#735 - Dark Evil
“Who exactly is so powerful to slaughter so many Dark Spirit powerhouses?”
Jun Wuxie squatted before the large crevice, observing the corpses below. The wounds on those corpses were all caused by sharp weapons, and the cuts were extremely smooth.
“Even if a powerhouse of this level has been dead for countless years, there should still be terrifying killing power lurking within their body, but these corpses don't have any…”
He pondered, such a situation further illustrating how terrifying the existence that killed these Dark Spirits was.
That existence not only killed the Dark Spirits at the time but also completely erased the killing power within their bodies.
“No wonder the Curse of Utmost Darkness didn't attach to them. It turns out the killing power in their corpses was completely obliterated.”
As he thought about it, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
Not a single bit of dark energy remained within these Dark Spirits' bodies; only a faint aura of dark energy lingered in their flesh.
Otherwise, how precious a resource would these high-quality dark energies be for cultivating the Ink-Colored Star Sea?
“I wonder how large this space is?”
He stood up and looked into the distance. Unable to fly, the distance he could see was very limited, and even the Primordial True Eyes were greatly restricted here.
Continuing forward, along the way, there were still a large number of Dark Spirit corpses inside the large crevice.
He suddenly remembered that Yu Zhu's master and Shui Lingguang were still in his blessed cave. After thinking about it, he ultimately decided not to release them.
The environment here was too special, and the order was very powerful.
If they really encountered danger, their level of Extremely High Heavenly Position probably wouldn't be of much use.
Moreover, they might encounter the Curse of Utmost Darkness or the Abyss Plague here.
Their resistance to these two strange energies was too weak, which would only tie his hands.
Traveling along the ground beneath his feet, he gradually sensed the aura of the Curse of Utmost Darkness again.
As he continued forward, that aura became more and more terrifying. In the beginning, he could still rely on the Life Star to devour it, but gradually, the Life Star's devouring weakened, making it very difficult to deal with.
He had to stop and retreat a certain distance.
“It seems that the source emitting the aura of the Curse of Utmost Darkness is probably far beyond the Semi-Saint level! I don't seem to have a way to move forward now. Am I going to have to return the way I came?”
Jun Wuxie became conflicted. He had already come here. If he didn't investigate thoroughly, he would be truly unwilling.
However, the aura of the Curse of Utmost Darkness ahead was too terrifying. If he went forward another distance, he wouldn't be able to withstand it, making it impossible to reach the source.
Just then, the aura of the Curse of Utmost Darkness receded like a tide.
It was very abrupt, without any warning, disappearing into thin air as if it had never existed.
Jun Wuxie narrowed his eyes. This was too strange.
How could such a terrifying aura of the Curse of Utmost Darkness suddenly disappear completely?
“That's not right!”
Jun Wuxie stared into the distance. Although he couldn't see anything, he vaguely felt that the disappearance of the aura of the Curse of Utmost Darkness seemed to be deliberately controlled by an unknown creature.
An unknown creature, deliberately controlling it?
Could it be that there are still living Dark Spirits here?
“That's not right either. Powerful Dark Spirits in the Dark Universe shouldn't be infected by the Curse of Utmost Darkness under normal circumstances, unless they died and wanted to live in an evil state using the Curse of Utmost Darkness. If that's the case, what does he want to do by deliberately concealing his aura?”
Thinking of this, Jun Wuxie was no longer conflicted. He turned around and left without any hesitation!
He gave up exploring the secrets here!
Just as he turned to leave.
The aura of the Curse of Utmost Darkness blanketed the sky, surging like a tide.
The滔天灰黑色物质淹没天地,宛若云海风暴席卷而来,那阵仗相当的恐怖. (Copied Chinese text - needs translation)
From a great distance, Jun Wuxie felt a buzzing in his mind, as if thousands of knives were tearing him apart.
Violent, strange, evil, and various other emotions arose in his heart, engulfing him.
In an instant, his consciousness became muddled, his will almost collapsing. He frantically urged the Life Star within his body, but it was to no avail.
“Crap, the level of the Curse of Utmost Darkness here is too high, exceeding the limit that the Life Star can obliterate!”
Feeling that his will was about to be completely occupied, he directly communicated with the Eternal Life Divine Palace, preparing to hide his soul in the palace and then consider how to deal with it.
At the same time, a warm sensation swept over him, flowing through his limbs and bones, making him feel extremely comfortable. That feeling was like suddenly falling into a hot spring.
His will, which was about to sink, instantly regained clarity, and he saw a woman beside him wearing a Vermilion Bird feather dress, with unparalleled beauty and celestial grace.
“Aunt You!”
Jun Wuxie was stunned for a moment, then revealed a look of joy.
“Young Master, something delayed me, and I came out a little late. From now on, I will stay by your side and protect you.”
Zhuque had a knowing and gentle smile on her face.
With the crisis resolved, Jun Wuxie felt relieved and joked, “Can I ask Aunt You, this super bodyguard, to be a fighter for me?”
“Nonsense.” Zhuque shook her head with a light smile: “I will only help you resist the Utmost Darkness and Abyss Plague that are far beyond your current level. You have to solve other things yourself. If you are no match, I can only watch you die in front of me.”
“Are you really going to be so ruthless?”
Jun Wuxie was speechless. These words were too hurtful. Couldn't she be more tactful?
“You're still being cheeky.”
Zhuque stepped forward, reaching out to pinch his ear.
Jun Wuxie hurriedly dodged, speechless: “Aunt You, how can you do something that damages your image like pinching ears with such a noble and elegant temperament!”
“Alright, stop being cheeky.”
Zhuque pursed her lips and smiled lightly, and then stepped forward.
Jun Wuxie hurriedly followed, saying: “Is this a fragment of a star that fell from a civilization universe with extremely high cultivation levels?”
“That's right, but it experienced a great battle back then, and the order was damaged. The material structure here was also severely damaged. Otherwise, the Young Master would have turned into minced meat due to gravity the moment he came in.”
Jun Wuxie was stunned and exclaimed: “Is it that exaggerated? This place is already very abnormal. Outside, I should be able to easily lift a small solid star with a diameter of several thousand miles with one hand, but here I can't even pick up a handful of sand.”
“Young Master, what Aunt You said is not an exaggeration at all.” Zhuque glanced at him and said: “The road of cultivation is long and distant. If the entire cultivation process is compared to a person's growth process, the Emperor Realm is the eighteen-year-old adulthood, then your current realm is equivalent to a newborn infant. How many realms have you completed on the road of cultivation? Strictly speaking, you have not even stepped on the starting point of the cultivation path, but are just laying the foundation before the starting point.”
… …
Jun Wuxie was speechless and said: “I am already in the Semi-Saint realm, isn't that considered stepping on the starting point of the cultivation path?”
“Yes, strictly speaking, the Saint Realm is the real starting point of cultivation.” Zhuque smiled faintly here: “Young Master, don't be unconvinced. Although you have cultivated more than a dozen major realms, the further you go on the road of cultivation, the greater the gap between each realm. Moreover, the power gained in each small realm later is much stronger than the total power gained in the previous dozen major realms.”
“Alright.”
Jun Wuxie certainly knew that the gap between major realms would become larger as he cultivated later.
“By the way, these Dark Spirit corpses should have been very powerful before they died. Can Aunt You tell what realm they are all in?”
Zhuque glanced at the corpses in the crevice and said: “They are all powerhouses from the Extreme Dao Immortal Venerable Realm of the Dark Universe.”
“Extreme Dao Immortal Venerable?”
“Yes, the Extreme Dao Immortal Venerable is a realm in the cultivation system of the Immortal Ancient Era. Later, a supreme and powerful existence re-modified the system. From the Mythological Era, all living beings in the Bright Universe have used this system. The first half of the Immortal Ancient System is the same as the Mythological System. The difference is the second half. From the Ancestral God Realm, they embarked on two different paths.”
“I see, then what exactly is this Extreme Dao Immortal Venerable Realm, how many realms is it away from the Great Emperor?”
Zhuque patiently explained: “Breaking through the shackles of the Extreme Dao Immortal Venerable Great Realm is the Immortal Emperor Realm, and the Immortal Emperor is equivalent to the Great Emperor Realm in the system we use.”
Jun Wuxie: … …
He was so shocked that he couldn't recover for a long time.
These are all corpses of powerhouses who are only one realm lower than the Great Emperor?
“So the realm of these corpses is so high, but they have been dead for endless years, and I don't feel how terrifying they are anymore.”
Zhuque smiled and said: “If the Young Master could feel it, then the Young Master would have been destroyed long ago. Back then, if that Emperor Realm powerhouse hadn't casually obliterated all the dark energy in their bodies when he killed them, do you know what the consequences would have been? Even if the corpse of an Extreme Dao Immortal Venerable is left for endless years, a wisp of its aura leaking out can collapse a multi-large universe composed of Ganges River sand-level individual universes into nothingness, disappearing forever.”
“That's indeed very terrifying…”
Jun Wuxie clicked his tongue. This was too abnormal. A wisp of aura after death was so terrifying. What would it be like when they were alive?
“In that case, wouldn't countless universes in the heavens be gone once these Extreme Dao Immortal Venerables fought when they were alive?”
“That depends on the situation.” Zhuque said: “Universes are also divided into levels, from low to high: individual large universes, multi-large universes composed of Ganges River sand-level individual universes, multi-composite universes composed of Asamkhya-level multi-large universes, immeasurable composite universes composed of immeasurable-level multi-composite universes, eternal composite universes composed of googol-level immeasurable composite universes.”
Suzaku added, "The lower realm you are in is a single great universe. However, due to the protection of the Heavenly Emperor's order, this single great universe is not easily destroyed. Furthermore, each level of the universe has the imprint of the order left by the strongest individuals produced in that universe from ancient times to the present. Therefore, breaking through the universe is not so easy unless one can erase the order imprints left by those strong individuals."
"Without considering the protection of the strong individuals' order imprints, an Extreme Dao Immortal Venerable can break through a multi-metaverse, and an Immortal Emperor, which is also a Great Emperor, can break through an immeasurable metaverse. When it comes to an eternal metaverse, even a Heavenly Emperor would find it difficult to break through because that kind of universe has too many Heavenly Emperors' order imprints left behind."
"Yes, that's pretty much it. So, if you compare the destructive power of the strong individuals at those realms and then think about the destructive power you currently possess, Young Master will understand what level you are at on the path of cultivation."
Jun Wuxie's lips twitched a few times upon hearing this.
How could he compare? There was no basis for comparison at all. He wasn't qualified to be compared. The difference was on the scale of googols!
They talked and walked, unknowingly covering a great distance.
Since Suzaku appeared, Jun Wuxie had noticed that his speed was more than dozens of times faster than before.
He knew that this was because Suzaku's aura influenced the rules and gravity here, reducing the suppression he experienced, and naturally increasing his speed.
But even so, his speed had only just reached the speed of sound…
At this time, he discovered that this place did not seem very vast, and he could already see the end.
The end was a hazy mist, densely packed with order.
Ahead was a plain, with a mysterious power flowing across the ground, seemingly providing good protection to the land, so that the ground here only had some small cracks.
However, the ground was covered in bloodstains, but no corpses were seen. Only occasionally could one see fragments of armor or battle clothing, shattered into the size of fingernails.
In the very center of the plain, there was a scarlet light flickering.
Jun Wuxie's pupils contracted!
An indescribable aura of Asura agitated between heaven and earth, soaring from the area where the blood light shone, forming a scarlet sea of clouds in the sky.
That was a magic array, woven from blood-red runes, evolving into a scarlet Asura barrier.
Inside the barrier, a creature was trapped, its armor shattered, its body covered in crimson hair, half of its face missing, making it extremely hideous and terrifying.
"Dark Evil!"
Jun Wuxie's heart raced. Apart from the Nine Heavens that had been infiltrated by the Dark, this was the strongest Dark Evil he had ever seen, and it should be a Dark Spirit itself, possessing an incredibly rich Dark Energy within its body.
The evil aura rolled in, and even with the protection of Suzaku's overflowing aura, which severed the curse will, it still made him feel a chill all over his body, filled with inexplicable horror.
He was not attacked by the Dark Curse Will, but feeling that aura still made his hair stand on end, as if he was about to fall into an abyss, plunge into endless darkness, and never see the light again!
