Within Eternal Night lay endless darkness.
A figure appeared silently. His gaze was deep, his bearing aloof, and he wore luxurious coral-colored robes embroidered with black flood dragons. His oppressive might swept across heaven and earth.
The master of the Night Alliance, Venerable Night!
Behind him, Night Alliance soldiers surged forward and quickly surrounded Xie Feng and Sushang!
His gaze was icy, his every movement imposing, as though this expanse of eternal night lay entirely within his grasp.
"Who are you?"
Sushang instantly drew her sword, glaring with her almond-shaped eyes as she demanded fiercely.
"I am Venerable Night, master of the Night Alliance, master of Eternal Night!
"Oh? A little girl at the sixth stage of Tribulation Transcendence?
"You look only eleven or twelve, yet you've reached the Tribulation Transcendence Realm. Chi Huo and Ling Man didn't die quite so pathetically after all.
"But, little girl, you'd best let your grown-up answer!"
One of Venerable Night's eyebrows slowly rose, as though he was somewhat surprised. Then he lowered his proud gaze toward Sushang, a hint of contempt entering his voice.
Sushang gripped her sword. "Master, the way he talks really makes me want to punch him."
Xie Feng stroked the little girl's head and gently moved her aside. He raised his narrow eyes slightly, his handsome face utterly cold!
This Venerable Night was no weakling!
The tenth stage of the Mahayana Realm!
Venerable Night was also sizing up Xie Feng.
Strange...
Why does this man's cultivation look so indistinct to me?
At first glance, I could see through him like a blank sheet of paper, yet another look revealed an immeasurable abyss!
It's his physique!
It must be his physique-it has some ability to conceal his cultivation!
And...
Venerable Night swept his gaze over Xie Feng and Sushang.
The sword in that little girl's hand possessed sword intent that towered into the heavens, dazzling as the light of dawn.
The Zhaoyang Immortal Sword?!
That man has an extraordinary bearing, and the azure robe he wears brims with flowing light. It seems familiar...
That's it!
The Supreme Dream Robe, third on the Heavenly Ranking's Dharma Artifact Ranking!
Venerable Night's expression shifted subtly.
"No wonder you dared venture deep into the Land of Eternal Night. So you're the Heavenly Ranking's first and second-place holders!
"The Beacon Cloud Hook, the Supreme Dream Robe, the Azure Profound Fan, the Immortal-Slaying Furnace-Xie Feng, bring them out. I'd very much like to see them!"
Venerable Night's gaze burned. With a grand smile, he issued his fervent challenge!
He belonged to the middle generation of powerhouses and was ineligible for the Aptitude Ranking, where young talents gathered. His Dharma artifact also fell a little short of the treasures on the Heavenly Ranking.
He craved the Heavenly Ranking's rewards!
As a monster who had lived for centuries, wouldn't dealing with two youngsters be as easy as reaching out and seizing them?!
As long as he killed Xie Feng and Sushang, he would become the Dharma artifacts' master, and the Heavenly Ranking's rewards would then be issued!
Those were treasures of the Great Dao!
As long as he broke through the bottleneck at the tenth stage of Mahayana and reached the Ascension Realm, he could escape that person's control and gain complete freedom!
Xie Feng said, "You want to see my Dharma artifacts?"
Venerable Night countered, "What of it?"
Xie Feng smiled. "With your current strength, you don't qualify."
"As someone at the tenth stage of Mahayana, I don't consider myself weaker than you! Within this Eternal Night, I am absolute power!
"Though you're strong, you seem to have forgotten where you are!
"Perhaps there could have been another path: offer up your Dharma artifacts with both hands, and I would spare your lives. Unfortunately, Chi Huo and Ling Man's deaths have blocked your road to survival!"
Venerable Night brimmed with arrogance, looking down upon all living beings.
"Enough prattle!"
Xie Feng spoke impatiently.
Beside him, Sushang pursed her little lips and snorted. "Does being one level higher even count as stronger? You need to be at least ten levels higher to fight Master!"
"What?!"
Venerable Night grew somewhat furious with humiliation.
Xie Feng stepped forward, his figure flashing as he instantly closed the distance between them to less than a hundred meters!
Xie Feng raised his palm. His oppressive might pierced heaven and earth, and fierce winds swept out, tearing up three feet of earthly dust!
The Night Alliance soldiers staggered backward!
Some of the weaker ones even spat blood on the spot beneath that savage pressure!
Venerable Night's face twisted!
Xie Feng said, "Would you like to see a darkness more terrifying than Eternal Night?"
"Your arrogance has successfully enraged me! Your provocation has stirred my interest! Come, fight!"
Venerable Night angrily swept his sleeve and drew a blood-red saber out of thin air!
As the saber left its sheath, phantom flood dragons surged between heaven and earth, blotting out the sky. Saber intent swelled, and Saber Qi shot into the heavens!
The Dark Emperor Saber!
The Night Alliance soldiers charged forward.
Sushang gave a soft snort. With the Radiant Sun Sword in hand, she leaped into the surging tide of people like a nimble swallow, like a fierce tiger descending the mountain!
Meanwhile, Xie Feng chuckled and took another step, his bearing open and radiant as the rising sun. Boundless spiritual resonance burst from within him and transformed into powerful killing intent. With a beckoning motion of his hand, a section of space collapsed on the spot!
The Dark Emperor Saber hurtled toward him!
Xie Feng neither dodged nor evaded, his expression unchanged.
Lethal Saber Qi closed in!
Xie Feng remained as calm as drifting clouds and a gentle breeze.
For some reason, an inexplicable premonition suddenly rose in Venerable Night's heart.
As though...
Heaven would crumble and earth would split in the very next second!
Rumble-
As the Dark Emperor Saber struck, an immense sound rang out, as though towering mountain ranges were rising from the ground.
Behind Xie Feng, a dark sun hung high!
The sphere towered like a mountain, appearing abruptly and slowly releasing the breath of reincarnation.
That darkness was actually more terrifying than Eternal Night!
"Wh-what is that?!"
"What terrifying pressure! I'm suffocating!"
Bang!
Bang!
The Night Alliance soldiers saw that pitch-black, enormous sphere. Its terrifying presence filled them with horror!
The breath of death!
With the manifestation came terrifying pressure, as though a giant hand had tightly gripped heaven and earth. Space shattered, and many people, unable to withstand that pressure, exploded and died on the spot!
The Dark Emperor Saber froze in midair.
As space collapsed and the pressure descended, the Dark Emperor Saber shattered with a crash!
"My saber!"
Venerable Night's eyes widened furiously. He looked at the black sun behind Xie Feng, and a distant memory awakened. He seemed to have seen it in an ancient text!
A sacred beast born in the primordial era!
Only one appeared every million years!
Like a pitch-black sphere, it created all things!
Solar Zhuzhao!
This man could actually command such a legendary sacred beast?!
Venerable Night's pupils abruptly contracted, his lips trembled, and his imposing presence had already diminished by seven-tenths!
Beyond Eternal Night, he saw another eternal night!
Utter destruction!
Utter nothingness!
Zhuzhao appeared, unleashing endless power. Amid that power that blotted out the sky and sun, the members of the Night Alliance were destroyed one after another!
Venerable Night was terrified!
Solar Zhuzhao's appearance allowed him to sense Xie Feng's strength.
The ninth stage of the Mahayana Realm!
Taking first place on the Aptitude Ranking meant Xie Feng was young, yet at such an age, he had actually reached a realm that Venerable Night had needed centuries of cultivation to attain!
Those in the Mahayana Realm were already supreme figures beneath the heavens!
Venerable Night's heart turned cold!
If Xie Feng were a little weaker, he would be unable to control such a powerful Solar Zhuzhao...
Unfortunately, there were no ifs!
Beneath Zhuzhao, all things turned to ash!
Venerable Night understood well that "as long as the green hills remained, there would be no fear of running out of firewood." Abandoning the Night Alliance members, he turned and fled!
Zhuzhao's power gathered, forming an enormous maw that could swallow the heavens. As it opened and closed, it seemed ready to devour him in the next second!
Cold sweat poured from Venerable Night.
At that very moment!
Space trembled, and a proud figure flashed into view. His presence was like a deep abyss, immovable as a mountain, as he coldly watched countless people turn to dust before him.
"My lord, save me!!"
Seeing the newcomer, Venerable Night's eyes blazed with hope, and he shouted desperately!