I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

However, Commander Sha Gu discovered that, without resorting to sneak attacks, he was unable to determine a victor in a short period of time when fighting the fifth-tier human in front of him.

This made Commander Sha Gu somewhat embarrassed and annoyed.

Then the attack speed was increased, and a sixth-tier skill with a huge consumption was used!

Shadow has already pushed his strength to its limit.

But ultimately the gap is too large.

He narrowly escaped the sixth-tier skill, but then the Fiend Bone Commander seized the opportunity and pierced his body with a single sword strike.

Pfft!

Shadow's abdomen was pierced by the longsword of the Fiend Bone Commander, leaving a ten-centimeter wound—the Fiend Bone Commander stabbed the sword in and then pulled it horizontally.

Blood kept flowing out, and intestines, following the wound, seemed to want to spill out as well.

Although various healing passive skills were working their best to heal the wounds, the shadow still felt that it was about to dissipate.

"You're quite good. After joining the undead legion, you have a good chance of breaking through to become a sixth-tier undead lord in this war!"

Commander Sha Gu walked to the shadow lying on the ground, stuck his sword beside him, and extended his skeletal fingers, preparing to cut a wound on the shadow's body.

[The deceased] - They feel no pain, have no vital organs, and do not die as long as the fire of their soul is not extinguished.

[Infection] - The deceased can tear apart the living through their body parts. If a wound is created, the living can be transformed into the deceased for a certain period of time. The transformation time depends on the living's strength and willpower.

Shadow, with his level 26 strength, fought a one-on-one battle against the level 31 Fiend Bone Commander for two minutes.

His strength was recognized by the leader of the Fiend Bone.

It wanted to transform its shadow into an undead warrior right now, join the battle, and serve the Lich King.

"I asked the original body for this item, thinking that if I were targeted by a group of peak fifth-tier undead, I could use it to get out of trouble."

I never expected to be targeted by a sixth-tier player.

"Oh, you devil, don't disappoint me!"

The shadow, lying on the ground, struggled to reach its blood-stained right hand into the bundle at its waist.

When I took it out again, there was a skull ring in my palm.

This ring was a trophy that Anno obtained when he killed Earl Wayne, the former lord of Glad City.

According to Anno's speculation, the skull ring is something from the Abyss dimension and is related to the Abyss demons.

Count Werder wore this ring and transformed into a demon, going from a weakling to a powerful pseudo-demon!

The shadow asked the original body for the ring because it wanted to wear it itself.

If an accident occurs after wearing the skill, Anno can promptly dispel the [Shadow Summoning] skill.

Before the Bone Demon Commander could react, Shadow quickly put the ring on the index finger of his left hand.

After putting on the skull ring, it quickly began to drink the shadow's blood.

Meanwhile, the red light in the skull's eye sockets grew brighter and brighter.

A cloud of black mist suddenly appeared around the ring.

The black mist seeped into the shadow's body, and the latter immediately entered the [Abyss Transformation] state!

"Ah~!"

The shadow lying on the ground let out a beast-like roar, its muscles tense and the veins in its neck bulging!

The shadow could sense something inside it was about to burst out.

puff!

Sharp bone spurs tore through flesh, exposing bits of flesh mixed with blood to the air.

The nails on the fingers and toes begin to grow long and become extremely sharp.

A demonic horn also grew from the right side of its head.

White bone armor grew from the neck, shoulders, and ribs.

The Bone Demon Commander outside noticed an inexplicable change in the shadow, and the flickering ghostly flames in its eye sockets revealed the turmoil within it.

Finally, it decided to abandon the infection of the shadow and chopped it into pieces.

Whoosh!

A sword beam slashed towards the black mist on the ground.

In the mind of the Fiend Bone Commander, the shadow, who was already on the verge of death, would surely die after taking this blow.

But suddenly the black mist moved!

boom!

The sword's edge struck the ground, blasting a deep crater.

"How did it change so quickly?"

Commander Shagu immediately turned around and looked behind him.

Twenty meters away, the black mist gradually dissipated, revealing the figures inside!

"This is... a demon?"

Commander Sha Gu was stunned when he saw the shadow's current state.

At this moment, the shadow no longer resembled a human.

The demonic horns on its head, the demonic patterns on its skin and bones, and the white bone armor and spikes that cover almost its entire body.

The shadow's right forearm also turned into a blade!

The wound on his abdomen grew larger, but it turned into a gaping mouth that kept opening and closing.

The rows of tiny, sharp teeth inside can make people with trypophobia's scalp tingle.

His entire body grew to about 2.2 meters tall.

He exuded an ominous aura.

The Shadow of the Devil!

"Roar~!"

The shadow, now in demon form, roared at Commander Shagu.

While calming himself down and ignoring the soul-stirring ramblings in his mind, he charged toward the Fiend Bone Commander.

By this time, Anno already knew that wearing the skull ring and becoming a demon would cause him to be influenced by the ring's owner, a higher-ranking demon, and gradually lose his sanity.

Ultimately, he will likely sacrifice himself to open the gates of the abyss, bringing the demons of the abyss plane to the continent of Un'gomulos.

Time is running out for the shadow.

He wanted to try to kill the Bone Demon Commander before he completely lost his mind.

The shadow swung its right arm, which had transformed into a sharp blade, and slashed down at the Bone Demon Commander.

The latter quickly raised his sword to block.

"Not only has the speed increased, but the strength has also increased!"

The Shadow had previously given the Fiend Bone Commander the impression of being a level 28 or 29 human.

But now Commander Shagu feels that Shadow's strength is over level 30, but he hasn't crossed the sixth rank threshold.

No, shadows can no longer be called human beings.

He's a demon!

Demons are born warriors with incredibly strong physical strength.

Thanks to this, Shadow can now hold his own against the Bone Demon Commander in a head-on confrontation.

After his right arm blade was parried, Shadow gripped the longsword in reverse with his left hand and slashed at the head of the Bone Demon Commander.

Commander Sha Gu quickly crouched down, dodging the longsword, and simultaneously swung his sword back to strike the shadow's shoulder.

However, apart from sparks flying and a cut mark left by the longsword grazing the bone armor on the shoulder, the shadow was not harmed.

The Bone Demon Commander was instead slashed in the chest by Anno's bladed arm, his armor shattered and two of his ribs broken.

"roar!"

The Bone Demon Commander let out a groan of the dead.

The shadow that was already resisting the murmured thoughts suddenly felt like its brain was about to explode, and its body froze on the spot, motionless.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Bone Demon Commander rushed to the Shadow's side and frantically slashed at the parts of the Shadow's body that were not covered by the bone armor—all vital parts were protected by the bone armor.

The shadow, writhing in pain, regained consciousness only to find itself kicked into the air.

Below, the longsword of the Fiend Bone Commander was shrouded in a layer of red light.

It is preparing for a sixth-tier combat skill.

Seeing this, Shadow knew that he only had one chance left to make a move.

"Aww~~!"

A scream came from the large mouth on the shadow's abdomen.

Then the magic runes on the shadow's body began to flicker, and all the magic power in the body gathered along the runes to the vicinity of the large mouth on its abdomen.

Black light surged, and then the huge mouth on its abdomen spat out a black beam the size of a washbasin towards the Fiend Bone Commander below!

At the same time, Commander Shagu also unleashed a massive crimson sword beam towards the direction of the shadow.

puff!

The shadow was cut in half at the waist, and the upper half of its body exploded while it was still in the air!

Meanwhile, the Fiend Bone Commander below was also hit by the black beam of light.

After the smoke cleared, the Fiend Bone Commander, whose legs had been blown off, stood on the ground.

"Finally killed!"

This was the first time Commander Shagu had ever encountered such a troublesome fifth-tier opponent.

He was only dealing with a fifth-tier opponent, yet half of his body was blown apart!

However, for the Bone Demon Commander, as long as he disassembles the skeletons of other skeletons, nurtures them with magic for a while, and then assembles them onto his own body.

The downside is that there will be a period of weakness in strength.

"Well, once I return to the Cursed Land, the weakness that would normally last ten days or more will only take a few hours to recover to my peak condition!"

Commander Shagu struggled to move his upper body with his only remaining left hand.

Nearby, the level 26 lich, who was still searching for the skull ring, saw the miserable state of the Bone Lord and immediately ran over.