The Yellow Birds Fight

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

The atmosphere in Black Mountain City was oppressive to the extreme. The Devilish Qi emanating from the depths of the Black Mountain Range mixed with miasma, leaving the sky gray and gloomy all day long. Sunlight could barely penetrate through, as if a massive lead weight were pressing down on everyone's heart. Rumors flew within the city, and people were in a panic. Many Mortals had already begun to flee with their families, only to be forcibly blocked by the City Lord's Mansion under the pretext of "martial Law," adding further to the panic.

Nightmare had made no major moves over these three days. Like the most patient hunter, he lay quietly in wait near the West City Shantytown. Using the power of the demonic vine and the life leaf talisman, he adjusted his state to the Peak, like a fully drawn bow, waiting only for the moment to arrive to loose a fatal shot.

He could clearly feel that the massive Blood Sacrifice array beneath the ground was gradually "awakening," greedily absorbing the negative emotions permeating the air and the vitality constantly draining from the prisoners in the three strongholds. A heart-wrenching, evil fluctuation was pulsating from the sinkhole altar, growing stronger and clearer, like the heartbeat of a sleeping giant beast.

"The heavenly timing is near!"

The third day, at the Hour of the Rat.

As the last glimmer of daylight was completely swallowed, the moment when Yin Qi was strongest in the world arrived.

Hum—!

A low hum, which seemed to resound deep within everyone's Soul, suddenly erupted from the depths of the Black Mountain Range!

The entire Black Mountain City shook violently! Dust from the ground fell in rustles!

In the West City Shantytown, those three Sacred Cult strongholds simultaneously erupted with sky-piercing pillars of blood-red light! Within the pillars, countless twisted and painful Soul phantoms wailed and struggled, as massive amounts of flesh and blood essence and life energy were forcibly extracted, surging crazily along the pre-carved rune lines toward the open space in the center!

Rumble!

The ground in the center of the open space cracked open violently, and a massive altar constructed of blood and bones slowly rose from underground! The altar was carved with countless twisted and eerie demonic patterns, which were crazily devouring the energy gathering there!

Lin Langtian and two other Middle Golden Core Sacred Cult Cultivators appeared at three directions of the altar. Their expressions were fanatical, their hands pinching ancient and evil incantations, guiding the Blood Sacrifice energy, and they were chanting something, seemingly calling out to something.

"The time has come! Respectfully welcome the Sacred Artifact!" Lin Langtian suddenly looked up and shouted sharply!

In the distant sky, a streak of black light tore through the air at an astonishing speed and landed in Lin Langtian's hand. It was none other than a jet-black, archaic-looking short cone with a strange eyeball embedded at the top—the world-breaking cone!

Holding the world-breaking cone, Lin Langtian wore a look of madness and devotion, injecting all his Demonic Essence into it!

The eyeball on the world-breaking cone suddenly lit up, shooting out a twisted black beam of light that fiercely pierced into the Void Realm at the center of the altar!

Rip!

Space was torn open like cloth! On the other side of the tear, it was not the ordinary Void Realm, but a sealed space rolling with endless Devilish Qi and evil will! Vaguely, a huge heart covered in demonic patterns and slowly beating could be seen, entangled by countless chains!

The Demonic Heart! The Seal had indeed been torn open a gap!

"Not enough! Still not enough! Increase the sacrifice!" Lin Langtian roared hoarsely, veins popping on his face!

The other two Sacred Cult Cultivators immediately channeled their incantations, and the rate at which the prisoners' life force in the three strongholds was draining suddenly accelerated, with screams echoing one after another!

Just at this critical moment!

A sudden change occurred!

Several intense spiritual power fluctuations suddenly erupted from within the three strongholds!

"Sacred Cult monsters! Stop being arrogant!" An angry shout rang out!

It turned out that the three Law Enforcement Emissaries of the Sky Patrol Alliance, who had been rescued by Nightmare, had forcibly broken through some of the Restrictions and launched a fierce attack! Sword light flashed, Talismans exploded, and they fiercely bombarded several key nodes of the Blood Sacrifice array!

At the same time, the prisoners on whom Nightmare had planted Demonic Essence marks suddenly erupted with a weak but tenacious vitality, temporarily resisting the extraction of the Blood Sacrifice, and a voice guiding them to a direction simultaneously rang in their minds!

"Run!"

Chaos erupted instantly! The prisoners struggled, cried out, and followed the guidance to charge crazily at the cages! The guarding Sacred Cult Cultivators were caught off guard for a moment!

The light of the Blood Sacrifice array flickered violently and became unstable! The torn space crack also vibrated, showing signs of closing!

"Damn it! Rats of the Sky Patrol Alliance! Kill them for me!" Lin Langtian was both shocked and furious, so angry he almost vomited blood, but he was fully channeling the world-breaking cone and could not spare himself!

The other two Middle Golden Core Sacred Cult Cultivators immediately split one person to pounce on the three Law Enforcement Emissaries who were causing the chaos!

The scene instantly fell into a melee!

And at the moment when this chaos reached its peak!

Nightmare, who had been hiding in the shadows, moved!

He did not rush directly toward the altar, but first activated the Phantom Mirage Pearl!

Hum!

A huge, bizarre illusion instantly enveloped the entire West City Shantytown! In the illusion, the Devilish Qi was overwhelming, ghosts were everywhere, and it even simulated several powerful "Nascent Soul Cultivator" aura fluctuations, which fiercely pressed toward the altar!

This sudden illusion of "strong reinforcements" made Lin Langtian and the Golden Core Cultivator guarding him, who were channeling the world-breaking cone, change color drastically, and their minds were instantly lost!

"Nascent Soul old monster?! How is that possible?!"

Now is the time!

Nightmare swallowed the Explosive Demonic Pill without hesitation!

Boom!

A violent, terrifying Demonic Essence that almost tore his Meridians apart exploded in his body instantly! His aura climbed step by step, instantly breaking through the barrier of the Late Golden Core Stage and reaching the Peak Golden Core Stage!

Although he would inevitably be weak afterward, at this moment, he possessed the power to shake the situation!

The Demonic Shadow Evasion Technique was driven to the extreme, combined with the speed boost of the Wind-Devouring Demonic Vine, and Nightmare's figure turned into an almost invisible phantom, like black lightning tearing through the night sky, ignoring the chaotic battlefield and the raging energy storms, and charged straight at Lin Langtian on the altar!

His target was not to kill, but—the world-breaking cone!

"Junior! You dare!" Lin Langtian finally reacted, shocked and angry, wanting to take back the world-breaking cone to defend, but it was already too late!

Nightmare's speed was too fast! Too fast to exceed the reaction limit of a Golden Core Cultivator!

Pfft!

The finger wind containing Xiangliu Poison and Soul-shattering power did not point at Lin Langtian, but precisely pointed at his wrist holding the world-breaking cone!

Lin Langtian screamed, his wrist instantly turned black and rotten, his Meridians were eroded by the highly toxic poison, and his five fingers involuntarily loosened!

The world-breaking cone flew out of his hand!

Nightmare grabbed it in his hand. It was cold and heavy, and the terrifying world-breaking power contained within it made even him feel alarmed!

Without the slightest hesitation, he retreated violently after succeeding, while his mind raced, trying to put this hot potato into the System space!

However, just at the moment when the world-breaking cone was about to be put into the System space!

A change occurred again!

The strange eyeball at the top of the world-breaking cone suddenly turned and fixed its "gaze" on Nightmare! A cold, evil will, filled with endless greed and hunger, poured out like a tide and fiercely rushed into Nightmare's Sea of Consciousness!

It was the will of the Demonic Heart! Through the medium of the world-breaking cone, it sensed the pure Demonic Essence in Nightmare's body and... the breath of the Mysterious Black Stone that made it even more eager!

"Roar—!"

A terrifying roar that seemed to come from Hell suddenly burst out through the not-yet-completely-closed space crack!

Boom!

The entire altar shook violently, and the crack expanded again! A huge demonic claw, condensed from pure Devilish Qi and covered in scales, suddenly reached out from the crack, carrying the terrifying power to destroy the world, and fiercely grabbed at Nightmare! The target was the world-breaking cone in his hand and him!

The power of this blow far exceeded the Golden Core level and had reached the Nascent Soul Stage!

Nightmare's face turned pale instantly! He did not expect that seizing the world-breaking cone would directly attract a remote strike from the Demonic Heart!

Cannot dodge! Cannot block!

Just at this life-and-death moment!

"Prodigy! Presumptuous!"

A cold, angry shout exploded like thunder from the Nine Heavens!

A dazzling cyan sword aura, containing majestic righteousness, shot from afar like a celestial immortal, and precisely slashed onto the huge demonic claw!

Boom!!!

The terrifying explosion was deafening! The energy storm swept in all directions, blowing the entire altar away!

The demonic claw was shattered by one sword, turning into sky-filling Devilish Qi and dissipating!

And the cyan sword aura also dimmed, revealing the phantom of an ancient long sword, on which stood a slightly illusory but cold-faced cyan figure—the Divine Thought Clone of Immortal Master Yuheng!

He had actually arrived too! And the target of his attack seemed to be the claw of the Demonic Heart?!

Nightmare was blown away by the aftermath of the explosion, smashed heavily onto the ground, spat out a large mouthful of blood, and the world-breaking cone in his hand also flew out.

But he couldn't care about his injuries, his eyes were full of suspicion!

The Clone of Immortal Master Yuheng... was helping him? No! His target was also the world-breaking cone and stopping the Demonic Heart!

I saw the Yuheng Clone slash the demonic claw with one sword, and without stopping, reached out and grabbed the world-breaking cone that had fallen to the ground!

On the other side, Lin Langtian, who had recovered from the impact of the Demonic Heart, also pounced on the world-breaking cone crazily!

"Return the Sacred Artifact!"

Further away, the melee between the three Sky Patrol Alliance Law Enforcement Emissaries and the Sacred Cult Cultivators also stopped temporarily, all stunned by this sudden change.

Nightmare suppressed his injuries and the weakness brought about by the aftermath of the medicinal power of the Demonic Pill, and thoughts raced in his mind.

When the snipe and the clam fight, The Fisherman wins!

Now the world-breaking cone has become the focus, but it is his opportunity!

A fierce look flashed in his eyes. Instead of grabbing the world-breaking cone, he suddenly channeled his Demonic Essence and fiercely punched the altar base next to the unclosed space crack!

At the same time, he communicated with the System: "System! Exchange all the Earth Fiend Yin Thunder Orbs that can be exchanged! Blow it up for me!"

[Exchange successful! Consumed 3800 Villain Points, obtained Earth Fiend Yin Thunder Orb * 4!]

Four jet-black, lightning-wreathed orbs instantly appeared in his hands, and he threw them fiercely with all his strength toward the space crack and the altar!

"Not good! Stop him quickly!" The Yuheng Clone and Lin Langtian changed color at the same time, and they could not care about fighting for the world-breaking cone, but it was too late to stop him!

Boom boom boom boom!!!

The four Earth Fiend Yin Thunder Orbs exploded almost simultaneously! The violent Yin Thunder power raged crazily, fiercely impacting the already fragile space crack and the Blood Sacrifice altar!

Crack... Rumble!

The space crack could not withstand this internal and external impact, and it violently twisted, collapsed, and closed!

The Blood Sacrifice altar was blown to pieces, and countless demonic patterns instantly dimmed and collapsed!

"No!!!" Lin Langtian let out a desperate roar, watching the Sacred Cult's grand plan fall short!

The Yuheng Clone also let out a muffled groan, his illusory figure becoming a bit fainter, obviously consuming a lot to maintain his existence.

And just in the center of this chaotic explosion and energy annihilation, no one noticed that a trace of extremely subtle, pure dark red blood light escaped from the space crack that was about to close completely, and like a living thing, silently submerged into Nightmare's body who was closest!

[Ding! Absorbed a trace of "Demonic Heart Essence," containing a large amount of pure Demonic Essence Origin and incomplete Demonic Path Laws.]

[Warning! The energy is too massive! Host is about to fall into a forced refinement state!]

Nightmare only felt an indescribable, massive energy instantly pour into his limbs and bones, his eyes went black, and he completely lost consciousness.

His body was thrown away by the shockwave of the explosion, disappearing into the chaotic night and ruins.

Leaving only the messy ground, the various forces in shock and anger, and the world-breaking cone that fell to the ground with dim light.

After The Fisherman, there is still a hunter. And this strife surrounding the Demonic Heart is far from over.

But at this moment, the biggest variable, Nightmare, was forced to leave the scene early, falling into an unknown refinement.