Chapter 411: Calling the Thief Father

“……”

Jiang Ye felt quite awkward too.

Although the entire shadow phantom showed no expression.

He could sense the old thing’s shock and fury.

He felt a bit uneasy inside.

Not really afraid the shadow phantom would reclaim the mutated Blood Realm Worm.

Mainly worried whether the shadow phantom might have some special method to completely destroy his “baby”…

And he could sense the shadow phantom genuinely wished to kill him instantly…

This wouldn’t do!

Jiang Ye felt he couldn’t just wait for death.

But now separated from his clone army, alone and isolated, his clone skills were temporarily useless.

Could the newly fused mutated Blood Realm Worm serve some purpose?

Jiang Ye placed high hopes on that mutated Blood Realm Worm.

Not just because that thing could rapidly drain his blood like the Formless Tree or Little Red Snake.

Two even more crucial points—

First, this place was a Forbidden Zone!

That the Blood Realm Worm could function almost unaffected in such an environment…

Proved that worm was absolutely extraordinary!

Perhaps even the shadow phantom’s immunity here wasn’t due to special permission status, but because he was the Blood Realm Worm’s master!

Second, the clone drained by the Blood Realm Worm wasn’t an ordinary clone!

It was an enhanced version fused from three SSS-grade light clones!

Although reduced to ordinary status in the Forbidden Zone.

From Xu Gou and others’ behavior, it was clear—

Even if light abilities couldn’t be used, those three clones still belonged to the light faction.

They could still make dark-type creatures feel instinctive fear.

This fear prevented dark-type creatures from approaching the light clones.

Yet strangely, that Blood Realm Worm actually dared to drain the light clone’s blood!

It looked extremely like a dark-type creature.

But clearly, it wasn’t afraid of light!

So Jiang Ye was absolutely certain that Blood Realm Worm was extraordinary!

Especially the mutated version that drank his blood!

However, extraordinary as it was.

Jiang Ye currently had no idea how to use this thing.

Feeling the shadow phantom’s volcanic rage, he kept suspecting he’d ascend to heaven any second!

Confirming he couldn’t quickly figure out the Blood Realm Worm’s uses…

Jiang Ye’s mind raced rapidly.

Suddenly, he thought of something, and his left hand fingers extended again.

Only exerting force outward.

Actually his left hand didn’t move.

But the part of the shadow phantom’s body near his left hand extended outward, forming a hand shape like when it seized the Blood Realm Worm.

This scene shocked the shadow phantom speechless again!

What stunned him even more was—

The extended shadow phantom hand rose upward, reaching his head!

Just as the shadow phantom thought it would attack him…

Unexpectedly, the ethereal hand gently stroked his presumed forehead…

???

!!!

A simple action that shocked the shadow phantom rigid!

After a long moment, the shadow phantom slowly recovered.

He glared sharply at the small shadow phantom carrying part of his body, suddenly trembling as he spoke:

“Son… is that you?”

Jiang Ye desperately wanted to nod repeatedly: It’s me!

Clone mommy it’s me! I’m your little clone child!!

The shadow phantom was indeed confused, thoughts swirling.

He wasn’t the self-sacrificing type of father.

But blood ties were hard to sever.

Plus his old-fashioned thinking made him want an heir to continue his lineage.

Tao Sheng might not match other strong players in talent or temperament.

But regardless, he was his seed!

The shadow phantom naturally wanted him to live well.

But the current situation was truly bizarre…

His son’s Blood Realm Worm had somehow mutated, draining his son into a desiccated corpse;

The mutated Blood Realm Worm had inexplicably entered the shadow phantom portion taken by Jiang Ye…

Even more absurdly, that shadow phantom portion could move independently from him!

How was this possible!

The shadow phantom had split his body before.

But the separated portions were always under his control.

If he didn’t manage them, the separated parts couldn’t move.

But now, this separated portion not only hosted the mutated Blood Realm Worm but moved on its own!

Crucially, its movement after acting…

Wasn’t attacking, but head-patting!

This was an action showing filial affection!

This made the shadow phantom immediately think of his son!

Logically, others shouldn’t be able to control his shadow phantom body.

That mutated Jiang Ye originally couldn’t move, so definitely not him!

Thus, the only possible controller of this shadow phantom portion was the mutated Blood Realm Worm!

What the shadow phantom couldn’t determine was—

The mutated Blood Realm Worm’s filial affection toward him…

Was it because he raised the Blood Realm Worm, so it was naturally loyal?

Or because the Blood Realm Worm drank Tao Sheng’s blood, so Tao Sheng’s will was calling for his father?

Either way…

Since the mutated Blood Realm Worm showed filial affection, the shadow phantom decided to treat him/it as his bloodline!

Thinking this, the shadow phantom’s rage seemed instantly soothed by the head-pat.

But he hadn’t given up on Jiang Ye.

The shadow phantom’s giant hand reached into the small shadow phantom again.

However, the giant hand passed through the mutated Jiang Ye’s pure black body as if one was in the living world, the other in the spirit world, unable to interact. ŕἈɴ𝐎ＢÊ𝘚

Confirming this, the shadow phantom stopped targeting Jiang Ye.

He still used his giant hand to grab and retrieve the shadow phantom portion belonging to him.

But the results were unsatisfactory.

Just as Jiang Ye felt strong suction when pulled from the shadow phantom.

He clearly felt strong attraction now between himself and the shadow phantom portion following Jiang Ye.

This attraction prevented the shadow phantom from retrieving the portion that had followed Jiang Ye…

Finally, the shadow phantom had to accept reality.

He sighed deeply, then stuffed the Jiang Ye version small shadow phantom back into his belly…

Then instantly flashed toward the Ghost Valley Soul Shepherd Formation center.

First, the formation center clearly had issues, so the shadow phantom wanted to investigate and understand the Blood Realm Worm’s mutation cause.

Second…

Regardless, his son’s body was still there.

Since the mutated Blood Realm Worm might contain remnants of his son’s will.

Perhaps someday he could make the mutated Blood Realm Worm completely revive in his son’s form?

In the Doomsday Apartment environment, this wasn’t impossible.

So, collecting the body wasn’t just for father-son sentiment, but also preparing for his son’s rebirth!

Coincidentally, this place was very close to the formation center.

The shadow phantom wasn’t sure if this range would still trigger teleportation.

But indeed, until he reached the formation center again, he wasn’t teleported out.

The shadow phantom relaxed slightly, directly addressing the only barely conscious person here, Xiao Bai:

“You, tell me what exactly happened here?”

Saying this, he extended his shadow phantom giant hand, tapping Xiao Bai’s forehead to comfort her.

Xiao Bai instinctively startled, but having heard the shadow phantom’s voice before, quickly calmed down.

Xiao Bai was truly white now.

Xu Gou and Peng Gu, except for their heads, had completely whitened, barely human-shaped.

Xiao Bai could still be recognized as human, but her entire body was snow-white.

Even her black hair had mostly whitened, only a few strands remaining slightly black.

This indicated…

She probably wouldn’t last much longer.

Indeed, Xiao Bai was quite weak now.

Even her consciousness was blurry.

Because of her fuzzy awareness, she didn’t know if Jiang Ye and the Formation Master had further communication…

She only knew that continuing like this would kill her!

So facing the shadow phantom’s questioning, she barely managed to speak:

“Take… take me away… I, I’ll tell you…”

Yes, in this environment, she lacked energy to say more.

The shadow phantom frowned at her, thought briefly, then said solemnly:

“If I’m not mistaken, you’re not Defender Zhou Yuling, you’re a Reincarnation Ghost?”

“Yes…” Xiao Bai’s voice trembled weakly.

The shadow phantom said directly: “If you were human, I truly couldn’t take you away.”

“But since you’re a monster, I do have ways to save your life.”

Hearing this much, Xiao Bai understood clearly—

Saving her life probably wasn’t just about making her explain what happened.

This saved life would likely belong to the shadow phantom from now on!

After all, Xiao Bai recently heard from Tao Sheng—

His shadow phantom father could nurture monsters within his body!

And could also convert the monsters’ Glyph Pattern Abilities for his own use!

Xiao Bai didn’t know why the shadow phantom was unaffected in this Forbidden Zone.

But she truly didn’t want to die…

However, before she could answer.

She heard the familiar voice of the Formation Master coming from the floating air—

“Save her life? You’re sure?”

The sudden voice made the shadow phantom turn sharply, shouting sharply toward the air: “Who?!”

His gaze swept around, quickly locking onto the floating Array Disk.

The shadow phantom quickly realized the Array Disk must have some voice transmission function!

When he came earlier for the Blood Realm Worm without speaking, the Array Disk remained silent.

Now that he spoke to Xiao Bai, the Array Disk detected his presence.

So the Array Disk probably only had voice transmission function, like a voice transmission bead!

And the voice from the Array Disk’s owner…

The shadow phantom’s mind raced, suddenly exclaiming:

“You are… Formation Master?”

The Array Disk didn’t answer, but chuckled meaninglessly, mimicking the tone coldly:

“You are… Multitude Night Shadow?”

Then the Array Disk immediately followed: “You know me?”

The shadow phantom didn’t know the Formation Master personally, but had heard of him.

Most Array Disks in the Doomsday Apartment came from the Formation Master.

The Ghost Valley Soul Shepherd Formation Array Disk too.

So whoever used this Array Disk for voice transmission must be the Formation Master.

The shadow phantom belonged to the special permission status faction.

Most permission identity players in this faction kept low profiles, not making friends.

Any friendships were with similar special faction players.

The shadow phantom was the same, so naturally didn’t know the Formation Master.

Only vaguely heard rumors about the Formation Master.

Faintly knew the Formation Master’s strength wasn’t comparable to ordinary professional players.

Ordinary players judged strength by level, talent, combat power.

Permission players should theoretically judge by permission class.

But most permission players didn’t reveal their permission classes.

So this was actually unverifiable.

But another relatively accurate method was seeing how long a permission player had lived.

Like veteran players generally being stronger than new players.

Players famous since Day 7 were naturally stronger than those emerging on Day 8.

And those ancient players from Day 6, even Day 5…

In cultivation terms, they were like ancestral elders, immensely powerful, the pillars of their factions!

While ancient players from Day 4, Day 3…

They were like ancient mighty beings, legendary existences, unknown if still alive.

As for Day 2, Day 1?

Due to light players’ reckless actions, dark players’ patient resistance, light-dark factions’ scheming…

The entire situation was turbulent and overturned.

Basically no players from those two days survived till now.

Except reincarnators avoiding worldly affairs.

So basically, players suspected to originate from Day 3, Day 4 were already the Doomsday Apartment’s most unshakable, nearly invincible existences.

And the shadow phantom had vaguely heard—

The [Formation Master] permission identity had already become famous and accomplished by Day 4!

And that was just when he became famous!

Some speculated the Formation Master might have existed since Day 3!

Also, because the Formation Master disappeared after Day 6, many speculated—

Perhaps the former [Formation Master] had his Permission Iron Piece exposed, replaced by others…

But regardless, just judging by time, the Formation Master living this long proved his extraordinariness!

Setting aside those rumors.

His Array Disk could actually be used in the Forbidden Zone…

Even the Formation Master outside could transmit sound into the Forbidden Zone!

This itself proved his considerable strength!

However, knowing his strength, the shadow phantom wasn’t intimidated.

He could tell the Formation Master himself wasn’t in the Forbidden Zone.

His only influence here was that Array Disk.

And that Array Disk couldn’t affect the shadow phantom.

But, unafraid as he was, the shadow phantom couldn’t hide in the Forbidden Zone forever.

If he offended the Formation Master, he might face retaliation after leaving someday?

So the shadow phantom maintained a relatively friendly attitude toward the Array Disk.

He first answered the Formation Master’s question: “Long admired your reputation, but being in a special faction, I naturally couldn’t befriend Formation Master.”

Then proactively stated:

“If Master wants this girl’s life, I naturally won’t insist on protecting her.”

“Just… my son Tao Sheng originally teamed up with this group…”

“But now I find my son has turned into a desiccated corpse, I just want to understand the reason.”

“If Master can enlighten me, I naturally won’t care about this mere girl.”

Honestly, the Formation Master truly couldn’t see what happened in the Forbidden Zone.

He could only judge by sound.

Hearing “desiccated corpse,” he wondered inwardly.

Shouldn’t deaths in the Forbidden Zone turn into white light?

How could a desiccated corpse remain?

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