Zhang Chen strained to look at the two overseers, activating his Absolute Vision.
He first looked at the two overseers on the ground.
Like ordinary survivors, they both had a bright energy core below their hearts.
An endless stream of energy flowed from there into every part of their bodies.
There seemed to be no problem.
Zhang Chen then focused his gaze on the two corpses.
They had just died, and the energy flow in their bodies had not completely dissipated.
The faint outlines of where the energy had flowed could still be seen.
The energy cores of these two corpses actually supplied their entire bodies by flowing from their heads.
Moreover, the glow of their energy was very weak and dim.
These two were not humans. They were likely something akin to stand-ins or clones.
But... how did these two overseers manage to switch between their main bodies and their stand-ins/clones at the moment of being struck?
Buzz!
Two energy waves, one after the other, impacted with perfect coordination.
The first energy wave attacked Zhang Chen's chest.
The second wave of energy was aimed precisely at the position Zhang Chen would likely evade to.
It could be said that their combat experience was extremely rich.
Their attacks were always preemptive.
They were nothing like the survivors of the past, who relied on brute force and chaotic brawling.
Zhang Chen had never witnessed such methodical combat before.
He couldn't help but look upon them with greater respect.
This was an excellent opportunity for practical combat training.
If he encountered survivors of equal or even superior strength in the future, he could rely on his combat experience to gain a few more chances of victory!
Since you want to play, I'll play with you!
Zhang Chen smiled slightly.
Flash Step!
Zhang Chen instantly appeared behind one of the overseers. Just as he was about to attack, he suddenly noticed that the energy flows of the two overseers in front of him had changed.
Their energy cores had instantly shifted from below their hearts to their heads.
They're fake?!
Squelch!
Without even thinking, and without looking back, Zhang Chen turned and directly unleashed a cleave backward.
Clang!
A metallic clang echoed.
The overseer raised both hands, holding his blade, barely blocking Zhang Chen's Thousand Bone Blade, his face contorted in pain.
It was clear he was exerting his full strength. The ground beneath him cracked under the immense pressure.
The overseer's feet had sunk into the soil beneath the asphalt.
This one is real!
Zhang Chen saw that the overseer's energy core was indeed located below his heart.
You...
The overseer wanted to say, "How did you see through me!"
But he only managed to utter "You" before falling silent.
It was still too early to conclude that Zhang Chen had seen through his abilities.
Perhaps he had just made a wild guess, a blind cat catching a mouse!
Whoosh!
A gust of wind slammed towards Zhang Chen's neck.
Another overseer, standing clearly in front of him, had once again transformed into the stand-in state with the energy core in its head.
The gust of wind came from behind Zhang Chen.
This indicated that this fellow had possessed the body behind him again.
Could it be an ability to switch back and forth between real and fake bodies?
Zhang Chen's right hand shot up, his five fingers easily gripping the horizontally slashing greatsword, the gap between his thumb and forefinger perfectly avoiding the blade's edge.
The overseer's greatsword felt as if it had embedded itself in granite. No matter how hard he strained, the blade wouldn't budge.
After all, Zhang Chen was a Divine Attribute Transcendent. Each level-up increased his attributes sixfold compared to normal individuals!
Moreover, the level difference between them was only one, and with Dark Absorption constantly siphoning temporary attributes from the two and adding them to Zhang Chen.
Combined with Zhang Chen's higher-level Soul Burn, thanks to his wealth... a display of extravagance.
Therefore, Zhang Chen's current abilities far surpassed theirs!
However, Zhang Chen also knew that fighting indefinitely like this was not a solution.
An idea struck him:
Destroy your stand-in, and see what you do!
With this thought, Zhang Chen immediately activated [Holy Radiance]!
A ball of golden light power instantly surged into the body of the overseer next to Zhang Chen.
His body's surface skin began to crack, and golden light emanated from his veins beneath the skin, as if his entire body was about to explode.
Ah... ah... you... this is... Light element talent... uh...
The overseer cried out in pain.
He was unlucky.
He thought that by attacking Zhang Chen from behind, Zhang Chen would definitely turn and attack the body behind him, so he immediately possessed the body opposite Zhang Chen.
As Zhang Chen had guessed, the talent awakened by these two overseers was Puppet Stand-in.
Upon entering the Transcendent stage, they immediately gained a body identical to their own.
They could move freely between these two bodies, and they could even store unused bodies in their storage rings during normal times.
Puppet Stand-ins were extremely sturdy; they would only shatter when subjected to extremely powerful attacks.
However, they possessed the strength of a normal Stage 1 Advanced Transcendent. If the main body failed to possess the puppet stand-in in time when attacked, it would suffer the damage of that attack.
If they were fighting survivors of similar strength, just the arrangement of their bodies in front and behind the survivor, allowing them to attack from any direction, would make their opponent unable to defend effectively.
Even if the opponent was lucky and randomly hit the main body, it wouldn't be fatal.
The main body would become even more cautious and cunning, difficult to fathom, until they had worn down their opponent to death!
But this time, they were unlucky, their opponent was Zhang Chen.
This [Holy Radiance] dealt 100% damage per second, a total of 1000% damage in ten seconds, its power extremely formidable.
The overseer's main body could not escape when attacked, and could only take Zhang Chen's attack head-on...
However... this damage far exceeded what he could withstand...
As the golden cracks grew larger... the overseer's expression became increasingly twisted and ferocious...
Bang!
With a sound like a bursting thermos flask, the overseer's body instantly exploded into fragments, simultaneously dissipating into a ball of white mist in mid-air.
At the same time, the puppet stand-in behind him also turned into a ball of white mist and slowly dissipated...
Kill successful!
And it was a swift and decisive victory!
Now Zhang Chen was in a one-on-one situation with the other overseer, with the assistance of Absolute Vision, the battle was almost without suspense.
Seeing his teammate with the same talent die tragically, this overseer also had no desire to fight on.
He instantly possessed the puppet stand-in behind Zhang Chen.
With a Flash Step, he appeared thirty meters in front of Zhang Chen.
Flash Step!
As Zhang Chen flashed in front of the overseer, he turned back and unleashed [Holy Radiance] towards the puppet stand-in behind him!
Then, Zhang Chen fiercely swung his blade at the overseer.
No matter where he went, he was basically doomed to die.
It was just that dying from Holy Radiance would be more painful, but quicker.
Fighting Zhang Chen in close combat might result in a slower death.
The Thousand Bone Blade cut deeply into the overseer's body, and a large amount of blood gushed out.
Done for?
However, the overseer's face showed a triumphant smile. In his final moments, his gaze was fixed on the ground...