Chapter 678: Chapter 298: Sweeping All Before Him (2)
With the protection of Demonic Thought, this sea of lifeless bones no longer posed a threat to him, instead, it felt like returning to his home ground.
He continued in the direction of his senses, passing through areas with even more ancient and massive piles of bones.
Along the way, he began to notice some unusual "items."
Next to some extraordinarily large bones or among what seemed to be the remnants of tomb structures, scattered artifacts could be found.
Most were dilapidated, devoid of Spirituality, and covered with a thick layer of deathly dust, but their original forms could still be vaguely discerned.
There were broken jade tablets, engraved with ancient, now blurred, sacrificial patterns.
There were damaged bronze lamps, their oil long dried up.
There was a half-broken stone tablet, inscribed with unreadable inscriptions.
In some places resembling sacrificial pits, numerous decayed, uniform weapons and armor could be seen. Though they had turned to mortal iron, the scale was astonishing.
These traces all indicated that this place was definitely not a natural formation, but more like a grand, high-standard burial site!
"Under the sea eye, it is indeed a great tomb."
Xu Guang’s heart was filled with awe.
But the identity of the tomb’s owner was truly astonishing, capable of sacrificing so many powerful creatures, forming this vast sea of bones and eerie environment of Demonic Thought.
Perhaps the Pirate King established the Celestial Capital here for the sole purpose of tomb raiding.
However, it’s unclear who this great personage was, who chose this place to pass away and establish such a tomb.
He had no intention to delve into the identity of the tomb owner. Such existences, even if they have passed for eternity, their remaining causalities are not something he could currently afford to touch.
He only wanted to find a way out quickly, reunite with Yu and others, and leave this bizarre sea of confusion.
As he continued deeper, the deathly aura intensified, and the space became increasingly unstable, often showing distorted space cracks flashing by like black lightning.
But Xu Guang, relying on his powerful Demonic Thought sense, always managed to avoid them in advance.
After about half a month, as he passed through an area composed of countless massive ribs like a forest, intense energy fluctuations and roars suddenly emanated from ahead.
Xu Guang’s gaze flickered, he restrained his aura, and stealthily approached.
He saw on a relatively open, bone-littered ground, two miserable figures fleeing desperately—Demon King of the Black Tortoise and Demon King of the Blood Shark!
At this moment, the two Demon Kings had long lost their past majesty as major figures of Dark Abyss City. The once impenetrable shell of the Black Tortoise Demon King was covered with deep claw marks and corrosive traces, with one dragon-head drooping limply, its spirit weak. The Blood Shark Demon King was even more miserable, its blood-colored aura dimmed, one arm missing, the wound wrapped with indissoluble blue energy, continually corroding his Demonic Power.
Behind them, more than ten figures were in hot pursuit. Leading them were three Merfolk commanders dressed in splendid scale armor, wielding tridents, each aura having reached the Second Nirvana level! Following them were elite Merfolk, each filled with murderous intent, cooperating seamlessly, volleys of icy, corrosive water arrows and Spiritual Shock surging like tides towards the fleeing two Kings.
"Black Tortoise! Blood Shark! Surrender and offer your demon souls, and perhaps your lives will be spared, to serve as slaves for our Sea Tribe!" one leading Merfolk commander shouted coldly, waving the trident in his hand, transforming the surrounding seawater into several ferocious water dragons, roaring to bite down.
"Rubbish! I would rather die than become a dog for the Sea Tribe!" the Blood Shark Demon King roared, spitting a mouthful of vital blood aura, barely dispersing a water dragon, but also being shockingly repelled, rendering its spirit even weaker.
The Black Tortoise Demon King roared in anger, the runes on its shell lighting up, concentrating into a heavy, earth-yellow light shield in front of it. "Boom!" The light shield trembled violently, cracks spreading, it groaned, dark gold blood oozing from the corners of its mouth.
Seeing another Merfolk commander silently sneaking to the flank, a poisoned dagger aimed straight for the injured dragon-neck of the Black Tortoise Demon King, a calm voice suddenly rang out in the field.
"It seems the two Demon Kings are quite in distress."
The voice wasn’t loud, yet clearly reached the ears of every creature present.
Both sides of the battle were taken aback, looking towards the source of the sound.
On a pile of bones not far off, at an unknown time, there was now a figure in a black robe, with a stern face—it was Xu Guang!
He stood with hands behind his back, his presence merging with the deathly sea of bones, only those eyes, deep and unsettling.
"Xu Guang!?" The Black Tortoise Demon King and Blood Shark Demon King were first stunned, then their eyes erupted with complex glints of astonishment, disbelief, and a shred of hope in desperation, yet soon replaced by deeper vigilance and venomous intent.
The group of Merfolk, upon hearing the name "Xu Guang," had their killing intent soar instantly!
"Xu Guang! You dare show yourself! Soul Blood Pursuing Soul Order is here, you have nowhere to escape!" the leading Merfolk commander screeched, decisively abandoning the siege of the two demons, his trident pointing at Xu Guang, "Kill him! The Saint Heir demands it, rich rewards for taking his head!"
Despite the surprise, why Xu Guang lacked the rumored aura of the Soul Blood Pursuing Soul Order was irrelevant. Just confirming the opponent as Xu Guang sufficed, the goal was his death.
Instantly, the bulk of the attacks redirected towards Xu Guang, ice arrows, water dragons, and Spiritual Shock overwhelming him.
Xu Guang’s expression remained unchanged, making no defensive moves.
As the attacks were about to land, the space around him slightly rippled, an intangible yet vast field of Demonic Thought burst forth explosively from his center!
Without a catastrophic explosion, without brilliant light and shadow.
The overwhelming attacks, touching this field of Demonic Thought, seemed to be cast into a bottomless abyss, their energy structure forcibly dissolved, consumed, not even stirring a ripple.
The Spiritual Shock within, likewise, vanished instantaneously into the vast, purer Demonic Thought, obliterated!
"What?!"
The faces of the three Merfolk commanders changed drastically, eyes filled with shock. They felt their Divine Thought crashing into an icy, malicious wall, not only impenetrable but causing stabbing pain.
"This is... sea eye’s malevolent thought? How can you wield such a thing!"
One knowledgeable Merfolk commander cried out in alarm.
Xu Guang gave no answer, slowly raising his right hand, spreading his fingers slightly.
"Demonic Catastrophe · Annihilation of All Things."
With his indifferent voice, the void behind him seemed to twist, countless lightning-like Demonic Thought bolts, black as night, spontaneously emerged, forming a black prison of lightning covering the entire field!
Within the prison of lightning, contained the will of "Heaven’s Abandonment," freezing Divine Soul, annihilating vitality.
"No—!"
Tortured screams instantly rose.
The Merfolk elite, upon the black prison of lightning descending, shriveled as if the moisture was drained all at once.
A blood sun slowly rotated within the Demonic Thought, fully absorbing and utilizing the fragments of Divine Soul circulating from these Merfolk.
Even the three Second Nirvana Sea Tribe individuals, faced with Xu Guang’s Demonic Catastrophe, appeared exceptionally beleaguered, Demonic Thought was an attack directly acting upon the Divine Soul, inescapable, carelessness led to complete soul destruction.
They tread cautiously.
Yet, utterly defenseless.
Within the ceaseless rotation of the blood sun, the three Second Nirvana Sea Tribe individuals were likewise crushed.
They desperately roused Demonic Power, erecting protective light barriers, but against the Demonic Thought bolts that ignored defenses, striking directly at the soul’s essence, their resistance seemed pathetic.
The barriers shattered like paper, Demonic Thought infiltrating the Sea of Consciousness, their soul flames tainted black, extinguished.
"Plop!" "Plop!"
Shriveled corpses fell, including those of the three Second Nirvana Merfolk commanders, their eyes still reflecting endless terror and disbelief.
With just one move, more than ten Merfolk elites, including the three Second Nirvana, were entirely wiped out!
The battle scene plunged into deathly silence instantly.
The Black Tortoise Demon King and Blood Shark Demon King watched this scene with gaping mouths, their throats dry, nearly unable to breathe.
The Sea Tribe pursuers, whom they couldn’t even handle together, in front of Xu Guang, were nothing more than chickens and dogs, effortlessly defeated!
