Chapter 2873 - 1362: Reproduction

[Not the taste of human blood, it’s fake!]

Just as Yi Dong used a [Heart Piercing Stab] to penetrate the girl’s chest from behind, getting splattered with warm crimson blood and about to relax, a thought was suddenly transmitted to his mind by his Lifebound Ghost.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Yi Dong immediately activated Shadow Step, instantly darting nearly ten meters away. He then felt a surge of elemental waves approaching from behind him, and shortly after, a scorching gust brushed past his body. Although it didn’t cause much damage, it was an exhilarating thrill.

But much like the thrill of a heart-pounding ride at an amusement park, Yi Dong was excited yet unafraid, since under the instincts of the Super Spirit Body, as long as he wasn’t consciously sabotaging himself, he faced almost no life-threatening danger. This was unrelated to character panels or equipment skills, it was an actual ’realm’.

Being infinitely close to the Epic Peak realm allowed Yi Dong to maintain composure even though his adrenaline was surging and his heart rate rapidly accelerating. It was similar to that earlier Shadow Step—although prompted by the Lifebound Ghost, the move was executed by Yi Dong himself. Even though he’d never played as a Deceit School class, the Super Spirit Body’s ’instincts’ propelled him to use the skill to perfection, effortlessly gauging the safe distance at the edge of the elemental blast, showcasing an impeccable mastery that was quite terrifying.

The vague and intangible concept of ’realm’ is the greatest hurdle for players to grow stronger in the [Realm of Innocence]. The reason is simple: the majority of players rely mainly on mentally chanting skills and muscle memory. While they make faster progress compared to NPCs in the early stages due to system support, they get stuck at the High-Order Pinnacle and lose any advantage over NPCs entirely.

Consider this: even a genius like Double Leaf, who has dissected Mid and High-Level magic thoroughly, is stuck at the High-Order Pinnacle without any sign of breakthrough. For those only capable of loudly reciting ’Fire Blast Technique’, ’Fireball Technique’, and ’Frost Nova’, stepping into the Epic Domain is even more daunting, except for someone like Cordova, pieced together by Luwei like a collection of parts into an Epic-tier entity. Most players are stuck at this bottleneck for an unpredictable length of time.

Of course, this doesn’t factor in the individual perpetually at the top of the leaderboard.

In fact, Yi Dong himself was unlucky. Forcefully advancing realm through this method is a rare opportunity. Had he been someone whose main role was like ’Tan Mo’, aligned with the Deceit School, or had his Super Spirit Body formerly been a Necromancer...or at the very least, any Epic-tier Spellcaster, it could have saved him a significant amount of time when truly breaching the Epic Realm, making the effort many times more efficient.

As fate would have it, he received a Super Spirit Body that was entirely mismatched with his profession, and although it wasn’t completely devoid of reference value, it was a rather regrettable situation.

However, Yi Dong didn’t really mind. Although he also desired to become stronger and more renowned, as an open-minded, modern, outstanding second-generation rich, he could take things in stride. His appearance here today was simply to help a brother out, and he wasn’t concerned about the price of lending that help.

Yet, this was indeed a difficult favor to fulfill. Double Leaf’s strength was well known. Even though Yi Dong, who had reached the Epic Realm, would not be at a disadvantage facing her, trying to defeat her within the Super Spirit Body’s five-minute limit was by no means an easy task.

Or more bluntly—it’s extremely difficult!

"All idlers, get out of my face!"

Emerging from the dust not far behind Yi Dong, the disheveled and dirt-covered Double Leaf looked somewhat bedraggled, yet her eyes shone more brightly than ever. She raised her hand with a wave, and five Mirror clones instantly appeared behind her, casting extraordinarily sharp single-target spells aimed at her greatest threat so far—the man adorned in a black robe and emitting a strong sense of death with a comical mask.

’Troublesome opponent, think quickly for a solution.’

Twisting his [Residual Rainbow] into a flurry of chaotic shadows, Yi Dong sent a message to Motan while flitting through the air as if skimming over water, sequentially breaking Double Leaf’s [Evil Thunder], [Purple Firefall], [Rock Thorn Disintegrator], [Frost Spear], and [Wind King’s Shackles]. Almost instantaneously, he utilized a second Shadow Step to evade a blast of negative energy and a double Spatial Shock, advancing with unstoppable killing intent directly toward Double Leaf, his short blade tracing countless erratic flashes of blade light filled with hidden murder.

What greeted him was six compressed firewalls wrapped in a layer of water elements. Although neither Pure Water Element nor the Fire Wall raised to High-Level Magic had any defensive ability, Yi Dong instinctively sensed danger, flinging several blades formed through his [Cold Disaster Mage] class without recklessly charging in.

Sure enough, the moment these sharp ice blades came into contact with the firewalls, three of them exploded with a resounding blast. While these triggered only a few contained shockwaves, their unleashed power rivaled any single-target magic spell.