Chapter 1158 - Thief Captured
Chapter 1158 Thief Captured
An adept’s tower.
In particular, the private tower of a Fourth Grade adept. It was a zone of death with innumerable traps and mechanisms!
For most adepts, an uninvited visit to the abode of a high-grade adept was no less difficult and dangerous than a venture into a dragon’s den.
This unidentified ‘bug’ was clearly no pushover either.
She had actually managed to make it through Fire Cave and Fire Hall with ease. She had even managed to slip into Fire Throne when Greem opened the gates of the tower for his two visitors.
The fact that she was able to reach so far already made her much more outstanding than the average adept!
However, even this intruder probably never expected for the layout and construction of Greem’s tower to be so strange and unusual. The first and second levels of the tower were entirely cut off and isolated. There were no paths or entryways that led to the upper levels.
They possessed the powerful defensive capabilities of metal constructs and the agility of shadow assassins. In actual combat, a Shadowsteel statue could easily fight off two to three Dark Witches of the same grade.
However, Shadowsteel statues cost way too many resources to create. The Dark Witches only used them to defend important treasures or entrances to mystic realms. They couldn’t afford to use them as cannon fodder in battles.
As an elite Third Grade witch, Karin had often fought against these shadow creatures to hone her skill. She was more than familiar with their techniques and could fight against them even with her eyes closed.
Thus, when Karin sensed the shadows around her tremble again, she immediately leaped away without hesitation.
It was different from last time. Karin did not use Shadowstalk to leave the shadow she had been hiding in. Moreover, when she leaped away, she stepped lightly on the shadow and cast a spell.
Shadow Demon was not affected at all by its failed ambushed. It quickly locked onto the direction the Third Grade witch had escaped in and lunged over immediately.
Strangely enough, when it emerged from the shadow, the initially calm shadow suddenly became thick and viscous. Several unusual chains of shadow surged from all around it, binding Shadow Demon and restricting it to the spot.
The Dark Witch appeared once more, choosing to retaliate this time.
A series of shadow arrows crackled as they crashed into the Shadow Demon’s skeleton-like frame. Meanwhile, two incredibly sharp and piercing waves of shadow aura were mixed within the barrage of arrows. They targeted Shadow Demon’s right eye and its spine.
If Shadow Demon were only Third Grade, it would have suffered tremendously at the vicious counterattack of the witch. However, it was a powerful machine that Greem had devoted an incredible amount of resources and effort into constructing. Naturally, it was not at the same level as an ordinary Shadowsteel statue.
Shadow Demon struggled only slightly before every piece of the shackles around it shattered and broke into countless pieces.
Obsidian light gleamed in its eye sockets as it turned into a shadow shockwave and blasted against Karin’s body. It opened its palms wide, and four sharp claws cut through the air, slicing towards the witch’s slender figure.
Dammit! This is a Fourth Grade Shadowsteel statue.
Karin immediately determined the golem’s grade based on its aura the moment her lightless blade clashed with its claws.
Unfortunately, this revelation came too late!
If she had identified the golem as a Fourth Grade Shadowsteel statue at the very first moment, she wouldn’t have attempted a pointless counterattack. Instead, she would already be on the run.
As Karin’s blade clashed with Shadow Demon’s claw, the overwhelming force from the golem knocked her away, causing her to cough up blood in the process.
The witch was blown out of the shadows and crashed into the hard stone floor.
Before she could break free of her dazed state, another shockwave of shadow blasted into her face.
Karin felt her head turn heavy as her body collapsed limply onto the ground.