Chapter 1268 Mirror Image?
Chapter 1268 Mirror Image?
"Crash—Boom!!"
The entire corridor collapsed under the immense impact, sending rubble flying and filling the air with dust. The ceiling and walls crumbled like paper, steel bars twisted and snapped, emitting a piercing metallic groan. Debris rained down, turning the once tidy corridor into ruins.
Sima Qing and the others fell along with the collapsing floor, crashing heavily into a spacious indoor basketball court below. Amidst the billowing dust, they quickly got up and cautiously looked around.
"boom!"
Just then, the Frost Giant Elephant burst forth from the center of the arena, sending up countless fragments of wooden floorboards.
At the same time, the Wind Bird and Thunder Beast slowly descended from the sky, occupying the left and right wings respectively.
Lan Mi crossed her arms and emerged from the floor like a ghost, as if the ground were just water.
Sima Qing looked at the perfectly intact ground that she had pierced through and thought to herself, 'A spatial ability...'
The three genetically modified warriors charged toward the elemental creatures without hesitation.
One of them transformed his arms into sharp metal blades, clashing fiercely with the fire elemental warrior's flaming greatsword, sparks flying everywhere; another was covered in rock armor, withstanding the icy breath of the frost giant elephant; and the third transformed into lightning form, fighting against the thunder beast.
Lan Mi calmly raised two fingers and chanted the incantation again: "Elemental Awakening - Sound Element Dragon!"
A purple, sonic-attribute dragon emerged from the summoning circle behind her. Its entire body was composed of vibrating, materialized sonic elements, and it emitted a heart-palpitating low-frequency hum when it flapped its wings.
The Sound Dragon flew into the air and let out a deafening roar, releasing visible ripples of sound waves!
The three genetically modified warriors froze instantly, clutching their ears in pain, but they could not stop the sound waves from penetrating their bodies.
Just as they were immobilized, the Frost Giant Elephant spewed out a cloud of extremely cold air, and the three of them were quickly covered in frost, turning into three ice sculptures in the blink of an eye.
The wind bird flapped its wings violently, sending countless sharp wind blades whistling past. The three ice sculptures shattered with a crash, turning into countless ice crystal fragments scattered all over the ground!
"..."
Sima Qing's face was terribly gloomy.
"I didn't expect this principal to be even more capable than I imagined," Karl said.
Sima Qing stared intently at Lan Mi, who was protected by the elemental creatures, and said coldly, "The strength of these summoned beasts is almost all at the peak of the Soul Emperor realm. There's no point in confronting them head-on. Let's bypass them and deal with the summoner himself."
"Yes!" Upon hearing this, Lin Ye and Zhu Yu instantly unleashed their soul power, their figures moving like lightning. They skillfully bypassed the defenses of several elemental beasts and approached Lan Mi in the blink of an eye!
Lan Mi saw through their intentions at a glance when they attacked, and her lips curled up slightly, but she stood still without making any move to evade them.
Immediately afterwards, the space behind her suddenly twisted violently, rippling out like water.
Then, from the mirror-like ripples, two figures that looked exactly like Lin Ye and Zhu Yu appeared!
Lin Ye and Zhu Yu were stunned. Their pupils widened suddenly, and their attacks involuntarily slowed down by half a point.
The two suddenly appearing "Lin Ye" and "Zhu Yu" were practically mirror images of them, identical even in their eyes and subtle expressions. The only difference was that these two mirror images were dressed in tattered clothes, covered in blood and wounds, as if they had just experienced a fierce battle, their eyes still carrying lingering killing intent and exhaustion.
The two mirror images each wielded the same attacks as themselves. "Lin Ye" conjured a sharp lightning blade in her right hand using metal and lightning attributes, while "Zhu Yu" condensed a long, blazing whip from the flames in her hand!
Sima Qing's heart skipped a beat: 'This is... an illusion created by Lan Mi??'
However, what is puzzling is that when "Lin Ye" and "Zhu Yu" who appeared behind Lan Mi saw the real Lin Ye and Zhu Yu, they also showed expressions of shock and disbelief, as if they were equally shocked to see beings who looked just like them, and their movements hesitated for a moment.
But the offensive had already begun, and it was too late to back down!
The four collided violently in mid-air, and their attacks inevitably hit each other.
Thunder blades clashed, unleashing blinding flashes of lightning; fire whips intertwined, scattering sparks everywhere!
What's chilling is that both sides' attacks seemed to be precisely calculated, perfectly avoiding each other's defenses and striking their vital points!
"Pfft-"
"His-"
Lin Ye and Zhu Yu were thrown backward and crashed heavily to the ground.
They were all deathly pale, clutching their chests in agony, large spurts of blood gushing from between their fingers, staining the ground beneath them red.
They were all hit by their own attacks.
Lin Ye's chest was pierced by his own lightning blade, leaving a bloody hole. The location was very close to his heart, and it almost killed him.
Zhu Yu, on the other hand, had a long wound on her chest from the Fiery Whip, extending from her shoulder to her waist, so deep that the bone was visible, and blood gushed out, staining her clothes red.
The "Lin Ye" and "Zhu Yu" who had just appeared behind Lan Mi mysteriously disappeared after the attack, as if they had never been there at all.
Karl frowned slightly, also unable to understand what had just happened: "What was that? A mirror image?"
Sima Qing looked stern and remained silent.
Those two people just now didn't seem like illusions.
But if it's not an illusion, then what is it? A clone?
Sima Qing then glanced at Lin Ye and Zhu Yu, scanning their physical attributes.
Both of them were perfectly normal and had not fallen under any illusion. He and Karl were in the same situation.
Moreover, he noticed two details.
The two mirror images of "Lin Ye" and "Zhu Yu" seemed to be stunned for a moment when they saw the real Lin Ye and Zhu Yu, and showed an incredulous expression.
However, by the time they realized what was happening, their attacks were unstoppable, and they ended up hitting each other.
Another detail is...
The two "Lin Ye" and "Zhu Yu" were injured and their clothes were torn.
And the locations where they were injured...
Sima Qing turned to look at Lin Ye and Zhu Yu, who were injured and clutching their chests.
Exactly the same as Rinya and Zhu Yu now!
Sima Qing frowned slightly.
Could it be that......
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