A dark-ink canopy descended from the horizon, black and lightless as an abyss, sealing the entire Azure Wind Valley tightly within.
Some of Azure Wind Valley's once-clear ravines were now hidden within the dense darkness, their outlines utterly invisible.
Even the valley winds that had once brushed gently through Azure Wind Valley seemed to have been completely absorbed by this abyss-black curtain, stripped of their former liveliness.
Everywhere the people present looked, there was only endless darkness.
It was as though every trace of color within Azure Wind Valley had been mercilessly devoured by the ink-colored canopy descending from the sky.
This sudden development did not only leave Red Ying and the other man stunned.
Even the dozen or so Blackbird Guards beside Li Chengxing widened their eyes, their faces written with utter disbelief and extreme shock.
Brother, you spent more than a whole day acting here, only to be playing us all along?
You had such terrifying methods, yet you didn't use them sooner?
You had us on tenterhooks for more than an entire day.
More than a day!
Do you even know how we got through it?
"Li Chengxing, you damned bastard! You actually dared scheme against this old man!"
Red Ying's eyes instantly widened round, and fury shot up from the depths of his heart, burning away nearly all his reason.
In an instant, Red Ying's old face twisted into a savage grimace from overwhelming rage, veins bulging across his forehead.
How could he fail to understand? He had clearly been thoroughly deceived by Li Chengxing.
The power released by the Blackbird Sky Seal in Li Chengxing's hand now far exceeded Red Ying's expectations.
No wonder that old fellow Li Chengxing had not revealed the slightest flaw throughout the past day or more.
So he had been