Chapter 1 Black Sea

The enormous gray-white giant resembled a massive island floating in the depths of darkness.

The island burned with a faint gray flame, dimly illuminating a sliver of the surrounding space.

On the giant island, a purple-black figure, as small as a sesame seed, was slowly moving forward.

The figure was none other than Li Cheng Yi, constantly strengthening himself by absorbing death energy.

He was making his way up the giant's thigh bone, his destination the giant's head.

He wanted to see what that massive cavern in the face was, and where it led.

Ever since meeting Ge'en, a strange sense of familiarity had inexplicably risen within him.

This sense of familiarity didn't originate from Ge'en, but rather from the colossal giant beneath his feet.

Indeed.

The more he understood and observed his surroundings, the more he felt an odd familiarity with this giant, as if…

'As if I've seen this big guy somewhere before.'

Li Cheng Yi constantly observed his surroundings.

If he hadn't seen the entire giant upon initially approaching, he might have thought he was walking on a gray-white plain.

The gray flames of death energy severely hampered his vision, allowing him to only see blurry images in the distance.

He continued forward for several minutes.

Soon, he reached the giant's chest.

There was a large, irregular gap in the chest, clearly the fatal wound that led to the giant's demise.

Li Cheng Yi stood at the edge of the gap and looked down, only to see the deep darkness, which was the Black Sea behind the giant.

The Black Sea could never be just black, but because he hadn't opened the Fei Gate (a type of spiritual gate), what he perceived was only black.

'Perhaps this is one of the reasons why the outside world calls this place the Black Sea.'

He sighed inwardly and passed through the chest, accelerating towards the face.

By this point, all the death energy he could absorb into his body had been absorbed.

The strength of the death energy had increased greatly compared to before.

Just as he was about to reach the neck.

Suddenly, he stopped. On the gray-white bone surface in front of him, giant crescent-shaped ribs arched out.

The ribs were neatly arranged, forming a huge skeletal cage, like a skeletal passageway arrayed before him.

But what Li Cheng Yi cared about wasn't these ribs.

Although each of them was thousands of meters long and dozens of meters thick.

What truly caught his attention was a leaf-shaped, dark green pendant lying on the ground in the middle of the rib passage.

Yes, it was a dark green jade pendant that was at least dozens of meters long and wide.

The pendant was generally Y-shaped, with delicate leaf vein patterns carved on it. At first glance, it really looked like a leaf.

At the very top of the pendant, a hole was drilled through with a gray-black thin rope. Just this thin rope was as thick as a person could embrace.

For some reason, the instant he saw the pendant, a faint sadness welled up in his heart.

It was as if he knew what it was, and what it represented.

'What's going on!?' Li Cheng Yi stood in place, wondering if he was being influenced by some illusion or something that affected his emotions.

But he carefully checked with the clarity of mind method of the Seven Intent Sacred Spirit Art, but found no problems.

'Since there's nothing wrong with me, then the source of this feeling may just be transmitting his emotions to me.'

Li Cheng Yi looked around, searching for the source.

Soon.

He was stunned to discover that the Evil Flower mark on the back of his hand was slowly lighting up with a blurry green light.

It wasn't the light of a single flower god position, but the entire Evil Flower mark was glowing with a faint green light.

However, the light was very weak, and it was impossible to detect unless one looked carefully.

"This is…!?"

Li Cheng Yi reacted instantly, this emotion seemed to be exactly what was being transmitted from the remnants of the Evil Flower mark!

'Could it be that this pendant is related to the Evil Flower!?'

He had many guesses about this, his biggest crutch.

The old and tattered armor that initially emerged from the darkness within the Evil Flower was obviously left behind after a terrifying battle.

And given the Evil Flower's strength, something that could fight its previous owner and even kill him must be an extremely terrifying existence.

And now…

For the first time.

For the first time, he had discovered another trace of the Evil Flower nearby.

'I came to this world because of the small flower I accidentally encountered in the wild. And now, in the Black Sea, I've encountered a clue that seems to be related to the Evil Flower.'

Li Cheng Yi looked at this giant pendant.

On the dark green leaves, looking closely, one could vaguely see words.

However, the words seemed to be worn away a lot, and some were unclear.

In order to see the writing more clearly, he went forward again, getting closer.

"Hmm? That is!!?"

Suddenly, Li Cheng Yi seemed to see something incomprehensible, and his golden eyes widened instantly.

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Tong City.

With a loud bang.

Five high-rise buildings in the main city area were cut down and collapsed, heavily smashing onto other buildings nearby.

The huge impact also caused the buildings that were hit to collapse into ruins.

The police officers and passers-by who were affected screamed and tried to escape, but only some were lucky enough to avoid it.

The rest were either buried by the collapsing buildings, or cut into several sections by the aftermath of the battle that erupted in the hotel, and fell to the ground and died.

Dust, gravel, smoke, screams, cries.

And the arcs and flames overflowing from the damage of various unknown equipment.

In just a few tens of seconds, this originally peaceful neighborhood turned into a living hell.

Boom!

In an instant, in the collapsing buildings of the hotel, the walls were once again blasted open by a huge force.

A bloody figure burst out and crashed straight into the side of a hovering heavy armed aircraft.

The aircraft was dented on the spot, broke in mid-air, exploded into a ball of fire, and fell to the ground.

And the thing that hit it was impressively a figure covered in blood—Zhao Cheng Yu!

At this time, his face was covered in blood, his hair was disheveled, the feather fan in his hand was long gone, the Zhan Dao (a type of large, heavy sword) was also shattered and disappeared, and the Fei Yi (Flying Instrument) Taiji Diagram on his face was dim.

"The force field... was cut to pieces!!?"

His eighth-level peak force field was actually cut off and blasted to pieces by the terrifying ripples of the explosions!?

"How is that possible!?" Zhao Cheng Yu felt a pain in his chest, lowered his head and couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.

The force field was broken, and the remaining force still hit his body, which had been strengthened to the limit and was wearing a special life suit, and penetrated the life suit, seriously injuring him.

Too strong!!

The feeling that guy gave him was like a ninth-level, making people desperate!

That was an overwhelming power like an abyss!

"Weak... actually trying to confront my clan head-on, simply stupid."

In the ruins, the strong man with black hair and golden eyes, his clothes were completely shattered at this time, his body rapidly expanded and became stronger, countless muscles with black patterns quickly became larger and hardened, forming armor-like decorations covering his entire body.

Six sharp horns grew upwards from his forehead, and a pair of black bat wings silently condensed from the shadows and slowly linked behind the man.

"Let's end it early. A boring game."

The man's golden eyes lit up sharply, and a large amount of thick smoke gushed out from the corners of his mouth.

"Remember, the one who devours you is Sal, of the Shadow Dragon Clan!"

Hiss.

In an instant, countless shadows around him crazily rose into the air like fragments, gathering to the man's mouth and nose, and being sucked into his body.

A terrifying sense of oppression surged into Zhao Cheng Yu's heart.

"Final Rhythm…" His goosebumps went wild, knowing that if he didn't struggle at this time, he probably wouldn't have another chance.

Immediately, he raised his hand with difficulty.

"Crimson Phoenix!!!"

Top-level Fei Yi Masters rarely use their final form at will, because for Yi Country Fei Yi Masters, the activation of the Final Rhythm represents the overclocked strongest burst regardless of Fei Yi damage.

This form is destructive, not only to Fei Yi, but also to the Fei Yi Master's mental power connected to Fei Yi.

The terrifying explosive fluctuations are enough to make any Fei Yi Master hurt themselves before hurting the enemy.

But correspondingly, the ultimate form brought by the Final Rhythm is also the strongest and most glorious moment that every Fei Yi can have.

Although, that glory can only last for an instant.

Buzz.

After the activation word was unlocked.

The Taiji Diagram on Zhao Cheng Yu's face lit up with a dazzling golden light.

A blurry female figure holding a giant Zhan Ma Dao reappeared and floated behind him.

The woman's body was rapidly covered with delicate and detailed phoenix golden armor, and a special flame like golden flowing water silently burned on the Zhan Ma Dao in her hand.

Dense cyan-black arcs of electricity, as if they didn't cost money, instantly spread and covered dozens of meters around him as the center.

That was the unsuppressed energy leakage caused by the destructive use of energy.

"Kill!!"

Zhao Cheng Yu struck first and pointed at the man opposite him.

The golden armored woman behind him also raised the giant sword, and a large number of deep blue seal-like modules on the blade lit up at the same time.

Boom!!!

In an instant, the woman's figure lunged forward, her whole body burning with golden flames, the flames forming a pure golden phoenix, rushing straight towards the golden-eyed man in the distance.

At the same time, the man opened his mouth, and the countless shadows he had just absorbed were all transformed into black flames at this moment, and spewed out of his mouth.

Boom!!!

One gold and one black, two fire pillars collided in mid-air.

The difference is that the golden flame is a straight cylindrical shape, and the black flame is a conical shape, which is more dispersed.

In terms of shape, it is true that the cylindrical shape has a higher density and more concentrated power, so it should have an advantage.

But unfortunately, power is not determined by the shape to determine strength and size.

What truly determines the outcome is the essence.

Whoosh!!

The stalemate only lasted for less than a second, and the black flame submerged and devoured the golden phoenix.

The remaining black fire even had the remaining power to turn into a sea of ​​scattered fire, rushing towards the dying Zhao Cheng Yu.

"Stop!!"

At this moment, two beams of light shot down from a distance, blocking Zhao Cheng Yu.

Two solid force fields easily blocked the remaining black fire.

As the flames dissipated, what was revealed was Ding Xian Hong and Zhan Long Xie Zhu Bin, who had just rushed over from other districts.

In fact, the two had already seen the movement here, but they hesitated for a while whether to intervene, so they didn't move.

When they decided to intervene, the dust had already settled.

Zhao Cheng Yu was defeated too quickly, in just two encounters, he had exhausted all his trump cards, but the result was that he was about to lose his life.

(End of this chapter)