A Night of Desperation-Chapter 264: Endgame 4

“The other Lin Yiyi probably already has no way to escape his control, now it’s all down to you,” the disfigured man said from behind, his voice low and deep.

“If you fail, if you don’t defeat him, and destroy the Night Pool, the whole world will from then on reach a turning point.”

“You mean to say the world is finished, right?” Leiya said.

“You could think of it that way. Because the real identity of the Eternal Life President is actually not human,” the disfigured man explained.

“Not human, a Black Disaster?” Leiya was taken aback, put her hand on the gate, and turned her head to look at the man.

“To be exact, a combined will entity driven to madness by the Black Disaster’s deception… He might have once been a normal person, but now, he’s completely fooled by the Black Disaster’s illusion, falling into extreme idealism. The magnified selfishness is enough to drown all reason, leaving nothing but desire.”

“He must have taken control of the other person by now, and as long as he captures you too, killing both of you in the ritual, he could truly make the Night Pool turn from illusion to reality. The time difference between killing the two of you must not exceed five minutes, or else the ritual will certainly fail. That’s also why he has yet to make a move until now. The Eternal Life President has been waiting for you.

And the President himself, has long been infested by the Black Disaster’s will, no longer of a normal human constitution and might even be stronger than a typical Level 9 Black Disaster.

“So, the only one who can now stop everything, is you, the holder of the original luminous stone,” the man looked towards Leiya.

“Only by gathering the two of us, can we summon the Night Pool, and those who summon the Night Pool get a wish for each count of the Gate of Despair… What kind of wishing is this? It’s nothing but the devil’s temptation. It’s amazing how your family has resisted this temptation for so many years,” Leiya said mockingly.

Her hand suddenly exerted force.

Boom!

The center of the gate shattered, cracking open a huge hole.

The two of them stepped through the gate, followed closely by the other team members, who began to install remote bombs everywhere.

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Pu.

In the dark night, on the vast expanse of the Dark Plain.

Yu Hong suddenly halted, looking up at a cluster of translucent, illusionary figures blocking the path ahead.

Around the figure, lay numerous Black Disasters that had just fallen to the ground.

Steam rose from the bodies of the Black Disasters, which were now all being drawn in and consumed by the figure, leaving none remaining.

Snow Demon.

He recognized the intelligence on the opponent.

This information had come from other strongholds.

A War Level Snow Demon, according to the frontline feedback, none of the methods against Black Disasters worked against it because the creature itself was born from a Cold Disaster.

“War Level, huh?” Yu Hong steadily walked toward it.

As he walked, each footprint he left in the snow lit up with a slow blue glow in the dark night.

As he drew closer, the Snow Demon noticed Yu Hong.

It lifted its hand, reaching out towards him from afar with an open palm.

Whoosh!

In an instant, its entire body disintegrated, vanishing without a trace as if it had merged with the cold wind.

And at that moment.

Everything in Yu Hong’s vision began to change.

From the snowy ground around him, the figures of black-haired Withered Women in white dresses quickly rose.

They surrounded him, heads bowed, emitting sharp and sorrowful laughter.

Hee hee hee…

The echoing laughter was like spikes, crazily piercing into Yu Hong’s ears.

Yu Hong charged forward in silence, his right hand slamming down onto the head of one of the Withered Women.

Thump!!

He forcefully halted, standing still, somewhat stunned.

The Withered Woman disappeared, and his palm did indeed strike something.

But, there was a slight pain in his left shoulder as if he had been struck hard by a hand.

At the same time, a familiar Cosmic Divine Light Inner Qi, like a drill, burst into his shoulder, trying to cause destruction.

But it was quickly enveloped by other Cosmic Divine Light Inner Qi within his body, neutralizing the impact force, returning to his core.

“Is it an illusion? It can even affect my control over my body’s nerves?”

Yu Hong finally understood how the Snow Demon had attained War Level…

Such illusionary control over nervous signals could affect even him, let alone ordinary people.

Against such a creature.

Ordinary people might end up committing suicide with a gun before they even blink an eye.

Not knowing what happened, everything would be over.

He tried to approach another Withered Woman, lifting his finger towards her.

Blue Inner Qi burst forth, enveloping her completely.

The Withered Woman did not say a word, dissolving into black smoke and disappearing.

This time, it was real!

‘False and true, reality mixed with fiction… Impressive!’ Yu Hong couldn’t help but praise inwardly.

He looked around, unable to find any trace of the Snow Demon.

Unable to locate its core, constantly under the influence of illusions, unable to distinguish the real from the fake around him.

This kind of Black Disaster, simply impossible to fight. It’s a wonder how Aurora City managed to fend off such a creature.

“Such a powerful ability…” Yu Hong stood in the snow, simply choosing to stand still.

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“If it were me a few days ago, I might have been powerless to face it.”

He lifted his hands, arms spread open.

“But now…”

He closed his eyes.

Completely relaxed his body and mind, stopping the operation of the Tao Breath Circulation and the Cultivation Technique.

“You can try to come consume me…”

In the dark night.

The cold wind surrounding him seemed to pause for a moment.

An invisible entity was quietly approaching, even closer.

Ten meters.

Five meters.

Three meters.

One meter!

A transparent human shape emerged silently behind Yu Hong, its arms reaching out to embrace him.

Just then,

the figure suddenly halted.

An unprecedented sense of warmth, of comfort, surged in its heart.

This feeling…

The Snow Demon had never felt such warmth;it stood frozen in place, immobile, bathed in a hazy blue light that filled its heart with an indescribable sense of safety.

“Sleep…”

“Sleep…”

A muffled voice echoed in its mind.

But soon, the instincts of a War Level Black Disaster forcibly pulled it out of the illusion.

By the time it regained its senses, Yu Hong was already emanating a brilliant blue light from his body.

That comforting, safe-feeling blue light eerily froze everything around it into segments of blue ice sculptures.

The white snowy ground was covered, turned into a pale blue.

Stones, dirt, the falling snowflakes, everything and anything the blue light touched, turned blue in an instant.

Even the Snow Demon itself.

Its lower half was also frozen into a blue ice sculpture.

Bang!

The Snow Demon struggled with all its might, not caring about its shattered legs, as its body once again transformed into an invisible cold wind, fleeing swiftly into the distance.

In the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the endless Black Fog.

Only then did Yu Hong manage to control his Cultivation Technique and resume its circulation, reigning in the freely released Cosmic Divine Light.

“Indeed, the War Level Black Disaster has developed rudimentary intelligence.”

He looked around;a vast expanse of land had turned into blue frost.

“If it were any other Cultivation Technique, it might have been restrained by the Snow Demon, struggling in vain. But the Taiyuan True Method is different…”

Other ordinary Cultivation Techniques are practiced to accumulate Inner Strength, to enhance physical and mental willpower.

This so-called Taiyuan True Method, however, goes against the norm, created specifically to restrain Cosmic Divine Light.

Once unleashed, the unrestrained Cosmic Divine Light would indiscriminately erode everything around it, be it living beings or inanimate objects.

Hence, all Yu Hong had to do was do nothing and stop the circulation of his technique, and the Snow Demon’s illusion attack would be resolved.

Because the Snow Demon could influence his neural signals, but it couldn’t affect Cosmic Divine Light.

Having defeated the Snow Demon, Yu Hong continued to sense the direction of the mark and darted off into the distance.

In his current state, rather than being human, he was more like a moving natural disaster capable of destruction at any moment.

If his will lost control, the Cosmic Divine Light within him would likewise lose control and spontaneously erupt, contaminating and eroding everything around.

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Underground tunnels.

The King of Strength and Xue Ningning struggled to support their bodies, helping one another towards the exit.

Although everyone was moving, they all stayed far away from Lin Yiyi, afraid of being affected by the mysterious bead on her.

The monster that emerged from the bead had directly devoured two Black Sheepmen.

This creature, more bizarre than the Black Disaster, was a gift from the mysterious Inner Strength master Yu Hong.

Had it not been for everyone having read martial arts novels before, they might truly believe that this was something conjured by martial arts Inner Qi.

Alas, they were no fools.

Lin Yiyi walked dazedly at the end of the group, not understanding why everyone was keeping their distance from her.

She too was somewhat afraid that the monster might suddenly appear again and devour her.

But thinking that it was given by Yu Hong, she firmly believed that he would not harm her, thus she carried the bead with her.

The group retraced their steps in silence.

Just as they were halfway along the path,

a slender figure clad in a black robe and mask suddenly appeared in the tunnel.

The black metal mask worn by the figure was clearly engraved with the number three on one side.

“Ladies and gentlemen, you may stop now.”

He lifted his head, his voice emitting an indescribable strange tranquility.

Despite the unclear situation of friends and enemies, he seemed as relaxed as if he were meeting acquaintances during an afternoon walk, greeting them with ease.

“Who are you?” the King of Strength stepped forward, shielding everyone behind him.

Tough-skinned and robust, he had suffered only superficial wounds in the recent scuffle and had already recovered somewhat after resting.

Behind him, the team members each readied themselves, with those holding guns aiming them, those with grenades grasping them, and others looking for positions to take cover.

However, no one noticed that at the back of the group, Lin Yiyi, upon seeing the figure in the black robe and hearing his voice, revealed an indescribable expression behind her helmet.

That voice…

“Dad!!” Suddenly, she blurted out the word.

She could never mistake that voice.

Absolutely not!

It was the voice that had repeated countless times in her dreams, one of the driving forces of her search!

She still remembered the scenes of her father playing the game of spinning her in circles when she was a child…

Such warmth…

“Yiyi…” The figure also saw Lin Yiyi at the back. His voice carried a hint of amusement.

“You’ve grown so much…”

“Are you… Lin Handong!?” Xue Ningning, who was quite familiar with Yiyi’s background, was shocked to hear that this black-robed person, evidently a member of the Eternal Life Association, actually acknowledged himself as Yiyi’s father.

Immediately she, along with Ou Li and others, showed an extremely shocked expression.

Although Ou Li had previously joked that Yiyi’s biological father might be a member of the Eternal Life Association, they had never imagined… this guess would come true…

Lin Handong gently removed the mask from his face, revealing a pale complexion very similar to Lin Yiyi’s.

“Actually, when I heard about you, I could hardly believe it. You, a child with inherent intellectual difficulties, dared to leave the small village, venturing out alone in the wide world, even daring to look for us…”

“Dad…” Lin Yiyi took a few steps forward, yet did not continue to approach. She faintly sensed something was off.

“Though I knew you wouldn’t die, there were times when I still had to be distracted to secretly save you,” Lin Handong expressed an annoyed look. “Do you know how many experiments you have disrupted, how many projects you have delayed? Constantly saving people is quite troublesome…”