Although Xu Yuan and Tyrant HIM had only fought twice, at this moment, the arrogance Tyrant HIM had when he first met Xu Yuan had mostly faded away.
Now, what showed more on his face was confusion. He had thought he could easily wipe out this so-called "fake." But he hadn't expected that this "fake" seemed to have strength not much different from his own.
From the previous fights, both seemed invincible. In other words, without a domain, neither of them could kill the other.
This started to confuse Tyrant HIM.
'Just who is he…'
Although Tyrant HIM was confused, he never doubted that he himself was the real one.
While he was lost in thought, he suddenly felt something strange in his chest. Looking down, he saw several bedrock vines covered in thorns growing from inside his body.
Tyrant HIM immediately turned his hands into obsidian blades and slashed toward the direction the vines were spreading.
Just as the obsidian blades were about to touch the vines, his hands suddenly lost control and froze mid-air.
Tyrant HIM was shocked.
'What's going on?!'
Just as he was wondering, he looked up and saw Xu Yuan's expression. He instantly understood.
'It's him! He can control obsidian too?!'
Xu Yuan had only used bedrock in their two encounters, so Tyrant HIM had assumed that he could only manipulate bedrock.
He had no idea that Xu Yuan could control obsidian as well. With Xu Yuan interfering, Tyrant HIM had no chance to cut off the bedrock vines on his body.
Even though Xu Yuan wasn't sure if Tyrant HIM's obsidian blades could cut through bedrock, he clearly didn't want to risk it.
The vines spread to Tyrant HIM's whole body at an extremely fast speed, firmly binding his hands and feet.
Seeing that Tyrant HIM was temporarily restrained by himself, just as Xu Yuan was about to think about how to deal with him, he suddenly discovered that not far from Tyrant HIM, a figure identical to him had appeared.
'It's a clone…'
It was obvious that this suddenly appearing figure was Tyrant HIM's clone.
As soon as Tyrant HIM's clone appeared, it immediately began launching an offensive against Xu Yuan.
Tyrant HIM knew very clearly that the obsidian he controlled would be counter-controlled by Xu Yuan, so the clone didn't control the obsidian.
Instead, it teleported to Xu Yuan's side, preparing to engage in direct combat with him.
But how could a mere clone possibly be a match for Xu Yuan?
Xu Yuan casually made a move and instantly killed the attacking clone. 6b6Just as the clone died at Xu Yuan's hands, Xu Yuan immediately felt a wave of killing intent behind him.
Sure enough, a new clone appeared once again behind Xu Yuan.
'This clone apparently can't be killed…'
Tyrant HIM's strength was on par with Xu Yuan's, so just like Xu Yuan, Tyrant HIM also possessed the skill of cloning.
It was very clear that Tyrant HIM's clones, like Xu Yuan's, did not inherit the invincibility skill.
While the clones are not dead, Xu Yuan could have up to 9 clones at most.
Tyrant HIM was likely the same. If every time Tyrant HIM summoned a clone, Xu Yuan killed them, then Tyrant HIM could keep summoning new clones endlessly.
At this rate, there would be no end. To break the situation, Xu Yuan had no choice but to control his clones.
Once the number of clones Tyrant HIM had on the field reached the limit, he would have no more options.
Thinking of this, Xu Yuan didn't dodge the clone's attack. At the instant the clone made contact with him, a chain made of bedrock extended from Xu Yuan's hand. The chain crawled along the clone's arm across its entire body, instantly binding it tightly.
Xu Yuan originally thought that Tyrant HIM would summon another clone. But unexpectedly, just after the clone was tied up, its entire body suddenly exploded.
'Self-destruct?!'
Seeing this scene, Xu Yuan was a bit shocked. He didn't expect his strategy to be seen through by Tyrant HIM.
After that clone self-destructed, nine clones of Tyrant HIM slowly appeared on the field. They surrounded Xu Yuan completely.
Seeing this scene, Xu Yuan instantly felt that things had become tricky.
Although these clones posed no threat at all to Xu Yuan, and Tyrant HIM couldn't threaten him either, but now, it was clearly a deadlock.
Although Xu Yuan had restrained Tyrant HIM's main body, he could still summon clones to attack Xu Yuan. As long as the main body didn't die, there would be a constant stream of clones.
And Xu Yuan simply couldn't restrain the clones, because once they self-destructed, they would refresh and be summoned again.
Even with the advantage of controlling bedrock and restraining Tyrant HIM, it had no effect on the battle. Because from beginning to end, this was a deadlock.
Even with a skill advantage, Xu Yuan couldn't kill Tyrant HIM. And the same went for Tyrant HIM.
'What's the point of his appearance, exactly?…'
Earlier, after learning about Tyrant HIM, Xu Yuan originally thought he could either kill or fuse with Tyrant HIM to gain power.
But now it seemed neither of them could do anything to the other, let alone talk about killing or fusing.
But since Tyrant HIM appeared, there must be a reason for his appearance. If the purpose of his appearance wasn't to be killed or fused, then what could it be?
Thinking of this, Xu Yuan immediately felt a headache.
'Could there really be no way to break this deadlock…'
Xu Yuan pondered for a long time, but couldn't find the slightest method to break the situation.
Just like when he dealt with Entity 303 before, Xu Yuan could suppress Entity 303, but because of the existence of invincibility, he couldn't kill him. Even when the domain recovered, it was still useless.
Xu Yuan had to obtain a power stronger than the domain to deal with Tyrant HIM.
Thinking of this, Xu Yuan couldn't help but observe the gray, dim space.
It was very clear that this dim gray space was a power higher than the domain abilities of Xu Yuan and Tyrant HIM. It could ignore and erase domains.
But this gray space was undoubtedly a more mysterious existence than even the Void.
Xu Yuan didn't know how it had formed. Thinking of this, Xu Yuan looked at Tyrant HIM in front of him.
'Maybe he knows something…'
What Xu Yuan could be sure of was that Tyrant HIM should have some understanding of the gray space. But he was unable to control it, nor did he gain the powers of the gray space.
And based on Tyrant HIM's previous actions, he must know how to leave this gray space.
But Xu Yuan was certain: Tyrant HIM definitely wouldn't tell him what he knew. Thinking of this, Xu Yuan felt an even bigger headache.
'Am I really going to be trapped here…'
At this moment, seeing that Xu Yuan hadn't launched another attack, Tyrant HIM also didn't make a move.
He too clearly knew that neither of them could defeat the other. But right now, what bothered him wasn't the deadlock with Xu Yuan.
At this moment, what troubled him and Xu Yuan was the same thing, 'Damn it… we might really not be able to get out…"'
Just like Xu Yuan thought, Tyrant HIM did indeed understand something about this gray space.
But not much, just a tiny bit. Or rather, he only knew one thing for sure right now: the way to leave this gray space.
And that method ceased to exist the moment Xu Yuan entered the gray space. Tyrant HIM had awakened inside the gray space, he didn't even know how he got in, nor did he know how this gray space was formed.
But strangely, after waking up, the way to leave was already in his mind.
Tyrant HIM possessed a domain. But the entire gray space was like a higher-level domain. Even with a domain, Tyrant HIM couldn't leave.
The only way he could leave was by strengthening his domain power and clashing it against the power of the gray space.
Once a breakthrough point appeared in the gray space, Tyrant HIM could leave.
The way to strengthen his domain was by infecting more players.
At first, even though the method was in his mind, Tyrant HIM was confused. He himself couldn't get out of the gray space, so where would he find players to infect and gain power?
Later, when Xiaodao and the others broke in, Tyrant HIM realized, players weren't affected by the gray space.
As long as Tyrant HIM had a domain, and the players were within the range of his domain, he could allow players to leave the gray space.
Villagers too, this was something confirmed after encountering Mustard.
This space seemed to only restrict Tyrant HIM's actions.
Tyrant HIM had originally planned to wait until Xiaodao and the others collected enough energy for him to strengthen his domain and then leave, but unexpectedly, Xu Yuan came looking for him.
Tyrant HIM wasn't sure whether it was due to Xu Yuan, or some preset rule of the gray space.
After Xu Yuan arrived, his domain disappeared. Without his domain, there was no point in strengthening it. And so Tyrant HIM lost the only method to leave this gray space.
Thinking of this, Tyrant HIM looked at Xu Yuan, full of frustration.
If not for Xu Yuan suddenly barging in, he would have been able to leave this damned place very soon.
Xu Yuan's arrival undoubtedly extinguished his only hope. Although Tyrant HIM was angry, he clearly understood, even if they fought, there would be no result. It would just be a waste of time and energy.
Thinking of this, Tyrant HIM sighed deeply and waved his hand. "Thanks to you, neither of us can leave now."
Xu Yuan had still held out hope that Tyrant HIM knew something. After hearing Tyrant HIM's words, his heart instantly sank halfway.
'Careless…'
This time, Xu Yuan really had been careless. Actually, it was also due to being too anxious.
Earlier, the Ender Queen had said he only had one-third of the real HIM's strength. That sentence, invisibly, brought enormous pressure to Xu Yuan.
Xu Yuan didn't want to become the real HIM, but he needed power.
Before, the real HIM likely spent huge effort, perhaps even sacrificed his life, just to seal the Void. Now the Void was making a comeback, and Xu Yuan only had one-third of the real HIM's strength.
Xu Yuan was worried he couldn't grow fast enough to keep up with the Void's schemes. So after hearing White Tower's words, he didn't think too much and rushed over to check.
He was too eager to gain power quickly. The Void had been quiet for a long time, and Xu Yuan feared that the next time it acted, his strength wouldn't be enough.
Xu Yuan had also heard Null say that Tyrant HIM's strength was equal to his. So he thought there wouldn't be any major problems.
After all, the Ender Queen, who had fused with the blue consciousness body, also had about the same hard strength as him.
And Xu Yuan also relatively easily solved the Ender Queen, so he felt that this time's appearance of HIM was nothing much.
Xu Yuan also made the mistake of relying on experience. It was obvious that Xu Yuan might have to pay a heavy price for his carelessness.
Inside the dim space, Xu Yuan and Tyrant HIM both fell silent. The two of them no longer struggled to fight, and both began to explore this space.
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