Doomsday Roulette

"I can't find you, but I can find my Meow."

The little girl inserted the long-handled axe in front of her, responding to Little Brother Jiu while continuously forming seals with her hands. Soon, two identical phantom shadows emerged from the long-handled axe, standing guard at the entrance of the cave she was responsible for. As the insect men surged out, the three long-handled axes began to spin, quickly creating three zones of rapid rotation that were almost invisible.

The caves chosen by the little girl were mostly small exits, so the three axes, spinning like high-speed fans, covered the majority of the area, shredding the insect men that charged at them into pieces.

On Ye Zhongming's side, he was responsible for the largest cave, and he had the most means at his disposal. He first summoned his mechanical battle beast to guard the path alone. When it didn't encounter any powerful insect men, its firepower was sufficient to cope. Meanwhile, he contemplated for a moment, and shadows began to peel away from his body, rushing to each cave that needed defense. Once there, they stood at the entrance, attacking the oncoming insect men with punches and kicks.

Each shadow moved differently, as if possessing its own thoughts, all fighting independently.

This was rather terrifying.

But Jie Su only took a glance and understood the reason behind it, holding immense admiration for Ye Zhongming's application and achievements in mental power.

Previously, when Pao Bai had advanced to become a powerful master, several clones appeared. Jie Su had asked what that was, and at the time, Ye Zhongming was unsure if it was the Star Eye Clan's ability that almost everyone possessed—rapid attack and kill.

That was indeed rapid attack and kill, as Pao Bai confirmed later.

Now, what Ye Zhongming was using should also be this ability; even if it wasn't, it was very similar. Unlike when Pao Bai used it, Ye Zhongming had more shadows, which naturally related to the heights of their realms, but the decisive factor was ultimately the strength of his mental power.

Pao Bai had not exerted full strength before, but it was likely that he couldn't reach Ye Zhongming's level for the time being, as the King of Cloud Summit now had at least twenty shadows.

The real difficulty lay not in the number of shadows, but in the combat effectiveness of each shadow.

When performing such skills, whether the main body could attack or even move was directly linked to the number and quality of the shadows. If there were too many shadows or the demands on the shadows were too high, resulting in an increase in 'intelligence,' reaching the limit, the main body would be unable to attack or move.

But Ye Zhongming had more than twenty shadows, each with autonomous attacking abilities. Although they definitely couldn't match the main body in terms of diverse moves and unique strategies, they still possessed about fifty percent of his power, making it more than sufficient to deal with ordinary insect men.

In this situation, Ye Zhongming's main body still held the largest cave leading to this area, clearly with more than enough strength to spare.

Only with Ye Zhongming's total mental power reaching an exaggerated level, and his application of mental power being so detailed and skilled that others found it incomprehensible, could such an effect be achieved.

With Ye Zhongming and the mechanical genius little girl blocking the swarm of insect men, the other three powerful masters could confidently attack Little Brother Jiu and Wen Hong.

The battle had been going on for nearly a minute, and everyone could see the general characteristics.

When Wen Hong chose Fusion Technique, due to the uniqueness of this ability, she could only merge with a specific object. Left with no choice, Wen Hong chose to merge with a piece of equipment, while Little Brother Jiu chose the corpse of an insect man as his merging object.

As a result, both of them underwent significant transformations.

Wen Hong became a giant fused with steel, while Little Brother Jiu turned into a half-human, half-beast insect man.