Chapter 240: Sealing the Marquis

The Darkstar realm is something many Godfiends of Yuanchu Mountain aspire to their whole lives but find difficult to achieve. If their True Qi control is insufficient, they can unleash power during the breakthrough but cannot retract it, causing their Dantian space to rupture and their body to be torn into pieces. If their realm is insufficient, the final contraction won't form a perfectly stable 'Darkstar'. A failed Darkstar will also collapse and explode with even more terrifying power, reducing the body to ashes. Breakthroughs are extremely difficult!

Yet, Meng Chuan, without any preparation, broke through forcibly and temporarily in one go, and succeeded! This is naturally even rarer. The main reason for his success, of course, was his third-level Primordial Spirit, which gave him much stronger control over his True Qi.

"I succeeded," Meng Chuan thought, ecstatic. He hadn't died. He had broken through successfully and survived!

"Qiyue." Meng Chuan glanced over and saw the massive Blackrock Great Demon Monarch only about a mile away from Qiyue, which made him secretly breathe a sigh of relief. Though it sounds slow, Meng Chuan's breakthrough was actually extremely brief.

*Whoosh.* Meng Chuan moved instantly.

"This is the Darkstar space, Darkstar True Qi?" Meng Chuan charged towards his wife with all his might, simultaneously feeling the changes within himself. Once the Darkstar was formed, it brought forth various wondrous abilities. For instance, the Darkstar naturally created a 'Darkstar Domain'. This domain, centered around Meng Chuan and extending a hundred zhang, possessed various unique properties, almost surpassing any demon's divine ability. It was the most crucial aspect of the human Godfiend system's power. The Darkstar Domain was highly peculiar, effective in many aspects such as concealment, disguise, flight, defense, offense, and area control.

Just focusing on its defensive aspect: within its hundred-zhang range, the closer one got to Meng Chuan, the stronger the repulsion. It was like a powerful magnet! A large magnet with like poles repelling each other; the closer one got, the more exaggerated the repulsion, as if Meng Chuan was unapproachable.

The rumbling waves of the Dragon Water Domain, repelled and suppressed by the Darkstar Domain, were still able to overcome the multiple layers of repulsion and reach Meng Chuan, as they were a treasure even a fifth-level Great Demon Monarch valued. However, by the time they reached Meng Chuan's body, their power had significantly weakened. Moreover, Meng Chuan's body was enveloped by countless layers of dark-red energy, forming protective True Qi. Three hundred layers of Darkstar True Qi were naturally integrated with the 'Darkstar Domain'. While the Darkstar Domain could repel enemies through spatial distortion, it could also combine with Darkstar True Qi for defense. When Darkstar True Qi combined with the 'Darkstar Domain', it also gained the domain's wondrous properties, and the protective True Qi similarly possessed extremely strong repellent properties. This enhanced repulsion naturally greatly improved its defensive effect.

The protective True Qi of human Marquis Godfiends was outrageously strong. When a human Marquis Godfiend of the same level fought a fourth-level demon monarch, even though the demon monarch's physical body was powerful, they could still be injured or even killed. However, when confronting a human's protective True Qi head-on, opponents found it incredibly difficult to break through! It was easy to defeat a Marquis Godfiend, but truly difficult to kill one. The Darkstar Domain was something the demon race envied. It was widely recognized as the most crucial factor why the human Godfiend system was more powerful than the demon monarch system.

"With the Darkstar Domain formed, when I use my movement technique for flight, space itself becomes an aid." Meng Chuan felt the wonder of it; having the Darkstar Domain constantly protecting him was naturally much better. With Darkstar True Qi circulating within his body, his movement technique became faster. Assisted by the Darkstar Domain, his movement technique became even faster. Moreover, countless dark-red energy streams enveloped Meng Chuan's body, resisting the suppression of the Dragon Water Domain. Even while flying against the domain's pressure, Meng Chuan still transformed into lightning, moving at an incredibly astonishing speed.

"As long as A'Chuan lives, that's enough." Liu Qiyue watched the colossal Blackrock Great Demon Monarch pursue her, a hint of madness in her eyes. "Even if I, Liu Qiyue, die, I won't make it easy for you." She held her divine bow in one hand and an arrow in the other. "Kill." Prepared for death, she activated 'Phoenix Nirvana'. Her body and soul continuously strengthened, remaining in a state of epiphany, constantly improving her understanding of fire. Arrow after arrow flew out wildly; she strove to make each shot unleash greater power.

The Blackrock Great Demon Monarch's massive, mountain-like body also suffered exploding rocks on its surface, with craters two to three feet wide appearing from the impacts. To the hundred-zhang-tall Blackrock Great Demon Monarch, these small craters on its surface were utterly negligible. As for the bothersome 'Phoenix Flames', they were naturally absorbed into the mountain demon monarch's body; it had no fear of fire whatsoever.

"Your husband is truly a coward; he's abandoned you and fled," the Blackrock Great Demon Monarch pursued, its voice reverberating through the Dragon Water Domain. It was clearly very angry. Killing Liu Qiyue would count as a merit, but it paled in comparison to killing Meng Chuan.

"It would be foolish for both of us to die. A'Chuan will live, and he will avenge me." Just as Liu Qiyue was about to loose another arrow, she caught a glimpse of a lightning-like figure rapidly flying from afar. This figure was too fast! So fast that Liu Qiyue could barely make out its clear form, but she still knew who it was and anxiously cried out, "A'Chuan, run!"

"He's here?" The Blackrock Great Demon Monarch's massive rocky head turned, looking towards the distance with surprise, and also saw the lightning-like figure heading straight for Liu Qiyue. "So fast!" The Blackrock Great Demon Monarch's heart trembled, sensing something was wrong. Because this speed was just too immense! "Within the Dragon Water Domain, his speed seems even faster than a Regressor Godfiend?" The Blackrock Great Demon Monarch was startled. "If he were outside, how fast would he be? Faster than a Creation Realm Venerable?"

Meng Chuan swiftly bypassed the Blackrock Great Demon Monarch and appeared beside Liu Qiyue, only then revealing his form. His body was protected by dark-red True Qi, and his entire being seemed to radiate a dark-red aura. This scene was all too familiar! Marquis Godfiends always used True Qi for protection when battling enemies.

"Darkstar True Qi?" The Blackrock Great Demon Monarch was stunned. "A Marquis Godfiend?" "He was a Great Solar Godfiend just moments ago, and in the blink of an eye, he's a Marquis Godfiend?" The Blackrock Great Demon Monarch knew very well how dangerous it was to break through from the Great Solar realm to the Darkstar realm. For humans, it required secluded cultivation for a breakthrough, tolerating no disturbances. Even for demons, breaking through from the third to the fourth level required secluded cultivation. Breakthroughs had to be handled with extreme caution. Meng Chuan's instantaneous breakthrough made the Blackrock Great Demon Monarch unable to believe its eyes.

"A'Chuan." Liu Qiyue also couldn't believe it. She felt the terrifying power of the dark-red energy radiating from her husband's body, and his aura was identical to that of the Marquis Godfiend uncles. "You just... broke through like that?" Liu Qiyue felt a pang of fear.

"I'll take you out of this Dragon Water Domain first," Meng Chuan said with a smile. "You can stop Phoenix Nirvana now." As he spoke, the dark-red energy around Meng Chuan's body suddenly expanded, enveloping and protecting his wife as well, naturally warding off the Dragon Water Domain's impact. His wife, Liu Qiyue, also ceased her Phoenix Nirvana, but Meng Chuan's breakthrough into a Marquis Godfiend still left her a little disoriented. A direct breakthrough in the midst of battle? How could A'Chuan be so reckless? What if he had failed?

"Let's go." Holding his wife's hand, Meng Chuan, with his Darkstar True Qi carrying her, instantly burst forth. His wife didn't need to resist the external impact; his Darkstar Domain and Darkstar True Qi purely bore the brunt! By deflecting and leveraging force, even with the Dragon Water Domain's profound nature, Meng Chuan could still move at 30% of his current maximum speed while carrying his wife.

*Whoosh.* The Blackrock Great Demon Monarch watched with a hint of despair as the couple rapidly sped away; their speed left it with no thought of pursuit. Too fast! Even at merely 30% of his speed, it was considered top-tier among Regressor Godfiends. In terms of speed, Meng Chuan could now be called the fastest in the world!