Shu Yan lowered his eyes, looking at the bloody and cruel scene before him. There was no ripple or special feeling in his heart, only a calm and collected focus on the next step.
Under Shu Yan's control, Yinming's Fall let out a crisp cracking sound. Immediately, its silver-white outer shell began to slowly decompose, and layer upon layer of scale-like ripples started spinning rapidly. The next moment, a powerful suction force erupted from beneath Yinming's Fall. In an instant, the fresh blood that had already soaked into the ground began to flow backward, turning into streaks of blood that rose out of thin air and poured into Yinming's Fall.
Flesh and blood were decomposed. In a daze, one could even hear the horrific screams of souls being torn apart. The speed at which Yinming's Fall rotated grew faster and faster, and the screams echoing around became clearer and more distinct.
In the blur, one could even see a few distorted, illusory faces filled with extreme resentment and killing intent. But in the end, whether it was souls, flesh and blood, or even the extremely vast negative emotions and the blood flowing with sin, everything was absorbed into Yinming's Fall...
Streaks of blood connected the sky and the earth, and the surrounding soil and wood also began to slowly decompose and rise. The pressure between heaven and earth in the vicinity surged. Shu Yan's palms closed accordingly. The next moment, Yinming's Fall trembled slightly, followed by a spiritual power fluctuation that soared into the sky, carrying vast negative energy.
Previously, for the sake of stability, Shu Yan did not personally replenish the spiritual power needed for Yinming's Fall. Instead, he found Ice Empress and asked her to do it. As for why not Snow Empress, Shu Yan himself might not be able to fully explain the reason...
At the same time, although Ice Empress's spiritual power strength and quality were not as good as the Snow Empress's, it was still powerful enough. Creating a spiritual power fluctuation with a large impact range was very easy for her.
Just as Shu Yan was contemplating, the dark purple light pillar had already dyed the clouds in the sky an ominous color. Resentment, depravity, evil, slaughter, fear, and other negative energies condensed. Accompanied by a strong spiritual power fluctuation, it spread throughout a hundred-mile radius in just a moment.
Countless Spirit Beasts showed expressions of fear in their eyes, then scattered and fled. For a time, everything within a hundred-mile radius was in chaos. At the same time, such a violent negative energy reaction also attracted the attention of some powerful beings deep within the Star Dou Great Forest.
Snow Empress and Ice Empress exchanged glances, both with a hint of astonishment and worry in their eyes. Xu Jiujiu looked up at the emotionless expression in Shu Yan's eyes and couldn't help but swallow lightly. This... was too intense...
Under such a terrifying impact, Shu Yan's gaze was fixed on the sky, as if he was anticipating the arrival of something.
After about fifteen minutes, the energy stored in Yinming's Fall gradually began to dry up, and the energy light pillar also slowly dimmed. Shu Yan showed no panic in his heart, still waiting patiently, but his hands involuntarily clenched into fists. A sense of tension filled his heart, difficult to dissipate.
The Arrival
In this tense atmosphere, no one spoke. The moment the light pillar completely dimmed, Shu Yan suddenly felt something, then turned back sharply. The next moment, a sudden explosion sounded between heaven and earth.
All light seemed to be completely swallowed in an instant. The light disappeared; the World was shrouded in darkness, and an indescribable pressure descended from the sky. Immediately, a gray airflow came rapidly from afar, and that pressure originated from it.
A relieved smile appeared on Shu Yan's face. He quickly removed the protection from his spiritual sea. A faint greenish-blue light flickered, and the gray airflow seemed to pause for a moment because of this, then accelerated again and swooped toward Shu Yan.
In an instant, before the Ice and Snow Two Emperors could react, the gray airflow had entered Shu Yan's spiritual sea unimpeded through his forehead. The next moment, a very blurry figure slowly appeared behind Shu Yan. An ancient voice, carrying incomparable pressure and power, suddenly sounded in the silent space:
"With hands that grasp the sun and moon, and pluck the stars, there is no one like me in this World. I didn't expect that a trace of my remnant soul could still remain in this World."
As the voice faded, the surrounding darkness immediately receded like a tide, and light reappeared. The smile on Shu Yan's face was no longer suppressed. He looked up at the bright sunshine that had returned to the World, then softly said, "Yi, welcome..."
In Shu Yan's spiritual sea, the gray bead the size of a soybean, which was parasitic in the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife—no, it should be parasitic on the Blade of Life—trembled slightly, as if responding to Shu Yan, but it quickly became silent again, without any more fluctuations.
Shu Yan had no dissatisfaction. He retrieved Yinming's Fall, which was still suspended in mid-air, felt the energy reserves within it that were close to depletion, and sighed helplessly. Then he turned to look at the stunned Ice and Snow Two Emperors and Xu Jiujiu, and said softly, "It went very smoothly. Next, we can leave."
Snow Empress was the first to recover. Her beautiful eyes were lowered, staring intently at Shu Yan. After a long time, she said faintly, "You truly gave me another surprise..."
Ice Empress also recovered immediately, looking at Shu Yan with equally complicated emotions. She opened her mouth but said nothing.
Xu Jiujiu's shock was the greatest, and her mood was the most complex and excited. During this time, Shu Yan had done many things she couldn't understand, which made her feel extremely surprised at one point.
But now, thinking back, every step Shu Yan took was paving the way for the subsequent arrangements. Not a single step was wasted; almost all of them played a huge role. Although the age difference between the two was not large, and she was even slightly two years older than Shu Yan, the gap in maturity had already begun to show...
Besides the shock, Xu Jiujiu's emotions were a mix of joy and apprehension. The joy was for Shu Yan's composure and excellence, and the apprehension was also for the talent Shu Yan displayed and his maturity far exceeding his peers.
This feeling was difficult to explain, and she couldn't articulate it clearly for a while, but more than anything, she was happy for Shu Yan.
Shu Yan's smile remained unchanged. He looked at the three of them, then said softly, "I've done a lot of messy things during this time. I'll explain in detail when we get back. Now, we should return to Star Luo City."
The Snow Empress stared at Shu Yan again for a while, emotions flowing in her eyes. But then, her gaze suddenly looked toward the depths of the forest behind Shu Yan. Ice Empress's gaze also followed. Shu Yan was pulled behind by Snow Empress. At the same time, Snow Empress's clear and cold voice sounded in his ear again:
"Di Tian, since you're here, show yourself. Hiding around, that's not like your style."
The Ice Empress protected Shu Yan and Xu Jiujiu behind her, also looking at the dark forest not far away. Shu Yan wasn't very surprised. He held Xu Jiujiu's hand and quietly comforted her for a few words, then also narrowed his eyes slightly and looked in the direction of the Snow Empress and Ice Empress's gaze.
In the quiet forest, sunlight filtered through the gaps in the canopy; everything was as beautiful as if nothing had happened. But the next moment, without any warning, steady footsteps echoed in the ears of the four people. Every step seemed to tread directly on their hearts. Even without a trace of spiritual power fluctuation, it was enough to make people feel an absolute sense of suffocation and oppression...