Chapter 805: The Descent of Darkness (2)

Thick black fog surged; no one knew what was happening.

Although the two sides were more than ten miles apart, the black mist was extremely vigilant.

A dark sky enveloped everyone, and the surroundings plunged into darkness.

“Roar!”

A mass of black mist with a diameter of thousands of zhang spread out, covering ten thousand zhang in all directions.

This is a tenfold expansion, as the beast within the black mist seems to awaken from its slumber, releasing a violent and savage aura.

At this moment, everyone felt an immense pressure.

The Heaven-Swallowing King roared, “Fight your way out! Never let the black mist get near your body.”

The Storm King is an example.

A king transformed into a violent storm was still nearly devoured by the dark mist; half of them weren’t even kings to begin with.

All eight of the Star Artifacts lit up, their光芒 piercing through the top of the dark mist, transforming into eight beams of light that slashed forward.

Swish.

Eyes opened one after another in the dark fog.

Hundreds of millions of dark green eyes blinked simultaneously, and then a fissure split open in the black mist beneath them, resembling the fangs of a beast. Following this, the black mist surged downward like a torrent from the heights, threatening to engulf everyone within its dark embrace.

The star weapon sliced through the dark mist, but the mist closed back instantly, having been severed for less than a tenth of a second.

“Roar!”

From the black mist, the roars of countless beasts erupted, each roar sending shockwaves of king-level power.

The roars of billions of beasts merged together, tearing through the spaces within the black mist that had not yet been consumed by it.

Numerous thick cracks transformed into a cage, enclosing the ground beneath everyone’s feet as well as the surrounding empty space.

Void Cage—this was something Lu Yu was all too familiar with.

So far, no Wangzun has been able to use the Void Prison to swallow him.

Lu Yu had swallowed countless beasts within his Void Cage, but now it was his turn to be devoured.

The power of hundreds of millions of Wang Zuns coalesced into a void prison, its terror so immense that even a King was moved.

The Gold King roared, “Break it! Once completely consumed, not even a king could escape.”

The cracks around everyone had already connected into a vast expanse, and most of the ground beneath their feet and in all directions had become a starry sky.

Fissures shimmer with infinite starlight, forming a void of their own.

Everyone took action.

At the moment the cage was about to close shut, various skills surged toward the cracks, desperately trying to break through and prevent it from sealing.

But here, the roar of the King of Trillions of Worlds resounds, a power so immense that it even surpasses the strength of a King.

Everyone’s attacks proved ineffective as they watched the surrounding void gradually closing in, leaving less than a foot before it would shut completely.

Then they swallowed them into the darkness.

Before the crowd’s eyes, the cage was another world, where stars spread across the sky in the darkness.

Several battered corpses drifted past the group in the endless starry sky.

Cracks began to appear on the bodies of the Blood-Weeping Inheritor and the others, as if invisible blades were slicing through them.

“Roar!”

The Demon Nest on Lu Yu unfolded, and more than a hundred魔龙 with the strength of a million尊 swept towards the void.

The Eight-Banded Star Artifact was also slashed forth together.

“Crack!”

The unhealed cracks shattered.

Then, in an instant, the starry sky around everyone shattered like broken mirror surfaces.

What lay before them was the real world.

But the black mist was already drawing near.

A mass of black mist moved the fastest; it had already lunged in front of Lu Yu, and the black mist below its eyes snapped toward Lu Yu’s body.

“Boom!”

Lu Yu’s body trembled violently as he transformed into flames. Dozens of fiery serpents surged from his body, biting fiercely into the black mist.

“Auugh!” The black mist roared, emitting a piercing, shrill screech.

This mass of black mist was ignited by flames.

One pair of eyes after another vanished, a small swirl of black mist writhing and disappearing within the flames.

The Storm King roared, “Lu Yu, run away now!”

“What’s wrong?” Lu Yu asked in surprise.

But in an instant, he also felt a large mass of black mist above his head engulfing him.

The Storm King warned, “The beasts emerging from the darkness have long lost their wisdom and now only seek out all living things to destroy. By killing those beasts clinging in the black mist, you’ve revealed yourself as a living being. Now they will naturally come after you. Standing there like that, do you want to be devoured by them?”

The black mist in the sky, just as the Storm King had said, completely fixed its gaze on Lu Yu, with pairs of eyes shifting from emerald green to blood red.

Then—

The deafening explosion rumbled through the void, and from the black mist, tens of thousands of dark spears extended toward Lu Yu.

Boom!

Lu Yu’s body was engulfed in a sudden surge of flames, which transformed into several fire dragons that soared towards the Black Gun.

The moment the flames met the black gun, the black mist let out a sound like a beast wailing in agony, as if it were being charred.

Bang!

The Heaven-Devouring King’s palm heavily struck Lu Yu’s back, sending him flying far away.

Boom!

At this moment, the fire dragon that had soared into the sky was instantly swallowed by the mist unleashed from the Black Gun. Innumerable Black Guns pierced straight into the earth.

After delivering a powerful strike, the Heaven-Devouring King quickly retreated at an extremely high speed.

At the spot where King Tiantun had just stood, one by one, black spears fell to the ground. The black spears exploded, sending dozens of black gas surging towards King Tiantun.

The Heaven-Devouring King quickly dodged sideways, but a wisp of black qi still grazed past his cheek.

When the black gas touched his cheek, it suddenly expanded more than tenfold. Inside it, dozens of eyes opened simultaneously, and then the black gas split apart. As it swept across the face of the Heaven-Devouring King, it tore away a large chunk of flesh from his left cheek, even gnawing off a piece of the facial bone.

On the other side, Lu Yu was knocked flying, two black guns grazing his back, causing large portions of the flames on his body to extinguish.

Lu Yu let out a pained groan. As the flames on his body receded, half of his body was left in a bloody mess, with large chunks of flesh and bone torn away.

The missing flesh was quickly filled with flames, and the body was restored.

This was the first time Lu Yu had been attacked by the Dark Descent. At the moment he was hit by the black bullet, he felt as if his body was being torn apart by countless beasts simultaneously.

“Just a small blob of black mist, yet it’s so terrifying!”

Lu Yu was very surprised.

However, the black mist left him no time to be surprised. After devouring nearly half of Lu Yu’s body, the black mist seemed to have locked onto him. More of the dark fog surged toward Lu Yu.

“The whirlwind storm!” the Storm King roared. With a single palm strike, dozens of towering whirlwinds, each over a hundred zhang high, surged toward the black mist.

These tornadoes converged together, rotating in different directions, and surged forward.

The swirling winds generated by the storm twisted and churned like millstones, grinding away large swaths of black mist.

At the same time, these black mists were also devouring the storm, like a swarm of otherworldly beings that would consume anything.

Dozens of tornadoes carved a path through the dark mist, opening the way to Fanggang.

Storm King transformed into a raging gale, wrapping Blood Tears, Flame Inferno, and Chaos Heir within the tempest, then surged forward alongside the tornado.

Their current strength is the weakest. If we don’t rescue them, there’s no way they’ll survive.

As the Storm King rushed out of the dark mist, the passage he had opened closed behind him.

The black mist still covered a range of ten thousand zhang, as if it had transformed into a canopy across the sky above the earth.

The Blood-Weeping Inheritor and others trembled as they spoke: “So this is the Descent of Darkness?”

The Storm King said coldly, “No, it hasn’t even begun yet. The leader within the black mist should be nearly fully formed. We merely approached the edge of the black mist when the beast inside was about to take shape, which triggered its counterattack. Once it fully emerges, this black mist will begin to wander across the land, devouring every mountain and river in its path until heaven and earth alike are reduced to desolation. You should return now; there’s nothing you can do here.”

The Storm King commanded coldly, gripping the Star Artifact tightly with one hand and channeling power into it.

The current mass of black mist still hasn’t taken shape; it’s merely a defensive reaction automatically triggered when someone approaches.

Therefore, as long as he doesn’t get close, there won’t be any problem.

Boom!

The star artifact activated, and starlight transformed into a sword beam thousands of feet long, cleaving into the black mist.

“Roar.”

The black mist split open, and the area around Tu Tian Wang and the others inside was already filled with thick black mist.

Lu Yu unfolded the Demon Nest and also deployed the invisible sword blades.

However, these black mists were invasive and relentless. Not only did they entangle countless dark dragons, but within moments, dozens of them were devoured completely.

Within the demonic aura, a new Dragon King was born, filling the void left by the fallen Dragon King.

The vertical eye of the Three-Eyed Dragon King opened, emitting a brilliance comparable to the sun. The terrifying high temperature struck the dark mist, causing large swaths of it to shriek and rapidly contract.

However, the black mist from all directions moved even faster and more fiercely, rushing towards the Three-Eyed Dragon King from all sides.

The无形剑刃 (invisible sword blade) was also slicing the black mist into pieces. However, no matter how finely the black mist was shredded, it was like countless snakes without holes to hide in, all rushing toward Lu Yu.

“Boom!”

Lu Yu himself transformed into a flame giant towering a zhang high.

One by one, fiery dragons emerged from his body. Growing to dozens of zhang in length, these fire dragons lunged towards the surrounding thin black mist.

At this moment, the black aura surged violently, with even a single strand of hair transforming into a hundred-meter-long black serpent.

The black snake and the fire dragon entwined each other, attacking and devouring one another.

Tian Wang and the others also activated their King-level skills, slashing through the black mist and opening up countless rifts.

“Let’s go!”

The King of Immortality led the charge toward an opening, his body radiating both flames and toxic gas. The majesty of his royal power suppressed all directions, shattering the black mist into dispersing.

Lu Yu and the others, including the Heaven-Devouring King, closely followed behind, exerting all their strength to tear the opening even larger and wider.

The distance of several thousand zhang felt longer than tens of thousands of zhang. By the time the group rushed out, they were already panting for breath.

The armor of the King of Immortality was covered with dozens of densely packed, fine tooth marks.

Even Wang Xiong and the others were injured.

Lu Yu’s chest was pierced, and one of his arms remained in the black mist.

“F**k, do you think my flesh and blood are that delicious?” Lu Yu gritted his teeth, clenching his fist fiercely in midair.

Boom!

A muffled explosion suddenly echoed through the dark fog.

A vast expanse of black mist exploded outward, with countless beasts wailing and shrieking in agony before dissolving into black streams flowing across the land.

This seemed to have no effect on the form of the black mist; the missing parts were quickly filled in by the surrounding black mist.

Lu Yu and others had not experienced the descent of darkness, yet they had already felt the terror of this ominous black mist in advance.

“Is the descent of darkness really this terrifying?” Lu Yu inhaled sharply, truly at a loss as to how powerful one would need to be to shatter such a swirling mass of black mist.

The Storm King said coldly, “This is not yet the arrival of darkness; it’s merely a cluster of dark mist. They aren’t launching real attacks yet because their king within hasn’t fully formed. Most of their efforts are just defensive. When true darkness does arrive, you will understand what ‘the arrival of darkness’ really means.”

The Gold King said, “Even if it’s a Star Artifact, even if it’s the third ability of the King’s Skill, don’t think you can break free so easily at that time.”

Lu Yu’s expression turned serious as he said, “Let’s return to the city! It seems my preparations were still insufficient.”

The Storm King said coldly, “Your city’s defenses are already sufficient. What you need now are more powerful强者. A Wangzun is practically useless in a war like this. You need stronger forces.”