Chapter 504

Chapter 504: Lack of Shadow and Underground Holy Altar

The Wind Dynasty is divided into "Desert of Wind State" and "Thunder Desert State."

Both factions reside in the Desert of Wind, where the living environment is relatively better, allowing Tomorrow Society to gradually develop with its strength.

If they were in Thunder Desert, Tomorrow Society would be too weak and find themselves in a precarious situation, at risk of collapse at any moment.

After observing the conditions in the Underworld, the two set off toward Tree City.

However, before doing so, something along the required path would take extra time because its existence piqued Yun Ye’s interest.

"This must be the disaster beast we need to avoid according to the records, right?"

Yun Ye and Ming Ri stood atop a high mountain, looking down.

The scenery was beautiful, with clear waters and lush greenery, dotted with twinkling star-like lights. Even in this current reality, where the fourth day of the Royal Path is tainted and the world has fallen into eternal darkness, there exists a dreamlike beauty.

Yet, beneath this haunting beauty hides a peculiar life form that led the Underworld to designate this place as a forbidden zone, with a hundred-mile radius off-limits.

"Lack of Shadow, an invisible ghostly existence, even the Spirit Sense of a Mystic Realm being cannot capture its form. It ignores Mystic Heaven’s defenses and is the top-tier Calamity with the ability to erode; even Mystic Realm beings can be harmed."

Different regions refer to disaster beasts by various names. Tomorrow Society, having a better understanding of their nature, actually calls them the "Calamity Erosion Body," but Yun Ye simply refers to them as disaster beasts.

"To think even Mystic Realm beings can transform into disaster beasts. If this spreads, it would be a catastrophe!"

Ming Ri was filled with apprehension.

"The World God’s rules of slaughter are endless. As long as enough killing occurs, they can naturally accumulate into an ultimate virus that ignores everything, especially such a small virus."

Yun Ye raised his hand, and a transparent light ball appeared. He simulated the self-protection barrier of Mystic Heaven.

Then, he tossed it into the air.

As the transparent light ball entered, its aura started to plummet, its brightness quickly fading. In just a few seconds, cracks spread until it completely shattered.

With Yun Ye’s keen eyes, he could see precisely why.

Countless minuscule entities at the atomic level were gnawing at the barrier. They inherently suppressed energy, creating openings with each bite and rapidly proliferating and splitting at an unfathomable speed, ultimately causing a perfected Mystic Realm being’s defense to vanish.

In other words, if a normal Mystic Realm being stepped into this area, within ten seconds, their defense would collapse, and they would be turned into a disaster beast.

It was indeed wise for Tomorrow Society to prohibit entry here; although this Lack of Shadow exists in chaotic times, it poses dangers that could rival national destruction.

"Why does this Lack of Shadow remain here? Calamities should have a strong desire to devour living beings. This area, despite having some life, is filled with nothing but lifeless entities," Ming Ri said.

"Perhaps after mutation, it lost certain traits, or there are other reasons," Yun Ye replied.

A verdant glow emerged from Yun Ye’s hand, intertwining various powers as he completed a technique that was highly lethal to the Calamity virus using Wood Element Spiritual Law.

He aimed at the sky, and a wide net exploded outward, instantly covering half the sky, capturing the Lack of Shadow. The intangible soul body contained a large amount of Calamity virus, and once enveloped by the green net, it immediately began to die in droves, inflicting damage on the Lack of Shadow.

Sensing the attack, the Lack of Shadow began to act, condensing its form to launch an attack.

Its size engulfed a hundred-mile radius, extremely vast. Though still invisible and imperceptible in the material dimension, its weight could not be concealed. The resulting "waves" spread out continuously, clearly visible to Yun Ye, who used them as attack coordinates.

The Lack of Shadow could not break through, and its mass suddenly diminished.

Another mechanism within it activated immediately, beginning to self-devour to strengthen its resistance against Yun Ye’s Spiritual Law.

A massive number of Calamity viruses turned on each other, specifically reinforcing their resistance to "Spiritual Law against the Lack of Shadow," allowing it to rapidly evolve several times in just a short period.

If it were an opponent of the same level, Lack of Shadow could evolve just twice to render the damage ineffective, and after evolving a third time, it could surpass elemental resistance. Upon reaching its fifth evolution, it would be able to easily overwhelm its opponent and devour them.

This was also why it had "special attack against Mystic Heaven."

The defenses of Mystic Heaven are not unchanging; there are numerous elemental differences and variations in Mystic Law. Without rapid adaptation, it would be challenging for Lack of Shadow to effortlessly crush its foes.

However, unfortunately, the outcome was uneventful; Lack of Shadow was still extinguished. Although it had been invincible within the Wind Dynasty, the power gap with Yun Ye was far too vast. It couldn’t evolve fast enough, especially since Yun Ye specifically used Spiritual Law that countered it. Even if it tried to evolve ten or twenty times in a short period, it would still meet its end.

Yun Ye erased this threat but soon after, he revealed a smile of interest: "Surprisingly, it hasn’t died completely?"

What had been fully erased, leaving not a single trace, inexplicably returned.

Even its condition improved, returning to peak form. A mass of colorless forms gathered, their weight causing ripples in the space around them.

As the ripples spread, various materials in the spatial realm became warped and severed, and the night scenery vanished instantly.

When the ripples approached Yun Ye, they disappeared into nothing, like a mud ox sinking into the sea.

"Time Reversal? Or just simple resurrection? …It seems to be neither; is the source something underground?"

Yun Ye’s pupils transformed into seven colors. After Opening Heaven and Earth, his body also attained sublimation, and his eyes could now truly be called divine.

As the yin-yang five elements converged, he could see all things within time, even glimpsing the future, albeit briefly.

Using these divine eyes to observe the situation, Yun Ye encountered no obstacles, just as he did now.

Once he understood what was hidden, his scrutiny deepened, revealing something that had been quietly at work underground rising to the surface.

"What is this?"

In his astonishment, the previously overlooked Lack of Shadow took action, its body condensing into tentacle-like appendages that suddenly lashed out, wrapping around the Heavenly Dry Universe.

These clusters of Calamities were enough to easily erode Mystic Heaven. Upon contact with the Heavenly Dry Universe, they turned to nothingness and extended all the way to the core, a process so swift that Lack of Shadow couldn’t even sever itself in a bid for survival.

However, this degree of damage could not kill Lack of Shadow.

Its source came from some entity underground.

Yun Ye’s figure flickered, and he immediately dove into the earth, following the aura and exploring the source of the Lines of Causality.

Soon, he arrived at an underground space where a prominent altar stood in the center. It appeared devoid of spiritual energy and emitted a near-invisible aura; at first glance, it seemed like merely an ordinary object.

Yun Ye quickly noticed that this underground space had a passage leading to the ground, and the exit was quite concealed, located within the river itself.

Seeing this scene, a thought instantly surfaced in Yun Ye’s mind.

"Calculations… the protagonist’s opportunity."

"It seems as if this place is specifically prepared for someone’s chance."

Yun Ye’s expression turned peculiar as he spoke.

"It looks simple, but its true significance can only be assessed through actual observation. I don’t believe a high-dimensional altar serves such a straightforward purpose."

Ming Ri focused intently, gazing at something of deeper significance.