"What!"
The dragon spear in Jiyan's hand trembled slightly, subtly revealing his extremely unsettled heart:
"The Threnodian... actually created two Tacet Discords identical to us."
"This is more than just Tacet Discords."
Noah clenched his fists tightly and shook his head slightly:
"The frequencies on their bodies... are exactly the same as ours!"
Hearing this, Jiyan was about to extend his perception, but the duplicate 'Jiyan' on the opposite side had no intention of giving him that chance.
It kicked back hard with its foot, sending the spear flying. The spear traced a perfect azure arc in mid-air, its tip positioned in front of its body.
In the next moment, 'Jiyan' bent its legs slightly and shot forward like a meteor. Its figure flipped in mid-air, the spear in its hand pressing down heavily with unstoppable momentum.
Clang!
A piercing clash of metal rang out in the Sonoro sphere.
"This is... my spear technique!"
Jiyan gritted his teeth and raised his spear to block the powerful, sinking strike. His tiger's mouth went numb, and cold sweat unconsciously beaded on his forehead:
"My spear technique has actually been learned... Absurd!"
Before his words finished, the spear in the duplicate's hand suddenly gained the shadow of an azure dragon. It flicked the spear upward, spinning it in mid-air and slashing diagonally toward Jiyan again from a tricky angle.
Wherever the spear tip passed, wind transformed into dragons. The azure dragon phantoms let out roars, and anything they touched would either die or be severely injured.
"Even my Resonance ability—"
Jiyan had no time to say more. He hurriedly positioned his spear to parry, but the incoming strike was ferocious, forcing him to use his Resonance ability to respond.
On the other side, Noah's situation was no better.
His duplicate skillfully formed hand seals, naturally manipulating the copied Ages of Harvest, attacking him from various sharp angles.
"So insidious!"
Noah furrowed his brows tightly. With a light step, he narrowly dodged the flying assault of the 'Ages of Harvest'.
But the long blade seemed to have anticipated his evasion, suddenly turning without warning mid-air. Its cold edge slashed straight at his throat.
Clang!
With no way to avoid it, Noah recalled his own Ages of Harvest, barely blocking this fatal strike right in front of his throat.
His neck could already feel the bone-chilling cold from that blade.
If his movement just now had been even slightly slower, the blade would have unhesitatingly sliced open his throat.
After heavily knocking away the copied Ages of Harvest, Noah had no time to catch his breath before the duplicate on the opposite side smoothly recalled the long blade.
A pair of dragon horns grew from the head of 'Noah', with the illusory Sentinel phantom circling around it.
Seeing this, an endless sense of crisis enveloped Noah, causing his heart to nearly stop—
As expected, the duplicate reached out and formed seals. Overflowing Resonance energy spilled outward. It opened its mouth, and a familiar voice reached Noah's ears:
"Sac—red—Li—ght—"
The Sentinel phantom spewed a blinding white beam of light, illuminating the entire Sonoro sphere.
In this moment of crisis, Noah switched his character from "Jinhsi" to "Verina".
Resonance energy activated within his body, transforming into a cyan-green vine path. He stepped onto the vines and slid far away in an instant.
Boom!
The sound of rock shattering rang out behind him. Several flying fragments splashed against Noah's back.
He turned back and saw that the spot where he had just stood had been blasted into a massive crater.
If he had remained there, he would undoubtedly have ended up with no corpse intact.
"It really... copied me completely!"
He never expected the Threnodian to be even more insidious than him!
The thrill of surviving the close call filled Noah with shock and anger. He switched his character back from "Verina" to "Jinhsi".
"Now, it's my turn!"
"Sacred light!!"
He formed seals with his hands. The Sentinel phantom coiled into existence, and a beam of white light shot without hesitation toward the duplicate's position.
Only to see the duplicate step onto a cyan-green vine path as well, escaping ten meters away in an instant.
Noah's accumulated powerful strike only created another massive crater, achieving nothing else.
Realizing this, Noah felt a chill in his heart.
The duplicate on the opposite side had even copied "Verina's" ability!
On the other side, Jiyan exchanged blows with his duplicate in a series of clashes, each move and stance like practicing in front of a mirror.
No matter the timing or angle of his attacks, no matter how he struck, the 'Jiyan' opposite could perfectly replicate it one-to-one.
Continuous fighting yielded no progress whatsoever, leaving Jiyan extremely frustrated.
If there was any difference between him and this duplicate, it was probably that his strength and reactions were declining under the constant high-intensity combat, while the opponent remained at peak condition throughout.
Finally, after another exchange of blows, Jiyan withdrew and leaned back against Noah.
"It's no good—the power of these duplicate Tacet Discords is not below ours."
"Moreover, their strength seems inexhaustible. If we keep fighting like this, we will definitely lose."
Jiyan panted heavily. His originally tied-up hair was now damp with sweat.
"Let's work together to take down one first, then deal with the other." Noah proposed.
"Good!"
As soon as the words fell, Jiyan's duplicate was already flipping over with spear raised, attacking. The spear in its hand slashed down heavily.
Jiyan and Noah dodged sideways in unison. Their eyes met, and in an instant, they made up their minds.
Take down the duplicate Tacet Discord 'Jiyan' first!
There was still a covetous 'Noah' duplicate nearby, so they had to be quick!
"Lingering Tunes!"
Jiyan roared angrily, fully activating his Resonance ability. The spear in his hand drew wind into dragons, proactively entangling the duplicate 'Jiyan'.
Meanwhile, dragon horns grew once more on Noah's head. His gaze locked dead on his own duplicate opposite him as the Sentinel phantom coiled into existence.
As expected, sensing that Noah was about to use a skill, the duplicate did not dare take it head-on and immediately stepped onto cyan-green vines, escaping far away.
"Jiyan!"
Noah suddenly shouted.
Jiyan, who was engaged with the duplicate, immediately understood. After a spear clash, he decisively withdrew, leaving the duplicate alone in place.
In the next instant, Noah spun around fiercely. A surging white beam of light spewed from the Sentinel phantom's mouth, instantly engulfing Jiyan's duplicate.
After a deep dragon roar, the figure of that 'Jiyan' shattered into fragmented frequencies and completely dissipated.
"Success!"
Joy appeared simultaneously on Noah and Jiyan's faces! The two bumped fists in mid-air.
Jiyan thrust his spear into the ground, suppressing his heavy, exhausted breathing. His gaze turned to his side:
"Noah, next, let's work together to defeat your duplicate Tacet Discord!"
"Good! Be extra careful!"
Noah nodded heavily.
Only he knew how insidious his duplicate Tacet Discord was. Without Jiyan's help, he might really be dragged to death by 'Noah'.
Jiyan raised his spear, about to charge toward the distant 'Noah', when he suddenly discovered his own figure gradually becoming illusory.
"What is this... my body..."
"Jiyan, you—"
Noah reached out futilely, trying to grab Jiyan's figure, but grasped only air. In his trembling gaze, Jiyan's figure suddenly vanished.
The massive eyeball that had been hanging there suddenly trembled rapidly. The light and shadows it emitted alternated between bright and dark, as if emitting a piercing, mocking laugh—laughing at the two's naivety and stupidity.
Now, within the Sonoro sphere, only Noah remained... No! There was still his duplicate!
"Sacred light!!"
He suddenly heard his own voice ringing out from behind him.