Chapter 735: Black Sphere (3/10, Request Subscription)

Everyone instinctively turned to look, their pupils contracting instantly.

Beneath the night sky, a faint black line rose from the ground, slicing through the heavens like a straight blade, passing over their heads with a heart-shaking blade-song.

Zzzzzz!!!

The blade-song echoed throughout Chunuan City.

The black line seemed to cut through the air itself.

In midair, the air shattered like a mirror with a loud bang.

A towering, grotesque figure with a human body and a bull's head stood above them, frozen in the pose of a descending fist.

And the black line had severed the right wrist of 【Niu Jiao Yin Xu】.

Zzzzzz—

Black blood gushed wildly as 【Niu Jiao Yin Xu】's right wrist was cut clean off and fell to the ground.

【Niu Jiao Yin Xu】 lost balance and crashed to the ground due to the severed wrist.

Boom—

Amid swirling dust, 【Niu Jiao Yin Xu】's form vanished again, becoming invisible to the naked eye.

Meanwhile, the black line had landed steadily and turned to glance back at the crowd.

"All civilians, scatter and flee for your lives! Other warriors, collect the 【Wooden Box Containers】 and destroy them!"

Only then did the crowd snap out of their shock.

"It's Night Lord! Night Lord saved us!"

"Did you see that giant grotesque just now? It nearly punched all of us to death!"

"That black line… it's Night Lord! He cut off the grotesque's arm and saved us!"

"Don't stand there frozen! Everyone follow Night Lord's orders!"

The civilians scattered in panic, for Fang Yue never expected them to be of any use.

The remaining warriors began gathering the 【Wooden Box Containers】 from the dead members of the Phoenix Organization.

These were the recovery items targeting the 【Nuomian Gui】; some already contained the 【Nuomian Gui】's core.

Destroying them would suppress the 【Nuomian Gui】's resurrection.

Although Fang Yue's primary goal now was to eliminate 【Niu Jiao Yin Xu】, he had not forgotten the 【Nuomian Gui】 gathering strength nearby.

Though the 【Nuomian Gui】 had devoured a large number of corpses, it would still take time to fully restore its power.

Thus, its threat to others was not yet severe—perfect for letting them help destroy the 【Nuomian Gui】's cores.

Once all cores were destroyed, he would find his chance to truly kill the 【Nuomian Gui】!

Fixing his gaze ahead, Fang Yue frowned deeply.

When the black mist had wrapped his blade and struck 【Niu Jiao Yin Xu】, it had briefly revealed its form.

In effect, it was similar to 【Night Rain】.

But while 【Night Rain】 was something almost impossible to encounter unless you were someone like him, the black mist was something he carried within himself.

Fang Yue narrowed his eyes.

The fact that 【Gui Value】 could reveal 【Yin Xu】 was something he hadn't anticipated—previously, wrapping 【Gui Value】 around the blade had only produced a clogged feedback, a sensation of striking something, with no ability to reveal form at all.

As for the difference between his earlier strikes and this one… it was the amount of 【Gui Value】 input.

Earlier, due to battle with Niu Zuo, the defense of 【Gui Membrane】, and the drain from 【Still World】, 【Gui Value】 had already dropped to a low level, leaving little for offense.

But after killing that group of Phoenix Organization members, his 【Gui Value】 had rapidly recovered a significant portion.

Seeing Mang Liuzi's group about to be crushed by 【Niu Jiao Yin Xu】, he had burned 【Gui Value】 at full capacity—and that was what produced the previous scene.

Now 【Gui Value】 was emptied again, leaving only a trace—uncertain whether it could still deliver an effective strike.

Boom—

As Fang Yue was thinking, thunder cracked overhead, illuminating the distant 【Niu Jiao Yin Xu】.

Everyone saw 【Niu Jiao Yin Xu】's form again—this time, it was clutching its severed right hand, its head turned toward Fang Yue.

Between its two horns, thin strands of dark electricity linked together, zzzzing, forming a tiny black sphere resembling a black hole.

The black sphere, as if fed new energy, rapidly expanded, crackling with black lightning; even its leaking energy filled everyone with dread.

The shattered remains of buildings crushed earlier by the giant hand-wall floated upward, drawn toward the black sphere and sucked inside.

Next came grains of sand, clumps of earth, and… corpses!

All manner of debris was pulled into the black sphere.

Those fleeing turned back and saw this sight—every one widened their eyes, trembling in fear.

In that moment, 【Niu Jiao Yin Xu】 looked like a world-ending demon god, terrifying everyone.

Moo!!

A bull's bellow shattered the silence of night.

The black sphere detached from its horns and shot toward Fang Yue's position!

"Night Lord!"

"Night Lord, watch out!"

Seeing the direction of the black sphere's launch, everyone cried out in alarm.

Zzzzz—

Wherever the black sphere passed, broken wood, shattered stone, and debris were sucked in and dissolved from sight.

Facing such a terrifying black sphere, Fang Yue immediately retreated.

Black mist coiled around his legs, boosting his speed as he dodged left.

Swoosh—

The black sphere passed by Fang Yue, skimming the ground, swallowing a deep trench into the earth.

When Fang Yue turned to look, the black sphere had paused as if conscious.

As if sensing Fang Yue's gaze, it instantly locked onto his position and shot forward again with a hiss!

Fang Yue dared not linger—he spun and ran.

Thunder crashed overhead; the position of 【Niujiao Yin Xu】 was invisible.

Fang Yue could only charge toward the last known location where 【Niujiao Yin Xu】 had vanished.

As one chased and the other fled, crowds scattered from their path.

The remaining debris of buildings was absorbed by the black sphere.

Along this path, the black sphere had grown larger—now five or six meters wide—and if it cast its shadow, it would blot out the sky.

At this moment, Fang Yue reached the former location of 【Niujiao Yin Xu】.

In that instant, he closed his eyes.

He used his internal force to sense and explore the changes in the surrounding air currents.

The next instant, Fang Yue immediately sensed something—he snapped his eyes open.

"Still World!"

Time seemed to slow at this moment.

Frost power spread forward, faintly forming the outline of a fist.

But this layer of ice was swiftly pulled back by the pursuing black sphere, shattered into fragments, and fully absorbed.

At that moment, Fang Yue leapt high into the air, propelling himself forward.

With a hiss, as strands of black mist coiled around him, Fang Yue felt as if he had plunged into deep water—a strange sense of resistance.

This sensation came swiftly and vanished just as fast; when the black mist cleared, Fang Yue passed cleanly through the invisible body of 【Niujiao Yin Xu】.

As 【Niujiao Yin Xu】's attack missed and it remained unresponsive, the black sphere surged straight toward it!

(End of Chapter)