A Night of Desperation-Chapter 553: Attack No. 551

The mining star, Yellow Leaf State.

The black fish-shaped ship rapidly enlarged in the sky and soon hovered a hundred meters above the ground.

On the ship’s deck, Yu Hong and Hei Ying stood together, looking down.

The ground below was flat and covered with massive yellow dead leaves, layered upon each other, gleaming with a golden hue.

Each dead leaf here was more than ten meters wide and long, with some as large as buildings, which was extremely exaggerated.

In the middle of the land stood giant bald white trees, tall and straight, embedded among the leaves.

The white trees were almost the size of cities, with trunks as transparent as jade, bearing marks of patches and the passage of time on their surface.

"This is Yellow Leaf State. The ground here is formed by layers of fallen leaves from these giant yellow trees. Although it looks solid, the ground is actually very deep, with countless layers of yellow leaves piled up to this height. Be careful," Hei Ying cautioned.

"Understood," Yu Hong nodded. "Where are the Black Tide monsters?" He looked around, not spotting any Black Tide creatures.

"Since it’s a small infiltration, it won’t openly roam around. We need to find these Black Tide first," Hei Ying said, taking out a purple talisman, which burned to ashes with a shake.

She then closed her eyes, seemingly sensing something.

After a while, she abruptly opened her eyes.

"Twenty kilometers southeast!"

With a swish, the ship turned and accelerated towards the southeast.

Soon, in the yellow leaves below, thin black creatures began to appear among the giant leaves.

These wriggling creatures resembled black, eyeless maggots with dark red cracks on their backs, releasing thick black mist that polluted the surroundings.

"Those are black lineworms, ranging from Qi Refinement Realm to Foundation Establishment Stage. They can be easily handled, but they’re just tools for the Black Tide to transform the environment. After opening a Gate of Despair, they’ll release these tools like black beetles and black lineworms to adjust the environment until it’s suitable for higher-level monsters to arrive," Hei Ying explained seriously.

"So, do you want to give it a shot first?" She turned to Yu Hong, who was a step behind her.

"Fine. How many can an average Golden Core Stage handle?" Yu Hong asked.

"These creatures are numerous and can form large pollution fields when they unite. I can handle two to three thousand with no problem. The latter stages might be trickier," Hei Ying explained.

"Alright, I’ll give it a try."

Yu Hong stepped to the bow of the ship and looked down.

Among the vast golden leaves, he could indeed see numerous black lines wriggling and weaving in and out.

They looked like black water.

Yu Hong didn’t use any other techniques but took out the Black Phoenix Jade his master gave him and injected True Yuan into it.

Buzz!

Immediately, the Black Phoenix Jade floated up and rapidly spun in front of his chest.

Whoosh!

A beam of black light shot out from the jade pendant, swiftly forming a ten-meter-long black fire phoenix in the air.

The phoenix had delicate feathers, a long tail trailing flames, and black smoke rising from its back. Its strikingly white eyes stared at Yu Hong, the only white spot on its body.

"Go," Yu Hong commanded with his mind.

Scree!

The black fire phoenix cried out and dove down like a burning black meteor.

In the next moment, countless black lineworms leaped up from the ground like a black sandstorm, swarming the black phoenix.

Instantly, the black sand encapsulated the phoenix, forming a sphere.

But then, boom!

The sphere erupted with black fire from within, burning and turning countless black lineworms into ashes.

"Not bad," Yu Hong nodded. "But couldn’t I just use True Yuan to deal with these black lineworms directly?"

"Give it a try," Hei Ying smiled.

Yu Hong pondered, then formed a seal with one hand, gathering True Yuan to create a firebird, a simple spell with a slight change in True Yuan properties.

The firebird, dark red and around the same size as the black phoenix, dove down.

Sizzle!

Before it got close, dozens of black lineworms leaped up, piercing through the firebird, which quickly disintegrated.

"This..." Yu Hong frowned. His late-stage Golden Core True Yuan spell was easily dispersed by those lineworms.

"It’s normal. The Black Tide’s characteristic is that the more they gather, the stronger and more resilient they become. Different Star Disasters have different traits," Hei Ying nodded.

"Let me try again," Yu Hong was determined, focused his mind.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Dozens of Cai Jing Taoists appeared, looking down.

This scene made Hei Ying take a second glance but only for a moment.

"One of the Spirit Disaster troops? Not bad," she commented.

"You’re too kind," Yu Hong controlled the Cai Jing Taoists to dive down, fully releasing his spiritual power.

Buzz!!

Enormous spiritual power solidified the air with a bang, turning it into a hard wall.

Countless yellow leaves shattered on the ground below, and the black worms were momentarily stilled, frozen in place.

But it only lasted a few seconds.

Slowly, the black worms adapted from slow to fast, quickly overcoming the suppression of the spiritual power, leaping up again like waves of the sea, instantly tackling dozens of Cai Jing Taoists.

In the next moment, all the Cai Jing Taoists were swept away and disappeared, probably devoured by the black worms.

"My summons clearly can perform instantaneous movement, what’s going on!?" Yu Hong frowned.

"When the black worms gather, they create void stiffness. This special force field can completely deprive enemies in a certain range of control for a period of time. Only sufficiently high spiritual resistance can counteract it. Even us Nascent Soul Cultivators are somewhat affected if we don’t have a protective spell in place," Hei Ying explained.

"Is it continuous stiffness or a one-time trigger?" Yu Hong asked.

"It usually depends on the person, activating roughly once every few minutes. Quite annoying," Hei Ying replied. "Alright, do you still want to test it?"

"Let’s give it one last try," Yu Hong said after a moment of silence, still somewhat skeptical.

He removed his blindfold, opened his right eye, and aimed it at the ground.

Shhh!

Countless colorful lights exploded from his right eye, surrounded by violet light, condensing into a thin beam shooting straight at the ground. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com

The Chaotic God Heavenly Eye and the Eye of Destruction activated simultaneously.

The immortal-level True Yuan of the late Golden Core stage became the energy source of this colorful beam.

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As the beam pierced the earth, countless tiny colorful lights burst from beneath the black worms, illuminating a circular area with a diameter of around several hundred meters.

All the black worms within this area were shattered by the colorful lights, turning into black mist and dissipating.

The immortal-level True Yuan even continued to maintain the destructive power of this area.

"This move is good. Its power is comparable to the Black Phoenix Jade your teacher gave you. Does it have a name?" Hei Ying asked with great interest.

"Chaotic God Light," Yu Hong sighed.

He had painstakingly fused so many traits and cultivated for so long, only to find the power comparable to a magic treasure casually given by his master.

It made him somewhat disappointed.

But he quickly recovered. Lately, he had faintly felt that the Chaotic God Heavenly Eye was finally nearing perfection. This cultivation technique had always carried his great expectations, and its impending completion should provide a good trait. After all, it was a high martial cultivation technique, far surpassing mortal martial arts.

Plus, with the fusion of two powerful traits underway, it wouldn’t be long before he experienced a qualitative leap in strength.

"Alright, that should do it. The testing is done, let’s start clearing," Hei Ying said, glancing at her wristwatch.

"Okay. How does Senior Sister plan to clear it?" Yu Hong asked.

"These are just minor nuisances. I’ll clear them out directly," Hei Ying said, gripping the sword hilt and drawing out the Black Sword from her back.

"Once the area is cleared, we will need to deal with some particularly tricky enemies one by one. Then, you can cover me. I’ll leave a few suitable ones for you to train with."

"Alright!"

Yu Hong nodded. His experience was far inferior to Hei Ying’s, so it was best to follow her arrangements.

"Stay sharp," Hei Ying said as she slowly unsheathed her sword, channeling her mana rapidly to form a small, white mist-like version of herself above her head.

The small Hei Ying wielded a miniature Black Sword, her expression stern, eyes glinting with a faint silver light.

"Time Splitting Sword Technique."

"Chaotic Wind Sand!"

In an instant, the Black Sword shattered into countless black grains of sand, which scattered and fell.

At first, the sand was just a small stream, but it rapidly grew, swelling into a massive black tornado column in the span of a hundred meters.

With an ear-piercing whistle, the black tornado landed, sweeping up countless black worms, shredding them to pieces while also grinding many yellow leaves to dust and absorbing them within.

Wherever the tornado passed, it left black residual stains that automatically destroyed any new black worms passing over them.

Yu Hong stood on the deck, watching the tumultuous scene below as large swathes of black worms were annihilated in the blink of an eye.

When he compared it to his previous attacks, the difference was stark.

Ang!

At this moment, the Black Phoenix burst out from underground again, soaring back to his side, circling in mid-air to guard the surroundings.

"The Time Splitting Sword Technique has sixteen styles in total. This one is my only large-scale clearing sword technique. The rest are various types of piercing and cutting sword techniques, so handling situations like this is actually a bit strenuous for me," Hei Ying said as she sheathed her sword, watching below. "I’m better suited for point-to-point dealing with individually powerful opponents."

"Indeed," Yu Hong recalled the time when he summoned Hei Ying for help. That earth-shattering sword strike left a deep impression on him.

"Alright, something is coming out. Keep an eye on it. Once.... Here it comes!!" Hei Ying warned, quickly drawing her sword again.

Shhh! Shhh! Shhh!

A web-like black sword mark suddenly slashed downward.

The black web flew out a dozen meters, colliding with a massive figure that suddenly appeared.

Roar!!!

A pale giant over thirty meters tall, covered in countless white skeletal arms, roared furiously.

In the center of its chest was a black seed-like object, with numerous black roots extending throughout its body.

Its head lacked eyes, ears, nose, and mouth, with only a large black maw full of sharp teeth that howled in anger.