The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 212 - 149: Unicorn

Chapter 212: Chapter 149: Unicorn

[In the Land of Truth, there were a total of fourteen ducal titles, and only those who achieved great feats could be crowned with the title of duke. The guy leading below was codenamed "Night Duke," operating in Europe, and was responsible for the notorious "Seven Days of Bloody Rainy Nights" incident.]

Night Duke, current game level: 49. Aoneng Power: Mimic Mask.

Mimic Mask: Creates a mask based on the selected target. The mask can grant the wearer some of the target’s abilities. The current mask limit is four.

Current mask reserves: Demonic Fire Mask, Cobalt Swallow Mask, Wild Electric Lion Mask, Crystal Knight Mask.]

One of the Fourteen Dukes of the Land of Truth, huh...

Zhou Yuan attacked without hesitation, eerie blue light flickering. Loreta’s great bow materialized in his hand, and the arrow aimed straight at the enemies below.

His current game level was LV57, far ahead of Night Duke and the surviving members of the Land of Truth. However, considering that the other side was an infamous international fugitive, they were bound to have some trump cards. He needed to play it safe.

Let’s probe them first.

Bang!

The eerie blue arrow exploded, causing violent fluctuations in the water curtain barrier, which shattered completely in less than a second.

Night Duke quickly donned a cyan bird-beak mask; azure whirlwinds began to spin rapidly around him, engulfing the burning sea of flames.

The storm raged on, and in an instant, the chaotic air currents transformed into a colossal entity, becoming a destructive fire whirlwind that enveloped an area of hundreds of meters!

The ferocious fire whirlwind roared into the sky, obliterating the factory ruins and rushing towards Zhou Yuan in the air.

With a flicker, Zhou Yuan vanished from the sky.

The next moment, Night Duke felt a frigid killing intent from below his feet. He hurriedly manipulated the air currents, lifting himself and his companions into the sky, dodging the dark iron spikes that surged from the shadows.

But before they could take any action, the shadow spikes turned into sticky tentacles, extending and grabbing their legs, yanking them down forcefully.

The number of mid-to-high-level players in Night City was currently limited, and these cultists and fugitives were scattered across different districts, so Zhou Yuan had come alone.

As long as there were no survivors, there was no need to worry about exposing the Shadow System.

He was currently in the "5th-Tier Extraordinary Person Limited-Time Experience Card" status and planned to enjoy it to the fullest.

Two members of the Land of Truth couldn’t escape the entangling shadow tentacles, sinking into the darkness without even a scream, disappearing without a trace.

Slash! A member of the Land of Truth gripped a three-foot-long sword. The blade shimmered with a cold light as it slashed out, cutting through the shadow tentacles entangling the group like they were bamboo stalks.

When the shadow dissolved, their hearts sank. The areas entangled by the tentacles were entirely bloody, the skin gone, exposing raw muscle. Dark energy surged from the wounds, possessing strong corrosive power.

Night Duke quickly scanned his surroundings, not seeing Zhou Yuan’s figure. However, it was to be expected; a Shadow System extraordinary person was elusive, hard to find once they hid.

Summon the Iron Demon. He issued the cold order, immediately retracting the spreading fire whirlwind, forming a spinning wind sphere around him as a protective shield.

A man behind him promptly took out a parchment contract emitting a sulfuric odor and tore it without hesitation.

Boom!

The space resonated with a dull sound, and a gigantic bone door materialized out of thin air. Iron demons engulfed in hellfire stepped out.

The moment they emerged, the shadows beneath their feet rose eerily. These shadows, hideous as malevolent ghosts with dark daggers, stabbed viciously at the iron demons’ hearts from behind.

The iron demons did not react immediately, confident in their defensive power.

Indeed, the dark shadows’ ambush failed. The daggers couldn’t pierce the iron demons’ bodies but successfully implanted dark matter on them.

Given some time, the dark matter would rapidly grow, spread, and corrode, eventually reducing the iron demons’ sturdy defenses to rubble.

The iron demons were unaware of the dark matter’s properties, engaging in combat with the dark shadows.

Where’s that teleportation skill? Hurry up and use it! In the air, Night Duke urged, no longer looking carefree. Cold sweat dripped from his forehead, and the ominous chill in his heart grew stronger.

At that moment, he saw Zhou Yuan materialize twenty meters in front of them.

Holding a ridiculously massive shadow giant sword, with shadowy energy swirling around the blade.

It’s done!

Zhou Yuan was exhilarated. He had based this new skill on [Flame Sword], initially experimenting on a whim. To his surprise, the heightened control during the experience card period had allowed him to create it successfully in one go.

He swung the shadow giant sword horizontally, slashing at the fire whirlwind’s protective shield, creating an opening.

Though the rapidly rotating fire whirlwind nullified much of the shadow giant sword’s damage, the shadowy energy surrounding the blade was more than just a fancy effect. The seemingly harmless energy surged into the wind sphere like a swarm of locusts, instantly devouring three extraordinary persons.

Not a scrap of their bones remained.

Only Night Duke escaped, shielded by his protective artifact. However, the golden light encasing him dimmed considerably, threatened by the invasive shadowy energy. At any moment, it could break apart.