"It's the Astral Ephemera."

The mage standing next to Louis frowned and said:

"Is the other end of this space rift the astral plane?"

William shook his head and said:

"Probably not just that. I can sense that the Ether plane is almost in direct contact with the crystal wall of the main material world here."

Louis pondered for a moment and said:

"It's not just the Ether plane; I also sense the breath of the Shadow plane."

Perhaps because Louis had previously, through Lime, devoured a large number of monsters from the Fallen Shadow Nether Realm, his ability to sense the Shadow plane was stronger.

The Shadow Hand style among the Nine Sword practitioners uses the power of the Shadow plane.

Among the four level one martial techniques of Light and Shadow Hand style, three are linked to the Shadow plane—

Technique Stance·Shadow's Child; Strike Technique·Shadow Strike; Strike Technique·Shadow Blade.

The other levels are similar.

Level two technique Shadow Walk, level three technique Shadow Coil, level four technique Shadow Veil, level five technique Shadow Leap...

In essence, the Shadow Hand style is a magically modified Wanderer profession.

This guy Louis primarily focuses on reversing the perception.

Ordinary people master these shadow plane-related martial techniques through their own affinity and perception with the Shadow plane.

Louis is different.

One reason Instructor Jino's defenses were broken by him is that this guy first mastered the techniques, then improved his affinity to the Shadow plane through them.

And now, the expression on his face was somewhat nuanced.

"Get ready to move; something else is coming out."

He could already feel a familiar scent racing toward the direction of this breach.

It was similar to the scent of the Fallen Shadow creatures.

If expected, they should be native creatures from the Shadow plane.

He was so anxious that he was almost drooling.

If Lime could devour so many shadow creatures, could it unlock some interesting magic?

Of course, he quickly realized.

Today he was acting in Mayer's persona, and it wasn't convenient to release Lime.

In fact, if not for the early encounters with Lord Gandalf, Lime should have been a standard under Caesar's identity.

Under the identity of a prince, he was a boy who felt like spring breeze.

As an adventurer, he was a cold warrior in armor, accompanied by a slime.

As a merchant, he was as cunning as a fox, with half a mask flaunting his dragon-like presence.

Louis walks the righteous path, Caesar uses underhanded methods, Mayer goes flamboyant.

Is this reasonable?

This Ganges River!

Twisted black shadows crawled out one by one.

Fox was about to ignite the flames again to engulf these monsters but was stopped by Louis.

"Mr. Fox, at least let people like me who are present share some of your burden."

Louis sincerely thought that way.

Despite Fox often igniting patches of emerald flames, as a fellow Jade Phoenix Mage, he knew very well these emerald flames were not a skill.

Emerald flames mostly lay dormant within the Jade Phoenix Mage's body.

But it erupts completely in one situation.

That's when using the Emerald Sacrifice.

The instant the Emerald Sacrifice is activated, its powerful destructiveness not only causes substantial damage but also issues a judgment against non-Star Continent native creatures.

Failing the judgment would result in being enveloped by emerald flames and expelled from the Star Continent.

If unfortunate, one might be directly swept into the astral plane's space currents.

Therefore, upon seeing the emerald flames burning furiously nearby, Louis had already realized Fox's life was nearing its end.

This is the effect of overusing the Emerald Sacrifice; his body can no longer contain the power of a Jade Phoenix Mage, and the essence of his profession is being expelled, reshaping the surroundings into what they are now.

Fox smiled and said:

"It doesn't matter, just a mere fatal wound."

Louis attacked without a second thought.

The challenge level for Astral Ephemera is LV4, not high, but there were a lot of them.

Louis had no interest in playing mass attacks with these guys.

His gaze turned toward the shadow creatures rushing out from the rift.

He seemed to understand why Tunisia was able to retaliate.

There were quite a few shadow creatures.

But maybe the rift was connected to an area densely populated with the same type of creatures; the creatures that burst forth were mostly tiger-shaped creatures.

What's there to say?

Fallen Shadow magic begins.

Tiger Taming Technique!

Originated from the Fallen Shadow Beauty Snake's magic.

It's essentially the conceptualization of "the tiger in reality is beguiled by beauty, even to death by beauty."

This magic resembles ritual magic.

By replicating a certain ritual, it awakens the power of what corresponds to that ritual.

The effects of the Tiger Taming Technique are quite targeted.

Ordinary tiger-like creatures, unless stronger than him, can hardly resist the power of this magic.

However, Louis found it strange that usually when he used Tiger Taming Technique, he could only mesmerize 3-5 tiger-like creatures lower in level than him.

But confronting these shadow beings, the effect seemed magnified.

Under the release of a technique equivalent to a second-circle magic consumption, it acted like a chain reaction, instantly controlling over twenty tiger-like creatures within the coverage area.

When Louis ordered them to attack the kidneys and manly parts of the shadow creatures, the tigers that were charging suddenly turned and began fighting each other.

"What's happening?"

Louis could only understand that absorbing too much strength from the Fallen Shadow Nether Realm made his magic attack more effective on shadow creatures.

He didn't hesitate to immediately cast four more Tiger Taming Techniques.

The mages from the Wise Council were dumbfounded.

No, little brother, what's happening?

Isn't your second-circle magic a bit too overbearing?

The Wise Council possesses entities of at least level nine heroes, including three exemplary mages.

Just this arrangement shows how much the Grand Speaker values Mayer.

Before arriving, some even suspected the ones coming to aid might be the Grand Speaker's illegitimate children.

Such manpower deployed to assist in completing a task.

But arriving at the site and seeing the furious burning emerald flames, they instantly realized how wrong they were.

The Jade Phoenix Mage organization is very unique, containing many strong individuals.

But just by witnessing the masterful control over emerald flames, they knew the one guarding here was definitely in the top tier of non-legendary Jade Phoenix Mages.

The Wise Council highly respects these mages who've protected the continent for years.

They even detected Fox's life force like a flickering candlelight before Louis did.

Without doubt, this would be the last time this mage burned intensely.

So when Louis prepared to take action, they also hesitated not to enter battle mode.

But who could tell them, what's really happening?

Why did, with several flashes of dark light, those shadow creatures suddenly kill each other like they'd gone mad?

The dreadful part was, when these monsters struck, they were immensely strategic.

Either targeting the kidneys of their "former brethren," or aiming for the eyes, throat locks, or manly parts.

For a moment, blood and masculinity flew.

The wails rose and fell, even the nearby Astral Ephemera occasionally took a fierce hit.

Dear heavens, when had the Astral Ephemera ever witnessed such brutal scenes?

The Emerald Flames banished them to the astral plane, which for them was akin to going home, nothing to fear.

But those lunatic tiger creatures indeed intimidated them.

"What are you standing there for, waiting to serve a dish?"

Louis laughed as he charged toward the Astral Ephemera, then waved his hand once he got close.

Suddenly, shadows spread out from behind him.

Fallen Shadow magic·Sweet Talk and Stab.

Activated!

Countless black swarms surged around Louis, and the moment he waved his hand, hundreds of giant bee stingers shot out, with numerous dark shadow tides surging.

At this very moment, he was like the king of shadows.

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