Chapter 753: Laws of Darkness


    "Whew!"


    The Sovereign of the Eventide blended into a ck beam of light that shot towards the heavens at an incredible speed. His followers had also been wrapped up in the ck light, disappearing along with him!


    The Eternal Night domain had disappeared, reducing the suppressive feeling and sense of despair to the soul. The pressure that disappeared suddenly made the legendary Deste race figures feel an excruciating pain to their soul sea instantly.


    The Empyreal Kings were alright, but the weaker Deste race young elites, including Jiang Xiaorou, were in terrible shape. They felt a strong sense of dizziness, the weaker ones even fainted straight away.


    Jiang Xiaorou took a deep breath as she touched her chest, and her eyebrows furrowed.


    She felt a tingling pain in her heart.


    With the Sovereign of the Eventide gone, the legendary Deste race figures were furious but they could not do a thing. The Sovereign of the Eventide had escaped just as they finished setting up the God Confining Lock array.


    Although the God Confining Lock array was extremely powerful, it was not flexible. Typical arrays were used in a defensive manner, and with the Sovereign of the Eventide prepared for it, hoping that he would fly into the array’s effective range and then killing him was very difficult.


    "That shameless person!"


    The former Deste Queen took a deep breath. She was considering on how to use the existing resources to kill the Sovereign of the Eventide, but under careful analysis, the Sovereign of the Eventide’s strength far exceeded anyone of them. Furthermore, the Deste race had been forced to retreat to the remote mountains. Many of the legendary Deste race figures were injured, while the Deste race headquarters, that had umted in strength for tens of millions of years, had been destroyed by the ck-armored Demon God, as such it was abandoned. Under such circumstances, the Sovereign of the Eventide could nearly have total freedom toe and go. It was very difficult for them to prevent that from happening.


    "Qing Kui, are you fine?"


    The former Deste Queen looked at Shepherd Boy. He was covered in blood with his face pale, and one of his arms was fractured.


    He forced augh, saying, "I’m fine. I’ll recover after taking a few days of rest."


    Although Shepherd Boy said so, everyone knew that he was barely holding on. He had yet to recover from the injuries that he received from the ck-armored Demon God. With his blood essence greatly drained, and now, with new injuries added on, it was a problem if he could recover in the future. It might even cause irreparable damage to Shepherd Boy’s potential and lifespan.


    "Qing Kui, Xiaorou and I owe you too much." The former Deste Queen sighed. All these years, the Shepherd Boy had been loyal. Regardless of the danger, he would be first in line to protect them. He had saved the Deste race and Jiang Xiaorou more than once.


    Shepherd Boy smiled again as he shook his head, about to say something. At this moment, a legendary Deste race figure’s expression suddenly changed. He eximed, "Someone has fainted!"


    "Huh!?"


    After experiencing the loss of the God Advent Tower and the attack of the Sovereign of the Eventide, the Deste race were on high alert. Having suddenly heard of people fainting, these legendary Deste race figures rushed there immediately.


    They spread their perception around the pce and they easily discovered the situation.


    In fact, there was not only one person who had fainted.


    More than a dozen young Deste race elites had fainted. A simple check showed that these people had received a spiritual damage!


    A ck energy had entered deep into their soul seas, and spread out in all directions like a spiderweb, bing one with their souls.


    This is...


    The former Deste Queen felt rmed and enraged. The ck energy was filled with Darkness, and without a doubt, it was left behind by the Sovereign of the Eventide!


    The Sovereign of the Eventide had realized that he was no match for the Primordial True Spirits and the Deste race’s array, so he decided to retreat. However, before his retreat, he had cast a tremendously power Eternal Night domain. This Eternal Night domain was not targeted at the legendary Deste race figures, because he knew that against so many legendary Deste race figures, it was unlikely that the Eternal Night domain could have much effect. His target from the very beginning was the young Deste race elites!


    The Darkness-elemental energy had embedded itself into the young Deste race elites’ souls as the Eternal Night domain expanded. It had merged with their souls and began devouring their spiritual energies!


    It would not kill their young elites for the moment, but it would gradually weaken their souls. It was not difficult to remove the Darkness energy, but with the Darkness energy spreading out into numerous strands, it was tightly bound to the young elites’ souls. Wiping out the energy would inadvertently damage the young elites’ souls, and it might even turn them into retards.


    And as for how to extract the Darkness energy? It probably would need someone whose attainment in Laws of Darkness were on a level approaching the Sovereign of the Eventide. And if one searched throughout the entire Tian Yuan world, there were not many legendary figures who cultivated in the Laws of Darkness. As for trying to find someone who surpassed the Sovereign of the Eventide, that was just a joke.


    Instantly, the faces of the legendary Deste race figures turned ugly. The Sovereign of the Eventide had attacked so many young elites in such a split instant, but the fact that he did not kill them was clearly a threat. It increased his chips for negotiation!


    He was still eyeing the Sacred Spirit’s corpse. Probably only by handing over the Sacred Spirit’s corpse would the Sovereign of the Eventide agree to removing the Darkness mark on the young Deste race elites.


    The Sovereign of the Eventide had indulged into such madness.


    The threat of the ck-armored Demon God had yet to been removed, yet he did such a despicable thing to the Deste race. He had ignored his status and attacked juniors. This was an act worthy of condemnation in the martial world.


    "Oh no!" The former Deste Queen’s body suddenly stiffened up. "Rou’er!"


    With a sh, she rushed straight at Jiang Xiaorou. Having attacked so many young elites, it was impossible for the Sovereign of the Eventide to avoid Jiang Xiaorou. After all, Jiang Xiaorou was the Deste race’s most important new Queen.


    The group of legendary Deste race figures felt their hearts tightened as they also rushed towards Jiang Xiaorou. They saw her face as white as a sheet. She was meditating on the ground, but despite not fainting, she was clearly not in a good condition.


    The former Deste Queen pressed her fingers on Jiang Xiaorou’s forehead, and felt her meridians. This probe caused the former Deste Queen’s heart to turn cold.


    Jiang Xiaorou’s body was filled with more than a hundred ck energy bodies!


    The ck energy bodies in other young Deste race elitesbined was not even a fifth of what Jiang Xiaorou had!


    The Sovereign of the Eventide clearly knew about Jiang Xiaorou’s importance. Hence, he had ced the focal point on Jiang Xiaorou.


    This was the so-called ’gift’ before the Sovereign of the Eventide left!


    "Xiaorou... " The former Deste Queen’s eyes were moist. She had been inmand of the Divine Wilderness for years, and as Deste Queen, she was in control of the world’s strongest faction. However, today, she felt a stab right at the weakest spot in her heart.


    Her love that ended in tragedy back in her youth with Jiang Xiaorou’s father. Sheter lost her daughter, causing Jiang Xiaorou to experience all sorts of difficulties in the Cloud Wilderness.


    It was not easy for her to find Jiang Xiaorou again, but soon, they experienced the return of Blood Moon and the ck-armored Demon God. This made Jiang Xiaorou tether on the line of life and death.


    Now that the cmity with the ck-armored Demon God was temporarily put on hold, it was the Sovereign of the Eventide’s turn. He had nted so much Darkness energy inside her body!


    Seeing more than a hundred Darkness energy bodies, devouring Jiang Xiaorou’s life force like leeches, the former Deste Queen could no longer stop herself from crying.


    Enough. The Deste race had already experienced too much. She and her daughter had already experienced so much.


    Would the two of them really have to die, and the Deste race be exterminated before all of this woulde to an end?


    Trantor’s Note: We are 12 days away from Christmas! For the next 12 days, there will be a free increase in chapters! There will be one more chapter in about 10 hours.


    Also, I’ll begin to give my personal take on these chapters that some readers might skim through without realizing because they think it’s all filler. You can skip it if you want.


    In this chapter, we see the aftermath of the Sovereign of the Eventide (SotE) escaping, and due to the battle with the ck-armored Demon God (BADG), the Deste race is unable to deal with him, even if they had the God Confining Lock. It stands in contrast to the battle with BADG, where Lin Xintong dyed enough time for the Deste race to use the array. The SotE is currently considered the most powerful person—in terms of cultivation realm—in the Tian Yuan world but he remains vignt, while the BADG, who was the most powerful person—was too arrogant and also ignorant when it came to the God Confining Lock. And every tiny thing basically wore the BADG down, pushing him closer and closer to the point of him copsing.


    This chapter also reiterates how much the Shepherd Boy has done for Jiang Xiaorou and her mother. He had suffered a serious wound from Shen Tu Patriarch more than a decade ago just to save the former Deste Queen. And he was the first one to concede to the Human race’s demands, just so that they could borrow the Cosmic Infinite Array. It also lets us see the former Deste Queenment over her tragic life. She was separated from her partner, and then her daughter, and just recently, her daughter had been eyed by the BADG and now injured by the SotE.


    As for this Darkness energy, we might see how this would further push the plot forward in the next chapter, and I will give myments about that next!