Sealed Divine Throne II: Twin Sons of Dragon
Chapter 530 - 264 Dark Blue Skull_2

Chapter 530: Chapter 264 Dark Blue Skull_2

Coming to the battle this time, besides completing the mission of the demon-hunting team, Long Dangdang especially cherished this opportunity. This was an excellent chance to enhance the overall strength of his companions. If the opportunity was right, it could greatly help everyone quickly upgrade their cultivation level. If they killed a large number of wraith entities without devouring wraith energy, the Wraith Kingdom would reclaim this energy. Before long, new wraiths would be born. This held even if they could reluctantly complete a Forbidden Spell. With so much activity in the future and wraiths not truly dying, the stronger entities would surely notice the unusual happenings and react. If they launched an attack, it would be beyond their capacity to bear.

So, after a brief contemplation, Long Dangdang shook his head and said, "We can’t go deep here. We still have to be cautious. Go around it, from the outside of the valley, we continue to delve into the left direction. We don’t know how many wraiths are in this legion, but certainly more than this valley can accommodate. We should still aim to find solitary wraiths to deal with."

A trace of regret showed on Ming Xi’s face. They were wraiths of an entire valley! This was a lot of energy! If they could annihilate them, what a righteous act it would be!

However, she was not as impulsively eager as when she first became a demon hunter. Having faced several setbacks, especially seeing her companions becoming stronger than her, she had become more restrained. Especially towards Long Dangdang’s orders, she could now listen.

Ming Xi silently moved towards the left for reconnaissance. Long Dangdang stared intently inside the valley, not daring to get closer. But he could faintly feel the overwhelmingly cold aura of the valley. The wraith energy inside was extremely abundant. Even without slaying the wraith entities, merely at their current location, Kongkong, with the Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace, could devour energy. However, this would inevitably be a suicidal act.

Dragging the somewhat unwilling Kongkong, Long Dangdang led his companions stealthily out of the left side.

Only when they were a whole kilometer away from that valley did the strong chill in the air weaken somewhat. Ling Menglu bestowed some Power of Luminosity on everyone to dispel the chilling aura affecting them.

After they had gone a distance from the valley, Ming Xi found another batch of weaker, low-level wraiths. They annihilated these too, though the pull was not very big.

The moon was high in the sky. Kongkong said, "Big brother, aren’t we moving a bit too slowly? If we don’t tackle stronger wraiths, we might progress faster by cultivating at home."

Long Dangdang glared at Kongkong who smiled sheepishly. He was actually a bit anxious to get back to Holy City, as his goddess should be returning soon! As long as they successfully completed three tasks, they would, in effect, have completed the compulsory mission of the Demon Hunters Headquarters and could return to Holy City anytime. That was the advantage of being demon hunters. They were not an army— as long as they made sufficient contributions, they were free to come and go as they pleased.

Under the moonlit sky, Ming Xi said, "I also feel that stronger wraiths seem to be in places like the valleys we saw earlier. The ones wandering outside might not have the strength to enter the valley and are weaker wraiths. Captain, shall we revisit the outskirts of that valley?"

Without hesitation, Long Dangdang shook his head and said, "Remember, for us, safety is more important than anything else. As your captain, my first duty is to ensure everyone gets home safely— even more important than completing the mission. We’ll have plenty of opportunities in the future. Thus, we must not rush. Even if the gain is lower than expected, as long as we’re safe, it’s fine."

Ming Xi didn’t say anything more. Ling Menglu and Yue Li both nodded in agreement, while Changxin remained as silent as ever. Tao Linlin silently handed out some prepared food to everyone. The sky was gradually brightening, with a hint of daybreak on the horizon.

Everyone was eating and resting where they were. Long Dangdang was also contemplating their next move.

In truth, he had always harbored some strange feelings towards the wraith legion. Normally, these dark wraith entities should be active at night, right? The sunlight should have a significant impact on them. But that didn’t seem to be the case with the wraith legion they were facing. Even the onslaught on Blessed Sun City earlier occurred during the day, which means the wraith legion not only isn’t afraid of the sunlight, but they seem to be unaffected by it and their combat abilities do not diminish. What was going on?

While Long Dangdang was pondering, suddenly, he felt an odd sensation and subconsciously turned his head towards a direction. It wasn’t just him, the others felt it too. In an instant, they turned to look in that direction.

With one look, everyone’s breath hitched.

In the distance, in the direction of the rising sun, they vaguely saw a massive dark blue light slowly ascending. This dark blue light coalesced into a gigantic dark blue skull as it rose. This skull was much bigger than the one they had seen on the battlefield leading the wraith legion. It was at least ten times larger.

After its ascent, the skull slowly turned, facing the direction of the rising dawn. It seemed to be breathing in and out. The original dark blue hue turned sky blue as it "breathed" and then turned back into dark blue with each cycle of exhaling. The strange and enormous energy reverberated between heaven and earth. With each inhalation, a faint white light converged on the skull. Yes, it was a visible white light with a slight purple tinge. When it exhaled all that energy, the deep blue skull gradually turned sky blue.

With the skull’s breathing, the air, originally cold due to the presence of many wraith entities, seemed to be warming, much like the sun starting to heat the earth.

Everyone watched the spectacle unfold before their eyes. The point from where the giant skull rose was at least several tens of kilometers, even over a hundred kilometers away from them. But because it was so huge, they could see it clearly even from where they stood.

The entire process lasted for half an hour. By the time the sun had fully risen, a faint golden veneer started to overlay the large skull. Its inhaling and exhaling cycle seemed to come to completion. Following that, the giant skull slowly drew into itself, turning into deep blue energy and started to shrink, swiftly collapsing inwards.

The air around them began to hum slightly, as if the movements of the skull affected the area hundreds of kilometers around it.

What kind of immense power was required to achieve this feat? Clearly, something beyond the 9th Rank could pull this off. Could it be that the legendary million magnitude spiritual power, the upper limit of this plane, truly existed?

Finally, the deep blue light collapsed into a point in the distance, resembling a deep blue halo, much smaller in size than the giant skull before. From the direction of Long Dangdang and others, they could barely make out the scenario involving the deep blue light.

"It looks like a person!" Long Kongkong suddenly said in a stunned voice. He had always had excellent vision and suddenly noticed a figure in the midst of the deep blue halo. It looked like a human figure.