Night of Despair-Chapter 556: Attack 554 II

"Hundred-Armed Giant Monster! This guy’s strong enough, perfect for you to practice your skills. It’s yours!" Hei Ying raised her eyebrows and transmitted.

"Alright!" Yu Hong’s mind shifted, and the Black Phoenix beside him instantly swooped towards the towering white giant, over thirty meters high.

This height is nothing; even a two-hundred-meter Black Giant was just like this.

But the Immortal Level energy on the opponent is what makes it tricky.

The Hundred-Armed Giant Monster landed with a bang, leaving sticky footprints everywhere it stepped, resembling a slug, remarkably clear.

"There are other monsters, I’ll go after them, be careful." Hei Ying threw out a sentence and leaped off the deck without waiting for a response.

Leaving Yu Hong alone to control the Black Phoenix, starting the entanglement with the Hundred-Armed Giant Monster.

The Black Phoenix, covered in flames, swooped down and knocked the Hundred-Armed Giant Monster staggering.

Roar!

The phoenix spread its claws and fiercely embedded them into the giant’s shoulder flesh.

But before it could exert force, its back was struck by numerous arms, sending black feathers flying and eliciting continuous screams.

However, the Black Phoenix’s black flames persistently burned the Hundred-Armed Giant Monster, spreading from its shoulder to the surrounding areas.

The areas burned by the black fire, infused with Yu Hong’s late stage Golden Core Immortal True Essence, also continually burned the Hundred-Armed Giant Monster’s body to pieces, vaporizing and disappearing.

Bang!

The Hundred-Armed Giant Monster hugged the Black Phoenix and slammed it hard to the ground, but had to let go the next moment, as its neck was pecked by the phoenix, creating a large hole, white blood oozing out, causing it to scream.

Man and bird madly slaughtered each other on the ground, black fire and white blood flying everywhere, corroding the ground into dense small holes.

Yu Hong stood on the deck, controlling the Black Phoenix, continuously familiarizing himself with the usage of the magical artifact.

During this, he also tried to release spells himself, aiming at the Hundred-Armed Giant Monster, but to no avail, unable to even break its outer skeleton armor.

Clearly, the attack methods he mastered, except for the Chaotic God Heavenly Eye, were all outdated and ineffective against ordinary monsters. But facing enemies of the same level, his shortcomings were instantly exposed.

His True Yuan’s power couldn’t be fully amplified or utilized.

Sighing, knowing it was useless, Yu Hong could only concentrate on controlling the Black Phoenix Jade to oppose the Hundred-Armed Giant Monster.

Both sides began a prolonged tug-of-war.

Fortunately, as he occasionally used Chaotic God Light for surprise attacks and the Black Phoenix constantly absorbed True Yuan to heal itself, the battle slowly tilted in his favor.

While Hei Ying chased other monsters and Yu Hong fought the Hundred-Armed Giant Monster, two pale-skinned men with sun-black markings on their foreheads stood on a giant white tree branch in the distant Yellow Leaf State.

One man wore black armor and had a huge blade strapped to his back, roughly as wide as his waist.

The other, dressed in a robe and donning a pointed black hat, resembled the legendary Black Impermanence, clutching a chain scythe.

"Just those two?"

"Just two, we’ve probed their power levels. One at Nascent Soul Late Stage, the other at Golden Core Late Stage, both at Immortal Level."

"The Nascent Soul guy is tough, we probably can’t handle him. But the other one, seems easy enough. You or me?"

"I’ll go, after we harvest, we split fifty-fifty. I really wonder what the higher-ups are thinking, coming to this godforsaken place with barely anyone." The robed man sighed.

"You’re lucky, I just woke from slumber, was cleaning up a nearby small area, barely halfway through when called here, such a loss." The armored man sighed as well. "Once I leave, the other legions will definitely seize the chance to take it..."

"The worst part is moving alongside those entities whose consciousness is barely holding on..." added the robed man. "Alright, end of discussion, the Nascent Soul guy is gone, I’ll go for the ambush, prepare to act!"

"Got it! As soon as I’m done here, I’ll join you."

"Okay."

The two transmitted their conversation silently, simultaneously dissolving into black mist, disappearing.

At this moment, on the deck, Yu Hong was still focused on wrestling with the Hundred-Armed Giant Monster.

Both sides continuously restored themselves, making decisive defeat impossible, resulting in prolonged attritional combat.

But Yu Hong had no better option, his ultimate move was the Chaotic God Light, and currently, its power was comparable to the Black Phoenix.

The situation remained in a stalemate, persistently unchanged.

Time ticked away.

Hei Ying hadn’t returned yet, only occasionally could Yu Hong sense large sharp auras spreading from the far distance, indicating her efforts to clear out the monsters.

So he continued controlling the Black Phoenix to engage the Hundred-Armed Giant Monster.

One hour passed, two hours, three hours, four hours...

As time went by, the Hundred-Armed Giant Monster gradually weakened. After all, its recovery relied on the small infiltrating groups of Black Tide provided by the array.

Constant attrition inevitably led to fatigue, even for such a strong entity.

"Probably need another two hours to grind it down..." Yu Hong was somewhat tempted by this monster, being a top-tier Golden Core Stage entity.

Perfect for replenishing the battle power reserves in the Heavenly River.

Assuming the Heavenly River could contain it.

While Yu Hong concentrated on observing the battle below.

A shadow quietly climbed from the rear of the ship like flowing water.

The shadow silently infiltrated the defensive array and approached Yu Hong’s feet along the deck.

As time passed, closer and closer...

Yu Hong’s body suddenly shuddered, sensing something, but at that very moment.

The shadow abruptly leaped up, mouth releasing a silent impact.

A semi-transparent shockwave blasted from its mouth, directly targeting Yu Hong’s head.

Buzz!!!

A massive spiritual shock suddenly hit Yu Hong’s head.

This is a special attack that could knock out a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator if caught off guard. It is also the innate racial ability of the man in the black robe, enabling him to rise to a high position within the assassination squad of the Heavenly Sun Sect through this extremely covert spiritual shock.

"Die! All of it, mine! Swallowing you, I can last another hundred years!!" The man in the black robe, filled with desire and anticipation, gripped his scythe tightly and swiftly thrust it toward the center of Yu Hong’s back.

An ambush, dizziness, and then a full-force strike taking advantage of the opponent’s unpreparedness!

This is his assassination technique.

Bang!!!

The man was stunned.

The good news was that the scythe had accurately hit the target’s back.

The bad news was....

The opponent wasn’t dizzy, and had not even broken through the defense....

"What is this!? How could it sneak onto the ship!!?"

Yu Hong was focusing on the entanglement below with the Hundred-armed Giant Demon when he suddenly felt a slight itch on his back, and he was momentarily startled.

What kind of monster could silently infiltrate the ship like this?

He was also scared, instinctively slapping hard.

Boom!!

The ship trembled harshly.

Something exploded in a sonic blast on the deck, disappearing in an instant.

Yu Hong turned around quickly to scan, but found nothing but emptiness.

"Was it an illusion?" He slightly frowned and scratched his back. He continued to focus on the fierce battle below.

What he didn’t know was that at this moment, the special spiritual barrier in his mind and the integrating Ancient Moon Divinity were faintly glowing.

The former trait increases spiritual power density by a percentage and continually amplifies the overall spiritual power by twice.

The latter inherently enhances the physique by six times.

With his current Golden Core Late Stage combined with the Chaotic God Heavenly Eye Skill refined physique, directly strengthening by six times.... plus the sevenfold increase in close combat destructive power from the Giant Tiger Form...

As a result, his close combat power had far exceeded the remote True Yuan’s explosive killing power.

And he hadn’t even noticed....

Swoosh!

From a distance in mid-air, the figure of the Corrupt Traveler silently emerged, frowning as he watched Yu Hong below, unaware of anything.

"What just happened? How did Zheng Rou suddenly explode with such strength?"

He had clearly sensed Yu Hong’s True Yuan suddenly enhancing dozens of times at the moment he retaliated against the ambusher.

After striking back and sending the ambusher flying far away, seriously injuring him, Yu Hong’s True Yuan naturally returned to normal.

"What kind of ability is this? Fishing?" The Corrupt Traveler couldn’t understand. Yu Hong was only Golden Core Late Stage, but just now his momentary burst of power was at least Nascent Soul Late Stage....

Except without energy level support, unable to instantly kill the ambusher, with that power just now, no one below Divinity Transformation Realm could withstand it.

"Could he have some special treasure? This kid is mysterious, with such strong repair ability, maybe he really has some special card up his sleeve." Shaking his head, the Corrupt Traveler seeing the situation felt relieved.

But then he frowned again, as at Wanxue Palace, Feng Xuezi was already up against the Tree Puppet Mother Tree’s Son... ever since Feng Xuezi’s breakthrough, even he had been slightly inferior. His coming out this time was also due to worry about Yu Hong’s safety.

Now confirmed that Yu Hong was fine, the Corrupt Traveler quickly sliced through space and disappeared, returning to aid Feng Xuezi in sharing the pressure.

At this moment, several kilometers away from the ship, in a murky river.

The man in the black robe lay on the ground, his body covered in black smoke struggling against and counteracting Yu Hong’s white Golden Core True Essence.

Without completely counteracting the Immortal Level power, it can infinitely devour nearby material and flesh, self-growing, maintaining immortality.

Even without a source to devour, Yu Hong’s Immortal Level True Essence could last at least several days and nights without extinguishing.

During the confrontation of the True Essence, the black-robed man endured the painful sweat as almost all his bones had fractured.

His forehead was deeply indented, transformed from a sphere to a flat bead.

To an ordinary person, such injury would be lethal, but for him, he had already died once, now slowly self-rescuing, expelling the Golden Core True Essence.

"What just happened?" The man gazed at the sky, he seemed to forget a bit.

Death for them wasn’t a severe consequence, but the cognitive loss and memory vanishment following death were far more terrifying.

Swoosh!

The next second, an armored man appeared by his side.

"What happened to you??" His companion frowned at him, "How did you get injured like this?"

"I.... can’t remember...." The robed man looked confused.

"You can’t die again, or you’ll become one of those mindless monsters." The armored man said solemnly.

"I know, I know...." The robed man nodded. "But my target isn’t dealt with...."

"Forget it, I’ll complete the task for you, and I’ll share half the cognition with you later. Rest first, we’re brothers, I’ll help you this time." The armored man said solemnly.

"....Brother Li.... be careful!" The robed man was moved.

"The Nascent Soul side is temporarily held up; you must be severely injured by some hidden power attack. Don’t worry, my protection is far stronger than yours, though less suitable for covert assassination, but for frontal attack, I’m stronger." The armored man said with confidence.

"Alright."