221: Devouring Dark Creatures Rune

A terrifying pressure surged toward him.

"Swoosh...!"

With a wave of his hand, Qin Feng first stored Qingqing inside the Bronze Space.

"Double Pupils, open!"

Immediately, Qin Feng's Double Pupils opened, and two beams of Divine Light shot out, staring directly into the crack below.

Under the gaze of the Double Pupils,

Qin Feng could clearly see a colossal creature breaking through the ground.

It was at least a Dark Creature of the Great Emperor Realm.

Because Qin Feng felt a powerful sense of oppression.

This feeling definitely did not come from a Quasi-Emperor.

The Empress of the Underworld also saw the thing beneath the crack.

But she didn't panic at all, looking completely calm.

"Xiao Feng, step back for now. Leave it to me!"

She raised her right hand and waved it gently; a soft surge of Spiritual Qi sent Qin Feng a thousand miles away.

Qin Feng was no match for a Dark Creature of the Great Emperor Realm.

She had to slay it by herself.

Holding her Imperial Weapon longsword, the Empress of the Underworld acted without hesitation, swinging the Imperial Weapon and striking down with a single sword.

She had just picked up the Imperial Weapon and was already using it to kill enemies.

The Dark Creature underground hadn't expected that it would be killed just as it woke up.

"Swoosh...!"

A sword light shot straight into the clouds.

Then, it plunged straight down, charging toward the Dark Creature beneath the ground.

"Sizzle...!"

Within the Sword Qi was the aura of the Great Dao as it pierced through the Void Realm.

"Boom...!"

The Sword Qi crisscrossed, ruthlessly piercing the skull of the underground Dark Creature with a loud bang.

Instantly, an aftershock continuously spread outward.

Countless corpses were blown away, and heaven and earth fell silent under this single sword strike.

The ground's trembling grew even more violent.

A single strike to the throat, leaving the Dark Creature no chance to retaliate.

It seemed simple, but in reality, this sword strike contained the Ancient Great Law and the Power of the Dao.

To be able to become the first emperor of the Underworld,

how could the Empress of the Underworld be so simple?

Coupled with her explosive growth in cultivation over the past few years, it was perfectly reasonable for her to slay a newly awakened Dark Creature in one blow.

"If you can sleep, then just stay asleep!"

"You just had to come out and court death."

Beneath the ground, strands of Law Power flickered as the Empress of the Underworld muttered.

The newly awakened Dark Creature had plenty of pressure.

But its strength was somewhat disappointing.

It was slain by the Empress of the Underworld in a single encounter.

Dark Creatures are extremely powerful among those of the same rank.

If a Great Emperor like Qi Daolin were here, he would probably have to fight for decades.

But for the Empress of the Underworld and her ilk, it was different.

A veteran Great Emperor, paired with an Imperial Weapon, could wipe it out with ease.

"Swoosh...!"

With a flicker, the Empress of the Underworld arrived beside Qin Feng.

"You weren't scared, were you, Xiao Feng?"

The Empress of the Underworld looked at Qin Feng and asked with a faint smile.

"No, is... is it already settled?"

Qin Feng shook his head, asking in disbelief.

How long had it even been?

It had only been a few seconds.

"It's just an ant. Never mind having just awakened; I could still kill it in an instant even at its peak."

"Did you think I was weak?"

The Empress of the Underworld rolled her eyes and said.

After speaking, she took Qin Feng's hand quite naturally.

"No, no, how could someone who can kill a Great Emperor in an instant be weak?"

"Come, take me to see it."

"What a Dark Creature of the Great Emperor Realm looks like."

Qin Feng said with a slight smile.

He wanted to see if he could devour it.

Although it was an ant in the eyes of the Empress of the Underworld, it was nourishment for Qin Feng.

If it can be devoured, try not to let it go to waste.

"Alright...!"

The Empress of the Underworld nodded and brought Qin Feng back to the battlefield.

Here, a massive crack had opened in the ground, like a ravine.

It was a thousand feet deep, a hundred feet wide, and stretched for unknown miles.

Strands of Sword Qi were still surging within the ravine.

Clearly, this was the aura of the Empress of the Underworld.

Further down, a scalding aura was continuously overflowing.

The Imperial Qi was becoming thinner and thinner.

In the ravine, black liquid was also constantly roiling.

Perhaps that was the blood of the Dark Creature.

"Mo Yun, I'm going down to take a look. Protect me."

Qin Feng said, looking at the black blood.

Although the Dark Creature was dead, its blood had not dried up, and the Imperial Qi was still there.

It seemed that after a while, it would awaken again.

If this continued, wouldn't it be inexhaustible and impossible to fully kill?

Qin Feng wanted to completely obliterate it, not just kill it temporarily.

"Xiao Feng, it's too dangerous."

"You'll be infected by the Dark Creature."

"It's fine, trust me."

Qin Feng gave a faint smile and directly flew down.

Arriving inside the ravine,

Qin Feng then activated the Swallowing Heaven Emperor Technique.

Immediately, a suction force spread out, devouring all the surrounding Imperial Qi.

The Imperial Qi was extremely violent and carried a thick Killing Intent.

Within the black blood were eerie Runes.

It didn't seem like the Dark Creature was controlling the Runes; rather, it was the Runes controlling the Dark Creature.

"Whir...!"

Countless strands of Imperial Qi and Runes swirled around Qin Feng.

Then, they entered Qin Feng's body one after another.

Seeing this, the Empress of the Underworld's face turned slightly pale.

These were the Runes of a Dark Creature; if infected, Qin Feng might lose his sanity.

"Swoosh...!"

The Empress of the Underworld hurriedly raised her hand, and a holy light flashed from her fingertips.

The holy light enveloped Qin Feng.

"Xiao Feng, are you okay?"

"Those Runes are unusable. You'd better not touch them."

The Empress of the Underworld pulled hard, dragging Qin Feng out of the ravine.

Qin Feng's cultivation was interrupted because of the Empress of the Underworld's intervention.

He had only devoured over a dozen Runes and a tiny bit of Imperial Qi.

However, Qin Feng didn't feel the slightest bit of discomfort.

"Mo Yun, don't worry."

"I'm fine."

Qin Feng put away his Cultivation Technique and said with a slight smile:

"If it goes on like this, it will wake up again; it can't be completely obliterated."

"However, I can make it so that it never wakes up again."

"Completely erase it."

Hearing this, the Empress of the Underworld fell into deep thought.

The reason Dark Creatures kept waking up was that they couldn't be completely obliterated.

Whether in ancient times or the present,

those Dark Creatures would fall silent for a period and then reappear.

It was quite frustrating.

Of course, if one used Rune Treasured Arts to wear down the opponent's Runes, they could also be completely destroyed.

However, it would take a very long time.

At least a thousand years.

"Xiao Feng, then give it a try!"

"If it doesn't work, don't force it."

The Empress of the Underworld said after thinking.

Qin Feng was someone whose birth caused the Immortal Path to tremble; he was certainly not simple.

Perhaps he was the nemesis of the Dark Creatures.

"Alright!"

Qin Feng nodded and, turning into a streak of light, returned to the ravine once again.

This time, without the Empress of the Underworld's interruption, he decided to devour on a massive scale.

He would turn all these Runes and Imperial Qi into his own strength.

The second layer of the Swallowing Heaven Emperor Technique: Devour everything of other living beings.

Dark Creatures are also living beings; they can be devoured just the same.

"Whir...!"

Qin Feng sat cross-legged in the black blood, extracting the Runes one by one.

Then, he purified all the unclean elements on the Runes.

The same went for the Imperial Qi!