Night of Despair-Chapter 573 - 571 Siege 1

In the outer Star Domain of the Floating City, strands of Black Tide like smoke continuously swept past Black Black Spirit, heading towards the Floating City.

Yu Hong and Quan He stood at the window, looking at the countless strands of smoke outside that seemed endless, always holding their breath in fear.

"Fortunately, the newly upgraded hidden function is strong enough, and in this area, no higher intensity Black Tide monsters have appeared. Otherwise..." Yu Hong said with relief.

"I can already feel the Heavenly Tribulation brewing. That kind of oppressive feeling, like the sky is full of dark clouds, ready to pour rain at any moment," Quan He said in a deep voice.

"Me too. This place seems to be temporarily isolated by the Black Tide, preventing the Heavenly Tribulation. I guess if we change locations, we can get through it smoothly," Yu Hong speculated.

At this time, Black Black Spirit was quietly navigating away from the Black Tide, but unfortunately, after sailing for over ten hours, they still couldn’t see a way out.

Outside the window, it was still full of dense Black Tide.

"Wait, something is coming..." Suddenly Yu Hong’s voice sank, and he looked in a certain direction with his covered eyes.

The two men focused their gazes, seeing outside the glass, a giant spotted shell about the size of a large part of a planet, extending dense, withered yellow soft legs, flying towards the Floating City.

Countless Source Disaster Monsters formed a sphere, floating beside it, charging together.

On the back of the shell, human figures could be vaguely seen standing.

"Can you see who they are?" Quan He asked.

"No, there’s a barrier. But I noticed a black sun-like pattern on the side of the giant shell," Yu Hong shook his head, but keenly observed.

"I suspect it’s the Heavenly Sun Sect. It is also a force in the Black Tide, capable of driving ordinary Black Tide monsters, which is normal," he speculated.

"Can the Floating City withstand it?" Quan He looked worried.

"It depends on whether the main force of the Heavenly Sun Sect is dispatched... The Floating City has existed for so long, it’s definitely not as simple as it looks," Yu Hong said.

The two of them fell silent for a moment.

Black Black Spirit flew covertly within the Black Tide army, with the ability to fuse camouflage. To the outside monsters, it looked like one of their own. So it was completely inconspicuous.

About five more hours passed.

Outside the window finally cleared up and opened up all of a sudden.

All monsters instantly disappeared, replaced by the boundless starry sky.

Yu Hong and Quan He had no time to think, immediately sensing a strong oppressive force quickly descending from the universe above.

Hiss...

Two vortices composed of purple electric light quickly condensed above their heads.

The vortices split into two, one targeting Yu Hong, the other targeting Quan He.

"Go out and resist!" Yu Hong said in a deep voice.

Staying in the safe house could also withstand the Heavenly Tribulation, but they wouldn’t be able to absorb the accompanying Heaven and Earth Essence.

Immediately, he opened the door and rushed out, intending to use Instantaneous Movement, but found the surrounding space completely failed, and the Eye of Transmission’s ability directly failed.

No time to think more, Yu Hong looked up at the purple electric light vortex above,

His vortex was more than ten times larger than Quan He’s, with a gigantic cold and ruthless purple electric eye staring down at him.

Boom!!

Without any brewing, a thunder pillar rumbled down from the vortex, instantly crossing tens of thousands of kilometers, directly hitting Yu Hong’s head.

He couldn’t dodge, and couldn’t even if he wanted to. The speed of this Heavenly Tribulation far exceeded his dodging time.

In the instant he saw it, the lightning had already struck him.

Crackling electric currents paralyzed every part of Yu Hong’s body, destructive high-temperature currents forcibly breaking down his Body Protection Mana.

Yu Hong sat cross-legged, purely relying on his Mana to resist the disintegrating lightning.

But perhaps he progressed too fast, causing his Mana to be unstable, and even though he reached Micro level, he retreated under the terrifying lightning strike.

The Nascent Soul frantically squeezed out Mana, trying to support the situation, but it was futile.

His whole body began to show fine blackened patches, his hair started burning, and his robe turned black.

Swish!

At this moment.

Yu Hong’s entire body blurred for a moment, and the next second, all the scorching blackness on his body mysteriously vanished completely.

The Recovery Necklace hanging around his neck slowly dimmed, indicating it had been used once.

Only the depletion of his Mana indicated it was not an illusion.

Seemingly angered, another thunder pillar crashed from the vortex above.

The purple thunder pillar instantly struck Yu Hong again, with massive purple electric arcs crazily breaking down his Mana.

Unfortunately, ten seconds later, Yu Hong’s entire body flickered again, and everything returned to normal.

Then came the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, until the ninth strike.

The purple electric vortex finally dissipated.

Yu Hong let out a long breath and turned to look at Quan He in the distance.

Quan He over there was all charred black, an arm nearly destroyed, her clothes long burnt, but there was no worry about exposure because her entire skin was also carbonized by the electricity.

"Fortunately, I succeeded..." Quan He said with a grin, sending a voice transmission while smiling.

"Me too, just that my Mana was mostly consumed, but my body is fine," Yu Hong once again marveled at the high value of the Recovery Necklace given by the corrupt seniors.

This Heavenly Tribulation was extremely strong, completely different from the kind easily dispersed by a punch last time.

But, relying on the Recovery Necklace, he managed to pass the tribulation without even a scratch.

"Let’s go back and recover for a while." Yu Hong turned and flew towards the safe house.

Quan He quickly followed.

But they had only flown a few dozen meters.

Buzz!!

A huge, iridescent web suddenly appeared before them, blocking the space between them and the safe house.

Both were startled and quickly stopped, looking at the two figures standing on the net.

One was tall, the other short, both blonde men in white mage robes.

The tall one held a black wood magic wand inlaid with a gold gem, looking down at Yu Hong from above, his gaze icy.

The short one was round like a barrel, holding a miniature multicolored web model in his hand, clearly the one who created the obstacle in front of them.

"Got you, Zheng Rouzi and Yu Hong!" the tall mage said coldly.

"I don’t know who you are," Yu Hong replied expressionlessly, as mana began to naturally release the body protection technique from him.

The activation of the Qingwei Heart Technique was now invisible and intangible; this cultivation technique was primarily based on covert defense and counterattack.

"You caused Patrol Chief Margaret’s death, led the Source Disaster Monster and the remnants of Qinghe Mountain to severely wound Senator Lu Xian; your crimes are numerous. We are here on orders to capture you and take you back to the Floating City for sentencing," the tall mage said harshly.

"Aren’t mages supposed to be self-preserving? Lu Xian is crippled, Margaret is no more, why are you still trying so hard for two unworthy people?" Yu Hong retorted.

Both of their faces changed slightly and they stopped talking.

If it weren’t for the Arcane Oath, which gave them the precious resources they had longed for, they would not have come out to intercept him willingly.

"Enough nonsense, capture him directly. Without long-distance transport, he can’t summon the remnants of Qinghe Mountain!" the short mage said in a deep voice.

"Qinghe Mountain cultivates the Immortal Dao. He must have just passed a Heavenly Tribulation, he’s at his weakest now—attack!" The tall mage hit the ground with his wand.

A circle of golden rings appeared in front of him, and from it emerged a hideous, deep blue monster resembling a plesiosaur, which lunged rapidly at Yu Hong and his companion.

The monster was covered in blue scales, with two rows of pale bone spurs on either side of its head, like wings.

Roar!!

It let out a huge roar, eyes glowing with blue flames, opening its jagged mouth to bite at Yu Hong.

Splat!

But a bizarre scene unfolded.

The monster lunged forward, its mouth clamping down hard, but it didn’t reach its target at all.

The spot it bit was at least several dozen meters away from Yu Hong!

"Ayino!?" The tall mage’s expression changed slightly and he raised his wand again in urgency.

But no matter how much mana he channeled, the monster just kept snapping at the air wildly, looking around and swinging its claws, completely ignoring Yu Hong who was right in front of it.

"Forward! Ayino! Forward!!" The tall mage quickly cast his spell, trying to dispel the mind magic influence, but to no avail.

The monster remained in place, frantically attacking the air.

"Ayino, relax, let me control it! I’ll handle it!" The tall mage transmitted his voice, certain it was an extremely sophisticated illusion guidance technique at work.

He immediately chose to take control himself.

But....

Splat!!

The next second, his body suddenly stiffened.

A large hand pierced through his chest from behind, retracting with sticky, hot blood.

"Who told you that I was still over there?" Yu Hong’s figure appeared behind him, his towering frame like a shadow in the darkness.

"Was it your eyes?"

The tall mage opened his mouth, his eyes filled with disbelief.

How had he been suppressed by Margaret just a short while ago? What happened!? This was too fast!!

He...just who is...

The short mage, seeing this, turned pale.

The next moment, he decisively let go of his array and rapidly flew towards a hidden spaceship not far away.

At the same time, silvery elemental force circles appeared around him, protecting his body.

But....

Seconds later, his vision blurred, and the spaceship he had just lunged at vanished like an illusion.

In its place was Yu Hong, watching him quietly from the front.

"Regret it?" Yu Hong sighed, reaching out and grabbing the mage’s head.

His powerful mana forcibly shattered the elemental force around him, breaking it into countless silvery light particles.

"I... I am willing to sign a master-servant contract with you! Spare me..."

Splat!

Yu Hong crushed his head, discarding the corpse and calmly looked up at the two figures that had appeared above at some unknown time.

These two were dressed in blood-red robes, wearing tall, chef-like red hats, each holding a pitch-black scimitar.

"So, you are indeed the remnants of Qinghe Mountain, practicing the Qingwei Heart Technique... such a rare defense cultivation technique, few train in it, but to reach such effectiveness.... very few...." one of them said in a deep voice.

"You all...?" Yu Hong frowned deeply, clearly sensing that these two were on a different level than the previous mages.

Their energy levels...gave him a strong sense of threat, a premonition that grew stronger after reaching the Nascent Soul Stage.

Contamination Level energies....

At his stage, the only things that could make him feel danger were Contamination Level energies. Nascent Soul was still at the Immortal Level, but upon reaching Divinity Transformation, it marked the beginning of Contamination, a broad energy range from Divinity Transformation to Ascension.

Only by stepping into the Immortal Realm could one reach a new level, the Celestial Human Realm.