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White Night's figure disappeared into the depths of the mist, and the dark grey boulders beneath his feet were gradually replaced by a silver-glowing metal.

The surface of this metal was covered with intricate patterns, like solidified lightning. Stepping on it, one could feel a faint suction, as if it wanted to draw out the Thunder Law within his body.

His fingertips moved slightly, and the poseidons ring emitted a light blue halo, forming a barrier that isolated the metal's suction.

After walking for about half an hour, the sound of gears turning suddenly came from the mist.

White Night dodged behind a tilted stone pillar, only to see twelve Bronze Puppets revolving around the corpse of a Divine Abomination in the open space ahead.

The puppets' bodies were cast from brass, with purple crystals embedded in their joints. They held ancient-looking halberds, from the tips of which dripped silver-white liquid.

Divine Abomination blood!

The Divine Abomination's corpse had already been dismembered into dozens of pieces, with dark gold scales scattered on the ground. A half-broken longsword was stuck in one of the scales, its hilt carved with the emblem of the Star Palace of Feather Assassins.

The Bronze Puppets placed the Divine Abomination's bones into the grooves in their chests. Red light glowed in the grooves, and the bones gradually melted in the red light, turning into wisps of grey-black airflow that were absorbed into the puppets' bodies.

"Star Palace of Feather Assassins' puppets? Are they using the Divine Abomination's remains to strengthen the puppets?" A hint of surprise flashed in White Night's eyes.

He noticed that each Bronze Puppet had a black crystal embedded in its forehead. A faint shadow of black wings could be seen within the crystal, clearly indicating they were driven by a secret technique of the Star Palace of Feather Assassins.

Just then, the leftmost Bronze Puppet suddenly turned towards the stone pillar, its purple crystal eyes flashing red.

Its halberd thrust out fiercely, transforming into a silver line in mid-air, accurately shooting towards White Night's hiding place.

White Night tapped his toes on the ground, his figure floating up like willow catkins. The Eternal Demon Blade drew an arc in the air, splitting the halberd into two.

"Clang!"

The broken halberd fell onto the metal ground, emitting a crisp sound.

The other eleven Bronze Puppets turned simultaneously, the red light in their chests suddenly surging. Their halberds all pointed at White Night, and the silver-white liquid dripping from the tips corroded small pits into the ground.

White Night did not rush to attack, but instead observed the puppets' formation.

The twelve puppets were arranged in a circle, with equal distances between them. The red light in their purple crystal eyes flashed at the same frequency, clearly indicating shared perception.

"Let's see what you're made of." White Night let out a low cry, and the poseidons ring burst forth with a deep blue light. Hundreds of ice arrows condensed from the water vapor in the air, shooting towards the Bronze Puppets like a torrential rain.

The three puppets at the forefront raised their halberds, their shafts interwoven to form a copper wall. The ice arrows struck the copper wall, instantly turning into water vapor.

Taking advantage of the puppets' defensive gap, White Night activated Time-Space Thunder Step, his figure appearing at a weak point in the formation.

In the gap between the two puppets in the northwest corner, the Eternal Demon Blade was infused with Thunder Law, its blade glowing with a grey-black light as it slashed towards the joint of the left puppet.

"Clang!"

The blade collided with the brass body, but was actually deflected three inches.

Silver-white liquid suddenly sprayed from the puppet's joint, forming a net in the air that covered White Night.

White Night quickly retreated, only to see the puppet on the right already swinging its halberd to stab him. The halberd's trajectory was tricky, precisely blocking all his evasion routes.

"Interesting." A hint of fighting spirit flashed in White Night's eyes.

He suddenly crouched down, placing his left hand on the metal ground. Thunder Law surged through his fingertips, activating the patterns on the ground.

Countless silver electric arcs erupted from the patterns, coiling around the Bronze Puppets like vines.

The electric arcs struck the puppets' bodies, making sizzling sounds, and the red light in their purple crystal eyes flickered momentarily.

In that instant, White Night's figure ghosted through the gap between the two puppets. The Eternal Demon Blade slashed out in a backhand, its grey-black thunder infused with a trace of water elemental law, forming a spiral blade aura.

The blade aura struck the right puppet's chest, shattering the Divine Abomination bones in its groove.

The puppet's movements became noticeably sluggish, and the red light in its purple crystal eyes dimmed somewhat.

The other puppets, seeing this, quickly adjusted their formation, surrounding White Night in the center.

Their halberds suddenly converged, forming a giant copper sphere. The patterns on the sphere's surface glowed red, emitting a scorching aura.

White Night could feel the temperature inside the copper sphere rapidly rising, with the grey-black airflow generated by the burning Divine Abomination bones churning within. It was clearly preparing a killing move.

"Trying to trap me?" White Night sneered, and the divine thunder core within him suddenly erupted, expanding his Thunder Domain to a hundred zhang.

All the metal ground patterns within the domain lit up, and silver electric arcs converged into a thunder lion. The thunder lion opened its massive mouth and spewed out a grey-black lightning pillar. The lightning pillar struck the copper sphere, emitting a deafening roar.

The red light on the copper sphere's surface flickered violently, and dense cracks appeared.

White Night seized the opportunity. The Eternal Demon Blade's length surged to five zhang. The grey-black thunder and pale golden divinity on the blade intertwined, piercing into the copper sphere through the cracks.

"Boom!"

The copper sphere shattered into pieces with an explosion. The twelve Bronze Puppets were blasted to smithereens, and black crystals arced through the air, falling into the mist.

White Night reached out and caught one of the crystals. It was icy cold to the touch, and the black winged phantom inside had dissipated, leaving only a faint wisp of Shadow Law.

[Obtained Star Palace Demon Crystal * 1]

[Effect: Contains pure Shadow Law, can be used to strengthen shadow-type equipment]

He put away the crystal and his gaze fell on a scale next to the Divine Abomination's corpse.

The edge of the scale was engraved with a golden pattern, through which flowed a faint light, subtly resonating with the runes on the bronze giant gate.

White Night picked up the scale, and a pure Metal Law surged into his body. A slight tremor came from the direction of the bronze giant gate, clearly indicating that another rune had been lit.

"Metal Law key..." White Night put the scale into his backpack and continued forward.

The metal ground gradually disappeared, replaced by land covered in white moss. Pale green liquid seeped from beneath the moss, emitting a fresh, grassy fragrance.

A forest appeared in the mist ahead. The tree branches were emerald green, and the leaves were translucent crystal. Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, creating colorful spots of light on the ground.

At the entrance of the forest stood a stone tablet, inscribed with the four ancient seal script characters "Forest of Myriad Woods," and green energy flowed within the characters.

As White Night stepped into the forest, the white moss beneath his feet suddenly writhed, turning into green vines that coiled around his ankles.

The vines were covered with tiny barbs, stained with pale green venom. As the venom dripped, it spawned small red flowers on the ground, their petals opening to reveal sharp teeth within.

"A domain of Wood Law, then?" White Night flicked his wrist, and the Eternal Demon Blade slashed out a circular blade aura. The thunder within the aura chopped the vines into fragments.

But the shattered vines fell to the ground, quickly taking root and sprouting, transforming into more vines that surged forward like a tide.

He looked up at the sky, only to see the crystal leaves absorbing sunlight, converting it into green energy, and injecting it into the vines.

White Night's eyes narrowed. The poseidons ring emitted a deep blue light, and thousands of water droplets condensed from the water vapor in the air, shooting towards the crystal leaves like cannonballs.

The water droplets struck the leaves, making crisp sounds, and tiny cracks appeared on the leaf surfaces.

The injection of green energy was interrupted, and the vines' growth rate noticeably slowed.

White Night seized the opportunity to charge out, activating Time-Space Thunder Step to its limit, his figure weaving through the gaps in the vines, running towards the depths of the forest.

At the center of the forest was a circular altar, upon which stood a towering ancient tree. A green giant dragon was coiled around the tree trunk, its eyes two red gems, emanating the aura of a peak Seventh Revolution.

The branches of the ancient tree were laden with golden fruits. The flow of law could vaguely be seen within the fruits, and the pattern on one of them was exactly identical to the runes on the bronze giant gate.

"Wood Law key!" A hint of joy flashed in White Night's eyes.

Just as he was about to pluck the fruit, the green giant dragon on the altar suddenly opened its eyes, and two red lights shot from its red gem eyes, enveloping him.

White Night felt the energy circulation within his body become sluggish, as if bound by an invisible shackles.

"Outsider, trespassing into the Forest of Myriad Woods and stealing the Fruit of Life, you shall be executed!"

The green giant dragon's voice was like leaves rubbing in the wind, carrying an ancient and majestic aura.

Its massive body slid down from the tree trunk, its dragon claws stepping onto the altar. Countless green thorns instantly grew from the ground, their sharp points glinting with cold light as they stabbed towards White Night.

White Night's Thunder Law suddenly erupted, and the grey-black lightning shattered the red light.

His figure flickered, appearing to the left of the giant dragon. The Eternal Demon Blade was infused with demigod power, its blade glowing with a pale golden radiance as it slashed towards the dragon's wing.

The dragon's wing was as tough as leather. The blade struck it, leaving only a shallow bloodstain.

"A peak Seventh Revolution Wood Dragon, its defense is comparable to an early Eighth Revolution."

White Night secretly thought it was troublesome.

He noticed that some golden moss grew in the gaps between the dragon's scales. The moss emitted a faint light, similar in aura to the golden fruits on the tree.

The giant dragon roared, opening its mouth to spew out a green energy torrent. Wherever the torrent passed, the thorns on the ground grew wildly, forming a green wall that trapped White Night within.

White Night did not meet it head-on, but instead mobilized the power of the poseidons ring. The water vapor in the air condensed into a water dragon. The water dragon collided with the green torrent, erupting in a large amount of mist.

Taking advantage of the pervasive mist, White Night activated the Space Penetration Law, his figure appearing on a branch of the ancient tree.

He reached out and plucked the golden fruit with the rune inscribed on it. The fruit was warm to the touch, and a pure Wood Law surged into his body. A strong tremor came from the direction of the bronze giant gate, clearly indicating that another rune had been lit.

[Obtained Wood Law Key * 1!]

The green giant dragon, discovering White Night had taken the fruit, let out an angry roar. Its massive body crashed into the ancient tree, breaking branches upon impact, and the golden fruits fell one after another.

White Night stepped on the falling fruits, his figure flying out of the forest like a meteor, with the giant dragon's roar and the sound of falling trees behind him... After passing through the Forest of Myriad Woods, the scenery changed again.

A red desert appeared before his eyes. The sand in the desert was dark red, and stepping on it felt like stepping on hot coals, emitting a scorching aura.

On a distant sand dune stood a castle built of obsidian. Black flames, never extinguishing, burned on the castle's spires, and figures could vaguely be seen struggling within the flames.

As soon as White Night stepped into the desert, the sand beneath his feet suddenly boiled, and a giant scorpion covered in red scales emerged from the sand. The scorpion's tail was held high, its stinger gleaming with a dark red light, and its aura reached the peak of the Seventh Revolution.

Seeing White Night, it let out a hiss, and its tail stinger shot out like a javelin. The dark red venom on the stinger left an afterimage in the air.

White Night dodged the stinger. The Eternal Demon Blade slashed out in a backhand, its grey-black thunder intertwined with deep blue water elemental law, forming a spiral blade aura that severed the giant scorpion's tail.

The giant scorpion let out a painful hiss, its massive body rolling in the sand, stirring up a sky full of dust.

In the dust, dozens of giant scorpions emerged from the sand. Although their size was a circle smaller than the leading scorpion, their auras were all above the mid-Seventh Revolution.

White Night's eyes narrowed. His Thunder Law and Water Law erupted simultaneously. Grey-black lightning and deep blue water currents formed a rotating vortex around him. Wherever the vortex passed, the giant scorpions' corpses fell, turning into charred remains or being frozen into ice blocks.

After dealing with the scorpion swarm, White Night continued towards the obsidian castle.

The castle gate was tightly shut. The door knockers were two goat heads burning with black flames, and ancient runes were carved above the doorway, their content related to "Fire Law."

White Night pressed his palm against the gate, activating his Thunder Law and Water Law simultaneously, attempting to trigger the runes.

But the gate showed no reaction. Instead, black flames ignited, spreading up his arm, attempting to burn his divine soul.

White Night frowned. The poseidons ring erupted with a dazzling blue light, extinguishing the black flames.

He realized that to open the castle gate, an item containing Fire Law was needed.

Just then, on the castle's spire, the black flames suddenly surged, and a figure clad in black armor emerged from the flames.

The figure's face was hidden by a helmet, and it held a longsword burning with black flames. Its aura had actually reached the early Eighth Revolution!

Seeing White Night, it let out a low laugh: "Another one come to die? Those wastes from the Star Palace of Feather Assassins couldn't stop you, so you made it this far."

White Night's eyes narrowed. Although there was no Star Palace of Feather Assassins emblem on this person's armor, the black flames on the longsword had similar fluctuations to the purple-black flames of the middle-aged man.

He gripped the Eternal Demon Blade and said in a deep voice, "Who are you?"

"I am the Master of the Skyflame Fortress."

The black-clad man raised his longsword. The black flames at the sword's tip transformed into a raven. The raven circled in the air, letting out a piercing cry, "Die!"

With the first sword swing, black flames surged towards White Night like a tide. The flames were mixed with countless tiny black needles, which contained power that could corrode the divine soul.

White Night simultaneously unleashed his Thunder Domain and Sea God Domain. Grey-black lightning and deep blue water currents intertwined, forming an indestructible barrier. The flames struck the barrier, making sizzling sounds, but could not break through.

With the second sword, the black-clad man plunged his longsword into the ground. The desert around the castle suddenly cracked open, and countless black pillars of fire erupted from the fissures. The pillars of fire formed a giant cage, trapping White Night in the center. The temperature of the fire pillars was extremely high, twisting even space itself. The metal combat boots on White Night's feet began to melt, emitting a pungent odor.

White Night let out a low cry. The Eternal Demon Blade's length surged to ten zhang. The grey-black thunder and pale golden divinity on the blade intertwined, forming a colossal blade that reached the sky.

The colossal blade slashed at the fire pillar cage, splitting the fire pillars in half. The black flames quickly extinguished in the thunder.

With the third sword, the black-clad man burned his divine soul power. The longsword transformed into a black meteor. The meteor contained power that could destroy everything, shooting towards White Night's chest.

White Night's eyes narrowed. He infused all the power within him into the Eternal Demon Blade. The blade glowed with unprecedented brilliance. Grey-black thunder, deep blue water currents, and pale golden divinity perfectly merged within the blade.

"Thunder • Sea God • Slash!"

The moment the blade aura collided with the meteor, the entire desert trembled. Black flames, grey-black lightning, and deep blue water currents annihilated each other, erupting in a dazzling light.

When the light dissipated, the black-clad man had vanished.

Only a longsword burning with faint black flames and a red crystal remained on the spot. The crystal contained pure Fire Law.

[Obtained Fire Law Key * 1!]

[Obtained Equipment: Skyflame Sword (Luminous Moon Grade)]

"What's going on with this person?"

White Night's expression was grim.

He put away the key and the longsword.

He looked at the obsidian castle.

At this moment, the castle gate had opened. Behind the gate was a passage leading underground. Red magma flowed in the passage, and the light of other Law Keys could vaguely be seen within the magma.

Taking a deep breath, he stepped into the passage...