“I can't break through his defense! Everyone, attack together!”
After a fierce barrage of blows, Zhang Shou used the recoil from a punch against Duplicate Cheng Pi to spring back and open up distance before shouting to the group.
Though Duplicate Cheng Pi possessed low attack power and was not especially fast, his defense was absurdly high.
In his Stone Colossus form, every piece of rock covering him was countless times harder than superalloy. Even with his fists enveloped in blood-qi power, striking them still made Zhang Shou’s hands throb with pain.
If this had been a fight to the death, Duplicate Cheng Pi would have inevitably ground him down.
In truth, Duplicate Cheng Pi was already in a weakened state. Because this was a special pocket space, he could neither use Colossus Power nor absorb the planet’s pulse; otherwise, the longer the battle dragged on, the more monstrously powerful he would become.
Next, the rest of the group joined the fray. Except for Yu Xian and Little Nora, everyone poured their skills onto Duplicate Cheng Pi. Only after five full minutes of chipping away with scratch damage did Duplicate Cheng Pi finally crash to the ground.
Such staggering defense left everyone in awe. Fortunately, every gain came with a tradeoff; while his defense had increased exponentially, Duplicate Cheng Pi’s attack power was indeed too pathetic to inflict any real harm on the class users present.
“Cheng Pi, you're way too hard,” Zhang Shou said, slumping onto the ground in exhaustion after Duplicate Cheng Pi fell.
Cheng Pi spread his hands and grinned smugly. “Can't help it. I'm just that rock-hard of a man.”
As he spoke, he even thrust his hips forward with flamboyant flair.
A chorus of boos and jeers immediately erupted from the crowd.
Fortunately, the subsequent duplicates were of ordinary members, and the group took them down with coordinated focus fire.
The strongest among them was the duplicate of Ximen Wangcai. Ximen Wangcai had specifically told everyone to stay out of it so he could duel his own copy in swordsmanship. The two clashed for a full half hour, until Ximen Wangcai nearly fell to his duplicate’s blade. In the end, Cheng Pi had to transform into the Stone Colossus to block Duplicate Ximen Wangcai’s lethal blow.
After that spar, Ximen Wangcai’s Dao heart had very nearly shattered.
Yet Yu Xian stabilized his Dao heart with a single remark: “Haven't you heard that turning to the dark side makes you ten times stronger? To fight a darkened version of yourself to a standstill like that, you're already plenty strong.”
“Being a little bit smaller is cute too, you know.”
“Half an hour is actually super long!”
Once his Dao heart was stabilized, however, Cheng Pi and Zhang Shou came crowding over, grinning cheekily, which made Ximen Wangcai’s face turn completely dark.
Finally, the ninth duplicate was slain. Once again, everyone pooled their fire to execute a swift, clean one-shot kill. The team member whose duplicate had just been felled felt a chill run down their spine.
After all, the duplicate possessed the exact same abilities as the original. If everyone could instantly obliterate the duplicate, it meant they could just as easily obliterate them, essentially offering a firsthand glimpse of one way they might die.
Anyone with weaker mental fortitude would likely feel unsettled for days, if not plagued by nightmares.
As for the tenth duplicate, everyone present silently prayed: *Please don't be Yu Xian, please don't be Yu Xian, please don't be Yu Xian.* Important things had to be repeated three times.
Fortunately, Murphy’s Law did not trigger this time; what they feared most did not come to pass.
In the center of the space, a little yellow duck slowly took shape. Everyone froze in surprise, then turned their gaze toward Little Nora before sharply drawing in a breath of cold air. Although they hadn't drawn Yu Xian, drawing Little Nora was just as terrifying.
If Duplicate Little Nora could also use “Sister’s Gaze” and made a wish to erase them all from existence, wouldn't they be utterly doomed?
Yet Duplicate Little Nora did not unleash any bizarre skills. Instead, it instantly summoned a pair of golden shears.
Carved with dragons and phoenixes, the shears bore mysterious patterns across their blades, appearing both to expound obscure truths and to recount the impermanence of fate.
“Watch out, that's the Scissors of Fate!” Little Nora immediately shouted a warning, manifesting its own Scissors of Fate at the same time.
This was the tenth encounter; there was no longer any need to hold back.
Yu Xian also activated a skill, instantly conjuring ten colossal summoned beasts to form a wall before the group.
The two pairs of Scissors of Fate clashed midair, neither able to gain the upper hand over the other. Seizing the opportunity, Yu Xian’s ten summoned beasts dropped onto all fours, opened their maws, and unleashed energy beams of ten distinct elements at Duplicate Little Nora.
However, just as Little Nora possessed the Blessing of Luck, Duplicate Little Nora possessed it as well.
Duplicate Little Nora was evidently just as lucky as Little Nora. Though all ten elemental beams were aimed squarely at Duplicate Little Nora, not a single one hit the mark.
The effect of the Blessing of Luck was that when one’s luck exceeded an opponent’s by a hundredfold, none of that opponent’s attacks could hit them.
In simple terms, the vast majority of people couldn't even graze Little Nora with their attacks. That was what made Little Nora so absurdly heaven-defying. It simply disliked fighting and killing, preferring to eat and drink instead, but that hardly meant it was weak.
Quite the contrary—it was terrifyingly strong.
Yu Xian instantly realized that summoned beasts were practically useless against Duplicate Little Nora. Expending Primordial Power, he unleashed the skill Primordial Dragon.
In an instant, a colossal dragon composed of primordial chaotic power took shape. Snapping its eyes open, it locked onto Duplicate Little Nora, extending a claw to swipe viciously toward Duplicate Little Nora’s head.
“Happy Planet!”
Just as the Primordial Dragon’s claw descended, Duplicate Little Nora raised both hands. A planet instantly swelled between its palms, perfectly intercepting the attack. As the planet continued to expand, the Primordial Dragon was forced to retract its claw.
Then Duplicate Little Nora spun on the spot and hurled the Happy Planet straight toward the crowd.
The properties of this planet were utterly bizarre. Yu Xian commanded the Primordial Dragon to attack, but whether it was dragon breath or a full-body ramming strike, nothing had any effect.
At that moment, Little Nora also activated Happy Planet, creating an even larger celestial sphere that directly blocked Duplicate Little Nora’s planet. Little Nora slammed both hands forward, sending both planets recoiling backward and crashing toward Duplicate Little Nora.
“The properties of this planet are actually quite similar to that Rule Branch spirit from before,” Jin Sheng muttered to himself as he watched the Happy Planet.
Evidently, when a Happy Planet moved forward, it was governed by an absolute rule: unstoppable, unless the obstacle in its path was also a Happy Planet.
A tug-of-war ensued between Little Nora and Duplicate Little Nora.
When the two Happy Planets crashed toward Duplicate Little Nora, it shoved hard, sending them back toward Little Nora. Little Nora shoved back with equal force, and the two planets bounced back and forth between them.
Only after roughly ten minutes did both Happy Planets finally vanish together.
Duplicate Little Nora and Little Nora stared each other down. Then, in perfect unison, both activated a skill—
Auspicious Deity Descent Art!
Chapter 534