successfully extract them."
As Jiang Xiu watched the Ant Queen clan pass by, he could clearly see that, under the reflection of the light, shadows appeared on the dark, scorched earth. Although they were faint, they were definitely there.
"How about we give it a try first?"
A thought flashed through Jiang Xiu's mind, and he waved his palm in front of an abyss ant. The abyss ant waved its long antennae, tilted its head to look at Jiang Xiu, and then continued walking forward.
Upon seeing this, Jiang Xiu's expression revealed a hint of understanding. He had already vaguely guessed why these Abyss Ants of the Ant Royal Clan were ignoring him.
These are merely the lowest-ranking abyssal ants of the ant queen's clan. They have only one thought in their minds: to devour the life force before them. He, on the other hand, is just a shadow and has no vitality whatsoever.
He is now considered inedible and useless by these abyssal ants.
In the Abyss Plane, not every Abyss creature is without its own consciousness. For example, the kings of each clan have at least the cultivation level of a Title Douluo, and they all have their own thoughts. In fact, the Spirit Emperor Clan, which ranks second in the Abyss Plane, is even known for its wisdom.
But clearly, these cannon fodder ants in front of Jiang Xiu are not worthy of intelligence.
"Let's give it a try." As a man of action, Jiang Xiu's gaze swept across the vast army of abyssal ants in an instant, and he quickly locked onto a small abyssal ant, transforming into a black shadow and walking towards it.
Even as cannon fodder, these abyssal ants vary in strength. Jiang Xiu observed the group of abyssal ants before him and found that the weakest among them had energy fluctuations at the Soul Master level, while the strongest was even comparable to the Soul Venerables he had seen before.
The fact that the Douluo Continent could withstand the abyss tides time and time again is indeed remarkable.
"Little ant, let me see how strong your shadow is."
With a kind smile on his face, Jiang Xiu quickly arrived in front of the abyss ant. A flash of eerie light appeared in his hand, and a sharp dark short sword appeared.
Although he is now a shadow, he can still mobilize the power of the Shadow King, and turning a part of his shadow into a weapon is as simple as it gets.
The abyss ant was slightly taken aback when it saw the dark shadow that suddenly appeared before it, but the next moment, a flash of cold light appeared and a sharp short sword pierced its most vulnerable eye.
"Pfft!"
Black liquid flowed out.
"Don't be nervous, take a deep breath, dizziness is normal."
Jiang Xiu gripped the short sword tightly and continued to plunge it into the abyss ant's eye, offering kind words of comfort, but the force in his hand tightened even more.
Although the abyssal ant lacks intelligence, it is not stupid either. It knows that the dark creature in front of it is attacking it and immediately begins to struggle.
Although the Abyss Ants were well-rounded in both offense and defense, their weakness lay in their eyes. Under Jiang Xiu's fatal blow, they struggled for only a moment before collapsing into a permanent sleep.
"It's so good to be young, you can fall asleep as soon as your head hits the pillow."
Jiang Xiu sighed, shook off the black liquid on his short sword, raised his right hand towards the corpse of the abyss ant, and then prepared to activate the Shadow Monarch's extraction ability.
"Buzz!"
But at that moment, a sudden change occurred. A wisp of black light floated out from the corpse of the dead abyss ant and sped away into the distance the instant it appeared.
"Where do you think you're going!"
Jiang Xiu reacted swiftly, activating his extraction skill the instant the creature appeared. With a wave of his hand, he grabbed it and instantly enveloped it with the power of extraction and refinement.
"Stand up!"
Jiang Xiu's bloodshot eyes narrowed, and his indifferent face radiated boundless majesty. A voice like that of a king then rang out.
In just a few breaths, a dark shadow rose from the corpse of the abyss ant.
Its eyes were bloodshot, its body was dark, and it looked exactly like the abyss ant that had just died.
"Smack smack!"
The moment the shadow appeared, it crouched down, its sharp mandibles rubbing together, constantly conveying one message to Jiang Xiu: ...
loyalty!
Any shadow extracted by the Shadow King will be 100% loyal to Jiang Xiu. Even if Jiang Xiu orders this abyss ant to die here immediately, it will carry it out without hesitation.
"It worked! It seems my plan is working!"
Looking at the shadowy abyss ants that he could easily command, Jiang Xiu's lips curled into a slight smile.
After all, what worried him most before was not whether he could kill the abyssal ants, but whether he could successfully extract the shadow of the abyssal ants.
Jiang Xiu knew that abyssal creatures did not truly die after death, but would transform back into their origin, return to the abyssal plane, and be reborn.
This is why the Abyss Plane can launch endless attacks on Douluo Continent, and the strong on Douluo Continent, once they die in battle, are truly dead.
And the most perplexing thing is that these abyssal creatures, whatever their strength was before they died, will reappear with the same strength after being reborn.
This is also why Tang Wulin was so valued by the military after he joined the Blood God Legion and demonstrated that the Golden Dragon Spear could devour the energy of the abyss, because this is a means that can completely weaken the abyss plane!
At this moment, Jiang Xiu looked at the abyss ants in front of him, whose faces were hideous and terrifying, and suddenly found that they all looked handsome.
"Hehehe...cough cough."
(End of this chapter)