Night of Despair-Chapter 575 - 573 again 1

The rules of the City of No Light have actually never changed. They were mentioned from the moment I first arrived here.

Unless the safehouse is completely sealed, with no light leaking out at all, once you open the shutter, you must turn off all light sources; otherwise, you will endlessly attract the attacks of the Unconscious Entities lurking here.

The strength of the Unconscious Entities is calculated based on their power in life, generally at least hundreds of times their power before death. Those who can come to the City of No Light tend to have power levels roughly equivalent to the defensive capabilities of the safehouse back in the day.

The Black Black Spirit Safehouse then was capable of defending against threats at the Heavenly Human Level.

So, the deaths of these two here are truly not surprising.

Yu Hong closed the shutter and glanced at Quan He, who also shook his head as he left.

"So this is the ’safety’ that Senior Su Dan spoke of..."

"Indeed, with these Unconscious Entities wandering around, no one dares to rashly enter. For us, this is actually the safest place," Quan He responded.

Issue resolved, Yu Hong wasted no time, closed his eyes, sat cross-legged, and entered a meditation cultivation state.

The vast vitality continuously emanated from the two colossal Tai Sui in the hall, then was quickly absorbed by Yu Hong and Quan He without a single bit wasted.

Meanwhile, on the Floating City Battlefield—

Where the Black Black Spirit disappeared—

A gigantic black lizard silently appeared.

The giant lizard looked down at the battlefield, which appeared minuscule in comparison to its size, like a box of building blocks, not even as large as its fingernail.

"I can sense the presence of the Vitality Ship. Yu Hong and the others are fine, rest assured," the giant lizard spoke in a deep voice.

"That’s good. The two people Lu Xian recruited are indeed very powerful and mysterious. If they make a move, they must have some confidence, after all, Lu Xian mentioned the existence of Qinghe Mountain’s remnants," another figure formed of blue electric currents vaguely materialized next to the giant lizard.

"I’m not in great shape, drifting in and out of sleep. Most of the time, I have to rely on you," the giant lizard said.

"I’ll be careful," the electric figure nodded slightly. "In fact, I’m envious that you found such a resilient captain and crew."

"Don’t you also have Aus Academy?" the giant lizard asked.

"It’s different..." the electric figure sighed.

"Anyway, no need to dwell on that. I noticed something off about the two people Lu Xian’s family brought in. They aren’t individuals you can just find through resources alone," the giant lizard said.

"So what do you suggest... a thorough investigation?" the electric figure hesitated.

"Given the current situation, do you still have time to hesitate? If the Floating City collapses, you all know what you’ll face. A thorough investigation is mandatory," the giant lizard said in a low voice.

"Alright... if I have your support, pulling in two more council members shouldn’t be a big issue," the electric figure immediately decided.

"I have a feeling this might be the battle that determines the life or death of Absolute Balance," the giant lizard sighed.

The electric figure didn’t respond.

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After the Floating City expedition, Yu Hong and Quan He returned to their all-encompassing cultivation.

The high danger of the City of No Light had ironically become their greatest protection.

Yu Hong decided that unless necessary, he would not venture out until the Black Mark could no longer be enhanced or until he could no longer break through in cultivation.

Time flew by.

Soon, it was time for him to enhance the Outer Eye.

In the Black Black Spirit Safety House, Yu Hong sat alone in his cultivation chamber.

Surrounded by layers of Isolation Arrays connected with the Golden Light Array set by Fu Bai, protecting him from outside detection.

At that moment, he was holding the outer eye, just taken from its socket.

The countdown on it had mere two minutes left before it reached zero.

Yu Hong quietly waited, watching the remaining time.

Hiss!

Finally, after a faint blur, the Outer Eye and the Royal Golden Eye disappeared for a moment, leaving only a golden eyeball floating before Yu Hong.

Invisible and gentle golden light radiated from the eyeball, exuding a kind of indescribable majesty, vast and boundless, continuously spreading.

Yu Hong never thought that a single layer of golden light could convey such an overwhelming amount of information.

Just being illuminated by it naturally brought similar feelings.

Plop.

In the air beside him, a white instruction manual slowly fell to the ground.

The sound of it hitting the ground snapped him out of his daze. He turned and picked up the paper, reading it carefully.

’Outer Eye enhancement complete. After merging with the Royal Golden Eye, the Outer Eye has been randomly elevated to the Eye of Emosa.’

’Eye of Emosa (Your gaze will bring destruction and desolation. In the deepest unknown spacetime, there exists an immortal holy corpse named Emosa, born from countless immortals. It symbolizes the culmination of desolation and death. At the height of its power, it controlled the entirety of a small universe’s desolation and death. It was the most terrifying and dangerous existence in countless beings’ hearts, the ultimate symbol of destruction and death. Later, in war with Heaven, during the Source Disaster, it was ambushed and killed by four Heavenly Emperors, its body and consciousness shredded into countless pieces before finally falling.)’

’Warning: Your Outer Eye has undergone some kind of contamination enhancement, raising its energy level to the Contamination Level. Usage may result in passive energy diffusion. Low energy beings coming into contact and gazing at it could trigger Emosa’s Destruction Resentment.’

’Emosa’s Destruction Resentment (An unknown, terrifying destructive power. When triggered, it will indiscriminately annihilate everything around it.)’

"...This...." Yu Hong’s hand holding the instruction sheet trembled slightly.

"It has actually enhanced to the Contamination Energy Level??"

The previous Outer Eye had two great abilities: the Eye of Transmission and the Eye of Destruction, but now, along with their enhancement being lost, even the self-protection ability of the Royal Golden Eye has disappeared.

Everything has transformed into this so-called Eye of Emosa.

That was a Golden Immortal-level protective power!!

Yu Hong’s heart trembled.

Now, it’s gone...

He had never failed an enhancement before, but now, it seemed like he truly experienced his first failure.

Not only was the useful Eye of Transmission gone, but even the Golden Immortal-level protective magic treasure was gone.

Looking at the Golden Eye ball in his hand, Yu Hong felt as if his heart were bleeding.

Sitting cross-legged in place, he worked hard to calm his emotions for a long time, only then did he tremble as he slowly placed the Golden Eye ball into his eye socket.

Hu!

At the moment the golden eye ball entered the eye socket, an inexplicable invisible whirlwind suddenly swept through the surrounding space.

A purple-black crocodile-headed humanoid figure silently emerged behind Yu Hong.

It spread its arms, with its upper body bare and its lower body wearing a golden, ornate skirt-armor. A pair of purple eyes exuded deathly silence and coldness.

Ka.

At the instant the humanoid figure emerged, Yu Hong didn’t notice, but the Golden Immortal Array inside Black Black Spirit immediately lit up with layers of golden patterns, as if resisting some force spreading from within.

"Ah..." Yu Hong, who was inserting the eye ball, had no time to care about the abnormalities behind him.

At the moment the eye ball was inserted, his entire being suddenly exploded as if his consciousness had detonated.

An incredibly mad, angry, and despairing consciousness surged out from the eye ball, violently rushing towards his spiritual power.

But at the very moment it approached, this consciousness abruptly veered and forcibly charged into the black mark on his hand.

As if using the black mark as a filter, the next moment, this consciousness emerged from the black mark again, like a river, fiercely merging with Yu Hong’s spiritual power.

It no longer had the traits of erosion and harm, but rather merged seamlessly as if it were originally part of Yu Hong’s consciousness, quickly integrating with his current consciousness without distinction.

Yu Hong sat cross-legged, his body immobile, but his mind felt as if it were soaring higher and higher, becoming larger and larger.

He felt himself quickly expanding to the size of the secret chamber, but then being compressed back by the surrounding array.

Originally, it was just Nascent Soul Stage spiritual power, but now, under this massive consciousness’s fusion, it was growing wildly.

Very soon, his spiritual consciousness expanded to more than twice its original size, and continued to surge with time.

One hour later...

Yu Hong’s spiritual power had surged to three times its original size, finally slowing down.

But it was not over yet. As the spiritual power gradually stabilized, fragmented memories began to flow out from the Outer Eye.

’Are these Emosa’s memories?’ Yu Hong frowned, slightly lowered his head, enduring the chaotic influx of various memory fragments.

Most of these memory fragments were useless scenes of dark, deathly stillness.

Only a few were combat scenes and feelings with various monsters and creatures.

Soon, as the memories were absorbed.

’You have inherited Emosa’s Martial Arts.’

’Emosa’s Martial Arts have been elevated to perfection, acquiring the trait: Innate Battle Body.’

’You have inherited part of Emosa’s consciousness, affecting your physique and spirit, acquiring the trait: Emosa’s Body.’

"Luckily... luckily this enhancement is not as bad as I imagined..." Yu Hong rubbed his temples, slowly coming back from the vast sea of memory fragments.

The fusion of the Outer Eye also brought two new traits, which were perfect for merging with other traits.

This was an unexpected path for him; enhancing the Outer Eye could also yield traits.

"It seems that traits are not only brought by cultivation techniques but through any path that can fundamentally change oneself." Yu Hong relaxed, then began to examine the traits Innate Battle Body and Emosa’s Body.

’Innate Battle Body: You have experienced countless battles, possessing extremely rich close combat experience, with ample knowledge to fight any race and any group. In combat with equal energy levels, you can spot the weaknesses in the opponent’s fighting methods within one minute and deliver a fatal blow.’

’.....’ Yu Hong was stunned...

This trait, isn’t it a bit too exaggerated?!

Equal energy levels, and a fatal blow within one minute of combat??!

In many cases, the cultivation levels are not equal in energy level?!

Yu Hong clearly remembered that the Immortal level spans across the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages.

’This is simply the perfect trait for assassination!’ He instantly thought of the best use for this trait.

Hide and observe for a minute, then strike and deliver a fatal blow!

After a burst of excitement, he calmed down his emotions and looked at the second trait.

’Emosa’s Body: You have become a hybrid of Emosa’s bloodline and human. Over time, you will gain one-tenth the strength of Emosa’s peak state. Your physique will consistently increase to fourteen times the original body strength, your outer skin will toughen greatly, able to withstand any attack below Golden Immortal level.’

"This is good, it’s equivalent to stabilizing the Royal Golden Eye within myself. Plus, there’s the additional fourteen-fold increase in physique." Yu Hong felt somewhat relieved.

Without the Eye of Destruction and Eye of Transmission, he at least gained new physical enhancement.