209: Darkness invades the magic circle, and you are afraid before the battle. You should be punished!

“The array is called the ‘Darkness Invasion Array’. It can absorb and store the power of the Dark World. If there is enough of it, a single burst can expand the Black Curtain infinitely, swallowing the Human Realm.”

“Swallowing the Human Realm.”

Chen Beixuan’s heart trembled.

The Darkness Invasion would continuously reduce physical and magical attack power, and also restrict the effectiveness of holy light healing.

Once the Black Curtain enveloped the Human Realm continent, in less than two hours, humanity would become fish on a chopping block, to be slaughtered at will.

If combined with creatures like the Dark Ant Spider, which are as dense as a tide, humanity would have no power to resist at all!

“How many such arrays are there?”

“The arrays have been under construction for 10 years, and the number changes daily. The last I knew… there were over ten thousand…”

“Over ten thousand?!”

Chen Beixuan was startled.

With so many, he’d be dismantling them until the year of the monkey!

It was simply not something one person could accomplish!

“Besides destroying the arrays, are there any other ways to prevent the Black Curtain from spreading?”

Soul Eleven pondered for a moment, then spoke, “Destroying the Dark World’s core, the ‘Dark Core’, might stop it, but…”

He hesitated, then continued,

“But the Dark Core is in the Land of Darkness, in the Lord of Darkness’s room…”

Upon hearing this, Chen Beixuan felt a headache coming on.

Going in circles, he was back to square one, in a dead end.

“I can only take it one step at a time…”

He was about to dismiss Soul Eleven when he suddenly thought of a question.

“By the way, you all seem unaffected by the mist. How do you do it?”

“Reporting to master, it is an innate ability of the Dark Clan, born from adapting to the environment. It is natural,” Soul Eleven respectfully replied.

Chen Beixuan smacked his lips, then raised his hand to recall him to the Underworld.

It seemed there was no good way to deal with the mist; he could only use the Myriad Realms Kun’s Detection skill as a radar.

The top priority was to accelerate the destruction of the arrays and disrupt the enemy’s plan as much as possible.

He summoned the Myriad Realms Kun and continued to speed in the direction indicated by Xiao Lu…

…

Dark Center, Land of Darkness.

The Great Wizard, sweating profusely, knocked on the door and knelt down in a panic.

“…My Lord, another array has been destroyed…”

“Hmm?”

The Lord of Darkness opened his eyes slightly in surprise and questioned in a deep voice.

“Did you not dispatch the Black Death Guard Captain as I instructed?”

The cold questioning voice was like a heavy hammer, striking hard at the Great Wizard’s heart.

He immediately prostrated himself on the ground, not daring to look up, and said tremblingly.

“I… I conveyed the… the order at the first possible moment, without any error…”

“…Could it be… could it be that they…”

He stammered for a long time, not daring to continue, as the possibility was too low.

“Are you trying to say… they might be dead?”

The Lord of Darkness snorted, “Ten Black Death Guard Captains. Not to mention whether the opponent has that ability, even if they died, their souls should have returned to my hands long ago.”

“If you said there was a mistake, or they passed by, I would understand, but you are so foolish as to believe they died?”

“Fearing battle before it even begins, you shall be punished!”

As the Lord of Darkness’s gloomy voice fell, the Great Wizard felt thousands of steel needles piercing his soul!

Immediately, he writhed on the ground in pain, wailing repeatedly.

“No… My Lord! Spare me… Ow!!”

“…Ah!! I will never dare again…”

…

The soul-piercing pain was excruciating. In just a dozen seconds, the Great Wizard was drenched in sweat, a crumpled mess.

After having him carried away.

The Lord of Darkness tapped his fingers on the armrest of the stone throne, deep in thought.

Based on the route and speed, logically, there should have been enough time for the Black Death Guard to arrive and intercept. Why did something go wrong…

It seemed he was somewhat uneasy, or perhaps wanted to confirm something.

He immediately cast a secret spell to perform a soul connection and communication with Soul Eleven, the leader.

“Hmm?”

The sent link received no response, as if it had fallen into a bottomless pit…

This strange phenomenon immediately alerted him.

The connected party cannot refuse; the only possibility for this situation is that they are dead.

He then tried to connect with the other nine in sequence, but all attempts failed.

His mood gradually sank to the bottom.

They really died…

But… why didn’t their souls return?

A hint of confusion flashed in his eyes; he was utterly baffled.

Even if the opponent possessed the ability to extinguish souls, it was unlikely that not even one out of ten could escape…

Unless… a World God-level being made a move!

“This is bad, something is going to happen.”

His expression changed, and he abruptly stood up, unable to sit still any longer.

He turned around and pushed open the crystal throne, revealing the passage beneath.

The Lord of Darkness quickly descended to the bottom of the passage, arriving in a vast space.

In the center was an ancient crystal ruin, with faint, flowing, glowing blue energy. The ground, walls, everywhere, were pulsating with blue light, bizarre and mysterious.

The crystal seemed like a heart, supplying energy to the entire land.

This was the Dark Core!

And what was astonishing was that a figure was actually sitting inside the crystal ruin!

He saw black, ink-like liquefied energy continuously flowing out of his body, into the pool beneath him, and seeping into the crystal ruin, making the ruin even brighter.

He was actually providing energy to the Dark Core!

“Your Majesty Hodel, your subordinate suspects that another World God has descended into the Dark World. I specifically request your blessing to go and investigate the truth.”

The Lord of Darkness knelt before this person without hesitation, respectfully requesting.

The figure’s identity surfaced.

Dark World God Hodel!

Hearing his words, Hodel slowly opened his eyes, his demonic pupils as sharp as blades.

A coarse, sandpaper-like voice sounded.

“Hidden for ten years, and finally, it’s discovered that something is wrong, hehehe…”

As he spoke, a black streak of light suddenly struck the Lord of Darkness, who was kneeling on the ground.

His strength surged, and his aura became several times more powerful.

“Return immediately after investigating clearly. Do not get entangled in battle. It can save your life. Go…”

“Yes.”

The Lord of Darkness rose and departed.

Hodel closed his eyes again.

The current plan was at a critical juncture; he could not leave the core.

He could only hope that the descending World God would not discover anything amiss on this trip…

…

Meanwhile, on the other side.

The divine envoy dispatched by the Light God Realm had already arrived at the Light Church headquarters.

Light God Envoy Kadela!

Among the twelve divine envoys, Kadela ranked tenth, holding a high position and possessing great strength.

As soon as she landed, the Old Pope and Lydia squeezed out smiles and greeted her.

Red carpets were laid, people lined the path to welcome her, flowers were offered, and they deferred to her to go first.

It had the distinct feel of a high-ranking leader coming for an inspection.

“Welcome, welcome, a warm welcome! Divine Envoy, please come in quickly. We have prepared…”

The Old Pope’s words were cut short by Kadela raising her hand.

She retracted her feathered wings, a flicker of disgust in her eyes, which quickly disappeared.

“No need to waste time. I am here for genesis. Tell me everything you know.”

Her tone was very firm and left no room for doubt.

Upon hearing this.

Everyone present looked a bit awkward…