Chapter 360: The Descending Black Sun! (Part Two) Deceiving the Heavens to Cross the Sea

Eternal night descended, the Black Sun hung in the sky.

That crimson firmament was the world-annihilating flame it scattered; that violent, blinding hurricane of thunder was the world-annihilating spear it hurled!

On this day, countless living beings, facing this nearly dimension-reducing destructive force, could only curl up their bodies and tremble, praying their luck would not be so bad as to be torn apart directly by the destructive aftershocks.

This was a terrifying sun-extinguishing catastrophe spanning the entire world!

"The one chosen by the Spirit Venerable—his power is truly despair-inducing…"

Beneath the shattered firmament, the God of the Summit Mountain, watching the slowly descending Black Sun of destruction toward the earth and seeing the many disgusting Lingneng Clan rats finally filled with fear, also revealed a faint, satisfied smile and whispered: "But, being in the same camp as him, it is endlessly reassuring."

"The Earthly Immortal Realm, said to be the end of the road for us—now it seems we were somewhat like the frog at the bottom of the well."

"You agree, don't you, my friend?"

As the words fell, from within the God of the Summit Mountain's massive shadow, a jet-black figure suddenly transformed and rose—it was a slender, handsome youth who did not seem mortal, the Old God—the Shadow God.

The youth silently nodded, appearing somewhat gloomy overall, but anyone could see the intense horror within his seemingly dead-calm eyes.

The destructive aftershocks of this catastrophe, nearly a fatal disaster for bystanders, could still be withstood by these prepared Old Gods. Having long since fled under the God of the Summit Mountain's massive body, they had finally avoided the central point where that "Black Sun" was about to descend, and could spare some time to converse.

As for why it was running—of course, because under this world-annihilating force, with the violent energy currents it stirred up, ordinary methods of movement, all kinds of divine arts, spells, and such powers had all failed.

Even beings capable of spatial teleportation could only use their legs to run at this moment, because under such great power, even space had become solid and thick, seemingly suppressed tightly by some terrifying thing.

The space that could be opened with one unit of force in the past could not be opened now even with ten or twenty units, and even if opened, one would not dare to step in—the violently surging various energy currents would easily tear apart that spatial passage! Sweeping all beings who stepped in to some unknown mysterious place, exhausting all their strength until they died of fatigue.

Even running required bearing the enormous pulling force brought by the Black Sun's sweep, as well as that incomparably heavy oppressive feeling, like carrying a mountain on one's back—merely standing could cause fragile internal organs to shatter and fail.

The world-annihilating force lived up to its name!

Merely the aftershocks were enough to rival ordinary Earth Immortal-level powerhouses!

At this, the Black Sun, under the horrified witness of countless living beings, toward the location of that Tongtian Jianmu—

Descended!

Brilliant ghostly light was about to Burst at this moment!

That was a power capable of directly destroying even the continental shelf!

"Rise!"

Just then, a cold yet clear voice that reached all living beings in the entire world rang out—it was a man's voice.

At the final moment of the Black Sun's descent, a figure that appeared incomparably tiny abruptly appeared below. Facing that energy frenzy that seemed to tear apart everything, he stood upon the void with an unperturbed expression.

That seemingly tiny figure stood unmoving like an ancient monolith, his hair flying wantonly under the energy's impact, making him look like a god or a demon. Beneath a bizarre mask resembling a fierce ghost or demon, a pair of eyes like lanterns were cold and grim, seeming able to freeze everything.

This was precisely that True Immortal stationed here by the Lingneng Clan!

That True Immortal gazed at this destructive scene, and in an icy-cold tone like frozen stone, spoke softly: "Spirit… so this is your final choice… reliance?"

"Indeed not bad, but—"

"Still not enough!"

As the words fell, with the Black Sun descending, He moved!

He casually extended his hand in a supporting motion, just as an ordinary person would when encountering a heavy object they wished to prop up—but it was merely this one motion.

Around him, where the air had nearly been torn into a vacuum by the Black Sun, countless Grey Mist dense as liquid suddenly surged up. Wherever the Grey Mist spread, the crimson flames gradually extinguished, the violent wind and thunder calmed, and the chaotic energy currents vanished without a trace. Within the Grey Mist, mysterious slender beast-shadows roamed, slowly spiraling up around the entire continent. As their scales unfolded, the sound of clashing metal rang out continuously, and one could faintly discern a strange shadow—slender like a snake or dragon, yet also like a worm!

With the appearance of this strange beast-shadow, the Black Sun halted!

At this moment, looking from afar.

The Black Sun hung in the sky, Grey Mist swirled around, wind, thunder, and fierce flames ceased. A strange shadow no less than the Black Sun roamed and spiraled up from within the Grey Mist, and actually propped up that Black Sun!

And below that Grey Mist beast-shadow and Black Sun, an incomparably tiny figure like a god or demon stood upon the void—the Black Sun and that Grey Mist beast-shadow actually became his foil!

Then, a bizarre head covered in abundant translucent grey crystals, resembling a dragon or worm, yet mixed with a hint of rat-like quality, poked out from within the Grey Mist, submissively leaning toward that man.

At this moment, a scene as if a myth had reappeared appeared before all the world's people. That Black Sun which had created the world-annihilating scene, that terrifying beast-shadow seemingly able to circle the world—its head submissively arched in guard behind the man.

"What?!"

The first to cry out in shock was that God of the Summit Mountain. Now, watching that Black Sun being propped up by a figure he knew all too well, his face turned extremely ugly, his eyes filled with blood vessels, as if seeing his most hated enemy. Gnashing his teeth, he spoke word by word: "Guyue! You have ultimately taken that step…"

"So, that newly-advanced True Immortal of the Lingneng Clan is you. Is this the reason you chose to betray…"

The Shadow God within the God of the Summit Mountain's shadow also wore a complex expression as he gazed at that commanding, invincible figure.

"Traitor!"

"A traitor to the Lord!"

"Come, the traitor of the past has appeared. Follow me, everyone, to slay the enemy!"

"We can't let that one steal all the spotlight."

"One of the sources that created all of this has finally appeared!"

"All things must eventually die; birth and death are merely the principles of the world. But if this death can benefit posterity, we are willing to go forth!"

With that man's appearance, the previously shocked crowd also came to their senses, gnashing their teeth as they gazed at that figure—whether the Wilderness Kings or those Wilderness Gods and Old Gods, all were the same.

The former was because of their entire race's tragic fate now—not only had their once-noble bloodlines been defiled, but the entire race's clansmen had been completely used by him as consumable livestock and slaves.

The latter was because they had once experienced that world-invasion war, personally suffering the betrayal of Guyue, one of the Three Noble Gods, causing the Spirit Venerable to be wounded and lose everything. And these Old Gods had either fled and slumbered since then, or had their divine bodies destroyed, their true spirits sinking into becoming dim-witted beasts. It was only because the Spirit Venerable shattered precious Star Beast Source Blood and gifted it to them that they regained their former power.

Such deep-seated hatred—now that they finally saw the culprit appear, how could they not hate?!

Yet facing all this, the crowd's hatred wishing to flay him alive and pull out his bones—that man surrounded by the Grey Mist beast-shadow did not care at all.

No other reason—merely the wailing of defeated dogs.

The victor is king, the loser a bandit; only strength is everything. Grasp strength, and you possess everything!

Don't you see his former colleagues, today each and every one turned into stray dogs, under the Lingneng Clan's iron heel, cowering in dark corners all day, living in disgrace.

Only he remains high above!

Moreover, he advanced another step, becoming a world-renowned god of Xingkong—a True Immortal!

That was a mysterious realm only the Spirit… had reached in the past!

Now, he had leaped into it, and the beauty within finally opened to him.

A pack of failures, the barking of ants—how could he possibly take such words to heart?

At this moment, he felt the sensation in his hand, gazing at the Black Sun that was held aloft. Beneath his mask, a sliver of doubt surfaced on that cold, ruthless face—for upon this Black Sun he sensed something strange; the Black Sun's power seemed to differ somewhat from what he had estimated.

This was not to say the Black Sun's power was too strong, but rather far too weak!

Right! Far too weak! It simply did not match the tremendous commotion it had unleashed. Though the power currently bursting forth was not poor among Immortals, far surpassing his former self, there was still a slight gap.

However, this sliver of doubt vanished in an instant. Guyue did not dwell on it much—merely an Earth Immortal, after all.

An Earth Immortal was, in the end, only an Earth Immortal; its power was just so much—utterly insignificant before the might of a True Immortal.

Perhaps it was merely posturing.

He ought to properly entertain his once-stubborn "old friend," as well as the living being that the Black Sun had transformed into.

In the span of a thought, the Black Sun had fully Burst, transforming once more into a mechanical bixi of incomparably massive size.

Yet all the power it unleashed was absorbed by the Grey Mist, which was so dense it had nearly become tangible… No, "absorbed" was not quite right—it was more as though it had simply vanished.

The great battle erupted at this moment!

The sky-obscuring bixi roared toward the heavens, stirring up ten thousand thunderbolts and storms as it charged at the shadow within the Grey Mist that seemed capable of encircling the world. Wherever it passed, the earth shattered; even the heavens fell silent for a moment, faintly revealing a scene of deep, abyssal blackness.

Terrifying black light-powder spread across the entire sky, contending and clashing with the Grey Mist, occasionally transforming into dazzling, blinding bursts of light that threatened to collapse everything.

The beast-shadow hidden within the Grey Mist was not to be outdone either. As grey crystals gleamed, the mist surged; wherever it passed, all laws were erased. It possessed an intensely powerful ability to corrupt and erode, and its body—clanging like metal on metal—held ten thousand divine forces, capable of forcibly suppressing even beings comparable to continent-level creatures.

In just a few brief moments, the two colossal beasts had already clashed dozens of rounds.

Faintly, one could see that the bixi had fallen slightly into a disadvantage.

"Gu—yue—!"

A heart-rending roar, one that wished to tear his flesh and drink his blood, echoed from afar.

Guyue turned his head to look, meeting the gaze of an old friend he had not seen in who knew how long. They ought to have a proper reunion—because if they did not catch up now, after today these old friends would exist no longer.

Thus, ought he not have a proper reunion with them, letting them know just how powerful he had become! And how correct his past choices were!

……

At the same time, across the entire continent where the flames of war had been reignited, slaughter was ceaseless.

Near the Tongtian Jianmu, however, all was calm.

A small bixi, barely five meters in size, appeared here. It moved without a sound, as if entering unclaimed land. Not a single one of the Lingneng Clan soldiers patrolling past detected it—not even the artificial intelligence of the vast, exaggerated scanning and surveillance system noticed.

This was naturally due to the layer of Black Sun creature on its body's surface. The Black Sun creature, which Baichuan had assembled from countless powerful abilities, could now do far more than merely destroy. The essence of absorbing radiation was absorbing energy—and the aura its body emitted while moving was energy, the motion itself while moving was energy, the image refracted on its surface was also a form of energy, and the waves of the scanning sweep were likewise a form of energy!

So long as Baichuan willed it, the Black Sun could absorb all of these, exposing not the slightest flaw.

Thus, he had achieved invisibility and appeared at the very Core of the Lingneng Clan—of course, this was also because the Lingneng Clan on this continent was currently fighting everywhere, with most of their attention drawn away by his outer body.

As for why Baichuan had appeared here, and who it was fighting that mysterious Grey Mist beast-shadow outside.

The explanation would be a long one; in short, both were him.

It was just that the colossal creature outside represented his outer core—broadly understood as his physical body and the locus of most of his power. This current five-meter small body was his inner core, the seat of his Core.

Just as the LV5 ability tier indicated: Inner, Outer, Planet. When inner and outer are unified, it becomes a Planet. A being like him could generally be divided into two parts: one, the essence of the Core; the other, the external manifestation.

Now, he had entrusted the external part representing his power to another to place outside and draw attention, while the inner part—carrying his Consciousness Projection Core and the Biyu Seed containing Lingxin's consciousness—had crossed the heavens and seas to arrive near Lingxin's former true body.

Because this was what he had originally agreed upon with Lingxin, and he had already sensed the little lizard's aura—indeed, it was at this Lingneng Clan base of the Tongtian Jianmu.

He had never, from beginning to end, forgotten his original objective: obtain LV6-level ability, rescue the little lizard, and leave this place.

Only these three were the most important; everything else was secondary and irrelevant.

Among the three objectives, the first—his current inner-core body's bloodline and that Characteristic power—was already in hand. He only needed to reunite with his main body; in an instant, as his main body's gaze fell upon him, all the abilities of this body and the ability models scanned from everything seen in this world would be received by the main body.

As for the second, he had now finally sensed the little lizard's aura—it was about to be achieved.

The third: so long as he escorted Lingxin's consciousness back to her true body, she would be able to briefly borrow her old body to Burst open the shackles left behind by "Ancestor," thereby leaving. By then, the thing outside that prevented him from leaving this Star System—armed with the LV6 ability from the first objective—so long as he broke through, he figured there should be nothing that could stop him from becoming a True Immortal!

In fact, once he became a True Immortal, he would not even need to run.

No matter what schemes the Lingneng Clan and Lingxin harbored, so long as he broke through and became a True Immortal, before absolute power, everything was empty talk!

At that time, all would be accomplished for him—and why not!

As for whether he, having become a True Immortal, could defeat the opponent, Baichuan did not hesitate in the slightest.

For a being like him, who had risen from the weakest of ordinary snakes to where he stood today, everything he had experienced was beyond what ordinary people could imagine.

One could say that success was within sight.

……

(End of Chapter)