The necromancer just wants to plant trees

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The so-called shadow nodes.

Refers to the nodes where the ubiquitous shadow plane and the material layer of each space intersect.

Through these special nodes.

Creatures who have mastered the introductory skills of shadow can freely enter and exit between the two spaces.

Due to the special nature of the shadow world.

Most spaces in the multiverse have nodes pointing to the shadow plane, but the number varies.

Only a few places such as the former Tianlun Palace, the lower three layers of Purgatory, and the depths of the astral world, due to the high energy dimension, even the ubiquitous shadows cannot penetrate and integrate, and naturally cannot form corresponding shadow nodes.

Matthew noticed.

The shadow creature that just attacked him appeared suddenly. Considering that they were not close to the front line of the attack on the shadow castle.

Then the shadow creature was likely to carry out a sneak attack through the shadow node.

In fact.

Not only Matthew.

On the plain in front of the castle, many demons that were obviously far away from the front line were also attacked by shadow creatures in a similar way.

This series of sneak attacks caught the demons off guard.

The battle situation seemed to become more chaotic.

Matthew took some time to pay attention to it-

Although the shadow creatures relied on the geographical advantage of the node to attack wildly and also gained some results, under the encouragement of the flag of conscription, the devils were unprecedentedly united and determined.

These attacks did not dampen their morale, but made the devils even more furious.

As the devils gradually became cautious.

The efficiency of the attack from the shadow node also dropped drastically.

The two sides soon returned to a stalemate again.

It was during this period.

With his keen perception, Matthew successfully traced the source of the shadow creature:

"Found it!"

"Right here..."

Matthew pointed to a space twelve inches away, about the height of his knees.

The next second.

Matthew took out the sword of killing, relying on the latter's powerful penetration and opening characteristics of the barrier and field.

He easily pried open the back door of the tearing plane to the shadow node!

At the same time.

Carmela also cooperated very well and threw two illusions, covering Matthew's actions in all directions without dead ends.

"Let's go!"

Matthew pulled Carmela into the node!

For a moment.

The surroundings became much quieter.

In the shadow node, Matthew could still hear the sound from the torn plane battlefield, but the sound was about one-tenth of the original.

The world in front of them turned black and white.

As outsiders, Matthew and Carmela were pure white twisted humanoids, while the surrounding shadow world was colorful black.

These whites were so dazzling in the dark.

Soon.

Their arrival caused some shadow creatures in the nearby area to feel uneasy.

"Lucky, this shadow node is only linked to two other additional nodes."

Matthew knew.

Most mid- and high-level shadow creatures can jump back and forth between shadow nodes easily.

In order to avoid the damage of the devils on the battlefield.

Many shadow creatures are using their high mobility to travel back and forth between the torn plane and the shadow world.

This leads to the great mobility of shadow creatures in the shadow node.

Matthew's goal is to keep a low profile and watch the battle.

The fewer other nodes a shadow node is connected to, the easier it is to achieve his goal. At present, as long as this node is slightly processed, they are still safe in the short term.

Whether it is shadow creatures or purgatory demons, they will basically ignore their existence.

With this thought.

Matthew quickly summoned Bing and ordered the latter to control the group of lower-level shadow creatures nearby through the shadow field he controlled-

This task is still somewhat difficult for Bing in terms of practical operation.

But the quality of the field and the level of Gundam Legend are there, and the communication between the double-blade sage and the shadow creatures is unusually smooth.

Not long after.

All the shadow creatures returned to their peace of mind, as if the ones hiding in the node in front of them were the natives of the shadow world.

Then.

Carmela used divine power to open up a cube with a side length of two meters in Bing's shadow field.

Standing in this small cube.

The two regained their ability to move and communicate as in the material world.

After doing all this.

Carmela set up two misleading and protective barriers on this shadow node.

This barrier can reduce the possibility of shadow creatures jumping over through other shadow nodes.

Next is the time to sit on the mountain and watch the fight.

Through the direct observation of the shadow nodes and the intelligence methods of Ma and Ka.

They can clearly understand the changes in the battle situation.

Matthew thought that it would be difficult for shadow creatures to stop the advance of the devil army.

This is true even with the assistance of shadow nodes.

But soon he realized that his judgment was a bit too arbitrary.

For shadow creatures, the benefits of a single shadow node are indeed not as high as at the beginning.

But accompanied by the faint chanting from the depths of the castle.

More and more shadow nodes appeared on the battlefield of the torn plane.

Quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

Through the shadow nodes, a large number of shadow creatures poured out of the castle, constantly attacking the devil alliance from behind, and even launched a suicide attack on the devil leader.

This unpredictable attack method seriously slowed down the progress of the devil's army.

At first.

The response strategy given by Gracia is to detach a part of the devil soldiers to investigate the shadow nodes along the way.

The main force is still focused on storming the city wall, and its main task must be to break through the defenders on the front.

But she soon realized that doing so could cause the situation to spiral out of control.

Therefore, after several unsuccessful attacks.

She decisively withdrew the main force and cooperated with other soldiers from before to clear the shadow nodes along the way, even the potential ones.

Only the initial vanguard troops were left struggling with the shadow army on the frontal battlefield.

The two sides still seemed to be at loggerheads.

Just take a closer look at one layer.

You'll realize that shadow creatures are still no match for the devil's army.

Although their numbers were huge, Gracia was also troubled by the shadow nodes Beckman arranged on the frontal battlefield.

However, there is an essential gap in the combat effectiveness of the soldiers on both sides.

And although the number of shadow creatures appearing on the battlefield is large, it has not reached the critical point -

The Tear Plane is not the real plane of shadow after all.

Even if Beckman was opportunistic, he used the shadow core as the core of the tearing plane, and installed countless passages and nodes in the inner space that pointed to the shadow plane.

But the strength of the shadow army he can mobilize here is still only a drop in the ocean compared to the shadow plane headquarters.

For the Lord of Darkness.

This battle is really hard to fight.

This is Matthew’s judgment from Beckmann’s perspective.

He still has a deep understanding of shadow creatures.

As a cannon fodder soldier, its effectiveness is second only to undead creatures.

Most shadow creatures are also perfect soldiers who know no fear.

They usually do not retreat during battles, and they also have the advantages of extremely strong reproductive capacity, extremely fast movement speed, no need for much food to maintain morale, and high loyalty.

However, compared to undead creatures.

After all, the shadow creatures are still a little inferior——

The attributes of the shadow realm are relatively single and can easily be restrained by various means;

This is not the case in the undead realm. Although undead creatures also have weaknesses, negative energy naturally occupies a wider element layer, allowing undead creatures to provide additional protection in terms of weaknesses.

This results in undead creatures generally having stronger individual abilities than shadow creatures.

Not to mention that the undead army has the perfect advantage of endless fighting and an endless supply of troops!

"If it were me, as long as the first batch of devils fall, things would become much easier..."

Despite this speculation in my mind.

But Matthew still doesn’t think Beckmann will lose—

This guy is also a thousand-year-old fox.

This time we have joined forces with so many familiar faces from Matthew.

There must be a backup plan!

only……

"If Beckmann is stalling for time now, what exactly is he stalling for?"

"Is he harboring some kind of conspiracy in the core of the shadow?"

Matthew's eyes moved towards the direction of the city wall.

Behind the huge stone door is the only way to the core of the shadow.

Due to the small space of the shadow core.

Even if Beckmann had any tricks, they could only be hidden in the connection area between the shadow core and the second layer.

From a plane science perspective.

The space in the connecting zone will not be much larger.

Beckmann would at most set up some traps or a few ritual sites there.

The power level of these things is usually not particularly high.

Because if it is too high, it will affect the stability of the tearing plane.

on the contrary.

Part of the information about the shadow core and its extension can also be inferred from the stability of the second layer of space.

It was hard for Matthew to imagine that they could become a bargaining chip for the Lord of Darkness to reverse the situation.

"So, the key point may not be Beckmann, but Galan and the others..."

Matthew thought about what happened to Seir.

If what Beckman did was to pave the way for the coming of the gods of Tongluo, then the matter would be clear.

"If that's the case, tearing apart the plane itself is probably just a medium."

"But do Aelin and the others know about this?"

Matthew looked at the city wall.

There.

Volcano mage Aylin and his companions are leisurely dealing with spell attacks from the devil camp.

Maybe it's because he was relatively strong at the beginning.

Aylin's team's work intensity is not very high at this time.

Intercepting some remote spells that occasionally come is like fishing for Aylin and others.

Matthew even saw the smiles on the faces of the mages.

And not far away.

Babasha, Jia Siliwen and others who participated in the war as allies worked much harder.

The monster army they led resisted the front line of the Devil's Vanguard Legion. Without them, the relatively fragile shadow army would have collapsed long ago, and naturally there would be no current seesawing pattern.

As for Beckmann himself.

He never appeared from the beginning to the end. He only showed some aura and power when activating the shadow node. At other times, he seemed not to exist!

Matthew suddenly wanted to get into the shadow core to see what the dark lord was doing!

"Speaking of which, the Yellow Jade Dragon Krete should be watching the fun nearby, right?"

He just thought of this.

The guild badge on his chest suddenly became hot.

Matthew's heart moved, and his mental power focused on the badge-

Wow.

The module that received the message turned out to be the chat room that had been silent for a long time!

Matthew was a little surprised.

Ever since Rega's soul was captured, the chat room that lost its group favorite usually had no new messages for several days.

This may also be related to the fact that everyone became busier after the Great Rift.

He pulled himself together and clicked on it to see——

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"Loran: Sent a picture (content: a frontal battlefield where a large number of demons and astral monsters were fighting, and there were also the backs of mages on the distant city wall).

Loran: As a poet, what kind of brushstrokes should I use to describe such a picture? @Everyone.

Hibbert: Demons? Have you already started? @Matthew. Please inform me in advance when you will deal with the Queen of Devil. I have been daydreaming more frequently recently, so I may need to make some preparations in advance.

Feiliwen: It's okay, dear. I will inform you if Matthew needs you @Matthew. But what's the matter with the volcano mage in the picture? He seems to have joined one of the camps in the war? Is he your newly recruited mage partner?

Bobo: Got it, my lady has completed the latest upgrade and is ready to stop a war at any time! Eh? Isn't it Matthew who is looking for me? @Matthew. Where are you?

Richard: @Bobo. Obviously not. Compared to group chats, Matthew prefers one-on-one private chats. It has always been like this. Only poets who are keen on being conspicuous like to use the communication rights of all members.

Lumiere: +1.

Xixi (guild elf): I would like to take this opportunity to explain to everyone that although it has experienced several expansions, the guild warehouse is on the verge of being full again recently. Please do not put things that you don’t need into the warehouse. It is very troublesome to clean up. Thank you for your cooperation!

Li Weiqi: Is this the magic guild? It’s amazing. I mean, how should I speak? Try using mental power? By the way, how do you send pictures? @Loran.

Xifu: Hahahahaha a bunch of stupid pigs... Sorry, the first half of the content was accidentally triggered by my child. I don’t know how to delete it @Matthew. Delete it when it’s convenient.

…”

Lines of messages flashed across Matthew’s eyes.

The message sent by Roland was like a stone thrown into a calm lake. Suddenly, ripples spread out in circles, and the chat room suddenly became lively.

Whether it was the new members or the guild elders such as Richard and Zeller, they all came out to say a few words.

Of course.

Roland was the one who spoke most frequently.

Not only did he speak crazily, he also sent several pictures of the battlefield to the group.

In a sense.

Richard's evaluation of Roland was quite accurate.

However, it was during this process that Matthew also noticed that the spell guild that was previously handed over to the Hibberts for maintenance had upgraded many new modules.

For example, there was another "photography" in the guild spells.

This spell gives guild members the ability to take pictures with badges.

It's just that the total number of times per day is limited.

When Matthew just noticed it, the number of times for the photography today was used up by Roland!

As soon as he thought of this.

Matthew was about to pull the other party to his side.

But at this moment.

In the chat room.

A message that caught everyone off guard popped up.

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"Rega (guild elder): Huh? Everyone??? Am I dreaming?"

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