Chapter 130 – Dark World!

Volume 3: Rising Winds and Clouds

As the Ancient Demon Seed swung its arm around to strike Faceless with Dimensionality Reduction Strike, a black circle abruptly appeared beneath both of them.

Before the Ancient Demon Seed's attack could reach Faceless, the circle beneath their feet released a burst of Berserk gravitational force.

With the Physical Attribute of a creature at Level 5 Peak, the Ancient Demon Seed would naturally not be disturbed by mere gravity. But…

The black circle had never been intended to disrupt its movements.

It seemed to connect to an unknown space. The instant Faceless sensed its pull, it made no unnecessary movements and instead followed the force straight downward.

Faceless vanished. Another circle abruptly appeared less than a hundred meters away.

Faceless emerged from it and stared expressionlessly at the Ancient Demon Seed. Then…

Its entire body exploded, and boundless darkness once again drowned the surrounding space.

Dual Darkness!

…

Faceless did not possess Dragon Blood Amplification, so the Darkness it released covered a much smaller area than Wen Yu's.

However, Faceless's Dragon Might Domain had fully merged into the darkness. As long as the Ancient Demon Seed remained inside the range of the dark Light Curtain created by Faceless, it would suffer the Domain's suppression.

Black Light flashed, and another Dark Siphon was placed upon the Ancient Demon Seed.

Then the darkness churned. Strange creaking noises rose from every direction.

…

The Ancient Demon Seed quietly sensed the surrounding space and the rate at which its stamina was draining. After a long while, it spoke heavily.

"This is troublesome… I never expected a domain-like Ability. What is it called?"

The endless darkness remained silent for a long time before a thunderous voice answered from every direction.

"I haven't named it. Since you asked, I suppose I'll make one up now… How does Dark World sound?"

The Ancient Demon Seed seemed to savor the name. After a while, it nodded.

"Not bad. Very descriptive. Fine, I admit I lost this round. So, tsk, tsk…"

"Goodbye."

The moment it finished, the Ancient Demon Seed activated Teleportation three times in rapid succession, all in the same direction.

It was fleeing.

The situation was obvious. Even with its nearly perfect Skill configuration, the Ancient Demon Seed could not locate Wen Yu within the endless darkness, much less attack him.

On top of that, curses covered its body. Every second it remained there, a large portion of its stamina and vitality was drained away.

Running when one could not win was the only correct choice.

But after three consecutive Teleportations, the Ancient Demon Seed remained inside the darkness.

"Perception interference…"

The Ancient Demon Seed spoke darkly.

Countless dense noises answered it.

…

At that moment, Wen Yu floated at the highest point of the hemispherical black Light Curtain, while Faceless stood quietly beside him.

Watching the Ancient Demon Seed remain in the same place despite three consecutive Teleportations, mockery flashed through Wen Yu's eyes.

"Perception interference is extremely common among Dark-type Abilities. Did that thing truly think I wouldn't know how to use it?"

Unfortunately, Wen Yu had no audience to hear his boastful monologue.

Not that he cared. At present, he was treating the Ancient Demon Seed below as a laboratory rat and using it to continuously perfect Dark World.

The principle behind the Ability was simple. Dragon Blood Amplification provided an enormous enhancement, greatly raising Wen Yu's Physical Attribute and the effects of every Ability. Only then could Dark Divine Light create such a vast "domain." Inside it, Wen Yu was effectively a creator god.

Dragon Blood Amplification continuously burned his blood, but Wen Yu possessed the Flesh Tome. Even if every drop of blood in his body burned away, he would remain unharmed.

Moreover, the SSS-Rank Dragon Blood Amplification did not burn blood particularly quickly.

"Dark World's First Phase: use Dark Divine Light to create a vast domain of darkness, then use Phasing to merge completely into the dark. Dark Divine Light's flexibility, combined with the fact that both Abilities originate from the Little Soul Beast, makes a crude fusion of the two Skills possible."

When Wen Yu activated Dark World, he had simultaneously tested Phasing. It had worked. Faceless's body exploding a moment ago was the combined effect of Phasing and the activation of Dark World.

The synergy between those two Abilities made Wen Yu omnipresent inside Dark World.

Dark World itself was Wen Yu.

The stamina consumption, however, was enormous. Fortunately, Dragon Blood Amplification strengthened Dark Siphon, while the omnipresent Absorption and corrosion effects throughout Dark World kept Wen Yu's stamina abundant. The more living creatures Dark World contained, the more energy Wen Yu could replenish.

Dark World's First Phase was a process of trapping and weakening the enemy.

"As for Dark World's Second Phase…"

Wen Yu looked at the churning darkness below, then at the Ancient Demon Seed standing in place, apparently deep in thought. He lightly snapped his fingers.

…

The Ancient Demon Seed was considering how to break free while carefully trying to sense Wen Yu's location.

It found nothing.

The dense sounds ahead grew closer, but the Ancient Demon Seed could see nothing. Its anxiety continued to rise.

At last, the source of the noise entered its field of vision.

It was a strange, unknown life-form only half a meter long.

Its body supported a head absurdly large in proportion. The four short limbs made the Ancient Demon Seed wonder whether the thing could move at all. A savage mouth was the only feature on its round head. There were no teeth inside-only a constantly spinning black vortex.

The bizarre creature slowly approached the Ancient Demon Seed. Then came a second, a third… an endless stream.

Above Dark World, Wen Yu slowly narrated.

"Dark World's Second Phase: Dark Beasts. Elemental life-forms composed entirely of Dark Divine Light. They move extremely slowly, but their attack power is savagely high. And as for their numbers…"

Wen Yu shook his head and silently mourned the Ancient Demon Seed for several seconds.

Then he commanded the Dark Beasts to pounce.