Almost at the exact moment he shouted those words,

Chen Cang’s entire being surged with an overwhelming aura!

In an instant, the S-rank Shadow Puppet and Shadow Clone appeared, creating two powerful clones around him!

The Blood Moon Domain instantly spread across the entire hexagonal space, while the Wall of Thorns fully enclosed the area, continuously extending thorny spikes that attacked the fake Lu Renjia from all directions.

This sudden, overwhelming burst of power was enough to kill a self-proclaimed strong apartment player on the spot!

However, the fake Lu Renjia was strangely resilient!

No matter how fiercely the thorny spikes and the two clones attacked, they only shattered a momentary layer of glass on its body.

In the blink of an eye, the shattered glass shards quickly reformed, restoring its body to its original state!

If it were just that, it would have been fine.

The key point was, during this sudden assault, Chen Cang also unleashed the Shadow Curse on this ghostly thing!

Meaning, if this ghostly being had any talent or Glyph Pattern Ability, it would be sealed right now!

But in reality? The Shadow Curse seemed to have no effect on it whatsoever!

Even more absurd was that the Blood Moon Domain he released appeared to be slightly out of control!

The blood-red surroundings seemed to flow like liquid blood, all rushing toward the fake Lu Renjia!

That guy! He was actually sucking the blood within Chen Cang’s Blood Moon Domain?!

Blood sucking?

Chen Cang’s eyes flickered. Without hesitation, he slashed his palm.

Blood gushed out as he crouched down, pressing his blood-covered palm fiercely against the ground.

Soon, the blood on the floor of the hexagonal space seemed to come alive, automatically condensing into eerie patterns.

This was his bloodline talent’s corresponding S-rank skill—

Blood Prison Contract!

This strange thing that looked like Lu Renjia seemed to ignore all physical attacks.

None of Chen Cang’s powerful techniques could affect it.

Since it couldn’t be killed, perhaps he could contract it to serve himself!

As luck would have it, this ghostly thing actually dared to suck his blood…

That significantly increased the success rate of the Blood Prison Contract!

By this logic, this strange thing might just be another opportunity granted by his Protagonist Halo!

However…

That thing, which had just actively sucked blood from his Blood Moon Domain,

Now, upon sensing the Blood Prison Contract forming, seemed to foresee the danger in advance.

Its pitch-black eyes, identical to Lu Renjia’s, suddenly fixed on him for two seconds.

Those jet-black eyes were inexplicably eerie.

Just as Chen Cang frowned slightly,

The fake Lu Renjia curled the corners of his mouth, revealing a strange smile to him.

Then, it turned and fled!

Chen Cang witnessed with his own eyes as that thing directly passed through the Wall of Thorns he had set up.

Then, it merged straight into a mirror surface and disappeared!

Damn it! Trying to run?!

Chen Cang didn’t hesitate and quickly pursued.

Since his palm was still covered in blood, he pressed it against the mirror surface, instantly shattering it and opening a path.

Just like that—

From the moment the fake Lu Renjia was being tracked to now, the roles had reversed: the fake Lu Renjia was running ahead, Chen Cang chasing behind.

He chased swiftly, almost every time seeing from which side of the six-faced mirror the fake Lu Renjia escaped into the next hexagonal space.

Like this, it fled and he pursued.

It seemed like it had nowhere to fly.

What Chen Cang didn’t know was…

He was being led by the fake Lu Renjia in a circle, back to the route he had previously taken.

During the chase, the blood smeared on the mirrors was again completely absorbed by the fake Lu Renjia!

That eerie creature’s eyes grew darker, and its sinister smile deepened.

Jiang Ye had no idea about this.

All she knew was that this extra strange clone suddenly started moving rapidly.

Its movement clearly circled around, retracing the previously traveled path.

What exactly was this newly formed clone up to?

Forget it, she decided to ignore it for now.

Jiang Ye was preparing to test whether staying in one hexagonal mirror space for a long time really could create new clones.

If simply staying in the mirror palace hex space could create new clones…

Holy hell! Then this Mirror Palace secret realm would be a true sanctuary for him!

If it really was a sanctuary for creating clones, then Chen Cang, as the most unstable factor destroying the sanctuary, must be dealt with!

While the light clone leisurely experimented with creating artificial clones in the Mirror Palace secret realm,

Zhang Minghan’s clone was stunned the moment he entered the Mask Master’s Shop.

Because there was another customer inside.

And it was someone familiar!

A burly middle-aged man with the aura of a gang boss.

He was originally looking at the “Today’s Specials” posted on the wall beside the shop door.

Suddenly seeing Jiang Ye appear inside, the middle-aged man was shocked.

He glared fiercely, barely able to believe it:

“Zhang Soft Egg?! You?? A VIP of the Mask Shop??”

Jiang Ye: “…” Seriously? Zhang Soft Egg…? My surname is Jiang, not Zhang!

Though speechless inside, Jiang Ye still seriously pointed at the “Today’s Specials” on the wall, hinting at the reason he became a VIP.

Yuan Yihong immediately understood: “You became a VIP by completing the ‘Today’s Specials’ identification?”

“How many times did you identify? Which mask did you identify?”

His tone was domineering, as if Jiang Ye had an obligation to answer.

Since this guy was a top-tier powerhouse at the same level as Lin Ling, Jiang Ye didn’t mind the tone and calmly replied:

“Once, successfully. I identified a mimic mask that I carry with me.”

Yuan Yihong was no fool; hearing this, he compared the “Today’s Specials” with the “Shop Rules” and brightened immediately.

“So that’s it! Masks you carry yourself are also within the identification range!”

However, after his realization, he frowned slightly.

Waving his hand, a large circle of masks appeared around him.

Roughly estimated, there were twenty or thirty masks…

He glanced at the pile of masks and then at Jiang Ye, implying:

“You’re really lucky, kid.”

Obviously, he misunderstood Jiang Ye as only carrying one mask, so he was lucky to succeed once.

Jiang Ye didn’t bother explaining and directly shouted into the air:

“Is the shop owner here? Do I have to wait for this customer to complete the identification before I can see you to retrieve my modified masks?”

Right after asking,

A secret door appeared again on the wall with the “Today’s Specials.”

At the same time, the shop owner’s voice came from nowhere: “Just come in.”

Jiang Ye nodded politely at Yuan Yihong and then headed toward the secret door.

But before he could enter, Yuan Yihong suddenly called out: “Wait.”

Jiang Ye turned and raised an eyebrow.

Yuan Yihong hesitated for a moment and asked: “Which mask do you think I should identify among so many?”

Jiang Ye thought: How would I know which one? I’m not an all-knowing nomadic merchant [shrugs].jpg

But after some thought, he replied: “Did the shop owner give you any hints?”

“What hints?” Yuan Yihong looked fierce, like a simple-minded roughneck.

Jiang Ye had to be more direct: “I mean, after you entered the shop, did the owner say anything extra, even something trivial?”

Yuan Yihong frowned: “No extra words at all! Just reminded me to look at the ‘Shop Rules’ and ‘Today’s Specials’…”

Jiang Ye’s mind moved, sighing: “Maybe after I took the ‘Today’s Specials’ reward, the owner thought he suffered a big loss and deliberately didn’t give you any hints…”

Just then, the owner’s cold voice came from the air again: “It’s enough that you know!”

Haha.

Looks like the owner really felt screwed over and was still angry, probably getting angrier the more he thought about it…

So Jiang Ye said no more to Yuan Yihong and walked directly through the secret door.

Only this time, just as he stepped into the door, he suddenly felt—

Oh my god, another clone appeared.

And not far away, in the Mask Master’s workshop that the secret door led to.

Sure enough, after entering the workshop, he saw sitting opposite the table a face exactly like Zhang Minghan’s.

At the same time, this disguised version of Zhang Minghan expressionlessly said:

“When I receive customers one-on-one, I’m used to wearing the customer’s mimic mask, if they have one.”

Jiang Ye thought, that’s actually a good habit.

From now on, every time he found the shop owner for a one-on-one, the owner would actively turn into his clone…

That would mean more chances to convert the owner into a true clone!

Of course, not now. He hadn’t yet figured out the owner’s true strength.

But judging by the shop rules and the “Today’s Specials” event, he felt the owner was very strong.

At least far beyond ordinary VIP players.

Jiang Ye didn’t even have confidence turning Lin Ling into a clone, let alone the owner.

Anyway, no rush. He sat down opposite the table, sensing the owner was in a bad mood, and placed the nine prepared mimic masks on the table.

The owner also placed the two modified masks—the Madman Mask and the Enforcer Mask—in front of Jiang Ye.

While pushing the two modified masks toward Jiang Ye, the owner casually picked one mask from the nine mimic masks.

He moved effortlessly and directly put the mask on his face.

Soon, his entire face changed from Zhang Minghan’s to Jiang Ye’s, also the appearance shown by the Nomadic Merchant Mask.

Watching the owner’s smooth actions, Jiang Ye was slightly surprised.

Normally, players could only wear one mask at a time.

But the Mask Master didn’t remove the Zhang Minghan disguise mask on his face and simply put on Jiang Ye’s mimic mask on top…

Indeed, rules were made to limit ordinary people.

The Mask Master must have great authority in wearing masks.

While Jiang Ye was guessing this,

The Mask Master, now wearing Jiang Ye’s face, seemed to check the data panel immediately, then angrily shouted:

“Ugh! What trash data is this? This? You call this a surprise?! You’re just messing with me, aren’t you?!”

Jiang Ye was not annoyed, smiling: “Take another look in the mirror.”

Seeing the Mask Master indeed pull out a mirror, Jiang Ye’s smile grew more confident, even internally thinking—

Come on, show me your shock! Give me some emotional value 🙂

However!

The Mask Master looked at the mirror with an expressionless face.

Just as Jiang Ye wondered if he might have facial paralysis,

The master angrily said again: “What’s wrong with this face? Young and handsome, so what? You’re still messing with me, huh?!”

???

Not?

“You…”

Suddenly, a shocking thought popped into Jiang Ye’s mind.

He was dazed for a moment, then snapped back and asked the shop owner: “Do you—remember the appearance of the Nomadic Merchant?”

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by NovelKeep