Night of Despair

Chapter 376 - 376 Action 374 Two

?Chapter 376: Action 374 Two Chapter 376: Action 374 Two “It doesn’t matter, just lead the way. If we don’t encounter them, so be it; if we do, we’ll capture them all and bring them back to do the hard labor. Causing such a huge trouble, this is the perfect opportunity to redeem themselves for their wrongdoings.” Yu Hong was indifferent.

He had long been coveting the Taoist Sect and the Seven Evil Alliance. Previously, he had the grand plan and hoped to recruit people as a life force, but now that hope was completely dashed, and his mind became more clear.

It was perfect timing that they were in the midst of battle, which gave him an opportunity.

Moreover, since his side lacked a powerful expert to preside, and the Seven Evil Alliance were all ill-gotten gains, the saying goes ‘Heaven’s gifts not taken are but a precursor to disaster.’ This was like fat meat delivered to his door, not eating it would be a waste!

The carriage turned and hurried in the opposite direction.

Upon reaching the northwest corner of the Spirit Station defense line, the car stopped, and a helicopter was already waiting by the black wall.

The helicopter blades had already begun to rotate.

Qing Huang went up and gave a few instructions to the pilot, then took Yu Hong with him, lifted off, and sped away into the distance.

At the summit of Fushou Mountain, at the Sealing and Sacrifice Platform.

The fierce wind howled, and dark clouds covered the sky.

Bolts of lightning slithered through the clouds, casting blue light.

Xu Chong sat cross-legged on the ground, blood dripping from beneath him, his horsetail whisk in hand shimmered with blinding golden light, enveloping his entire body.

That was his life-saving secret technique, a top-tier magic wrought from years of cultivation, combined with the Divine Intent of the Inheritance Dao Artifact, igniting the Spirit Communication Light.

This light could, within one hour, forcefully suppress all injuries in the body, delaying the injuries to a later time one hour hence.

Regardless of the injury, during that hour, he would maintain his peak condition.

And any new injuries sustained within that hour would accumulate and erupt afterwards.

“I knew it, at our level, the idea of killing you with a sneak attack is clearly unrealistic,” Long Qingzi said, clapping and laughing, as he witnessed this scene.

“Your performance was too poor,” Zuo Yunfeng glanced at him.

“I thought I was perfect. After all, for a madman who likes to have fits of insanity, shouldn’t anything he does be accepted?” Long Qingzi raised his eyebrow and smiled. “But, I do think, you made your move too slowly… Teacher.”

His eyes were brimming with a deeper mirth.

“You seem… to have gotten older…”

“Then try to break free from me,” Zuo Yunfeng said expressionlessly.

“The disciple dares not. You are the world’s strongest, the current most powerful Magician… My mediocre skills, I would not embarrass myself before you.”

“You madmen!” Xu Chong, sitting in the golden light and suppressing his injuries, slowly stood up. “I was blind! Zuo Yunfeng! You’ve been behind all this mischief!”

His eyes were bloodshot, his beard and hair moved with his rage, his body trembling slightly as he was obviously enraged to the extreme.

“The so-called top Magician in the world, to do such filthy things! The millennium foundation of the Primordial Heavenly Master Mansion is going to be ruined by you, are you not afraid…”

“I’m going to die,” Zuo Yunfeng interrupted him. “Xu Chong.”

He watched the other man, his eyes calm and sincere.

“In one more year, I am going to die…”

“I can feel it, the end is drawing near…”

“So what!? At your level, yet you cannot see through life and death, what kind of Heavenly Master are you!? What kind of First Magician are you!!? A mere charlatan!!” Xu Chong angrily said.

“I am different from you,” Zuo Yunfeng said indifferently. “From a very young age, a hundred years ago, my purpose in cultivation was only one.”

“And that is, immortality.”

“One hundred years as if one day, consistent from beginning to end, truly admirable, Teacher, your Dao Heart is cold and firm,” Long Qingzi clapped and laughed from the side.

Zuo Yunfeng ignored his sarcasm and continued.

“From that time, I understood a truth. Everything in this world has a cause and effect, to gain something, one must pay accordingly. And to gain eternal life, one must pay enough of a price, and my hundred years of arduous cultivation is still far from enough…”

“So you’ve caused all this, just for what you call eternal life!?” Xu Chong gritted his teeth. He knew the other was stalling for time, waiting for his secret technique to expire, but he couldn’t help wanting to hear what the other had to say.

The First Mage in the world, Zuo Yunfeng, that title had reigned over the entire world for decades!

But now… in a single shocking change, everything, all was ruined.

Long Qingzi and the Seven Evil Alliance were actually supported by Zuo Yunfeng from behind all this time?

If this got out, the reputation of the entire Taoist Sect would be destroyed, crumbling to pieces.

“You won’t understand,” Zuo Yunfeng sighed, “What kind of cause plants what kind of fruit, without enough nourishment, one cannot grow fruit sweet and delicious enough…”

He flicked his horsetail whisk and put away the Short Sword.

“I have spent nearly a hundred years cultivating causes, now, it is time to harvest…”

“What do you mean?” Xu Chong suddenly felt a foreboding feeling.

Zuo Yunfeng slightly smiled, lifting his gaze towards Yunshu Mountain, the direction of the Ancestor Court of the Taoist Sect.

Boom!!!

Suddenly, the earth trembled.

A burst of brilliant golden light suddenly illuminated the sky in the direction of Yunshu Mountain.

The golden light was incredibly thick, ten times larger than the Yin Qi Sky Pillar, enveloping the entire Heavenly Number Mountain underneath it.

The golden light soared into the sky like a golden spear, piercing through the clouds, forming a huge hole.

Then it continued upwards, breaking through the stratosphere, tearing a huge gash in the pale blue atmosphere.

This was not a Spiritual Illusion, but an actual image visible to everyone.

Within the blinding pillar of golden light, a shadowy figure, black all over with huge wings on his back, slowly emerged.

He held something like a small ink stone in his hands in front of his chest, floating motionless inside the golden pillar, seemingly just a statue.

“The Night Pool… has descended…” Zuo Yunfeng admired the small pool held in the gigantic shadow’s hands, his eyes filled with anticipation.

“Teacher, we have the infinite energy source, next is to connect the Pool of Ten Thousand Spirits,” Long Qingzi reminded with a smile.

“The opening of the Pool of Ten Thousand Spirits, apart from requiring enough Gates of Ten Thousand Spirits, also needs one more thing,” Zuo Yunfeng looked at him and said indifferently.

“What?” Long Qingzi raised an eyebrow.

“I will use the entire Yunshu Mountain as a collateral to temporarily set up a formation to bind the Night Pool and incorporate it into the great formation. Next, we need a suitable attraction to open the Pool of Ten Thousand Spirits on the same Yunshu Mountain,” Zuo Yunfeng said.

“So…” Long Qingzi said with a smile.

“So.” Zuo Yunfeng raised his hand and pointed.

Buzz!

A complex golden moth pattern suddenly lit up on Long Qingzi’s chest.

Boom!!

With a muffled sound, a bloody gash suddenly burst open on Long Qingzi’s chest, spraying out crimson blood, instantly freezing the smile on his face.

“I have cultivated you for so many years, now it’s time for you to repay me…” Zuo Yunfeng said indifferently.

He tugged his finger once more.

Instantly, an invisible force strengthened, drawing out more blood from Long Qingzi’s body.

The blood turned into thin lines, flying around, like red silk threads.

“Zuo Yunfeng! Today, I shall act as the heavens’ enforcer and exterminate you, the demon and heretic outsiders!”

Beside them, Xu Chong finally recovered from the shock of the Ancestor Court of Yunshu Mountain being destroyed. Unable to hold back any longer, he pounced forward enveloped in golden light, with his horsetail whisk aimed directly at Zuo Yunfeng, clearly attempting to stop him.

In this instant, Long Qingzi’s body also exploded suddenly, turning into a burst of blood shadow, disrupting the blood extraction and charging straight at Zuo Yunfeng.

“Teacher, you don’t really believe that after all these years, your Secret Technique would still work, do you?”

The two, one in front and one behind, strangely joined forces for a moment to confront Zuo Yunfeng.

However, what the three of them did not notice was.

Near them, within one of the rolling and surging Yin Qi Sky Pillars.

A pitch-black, eye-shaped fissure was being quietly opened.

Within it, the silhouette of the Cai Jing Taoist sitting upon clouds was vaguely visible through the crack, silently waiting.

Behind this Taoist was a dense mass of at least a thousand golden-armored Dragon-men figures.

If Yu Hong were here, he would recognize that many among them were individuals who had appeared at the Zihe Palace.

Originally, they were just ordinary golden-armored Dragon-men, but at this moment, at least a third of them had inexplicably transformed into three-eyed golden-armored Dragon-men.

Not only that, but even the spiritual pressure from the Cai Jing Taoist sitting on the clouds had significantly intensified compared to when he appeared at the Zihe Palace.

If the combined spiritual pressure of Zuo Yunfeng and the other two was a hundred, then the spiritual pressure of the Cai Jing Taoist at this time was over a thousand.

And still, the Cai Jing Taoist continued to hide, silently waiting for the moment when the three would fight each other and both suffer injuries.

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Hundreds of kilometers away from Taizhou, within a secluded harbor.

A massive black ship was slowly docking at the port.

The ship bore no name, and only flew the flag of Yasong Country.

Under the overcast clouds, two figures quietly appeared on the nearby beach.

One was tall and strong, dressed in a white Daoist robe, his robust muscles taut against the fabric, none other than Master Yu Hong, who had hurried over.

The other, in a black robe edged with silver and a silver phoenix mask, was Qing Huang, the guide for the group.

“Alliance Hierarch, this is the place. I told them to meet me here; this is the closest hidden port. They must have just opened it,” Qing Huang said in a low voice.

“Not bad, well done. Let’s go straight to the ship. Can you contact your subordinates?” Yu asked.

“I can, but they are unlikely to defect with me,” Qing Huang sighed.

“Then you really are a failure in life,” Yu Hong shook his head and took the lead.

“Which way in? Where’s the warehouse?” he asked as he walked.

“I’m not sure about the warehouse, but we can capture someone and ask,” Qing Huang hesitated.

“Forget it, this ship is nice, I’ll take it for myself, is that alright?” Yu Hong said.

“That… of course, there’s no issue…” Qing Huang paused before replying.

“That’s good then…”

Yu Hong smiled faintly.

Swoosh!

In an instant, his figure disappeared like an arrow, shooting straight towards the black ship.

Seconds later.

A figure lightly leaped onto the ship’s side and landed on the deck.

Before the guard personnel on the deck could aim their guns, he stood tall and a swarm of black Dragon Lizards surged out behind him.

Over a hundred Dragon Lizards climbed up the ship from the shore in a flash, slaughtering anyone they encountered on the deck.

The huge figure of Agrius materialized beside Yu Hong, his head lowered, golden arcs of electricity sizzling around him.

“Go, kill everyone here. Leave no survivors,” Yu Hong ordered indifferently.

Roar!

Agrius roared lowly, virtualized into black mist, and rushed towards the cabin entrance.

Yu Hong himself pointed a finger to the ground.

‘Guanwu Skill: Fear Shadow · Extreme Summoning.’
Hiss, hiss, hiss!

In an instant, more than twenty bipedal creatures, their bodies semi-transparent like mucus, appeared on the deck.

Every one of these creatures, upon materializing, dispersed into invisible mucus and flowed into the cabins.

Qing Huang climbed aboard in time to see the bloodshed, sighed softly, said nothing, and quietly followed Yu Hong towards the cabin entrance.