Chapter 464: Absolute Darkness

Luli was a ghost.

Since joining the team, she had never spoken a word and her presence was very faint.

Yet she never shirked from what she had to do; from the first time Wu Xian heard of her, she had been saving people with the sound of her marbles.

But such a ghost was now reduced to only her upper body, tossed aside by the Maze Will like trash, landing on the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust, her once-lively eyes gradually dimming.

Wu Xian's heart ignited with rage.

But he quickly calmed down.

Black Heaven Demon Infant was, after all, the master of the Maze Will; when the Demon Infant's life was threatened, the Maze Will could be so indifferent as to kill Luli without a second thought.

This meant he had enough confidence that Wu Xian could not harm the Demon Infant.

Wu Xian looked at the Demon Infant, only to see that its body had been pierced by the spinning wooden stake, and scorching flames were burning its mangled remains.

Crack! Crack! Strange sounds emerged from around the Demon Infant's body, and then the flames vanished into thin air, and the mangled body restored itself like a video playing in reverse.

Just as the Maze Will had said, ordinary attacks were completely ineffective against the Black Heaven Demon Infant.

Then, among the means Wu Xian possessed, the one with the highest status was...

The Yama Invitation! As if sensing Wu Xian's thoughts, the Black Heaven Demon Infant also used its frail limbs to barely prop up its body, crawling in the direction away from Wu Xian.

At this moment, the Demon Infant's bones were not yet fully developed, and its crawling speed and posture looked somewhat like that of an ordinary human child.

But as an embryo that had only been gestating for two days, being able to crawl like this was terrifying enough.

Wu Xian took out the Yama Invitation, preparing to release it toward the Demon Infant.

But at that very instant.

Wu Xian could see nothing at all!

"Why is this?"

"Has the flame of the spinal torch gone out?"

He hurriedly released a Minor Thunder Incantation in the direction where he remembered there being water, but he felt the incantation being fired yet saw no light whatsoever. "Have I been blinded?"

Wu Xian's heart trembled, and he hurriedly reached for his eyes, wanting to confirm if his eyeballs were damaged.

But he immediately heard Xu Meng screaming in terror.

"I can't see anything, I can't see anything!"

Thus, Wu Xian confirmed that not only could he not see light, but everyone else shrouded in the darkness could not see any light either; the sound of flames burning could faintly be heard from the spinal torch...

Stay calm, stay calm, stay calm!

To use the Yama Invitation, the holder must bow and present it with both hands.

If the recipient accepts the Yama Invitation, their soul will be taken by the underworld messengers to the banquet; if they do not accept it, it is considered an act of disrespect toward King Yama, and their soul will be taken by the messengers for punishment.

As long as the invitation is delivered, the damage will occur, but he must at least confirm the target's exact location.

Regardless of the cause of this darkness, he had to quickly find the Black Heaven Demon Infant, so Wu Xian began to grope forward in the direction the Demon Infant had crawled.

Swoosh! Boom! Just as Wu Xian had taken a few steps, he suddenly heard a loud noise from behind him, and scattered stone fragments flew past, stinging Wu Xian's cheeks.

It was the Maze Will attacking the position where he had just been! Wu Xian's eyes lit up.

The position attacked was where he had been, which meant that not only could he not see, but the Maze Will could not see either! But Wu Xian was only happy for two seconds before realizing he was now too close to the Maze Will; even if the Maze Will couldn't see, it could kill Wu Xian quickly by attacking blindly in all directions.

So Wu Xian threw out a blank playing card; the moment the card landed, a ghostly palm flew out and slapped the ground loudly.

Another sound of rapid crawling followed, and the position of the playing card was subjected to violent destruction.

"It really can't see either, in that case..."

Wu Xian used two more talismans. "Long-Burning Method + Fire Department Heavenly Soldier Technique!"

Four Fire Department Heavenly Soldiers, wearing identical armor and holding a sword, a blade, a spear, and a bow respectively, appeared around Wu Xian.

Wu Xian had been looking forward to seeing what the Heavenly Soldiers looked like, but at this moment, the cave was in total darkness; even though the Heavenly Soldiers were wreathed in flames, they could not provide a single shred of illumination.

"Go!"

Wu Xian muttered.

The four Heavenly Soldiers ran in four different directions simultaneously, deliberately making some noise as they moved to attract the Maze Will's attacks.

Wu Xian took advantage of this to continue groping toward the direction of the Black Heaven Demon Infant.

The Maze Will was furious.

The premature birth of the Demon Infant meant his mission had failed.

Black Hei Hei Tian Zhu was a benevolent Fierce Hei Tian Zhu.

He never killed his subordinates, only inflicting upon them endless fear and pain.

The Maze Will would be punished by Black Hei Hei Tian Zhu; he was a creature beyond human imagination, and the pain he could endure far exceeded the scope of human understanding.

But before that, he would kill every human in the maze! He did not worry about the Demon Infant being killed.

Even though the Demon Infant was very weak right now, its status was too high; even if low-level creatures threw the Demon Infant into a meat grinder or blew it to pieces with high-yield explosives, they could not harm it in the slightest, so he could ignore the threat and send these humans into despair.

However...

Swoosh! The Maze Will's vision went black.

His heart also turned black, and everyone could not help but panic! The Maze Will loved darkness; in conventional darkness, not only would he be unaffected, but he could see everything clearly, and his strength would even be enhanced.

But the darkness before them was different; it was the "Authority" directly from Black Hei Hei Tian Zhu! This was Absolute Darkness!

The master of the Maze Will, the father of the Black Heaven Demon Infant, "Great Dao Lord of Extreme Yin and Extreme Darkness, Extreme Pain and Extreme Fear, Black Hei Hei Tian Zhu," possessed three terrifying authorities.

"Darkness," "Fear," and "Pain"! Once the Black Heaven Demon Infant was born normally, it would possess a portion of the power of these three authorities, dragging this world into endless darkness and pain; even that thing chanting scriptures in the flames would be helpless against it.

But before the Demon Infant was officially born.

These three authorities were separate.

The authority of Fear was entrusted to the Maze Will for safekeeping.

He could borrow the power of Fear in times of crisis; anyone who made eye contact with all his eyes at close range would inevitably fall into fear.

Xiong Gang had been defeated by this power.

The authority of Pain was in those curse dolls.

These curse dolls came from all over the world, each having endured countless painful sacrifices by Black Hei Hei Tian Zhu's followers; these dolls were placed around the temple to guard the safety of the Black Heaven Demon Infant.

And the authority of Darkness had always been with the Black Heaven Demon Infant!

Only when the Black Heaven Demon Infant felt its life was threatened would it activate this authority of Darkness.

Within the range of this authority, no one could see anything, nothing could emit light, and everyone was shrouded in darkness, forced to act based on senses other than sight.

Which meant.

Wu Xian truly had the means to kill the Black Heaven Demon Infant!

This terrifying possibility drove the Maze Will mad! (End of chapter)