A Night of Desperation-Chapter 434: Anning 2

"So, the last question." Yu Hong lowered his head, looking at the black cracks gradually appearing on the back of his hand, as his body emitted faint Red Value Radiation, as if it were porcelain gradually releasing light.

Even divinity could not stop this kind of radiation.

"Do you still remember who you are?" he asked.

"...To be alive is everything." The old woman let out a strange laugh, raised her hand, and pointed at Yu Hong.

"You are very strong, in such a short time, you’ve improved by several times, but, my present, is your future…."

As she laughed strangely, her figure gradually faded and disappeared.

Yu Hong stood still, carefully digesting her words.

"Once human too?" he started to understand, perhaps that old woman, was the successful Heavenly Master Zuo Yunfeng. To survive, she ultimately chose to compromise with the Source Disaster, and became one with it.

Crack.

At that moment, the underground base could finally hold no longer, everywhere began to break, bend, and fall.

Yu Hong looked again at the black cracks on his body.

Merely conversing with the other party had contaminated him to this extent, and this was when he himself had an extremely strong body, the ability of divinity to resist and weaken, and the power of Inner Strength Light Disaster.

If it were someone else, perhaps at the very first moment of talking with that old woman, they would have mutated into a Black Disaster Monster.

He raised his head and threw a casual punch upwards with his right hand.

Boom!!

A large humanoid figure behind him also raised its hand and punched fiercely through the layer of earth above.

Then.

Sizzle!

A pillar of red light burst forth from the fist, piercing the earth, creating a smooth, straight passage.

Yu Hong lightly touched the ground with the tip of his toe and floated up the passage from the underground.

Outside, the black fog was dispersing, but only in this area had the Red Value Radiation decreased, in the distance, there were other sources of Red Value.

"Did they open other gates too?" He scanned the area with his gaze and quickly sensed Zhao Jingtang and others of Qing Huang still in battle several kilometers away.

The Black Light Army was still fighting against Black Disaster Insects and Evil Shadows, the numbers of Evil Shadows too many, so much so that Black Light was clearly struggling to hold on.

Yu Hong also noted that this Black Disaster was different from the previous two.

From the beginning here, what appeared was of extremely high intensity. It wasn’t step by step like the normal black insects, shadow, and Evil Shadow.

It started directly with strong Evil Shadows like Insect men, speedsters, and Black Withered Woman.

Moreover, the numbers were immensely high.

He suspected that this might be related to that old woman.

"It should end... this time, finally, I can rest properly...."

Yu Hong stomped his foot, soaring into the air amidst the black fog, jumping into midair.

Buzz!

In an instant, a dazzling silver Spirit Light was released from his body.

The Spirit Light transformed into beams, spreading in all directions, covering the entire battlefield.

Under the cover of the silver light, the radiation of Black Disaster was rapidly replaced by the radiation of Light Disaster, and all the people who had already been implanted with Spirit Light were unaffected by this radiant exposure, instead, becoming even more refreshed.

On the contrary, the Black Disaster Monsters, under this radiation coverage, were like carrying a huge burden, their strength plummeting by more than half. They were extremely weak.

The situation on the battlefield was reversed quickly.

The black fog dispersed.

One after another, silver flames soared into the sky.

"For the Spirit Alliance!!"

"For peace!!"

The raging cries of Black Light roared like fierce beasts, their Spirit Light resonating with Yu Hong’s, together resounding and dimly linking into a huge blue sun, floating above the battlefield.

From above, looking down, the Black Disaster Monsters were like ice and snow melted by sunlight, rapidly dissolving, shrinking, and scattering.

Yu Hong gently landed on the ground, without Ku Chan’s help, he still lacked the Floating Ability temporarily. But it didn’t matter, now everything was over.

Standing on what seemed to be a yellowish cliff split by a sword, he looked down at the Black Light Army and Black Disaster Monsters still fighting below.

Silver was advancing rapidly, black was retreating swiftly.

In the distance, in mid-air, a group of dark red firebirds gradually emerged from the dispersing black fog.

They were gathered, tearing at something.

As Yu Hong looked over, the flock of firebirds suddenly dispersed, revealing Ku Chan and another humanoid clad in black armor in the center.

But at this point, the humanoid was emitting smoke all over, with one arm already gone. A Chi Xiao Sword was deeply stabbed into its forehead, immobilized.

Sizzle.

Ku Chan withdrew the sword, and his other hand swiftly formed a Seal, then slapped squarely on the chest of the humanoid in black armor.

Instantly, the humanoid in black armor was wrapped in dark red flames, the next moment it shrank, turned into a fireball, and burned fiercely.

"Alliance Leader, I need some time to digest these gains," Ku Chan communicated to Yu Hong through psychic messaging, still standing at an angle.

"Of course." Yu Hong turned his gaze again toward Qing Huang and Zhao Jingtang. Both were covered in scars, yet with the help of the radiance of Spirit Light, they had just resolved their opponents.

Everything was progressing in a favorable direction.

"This time... as long as we’re a bit more careful, we can definitely protect this world and live peacefully here for a long time!"

Yu Hong’s mood also quickly improved as the black mist dispersed.

Soon, after more than ten minutes, with the demise of the last Black Disaster Black Withered Woman, slain by two members of the Black Light Army wielding their swords, the eradication of the Black Disaster from the borders of Bai Luote was finally complete.

Without any hesitation, Yu Hong immediately ordered a casualty headcount, then led a direct charge to Bai Luote’s capital, Adala City.

He intended to capitalize on this victory to rapidly expand the domain of the Spirit Alliance.

The charge of the Black Light Army was unstoppable, cutting through the opposition like a hot knife through butter. When detected by satellites, Bai Luote urgently deployed the army and air force to intercept.

But it was futile.

The onslaught of the Black Light Army was like a steamroller;each of the imposing armored figures could flip over tanks, crush armored vehicles, and smash helicopters with their hands. Apart from the high-flying bombers, they were untouched;neither shelling nor any other weapon could halt their advance.

At this time, Yu Hong was not involved in the assault on Bai Luote.

Instead, he handed everything over to the management of Qingchen Temple and the high echelons of the Spirit Alliance. He quietly left to find a desolate and hidden military base to begin the large-scale transfer of a massive number of people from Hope City.

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Three days later.

Inside a lush indoor botanical garden, Yu Hong had changed into loose pajamas, receiving a report in a relaxed manner from Chen Yaofeng and the trio of Yu Hen and Qing Huang.

Within the Spirit Alliance, the trio was now the most capable of governance.

The rest were either Cultivation maniacs or... Cultivation maniacs.

Trapped by the shadows of the Black Disaster and Spirit Disaster from the past, nearly all members of the Black Light Army were still unable to relax in the slightest despite knowing that the main force of the Black Disaster here had been defeated.

"Now that Bai Luote has been conquered, other nations have declared they will no longer obstruct the Spirit Alliance’s message of expansion. We, in turn, have ceased deploying troops to resolve their official matters," said Chen Yaofeng, his expression carrying an irrepressible weariness. Yet within that exhaustion, what shone through was more a sense of regret and relief.

"It’s a pity that so many of our brothers and sisters couldn’t come to see this New World with us, to see this peaceful and stable place..." he said, lowering his head in a sigh.

"We can’t completely relax just yet—the loopholes for the Black Disaster could appear anywhere, and we must maintain detection of the Red Value at all times. What’s the current environmental Red Value?" asked Yu Hong.

"It’s maintained below 1, assuring there are no remnants of the Gate of Despair. Those red gates previously opened by the Blood Mother aren’t Gates of Despair, but lead to another dark red space. We’ve sent drones there to film;it’s all red, with thick coagulated blood plasma on the ground, certainly not the space where the Black Disaster resides," explained Chen Yaofeng.

"Whatever they are, close them," Yu Hong commanded.

"We’ve already destroyed them all. These gates are not as difficult to shut as the Gates of Despair—destruction is sufficient," Chen Yaofeng nodded in response.

"How is the spread of Spirit Light?" Yu Hong turned to Qing Huang, who was in charge of this matter.

"Quite good. The population has grown to a point where it’s no longer feasible to count, we can only estimate—a rough estimate suggests that over a hundred million people have now been implanted with Spirit Light," Qing Huang said with a smile.

"Very well... Finally, we can settle down for some time," Yu Hong also smiled.

It hadn’t been easy. From the first world to now, he had gone through countless hardships. Now, at last, he had permanently closed the gate of the Black Disaster.

Here, there were no Spirit Disasters, nor any other Source Disasters;they just needed to maintain daily supervision, and they could live here for a long, long time...

"What are your plans for the future?" Yu Hong asked with a smile.

"I plan to rest." Chen Yaofeng patted his stomach. "My wife is pregnant. I suspect it won’t be long before I’m a father, and then, let’s have a good drink."

"I don’t have any particular desires;my time is spent either Cultivating or playing online games," Qing Huang said casually.

"I’ve started a small organization, teaching disciples and such;it’s named Feisha Sect. I’ll send you the address when I settle on one—come visit when you have time," Zhao Jingtang also said with a smile.

"And Ku Chan?" Yu Hong asked. "Why hasn’t he come?"

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"Ah, he’s still searching the world for Source Disasters. He’s a pitiful fellow, all his family gone. Other than seeking revenge, he’s got nothing on his mind. So young, yet to face such trials... Ah." Chen Yaofeng shook his head and did not continue.

"What about you? Alliance Leader Yu, Master Yu, what are your plans?" Chen Yaofeng turned the conversation toward Yu Hong.

"After we finish the transfer, I plan to continue my secluded Cultivation. There are some things I haven’t dealt with yet," Yu Hong admitted outright.

Although the Black Disaster was stabilized, how it had been stabilized, others might not know, but he was acutely aware.

The century-long restriction of the Black Ship was still in place, and how to resolve being confined to Prison Island required more study.

Additionally, leveraging the power of the Light Disaster for the Tai Ling Skill was not without cost, and the time to repay has not yet come—perhaps it might in the future.

He did not believe that other Source Disasters were so formidable while the Light Disaster was completely harmless.

If it were truly harmless, ’disaster’ would not be part of its name.

So while others have settled, he could not yet relax.

"Furthermore, I always feel that Quan He might not have died," Yu Hong continued. "I plan to explore other places and probe the Spirit Disaster again. See if it’s possible to rescue her."

At the mention of Quan He, the trio fell silent.

Chen Yaofeng had not experienced it and therefore lacked a visceral understanding. Qing Huang and Yu Hen had witnessed Quan He being drawn into the gate of the Spirit Disaster with their own eyes.

"Could it possibly... stir the Spirit Disaster again?" After a moment of silence, Chen Yaofeng suddenly voiced a concern.

Yu Hong paused, giving no answer.