Chapter 268
268 Starry Sky 2
Chapter 268 268 Starry Sky II
Lin Hui was somewhat surprised, but after a moment's thought, he understood.
If killing the Fog People would grant access to the Evil Insect Codex, then the Fog People would gradually coalesce into the most powerful unified force, instead of being scattered and their races fragmented and completely random as they are now.
Because the powerful forces that have the advantage of being the first to act will gather their strength to seize the evil weapon insect manuals from all over the place and devour the true evil mist of other groups of mist people.
Now, the evil soldier has vanished, carrying with him the true evil mist.
In essence, he actually killed a human individual named Tu Yue, not a mist-person individual who had fused with the Longevity Wheel.
The Star Breath Sword Manual seems to possess the special effect of separating the Fog People from the Real Evil Fog.
This was something that surprised Lin Hui.
He had originally prepared to severely injure Tu Yue and then forcibly seal her away with the Nine Eyes.
Unexpectedly, the goal was achieved in a more appropriate way.
"There is one more person."
Lin Hui looked in the direction Xie Jun had fled, and with a flash, he gave chase.
With his current physical condition and speed, and by controlling the surrounding air to reduce resistance, his speed was much faster than before.
Breaking through the Jade Sea, Lin Hui flew at low altitude, turning into a black streak, and chased after Xie Jun for about ten minutes.
But since no one was found, it was clear that the other party did not flee in a straight line.
As they approached the Crystal Sea border area, Lin Hui had no choice but to return to Black Cloud.
'Unfortunately, Tu Yue didn't provide me with a single Pulse of Annihilation. It seems that unless I completely kill the Eternal Wheel, I can only be considered to have killed an ordinary human. The lack of a Pulse of Annihilation is understandable.'
Lin Hui quickly returned to the vicinity of the Third Mountain. On the way, he also ambushed and killed some of the divine descendants.
To make up the last bit of the difference needed for the Saint of Annihilation.
It must be said that the Mist God truly has no taste for meat or vegetables; among the physical characteristics of his descendants, besides cows, horses, sheep, dragons, and tigers, there are even pigs, snails, rats, and some crustaceans.
After they had collected the required amount, they returned to the top of the third mountain. Only twenty minutes had passed. Li Hanzhang and Hong Lingxiao stared at him with horrified looks, as if they had seen a ghost.
"You're alright!?" Li Hanzhang had witnessed Lin Hui being ambushed and captured by two assassins. He never expected that this guy would fly back as if nothing had happened.
"What could have happened? Two old enemies ambushed me with relics, catching me completely off guard. But they underestimated my cultivation level now, so they were quickly overpowered and killed. They came back afterward. It was a false alarm," Lin Hui explained, a look of relief on his face.
"It's good that you're alright. Next, we'll start the third stage immediately. Are you... okay?" Hong Lingxiao was never one to meddle in other people's business. She could tell at a glance that Lin Hui didn't want to talk about this, so she simply skipped over it.
"It's nothing. I just need to rest a bit more." Lin Hui nodded and let out a tired sigh.
"The third phase mainly involves working together to fight against the Mist God's artifact array. You should position yourself a bit further back then," Hong Lingxiao instructed.
"Thank you for your consideration," Lin Hui said gratefully.
After the three rested for a while, a dazzling golden light suddenly appeared in the distant sky.
"They're here!!" Hong Lingxiao said solemnly. "This time, we must combine all our strength and pour it into the mountain's formation, otherwise we won't be able to stop them!"
"Okay!" Lin Hui and Li Hanzhang nodded solemnly at the same time.
Before the words were even finished, the next moment...
A golden light suddenly rose up, rapidly growing larger until it transformed into a gigantic golden spear, its surface adorned with countless relief patterns of sea monsters.
Swish!
The spear stretched across the entire sky, shooting straight towards Black Cloud City with a thunderous roar.
The light completely dyed everything in the world golden.
All the monsters and Black Army soldiers passing below, regardless of their level, were instantly transformed into golden sculptures, frozen in place, under the golden light radiating from the spear.
At this moment, Hong Lingxiao and the other Blood Ancestors by the mountain peaks all aimed their hands at the floating mountain peaks and poured their own power into them.
Lin Hui also pretended to raise his hand and release his power. But it was just for show.
The calamity energy within him was too unique; he dared not infiltrate the great formation at all, lest he cause trouble and it would be difficult to manage.
One second later.
The enormous golden spear crashed down, slamming heavily into the transparent, invisible hemispherical array above Black Cloud City.
The formation had already transformed into a net-like structure to disperse the pressure. Now, with the influx of a massive amount of various powers, it faintly turned a pale gray and directly withstood the downward thrust of the golden spear.
A deafening roar followed.
Everyone went completely deaf and could no longer hear any sound.
Fortunately, the formation was indeed tough enough, managing to withstand the golden spear and maintain the stalemate.
Everyone inside the formation suffered ear damage from the shockwave, but they quickly recovered and continued to release their power to maintain it.
Time passed day by day. The power of the Mist God's artifact began to weaken.
This is where the Fog People's unlimited power advantage comes into play.
Starting from the beginning of the cycle, the power that the Mist People can absorb is limitless; internal energy and true energy are only limited by the power they can release. What is truly consumed is generally mental energy, since stronger experts can also use virtual energy almost infinitely.
Compared to the Mist God's power, which had to be accumulated slowly, it was several levels stronger in terms of endurance.
As the golden spear slowly dimmed, a deep horn sounded in the distant sky. The golden spear shattered with a crack, exploding into countless golden specks that scattered in all directions.
Wherever the light touched, massive explosions occurred throughout the black cloud formation.
The explosion caused another huge shockwave, which gradually subsided more than ten minutes later.
At this moment, in the distant sky, countless divine beings and mist gods retreated, leaving behind a vast amount of monster corpses and fragments that covered the area around the black clouds, both on land and at sea.
A mixture of strange, foul odors permeated the surroundings.
Chi Chi Chi!
At this moment, three beams of white light broke through the clouds from afar and flew back to the three floating mountain peaks at lightning speed.
At the summit of the third mountain, Gongsun Xinlian's arm had vanished, and she sat wearily in the center of the circular formation.
"The divine forces have withdrawn. Everyone, rest for now. Prepare the Black Army for guard duty. If nothing happens for three days, the order will be lifted."
Her voice carried directly throughout the Third Mountain and the surrounding areas under her jurisdiction.
Soon, the Black Army reserves, who had been waiting, surged out of the inner city walls like a tide, replacing the guards at various locations.
The engineering team responsible for repairing the buildings and city walls also followed suit and began emergency repairs.
Countless sighs of relief and cries of anguish then spread out, and the expressions on the faces of those who had survived the ordeal and those who had lost loved ones formed a stark contrast.
Lin Hui stood on the outer edge of the formation on the mountaintop, looking towards Honglingxiao.
But he discovered that she and Li Hanzhang had vanished without a trace. He was left alone in the same spot.
"Thank you for holding off the Mist God's surprise attack this time. Otherwise, we would have had to lose our reserve inner formation to barely cope with the Vermilion Bird Flame God." Gongsun Xinlian's voice reached his ears at this moment.
"It's what I should do," Lin Hui said in a deep voice.
"The rewards you're due will be issued later, don't worry. Right now, you should go check on your Qingfeng Path first." Gongsun Xinlian gave Lin Hui an appreciative look.
The elder brother and she were right about him; Lin Hui truly played a role comparable to a basic fog person at the crucial moment.
"Yes!" Lin Hui nodded. He bowed, then turned and suddenly lunged down the mountain.
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a few days later.
The reconstruction of Black Cloud was completed at an astonishing speed.
A top bloodline ancestor from the Zhang Yao family, the second city lord of Baoxin Tower, led his engineering team and, in just three days, basically completed the reconstruction of a large number of damaged buildings.
Virtual force is used to lay the foundation and press the bricks; true force and internal energy are used to move and transport heavy objects; destructive-level skeletons are used as steel reinforcement supports; sea monster slime and blood are mixed with sea sand to make concrete.
The constructed buildings were incredibly strong, and their color was the same as before—pure white, pale, and grayish-white.
Now Lin Hui understood why most of the buildings, whether in Black Clouds or Tu Yue, were white.
Because the monster's flesh, skin, and bones are almost entirely white.
Once construction was complete, a deodorizing agent was sprayed on, and everything returned to its original state.
After checking the situation on Qingfeng Road and confirming that there was no damage, Lin Hui went to the inner city to pick up his wife Liu Xiao and the Lin family and others.
Life quickly returned to normal.
Before the aftershocks of the naval battle had completely subsided, the three city lords began to reward their merits lavishly, distributing large quantities of resources and artifacts created from the monster gods.
Numerous caravans from various cities flocked to the area to purchase massive amounts of monster materials.
These materials can be used to make equipment, weapons, medicine, clothing, and almost everything else.
Lin Hui also received a large batch of precious medicines distributed by Xie Chang'an.
At this moment, inside Qingfeng Daoist Academy, he was sitting upright in a reclining chair, drinking the Divine Blood Tea that had just been distributed, feeling the immense energy rapidly surging within his body. He looked satisfied.
Divine Blood Tea is a new medicinal ingredient he recently developed that can help shorten the evolution time of the Blood Seal. It's even more effective than Purple Cloud Mushroom, and with Purple Cloud Mushroom gradually weakening, it has successfully replaced it as a crucial new resource for reducing the Blood Seal's duration.
One pound of Divine Blood Tea powder can be brewed ten to twelve times. Consuming the entire batch can shorten the evolution time by five years.
Very powerful.
But while it is powerful, the price is extremely high.
This is a special precious medicine resource created by the three city lords using evil energy. It is a top-tier resource and was specially made for Lin Hui, who was given a quantity of ten catties.
"Actually, this is a top-grade elixir to increase fertility that Lord Gongsun specially suggested making because you have not had any children for a long time. In fact, very few people need Divine Blood Tea under normal circumstances," Li Yuanyuan reported earnestly from the side.
"Of all things in this world, the most difficult to repay is human kindness," Lin Hui nodded and sighed. "I will remember the kindness of the three city lords."
"Besides the Divine Blood Tea, there's also the top-tier equipment made from the body of the Mist God who died this time—the Abyss Armor. This was also made specifically for you, because apart from you, the other Blood Ancestors basically don't need high-defense armor," Li Yuanyuan continued.
Yes, the Blood Ancestors all self-destructed towards the end, so giving them armor was pointless.
Lin Hui understood.
"In addition, there are one hundred sets each of top-tier weapons and armor, all made of high-grade leather and bone, strong enough to withstand the invasion of internal force at the Zhou Tian level. There is also one captured treasure relic. Furthermore, there are 100,000 Feather Blood and one million Gold Notes."
The rest were all small rewards, obviously meant for his subordinates. But when he heard about the treasure-level relics, Lin Hui's eyes lit up.
A treasure-level relic is a top-tier artifact that can even affect the Fog People. Surprisingly, the three city lords were willing to bestow one upon him.
(End of this chapter)