Abyssal Invasion, I Wield Dark Authority – Chapter 72

Ch 72: Stealth

The pitch-black shadow clung to Qin Jin-nian’s body, as if it had transformed into a full-body armor, and drilled into the narrow sewer.

But unexpectedly, the smell in this sewer wasn’t as hard to describe as one might imagine… at least, there wasn’t any smell of excrement.

Thinking about it for a moment, it’s easy to understand that this city is completely abandoned, and there aren’t any real people living here, so where would the smell of excrement come from?

But come to think of it, the description of this black market on the panel is ‘a fragment of the dark side world’, what exactly does that mean Qin Jin-nian still hasn’t figured out… what’s going on with this abandoned city? Why is there such a ruin existing within the black market?

But this question just flashed through his mind, and he threw it away again… now isn’t the time to think about this.

He was wearing the ‘shadow armor’, walking in this pitch-black sewer… it’s not quite right to say walking, because his feet didn’t touch the ground at all. Many shadow tentacles extended from the shadow armor, turning into limb-like existences, allowing Qin Jin-nian to float in mid-air and move forward quickly…

It’s more like a large spider.

This shadow armor was also a sudden idea. The shadow shield has already proven the strength of the shadows. But the shadow shield isn’t very convenient to move, it’s only useful when forced to withstand attacks, and it’s not very useful when moving.

So Qin Jin-nian simply let the shadows turn into a layer of armor that clung to his body… this not only made it convenient to move, but even if he was suddenly attacked, there would be a layer of shadow as a buffer. In terms of the shadow’s strength, the defense was still very amazing. It would be very difficult to kill him in one fell swoop.

And speaking of shadow armor…

“If I remember correctly, among the initial authorities that appeared before, there was an ‘shadow armor’… Controlling shadows can already allow me to simulate the form of shadow armor… Then the ‘shadow armor’ authority… seems a bit redundant and useless, right?”

Qin Jin-nian was thinking thoughtfully.

If that shadow armor could only greatly enhance the strength of the shadows, or the strength when transforming into shadow armor… then it would really be a bit useless.

But thinking carefully, that possibility doesn’t seem very high.

Take a closer look at his current authorities, the strength of controlling shadows, no need to say, right? The strength of the dark pupils, no need to say, right? The strength of shadow devouring… no need to say, right?

None of these authorities are useless things.

It can be said that they all have irreplaceable places.

Then there’s no reason why the new authority that requires 10,000 shadow points to awaken… is useless, right?

“Speaking of shadow points… swallowing these cultists seems to be able to get shadow points… and the battlefield above…”

Qin Jin-nian looked up… the movements on the battlefield could be heard clearly in the sewer. The booming sounds made the sewer walls tremble a little.

To be honest, coming here to swallow some cultists and obtain a large amount of shadow points… was actually one of Qin Jin-nian’s main goals this time.

Why did he make a phone call in Shangpu Village and wait there?

Wasn’t it to determine the Night Watch’s action time, so he could follow?

But… in Qin Jin-nian’s heart, swallowing cultists wasn’t as important as Ningning.

So he had to make sure Ningning was safe first.

Regardless of life or death, he could consider it as giving himself an explanation.

Then, he would start fishing in troubled waters.

Of course, he could only wait… the fierce battle was in full swing now, and there were many Super Martial Artists and Espers above, fighting with great intensity. If he went to the battlefield at this time, with this black outfit, he was afraid he would be attacked from both sides.

“It’s a pity that, although they are all ‘shadow’ series, and they have all reached ‘Primary Awakening Ⅰ’, shadow devouring isn’t as convenient and intelligent as controlling shadows… it can only turn into a large piece of black cloth, slowly devouring, and can’t be combined with controlling shadows, eating directly…”

After upgrading to ‘Primary Awakening Ⅰ’, the changes in controlling shadows were very significant. And shadow devouring… at least for now, Qin Jin-nian only found that his recovered physical strength and mental strength had increased a little.

Although it’s also very important… but compared to the ten-fold increase of controlling shadows, it’s insignificant.

Of course, it’s also possible that he hasn’t had the chance to explore some of the functions of shadow devouring… it’s not certain.

Lost in thought, the shadows were already carrying Qin Jin-nian forward quickly underground, and soon, he saw a circular passage appearing in front of him…

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It was as if a mud wall had been forcibly opened in the middle.

He carefully observed and understood… the ground above seemed to have collapsed, causing a large amount of mud to collapse down and block the entire sewer. But afterwards, a hole was opened by someone…

Thinking about it, he immediately understood… this was obviously done by Chen Jiangnian just now.

He said the sewer was blocked before, but he cleared it… it didn’t seem like he was lying.

Thinking in his heart, he controlled the shadows to carry him directly through this earthen hole…

The depth was actually quite deep, as much as ten meters.

He had to thank Chen Jiangnian. If it weren’t for him, Qin Jin-nian would probably have had to spend some effort to break through this hole.

After traveling for about ten minutes, finally, the movements above his head decreased a lot. Obviously, he had passed through the entire battlefield through the sewer and arrived at the rear.

Qin Jin-nian saw the exit at a glance… because there happened to be a hole at the exit, which was obviously also Chen Jiangnian’s doing.

The shadows brought Qin Jin-nian close, looked at it, and a manhole cover full of rust appeared above his head.

Qin Jin-nian’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he leaned in to listen. He could hear the booming sounds, but they were far away. There weren’t any strange sounds nearby.

Then he took a deep breath, and then the shadows transformed into two giant hands and reached up, effortlessly lifting the manhole cover.

At the same time, Qin Jin-nian, whose entire body was covered in shadow armor, was supported by the other shadow tentacles, and emerged from the sewer.

The characteristics of the shadows, which could be both real and illusory, were vividly displayed at this moment… As he emerged from the manhole cover, some of the pitch-black shadows transformed into tentacles and limbs, which emerged from the ground…

The whole scene looked really ‘weird’.

With a glance, Qin Jin-nian realized that he had already entered the stadium. The surroundings were in ruins, and in front of him was a collapsed building…

There was no one around.

Behind him, the booming sounds were constantly echoing. Amidst these booming sounds, there were also some people’s roars.

“The end of the world, my God witnesses!”

“The end, my Lord, be with me…”

The voices were fanatical and frenzied, and a large amount of black mist was drifting over there.

And deep in front of him, the huge figure that had appeared since the start of the battle was vaguely outlined in the darkness, illuminated by the flashes of lightning and firelight, and the ear-piercing screams became blurred.

That huge figure was obviously some kind of anomaly… He didn’t know how the Church of the End had summoned it.

But thinking of that Night Raven, Qin Jin-nian felt that it was normal… These strange cultists all had anomalies living in their heads, so what was it to summon one?

In the end, Qin Jin-nian’s gaze locked onto the southeast corner…

Where would Ningning be?

He thought in his heart, but he didn’t stay any longer. The shadows transformed into giant limbs, carrying him quickly to the ruins-like building, and headed towards the southeast corner…

（The first update every day will officially be changed to 2 p.m. from now on… well, the weather is getting colder and colder, and it’s getting harder and harder to get up early. It doesn’t feel very safe to put it at 12 p.m., so let’s put it at 2 p.m. The eight o’clock update in the evening remains the same. It’s getting cold, everyone pay attention to the flu and don’t catch a cold. ）