Myth Beyond Heaven-Chapter 2810: Transformation

"How many casualties are there right now?" Yun Huanxin asked.

There were numerous battlefields across the Primal Chaos. The Misty Cloud Sect's disciples had scattered all over the place, fighting on the front line all this time.

"Two hundred and sixty-one," Yun Meilan said in a deep voice.

Yun Huanxin's expression turned solemn. No matter how strong the Misty Cloud Sect's disciples were, it was impossible to suffer zero casualties in such a large-scale battle.

She exhaled and said, "What about Lintian?"

Yun Meilan shook her head. "There's no news. We can't enter the Netherworld. Someone must have blocked it."

Yun Meilan's guess wasn't far off. To ensure that Yun Lintian couldn't be distracted, Si Junyi had sealed the entire Netherworld, preventing people from going in.

"Do you think…?" Yun Huanxin asked with a hint of worry.

Yun Meilan shook her head. "You probably have no idea about Lintian's current strength. Aside from the God of Time, no one can be his opponent, let alone the God of Death's inheritor."

Yun Huanxin frowned slightly. She truly wanted to know what was happening to Yun Lintian at the moment.

"Let's go back first," Yun Meilan said and was about to take Yun Huanxin away.

Suddenly, Tang Zhen's body twitched, and a black chaotic aura began to wrap around him.

Yun Meilan's grip on her dagger tightened the moment Tang Zhen's corpse twitched.

Yun Huanxin, still nursing her wounds, instinctively raised her spectral blade. The air grew heavy, thick with the scent of corroding reality.

Tang Zhen's body convulsed, his limbs snapping and twisting at unnatural angles. Black veins pulsed beneath his skin, spreading like cracks in glass. His flesh melted and reformed, bubbling with chaotic energy.

Then—

CRACK!

His spine arched violently, bones breaking and reshaping. His skin darkened, hardening into jagged plates of obsidian-like armor. His face elongated, mouth splitting into a grotesque maw lined with teeth like shattered blades. His eyes—once human—were now pits of swirling chaos, pulsing with malevolent light.

The transformation took only seconds.

What stood before them was no longer Tang Zhen.

It was a creature of pure chaos.

Yun Huanxin exhaled sharply. "This is bad."

Yun Meilan didn't respond. She was already moving.

Her dagger flickered, cutting through the shadows like a whisper. The blade aimed for the creature's throat—

CLANG!

A clawed hand intercepted, gripping the dagger mid-air. The creature's head tilted, its maw stretching into something resembling a smile.

Then it squeezed.

CRACK!

The dagger shattered.

Yun Meilan's eyes widened—

The creature's other hand lashed out, claws raking toward her chest.

She twisted, but not fast enough.

SHUNK!

Blood sprayed as the claws tore through her side, ripping flesh and muscle.

Yun Meilan hissed, flipping backward to create distance. Her wound burned, chaotic energy seeping into her meridians like poison.

Yun Huanxin didn't wait.

She slashed the air, and space itself split—a jagged tear racing toward the creature.

The creature didn't dodge.

It raised a hand—

And caught the spatial slash.

BOOM!

The force exploded against its palm, but the creature didn't even flinch. Its fingers closed, crushing the spatial tear like glass.

"Ugh!" Yun Huanxin's breath hitched.

That attack could have bisected a mountain.

And it had been brushed aside.

The creature vanished.

Not teleportation.

Not speed.

It simply wasn't there one moment—and was the next.

Its fist slammed into Yun Huanxin's gut.

CRUNCH!

Her ribs shattered. Blood erupted from her mouth as she was sent flying, crashing through rock formations like a ragdoll.

Yun Meilan appeared mid-air, catching her before she could hit the ground.

Yun Huanxin coughed, her vision swimming. "It's… too strong."

Yun Meilan's expression was grim. "We can't fight it head-on."

The creature tilted its head again, as if amused. Then it raised a clawed hand—

And ripped the air apart.

RIIIP!

Reality itself tore like paper, a jagged wound spreading outward. The tear expanded, devouring everything it touched—earth, air, even light.

A black hole of pure chaos.

Yun Huanxin grabbed Yun Meilan's arm.

"Move!"

Space bent, and they blinked away just as the void swallowed where they had been.

The creature turned, its gaze locking onto them again.

Yun Meilan wiped blood from her lips. "We need to attack together."

Yun Huanxin nodded.

They split.

Yun Huanxin flickered to the left, her spectral blade humming with spatial energy.

Yun Meilan melted into the shadows, reappearing behind the creature in a blur of darkness.

They struck simultaneously.

Yun Huanxin's blade slashed horizontally—a spatial severance aimed to bisect.

Yun Meilan's remaining dagger plunged downward—a shadow-infused stab meant to pierce the spine.

The creature moved.

Its body twisted unnaturally, avoiding both attacks with impossible flexibility.

Then it countered.

A backhand swung toward Yun Huanxin.

She folded space, making the strike pass through her—

But the creature's claws rippled, and the attack connected anyway.

WHAM!

Yun Huanxin was launched backward, her shoulder dislocated.

At the same time, the creature's tail—long and whip-like—lashed toward Yun Meilan.

She ducked, but the tail adjusted mid-swing, curving to smash into her ribs.

CRACK!

Yun Meilan gritted her teeth, feeling bones break.

The creature pressed the assault.

Its claws raked the air, leaving trails of chaotic fire that burned through space itself.

Yun Huanxin blocked with her spectral blade, but the force shattered it.

She stumbled back, blood dripping from her nose.

Yun Meilan reappeared beside her, breathing heavily.

They exchanged determined glances and charged one last time.

Yun Huanxin clapped her hands together—

"Spatial Implosion!"

The space around the creature collapsed, crushing inward with the weight of a collapsing star.

At the same time, Yun Meilan plunged her dagger into the ground—

"Shadow's Bite!"

Countless tendrils of living darkness erupted from beneath the creature, wrapping around its limbs, binding it in place.

The creature roared, its chaotic energy flaring—

But for the first time, it struggled.

The two attacks merged—spatial compression and shadow-binding intertwining into a single, devastating technique.

CRACKLE!

The creature's armor cracked.

Its flesh split.

Black blood oozed from its wounds.

It thrashed, its power erupting in desperate bursts—

But Yun Huanxin and Yun Meilan held firm.

Their attacks intensified.

The creature's body buckled under the pressure—

Then—

BOOOOOOM!

A shockwave erupted, flinging all three combatants apart.

When the dust settled—

The creature lay motionless, its body half-crushed, its limbs twisted.

Yun Huanxin collapsed to her knees, coughing blood.

Yun Meilan staggered, barely staying upright.

For a moment, there was silence.

Yun Meilan didn't hesitate to throw a fireball at Tang Zhen's remains, reducing them to ashes.

"This is… really bad," Yun Huanxin said, exhausted. There were numerous Chaos Knights out there. If each one of them transformed like this, she couldn't imagine how many people would lose their lives trying to take them down.

"Let's go." Yun Meilan didn't waste any more time. She grabbed Yun Huanxin and disappeared from the place…