Each slash of the scythe monster's blade carved deep grooves into the ground or the walls, destroying ruined buildings, as the destructive black light spread around.

At this moment, Zhao Meng could barely hold on.

Baiyu, seeing the situation, immediately joined the battle, channeling the Power of Destruction.

The moment they engaged.

Baiyu felt immense pressure from the monster. Whether it was the scythe moving faster than the eye could track, its brute strength akin to a bull, or its terrifying defensive power, all were incredibly difficult to deal with.

What made it worse was that the monster could blend into the surrounding dark fog at any time to evade their attacks.

No wonder Zhao Meng was forced into such a situation.

It seemed.

The scythe giant's strength undoubtedly reached the Eclipse Moon Realm, though the reason for its appearance was unknown.

Baiyu slowly drew the Black Moon Blade from behind, and with a flash of light,

he zipped like lightning to stand before the scythe monster. Instantly, the Black Moon Blade expanded, and with divine power surging, a massive Sword Qi slashed down.

This time.

The scythe monster and Baiyu's attack collided. For once, it did not have the upper hand and was instead blown back by the mighty Sword Qi imbued with divine power.

It flew about dozens of meters back, and then with a flash of its black robe, disappeared into the dense fog.

Zhao Meng finally got a chance to breathe.

"Thank you."

He immediately sat on the ground to restore his Power of Destruction, "This monster, out of nowhere, is powerful and extremely difficult to deal with. The entire city changed to this state after the clock began to chime, but I don't know exactly what happened either."

Baiyu was familiar with that chime; it definitely came from the castle in the Black Forest Realm.

"What about Old Shu and others from the Silence Bookstore?"

As Zhao Meng was alone here, he might know something.

Baiyu was currently most in need of information about the city.

Zhao Meng took a deep breath, the patterns on his skin slowly dimming: "I'm not sure. When the chime started, I happened to be in this area surveying, then it turned dark, and the events that followed you should be well aware of.

I fought with that monster wielding a scythe, yet couldn't handle it at all for the time being."

It seemed Zhao Meng was still resentful about being bested by a creature of unknown origin.

Though Baiyu understood.

That scythe monster wasn't just some weakling, based on its strength, it was definitely in the Eclipse Moon Realm.

It likely didn't belong to the levels of Crescent Moon or Flawless Moon, but was highly possible to be of the Moon Gazing level.

Moreover, in this dark fog, it had an enhancement.

Hence, it was this difficult to deal with.

While the two exchanged information, within the dark fog, several large scythes emerged, slicing from all directions.

The one in the black robe actually appeared again and had split into several.

Even after splitting.

Each clone's strength decreased significantly, yet they still attained the power of the Eclipse Moon Realm.

This time.

Their situation became perilous, with scythes attacking from every direction, each with an extensive attack range, making it impossible to evade.

Baiyu could activate his Golden Body to withstand this blow.

But Zhao Meng.

Judging by his condition, absorbing this blow might directly gravely injure him.

At this critical moment, from the city center, a blinding white pillar of light shot skyward, followed by a voice echoing throughout the city:

"Divine Technique: Purify to the Heaven and Earth"!

The white pillar of light was filled with a vast, pure energy, then expanding as a semi-circular milky-white light column radiated outwards, dispersing the dark fog entirely, bringing sunlight back to the land.

The range of the divine technique encompassed the whole city.

After the divine technique's effects ended, all the monsters in the city vanished as if they had evaporated, and even the blood on the ground was completely purified.

The entire city returned to normal, and the injuries Zhao Meng sustained previously were healed under the light of the divine technique.

"Old Shu, the Guardian, has made a move."

Zhao Meng had a faint expression of joy on his face.

To wield such potent divine power and purify an entire city, only a Guardian could do it.

After all, healing is different from destruction.

To destroy a city, they, those in the Eclipse Moon Realm, could all manage it if the city lacked strong protection measures.

But to purify a city in an instant was far beyond their capabilities.

Baiyu also recognized it was Old Shu's voice; the scythe monsters turned to ashes under the light of the divine technique, no longer blocking the path, allowing him to quickly head towards the center.

In this mysterious city, even those at the Eclipse Moon Realm could encounter danger.

To be safe.

It was best to rendezvous with those from the Silence Bookstore.

Zhao Meng clearly also understood the danger in the city, and did not dare to be complacent, hastily catching up with Baiyu.

...

After the dark fog dispersed, Baiyu and Zhao Meng moved with ease and reached the city center in just over ten seconds.

In the plaza above the Spirit Realm passage, Old Shu held a wooden Divine Staff high, its tip radiating a blinding white light like a small sun, with white divine light radiating all over him.

More and more people gathered at the plaza.

Obviously.

These cultivators in the Eclipse Moon Realm realized, after the recent events, that many strange things were afoot here, so they immediately came to regroup with the main team.

Seeing most people had arrived.

Old Shu finally lowered the Divine Staff and said to everyone: "The city was tainted by a dark force, and initial estimates suggest it's the work of the Evil God.

We must head to the Black Forest Realm immediately.

The sound of that chime is the key triggering the dark force. Even with my divine technique, I can only purify the area temporarily.

When the chime rings again.

The city will be shrouded in darkness once more.

Only by going to the Black Forest Realm and addressing the source of the chime can we solve this."

Old Shu's voice was somewhat weak, indicating the exertion of using such a powerful divine technique wasn't insignificant.

Divine techniques differ from spirit techniques.

Spirit techniques rely on spirituality, blood qi, Power of Destruction, among others.

But the casting and power of divine techniques depend on one's faith; the stronger their faith, the more power they can borrow from the deity, and the more potent the divine technique becomes.

Although Baiyu had obtained the method to convert Black Moon Divine Power, the total amount of Black Moon Divine Power he possessed could simply not support casting a Great Divine Technique.

If Baiyu wanted to use a divine technique, he still had to implore the Black Moon.

Basically.

This was the case for all divine techniques.

"Old Shu, won't we wait for the others?"

Seeing the Silence Bookstore preparing to set off, someone immediately asked.

There were still three people who hadn't returned. If they set off for the Black Forest Realm, those three would be completely cut off from the main team.

Old Shu shook his head: "If they haven't arrived by now, it's likely not good. But you could wait for them at the Spirit Realm's entrance."