Night of Despair-Chapter 498: Mission 496 Part 2

Whoosh!

Seventy-three colorful mirror figures faced thousands of dense black-winged stone statues head-on.

All the colorful mirrors raised their hands simultaneously, Void One Finger.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!!

In an instant, the dense black stone statues shattered and fell.

Immediately after, the colorful mirrors released a massive spiritual energy pressure, instantly suppressing and slowing down the reaction of these black-winged stone statues.

Then, like seventy-three pulverizing blades, they madly annihilated the flying black stone statues.

For a moment, there were massive vibrations, explosions, and the dense sound of metal shearing.

Yu Hong stood by the window, his entire body glowing with a reddish-purple light. That was a sign of fully exerting the Tai Ling Skill.

The Immortal Level inner strength allowed the Cai Jing Taoists to quickly repair and recover, even if accidentally dispersed and severely damaged.

"I see, ordinary attacks are no longer meaningful against the Immortal Realm.... No wonder it’s named Immortal. Only Immortal can completely shatter the structure of Immortal...." Yu Hong watched large swathes of black stone statues being quenched while the seventy-three colorful mirror Taoists remained unharmed. He finally understood the meaning and weight of Immortality.

Each black stone statue actually wasn’t weak and could reach the level of the Golden Armor Dragonhead people without using Instantaneous Movement and special abilities. Even in speed and strength, they were higher.

They were not lacking in moments when they could smash and sever the colorful mirror Taoists.

But the final outcome was that the colorful mirror Taoists quickly repaired their bodies, unaffected, while they, once smashed, could not regenerate.

It’s not that they lacked regenerative abilities, but it’s as though being smashed by Immortal, their energy structure was also shattered and dispersed....

Yu Hong’s eyesight was now terrifyingly sharp, easily discerning some details.

He could see that the shattered black stone statue fragments were struggling to recombine, but his Tai Ling Skill inner strength also dispersed light points, quickly extinguishing this recombining phenomenon.

"Is this the suppression of higher-level regeneration and revival abilities?"

He mused.

Soon, the statues outside were completely quenched.

Everything quieted down.

The Black Black Spirit continued to fly forward.

The seventy-three colorful mirror Taoists guarded both sides.

Yu Hong completely let go of the Black Black Spirit’s control, allowing it to act on its own.

The main characteristic of the Savior Ship is self-propelled action to find Source Material and the land of vitality.

This was also the fundamental reason why Patrol Chief Margaret asked him to come and investigate.

The Black Black Spirit floated and traversed over this city that seemed to be burning with magma.

Soon, a huge silhouette appeared in the black smoke ahead.

It was an ultra-large black-winged statue over a thousand meters tall.

The statue half-kneeled in the vast cluster of buildings, resembling an adult amidst a pile of small toy models.

Its body was like a mountain peak, with four black wings extending behind it, and a black crown with thorn-like spikes on its head.

Its eyes were burning with fierce dark red flames.

Yu Hong’s expression slightly tensed, controlling the colorful mirror Taoists to instantaneously move over and use Void One Finger.

Sizzle!

An invisible finger power abruptly blasted a small hole in the statue, but that was it.

The statue ignored it, raising its hand to punch towards the Black Black Spirit.

There was no extraordinary phenomenon, just extremely fast speed.

The distance of over a thousand meters was crossed in an instant.

The Black Black Spirit had no time to evade, getting hit directly.

Boom!!!

The ship shook violently, the struck upper back exploding with a burst of black debris.

At this moment, the other colorful mirror Taoists swarmed up, repeatedly performing Void One Finger, blasting patches of small holes on the gigantic statue.

But such an impact was minimal.

Although each of these small holes had a diameter of over a dozen meters, they were of no consequence to the thousand-meter-tall four-winged black stone statue.

Yu Hong checked the degree of damage to the hull. By percentage estimation, it was roughly 3%.

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’The previous damage hasn’t been repaired, it seems I can’t continue to withstand it head-on.’

The initial confrontation was to test the opponent’s destructive power for a solid understanding.

But there was no need for it afterward.

Whoosh!

Seeing the enormous fist approaching swiftly for a second time.

Yu Hong decisively activated the Isolation State.

The Black Black Spirit emanated layer upon layer of transparent ripples mid-air, then quickly vanished from sight.

In the next instant, the enormous fist, nearly a hundred meters in diameter, swept through where the Black Black Spirit had been, striking empty air.

The remaining colorful mirror Taoists once again charged up, frantically destroying the gigantic four-winged statue.

Unfortunately, the effect was minimal.

After a while of fighting, the four-winged statue flapped its wings, and its entire body quickly healed as if nothing had happened.

’This guy isn’t affected by Immortal Energy?’ Yu Hong, hidden in the Isolation State, observed frowningly.

He discovered that the external corrosion of Immortal Energy had a duration. For oneself, it’s capable of remaining always intact, and rapid recovery even when damaged.

But the external damage and impact effect could only last for a period of time.

This period was approximately five to ten minutes.

He memorized this time limit.

The Black Black Spirit silently flew over the four-winged statue, continuing deeper.

Once the colorful mirror Taoists dragged the statue, they quickly dissipated on their own.

Yu Hong released the control, standing in the Main Control Room, watching the dark red city as it became deeper and deeper outside.

Suddenly, a silhouette appeared in mid-air ahead at the deepest point.

It was a humanoid figure bound by countless magma chains.

Numerous magma chains, glowing with a slightly dazzling red light, converged to a point, all bound to the armored human at the center.

The armored man was about two meters tall, with two dark red spiral horns on his head, wearing heavy red-black armor over his entire face and body.

His body was full of cuts, scars, and burn marks.

He hung his head low, motionless, as if dead, quietly suspended in the air.

Yu Hong stood inside the Black Black Spirit in Isolation State, carefully observing this humanoid through the circular window.

’The appearance looks very much like the legendary great demon. But this is the depths of the Source Disaster.... These buildings, this humanoid, what on earth is....’ Yu Hong had a tight frown.

At that moment, the humanoid slowly raised its head, as if sensing Yu Hong’s gaze.

"This is the Third Epoch of Destruction.... the Great Annihilation has begun.... all things will be destroyed.... order will crumble, and chaos will come...."

An old and trembling voice echoed inside the Black Black Spirit.

"Whoever you are, please bring the message out.... I can no longer leave this period...."

"With the eternal wind of flow, return to where you came...."

That voice gradually weakened, becoming quieter.

Then, the armored humanoid slowly faded away, together with the surrounding endless magma chains, all disappearing without a trace.

Yu Hong widened his eyes, using all his eyesight to search, yet found not a single lingering trace.

Outside, it was still the dark red dilapidated city, yet not a single trace of the armored humanoid could be found in the city skies.

Even the magma chains were nowhere to be seen.

Recording the scene just now, Yu Hong exhaled.

The Black Black Spirit continued to hover and roam in the air.

After an unknown length of time. Perhaps half a day, perhaps two days.

All timing devices within Yu Hong’s ship had stopped, causing him to lose his sense of time.

Only the countdown of the Black Mark on the Outer Eye continued to flow.

This roughly let him know how long he had been here.

’Twenty-three hours?’ Yu Hong poured himself a cup of hot water, sipping slowly.

While also keeping a close watch on the changes outside.

Finally, the Black Black Spirit stopped moving.

It floated over something resembling a black building structured like an accordion.

There was no sign of any Source Material nearby.

With a thought, Yu Hong summoned a colorful mirror Taoist to fly down to that building.

After wandering within the building for a while, no anomalies were found.

However, on the walls, there was a large amount of unrecognizable text records.

All these records were captured by Yu Hong using a translator.

"Overall, this place isn’t dangerous, so why didn’t Margaret enter herself to look?"

Yu Hong furrowed his brow, pondering the reason.

He didn’t believe the gigantic four-winged statue would be Margaret’s opponent, there must be another reason.

Controlling the Black Black Spirit, he flew out.

Yu Hong quickly returned to the entrance he had originally come through and emerged.

Outside, Harvey and that blonde twin-tails were still waiting there.

Seeing the Black Black Spirit emerge and deactivate the Isolation State, both of them appeared surprised.

"Done so quickly?" Harvey exclaimed in amazement.

"Quick? I was inside searching for a day and found nothing." Yu Hong opened the door and jumped out, landing.

"A day?" Harvey asked, surprised, "It hasn’t been a day; you were only in there for less than five minutes."

"Hmm?!?!" Now it was Yu Hong’s turn to be shocked.

He clearly saw through the countdown of the Black Mark that he had spent twenty-three hours after entering, but why did Harvey say he was only in there for less than five minutes??

"Regardless, let’s report back to our teacher first." Harvey said seriously, "If what you said is true, then there is possibly a chaotic time current involved here, requiring a re-adjustment of the sealing."

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Patrol Chief’s Palace.

Margaret was conversing with a robust humanoid figure composed entirely of flames.

Both were seated in black stone high-back chairs within the grand hall, with various food and drinks tinged with a faint purple hue laid out in front of them.

"You’re still the same, Margaret." The flame humanoid expressed dissatisfaction, "But this matter cannot be decided by us Patrol Chiefs. This is the decision of the Arcane Circle and it cannot be altered."

"Rumors of the Great Annihilation beginning are spreading everywhere, everything is being equally destroyed. Order will perish, chaos will come, this is not mere rhetoric. Over the past few thousand years, how many have left the Floating City because of this? They were tired of the unchanging rigid rules. They didn’t want to just follow the steps towards demise, but try to find a more appropriate and accepting path for themselves!" Margaret said lowly.

"Rules are rules, breaking them is the beginning of shaking all foundations." The flame humanoid said firmly.

"Of what use are those meaningless foundations? Cannon fodder for fighting on the front lines against the Source Disaster?" Margaret laughed.

"Time Rifts are different. Entering recklessly at our level will inevitably lead to unpredictable chaotic results." The flame humanoid said solemnly.

"But in our era, all available Source Material has been exhausted. Where else can we search next? Apart from the past and future, we have no other choice." Margaret countered.

"So you let a Savior Ship enter the Time Rift to help you find Source Material? Anyway, he’s weak, won’t have too much of an impact?" The flame humanoid asked.

"Is that not okay?"

"The Savior Ship does have the least impact, but...."

"No buts, Andre, as long as you, being the Time Patrol Chief, don’t report it, everything isn’t a big problem." Margaret said earnestly.

"We are friends, childhood friends! Aren’t we?" she added.

"Sigh...." The flame humanoid Andre sighed helplessly, "You’re going to cause big trouble.... Margaret."

"What does that have to do with us?" Margaret smiled, "According to the first principle of time, it is impossible for us to interfere with the time of our universe. So the time and source material we can access belong to other universes, and if their Source Material decreases, what’s that got to do with us?"

Andre was silent.

He picked up the wine pot and took a sip.

He asked once again.

"What about that Savior Ship? How do you intend to handle it? You don’t really plan to give him the Star Spirit Alloy?"

"How could I. Something that will be imprisoned and never released in a few decades, giving Star Spirit Alloy to such a small thing is just a waste, isn’t it?" Margaret laughed. "When I get the information, I’ll just chase him away. Anyway, the little fellow that lasts only decades, he has no future to speak of."

Andre was speechless, continuing to drink.