Chapter 871: Zero (1)
The white corridor shattered as a corpse, previously hidden outside the pale passageway, came into view. A flash of sword light streaked past and the corpse was instantly cleaved into a mist of blood.
Yet in the very next moment, the scattered droplets of blood began to transform once again. The exact same scene played out as before. The bloody mist and droplets swelled, expanded, and ultimately transformed back into a dense mass of corpses.
The horde crowded into an even larger white space, blood spurting from the stumps of their necks, pooling into a sea of crimson...
“Return my head.”
“Return my head!”
The shrill cries echoed from within their hollow bellies.
The sight was so terrifying that Yue Zhuoran nearly lost control of his bladder. Twin wings of silver and gold materialized behind Li Xiaofei, their blades suspended in the still air. A flicker of surprise crossed his face.
He hadn’t expected his sword strike to only pierce an illusion. He was still trapped within the enemy’s domain, a miniature world under the opponent's control.
At the same time, he realized that the power of the Blood-Drinking Sword had weakened once more after unleashing that sword strike. The blood energy it had absorbed earlier was not as abundant as it had seemed on the surface.
Of course. After all, it was merely a corpse-duplication technique. No matter how many duplicates there were, the total mass remained constant. They were limited to the true body of Eternal Night.
Li Xiaofei appeared unfazed as he stared at the sea of blood before him and at the swarming headless corpses converging upon him. This gruesome sight, though terrifying on the surface, posed no real threat to him.
However, to defeat this opponent, who clearly had a flair for theatrics, he would first need to find a way to break through the domain-like miniature world. His own Realm of Eternal Samsara was a divine ability obtained from the Secret Time Pavilion. The best way to counter it was simple, survive until the cooldown period expired.