Shadow Slave novel Chapter 3097

As Nephis fought her dark copy, on the opposite side of the city, the legion of Shadow Saints was slowly melting under the assault of their corrupted kin. Despite the devastating losses both armies had suffered, the abominations were still numerous, thousands of them swarming toward the elevator platforms that two hundred shades defended.

Far above, the shadow of Absence led the remains of five centuriae as they pincered at least a thousand of Tainted Saints — attacked from multiple directions, the battle formation of stalwart abominations was slowly shrinking as more and more of them fell.

However, scores of shades were being vanquished, as well. The remaining Supreme shades clashed with the Great champions of Jade Titan's fallen army, collapsing one after another — after all, even empowered by the Will of the Lord of Shadows, they were not a match for living creatures of the same Rank. But even as they were vanquished, the silent shades dragged their enemies with them into the cold embrace of death.

The Shadow Legion still persisted in its mission, slaughtering the Tainted Saints and melting in the harrowing carnage of battle. The two hundred shades below were soon reduced to a hundred, and then to just a few dozen — but even then, the last of them stubbornly held their ground. Once those last defenders fell, the enemy would scale the great stalactites above and encircle Absence and his warriors.

Then, the army of Shadow Saints would be truly and utterly obliterated.

But before that happened, their commander still had a chance to turn the tide.

In the heart of the city, Saint had dived into a crack in the Jade Titan's armor. The abominable colossus staggered, and then slammed his fist into the cracked breastplate. His blow was so powerful that, for a moment, a blinding flash illuminated the crumbling stalagmite, and the net of cracks marring the surface of the stonelike metal deepened.

It wasn't easy to damage armor that the Demon of Destiny himself had forged. Its battered state right now was the work of two Supreme Titans — Changing Star and Lost from Light. So, the shockwave produced by the thunderous blow was truly devastating, fracturing the ancient stones beneath the terrifying giant's feet and making the colossal stalactites above sway. The Jade Titan's body could withstand the impact, but could Saint do the same? Apparently, she could.

Before the thunderous ringing produced by the blow even grew quiet, the abominable colossus shuddered and bent over, a waterfall of ruby dust spilling from beneath his helmet. A deafening sound — not quite a growl, but not quite a groan either — resounded in the impenetrable darkness, and leaning on his greatsword, the Jade Titan ripped a piece of his breastplate away. It was as if he wanted to plunge his hand into his own chest and crush the vicious invader between his fingers.

But before he could, a strange shudder ran through his body.

The Jade Titan straightened and let out a horrid, deafening roar. The low thunder of his titanic voice reverberated across the entire city, making the ancient stones vibrate and sending the flowing currents of true darkness into a frenzy.

Then, his shattered breastplate exploded outward.

What escaped from the vast breach was not a torrent of ruby dust and stone shards, however, and neither was it Saint.

Instead, it was a vast, unfathomable, billowing flood of darkness.

The darkness rose above the colossal body of the Jade Titan like a boundless cloud, expanding and circling it like a whirlwind. It swallowed the lightless void above the ancient ruins, looming above them, seething as it spun.

A great maelstrom of elemental darkness was born in the void at the heart of the ancient city, churning as its vast current spun around the battered figure of the abominable colossus. Unlike the true darkness that drowned all of the Underworld, however, this terrifying mass of it was different.

It was far more malevolent, frenzied, and terrifying, permeated by the appalling scent of Corruption... it was alive, controlled by a terrifying will.

That boundless tempest of true darkness was the essence of the Jade Titan — the towering giant it had inhabited before, meanwhile, had merely been its shell.

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