A Night of Desperation

Chapter 386: Dawn 2

Zhao Jingtang and a group of Seven Evil Alliance magicians changed their expressions dramatically,

Just one battle had already drained their Dao Breath, leaving them barely able to rise, and now they were to rush off to confront another wave of high-tier Black Disaster...

This was simply treating them as cannon fodder!

"Go quickly." Yu Hong frowned, his body brimming with Spirit Light, causing the Seven Evil Alliance magicians around him to tremble with Spirit Light as well, ready to burst forth at any moment.

Immediately, Zhao Jingtang heaved a long sigh and led his people towards the direction of the Black Withered Woman.

A group of Black Withered Women, not settling down, quietly extended a black fog towards them while they fought.

Zhao Jingtang once again unfolded the Spiritual Domain, enveloping all the Black Withered Women.

At the same time, he had other masked magicians enter the Spiritual Domain together.

Half a minute later, the Spiritual Domain collapsed, with Zhao Jingtang drenched in blood, almost unable to stand with the support of a few masked magicians.

Before him, from the previous group of Black Withered Women, only two remained.

Their bodies also emitted weaker Red Values, clearly hurt by the Spiritual Domain to their core.

This kind of damage, stemming from pure spiritual systems, disabled them from recovering.

Seeing this, Yu Hong lit up, finally understanding the best method to deal with the Black Disaster.

"Alliance Hierarch, should we intervene to save them?" Qing Huang couldn’t help but ask, feeling that Zhao Jingtang and the others might not hold on much longer.

"No rush. It’s still early." Yu Hong’s expression remained unchanged.

Qing Huang could only suppress his impatience.

But as he held back, the Taoists and Seven Evil Alliance magicians hidden within the Protective Shield could not.

They swarmed out, releasing various Techniques, and with bursts of colorful light, submerged the remaining two Black Withered Women.

Following the noisy bursts of Technique explosions, the last two Black Withered Women erupted in black fog, resisting various Techniques for a while but ultimately failed to withstand the opposite side, getting hit by a barrage of colorful magicians.

Amidst sharp screams, the two War Level Black Withered Women had no chance to show their terrifying aspect before being utterly dispersed.

The group of magicians, vastly drained, panted heavily. Some even collapsed on the ground exhausted, disregarding their image.

Including leading Taoists from the Heavenly Master Mansion, who were drenched in sweat with cracked lips.

Zhao Jingtang and others fared even worse; two of them, despite still being protected by Spirit Light, had fallen unconscious.

Yu Hong walked slowly towards them, kicked the two unconscious individuals.

He noticed their skin becoming somewhat loose, their eye sockets deepened, their figures slightly hunched.

In just a short while, they seemed to have aged ten years.

Recalling the horrific state bodies showed after the sudden withdrawal of Spirit Light,

Yu Hong immediately had a speculation.

The power of Spirit Light couldn’t possibly emerge out of nowhere, nor could it be transmitted from his side.

As it must originate from somewhere, the most likely source was still from the owners themselves.

’Spirit Light’s consumption might be either lifespan or something similar to the fundamental Essence Qi.’

He reined in his thoughts, looked towards the two groups of survivors, and declared,

"Nowadays, as the Black Disaster and Spirit Disaster erupt, the world crumbles, Taoist Sects decay and fall, and Seven Evils commit grave sins. Only our Spirit Light Alliance holds the righteous path, sweeping across both disasters."

With a flash, he appeared ten-some meters near everyone.

"I offer you a chance to join our Spirit Light Alliance to atone for past mistakes."

"Who are you! What ridiculous Spirit Light Alliance dares to act wildly on my Yunchong Mountain!" An elder Taoist from the Primordial Heavenly Master Mansion shouted angrily. "I see you and the Seven Evils as one of the same! How dare you deceive us! We of the Heavenly Master Mansion would rather die than submit!"

Swish!

Yu Hong blinked right in front of him.

Raised his hand with a fist.

Boom!!!

A loud explosion sounded, a circle of white Qi waves burst open from the elder Taoist’s chest, a terrifying force of hundreds of tons concentrated at the small area of fist contact, instantly shattering his chest cavity.

Blood mist scattered, the elder’s entire upper body exploded from that punch, turning into blood foam, leaving only the lower half of his body standing stiffly.

"Since you prefer death to submission, then go ahead and die." Yu Hong said calmly.

"....!!!"

The surrounding personnel from the Heavenly Master Mansion glared furiously.

The leading two elder Taoists, faces filled with extreme anger, were about to raise their hands to gather Magic.

But instantly, Yu Hong appeared between the two, arms outstretched, grasping both their wrists.

Bang bang!!

Two loud thuds, the two elder Taoists were heavily smashed onto the ground, their bodies sparking with white light, activating the Passive Techniques defense.

Regrettably, the Passive Techniques had been triggered too many times in the battle already, and both were already at their limits. Their resistance merely made Yu Hong’s hands twitch slightly, slowing his hand movement just a bit.

That’s all.

After a loud noise,]=]

Below the Taoist Sect and the Seven Evil Alliance, the people were hit by the silver light before they could dodge or had any strength left to dodge.

Soon, the faces of all the magicians changed as they felt their physical condition rapidly improving and their bodies becoming stronger than ever before.

Their spirits also received significant enhancement.

A layer of silver light also emerged on their skin, forming a protective shield around them.

"Go, it’s time for you to redeem yourselves through deeds."

Yu Hong gently landed.

"What kind of evil technique is this? My body is being overdrawn of its Essence Qi! You’re consuming my lifespan!!"

Suddenly, the leading elderly Taoist from the Primordial Heavenly Master Mansion stood up and let out a terrified and furious roar.

His roar instantly snapped everyone back to reality from their surprise and confusion.

Everyone was shocked and angry, trying to dispel the Spirit Light.

But it was to no avail. Once the Spirit Light was embedded in the body, it rooted into the mind and flesh, irremovable.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been known as a Source Disaster called the Light Disaster.

"Hmm?" Yu Hong’s gaze pierced through the disturbed crowd to find the old Taoist who noticed something was amiss.

He hadn’t anticipated that a high-ranking expert from Heavenly Master Mansion could actually detect the true nature of Spirit Light so swiftly.

"You are mistaken. The essence of the Spirit Light consists of two parts. One part indeed comprises your own life force Essence Qi and lifespan, but the other part is replenished and strengthened by the boundless, mysterious Light of Life. If you can comprehend further, you can use the light to nourish yourself and reverse aging."

Yu Hong said indifferently.

He wasn’t talking recklessly because this was what Quan He Monarch had shared during their communication, and she had indeed succeeded in doing so.

"Qing Huang, you organize them to clean up the monsters around, someone lead the way, take me to get the pieces of the Sky Stabilizing Plate! To close the door to the Black Disaster Spirit Disaster, we must start with the Sky Stabilizing Plate!"

"I’ll lead the way!" Among the many techniques of the lower Heavenly Master Mansion, a handsome young Taoist stood up and loudly volunteered.

"Good! What’s your name?" Yu Hong nodded.

"I am Yu Chu, I have seen Master Yu!" The young Taoist actually recognized Yu Hong.

"Oh? Interesting." Yu Hong raised an eyebrow. His reputation as Temple Master of Qingchen Temple shouldn’t have reached the faraway Heavenly Master Mansion, so the only possibility was that they had been paying attention to him before.

"Master Yu might not know, but our master Heavenly Master Xu Chong had a foreboding before his departure to battle the foes, and had listed all the potential individuals before leaving, entrusting his disciples to memorize them for later summoning. You were on that list, just didn’t expect the situation to take such a drastic turn..." Yu Chu said sadly.

"Xu Chong, Xu Heavenly Master?" Yu Hong asked.

"Correct, my master."

"I’ve tried contacting Xu Heavenly Master multiple times in the past without any response, talking about these matters now is meaningless. Lead the way."

Although he said so, the cooperation and understanding from the other party slightly softened Yu Hong’s tone.

"You’re funny, kid; you don’t weaken us, instead you actively help us heal."

At this moment, not far away, Wu Shaoyuan from the Iron Dust Brush of the Seven Evils laughed eerily.

"Aren’t you afraid we will attack you?"

Yu Hong’s gaze shifted to him.

Hiss!!

Streams of silver Spirit Light began surging on Wu Shaoyuan’s body, forcibly extracting all the life force, Essence Qi, and spirituality from within him.

"F*ck!!" Wu Shaoyuan screamed in fright, immediately sitting cross-legged trying to suppress the Spirit Light.

Unfortunately, his strength was far inferior to the Spirit Light.

It was a qualitative difference, a severe mismatch.

The terrifying force from the Light Disaster completely disregarded his resistance,

At that moment, Wu Shaoyuan dared not speak anymore, only sitting cross-legged on the ground, struggling to suppress the escaping Spirit Light.

Fortunately, Yu Hong merely attempted to extract the Spirit Light a bit and didn’t seriously act.

After the warning, he withdrew his gaze.

Now the strength of the Spirit Light had become considerable, and as time passed, more and more practitioners are emerging.

The Spirit Light shield could even withstand repeated blows from the Three-eyed Dragon-man without breaking.

Compared to when he first arrived in this world, it was a world of difference.

"Let’s go." Yu Hong withdrew his gaze and scanned the rest who were silent as cicadas in winter, then finally turned his head towards the Taoist Yu Chu.

"...Yes! Please, follow me." Yu Chu’s whole body trembled, his scalp went numb, and he hurriedly ran towards the mountain.

After running for a while, Yu Hong, finding it too slow, simply grabbed the back of Yu Chu’s garment, leaped into the air, stepping on treetops, and flew directly towards the mountain summit.

In less than half a minute, they reached the clusters of buildings of the lower Heavenly Master Mansion on the mountain summit.

The Heavenly Master Mansion was empty, as almost everyone had gone out to resist the Seven Evils and the Black Disaster Spirit Disaster monsters.

Only some general affairs personnel were left.

Yu Chu, having his belly full of wind, coughed and led Yu Hong to the front of an ancient black Taoist Palace.

"This is it, the Dingtian Hall, where we have always stored the Sky Stabilizing Plate. Normally, no one is allowed to enter. I don’t know why, but it suddenly broke earlier. The sound was very loud, everyone in the Heavenly Master Mansion heard it. At the time it broke, only people patrolling for fire were around, and no one had entered.", Yu Chu quickly explained.

"Where’s the door." Yu Hong asked, but without waiting for a reply, "Never mind. I’ll make one."

He simply punched lightly at one wall of the Dingtian Hall.

Boom!!

The wall exploded internally, blasting out a large hole.

He stepped inside, leaving behind the stunned Yu Chu.