Chapter 849: Magic Sword, Eternal Night Without Light

Boom, boom, boom...

Golden flames consumed all darkness, and pillars of fire shot into the sky, violently twisting even the firmament. The piercing cries of the Golden Crow covered the heavens, faintly intermingled with Xuan Yuan Wentian's tormented screams.

Feng Xue'er was high in the sky, protecting everyone while constantly monitoring the situation behind them. Her previously tense expression relaxed as she joyfully exclaimed, "Little Demon Empress sister won... she completely overwhelmed Xuan Yuan Wentian!"

Feng Xue'er's words were undoubtedly the most soothing balm to everyone's terrified hearts. Their steps slowed, and they looked south, where golden light filled the sky, leaving almost no trace of dark radiance. Even the unsettling dark aura in the air had significantly diminished.

"That's wonderful... truly wonderful!" Murong Qianxue cried out excitedly, holding Yun Che tightly.

"Hahahaha," Under Heaven's First sighed in relief, then burst out laughing. "I told you, the Little Demon Empress inherited divine power. How could anyone in this world be her match?"

"Phew!" Under Heaven's Seventh patted her chest, then her visibly bulging belly, and said with a smile, "Little baby, don't be scared, it's all over now. The Little Demon Empress has thoroughly defeated the bad guy."

"Xuan Yuan Wentian is even more terrifying and detestable than King Ming. The Little Demon Empress is completely enraged; she'll definitely burn him to ashes." Xiao Yun furrowed his brow and wondered, "Xuan Yuan Wentian himself admitted it was Fen Juechen's body, and his profound energy aura is very, very similar to Fen Juechen's... What exactly is going on?"

"That truly goes beyond what we can comprehend," Under Heaven's First mused. With the crisis averted, their flight slowed significantly, and their attention began to shift to other bewildering matters. "However, I have heard that, in legends, there's a terrifying 'body snatching' technique, where one's soul can invade another's body, becoming the new master and erasing the original consciousness. That was Fen Juechen's body just now, but Xuan Yuan Wentian's consciousness... If there must be an explanation, it might indeed be this terrifying 'body snatching'."

"So, Fen Juechen is... completely gone?" Xiao Yun asked, eyes wide.

"The body remains, but the soul has been erased, which is equivalent to disappearing," Under Heaven's First whispered, discreetly glancing at Xiao Lingxi...

Sure enough, he saw Xiao Lingxi gently bite her lip, her eyes slightly red, but she stubbornly remained silent.

The roaring of flames continued, each boom accompanied by a pillar of fire piercing the sky. Under Heaven's First cast a sidelong glance, sneering, "It seems the Little Demon Empress is truly furious this time. Even if Xuan Yuan Wentian had ten lives, he should be burned to nothing but ash... Dying like this is too easy for him."

Feng Xue'er's smile, however, slowly faded at this moment. She gazed south, murmuring in confusion, "Strange... why is Xuan Yuan Wentian's aura still present, and... and..."

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom...

The Little Demon Empress unleashed hundreds of Purgatory Red Lotus attacks in succession, transforming the eternally frozen land below into a sea of hellfire, more terrifying than any volcano on the Profound Sky Continent.

If this continued, the entire Ice Extreme Snow Region would cease to exist. The Little Demon Empress was finally ready to stop, but at that moment, her slender brows sharply furrowed.

The dark aura, which had clearly been buried by the sea of fire and burned to near extinction, suddenly surged at this moment...

BOOM!!!!!!!

Like an erupting volcano being torn open, the Little Demon Empress's fiery lotus attack, along with the sea of fire melting the earth, was violently pushed aside by a suddenly exploding mass of black light. This black light was as deep and dense as a primordial black hole in the Primal Chaos, and as it slowly expanded, all the Golden Crow flames were powerfully repelled. Within the vast sea of divine flames, not a single wisp of fire could penetrate it.

At the center of the black light was a dark figure. His clothes were ragged, his hair and eyebrows almost completely scorched, and nearly half of his face was burned, making him look like a horrifying devil. His body was a mix of red and black. Yet, from his aura and silhouette, it was unmistakably Xuan Yuan Wentian.

The Little Demon Empress's ice-cold eyes narrowed slightly.

In his hand, he clutched a broad, pitch-black sword, and a pair of sinister eyes had opened on its hilt. As Xuan Yuan Wentian reappeared, his aura, which had been almost entirely suppressed by the flames, recovered at a terrifying speed, then surged past his previous peak, reaching nearly twice its former strength.

The black light surrounding his body was so resilient it seemed to have formed an independent pocket world. The golden flames, imbued with the Golden Crow's divine might and the Little Demon Empress's boundless rage, were completely repelled, even devoured, upon nearing it.

The Little Demon Empress: "..."

"You... you actually..." Xuan Yuan Wentian's face was terrifying and distorted. As he spoke, hot white smoke billowed from his mouth. "You actually made this Venerable one... so wretched..."

It was more than just wretchedness. Suppressed within the Little Demon Empress's sea of fire, enduring hundreds of Purgatory Fire Lotuses, he had nearly died due to his inability to summon the Heaven Smiting Divine Sword.

"This Venerable one must admit... I completely underestimated your strength... to the point of being forced... to reveal the demonic sword... Hiss..." Even with a demonic body, he still felt pain. The torture of having nearly half his body scorched by Golden Crow flames was unbearable, even for Xuan Yuan Wentian.

Before revealing the demonic sword, both he and the Little Demon Empress had fought solely with their own strength, neither using profound artifacts nor external power, yet it ended with his wretched and miserable defeat.

In other words, with his own power alone, he was no match for the Little Demon Empress!

Furthermore, had he not desperately used all his will to unleash the power of the Heaven Smiting Divine Sword at the critical moment, he might already have been incinerated by the Little Demon Empress's Golden Crow flames.

For Xuan Yuan Wentian, who had finally acquired the power and body of a devil god, considered himself invincible, and even proudly called himself "Heavenly Venerate," this was undoubtedly an immense blow and humiliation.

A growing somberness began to gather in the Little Demon Empress's icy eyes, and her slender brows furrowed tightly. While the previous Xuan Yuan Wentian possessed a powerful and eerily suppressive aura, it had only caused her a slight feeling of suppression.

But now, Xuan Yuan Wentian, though scorched all over and looking miserable, holding the pitch-black demonic sword, made her feel completely suffocated for the first time. An extremely grim and oppressive aura silently permeated the world, as if a terrifying world-ending storm was quietly brewing.

"Though using the demonic sword to kill you is a humiliation for this Venerable one, and it will slow the awakening of this Venerable one's devil blood... how can this Venerable one pardon such a person!!"

Xuan Yuan Wentian's roar was as terrifying as a devil's bellow. And in that instant, the world before the Little Demon Empress suddenly turned pitch black.

This horrifying change wasn't gradual; in a single instant, the crimson-gold sea of fire in her vision was completely engulfed by absolute blackness, as dense as ink. Before she could react in any way, not a single sliver of light could be seen.

Hundreds of miles away, the world where Feng Xue'er and the others were also abruptly darkened, as if night had suddenly descended. Though not complete darkness, they could only vaguely discern faces close by.

This sudden descent of darkness engulfed their vision, extinguished their newly sprouted joy, and dragged them into a deeper abyss of fear.

"Wh-what's happening!?"

"Could it be... Xuan Yuan Wentian he..."

"Let's go quickly!!" Xiao Yun shouted, tightly shielding Xiao Lie.

"Don't move around!" Feng Xue'er urgently cried out. She spread her arms, unleashing all her power without reservation, forming a massive flame barrier that enveloped everyone. "This terrifying power could affect us directly from the start, and it will only become more dreadful. Continuing to flee will be useless and only invite more mishaps. Everyone, stay within this barrier. I will do my best to protect all of you."

Although Feng Xue'er's power was far inferior to Xuan Yuan Wentian's, they were still hundreds of miles away. It was practically impossible for a barrier sustained by Feng Xue'er's Phoenix power at the eighth level of the Sovereign Profound Realm to be broken from such a distance.

The surrounding world was plunged into darkness, and this was not merely an absence of light. The Little Demon Empress felt as if she had sunk into a pitch-black swamp; the world became incredibly viscous, making even the slightest movement of a finger exceptionally difficult. Simultaneously, countless cold, oppressive, and sinister auras assailed her from all directions, seeping directly into her soul.

If Yun Che had been conscious at this moment, he would have recognized it instantly: this was the Dark Domain—Eternal Night Without Light—that Fen Juechen had forcefully activated at any cost after his defeat at Yun Che's hands.

"Little Demon Empress... in this darkness... vanish... forever!!" From the depths of the dark world, Xuan Yuan Wentian's voice, like a devil's wail, resounded, followed by distorted, pained maniacal laughter: "Hahahahahahaha..."

The Little Demon Empress raised her hand but could not see her palm. Her spiritual perception extended to its limit, yet she could not touch the edge of this dark world, as if it were infinite. At the same time, her range of spiritual perception was drastically shrinking with every breath, the dark world became increasingly viscous, and the aura of death multiplied. Gradually, she began to feel a slight dizziness, even a hint of despair at being pulled into an endless black hole.

Moreover, she could no longer sense Xuan Yuan Wentian's presence at all. Yet, he must be hidden somewhere within this dark world, ready to launch a fatal strike at any moment.

Clang!!

The Golden Crow mark on the Little Demon Empress's brow was burning, but within this dark world, the mark's flames, which should have been dazzling, appeared unusually dim. She opened her eyes, and her Golden Crow flame power surged forth with all its might, unfurling a golden flame domain.

She had been swallowed by this dark domain; to escape, she had to use her own flame domain to devour the dark domain in return!