A Night of Desperation

Chapter 388: Dawn Four

"One by one, magicians from the Spirit Alliance continuously entered the interior of the canyon.

After traveling a few hundred meters, soon, another array exuding Golden Light appeared ahead to block the way.

This time, inside the array, magicians from the Taoist Sect could be seen standing in positions, channeling Dao Breath into it.

Seeing the incoming members of the Spirit Alliance, the faces of these magicians drastically changed, and they loudly communicated with each other.

In an instant, the Nine Sects’ Sect Masters and five members from the Seven Evils looked past the array towards the Spirit Alliance group.

Upon discovering that there were members from both parties left behind within the Spirit Alliance, both Xuan Jingzi and the Silent Truth-holder were stunned.

The Taoist Sect and the people from the Seven Evil Alliance working together was something they struggled to comprehend. Both cast suspicious glances at what they considered their own people, but no one returned to their camp.

Seizing this opportunity, Yu Hong quickly scanned both sides to confirm the number of people present.

Then, with a swift movement, he appeared directly between the two camps.

’I am Yu Hong, Alliance Hierarch of the Spirit Light Mutual Aid Alliance, with the Dao name ’Zheng Rou’. I have come requesting your help to close the Black Disaster Spirit Disaster, reset the situation, and save countless lives from dire straits!’ His expression solemn, he announced loudly.

’Youngster, you’re bold, and even bolder in speech. Why should we assist you? Because of your brazen words that show no understanding of heaven and earth?’ Xuan Jingzi said with a curious chuckle, sizing up Yu Hong.

’So, you are unwilling?’ Yu Hong’s gaze shifted, looking at Xuan Jingzi.

Xuan Jingzi laughed heartily.

’We’ve worked so hard to open so many gates, and now you come here saying you want to close them? Who do you think you are!?’

’If you are unwilling to save the masses and also unwilling to assist me, then what use are you?’

Right as Yu Hong’s words fell, his figure blurred into a shadow, and he charged toward Xuan Jingzi.

With each step, the ground beneath his feet burst open, creating explosive craters one and a half meters in diameter and half a meter deep.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!!

Heavy, urgent footsteps rapidly approached.

Xuan Jingzi’s complexion changed slightly; flicking his Seal, the distance between him and Yu Hong suddenly increased.

But the increased distance was merely his Passive Technique, a temporary special Secret Technique that creates a perceptual illusion.

Facing Yu Hong...

Boom!!

Xuan Jingzi’s expression greatly changed, his hand hurriedly shimmering blue light, blocking his head; that was all he could manage to do.

A loud bang.

His head took a punch, the blue light shattered, and his body was flung backward, disappearing from everyone’s sight, heavily embedded in the nearby canyon wall.

’Youngster! You’re courting death!!’ Xuan Jingzi’s roar emanated from the walls.

A sky-blue scimitar, filled with runes, broke through the evasion, rapidly enlarging and flying towards Yu Hong.

The surface of the scimitar had countless twisted white ghost faces, seemingly crying and laughing, continuously transforming, as if the whole scimitar itself was wriggling.

Yu Hong raised his hand, pinched his fingers, and precisely caught the tip of the scimitar.

Clang!

The tip of the blade instantly shattered, exploding into layers of pale blue halos, which quickly spread up along his fingers.

However, they were blocked by a naturally emerging layer of purple-red halo on his body.

Both halos neutralized each other, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

But just in that moment, Yu Hong’s vision began to distort, elongating.

Everything around him—people, the canyon, forests, trees—strangely stretched.

’A spiritual illusion?’

Yu Hong’s Inner Strength activated naturally, coating over his eyes.

Clang!

All the illusions disappeared instantly.

He still stood in his original position, where a blurry figure appeared behind him, holding another black scimitar, fiercely stabbing towards his back.

Clang.

The scimitar got stuck, fixed in mid-air by a naturally emerging purple-red halo, leaving just a finger’s space from Yu Hong’s back—it couldn’t move forward any further.

And the attacker behind, who was now revealed, was none other than Xuan Jingzi, the leader of the Seven Evils, who had just been sent flying.

His appearance was ragged, hair disheveled, clearly, the Passive Technique he had applied earlier didn’t protect him from Yu Hong’s sudden punch.

Though he reflexively launched three Passive Techniques at the moment he was struck, they were ultimately suppressed and neutralized by that strange purple-red power.

Now, using his final Passive Technique to confuse the opponent and produce a visual illusion, aiming for a backstab kill.

Even though his opponent had already been tricked and the blade was stabbed forward, it couldn’t even pierce the opponent’s protective Passive Technique!

’You!!?’ Xuan Jingzi’s expression froze.

His Dao Breath surged, unleashing the full power of the Earth Level Inheritance Dao Artifact, only to find it couldn’t break through the opponent’s protective Passive Technique!

What kind of level was this Passive Technique!?

’Not bad.’ Yu Hong was also somewhat surprised; he had been worried that his punch had been too powerful and killed the opponent.

But instead, after being hit, the opponent retaliated so fiercely. It appeared that this member of the Seven Evils truly had a few tricks.

Snap.

He suddenly extended his hand, his palm emanating purple-red Inner Strength, as if passing through clear water, penetrated the invisible Passive Technique protecting Xuan Jingzi.

Then.

He grabbed him by the neck!

Hiss!!

Instantly, a silvery light spread rapidly from Yu Hong, covering Xuan Jingzi’s entire body, almost wrapping him into a silver figure.

’Let go!’

Suddenly, a semi-transparent purple giant shadow over three meters tall appeared behind Yu Hong.

It was a grotesque two-headed purple armored giant.

The giant held a black Horse-cutting Saber, and with a lightning-fast movement, raised it high to strike.

The saber was aimed right at Yu Hong’s head."

When the blade was raised high, it triggered a swirling airflow around, scorching the surroundings.

The one who made the move was the one of the Seven Evils, Xian Kongzi, the Sect Master of the Blood Eye Sect.

Clang!

A two-headed giant slashed down, but above Yu Hong’s head, it was blocked by a faint purple-red power, making a sound of metal clashing.

"Weak." Yu Hong stood still, not even taking a step.

He grabbed with his left hand, instantly seizing the blade of the Horse-cutting Saber.

Bang!

The blade shattered, turning into countless fragments, which darkened the body of the two-headed giant as the fragments splattered back and injured it.

At that moment, a third person made a move.

A masked woman in black tight clothing held a pistol in her hand, carved with runes and inlaid with tiny colorful gems, aiming at Yu Hong and pulling the trigger.

Boom!

It was just a pistol, but the bullet fired carried a huge buzzing sound, as if it was thunder.

The bullet hit Yu Hong’s forehead in a blink of an eye, then exploded into large black electric arcs.

Countless dense, snake-like electric arcs burst out in an instant with an exaggerated spiritual fluctuation of over 500,000.

This caused Yu Hong’s whole body to almost light up with purple-red Inner Strength brilliance.

"This one’s not bad." Yu Hong finally felt a slight fluctuation in his Inner Strength.

Clearly, this meant that the recent gunshot had the intensity to disrupt his Inner Strength.

Swoosh!

Taking advantage of his distraction, Xuan Jing’s body exploded instantly into countless blue lights, and in a blink, it reformed dozens of meters away.

By this time, the three members of the Seven Evils who had taken action finally began to seriously size up Yu Hong, who had suddenly entered the scene.

From start to finish, Yu Hong had only made one move, but had put the chief of the Seven Evils, Xuan Jing, in a very sorry state, almost severely injured.

Then, facing the joint surprise attack of the three great Seven Evils, he actually stood still, resisting all the assaults.

Not by countering, but by standing still and enduring!!

Such a performance was already enough to shock everyone from the Seven Evil Alliance and the Taoist Sect.

"What kind of monster is this guy!?"

The masked woman from the Seven Evil Alliance retreated, creating a larger distance, watching Yu Hong with extreme wariness.

Just now, in the confrontation, she didn’t feel much, but now her forehead and temples were even sweating slightly.

Not just her, Xuan Jing, who had barely struggled free, was also touching the bruises on his neck, feeling terrified, and staring intensely at Yu Hong.

If it weren’t for the other two rescuing him just now, he might have really died in the opponent’s grip in one face-to-face encounter.

"It’s Yu Hong of Qingchen Temple! The gentle Taoist Yu Hong!" At this time, one of the Seven Evils recognized Yu Hong’s identity.

This person was dressed in a white western outfit, wearing a white duckbill cap, his face stern and his hair graying, giving off the air of a successful person.

He held a small slip of paper in his hand, on it was a name and a phone number.

This was the contact information Yu Hong had given him at a previous meeting.

"Zhao Yanjun... do you recognize him?" Xian Kongzi moved next to him and asked in a low voice.

"When I was in Taizhou before, I met that monster…"

Their side was shocked, but on the Taoist Sect’s side, there was sheer ecstasy. When Heaven’s Hand Zhao Yanjun first saw Yu Hong in Qingchen Temple, Taizhou, he had fallen into a massive spiritual self-tremor, an exaggerated scene like a vision.

There, he saw endless light and heat; that Yu Hong was like a huge ticking bomb. Just a little stimulation, and it might BOOM – completely explode.

Explode everyone around, even the entire world within sight!!

"That guy, just by looking at him, you can feel how terrifyingly strong he is," said Zhao Yanjun in a deep voice.

"Was it when you and Xiao Jiu went?" Xian Kongzi asked, frowning.

"Um…" Zhao Yanjun nodded, he was about to explain something when suddenly his eyes widened.

"Be careful!!"

He suddenly shouted.

Just the moment before the shout.

Yu Hong slightly smiled, the figure standing still carried a series of purple afterimages, silently appearing beside Xian Kongzi.

His speed was too fast, in that instant burst, such short distance, almost no time to react.

Sss!

A hand chop, like a real saber, sliced horizontally across Xian Kongzi’s waist.

Layer upon layer of protective Purple Light Rune Technique automatically activated, then shattered in the next instant, like broken crystal glass.

Blood blossomed, splattering from Xian Kongzi’s waist.

He stiffened, standing in place, no longer moving.

Plop!

In Zhao Yanjun’s vision, specks of silver light burst from the wound at Xian Kongzi’s waist, quickly spreading throughout his body.

Even the Passive Technique with a spiritual value of over 500,000 could not block the Fifth Layer Sunset Inner Strength, not even for a second.

Yu Hong’s figure, carrying traces of afterimages, next appeared in front of the gun-wielding masked woman.

With one large grab, purple light flashed, shattering layers of transparent barriers, and he seized the woman’s hair.

Boom!

The third of the Seven Evils fell to the ground, unconscious.

"And two more," Yu Hong stood in place, looking at Zhao Yanjun and the remaining woman in a black cloak.

After experiencing it personally, he realized that if a Technique’s magic couldn’t break through his Inner Strength defense, then dealing with the Seven Evils was no different than dealing with a common magician for him.

As long as he was fast, the opponent wouldn’t even be able to use their grand Spiritual Domain before falling unconscious.

"!!!"

The two of them stiffened, standing in place, like the many subordinates of the Seven Evil Alliance behind them, daring not to move, silent as a graveyard.

Not just them, but the people from the Taoist Sect opposite were also dumbstruck, even as the members of the Spirit Light Alliance neared the entrance, they remained completely unaware.