Night Without End-Chapter 819 - 414: Unexpected
"Qing Yue!" Qin Ming walked over. If it weren’t for her, he would likely face misfortune today, as Cui Chongxiao was eight years older than him, and the gap in their realms was impossible to bridge.
"Jiang Ran is calling, I must rush over immediately." Li Qingyue donned her armor again, her beautiful face solemn, transforming into a stream of light, vanishing in an instant.
Qin Ming followed, but unfortunately, she was bolstered by the Furnace of Eight Trigrams, moving with incredible speed, disappearing in a blink.
"Is Cui Chongxiao really dead?" He felt a sense of unreality, the opponent was burned to ashes by a special weapon, most likely beyond revival.
He lost track of Li Qingyue, and in the night fog, there was inexplicable movement, as creatures appeared blocking his path.
A large snail emitted a faint golden light, possessing a human face, saying, "Abyss Demon, where do you think you’re going!"
"What did you say?" It was the first time Qin Ming was addressed like this by an opponent.
The large snail spoke, "What’s wrong with that? This city is full of demons, you all are abyssal creatures, while we are descendants of Heavenly Immortals, specially here to subdue demons."
Qin Ming noticed the remnants of mucus left behind among the broken walls where it had crawled, traces clearly visible.
He realized that this was likely yet another ordinary snail, granted terrifying power by the mysterious forces left in the chosen land.
He didn’t say much, and after a fierce battle, he slew the snail.
Along the way, Qin Ming encountered more bizarre creatures, each with a boastful tone; some claimed to be Heavenly God Disciples, others posed as Immortals, all labeling him an Abyss Demon.
This led Qin Ming to doubt what kind of place the Yewu World, devoid of the sun, truly was.
"Is the so-called quest to uncover truth in the ruins going to be bloody, extremely cruel, piercing through certain realities?" He mused along the way.
"Hehe, haha..." Ahead, someone laughed heartily, within the fog, a furry dharma appearance floated, and the true form of that being seemed to be an overbearing young man, standing with one hand behind his back, blocking the way.
"Could it be the true master behind XInhou has arrived?" Qin Ming showed a grave expression.
"Qin Ming, who would have thought we’d meet here, to determine victory and life or death, to send you on your way!" The being in the fog spoke.
Qin Ming said nothing, his eyes fixed forward, at this moment thinking of many things; how could it be that the most troublesome foes keep appearing before him?
First Cui Chongxiao, then the person behind XInhou, this was too coincidental!
Moreover, during his desperate fight, Li Qingyue actually arrived in time, successfully aiding him.
"Damn!" Qin Ming couldn’t help but curse.
He recalled his battle with Cui Chongxiao, where the opponent’s methods... were not beyond expectations, all known secret techniques he had heard of.
Since becoming opposed to the Cui Family, he naturally collected information on this thousand-year-old family’s formidable individuals; regarding the low-key Cui Chongxiao, not much of his cultivation Dharma was public, yet most of the techniques the opponent just used were among these.
Qin Ming’s face darkened; if he could fiercely battle with an ordinary spider, a broken wind chime, a seemingly normal snail, why couldn’t he fight a phantom figure resembling Cui Chongxiao?
Qin Ming’s brow furrowed deeply, suspecting he was battling entities conjured from his own thoughts and imagination.
"This damn place!" He suddenly looked up, staring at the opposite figure, thinking it’s most likely an illusion too!
"Do not easily trust what you see, hear, who said the Supreme True Scripture of Yujing all became scraps? There’s a problem with the beings that brought you here." Called a cricket from within the weeds on the broken bluestone road.
"It’s the giant entity wanting to devour all dharmas to replenish itself, needing endless Pioneers to be used!" And with that said, the cricket transformed into ripples and disappeared.
Qin Ming stayed still silently, everything felt so chaotic and unreal, throwing his emotions into turmoil.
However, after seeing the cricket transform into ripples, Xinhou’s true master also dimmed, ultimately dissipating.
Continuing on, Qin Ming encountered various Upper Gods, Ant Immortals, all wanting to subdue him, the Abyss Demon.
Until the nine-day thunder fell in sheets, a terrifying figure appeared without any fog enshrouding it, its visage and form clearly visible, as if the balance of this place had been broken.
"Cao Qianqiu?!" Qin Ming looked at the elder with eyes like golden lamps; at this point, he could barely believe the sights within the ruins.
"Warning, this place is changing, retreat immediately!" The being guiding them here urgently transmitted through the night sky.
Soon after, numerous auspicious clouds pierced through the sky across the ruins.
Before leaving, Qin Ming saw Cao Qianqiu striking a punch at him, causing the entire ruin to shatter!
Though in a state of Divine Travel, making what he saw possibly unreal, Qin Ming still felt an asphyxiating death oppression.
He doubted whether, even if that wasn’t the real Old Cao, it still was a real terrifying monster acting against him, and getting hit could lead to unpredictable consequences.
Everyone departed from the ruins, looking back, seeing dense fog where cliffs and city remnants faded like ephemeral dreams.
Hundreds didn’t ride auspicious clouds back but instead awoke directly from their bodies, their Divine Travel abruptly ending, finding themselves in their rooms.
"The inverted Yujing has appeared, outside it... there’s a giant entity!"
It was the dead of night, the peace of Earth City was shattered. Many felt a trembling fear, rushing out of their rooms, looking up to behold a terrifying scene.
And Qin Ming, just having opened his eyes, was fully awake; could it be that it was the Yujing’s disturbances causing their Divine Travel to be interrupted and abruptly return?
