Chapter 375

The darkness receded, and silver-white light blazed across the horizon.

Terrifying energy surged forth, and the entire earth was collapsing.

Beneath that final sword strike, everything was utterly shattered; with nothing in its way, the silver-white sword qi kept surging forward.

Thick dust swept up from the ground.

No one knew how long passed before it slowly dispersed.

Immediately after, a straight ravine that pierced through Shanfeng, blocked a river, and stretched for ten thousand meters appeared before the eyes of the world.

Nearly ten thousand meters of ground had been split into upper and lower halves, and the original Fapingyi Society, along with the city, vanished at this moment.

All that remained was a flat stretch of yellow earth, and upon that yellow earth, the figure of the Underworld King Mardochil lay sprawled out.

"Is it over?"

On the other side, hiding atop a distant Shanfeng not far from Lin Cheng, Ma Er and the others wiped the yellow dust from their eyes, opened them again, and gazed at the world before them.

Their position was high, allowing them to see the entire battlefield clearly, but as both sides clashed and collided, the blast waves made it impossible for them to keep their eyes open; they mostly relied on their own magical perception to observe the battle.

But when Lin Cheng's final strike fell, the violent fluctuations made it impossible for them to accurately sense the outcome of the fight.

Even—

Under that force, they couldn't even dodge in time, let alone watch!

Hence the scene before their eyes.

"What was the result?"

Although the answer already vaguely lingered in their hearts, at this moment they still wanted to see the result with their own eyes.

After all, their very survival hung in the balance; without seeing it firsthand, the boulder in their hearts could not be fully set down.

Soon, their gazes swept across the scene, aided by magical perception, and the group discovered the Underworld King Mardochil, whose body was left with only half remaining… and Lin Cheng, walking toward him step by step.

"He really won…"

A gentle breeze swept past, kicking up a wisp of dust.

The air gradually fell silent. Staring at the scene before them, everyone was completely speechless—especially Haiyibeilien, whose eyes as they looked at Lin Cheng held only shock… and worship for the strong.

None of those present could have imagined that someone who had suddenly appeared, asking for directions from the Fapingyi Society, would ultimately be the one to resolve the Fapingyi Society's crisis.

Nor could they have imagined that such a handsome young man before them actually possessed the strength to defeat the Underworld King.

Moreover…

They also noticed that from the start of the battle, to slaying the Jiugui Sect, to slaying the demon army, and then to defeating the Underworld King Mardochil, not only had his expression not changed in the slightest, but the sword in his hand had never once been drawn from its sheath.

Even when the Underworld King Mardochil had gone all out, forcing him to use that blade.

Such strength—even that man hailed as the world's strongest, one of the Four Emperors, Bai Huzi—could not compare, surely.

Recalling Lin Cheng's earlier words, "Only when it is time to draw can I draw it," they now fully understood.

Indeed, with Lin Cheng's strength, the Underworld King Mardochil truly did not have the qualification to make him draw the long sword at his waist.

But…

Just how strong would the person who could make him draw that long sword need to be?

That was a question difficult to answer—at least a height beyond what their strength and vision could perceive.

However, no matter how you looked at it, being able to survive was already not bad, and it also ensured the safety of 'Feis'.

However…

Just as everyone was rejoicing that everything was over.

The next second…

The earth suddenly began to tremble—and this trembling was no simple quake, but the entire Ishugar Continent was shaking violently!

"What's going on, what happened?!"

"Why is the earth shaking again? And what's with this flow of magical power?!"

"This shaking is a bit too intense, isn't it!"

"Wait… look over there!"

……

The magicians who had just rejoiced at surviving once again fell into panic, and at that very moment, a voice suddenly rang out from among the group; following the direction that voice pointed.

They saw that on a stretch of land several thousand meters away that had been leveled by Lin Cheng and the Underworld King's battle, a deep pit had appeared at some unknown time, and within that deep pit stood a blue Shi Zhu, and at the top of the Shi Zhu was unmistakably a human face!

And with the appearance of the blue Shi Zhu, the magical power in the air gradually began to gather toward it, accumulating an unimaginable amount of magical power within seconds.

Such an eerie occurrence was not limited to one place—another several hundred meters to the southeast, and yet another several thousand meters to the northwest!

As time passed, the blue Shi Zhu kept increasing in number; not only the people of the Fapingyi Society at this moment, but everyone across the entire Ishugar Continent saw it.

Staring at the scene before them, the magicians present were at a loss, completely unaware of what was happening, let alone what those blue Shi Zhu were.

However…

Not everyone was unaware of the truth.

Others might not know, but as the Council President, how could Ou Ge not know what these blue human-faced Shi Zhu were?

"How could this be—Feis has been activated?!"

A trace of bewilderment flickered in Ou Ge's eyes.

The battle was already over, and he himself hadn't died, so why would Feis…

At that thought, Ou Ge's mind suddenly recalled the earlier Crawford Shim, and a secret known only to the Council President.

The transfer authority of the 'Feis' key—a privilege exclusive to the Council President!

This was a secret known only to the Council President!

"That damned bastard!"

…………

……

"Cough! Cough! Cough!"

A breeze swept in, yellow dust drifting past,

the Underworld King Ma Erduojier, lying in the yellow earth, coughed again and again, spitting up occasional threads of green fresh blood as he coughed.

Although he had lost half his body, he did not die outright.

The demonic curse technique granted him terrifying power, and at the same time granted him a powerful vitality.

But no matter how strong his vitality, judging from his current injuries, he could not live much longer.

But it was enough, completely enough.

"Cough cough cough—! Ha! Ha! Cough! Ha! Ha!"

"Looks like, in the end, I'm still the one who won."

The Underworld King Ma Erduojier lay on the ground, and as the curse power faded, he returned to his original appearance.

But even so, the Underworld King Ma Erduojier was still laughing wildly.

According to the plan, once Crawford Shim transferred the key, he had prepared to strike and kill Crawford Shim, directly opening 'Feisiren'.

He never expected to encounter such a great enemy as Lin Cheng, completely unable to attend to Crawford Shim, and the battle erupted directly.

In the moment of failure just now, the Underworld King Ma Erduojier had originally thought the plan had failed, but never expected that in the end his plan had still succeeded in the end.