Chapter 390: Time-Stasis Hourglass, Suppressing the Shapeshifter!

"However... do you think that by defeating these two trash Fifth Ranks, you can escape the fate of being possessed by me?"

As it spoke, the shapeshifter turned to look at the split-in-two Yuan Teng and the dead Yuan Bin, disdain in its eyes.

"Heh, naive and ridiculous." The shapeshifter laughed hoarsely, irony emerging in its eyes.

"Although this body of mine is only Fifth Rank, the same as those two trash, it’s hard to take you down in a one-on-one."

"But... I have a lock-on skill that can lock onto a target, making them fall into a weakened state, unable to dodge!"

"This fulfills the conditions for me to possess you, making you my long-term action body!"

"Get ready, this... might hurt a little." As it spoke, hunger flickered in its eyes.

The next instant, it lifted its hand and gripped, forming a seal.

A phantom stream of light flickered, instantly enveloping Su Ming.

This was a skill Zai Da loved to use before every assassination, which could weaken the target, lowering their defense and attack power to achieve an instant kill.

Now, this skill had become the shapeshifter’s best aid!

As long as one entered the "weakened" state, no matter how heavy or light, its talent [Body-Occupying Monster] could be triggered to parasitize and occupy Su Ming’s body!

It just so happened that Zai Da’s [Weakness Technique] was a lock-on casting skill without an intermediary; it didn't need to hit, it just needed to select a target to take effect!

Therefore, the shapeshifter succeeded, and Su Ming entered a weakened, powerless state!

His Strength and Constitution attributes dropped significantly!

The shapeshifter grinned and lunged out, actively breaking free from Zai Da’s body!

It abandoned Zai Da’s body and instantly lunged toward Su Ming’s head.

It looked like a giant face-hugger, ugly and terrifying, covered in fuzzy barbs.

Its entire body was covered in dense patterns, and the tips of its tentacles had fine, sharp teeth.

At this desperate moment, the corner of Su Ming’s mouth, however... curled into a cold, faint smile.

Lock-on weakness?

Su Ming had [God-Hiding Steps].

He could enter the "untargetable" state at any time; even the King of Heaven couldn't weaken him.

But he chose to stand there and be weakened, not dodging or evading.

This meant that everything was in his plan!

He chose to be weakened actively.

The purpose was to lure the shapeshifter’s true form to appear actively.

Currently, this quality of weakness skill from Zai Da would only cause Strength and Constitution attributes to drop.

And Su Ming’s Agility was still as high as over a thousand.

It would take a higher-level weakness technique to weaken his speed as well.

So currently, it could be said that Su Ming’s combat power hadn't been significantly affected!

Then one could imagine how violent the following scene would be.

Su Ming lifted his hand and gripped, and a golden hourglass appeared in the air, suspended and inverted.

Within the surrounding range, the flow of time suddenly slowed down nine times!

The clawing and scratching tentacle monster slowed down.

Subsequently, the Demon-Breaking Heavenly Spirit Fish Sword flew through the air, bit off a piece of flesh from the [Orange Blood Heart], and delivered it into Zai Da’s mouth.

Zai Da’s internal organs and brain had been almost completely devoured and hollowed out.

After the shapeshifter left his body, he would die completely within a few seconds.

So Su Ming chose to trigger the Time-Stasis Hourglass and deliver a healing item.

Only in this way could he save his life in time.

In this way, he also had more time to deal with the shapeshifter.

At the same time, Su Ming waved his hand.

The Will Butterfly Gu returned, flying back into his ear.

"So easily, you fell for my trap." Su Ming stared at the shapeshifter and said coldly.

"The intelligence of a high-level shapeshifter, even if a bit higher than a low-level one, is ultimately no match for a human."

Human intelligence was definitely among the top among all races, almost second only to the Elven race, making them the smartest and most despicable race.

As the voice fell.

Su Ming’s eyes turned cold.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!

Suddenly, several long swords flew out from the sword box on his back.

Blood Fall, Demon-Breaking Heavenly Spirit, Ten Thousand Soul Condensing Fire, Extreme Yang Death Trace, Shadow Poison Monarch.

Except for the Dark Moon Greatsword, almost all the swords flew out of the box!

This could be considered giving the shapeshifter the highest standard of enjoyment.

Then Su Ming’s expression was icy, and he gripped with one hand.

Swish!!

All the sword blades slashed wildly.

Terrifying sword light spread out.

In this time slowed down by nine times, the sword Qi also became slow.

From the perspective of Xiao Ming circling in the air, it was as if a time sphere was enveloping the area, and the refraction of light within it became slow for a few moments.

This monster possessed an Ancient Low-Grade self-healing skill.

So its recovery ability was stronger than the Fifth Rank peak Zombie King; even after cutting off its tentacles, it could heal instantly.

Even in slowed time, it was the same, extremely difficult to kill.

It was worthy of being a high-level shapeshifter, a BOSS-level terrifying creature.

Su Ming lifted his hand and gripped.

The Hundred-Battle Bracers affix, combined with the Blood Fall sword’s blood-sucking effect.

He condensed more blood swords and pierced through.

Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!!!

All the flying swords pierced through, eventually pinning the shapeshifter’s true form onto a giant boulder.

Each of its tentacles was pinned by a handsome long sword of its own.

Its black blood and mucus from the wounds slid off the boulder and flowed into the swampy silt.

Subsequently, Su Ming took a deep breath and retracted the hourglass.

The instant time returned to normal flow.

Woo-chi-chi-chi-chi!!!!

Heart-wrenching monster roars emerged.

All its tentacles trembled violently, as if it were wishing for death.

The shapeshifter’s genes, in order to successfully take over the body and manage the nerves, had evolved extremely sensitive tactile and pain nerves, millions of times more sensitive than ordinary creatures!

For humans, the pain of cutting a finger was enough to make them wish they were dead.

Not to mention that just now, Su Ming had sliced it a thousand times!

Moreover, the time slowing down nine times and then returning to normal meant that for it, all the pain suffered in the slowed time surged over at once, multiplied by nine!

As the saying goes, pleasure feels short, and pain feels long.

This moment of pain felt like it had lasted for millions of years.

So it was almost pained to the point of losing its will.

It instantly changed from its arrogant, unbridled appearance just now to looking ashen.

"Wh... what... is... hap... pening!!" It cried out miserably, its ugly, mucus-covered mouth emitting a human voice.

It had the memories of Zhuang Xunzhou and some previous human hosts, so it had learned human language and could speak normally even without a human body.

Its patterned eyeballs rolled.

Only then did it see the dense long swords pinning its entire body, and its eyes went blank.

Su Ming was expressionless and flicked his hand.

Sword Qi spread, clearing the surrounding swampy silt and revealing a dry pit.

Then he walked to the unconscious Zai Da, helped him up, and leaned him against a clean tree.

After doing all this, Su Ming walked slowly toward the shapeshifter.

He was too strong, so he wasn't afraid of the shapeshifter escaping at all.

This posture of being at ease, unhurried, and having everything under control was truly too powerful.