The Earth Otter originally didn't take the Blood Shadow Mantis seriously. Although it was injured and bleeding, it didn't consider it a big deal!
It just found this little thing annoying, extremely fast, and impossible to kill no matter how many times it was swatted.
It even tried to use Earth Imprisonment to capture the Blood Shadow Mantis. However, while Earth Imprisonment was accurate for catching large animals, it was useless against something as fast and slender as the Blood Shadow Mantis!
In the end, the Earth Otter simply couldn't be bothered with it!
Hit me, will you?
I'll just stand here!
Hit me all you want!
If I so much as whimper, consider me defeated!
It's just a little blood, right? My period involves more blood loss than this!
Just consider it a mosquito sucking its fill. Once it's full, it'll naturally leave.
Did it really think this little thing could kill it?
The Earth Otter simply didn't believe it!
After a while, the blood mist surrounding the Earth Otter suddenly contracted, slowly converging and condensing into a new Blood Shadow Mantis.
After the Blood Shadow Mantis's tireless efforts, the first Blood Shadow Clone was finally created.
Another Blood Shadow Mantis had appeared!
The Earth Otter could sense that this newly emerged mantis was even weaker!
It didn't pay it any mind!
Come on! Drain my blood! I have plenty!
With the Blood Shadow Mantis plus one Blood Shadow Clone, the two mantises attacked together. Although the clone's attack was only half as strong as the original, the total attack power increased somewhat!
As a result, the second Blood Shadow Clone appeared even faster.
Then came the third, the fourth, the fifth...
More and more Blood Shadow Clones appeared, besieging the Earth Otter. Moreover, these little things were extremely insidious, specifically targeting the previous wounds, causing the bleeding to increase significantly!
The Earth Otter finally panicked.
It couldn't hit them, and it couldn't run away!
It let out an angry roar, and a layer of yellow light rose from the ground, enveloping its body.
When the yellow light settled, it formed a layer of earthen-yellow shell, sealing it inside.
Bearing the name 'Earth,' controlling the power of the earth was the Earth Otter's signature ability!
It had two ultimate moves: Earth Imprisonment, used to capture prey; and Earth Shield, used to protect itself!
It was currently using Earth Shield.
However, it was disappointed once again!
The Blood Shadow Mantis's scythes had armor-piercing properties, making them especially effective against shields.
Plus, with the increasing number of Blood Shadow Clones, the earth shield didn't last even half a minute before being whittled away!
So, the Earth Otter could only continuously cast Earth Shield, while the Blood Shadow Mantis continuously broke the shields. They were both busy with this back-and-forth!
Overall, the Earth Otter was at a disadvantage. Its wounds continued to increase, and the bleeding intensified. And the blood it shed continuously strengthened the Blood Shadow Mantis's power.
Every minute that passed, the Earth Otter weakened, while the Blood Shadow Mantis grew stronger!
Wang Xiao had heard a saying before his transmigration: if you fold a piece of paper 50 times, its thickness would be equivalent to the distance from the Earth to the Moon!
Alright!
No one had ever done that experiment!
It was using a mathematical method to describe the explosive phenomenon caused by the exponential growth of numbers.
Now, this phenomenon was being created by the Blood Shadow Mantis.
The Blood Shadow Clones it created were based on the principle of folding paper. The initial increases weren't obvious, but the later it went, the shorter the time it took to create a Blood Shadow Clone!
One becomes two, two becomes three, three becomes countless...
Until the number of Blood Shadow Mantis clones reached a terrifying level!
When Ah Li calculated the problem of 'ants killing an elephant,' she was missing a condition, which was that the 'elephant' could cast Earth Shield!
Therefore, the result she calculated was inaccurate!
In reality, it would take much longer for the Blood Shadow Mantis to kill the Earth Otter than Ah Li had calculated!
By the sixty-first hour!
The Blood Shadow Mantis clones had gathered into a terrifying number!
And the Earth Otter was already gushing blood all over its body!
Judging by this, the ants were really going to bite the elephant to death!
There were so many Blood Shadow Clones that the Earth Otter could crush several clones with a casual swipe of its claws.
However, after these clones were crushed, they would revert to blood mist, and before long, they could condense into new clones!
So, now the Blood Shadow Mantis's tactics had changed. It began controlling the clones to launch a full-scale assault on the Earth Otter, without bothering to dodge!
And the Blood Shadow Mantis's main body retreated to the rear, leaning on its scythes, staring at its prey with cold eyes!
It was waiting, waiting for the arrival of an opportunity!
Finally, in the sixty-second hour after the battle began!
The Earth Otter, due to its severe injuries, had entered a state of frenzy. It waved its iron claws like crazy, wildly striking in all directions!
Suddenly, the Blood Shadow Mantis let out a sharp cry!
This seemed to be some kind of signal, as countless Blood Shadow Clones began to converge towards it!
These Blood Shadow Clones came before the Blood Shadow Mantis's main body, pounced forward, and plunged into its body, merging with it.
The Blood Shadow Mantis, having fused with countless clones, grew larger and larger, and its terrifying aura gradually increased!
Wang Xiao watched all of this, and he noticed that the Blood Shadow Mantis's strength began to increase at an alarming rate!
Level Two!
Level Three!
Level Four!
Level Five!
...
Finally, when the last Blood Shadow Clone merged into its body, the Blood Shadow Mantis's aura changed again, a qualitative change resulting from quantitative change!
At this moment, it had temporarily become a Level Six Spirit Gu!
[Skill: Slaughter Feast! The Blood Shadow Mantis merges with Blood Shadow Clones, transforming into Slaughter Form; for every clone merged, the attack power in Slaughter Form is doubled!]
The Blood Shadow Mantis slowly raised its scythes, touching them together, sparks flew, and a metallic clang rang out!
"Chirp—!"
The Blood Shadow Mantis raised its head and let out a long cry, suddenly separating the two scythes and raising them on both sides of its body, like two wings!
Then its body quickly spun around, instantly transforming into a blood-colored tornado, and swept towards the Earth Otter!
[Skill: Death Lotus! In Slaughter Form, the Blood Shadow Mantis transforms into a hurricane, wielding its scythes to spin at high speed, inflicting terrifying damage on the target!]
