A Night of Desperation

Chapter 295: Road One

The four techniques of Qi Condensation and Shadow Transformation Technique are extremely complex. Yu Hong studied them bit by bit according to the secret manual, sought help from Yu Mo occasionally to resolve his confusions, and then barely understood how to practice them.

This Technique is the fundamental Magic Skill of Qingchen Temple, emphasizing the guidance of emotions and sentiments to drive the Essence Qi inside the body, combined with Fear Illusions to enhance and then harness them.

Because emotions are involved, each practice session unconsciously incorporates the practitioner’s personal temperament and character.

As a result, the Fear Shadows thus conjured naturally vary in strength and reality.

The stronger the emotions, the more enhancement the Fear Shadows receive.

Fortunately, with Yu Hong’s wholehearted dedication to diligent study and practice, along with the help of the Tao Breath Circulation characteristic of the Cultivation Technique, he managed to master these four techniques after more than a month.

Inside Black Wind Camp.

Yu Hong stood in the center of the courtyard, with one hand erect in front of him, close to his chest, his eyes slightly closed.

After standing quietly for several seconds, he suddenly brought his index and middle fingers together, forming a sword finger pointing forward towards the snowy ground.

Hiss!

A faint sound, audible only to himself, exploded.

An indistinct humanoid figure, pale all over, with a bizarre smile, flashed out of nowhere and appeared above the snow.

The figure was exactly the same as the first Fear Illusion he conquered.

"Go." Yu Hong watched this Fear Shadow, changed the Seal in his hand, and issued a command in his heart.

The shadow immediately rushed forward, vanishing into the snowy ground outside the camp in the blink of an eye.

Yu Hong observed carefully, and under the blue light, he noticed that the Fear Shadow was not running but flying swiftly through the air.

It crossed several tens of meters in an instant and continued to fly further.

Soon, after flying out over a hundred meters, the Fear Shadow suddenly dissipated, then reappeared on the snowy ground in the courtyard.

"Control distance over a hundred meters? Not bad," Yu Hong noted this distance.

"Next, let’s see the actual effects."

He moved forward actively, running out of the camp with the Fear Shadow, moving through the forest.

Soon, as they ran, the camp was left behind, the blue light above his head gradually dimmed, and the surrounding light became eerily darker.

The reach of the Light Disaster’s Ultimate Gate was quite weak here.

Zzzzt.

Yu Hong stopped, finding himself in an unfamiliar wilderness surrounded by completely iced-over dead trees that appeared like ghosts in the dark, gnashing their teeth fiercely.

Black mist began to disperse around, decreasing the visibility to a mere dozen meters.

Shapes of humanoid shadows, indistinct and soundless, moved within the black mist, their faces unclear.

"Go." Yu Hong commanded the Fear Shadow to charge forward into the group of shadows.

"Kill them," Yu Hong ordered in his mind.

The Fear Shadow hesitated briefly, approached a male shadow, suddenly reached out, and tightly grasped the shadow’s neck, its nails piercing deeply into the skin like spikes.

Immediately, the shadow struggled with both hands, frantically scratching him.

In the mist, the Fear Shadow’s strength was clearly superior, easily tearing the shadow into pieces, turning it into grey-black mist that dissolved into nothingness.

His own body sustained no significant damage.

Following that, Yu Hong controlled it to eliminate more than ten additional shadows around.

After dealing with so many shadows, the form of the Fear Shadow slightly faded, apparently much consumed.

What surprised Yu Hong was that the Fear Shadow seemed to be considered a kindred spirit by the shadows and was not attacked en masse.

Once they fought, it was just one-on-one duels.

He noted this characteristic, then stayed around waiting.

Time slowly passed.

One hour.

Two hours.

Three hours...

No shadow appeared around.

Yu Hong’s expression became solemn.

"Could it really..pletely solve the shadow regeneration phenomenon!?"

This world had been persistently retreating precisely because the Black Disaster continuously and endlessly resurrected.

If the resurrection issue could be resolved, the peril of Black Disaster would dramatically decrease.

"Further observation is needed... perhaps recreation doesn’t always happen at a fixed location."

Yu Hong analyzed in his mind, but regardless, he faintly saw a glimpse of hope.

"If the recreation can indeed be resolved, then it’s understandable that the Nine Sects have always been able to handle Black Disaster, keeping it at bay."

With a wave of his hand, dispersing the Seal, Yu Hong saw the Fear Shadow fly back and merge into his own shadow beneath him.

"Next, let’s try the others."

He continued traversing through the black mist, and soon, in the darkness ahead, a figure with long black hair hung from a rope in the trees, swaying with the wind, dripping drops of black blood.

Seeing that figure, the Red Value Detector on Yu Hong’s shoulder spiked instantly, the number rushing up to ten thousand.

"A new type not seen before..."

Yu Hong pinched a Seal, and suddenly a phantom flew out of his shadow below, coalescing into the previous Fear Shadow form on the snowy ground, rushing towards it.

Puff!

Unfortunately, before the Fear Shadow could get close, it was fixed in mid-air by an invisible force, then exploded like a balloon, completely dispersing.

Yu Hong only felt a slight prick in his head, not painful, just uncomfortable.

’Try a stronger one.’

He pinched a Seal again.

The snow rapidly condensed into a blurry, transparent human form.

This time, it was an Evil Shadow Language Person!

As soon as the Language Person appeared, its body sprouted dense, bright red mouths.

A large number of eerie sound waves were sent towards the opposite, suspended human form.

Simultaneously, as the sound waves spread, the legs of the suspended human form slowly turned into the same transparent, jelly-like texture as the Language Person.

This was Yu Hong’s first direct observation of how a Language Person attacks an unknown entity.

Ah!!

In an instant, the suspended human form burst into black gas, rippling like waves.

It opened its mouth to emit a sharp scream, and the black gas rushed towards the Language Person, clashing with the invisible sound waves in mid-air, forming a clear demarcation line.

The black gas was buffeted by an invisible wall, tumbling around.

Clearly, both sides were wrestling directly.

’Second Technique—Nayuan!’ Seeing this, Yu Hong quickly employed the Qi Condensation and Shadow Transformation Technique.

Instantly, he felt a slight tremor in his body, and a bit of his strength disappeared.

Then the Language Person’s body swelled, its entire form grew in size, and the sound waves it emitted quickly suppressed the opponent’s black gas.

Soon, the sound waves dispersed the black gas, striking the suspended human form and sending it flying backwards, crashing into an Ice Sculpture Tree and shattering into pieces like tattered cloth.

The fragments scattered in the air, continuing to try to rush towards the Language Person, but while still mid-air, the fragments were swiftly transformed into transparent, jelly-like substance, falling to the ground and quickly crawling onto the Language Person, merging with it.

’Not bad.’ Yu Hong nodded in satisfaction.

Next, he conducted over ten tests, searching for different intensities of shadows, Evil Shadows, and Blood Tide Monsters, finally testing out the results.

The Fear Shadow summoned by the Qi Condensation and Shadow Transformation Technique was stronger than the actual entity of the Black Disaster.

In the combat, he was also able to use the latter three Techniques to enhance and restore it.

This style of combat, similar to summoning, was quite novel.

But Yu Hong already possessed the Infinite River Technique and had experience with the Dragon Lizard Nest, so he adapted quite quickly.

Soon, after completing the tests, he began to make his way back the same route.

Halfway through, passing the location where he had dealt with the suspended human form, Yu Hong checked the detector.

’-47.214’

"No regeneration?" A hint of anticipation began to form in his heart.

Continuing on his way back, he kept his eye on the locations where he had previously dealt with the shadows.

For the sake of comparison, he had also manually dealt with some shadows before. Now, these shadows had revived and stood in the black fog, staring at him motionlessly from a distance.

Only those shadows dealt with by the Fear Shadow had not reappeared.

By the time he returned to the camp, Yu Hong could almost confirm that the Qi Condensation and Shadow Transformation Technique indeed had the effect of completely resolving the Black Disaster!

Realizing this, he was immediately overjoyed and rushed to the nearest Gray City Base.

If this universally applicable cultivation method could be mastered, perhaps, this world could have a bit more hope.

Of course, to avoid a repeat of the Eternal Life Association situation and to prevent easy access leading to it being undervalued, he needed to impose some restrictions, to sift through and find the right people to whom he could pass on the Magic Skill.

After all, the disasters that can be brought about by a corrupt heart can sometimes be greater than the Black Disaster itself.

The Black Mark was about to finish its enhancement, which would be perfect for solidifying a Magic Skill that could control and ensure loyalty, preventing another scenario like the Eternal Life Association.

Under the whistling snow, atop the ruins of a collapsed building.

Yu Hong held a bright flashlight, searching for the entrance to the underground base.

Before long, he halted his steps, and stomped down hard with his right foot.

Bang!!

The rubble of cement and rocks suddenly collapsed, exploding into a five-meter wide pit.

’The Taiyuan True Method’s Second Layer has greatly enhanced the physical body... the power has increased, yet the body weight is even lighter than before.’

Yu Hong compared his current strength to his previous capabilities and made an estimation.

He stomped again.

Bang!!

Another pit within a pit appeared beneath his feet.

Snow and lime dust mixed together, scattering in all directions.

After waiting for over ten seconds, a thick, dark gray cement door emerged in front of Yu Hong.

"It’s completely sealed off..."

Zhang Kaijun had cut off contact with the outside and decided to eat the food inside, then die in the base.

But that was under the premise of seeing no hope; now that Yu Hong had hope in his hands, considering their friendship, he decided to give him a hand.

"You still owe me the Biological Transformation Potion, I can open it and then seal it back."

He walked lightly to the stone gate and placed one hand firmly on its surface.

Streams of Inner Qi rapidly circulated and surged into the interior of the stone gate.

Hiss.

In an instant, his fingers deeply pierced into the stone of the door, and then his Inner Qi rapidly strengthened the structure of the large gate.

Then he forcefully lifted upward.

Bang!!

The stone gate, which had been frozen to the ground, suddenly broke off.

The stone gate, weighing hundreds of tons, was lifted, revealing a dark gap.

Yu Hong took the opportunity to flash his body through.

Bang.

The stone gate slammed back down, sealing off completely.