Chapter 858: First Floor - Within The Shadow


    Hearing the order from their Guild Leader, the Blue Vest Guild''s members ran


    out of the shadow. Since the shadow covered a wide area, it ended up leaving six


    people in the shadow. Scot Moran, Donald Callahan, and the other four Epic


    Ranks. They would ght Lu An, who hid within the shadow.


    Donald Callahan snapped out of his daze after the wake-up call of his Guild


    Leader. He was in front of the death door just now. If not for his Guild Leader


    intervening at the right time, he was done for. He quickly realized the situation


    he was in and used the Bloodline Transformation.


    His body jacked as he became two and a half meters tall, his skin turned black,


    and a pair of bull horns grew on his head. After that, he took out his greatsword


    and also a big shield that almost covered his whole body. The other four also


    transformed and regrouped with Scot Moran and Donald Callahan.


    Donald Callahan stayed in the front of the ve, as they had his back. That was


    the usual formation they used to ght a strong monster. Donald Callahan would


    be the front line with his strong physical power and almost unbreakable


    defense. The formation always worked, especially if they only faced one enemy.


    "Get ready for the attack. We need to nish this fast before the Tang Empire''s


    reinforcement comes!" Scot Moran told his subordinate in an intense tone. He


    held the spear tightly as nervousness slowly crept into his heart. He did his best


    to detect Lu An within the shadow, but he just could not sense Lu An.


    Swoosh!


    "Behind us!" Darrick, one of the Epic Ranks, yelled as he saw a shadow come


    out from the shadow below. The gure was holding four black daggers between


    his ngers, and from the shadow''s stature, without a doubt, the shadow was Lu


    An. The shadow threw the eight daggers. The pitch-black dagger accelerated in


    the air very fast but not fast enough to trick their eyes.


    Donald Callahan reacted as he put his shield forward, blocking all the daggers.


    The clash produced clanking noises as the daggers scattered around them. At


    the same time, Scot Moran and another Epic Rank rushed toward the shadow in


    the air. "I will not let you return to the shadow again!" Scot Moran quickly took


    the chance to attack Lu An while in the air.


    As long as he prevented Lu An from returning to the shadow, Lu An would not


    be able to hide from them again. Scot Moran and his Epic Rank subordinate


    were about to reach Lu An in the air, but they saw the pitch-black shadow


    smiling at them. The wide smile gave Scot Moran an ominous feeling.


    Sure enough, in the next second, the shadow in front of him was replaced by a


    pitch-black dagger. Scot Moran quickly caught up with what happened when he


    saw the dagger. He turned his head, and sure enough, a shadow appeared next


    to Donald Callahan.


    "Watch out, Callahan!" Scot Moran tried to warn his Vice Guild Leader, but it


    was too late as no one noticed the shadow gure. He maneuvered his body in


    the air, turning around and kicking the air. He tried to get back to help Donald


    Callahan.


    Despite the warning from Scot Moran, everything was too late. When Callahan


    turned to the side, he saw the shadow''s hand reaching his face. The two and a


    half meters Callahan was slammed down by Lu An. The height and weight


    dierence did not matter as Callahan was helplessly brought into the shadow


    by Lu An.


    Boom!


    In the next second, Scot Moran landed right where Callahan had just


    disappeared. He tried to attack the shadow, but it was futile. It could not force


    Lu An to bring Callahan out of the shadows. "Damn!" He started regretting his


    action to confront Lu An''s group. He just did not know that Lu An had a


    troublesome ability like this. ''There must be a way to counter this shadow, but


    how?''


    Of course, Lu An had a weakness, and his weakness was quite simple. The


    weakness of shadow was light, so he needed someone with Light Elemental


    Power like Kang Xue or Helia, the Light Bombyx Mori. They just need to get rid


    of the shadow with light, then Lu An could not use the shadow to hide anymore.


    While Scot Moran was at his wit''s end, he heard the familiar scream from the


    shadow.


    "ARGHHHHHHHHH!!!"


    It was Donald Callahan''s scream, and the scream came out from the shadow


    below them. All ve Epic Ranks tried to attack the shadow with their skills, but


    all their eorts were useless. They could not destroy the shadow or lure Lu An


    out of the shadow.


    "We are tight in time, Sir. We need to leave before the Tang Empire''s


    reinforcement arrives," Darrick was frustrated with the situation they were in.


    He immediately proposed the idea to leave Donald Callahan and escape from


    this place.


    "Do you think I will let you all leave?" Lu An overheard the conversation, and


    he came out of the shadows with Donald Callahan. However, The Blue Vest


    Guild''s vice guild leader''s body was no longer intact. Callahan lost his two legs


    and all his ngers; blood was profusely owing out from his hand and thigh as


    the man whimpered in terror and horror.


    "Do you think I will leave after what you did to Callahan!?" Scot Moran''s voice


    came from Lu An''s back. As soon as Lu An appeared on the surface, he used his


    movement skill and moved to Lu An''s back. However, his eort was futile as Lu


    An in front of him was replaced by the black dagger once more. From where he


    was, he saw Lu An appear next to one of his subordinates.


    Before he could even warn them, Lu An slashed the sword to one of his


    subordinates'' necks. The head ew o into the air as the blood spurted out in


    all directions. The body walked three steps forward before falling o to the


    ground.


    At this moment, Scot Moran realized that number did not matter in ghting Lu


    An. No matter how many Epic Ranks he had, he could not kill this young man,


    "Leave the shadow! We are retreating! Leave the shadow! We are retreating!"


    The enemy was just a perfect assassin. If they stayed longer in the shadow''s


    range, they would be killed one by one by the young man.


    Scot Moran''s left hand reached the whimpering Donald Callahan on the


    ground. He intended to bring Callahan with him as he could not aord to lose


    more Epic Rank. Even though Callahan lost his legs, there was still an elixir to


    grow his legs back.


    Scot Moran was about to jump out of the shadow with Callahan in his hand, but


    Lu An did not allow that to happen. Six daggers shot toward Scot Moran from


    six dierent directions. The daggers were just too fast, so he needed to block


    them. He released Callahan from his grasp and blocked the dagger with the


    spear in his hand. He then remembered that Lu An could switch position with


    the dagger, so he leaped away from the daggers.


    When he landed, he realized that Callahan was not in his hand anymore. He


    forgot to bring Callahan with him after blocking the daggers.


    "I will not let you bring him away from me! I told you, I will make him regret


    insulting The Tang Empire''s Emperor!" Lu An''s deadpan expression gave Scot


    Moran a chill. With this short exchange, he realized another thing. They just


    provoked someone they should never provoke.