Night of Despair

In space.

The two sides' auras gradually approached.

Although Yu Hong only had one safe house--Black Black Spirit on his side, the aura emanating from inside faintly coalesced into a massive white-haired, black-striped, twin-winged tiger, staring intensely at the other side.

On Lu Xian's side, the spaceship had become insignificant; the truly eye-catching sight was the huge Moth Gate.

Yanier and a group of Mothmen stood together with Lu Xian, their combined auras naturally forming a gigantic gray moth, revealing sharp mouthparts toward the opposite side.

Silently, Black Black Spirit stopped hundreds of kilometers away from the opposite side.

Click.

Yu Hong opened the door and flew out directly.

"Lu Xian, you should understand my purpose for coming."

He loudly transmitted his voice.

Being named, Lu Xian did not shrink back; he flew out coldly, hovering in mid-air, looking over at the opposite side.

"Yu Hong, you killed my disciple and gouged out my eyes, and yet you dare to chase me today...."

"Wasn't it you who first attacked me, blocked my way, and captured me? And now you start accusing me?" Yu Hong raised an eyebrow.

"Me first? I originally didn't intend to...."

"Enough nonsense!"

Yu Hong didn't want to listen to the other side's nonsense; he rapidly injected mana into the Black Phoenix Jade in his hand.

The vast mana of the Nascent Soul Late Stage surged quickly.

Roar!

A massive cry exploded, and a black fire phoenix leaped out of the Black Phoenix Jade, rushing towards the opposite side.

Before the black fire phoenix could approach, an invisible gaze pierced through the black fire, insidiously shooting towards Lu Xian's head.

'Four Elements Shield!' Lu Xian instantly cast a high-level spell, forming a four-colored round shield in front of him while rapidly chanting, preparing his exclusive forbidden curse.

As a Level Nine, he naturally had his most proficient forbidden curse; it was just that he had been careless last time, not having the time to use it.

"Golden Blade Storm!"

Two seconds later, a dazzling golden metallic torrent appeared from in front of him, coalescing into a huge golden sphere, flying towards Yu Hong's black phoenix.

But as soon as the golden sphere flew out, a hole was suddenly opened in the middle.

Sizzle!!

In a panic, Lu Xian instinctively tilted his head to the left.

Only then did he dodge the invisible gaze that penetrated through the forbidden curse and the Four Elements Shield.

"What the hell!?" His face turned sinister, having seen the opposite side wasn't this exaggerated last time. How had they progressed so far, having means to threaten him?

Boom!

Not far away, the giant golden sphere formed by the Golden Blade Storm expanded to a diameter of a hundred meters, colliding head-on with the black fire phoenix.

At first, the golden sphere scattered the phoenix, continuing to rush towards Yu Hong.

But it collided with a void.

Yu Hong was no longer at his original location, having disappeared.

'Left side!?' Lu Xian expanded his spiritual power to scan, "No! Above!!"

He raised his head sharply and released the second forbidden curse that he had been preparing in his hand with a booming shout.

Frost Lock!!

A massive white freezing gas turned into a white torrent, blowing upwards, precisely hitting Yu Hong who was about to fall from above to attack.

The mana defense on Yu Hong's body was instantly frozen and shattered, his entire being hit by the freezing gas, becoming an ice sculpture on the spot.

Lu Xian sneered, stopping the freezing gas.

"Without support, just relying on you, you dare to face me head-on, overestimating yourself!"

But the next second, his heart jumped, hastily moving away from his original position.

Sizzle!!

In the next instant, a purple beam of light brushed past his original location, coming from Yu Hong, who had been frozen.

Yu Hong's face remained unchanged, his right eye shining with a thick purple light. With a slight movement, he broke free from his confinement.

"I told you, you talk too much."

He pounced towards Lu Xian, his right hand forming a tiger claw, swiping downwards.

Sizzle!

This move prompted Lu Xian to urgently release a magic shield to resist upwards, but in the next instant, he blocked an empty space.

The original figure of Yu Hong rushing downward had suddenly turned transparent, fading away.

"Elemental Star Flash!!" In a panic, Lu Xian sensed danger, directly crushing a golden crystal he carried with him.

The crystal amplified with his mana exploded; within a second, he released his strongest spell to date—forbidden curse: Elemental Star Flash.

Even without the mana core of his eyes, greatly affecting his strength, he still had the capabilities of Level Nine and the heights of Contamination Level.

In an instant.

With Lu Xian at the center, layers of various colored light masses expanded, exploding, turning into dazzling flashes, covering everything within a radius of ten thousand kilometers.

Some nearby wandering asteroids were also silently disintegrated by the light.

This was a star-annihilating destructive strike.

Yu Hong, in the surrounding space, had no escape and could only withstand it.

The terrifying elemental flashes continuously impacted Yu Hong's body, shattering all his body protection techniques.

Countless beams of light struck his body's surface, obliterating his clothes completely, hitting his skin below.

In an instant, he was illuminated from his concealed state, floating in mid-air, being repeatedly bombarded from all directions.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!

Masses of color shredded through all the mana techniques he released.

'Nascent Soul Stage, definitely still can't beat this guy....' Yu Hong felt the overwhelming increase in the other's power spreading rapidly around.

Gained a deeper understanding of Contamination Level power.

This energy level is characterized by pollution and rapid spread.

Originally, he planned to test his Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivation; he had to see how it would perform.

Unfortunately, Lucian's energy level clearly surpassed his own, and his attack and defense techniques were far superior.

"Forget it." Yu Hong felt his body constantly being bombarded but showed no signs of injury.

Even his eyeballs were hit by the opponent's flashes, yet he still felt nothing.

Emosa's Body's tough skin defense was terrifying and flawless.

"Since the spell test is over, then...."

Yu Hong stretched his arms, relaxed his entire body, and bathed in the horrifying bombardment of the surrounding Elemental Star Flash in mid-air.

The next second.

He started to burn.

Danger! Danger! Danger!

At the same time, Lucian's inner alarm went off wildly. He didn't have time to think and immediately ceased spellcasting, initiating spatial shift and teleporting backward!

But he was a step too slow.

Swoosh!

A gigantic humanoid figure over six meters tall appeared suddenly before him.

The humanoid figure was almost clinging to him, arms spread wide.

Embrace!

Boom!!!!

The teleportation light beneath Lucian's feet suddenly lit up, teleporting both him and the gigantic figure away.

At the same time, he felt a sharp pain in his back as his defensive Demonized Necklace exploded into pieces.

The Elemental Magic Shield shattered in two layers, and then he was heavily struck on the back by two large hands.

Puff!

Lucian spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot.

"Die!!" He felt a sense of disbelief and maddening humiliation.

The previously weak existence he could instantly capture had suddenly....

At this moment, all of Lucian's mana boiled over, unleashing an explosion that indiscriminately erupted in all directions.

Boom!!

A gigantic white mana explosion formed an exaggerated white sphere hundreds of meters in diameter.

But soon the explosion dispersed, and Lucian was still embraced by the gigantic humanoid figure, motionless.

The instant self-detonation of all his mana couldn't even make the opponent loosen his grip!

Crack.

Yu Hong embraced Lucian, exerting force with his arms, and a massive wave of bone-breaking vibrations sounded beneath him.

"In spellcasting, I'm not your match, but it doesn't matter. Mages are fragile; once you get close, one strike is enough."

His expression was calm as he released Lucian, letting his limp body float away like a pile of mud.

Lucian's Energy Level was Contamination, but he was not a well-rounded immortal dao cultivator; he was an attack-heavy and defense-light arcane mage.

Contamination's advantage lies in its offense, capable of amplifying mana countless times and destroying vast areas.

But if this offensive power fails to work, the result would be as it is now.

Yu Hong looked at the breathless Lucian, feeling uninterested.

"Even a Level Nine Arcane cannot withstand a close-range lethal strike...."

Before his voice fell, a scorching pillar of flames from behind suddenly engulfed him.

"Fiery Flame Burning Body!"

Lucian's figure reappeared from behind, while the corpse in front of Yu Hong quickly melted and decayed, turning into bones before disintegrating and disappearing.

Lucian's face was grim. His Substitute Death Technique had activated, using one of the nine available times, now leaving only three more opportunities for rebirth.

Originally, he thought Yu Hong could be easily defeated, but now Yu Hong showed an exaggerated combat power.

"It seems it's not Qinghe Mountain behind you that needs to be guarded against...but you yourself!!" Lucian's black eye sockets stared intensely at Yu Hong, who was slowly walking out of the flames.

The tens of thousands of degrees of high-temperature flames did not cause the opponent any damage.

At this moment, Yu Hong, standing over six meters tall, with pitch-black skin, purple glowing eyes, and a cross-star-shaped dark golden pattern on his chest.

This appearance seemed somewhat familiar to Lucian.

He felt as if he had seen this form in some classical book.

"Elemental Amplification·Ultra-Spiritualization·Ice Polar Hell!!"

Lucian had no time to think, combining Intelligent Spirit Coordination and began casting.

This time, he dared not hold back, using his most powerful destructive spell.

He had once completely frozen a giant planet with this spell, pulverizing it into cosmic dust within five seconds.

Circles of ice-blue rune arrays expanded behind him, rotating and glowing brightly.

Fierce winds blew around, despite being in outer space, with extreme cold air appearing out of nowhere, swirling all around.

The temperature dropped rapidly, quickly reaching absolute zero.

Crack.

Large patches of ice-blue fog emanated from Lucian, drifting outward.

Fine ice flakes began to appear even in outer space, seemingly freezing the very fabric of space.

The freezing range rapidly expanded, covering everything Yu Hong could see.

Even the giant Moth Gate gained a thin layer of frost.

Lucian's mana quickly recovered, as he struggled to maintain this compounded forbidden curse, looking towards Yu Hong.