Night of Despair-Chapter 403 - 401 Repair 3

Snap.

He threw the metal test tube onto the ground.

Yu Hong’s throat pulsed a few times, and his long-untrimmed black hair faintly glowed with a bluish light.

At the spot where he sat cross-legged, little by little, shadows emerged like sludge, seeping out past the meditation cushion.

Soon, the shadows grew more and more abundant and dense, coalescing into a bizarre sphere covered with countless faces.

Yu Hong opened his eyes, gazing at this strange ball formed at the Ninth Layer.

"Indeed, the thing I’ve always feared and worried about—is this it?"

He sighed.

The Ultimate Sun, originating from the first source of the Light Disaster, is also its final endpoint. Although he had only seen it once, it left a deep, indelible impression in his heart.

Standing up, Yu Hong waved his hand to disperse it.

Instantly, the black imitation naturally dissipated. Completely gone.

This was the special effect of the enhanced Black Mark medication.

It allowed a breakthrough in the Guanwu Skill without side effects, and likewise, the summoned Fear Shadows were also significantly weaker.

Fortunately, Yu Hong’s goal from the beginning was not the Fear Shadows, but the qualities acquired at the final stage of the Guanwu Skill.

He felt the Dao Breath within him becoming increasingly stable.

His already colossal Dao Breath had just successfully broken through to a level he previously didn’t dare to imagine.

And as the Dao Breath gradually stabilized, the new prompt from the Black Mark silently appeared.

’Guanwu Skill breakthrough to the Ninth Layer, new trait acquired: Ingrained Righteousness.’

’Ingrained Righteousness (Fear breeds hesitation; hesitation leads to indecision; this trait can convert surrounding fears into spiritual power to replenish oneself, and increases resistance to mental interference and erosion by 40%.)’

"Convert surrounding fears into spiritual power to replenish myself?"

Yu Hong was a bit puzzled.

The effects of this trait seemed somewhat complex.

He stood up and walked to the door.

Suddenly, a cool breath, thin as silk, quietly seeped in from outside the door, flew to the back of his hand, and slowly permeated.

After this breath merged into his hand, Yu Hong immediately felt a faint nourishment for the mind and spirit.

The sensation was very peculiar, like after working outside exhaustedly on a hot day, coming back home, and suddenly having his temples cooled with ice—refreshing and comfortable.

But this comfort lasted less than two seconds before coming to an end.

Moreover, after reaching the Ninth Layer, he felt that his spiritual power had begun growing anew.

The continuous increase made him feel like a balloon, rapidly expanding and becoming larger.

This sensation lasted for more than ten minutes before ceasing.

Yu Hong took out the re-enhanced universal energy meter and switched it to the spiritual fluctuation mode.

Beep.

The test value fluctuated slightly, finally stabilizing at a level of over twelve thousand.

"At last... from three digits to five, I’m finally not a weak link anymore."

Yu Hong’s heart felt relieved; the Black Mark enhancement potion had shortened his progress by who knows how many years.

This level of spiritual power, if he were to cultivate on his own, would take at least several decades to acquire.

But here, he only needed to take two doses of the Enhancing Potion.

Pushing the door open with his hand, he glanced around the Taoist Temple.

It was empty inside, with only a few people responsible for cleaning bustling about.

At the gate of the main hall, Assistant Fu Bai was casually chatting with an attendant. Seeing Yu Hong come out, she hurriedly trotted over.

"Temple Master."

"Where are the others?" asked Yu Hong.

"Some went to support the Disaster Great Wall, and several elders from the Spirit Alliance have gone to help infuse Dao Breath into the Sky Stabilizing Plate," Fu Bai replied quickly.

"Is it the temporary command center?" Yu Hong inquired.

"Yes. After relieving the Capital, people from the government came to ask Monarch Quan He to go to the Capital and oversee the situation this morning. He refused. Now they have simply turned this temporary command center into the working center of the Disaster Countermeasures Department."

"I’ll go take a look. If you receive any important intelligence here, just send it to me via mobile phone," said Yu Hong.

"Sure, Master," Fu Bai quickly nodded.

Currently, within Taizhou’s safe zone, many new signal towers had been built to forcibly extend the communications signals. However, because of the emergence of malicious codes within the Black Disaster Evil Shadows, only Magicians could use communicators.

Sighing, Yu Hong quickly donned his coat, exited the Taoist Temple, and got into the Temple Master’s car.

"The Temple Master has emerged from seclusion!?"

"Thank you for your great compassion, Temple Master!"

"It’s Master Yu!"

"Temple Master, my son is still outside. Please, let him in!"

"When will this disaster end, Temple Master..."

"Temple Master..."

In a chorus of calls, the dense crowd outside the Taoist Temple, which had already filled the space, pleaded and inquired towards Yu Hong’s car.

Many of them were even close to touching the Temple Master’s car.

Numerous cool sensations, like dense silk threads, followed invisible pathways, converging into Yu Hong’s mind.

That was the fear-related spiritual power converted by Ingrained Righteousness.

Yu Hong remained silent, well aware that professional matters should be left to professionals; if he spoke out now, he would waste substantial time on irrelevant questions.

As the Temple Master, his duty was to do what he was supposed to do.

The black sedan meandered slowly through the crowd.

Soon, it arrived at the temporary command center building.

This used to be a Spirit Station, now converted into the command center for the area’s defense.

Yu Hong had just arrived when the magicians from the Spirit Alliance came out to meet him.

Qing Huang led the way, followed by Yu Hen, Yu Mo, and other seasoned Daoists.

"Is Senior Quan He here?" Yu Hong got out of the car and greeted his masters before asking.

"She’s still inside," Qing Huang sighed. "The situation at the front is not good. The senior just got back; even though she’s sweeping through the enemy, it’s this kind of battle without visible hope that’s the most troublesome."

"I understand." Yu Hong nodded. "Is there still no way to use the Sky Stabilizing Plate?"

"It’s far from what we need. You’ll see for yourself when you go there," Qing Huang said.

Yu Hong said no more and looked up into the sky.

The sky was still pitch black, with no light.

Since the battle at Tongning City, the sky had never lit up again.

No sun, no stars, just endless dark gray fog covering everything.

He flicked his form and directly entered the building, disappearing in a blink into the elevator and pressing the button for the top floor.

A few seconds later.

The elevator doors opened.

A spacious hall full of countless dark red runes was revealed before his eyes.

Circular, bizarre runes were spread out over all four walls and the ceiling of the hall.

The swirling, contorted runes formed circles that gave off an indescribably uncomfortable feeling.

Quan He stood at the center, within the largest and most complex red circular array.

Hearing the noise, she turned around and looked at Yu Hong.

"You’re finally here. It looks like you’ve made quite the gains?"

"Uh, a small breakthrough in Daoist skills," Yu Hong nodded, stepping out of the elevator to join her.

"Senior, the Sky Stabilizing Plate…?"

"The power I wield fits the criteria, but to fully charge the Sky Stabilizing Plate, we need at least nine magicians of the same caliber as myself to inject their Dao Breath simultaneously," Quan He sighed.

"Nine..." Yu Hong was lost for words. "Does it have to be at the same time?"

"Yes, only by combining forces simultaneously can we cultivate a higher level of Dao Breath. This array has already been simplified… it utilizes a lower level of Dao Breath fused with the principle of sublimation," Quan He explained.

"...What about the front? How are things?" Yu Hong changed the subject.

"The Disaster Great Wall has suffered heavy casualties, but thanks to your Spirit Light secret technique and the bombarded shells mixed with extra components, we’re barely holding the line. However, we can’t continue like this. Black Disaster and Spirit Disaster monsters are still evolving amidst the casualties. I fear it won’t be long before more fully-formed Colorful Mirrors are spawned," Quan He spoke troubledly.

She paused.

"You’ve already done your best. Fixing the Sky Stabilizing Plate is an extremely difficult task... but we’re facing too many problems now."

"Actually, there is one way to close the Gate of Despair stemming from the Black Disaster," Yu Hong said after a moment of silence.

"What?"

"Find the very first Black Disaster Monster that emerged and push it back through. The Gate of Despair will close by itself." Yu Hong shared the strategy summarized by countless lives in the world of Hope City.

"The first monster??" Quan He, gripping the Sky Stabilizing Plate, fell into deep thought.

"Are you certain?"

She asked again.

"Certain. It’s been confirmed by someone already," Yu Hong nodded.

"Alright then. I’ll give it a try, starting with the nearest Gate of Despair. If we can close off the Black Disaster, we can save half our efforts. I have plenty of locating techniques to sort out the time when they emerged, then it’s just a matter of stuffing them back one by one," Quan He counted on her fingers, seemingly ascertained the feasibility with some secret technique, and immediately planned to take action.

"If you need help from a junior, just say the word," Yu Hong quickly said.

"As the leader of the Spirit Alliance, it’s better for you to command the headquarters. We’ll rely on you for direct reinforcements wherever needed, how about that?" Quan He suggested.

"Agreed!" Yu Hong nodded.

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Looking at Quan He’s resolute and calm face, he suddenly felt an inexplicable unease.

At his level, with the strength of tens of thousands of spiritual power, each premonition could not be taken lightly.

"Don’t worry, I can sense it. The entire world is continuously sliding down, falling... but don’t we still have a chance?" Quan He smiled.

Clearly, she had sensed it long ago.

"Humans are good at finding hope amidst suffering."

"Senior’s broad-mindedness is something I cannot compare to," Yu Hong said solemnly.

"Go on, get busy. It’s thanks to you that we have the experts from the Seven Evil Alliance filling in the lines. Many critical points are being held by them. Otherwise, the weakened forces of the Nine Sects wouldn’t be enough," Quan He put down the Sky Stabilizing Plate and draped on the Daoist robe, walking to the window of the hall.

"Rest assured, I’ve been through worse situations than this. Everything will be alright."

She smiled brightly, leaped out of the window, and turned into a white dove soaring toward the distant sky.

Yu Hong watched as the window, buffeted by the howling winds, shook violently. Stepping forward, he gazed out into the night sky.

Buzz!

Suddenly, intense vibrations from a distance ceaselessly reached him.

Not just him, not just the hall or this building, but the entire surrounding safe zone began to tremble.

"So, it’s finally come to this?" Yu Hong sighed.

He sensed an energy as staggering as that of a star, bursting forth in the extreme distance.

That was a nuclear weapon.

And it was close by on the sea surface, likely targeting the Yin Qi Sky Pillar at the Gate of Despair.

This scene was strikingly similar to what had once happened in the world of Hope City.