Chapter 1425: Devouring

"We are almost there, let's go." Chen Yu said in a deep voice, and the group quickly left the place.

After exiting the cave, they saw a massive black hole forming; the black hole rotated slowly, gradually swallowing the small island.

When the few arrived on the main island, they watched the small island slowly disappear, all of them looking shocked.

"Once this place disappears, the connection to those realms will be severed; from now on, this place can be considered completely peaceful," Liu Ruxi murmured.

"This is only peaceful for this one place; wanting true peace is likely not easy," Chen Yu shook his head slightly and said, "There are simply too many places where our world intersects with the Dark World and the Yellow Springs Nine Nether."

"So, true peace is impossible."

"Heh, that's right, there really are too many places that intersect with the Yellow Springs Nine Nether and the Dark World," Li Hongyu, who was to the side, laughed.

"This world seems to not be on the same plane as those places, and there are Heavenly Dao restrictions between them, so they seem unconnected, but in unknown places, there are always things we do not know about."

"For example, this place is not on the same plane as the world we are in at all," Li Hongyu sat on the ground and murmured, "I don't know when I stumbled in here for no reason, and for those who stumble into this place, there is only one path... death."

"Senior Brother, you won't have to be in this place anymore," Li Yunshan sighed and said, "You have suffered in this place all these years."

"Suffered? That doesn't exist," Li Hongyu laughed, "On the contrary, I feel free and unfettered in this place. Although I don't know who you are, I truly thank you for being able to let me out."

"However, the decision you made is not very correct. You should have let me stay there; letting me out might cause some bad things to happen."

"Senior Brother..." Li Yunshan was startled. He couldn't help but look at Li Hongyu, and with a grab of his right hand, a short sword appeared in his hand.

"This sword, it's the short blade Moon Cutter, right?" Li Hongyu looked at the sword in his hand, smiled slightly, and then slowly stood up.

The moment he stood up, a powerful baleful aura instantly shrouded the scene, forcing Chen Yu and the others to retreat involuntarily.

Lichen was already floating in mid-air, and the Green Lotus in Liu Lianxin's hand also slowly emerged.

It wasn't that the person before them was that strong, but the aura radiating from him was too powerful; this touch of dark energy made everyone feel heart-stricken.

These dark energies were the most troublesome; once eroded, it would act like strong acid, constantly corroding your body, leaving you with no way to break free.

Unless one was someone like Chen Yu who possessed the ability of Regeneration, no one could withstand the erosion of this dark energy.

"Senior Brother, you haven't turned into a Demon, so we don't need to fight, right?" Li Yunshan gritted his teeth and said, "Where has that high-spirited Li Hongyu gone now?"

"Li Hongyu?" Li Hongyu raised his head, revealing a thoughtful expression, "I haven't heard this name for a long time. Heh, but it doesn't matter."

"I can't remember when I was locked in this place. I only remember that it was very painful when I was locked in this place back then; I had to endure the magic power of the Blood Spring and those endless Dark Powers."

Li Hongyu murmured, "I tried to liberate myself, but I didn't succeed, and then... everything seemed to become a matter of course."

"I don't know who I am, but what I don't know is why I have to suffer in this place? Day after day for decades, I have been trapped in this place, suffering from the Blood Spring and the Dark Power."

Beside Li Hongyu, a mass of black energy had slowly formed. This mass of black energy split into three, turning into three Skulls that floated all around him. These Skulls seemed to have lives of their own, each staring at the three people.

"It's been decades, and almost no one has ever spoken to me; you few count as exceptions," Li Hongyu glanced at them and couldn't help but laugh, "I thank you for chatting with me for so long, and I also thank you for telling me that there are people in this world whose thoughts are the same as mine."

"I thank you even more for being able to let me out, but now, I must kill you."

"Senior Li, this personality of yours is not very friendly," Chen Yu gave a bitter smile and said, "Originally, we decided that if you turned into a Demon, we would kill you, but you didn't; you just bred a new personality."

"Now it seems that this personality of yours is no different from turning into a Demon, so you are making things very difficult for us now. Should we kill you, or continue to redeem you?"

"I don't need your redemption. Perhaps, I am the Li Hongyu in your mouths, but I believe that I am long gone from the Li Hongyu you know, so if you can kill me, you must not show mercy," Li Hongyu laughed.

He exhaled a breath, and the three masses of black energy before him swam toward the three people like swimming fish. These three masses of black energy suddenly became murderous in mid-air and attacked the three people separately.

The three of them each unleashed their divine abilities to grapple with these black energies.

The Green Lotus in Liu Ruxi's hand suddenly enlarged. For a time, green radiance was faint, and formless Buddha Light surged from the Green Lotus, immediately trapping the mass of black energy in front of her.

For a time, the black energy surged and rolled incessantly within the Buddha Light, and a sound of ghosts crying and wolves howling came from within the black energy, as if it were filled with endless lonely souls and wild ghosts.

Chen Yu held Lichen horizontally and slashed forward with one sword. In an instant, several streaks of Sword Radiance scattered, splitting the black energy into six.

However, these black energies were formless and bodiless. Although they were slashed apart by the Lichen in his hand, they immediately merged back together. The black energy changed its form and continued to attack Chen Yu.

Chen Yu let out a deep shout, and the Lichen in his hand enlarged in this instant. A surging Sword Intent emitted from the Lichen, like a river, sweeping the mass of black energy within it. Following a series of squeaking sounds, the black energy disappeared.

After extinguishing the black energy before him, Chen Yu took a step forward. The Lichen in his hand split into two streaks of Sword Intent, one to support Liu Ruxi and the other to support Li Yunshan.

Then, he swung the Lichen in his hand and attacked Li Hongyu.

Li Hongyu reached out, and a pen was already in his hand.

He drew in the void with his right hand, and the tip of the pen emitted a faint glow. The blades, swords, mountains, and stones he drew seemed to all become real. For a time, countless blade lights, sword shadows, and giant stones attacked Chen Yu.

"Be careful, the pen in his hand is the Zongyi Heshan Pen; it possesses the ability to make the Dharma follow the heart's intent, so most of the things he draws will become real," Li Yunshan reminded Chen Yu while dealing with the black energy in front of him.