The necromancer just wants to plant trees.

Chapter 544 Am I dreaming?

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The so-called shadow node.

It refers to the node where the ubiquitous shadow plane intersects with the material layers of various spaces.

Through these special nodes.

Creatures that have mastered the basic techniques of shadows can move freely between the two spaces.

Due to the special nature of the shadow world.

Most of the space in the multiverse has nodes pointing to the shadow plane, it’s just a matter of quantity.

There are only a few places such as the former Tianlun Palace, the lower three levels of Purgatory, the depths of the astral realm, etc., where, due to the excessively high energy dimensions, even the omnipresent shadows cannot penetrate or blend in, and naturally, corresponding shadow nodes cannot be formed.

Matthew noticed.

The shadow creature that had just attacked him had appeared suddenly, considering that they were not close to the front line of capturing the Shadow Castle.

Then there is a high probability that the shadow creature carried out a sneak attack through the shadow node.

In fact.

It's not just Matthew.

On the plain in front of the castle, many demons that were clearly far away from the front line were also subjected to similar attacks by the shadow creatures.

This series of sneak attacks caught the demons off guard.

The battle situation seemed to become more chaotic.

Matthew took some time to pay attention to it——

Although the shadow creatures relied on the geographical advantage of the node to launch a massive attack and achieved some results, inspired by the flag of conscription, the devils were more united and determined than ever before.

Rather than demoralizing them, these attacks only made the demons even more enraged.

And as the demons gradually became wary.

The efficiency of attacks from shadow nodes also dropped drastically.

The two sides soon returned to a stalemate again.

It was also during this period.

With his keen perception, Matthew successfully traced the origin of the shadow creature:
"found it!"

"right here……"

Matthew pointed to a space twelve inches away, about the height of his knees.

next second.

Matthew took out the Sword of Slaughter, relying on the latter's powerful ability to penetrate and open up barriers and domains.

He easily pried open the back door that led to the shadow node through the torn plane!
at the same time.

Carmela also cooperated very well and cast two illusions, covering Matthew's actions from all angles.

"go!"

Matthew pulled Carmela and dived into the node!

For a while.

The surroundings became much quieter.

Being in the shadow node, Matthew could still hear the sounds coming from the torn plane battlefield, but the sound was only about one tenth of the original loudness.

The world before their eyes turned into black and white.

As outsiders, Matthew and Carmela are both pure white, distorted humanoids, while the shadow world around them is colorful black.

These whites are so dazzling in the dark.

quickly.

Their arrival caused unrest among some shadow creatures in the nearby area.

"Luckily, this shadow node is only hooked up to two other extra nodes."

Matthew knows.

Most mid- to high-level shadow creatures can jump back and forth between shadow nodes with ease.

In order to avoid harm from demons on the battlefield.

Many shadow creatures use their high mobility to travel back and forth between the Torn Plane and the Shadow World.

This results in the huge mobility of shadow creatures in shadow nodes.

Matthew's goal was to keep a low profile and watch the battle.

The fewer other nodes a shadow node is connected to, the easier it is to achieve its goal. At the moment, as long as this node is slightly dealt with, they will still be very safe in the short term.

Whether it is the shadow creatures or the devils of purgatory, they basically ignore their existence.

Think about this.

Matthew quickly summoned A Bing and ordered him to use the shadow domain he controlled to control the group of lower-level shadow creatures nearby.

This job still has some practical difficulties for A Bing.

But the quality of the field and the level of Gundam Legend are there, and the communication between the Dual-Sword Sage and the shadow creature is unusually smooth.

Soon.

All the shadow creatures returned to their normal state, as if those hiding in the nodes before them were the natives of the shadow world.

Subsequently.

Gamera used her divine power to create a cube with a side length of two meters in A Bing's shadow area.

Standing in this little cube.

The two regained the ability to move and communicate as in the physical world.

After doing all this.

Carmela also set up two misleading and protective barriers on this shadow node.

This barrier reduces the likelihood of shadow creatures jumping over through other shadow nodes.

Next is the time to sit back and watch the fight between the tigers.

Through direct outward observation from the shadow node and the respective intelligence means of Ma and Ka.

They can clearly understand the changes in the battle situation.

Matthew originally thought that it would be difficult for the shadow creatures to stop the advance of the devil's army.

This is true even with the assistance of shadow nodes.

But he soon realized that his judgment was a bit too arbitrary.

For shadow creatures, the benefits that a single shadow node can generate are indeed not as high as at the beginning.

But accompanied by the faint chanting sound coming from deep within the castle.

More and more shadow nodes appeared on the battlefield of the torn plane.

Quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes.

Through the shadow nodes, a large number of shadow creatures poured out from the castle, constantly attacking the devil coalition from behind, and even launching suicide attacks on the devil leader.

This hard-to-defend-against attack method seriously slowed down the advance of the devil's army.

At the beginning.

Gracia's response strategy was to assign some devil soldiers to check the shadow nodes along the way.

The main force is still concentrating on attacking the city wall, and its main task must be to break through the defenders in the front.

But she soon realized that doing so might cause the situation to get out of control.

Therefore, after several unsuccessful attacks.

She decisively withdrew the main force and worked with other soldiers to clear out the shadow nodes along the way, even the potential ones.

Only the initial vanguard troops were left fighting with the shadow army on the front battlefield.

The two sides seemed to be still fighting fiercely.

Just look at one layer in detail.

You will realize that the shadow creatures are still no match for the demon army.

Although their numbers were huge, the shadow nodes arranged by Beckmann on the front battlefield also annoyed Gracia.

But there is an essential gap in the combat effectiveness of the soldiers on both sides.

Moreover, although there were many shadow creatures appearing on the battlefield, they had not yet reached the critical point of breaking through.

The Torn Plane is not a true Shadow Plane after all.

Even if Beckmann took a shortcut and used the shadow core as the core of the torn plane, and inserted countless channels and nodes pointing to the shadow plane in the inner space.

But the strength of the shadow army he can mobilize here is still just a drop in the ocean compared to the headquarters of the shadow plane.

For the Lord of Darkness, this battle is really difficult to fight.

This is Matthew's judgment from Beckman's perspective.

He still has a deep understanding of shadow creatures.

As a cannon fodder soldier, this thing's effectiveness is second only to that of undead creatures.

Most shadow creatures are also perfect soldiers who know nothing of fear.

They usually do not retreat in battle, and have the advantages of strong reproduction ability, extremely fast movement speed, not requiring too much food to maintain morale, and high loyalty.

However, compared with undead creatures.

The shadow creatures were still inferior after all—

The attributes of the shadow realm are relatively simple and can be easily restrained by various means;
This is not the case in the realm of the dead. Although undead creatures also have weaknesses, negative energy naturally occupies a wider layer of elements, allowing undead creatures to provide additional protection against their weaknesses.

This results in undead creatures having generally stronger individual capabilities than shadow creatures.

Not to mention that the Undead army has the perfect advantage of endless fighting and endless supply of troops!
"If I take over, once the first batch of demons fall, things will become much simpler..."

Despite making such speculation in my mind.

But Matthew still didn't think Beckman would be defeated -

This guy is also a thousand-year-old fox.

This time, so many familiar faces of Matthew have been united again.

There must be a backup plan!

only……

"If Beckmann is stalling for time now, then what exactly is he stalling for?"

"Is he harboring some kind of conspiracy in his shadow core?"

Matthew's gaze shifted towards the direction of the city wall.

Behind the huge stone gate is the only way to the shadow core.

Due to the narrow space of the shadow core.

Even if Beckman has some tricks up his sleeve, they can only be hidden in the junction between the shadow core and the second layer.

From a plane science perspective.

The space in the connecting area will not be that big.

At most, Beckman would set up some traps or a few ritual sites there.

The power level of these things is usually not particularly high.

Because if it is too high, it will affect the stability of the tearing plane.

in contrast.

Some information about the shadow core and its extended band can also be inferred from the stability of the second layer of space.

It was hard for Matthew to imagine that they could become the bargaining chips for the Lord of Darkness to reverse the situation.

"So, the key point may not be Beckmann, but Garan and the others..."

Matthew thought about what happened to Sener.

If what Beckman did was to pave the way for the coming of the Tongluo gods, then things would be clear.

"If that's the case, the plane tearing itself is probably just a medium."

"But do Aelin and the others know about this?"

Matthew looked up at the city wall.

there.

The volcano wizard Ailin and his companions were leisurely dealing with the spell attacks from the devil camp.

Perhaps it was because of its strong performance at the beginning.

Ailin and his team's work intensity was not high at this time.

Intercepting some occasional long-range spells was like fishing for fish for Ailin and others.

Matthew even saw smiles on the mages' faces.

And not far away.

Barbara, Gasliwen and others who joined the war as allies worked much harder.

The monster army they led held up the front line of the Devil's Vanguard Corps. Without them, the relatively fragile shadow army would have collapsed long ago, and naturally there would not be the current tug-of-war situation.

As for Beckmann himself.

He never appeared from beginning to end, and only showed some aura and power when activating the shadow node. The rest of the time, he seemed to be non-existent!
Matthew suddenly wanted to get into the shadow core and see what the Lord of Darkness was doing!
"Come to think of it, the Yellow Jade Dragon Kret should be watching the fun nearby, right?"

He just thought of this.

The guild emblem on his chest suddenly became hot.

Matthew's heart moved, and his mental power focused on the badge -

Good guy.

The module where the message came from was actually a chat room that had been silent for a long time!

Matthew was somewhat surprised.

Ever since Reagar's soul was taken away, the chat room that lost its group favorite usually had no new messages for several days.

This may also have something to do with everyone being busier after the Big Rip.

He perked up and clicked on it.

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"Loran: Sent a picture (content: a frontal battlefield with a large number of demons and astral monsters fighting each other, and the backs of mages on the distant city wall).

Luo Lan: As a poet, how should I describe this scene? @Everyone.

Hibbert: Devil? Have you already started? @Matthew. Please inform me in advance when you will deal with the Queen of Devil. She has been daydreaming more frequently recently, so I may need to make some preparations in advance.

Fei Liwen: It's okay dear, I'll let you know if Matthew needs anything @Matthew. But what's up with the volcano wizard in the picture? He looks like he's joined one side of the war? Is he your newly recruited wizard partner?

Bobo: Got it. My lady has completed the latest upgrade and is ready to stop a war at any time! Eh? Isn't it Matthew who is looking for me? @Matthew. Where are you?

Richard: @Bobo. Obviously not. Matthew prefers one-on-one private chats to group chats. It has always been like this. Only poets who are keen on being conspicuous like to use the communication rights of all members.

Lumiere: +1.

Xixi (Guild Elf): I would like to take this opportunity to explain to everyone that although we have experienced several expansions, the guild warehouse is on the verge of being full again in the near future. Please do not stuff unused things into the warehouse, as it will be very troublesome to clean up. Thank you for your cooperation!
Li Weiqi: Is this the magic guild? It's amazing. I mean, how should I speak? Try using mental power? By the way, how do you send pictures @罗兰?

Xifu: Hahahahaha a bunch of idiots... Sorry, the first half of the content was accidentally triggered by my child, I don't know how to delete it @Matthew. I will delete it when it is convenient.

... "

Lines of messages flashed before Matthew's eyes.

The message sent by Roland was like a stone thrown into the center of a calm lake. Suddenly, ripples spread out in circles and the chat room suddenly became lively.

Whether it was the new members or the guild elders like Richard and Zeller, they all came out to say a few words.

of course.

The one who spoke most frequently was Lorraine.

Not only did he speak crazily, he also sent several pictures of the battlefield to the group.

In a sense.

Richard's evaluation of Lorraine was quite accurate.

However, it was during this process that Matthew noticed that the Spell Guild previously entrusted to the Hibberts for maintenance had upgraded a number of new modules.

For example, there is a new spell called "Remaining Image" in the guild spells.

This spell grants guild members the ability to take photos using their badges.

But the total number of times per day is limited.

When Matthew just noticed it, Roland had already used up all his Shadow Technique uses today!
Think about this.

Matthew was about to pull the other person to his side.

But at this time.

Chat room.

A piece of news came out that caught everyone off guard.

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"Rega (Guild Elder): Huh? Everyone??? Am I dreaming?"

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(End of this chapter)