Chapter 416

Chapter 416: Successful Attack

“How far away from the opponent can you use your mental energy to tear open their energy shield?”

The Shadow King calculated and asked the Soul Emperor.

“Within ten kilometers!”

The Soul Emperor replied without hesitation.

“No problem, I am skilled in stealth techniques and can barely get you within ten kilometers of them without being detected.”

The Shadow King did not reveal his true ability to remain unnoticed even in proximity to a level ninety Tree-Dwelling Tribe being.

The Soul Emperor and the other Soul Kings looked overjoyed.

If that really happens, they could launch a surprise attack, use their mental energy to tear open the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s energy shield, while the Shadow King would then strike, most likely inflicting significant damage.

Being able to severely damage the opponent would make everything much easier afterward.

Not to mention that even without their participation, the Shadow King likely had the power to defeat the opponent.

“Then…”

The Soul Emperor hesitated, wanting to say something but stopping short.

“Don’t worry, if we can defeat them quickly and ensure they cannot call for help from other Tree-Dwelling Tribe members, I will do my best not to destroy their physical body,”

The Shadow King explained, understanding what the Soul Emperor meant. “However, to avoid affecting the subsequent plans, if things go wrong, I will not hold back on destroying them.”

“Thank you, Shadow King!”

The Soul Emperor and the Soul Kings were elated.

They certainly did not think it was worth the risk of being discovered by the Tree-Dwelling Tribe just to keep the target’s physical body alive.

Even if the Shadow King agreed, they would disagree.

After all, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe had over three hundred members.

Getting just one level ninety host was not as valuable as capturing over a hundred hosts at levels sixty to seventy.

Moreover, once the other Tree-Dwelling Tribe members discovered what was happening and came to aid, if the strong beings from the Tribe did not intervene, the Shadow King could easily escape using his speed, but they could not.

“Then let’s get ready. I will use my Perception Ability to transmit the specific location of the target to you.”

The Shadow King decided, “Once I attack the target, you must act immediately, tearing apart the energy shield in their root system at any cost.”

“Understood!”

The Soul Emperor and the more than one hundred Soul Kings nodded vigorously.

With a thought, the Shadow King immediately used his stealth technique to envelop the Soul Emperor and more than one hundred Soul Kings.

Then he swiftly approached the target.

One hundred kilometers, ninety kilometers, eighty kilometers…

He stopped when he was less than ten kilometers away.

At that moment, the level ninety Tree-Dwelling Tribe member was still searching for Yi Chen’s whereabouts with all their might using their Perception Ability in the area they were responsible for.

Whether it was a Deserted Star or a life planet, or the vast emptiness of space or asteroids, nothing escaped.

“Are you ready?”

The Shadow King sent a message to the Soul Emperor.

“Ready!”

The Soul Emperor replied without hesitation.

“Launch the attack!”

In an instant, the Shadow King transformed into a long black spear, thousands of kilometers long, stabbing towards the Tree-Dwelling Tribe from below.

“Shadow King! Are those… from the Soul Clan?”

The Tree-Dwelling Tribe sensed the Shadow King’s attack immediately.

They felt a shock in their hearts.

But they quickly calmed down.

Without Morris as a teammate, what was there to fear?

The opponent was only level ninety, comparable to their own realm.

In a real fight, they had the greater advantage.

It seemed that the opponent had summoned the Soul Clan for help, but even so, they could easily break through or call for their companions if needed.

Clearly, their luck had been completely drained, leaving only black luck, which was still somewhat different from having a shred of luck remaining.

At the very least, this level ninety Tree-Dwelling Tribe member had not made a significant mistake.

After a brief moment of surprise, they reacted.

There was no way to avoid this.

The Shadow Clan had an incredible speed.

At the same level, they could not evade the Shadow King’s sudden strike.

But this little bit of time was enough for them to activate their energy shield to the maximum level and activate all their defensive treasures.

Given the Shadow King’s attacking power, it might not be able to break through their energy shield.

Ah!

Once maximizing the defense strength of their energy shield and activating all their defensive treasures, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe member felt unexpected relief.

They noticed that the Shadow King’s attack speed was actually not fast.

At the very least, with their own speed, they could completely evade it.

What was happening?

Was this Shadow King a fake?

If they had known it would be like this, they could not only avoid the Shadow King’s attack but even actively intercept him with their own attacks.

Wait, no!

In the next moment, he realized where the problem lay.

That group of Soul Clan members!

Although their strength was not impressive, the strongest among them, with the body of a Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy, was only around level one hundred seventy.

That was nearly two major realms lower than his own.

But these Soul Clan members did not attack him alongside the Shadow King.

In fact, an astonishing wave of mental energy erupted from them.

A sense of crisis surged in his heart.

Then, just as the Shadow King was about to strike his energy shield, he suddenly understood the source of his fear.

He was horrified to discover that at the moment all the Soul Clan members’ mental energy waves reached their peak, his root system became the target of the Shadow King’s attack, and his energy shield was suddenly torn open at a gap.

How could this happen?

How could his energy shield be torn apart using mental energy?

This flaw was something even the Tree-Dwelling Tribe was unaware of.

The Tree-Dwelling Tribe turned pale, their massive bodies trembling rapidly as branches stretched out, trying to intercept the Shadow King below.

But alas, it was too late.

Before the gap appeared, the Shadow King’s speed had indeed been slow.

That was because he had intentionally drawn the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s attention, waiting for the gap to appear.

Without the gap, whether he could break through the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s defenses was in question given his attacking power.

Now that the gap had appeared, the opportunity was right in front of him.

Having anticipated this, his reaction speed was far quicker than that of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.

In an instant, he elevated his speed to the maximum, the thousands-of-kilometers-long black spear continuously penetrating through the gap and entering the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s body.

Even though it faced the resistance and delay of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s defensive treasures, the black spear still swiftly advanced inside.

“Damn it!”

Just as the black spear burrowed over a thousand kilometers into the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s body, their branches finally arrived, slicing fiercely at the black spear.

Boom!

This attack was extremely powerful, instantly severing the black spear.

“Continue using mental attacks to invade his soul, while also guarding against him using the communication stone to contact his companions!”

The severed black spear transformed back into the Shadow King’s form.

After notifying the Soul Emperor, he morphed into a giant black knife and slashed down at the Tree-Dwelling Tribe member.

The Tree-Dwelling Tribe member gritted his teeth; despite having cut off the black spear and successfully shaking off the Soul Clan’s mental energy to restore his torn energy shield, there was no smile on his face.

He understood what it meant to have over a thousand kilometers of the black spear inside him.

One of the Shadow Clan’s most treacherous attack methods was the ability to transform into a black spear and penetrate into the target’s body.

The black spear was like a ticking time bomb, which could be detonated by the Shadow Clan at any moment.

The more of it that entered the enemy’s body, the greater the explosion’s power.

With one-third of the black spear inside him, once detonated by the Shadow King, even with his strength realm, it would be enough to leave him heavily injured.