C472 The Dark Corner of the Curtain!
"Kill her!"
Fei Yi's command echoed through the crowd with a demonic howl.
As Mo Yan struggled to suppress the Blood Altar, Fei Yi, a disciple of the Devil Palace, led the charge against Lin Zhuyun, who was possessed by the Sky Fiend.
At sea, the Devil Palace disciples distanced from Lin Zhuyun unleashed their dark arts and weapons.
Dark lightning, knives, forks, and spears emitted blinding light, carrying a torrent of evil energy that engulfed Lin Zhuyun in an instant.
Crackling sounds pierced the air as the green flames surrounding Lin Zhuyun crackled with energy.
Lin Zhuyun's assault was relentless!
The cursed artifacts and evil weapons near her, weakened by the green flames, lost their demonic luster and spiritual essence, their former ferocity and brilliance extinguished.
With a hiss, streaks of green lightning struck the evil disciples, igniting them in fierce flames.
Their agonized screams could not be contained, echoing desperately from their lips.
One by one, charred corpses formed in the wake of Lin Zhuyun's Sky Fiend-empowered onslaught.
Qi Nandou's clothing ripped as a walnut-sized bulge formed at his elixir field, filled with refined vitality on the brink of bursting.
The Ethereal Vial, with flames burning within, became the source of his searing pain, as if it were consuming his elixir field.
In his excruciating agony, he managed to focus a sliver of his consciousness and send it to the Bone-Devouring Shuttle.
The Bone-Devouring Shuttle, aglow with a ghostly white light, suddenly abandoned him.
Carrying the essence of death and the wails of lost souls, the Bone-Devouring Shuttle dodged both Lin Zhuyun and the chilling green flames, heading straight for the Spawn of Chaos.
"Bang!"
A Colddeath corpse, charred by the green flames, collided with the Bone-Devouring Shuttle as it flew past.
The impact caused the Bone-Devouring Shuttle to wobble, scattering green sparks over the surface of the White Bone Flying Shuttle.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
One after another, flame-engulfed corpses flew like lightning, crashing into the Bone-Devouring Shuttle.
With each collision, the corpses disintegrated like exploding embers.
Skeletons charred to blackened cinders by emerald flames seemed to have expended their final warmth, crumbling into dust. Yet, the scattering of green sparks struck the Bone-Devouring Shuttle, rendering the skeletal Flying Shuttle unbearably heavy. Its velocity, as it aimed for the Spawn of Chaos, slowed to an abnormal crawl.
All those who had been assaulting Lin Zhuyun were rooted to the spot in shock. Amidst the raging flames, Lin Zhuyun stood with her eerie green eyes shining more sinister and brilliant than ever. And then, she halted.
She ceased her assault on Qi Nandou and stopped unleashing flames to slaughter those around her.
"She... She possesses spiritual wisdom and is capable of deceit!" Shi Si of the Devil Palace had an epiphany, pointing at the still-burning Lin Zhuyun. "The people she's slain with fire are all in one area. To avoid her, the Bone-Devouring Shuttle diverted its course. But who could have anticipated that the charred remains would interfere with the Shuttle?"
Fei Yi's expression grew grim. "The Sky Fiend is a species of intelligent life, no less cunning than us. She feigned an attack on Qi Nandou to force him to hastily deploy the Bone-Devouring Shuttle, then used the flame-consumed corpses to obstruct it. It appears she's been strategizing since she first began her killing spree!"
Lin Yue and Hou Tianzhao also realized the gravity of the situation. The Bone-Devouring Shuttle, sought by Yu Yuan, was hindered by the corpses and showered with green sparks. Despite its proximity to the Spawn of Chaos, it frustratingly couldn't advance.
Inside the Spawn of Chaos, Yu Yuan watched the Bone-Devouring Shuttle with growing impatience.
"Bone-Devouring Shuttle..." His eyes widened as he seemed to see a wraith shrouded in white mist, tormented by the green sparks, emitting anguished cries.
The artifact soul of the Flying Shuttle, wounded by the green flames, lost control over its movements.
With a sudden burst, the lifeblood in Qi Nandou's elixir field exploded, sending dozens of streams of vitality bursting forth like a dazzling display of fireworks.
Qi Nandou's entire being seemed to have fallen apart. His body, once buoyant in the ocean, now sank limply toward the ocean floor. The essence of his vitality had vanished into the depths.
The Profound Gate within his middle elixir field had collapsed, leaving the vital aperture open, unable to close or seal.
"I... I've got nothing left."
He sat on the ocean floor, moaning feebly. Whether facing Mo Yan or Yu Yuan, who was anxiously eyeing the Bone-Devouring Shuttle, he appeared to be at death's door.
He truly had no strength left to assist Mo Yan or Yu Yuan.
"It's over, it's over. I never imagined I'd meet my end in the Embers Sea."
Mo Yan, seated on the Shadowblade, was enveloped in black demonic blood, cocooned within its darkness. "I can only hope the Demonic Cocoon Spirit Magic allows my Lunar Spirit to escape."
Feeling the Blood Altar's violent activity, Mo Yan grew despondent and prepared to employ another arcane technique from the Devil Palace, seeking an opportunity for his Lunar Spirit to flee.
He was well aware that he was on the brink of losing control over the Blood Altar.
"Now is the moment!"
Dozens of miles away, Liu Ying's delicate cry sparked a dazzling display within the Fallen Star Eyes. Stars blazed as if a celestial river had been drawn into the Fallen Star Eyes, fueling the power of the Lunar Meteorite!
The silvery Fallen Star Eyes transformed into a crescent moon, slowly ascending from the ocean's depths.
The pristine moonlight cast a kaleidoscope of magnificent colors across the water.
As the crescent moon reached a certain height, it abruptly plunged downward.
The crescent, like a silver scythe, slashed toward the sea's edge as designated by Yu Yuan.
An ethereal blue screen suddenly materialized, thickening to convey an unshakable solidity, impenetrable to any force.
"Break through!"
Liu Ying called out loudly at the forefront of the Fallen Star Eyes.
Behind her, massive silver stones shattered into a sky full of fragments.
Kong Banbi, Du Huang, Su Yan, and the others all fixed their gaze ahead.
A tiny silver spark detonated within the blue screen, unleashing a thunderous roar, with millions of tiny stars instantly converging into the brilliant flash.
The silver light shimmered with infinite sharpness as it pierced toward the luminous azure light curtain.
Puff!
The light curtain was gradually chiseled open, revealing a hole as tiny as a grain of rice.
The moment the hole appeared, it was as though a flame of hope had been ignited. The dark, sealed Embers Sea was bathed in an ever-brightening glow from the pure moonlight of the Fallen Star Eyes.
The sealed world was shattered!
The vast "Azure Veil" that separated two worlds was no longer an impenetrable barrier!
Rip!
The veil of darkness slowly tore open. When the tear was large enough, the Fallen Star Eyes, in the shape of a waning moon, squeezed through and began its slow march toward the realm of freedom.
Simultaneously.
Yu Yuan, standing within the Spawn of Chaos and inside the Crucible of Evil, trembled slightly.
In the next instant, everyone witnessed Yu Yuan's eyes burst with an excited gleam.
Mo Yan, on the verge of performing the Spirit Magic to sever the Lunar Spirit from the corporeal body, witnessed Yu Yuan's sudden transformation and felt a spark of survival reignite within him. "Could it be...?"
"Yu Yuan!"
Yan Lu called out instinctively from the water.
Before their eyes, eight crimson flames emerged behind Yu Yuan.
The flames quickly transformed into eight scarlet divine rays, materializing behind his head.
As everyone watched in astonishment, the divine rays contracted sharply, becoming eight fiercely burning miniature suns.
The burning suns blazed overhead, casting their intense light into the depths of the Spawn of Chaos.
The Abyssal Leviathan, long concealed and now stirred by Yu Yuan's actions, could no longer hide and was revealed beneath the glow of the eight "miniature suns."
Yu Yuan's eyes, brimming with divine light, fixed upon the Bone-Devouring Shuttle. He silently commanded, "Open the Third Eye!"
Miles away in the serene depths of the Moonfall Sanctuary, a faint sound echoed.
The four ancient black characters, ‘To Know All is to Suffer All’, radiated a black brilliance, as if piercing through space to reach any corner of the Everlands in the blink of an eye.
Yu Yuan extended his empty hand toward the Bone-Devouring Shuttle, beckoning, "Come!"
The Bone-Devouring Shuttle, white and dense, sprang into action at the sound, its artifact soul within instantly healed, and it obediently soared towards him.
As the Bone-Devouring Shuttle streaked through the air, specks of emerald green sparks were forcibly stripped away.
These sparks, resembling a green tail trailing the Flying Shuttle, detached mid-flight and could no longer cling to the Shuttle.