Chapter 178 Xiaoyu and Black Xiaoyu
Chapter 178 Xiaoyu and Black Xiaoyu
It's unclear whether this was to verify the truth of the statement, or whether the unknown and powerful enemy had achieved their goal.
As soon as Xiaoyu finished speaking, the darkness that had enveloped the area quickly dissipated.
Once Riley turned off the night vision function, which had become a bit dazzling due to the return of light, and blinked to adjust, he immediately channeled Tom Cat, his jaw practically dropping to the ground.
Before Riley's eyes, two Jade girls, stripped of their battle armor and back to their original sizes, were locked in a fierce and evenly matched fight!
When Riley finally came to his senses and rushed to separate the two, he was completely stunned and his brain went blank again!
After all, in Riley's view...
These two Xiaoyu are exactly the same in terms of figure, appearance, and even the style of clothes they are wearing!
Even the soul fluctuations that Riley directly sensed using magic proved to him that they were all genuine Cheng Xiaoyu herself!
So much so that Riley, who thought he had calculated every variable and made every preparation, never expected that the surprise attack on the Black Hand headquarters would involve a scene with a real and a fake Jade!
This left Riley, whose lips were twitching and whose eyes were gradually becoming as clear as a college student's, standing there dumbfounded, scratching his head. He suddenly felt an intense itch on his head, as if his brain was about to grow out!
"Hey! What are you standing there for, Riley! Haven't you realized that I'm the real Jade?!"
"Pah! Shameless! That's exactly what I was going to say! Riley! Don't be fooled by her, I'm Jade!"
"No! It's me! It's really me!"
"Nonsense! You imposter!"
"Damn it...Are you asking for a beating again! You imposter!"
"Who are you calling a fake! Come on, let me tear your face off and expose your true colors!"
"you……!"
Of course, after watching Riley separate the two of them, she stood still and fell into deep thought.
Because of Riley's intervention, the two Jade girls, who were only barely behaving themselves and waiting for Riley to make a choice, immediately became anxious again.
They lunged forward from either side, grabbing Riley's arms tightly, and then began arguing again, each determined to give an inch.
Riley, who was inexplicably caught in a chaotic situation and found himself in a dilemma, felt a strong sense of crisis as a chill ran down his neck, and once again recalled the black and white portrait of Makoto, who came from the island nation!
"Ahem, excuse me for interrupting..."
Fortunately, just as Riley, looking utterly hopeless, was being forced step by step toward Makoto's ending without having done anything, things were looking very different.
Of the four members of the Black Hand gang, the most clueless and oblivious one, Rasu, spoke up at this crucial moment, sharing the burden of the attack for Riley.
Then, he met the two women's fiery gazes, which seemed to want to devour him, and Riley's complex gaze, filled with gratitude, encouragement, and expectation, as he thanked Riley for listening to the explanation of the four members of the Black Hand Gang not long ago and not killing them.
The usually oblivious Rasu merely shrank his neck slightly before steeling himself and asking the question.
"Excuse me, have you seen where Valmont went?"
"Huh? Valon? He's right here... wait, where's Valon?"
At first, Riley didn't take Rassu's question seriously. He just wanted to take advantage of the brief respite Rassu was drawing attention to devise a completely new plan to deal with the two suddenly appearing Jade girls.
But soon, after subconsciously scanning the area, he discovered that apart from the four members of the Black Hand Gang, the two Jade girls, and Shendu, who had turned back into a statue after losing the talisman, Valmont had vanished as if he had evaporated from the face of the earth!
It was only now that Riley belatedly realized...
I may have been fooled by "Valon".
Clearly, Valmont knew from the moment he realized the four members of the Black Hand were plotting a rebellion that this was no place to stay.
In that instant, he realized that Riley had lent the symbiote suit to Jade, allowing her to infiltrate the Black Hand headquarters while she was able to protect herself. His plan was to shatter the magical potion when they were off guard.
In order to immediately use the power of the Chi Spell to seal Valon and Shendu's ability to summon the Shadow Legion.
Or, to be more precise, to eliminate the possibility of Valmont and Shendu using the Shadow Legion's power to teleport away over extremely long distances during battle.
Therefore, Valmont, having learned his lesson the importance of strategy, knowingly handed over the Rat Talisman to Shendu without hesitation, even though he knew Shendu would betray him the moment he received it. And, based on his understanding of Shendu, he deliberately used reverse psychology to provoke Shendu into attacking Jade.
So that the Holy Lord, who had not yet tasted defeat and was still stubborn and reckless, could be used as a pawn to attract Riley's attention.
As a result, Valmont's presence will naturally diminish further and further, becoming almost like a nobody or an insignificant NPC, and no one will care about him anymore.
Even with teleportation abilities blocked, it would still be impossible for Valon to escape from Riley's sight.
Therefore, before throwing out the Rat Talisman, Valmont, who seemed helpless and silent, had actually already secretly tested it. He confirmed that this hastily made air spell only prevented the Shadowkhan ninja soldiers from appearing, but did not completely sever their connection with Valmont.
That's why Riley didn't rush to rescue Jade when she broke the potion and quickly climbed to the roof to signal the success of the operation.
Instead, they prioritized sweeping through the building, eliminating the hidden ninja soldiers inside, and cutting off the last remaining strength of the two Holy Lords.
Unexpectedly, the cunning and shrewd "Vallon" reacted so quickly.
Long before Riley wiped out all the ninja soldiers, he quietly gave them one last order to the ninja soldiers who had recently disappeared with the crucible.
That is, to use the potion made in the crucible to open a spacetime portal to one's own parallel universe.
In order to attract to this universe a powerful being from that universe who, let alone the current "Vallon," would be somewhat difficult to provoke even if he possessed the Twelve Talismans.
Taking advantage of the chaos that would inevitably ensue when the other party appeared, Valmont was able to swagger away.
Then, by betraying "himself" to attract Riley's attention, Valmont escaped the range of the air spell without any danger. Valmont then immediately summoned ninja soldiers to teleport him away from this dangerous place!
It doesn't matter where I go, as long as I can get as far away from that devil Riley as possible!
Ideally, I'd never have to see that horrible demon again in my lifetime!
As for how "Vallon" was so certain that the other party would definitely travel through the spacetime portal as soon as it opened and immediately create chaos...
The answer is simple.
Because Valon's target for help is Jade, who is in a parallel universe completely opposite to this one, after Riley left too early and turned into the Shadowkhan Queen!
Furthermore, once the space-time tunnel opens, the ninja soldiers, following the pre-received orders, will travel to Hei Xiaoyu's presence and bring her the news that Riley is still alive in this parallel universe.
That's enough.
In this way, let alone asking Hei Xiaoyu for help, even if "Wallon" tried his best to stop her, he probably wouldn't be able to stop Hei Xiaoyu from traveling through time!
This is precisely why, no matter how Riley tried to distinguish between the two Xiaoyu, he could never tell which one was real and which one was fake.
Just like the unfathomable fluctuations of the soul, which conveyed the same information to Riley...
They are indeed the real Cheng Xiaoyu!
That's why Jade, who belongs to this universe, saw that Riley was still confused and couldn't tell what was real from what was fake, and she stomped her feet in anger.
What I never expected was that, starting from that day at the museum, Felicia suddenly appeared as a rival in love, lurking in the shadows. And that was one thing...
I never expected that only five days later, I would be fighting with "myself" for a man!
Is this reasonable? !
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