Shadow Slave novel Chapter 2330

Sunny was no stranger to strategic retreats. There was no shame in running away with his tail tucked between his legs - when facing an adversary that he could not defeat, that was the best choice.

And just a few seconds ago, Sunny had been sure that they would not be able to defeat the Ice Hive.

The problem, though, was that there was nowhere for them to retreat. They were trapped on the volcano, and trying to escape it would provoke the ire of the being that dwelled beneath the clouds… Sunny had considered destroying the chains holding the Ash Castle above the main vent and plummeting into the fiery depths with the Crystal Wasps, but that did not seem like a good idea either.

And then, it hit him.

[You have slain an adversary.]

'Ah…'

Sunny suddenly realized that there was a disadvantage to possessing overwhelming strength.

Being strong tended to make one stupid.

He had grown powerful enough as a Sovereign to develop bad habits… no, truthfully, it might have started to happen all the way back when he was a Saint.

When Sunny had been weak, he obsessively considered every single possibility to find a way to survive. But after becoming strong, he fell into the habit of relying more on his strength than on his mind, wrecking his enemies like a Supreme sledgehammer. That was why he had been slow to understand how to defeat the Ice Hive.

'I have slain these enemies.'

Sunny had killed about ten Crystal Wasps, and Slayer had killed a dozen more - first as they flew across the sea of clouds, and then here in the main keep of the Ash Castle.

The Handy Bracelet had announced the kills, even if it couldn't determine the Rank and Class of the slain enemies. It couldn't determine them because Sunny's cores were already saturated, and he received no shadow fragments for the kills. However, that did not mean that he received nothing.

The shades of the slain Crystal Wasps would still enter his Soul Sea, even if Sunny had no access to his Soul Sea and was cut off from his Domain. They would…

He was pretty sure that even Ariel would not have been able to change that.

And why would he?

'Why would Ariel rob the Ash Tyrant of all power?'

Sunny and Kai could not summon new Memories, but the Memories they had summoned before entering Ariel's Game were still working as intended. He was pretty sure that if he created new ones, they would be able to use them as well. Apart from that, some facets of their Aspects were suppressed, but their Aspect Abilities still worked just fine.

Sunny could use his Dormant, Awakened, Ascended, and Transcendent Abilities…

So why wouldn't he be able to use his Supreme Ability?

His Domain was not gone, after all. It was merely replaced with the Domain of Ash. Wouldn't it be reasonable to assume that his Supreme Ability was also substituted instead of being entirely blocked?

What was the point of granting him a Domain if he could not make use of it?

'I see now. This… should work, right?'

Having thought that, Sunny immediately erased the thought from his mind.

A new thought took its place:

'I see now. This will definitely work.'

There was no place for doubt if one wanted to force his will upon the world. And Sunny was going to do just that. Even if he could not enter his Soul Sea and summon the shades he had earned before entering Ariel's Game…

Who was to say that he could not summon the shades he had earned after entering it?

Even if someone said it, Sunny was not obliged to believe them.

So, just as the Crystal Wasps surrounded them - some of them rushing across the ash covering the floor of the castle, some moving across its ceiling - Sunny inhaled deeply and turned into a shadow.

Then, he activated his Supreme Ability, opening a gate between his soul and the world…

And called upon the shades.

There were twenty of them, so the enemy still outnumbered the defenders of the castle manyfold… _{freёwebnoѵel.com}

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