Chapter 274
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Chapter 274: Great Terror in Small Places
The shadow spike arrived in an instant.
“Shadow King, you seek death!”
Ketes was horrified.
This aura felt extremely familiar to him; over five thousand years ago, he had chased its owner multiple times.
The Shadow King of the Shadow Clan.
He never expected to encounter the Shadow King here.
Moreover, to be attacked suddenly in this situation.
Under normal circumstances, he wouldn’t even give it a second thought, in fact, he would have sought it out eagerly.
The Shadow Clan excelled in hiding, but their strength was quite ordinary.
At the same realm, he was absolutely confident he could defeat them, let alone the Shadow King, who was rated only around level 190 by the Federation Military.
That was a full tier below him.
However, his soul was more than half shattered, and because he had been forcefully suppressing the Soul Emperor, his once stable soul was starting to show signs of instability.
This caused his Perception Ability to be greatly affected, making it a bit sluggish compared to normal.
That slight sluggishness was absolutely fatal.
Not to mention, he had been relentlessly pressuring the Soul Emperor.
If he carelessly withdrew his Perception Ability and energy, he would suffer a fierce backlash from the Soul Emperor’s desperate resistance.
Thud!
The long shadow spike, spanning thousands of miles, touched Ketes’ body, seemingly just a shadow.
It did not penetrate deeply into him.
Instead, its length shrank continuously.
Yet Ketes did not let the shadow spike continue unchecked; he abandoned any concern for the backlash from the Soul Emperor and gathered all his energy to block the spike.
Because he knew this was one of the Shadow King’s attack methods.
It seemed harmless, but in reality, it would embed itself within him.
Allowing the shadow spike to fully enter his body was equivalent to allowing the Shadow King to invade his body.
Boom!
Suddenly, a green light flickered around Ketes.
A green shield formed around him.
It intercepted the shadow spike outside.
With a loud crash, the Soul Emperor’s Perception Ability, along with energy, counterattacked Ketes’ soul.
It caused his already unstable soul to tremble violently as if struck by lightning.
The shadow spike rapidly retreated, instantly transforming into a gigantic shadow.
“If you don’t want to die, give it everything you’ve got. His soul is damaged; attack his soul!”
The Shadow King suddenly transformed into a gigantic sword, striking down toward Ketes.
The terrifying energy tore through the void.
The Soul Emperor, who had narrowly escaped disaster, gritted his teeth.
Ignoring the green leaves that still enveloped him, the essence of his being, which had nearly collapsed under Ketes’ pressure, surged wildly and invaded Ketes’ body.
“You all deserve to die!”
Ketes felt both anxious and furious.
He was trapped, attacked from both outside and inside.
Neither had previously been worth his attention.
Even if they joined forces, he wouldn’t have cared.
But now, he felt utterly exhausted trying to cope.
While blocking the Soul Emperor’s assault, he swung his tree branch to fend off the shadowy giant sword.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
As the giant shadow sword descended, the Shadow King activated the energy that had entered Ketes’ body through the shadow spike.
In an instant, energy erupted unpredictably within Ketes.
Sizzle!
Although Ketes was prepared and suspected the Shadow King would trigger the energy inside him at this moment, he still found it difficult to withstand; chaos briefly erupted within his body.
A tearing sound echoed.
Ketes’ enormous tree branch was sliced in half by the shadowy giant sword.
The intense pain made it increasingly difficult for his soul to fend off the Soul Emperor’s soul power invasion.
Ketes nearly lost his mind.
A series of chain reactions had placed him in an absolute disadvantage.
What was harder to accept was that even if he wanted to escape, he could not.
The Shadow King’s unexpected attack had established a tremendous advantage.
Coupled with his soul being half shattered, the Soul Emperor’s own mental attacks were incredibly strong, and with both inside and outside pressures, they perfectly restrained him, rapidly expanding the advantage.
As he saw the Shadow King transform into a gigantic shadow sword thousands of kilometers long once more, Ketes could only continue activating his defensive treasure within.
He felt immensely frustrated.
Suddenly, he remembered that he had left the Space Stone with Yi Chen to achieve three goals with one arrow, aiming for low cost and high profit.
Inside him, he only had a few commonly used treasures.
If the Space Stone were with him, he could unleash all sorts of treasures at once.
Perhaps he could buy time until the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy and the human fleet arrived for support.
Although the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy only had his soul left, he could still help resist and delay the Soul Emperor’s mental attacks.
The fleet of the human federation posed no threat to the Shadow King. Their concentrated fire could only divert the Soul Emperor’s attention.
Ketes never imagined that he might meet his end in a small place where the limit could only reach level one hundred and fifty.
It turned out he wasn’t just possibly stumbling; he was definitely falling into the gutter.
As the advantages became increasingly clear, both the Shadow King and the Soul Emperor, fearing that time might bring unfavorable changes, unleashed their attacks frantically.
Attacked from inside and out, the onslaught kept coming.
As various defensive treasures were shattered, Ketes completely broke down.
His branches were constantly severed. Even his main trunk began to show shocking wounds.
With only half of his soul remaining, he teetered as he shook violently.
Swish!
The ever-aggressive Shadow King suddenly transformed into a shadow spike, piercing into Ketes’ body.
The thousands of kilometers long shadow spike continued to shrink.
Ketes was powerless to suppress it.
In an instant, the shadow spike completely vanished, disappearing into his body.
The next second,
Boom!
Terrifying energy exploded.
Ketes’ body and soul blew to dust together.
A dreadful energy storm swept outward.
Centered on Ketes, it formed an energy storm with a diameter of hundreds of thousands of kilometers.
…
On the transport ship,
The Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy, along with the leaders of the council and military, stared in shock at the images transmitted from the Large Battleship.
When they received the message from the fleet, they gathered here immediately.
They felt no pressure when they arrived.
The first priority was simply the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy wanting to reclaim his physical form as soon as possible.
The leaders of the council and military, on the other hand, needed Yi Chen’s reply. They could only hurry to find Yi Chen for a second round of negotiations after confirming that Ketes had dealt with the Soul Clan.
Neither the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy nor the leaders of the human federation ever imagined Ketes could be counter-killed.
Because that was impossible.
As a powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, Ketes came to the star cluster as a dominating force.
Even if all the strongest members of the star cluster joined forces, they could not defeat Ketes.
Yet, the most improbable thing happened.
“How is this possible?”
The Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy’s soul quivered slightly.
He couldn’t comprehend why the Shadow King of the nearly extinguished Shadow Clan appeared strangely in the galaxy.
One failure could be a coincidence.
What about two failures?
The Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy was filled with fear.
He considered a significant possibility.
Yi Chen’s luck was extraordinary.
So much so that the calamity fruit born from him could only be harvested by him.
Even the strong like him and Ketes, attempting to reap the calamity fruit, could only return empty-handed, or even suffer backlash.
For that, he lost his physical body.
As for Ketes, he fell directly, losing both body and soul.
It might be that Ketes suddenly spat out blood on the exile planet due to observing Yi Chen’s luck.
If that were the case…
Oh my God!
The Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy felt cold fear creep into his heart.
This small place held great terror.
He wanted to go home.
