Chapter 532

Chapter 532: Lack of Shadow Attacks the City

“Get away! Get away! Get away! Leave me alone!”

The Outcast Holy Son struggled, even activating the Ascension of the Heavenly Path. With his Completeness in the law realms strength, boosted by the rules of slaughter, he could eradicate anything in a chaotic world with a single strike. Normally, ordinary Mystic Realm opponents would seem like ants to him, and he would sweep them away effortlessly. Yet even so, he could not break free; his power was being rapidly consumed.

In the end, he truly felt Helplessness and summoned the True Name Talismans, hoping to blast a path to safety.

These Talismans were crafted by the True Disciples of the Star State Holy Sect and were far more powerful than those from the Luo Dynasty, serving as top-tier treasures for survival and turning the tide of battle.

“……”

Something began to gather, and the space quivered. This disturbance shattered everything like dry grass and rotten wood. For the first time, the Outcast Holy Son sensed the presence of an invisible force. However, there was no joy in this realization; the talisman in his hand informed him that his opponent was experiencing an explosive surge in power.

The previously scattered disaster beasts gathered as he used the talisman, revealing their true strength.

“——”

A massive, invisible mouth suddenly bit down, consuming both the power erupting from the talisman and his arm, making them vanish completely.

Blood sprayed forth.

Unable to contain his terror, the Outcast Holy Son let out a scream of rage.

But after the gathering of Lack of Shadow, its actions were incredibly rapid. A part of its form from behind once again lunged at the Outcast Holy Son, swallowing him whole.

Despite the Outcast Holy Son fighting with all his might, exploding with power and using various Secret techniques to enhance himself, he was still silently extinguished, unable to escape death.

The projection in the sky dimmed, and his true name faded away.

“He really died!”

As they watched the name completely darken, the entire Ten Thousand Flowers Spirit City erupted into chaos.

Though they anticipated such an ending, they knew how slim the actual chances were. The disaster beast could at most force the Holy Son to retreat and forfeit his trials qualification…

But to truly die like this felt surreal. Could there be a conspiracy?

Soon they realized that this was not a conspiracy but a major upheaval.

One name after another faded away, too quickly for anyone to react, as the toothy jaws from the darkness brazenly emerged.

Whether disaster beasts or humans, they swiftly turned to ash, leaving only vegetation behind.

It was not that they couldn’t be harmed; it was simply unnecessary.

While many cultivators were lost in thought, a colossal aura surged all around like a blazing sun, a resonance of the Great Dao reverberating across the heavens. As he appeared, he caused everyone to tremble and bow in prostration!

“Is he really coming for the Spirit City? It’s only been a few days since the Heavenly Venerable returned, and already there are schemers trying to disrupt the sect’s territory?”

Surrounded by divine light and wielding a wooden staff, Luo Xin stepped out from the Spirit Palace in the ground and into the sky.

He gazed down at the Lack of Shadow brutally attacking from all directions, his expression filled with disdain.

As a True Disciple, he could naturally observe the afterimages of Lack of Shadow.

A group of young cultivators, no matter how talented, could never battle a country-destroying disaster beast; the gap was immeasurable.

However, as a True Disciple, he stood on the second day and glimpsed the True Form Divine Ability, a realm equal to that of a country-destroyer. Moreover, as the leader of one of the ten external sects of the Nine Star Heavenly Sect, he carried a heritage spanning thousands of years—this was no joke.

“A lower-tier country-destroying disaster beast dares to act recklessly in the Ten Thousand Flowers Spirit City; it truly seeks its own demise!”

True Disciple Luo Xin unleashed his True Arts, activating the Spirit Tower of the Ten Thousand Flowers Spirit City.

The Spirit Tower erupted with Power.

The Spirit Law inscribed within was activated by his True Essence, beginning a complete Revive, sweeping forth with a vast force that covered tens of thousands of miles.

As a thousand-meter-high tower made entirely of Spirit Law materials, this was an extraordinary weapon; its effect went far beyond merely interfering with the Spirit City.

In fact, this was what the Nine Star Heavenly Sect referred to as the ‘star,’ the core of the formations, possessing the might to easily obliterate a True Disciple.

As the Spirit Law swept outward, it quickly identified the location of Lack of Shadow, commencing a large-scale Annihilation.

The Spirit Law was also formless, capable of restraining Lack of Shadow, achieving instant kills.

But that was in the past.

The Heavenly Dry Universe had elevated Lack of Shadow to a level that fused the yin-yang five elements, so no method could counter it; now it simply lacked continuously growing energy.

Yun Ye had no intention of assisting; as a shard of the universe, it took him considerable time to create a country-destroying Lack of Shadow.

If it went any higher, he would be unable to fabricate traces of its birth. Once someone deduced the truth, they would discover that Lack of Shadow appeared out of thin air.

Lack of Shadow could only reach its current level of power.

…

The immense energy from the powerful Spirit Law almost materialized, wiping out Lack of Shadow in all directions, but Lack of Shadow still rapidly approached. All its forms continually sustained damage, yet their capacity to endure harm was evolving and diminishing. In just a few seconds, they even began to reverse and devour the Spirit Law energy.

The strength of spirit energy lay in its powerful ability to penetrate defenses, and Lack of Shadow possessed the same trait, able to launch attacks from dimensions smaller than atoms, existing in an entirely different dimension, almost like a different type of spirit energy.

This form of life had top-tier lethality; only absolute power could annihilate it.

The Ten Thousand Flowers Spirit City still fell short; the sudden outburst of Spirit Law couldn’t kill Lack of Shadow but instead allowed it to rapidly split, geometrically increasing in size.

Most interestingly, Luo Xin remained unaware of the severity of the situation, repeatedly making the same mistakes.

“Ha, it can actually counter the Spirit Law; what about the Heavenly Sect formations?”

“Die!”

“Hmm, the Spirit Formation seems ineffective too. But this is just partially unleashing power; what about if fully released?”

“Boom boom boom…”

Still ineffective.

Once more, True Disciple Luo Xin took out his treasures and various means, but all were futile.

The ever-growing Lack of Shadow completely approached the Ten Thousand Flowers Spirit City, devouring the scorched earth spanning tens of thousands of miles in all directions. Its colossal form constantly pressed down on the space, distorting and breaking apart the material world, with the Ten Thousand Flowers Spirit City barely resisting thanks to the Nine Star Heavenly Sect.

Boom!

Lack of Shadow crashed into the barrier of the Ten Thousand Flowers Spirit City, sending shockwaves that were distinctly felt throughout the Spirit City. Many cultivators turned pale, sensing ominous foreboding.

If a True Disciple’s attack can’t annihilate it on the spot, wouldn’t that mean they are falling prey to the disaster?

Their premonition quickly came true.

Although Lack of Shadow didn’t shatter the barrier, it pierced through, directly entering the bodies of numerous cultivators. Hundreds or even thousands suddenly transformed into disaster beasts, erupting into killing frenzy.

It had previously withheld this ability, not because it didn’t possess it, but because Yun Ye had orchestrated it, concealing Lack of Shadow’s true potential.

Now, with the enemy at the gates, breaking the city from within was clearly an effective strategy.

“Roar!”

Countless undead beings evolved, jumping two tiers to become spiritual zombies, retaining the power of their human counterparts while gaining the indestructible bodies and abilities of spiritual zombies, like the Nether Fire and True Form Divine Ability.

Undead beings were already a branch of humanity, so their compatibility was remarkable. Once transformed into spiritual zombies, their strength surged, rapidly expanding the area of infection.

This provoked the fury of high-level cultivators. True Disciple Tian Zhong summoned his dao artifact, directly applying its power to suppress. Simultaneously, an ancient bell emerged, and with one ring, all disaster beasts turned to dust, unstoppable.