Night of Despair

Chapter 340 - 340 338 Outbreak No. 2

?Chapter 340: 338 Outbreak No. 2 Chapter 340: 338 Outbreak No. 2 “Yes, I don’t recognize what the shadow is, but it indeed saved me at least four times or more. And according to the rules of the Spirit Disaster, it seems like surviving a designated number of executions allows one to leave freely. That’s why I was able to come out.” Zheng Ying quickly said.

“In that case, I’m going to send out a request for assistance to the Taoist Sect right now. During this period, everyone should reduce their staffing and focus all efforts on defending the Taoist Temple. Don’t worry about other places for the time being, and if any Golden Jade patrons call for help, we can allow them to bring their families here for refuge.” Yu Hen said urgently.

“Alright. I’ll go notify them now.” Yu Mo nodded.

“What about Zheng Rou?” Zheng Ming asked with a grave voice.

“Call him, inform him of the situation here, and warn him that he must not go out. We can talk about it after avoiding this period.”

“The call won’t go through! The local signal station is malfunctioning and undergoing repairs,” a young Taoist apprentice hurried to say.

“I’ll go in person,” Xun Yang, Yu Mo’s Taoist apprentice, offered proactively, having a good relationship with Yu Hong and being considered close to him.

“Good.” Yu Hen nodded.

Xun Yang quickly ran out of the Quiet Room, crossing the courtyard toward the main gate.

At this moment, the entrance to the Taoist Temple was crammed with a long line of patrons waiting to worship the gods.

At the sight of her, many patrons hurriedly greeted her with anxious pleas.

“Taoist Xun Yang, can you let us in first? There’s an emergency at home, we’re really running out of time!”

“My father fainted from fright; he urgently needs a talisman to be saved!”

“Please, let my daughter in quickly, she really can’t hold on much longer….”

One plea after another caused Xun Yang’s steps to involuntarily slow down.

But knowing she couldn’t bear the responsibility, she dared not agree to any requests and could only lower her head and quickly got into the car for another courtyard, escorted by the protection of two other Taoists.

However, the car had barely driven two hundred meters.

Suddenly, the view blurred in front of Xun Yang’s eyes, she looked ahead in astonishment.

Outside the car window, the scenery once again morphed and she, along with the driver and the car, shockingly found themselves back on the street near the Taoist Temple.

“Is this…did you take a wrong turn!?” Xun Yang asked urgently.

“That’s impossible, I was driving in one direction!” The driver also broke out in a sweat and tugged at the amulet hanging inside the car.

“Drive again!” Xun Yang shouted.

Immediately, the driver floored the gas pedal, choosing a different direction to drive off.

In a short while, their vision blurred again, and they reappeared on the street near the Taoist Temple.

This time, both of their faces turned pale, having witnessed the entire process with their own eyes.

“We…can’t get out!?” Xun Yang asked tremblingly.

“…..try one more time!” The driver said through clenched teeth.

The third time.

The pair drove once more, heading away from the Taoist Temple.

And as they attempted again, an elderly woman with white hair, dressed in a gray robe, and a kindly face, appeared within the crowded queue at Qingchen Temple, holding a knitted bag and walking towards the temple with a relaxed demeanor that contrasted with the anxious crowd around her.

Abruptly, the old woman halted her steps, slightly turning her gaze toward a small corner shadow on the right side of the temple gate pillar.

Faint tendrils of black smoke swirled there, coalescing into the massive silhouette of a dragon lizard’s head. It was Agrius, who had just returned from the estate.

It had been only wounded and was now nearly recovered, continuing to carry out Yu Hong’s orders.

Hiss.

A flash of golden electricity momentarily surrounded the dragon lizard’s head.

The old woman lifted her hand, reaching out from afar towards the dragon lizard.

Buzz!!

A terrifying surge of spiritual power, transcending even the level of a Temple Master, arrived in an instant, freezing a small area of space around the lizard.

The spiritual power swiftly penetrated the dragon lizard’s brain, beginning to forcibly obliterate its consciousness.

Agrius’s consciousness was rapidly extinguished.

The spiritual power, still unsatisfied, continued to trace the consciousness, extending deeper, seeking to find the ultimate source of control.

But soon, a small spark of electricity flickered on the back of her aged hand.

At the same time, a chant seemed to arise around them, as if through a hazy mist.

“Agrius!”

“Dragon of Xianglv, divine bloodline in decay!!”

“You, the profoundly immortal, eternally unchanging, undead and indestructible!”

“Guardian of the Immortal Strong Wall, Prison Warden Agrius!”

With the rising chants, strands of golden electricity began to spread from the back of the old woman’s hand, extending towards her body.

Buzz!!

A mighty gaze from an unknown distant height shone down upon this place from afar.

At the same time, from the old woman’s pitch-black eyes, akin to bottomless abysses, a massive amount of cold, distorted strangeness in spiritual power surged forth, forcefully withstanding that mighty gaze.

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Inside a separate residence, in a Quiet Room.

“Agrius, has unexpectedly lost contact… Four dragon lizards missing…” Yu Hong suddenly opened his eyes, frowning deeply. He was surprised to sense his returning subordinates.

The dragon lizards’ present strength, having grown over time, when converted—roughly equated to the level of top-tier enhanced humans, impervious to bullets or blades, with ordinary firearms unable to penetrate their skin. Except for their slower speed, their other qualities practically reached the upper limits of an enhanced human.

With the advantage in numbers, the sudden disappearance of four is an extremely rare occurrence.

Moreover, how could Agrius lose contact?

As his most meritorious and number one subordinate all along, even if there are now higher-level Fear Shadows replacing its function, Yu Hong still attaches great importance to it.

This is not only because he is someone who cherishes the past, but also because Agrius’s strength was at least Level Nine to begin with, and now it has been continuously reviving and condensing under the enhancement of Tianhe, perhaps even capable of contending with War Level Black Disasters.

War Level and Temple Master Level represent the two extremes of physical physical assault and spiritual magic assault, respectively.

Both possess the tremendous destructive power to annihilate the opponent in a moment.

‘So, if Agrius encounters a Temple Master Level powerhouse, it’s about who acts first and who gets hit first.’
Yu Hong pondered in his heart.

He tried to call it back, but there was no response; Agrius seemed to be stuck, like it had crashed, completely motionless.

No response, unable to return, there’s no way to restore Agrius again.

Because even to restore it, the residual consciousness of Agrius itself would be needed.

The remaining Dragon Lizards did give a response and started to return.

“And also, the person guarding the door at the Taoist Temple didn’t come today.”

Yu Hong got up, walked to the door, pushed the movable wooden plank below the door, and from the ground outside the doorway, brought in a metallic silver food container.

Opening the food container, inside was freshly prepared food.

Braised pork, stir-fried greens, cucumber with scrambled eggs, two catties of sweet potato rice, plus a cup of clear water, made up his meal.

“Little An.” Yu Hong took out a spoon, started to eat, and called out.

“What’s up?” A somewhat youthful voice of a young girl came from outside the door.

Her name was An Susu, the daughter of the owner of a nearby restaurant that specializes in delivering food and drink to him. She is the one mostly responsible for bringing Yu Hong food and drink.

“Recently, is there any situation over at the Taoist Temple?” Yu Hong asked. “How come the person guarding the door didn’t come today? Do you know what’s going on?”

Usually, every day an elder Taoist from the Yu Generation would come to guard, but yesterday and today, no one came.

The girl sat on the long bench outside the door, also a bit puzzled by the question. “Nobody came yesterday either, I don’t know.”

“Oh yes, do you know why there has been no mobile phone signal these past few days?” Yu Hong asked again.

“I know this, they said there’s a problem with the nearby signal tower, and the maintenance people are delaying it and not attending to it, just dragging it on.” An Susu quickly answered.

Yu Hong’s brows tightened, he began to contact the Dragon Lizards that had arrived nearby, attempting to share their vision.

But intense spiritual interference made it impossible for him to initiate the Dragon Lizards’ vision sharing.

This pure spiritual interference has a significant impact on his Tianhe-summoned creatures. Even previously with Agrius, he could only vaguely sense its specific location.

Yu Hong felt the Dao Breath between his temples, which is the special spiritual power from cultivating the Guanwu Skill.

The so-called Dao Breath is in fact more like a special and uniquely altered spiritual power.

At this moment, the Dao Breath was just a tiny bit away from completing its Sharpness. After spiritual power Sharpness is complete, he would fully step into the Temple Master level. By then, even in this world, in terms of pure spiritual aspect, he would be considered a bit of a master.

No need to cheat by relying on physical strength every time he couldn’t win.

Yu Hong estimated the time he still needed.

Spiritual power Sharpness would probably take another two days to complete. The fusion and qualitative change of Five Spirits Spring would need at least four days.

Quickly finishing his meal, he glanced at the small booklet on the table.

This was the hypnotic range Technique provided by Qing Huang, which was being strengthened by the Black Mark, with a countdown of a little over four days remaining.

‘Should I wait four more days before coming out of seclusion, or should I go to the Taoist Temple now?’ Yu Hong hesitated.

Five streams of colorful spiritual power were still continuously circling and soaring around him, occasionally rushing into his body and leaving behind a little bit of spiritual power fusion.

This fusion of the Five Spirits Spring definitely cannot disturb the five streams of spiritual power. Once startled, it would disrupt the process, and the five streams of spiritual power would also conflict with each other, leading to chaos. Then ten years of accumulation would be in vain.

“Forget it, let the Dragon Lizards go near the Taoist Temple to check out the situation. If the Dragon Lizards disappear and there’s a problem, come out of seclusion immediately. If the Dragon Lizards are fine, it should be fine, then I will wait to go out after four days.”

Although previously Yu Zhong said that he must complete Sharpness before leaving seclusion, and if anything happened, they would inform him.

But the sudden loss of contact with Agrius raised a hint of worry in Yu Hong’s heart.

Moreover, it is said that when spiritual power is strong to a certain extent, it will also produce a special forewarning towards people and things associated with oneself.

After determining the plan, Yu Hong issued the order for the Dragon Lizard to head towards Qingchen Temple.

Right now, he couldn’t even use Fear Shadow and could only rely on the summoned creatures stored inside Tianhe, with severely limited strength.

Because whether it’s Fear Shadow or Inheritance Dao Artifact, they are all formed from the condensation of spiritual power Technique.

Only the summoned creatures from within Tianhe, are those he captured from the outside world earlier on.

So besides Tianhe-summoned creatures and physical strength, he couldn’t do anything else.

‘No… not right. I still have a force that I can call upon…’
Suddenly, Yu Hong thought of something, and his gaze deepened.

He had forgotten, during this time. The intensity of the Spirit Light was growing stronger… This implies that more and more Magicians were cultivating Spirit Light.

This dispersed force, although, contains many masters as well, such as the obscuring Qing Huang.

Qing Huang, now replenished with Spirit Light, will be far stronger than before.

If used properly, it wouldn’t be worse than Agrius or the Dragon Lizards.

Pondering for a moment, Yu Hong knocked on the door again.

“An Su, are you still there?”

“Mhm, what is it?” An Susu hurriedly responded. She remembered her father saying that the person resting inside was a big shot from Taizhou, and she must provide welcoming and respectful treatment without any neglect.

“Could you help me deliver a message? Send a small note to someone nearby.” Yu Hong spoke softly.

To contact the people of Mutual Aid Alliance, he needed to reach out to Cheng Shu and the other two, and he had set up a secret code and fixed contact points with them, just near the Taoist Temple.

“No problem, just tell me.”