The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 684 - 482: Killing Through the Darkness

Chapter 684: Chapter 482: Killing Through the Darkness

Not only Li Yi was astonished, everyone else felt the same.

The red vertical pupil was filled with an evil aura, familiar as if an evil god showed part of its true form in the darkness. If Xuan Yuezi hadn’t intervened to forcibly repel the evil god earlier, everyone would have been in danger.

Even so, everyone now had a mark resembling a pentagram on the back of their hands.

This mark, like a scar seared into the skin, cannot be eradicated.

Only Xuan Yuezi avoided the evil god’s gaze, as she was a Cultivator in the Tri-Floral Realm, with extraordinary power. The evil eye couldn’t affect her, so there was no mark on the back of her hand.

"The evil god, that was the eye of an evil god. It has set its sights on us. This is the evil god’s curse. Any adventurer who bears this curse and enters the darkness will be targeted by relentless monsters until we die," Hai Li said, looking grim as he stared at the mark on his hand, then at the building that seemed on the verge of collapse, feeling things were not good.

"Isn’t this essentially a tracker?" Li Yi’s pattern on the back of his hand was lighter, perhaps because his divine bloodline had diminished part of the curse.

However, in the end, his own power wasn’t enough to completely eradicate the curse.

Mei Ling said, "It’s not just a tracking function. Those cursed by the evil god will endure soul-inflicted pain if attacked by an evil object."

Li Yi paused for a moment; so there was additional damage that directly affected the soul. If one were hit, wouldn’t it mean the soul was being hit too?

Who could withstand this?

"Can it be broken?" Xuan Yuezi frowned and asked.

Mei Ling said, "Yes, it can be broken. You just need to kill the evil god that released the curse. Of course, there’s another way, which is to eat a Golden Apple. The Golden Apple can dispel the evil god’s curse, but it’s hard to obtain. Such treasure is hidden in the depths of a passageway’s room, difficult to find, and guarded by a legendary-level monster."

Golden Apple?

Li Yi remembered it; he had seen a Golden Apple when he came here.

"As long as there’s a way to lift the curse." Saying this, he glanced at Yang Wei beside him.

Yang Wei said, "Don’t look at me. I won’t suffer a curse of this magnitude." Saying this, he showed his hands, clean and untainted, indeed untouched by the evil god’s curse.

Li Yi’s face darkened instantly, "Why could you avoid such a curse?"

"Your level is too low to understand my current state; you’ll understand in the future," Yang Wei said.

"Wei, there’s no time to waste. We need to leave here as soon as possible. This building can no longer provide protection." At this moment, Ning Wu said urgently, clearly anxious. She too suffered the evil god’s curse, but more important now was finding a safe place quickly.

"Yes, we must quickly break out of this darkness. The longer we stay, the more dangerous it becomes, and the evil god’s curse will keep casting a dark shadow over us, making it impossible to stay in one place for long," Hai Li added seriously.

Yang Wei said, "Then let’s move. Follow my footsteps closely, don’t get lost. Let me lead you out of the darkness into a future of light..."

He was passionate and full of fighting spirit, unconcerned about the impending danger.

And Ning Wu, Hai Li, and others seemed to trust him thoroughly after spending some time together, willing to follow him and strive together, struggling for survival in this dark and cruel world.

However, before he could finish speaking.

Suddenly.

A shape of an evil object burst into the cracked building; it was a lifeless corpse, clad in blood-colored armor, crowned, wielding a gleaming treasure sword.

"It’s a legendary-level monster, the Undying Sword King, be careful everyone." Hai Li recognized the monster immediately, cautioning the others at once.

The others were instantly on high alert, not daring to be careless.

This Undying Sword King was clearly the one Xuan Yuezi had kicked away earlier. Its front blood-red armor was caved in, showing a footprint shape, indicating the previous attack hadn’t killed it, and it came back to face the group after recovering.

"Damn it, don’t interrupt when people are talking." Yet, at this moment, Yang Wei was furious, immediately disappearing from where he stood.

In the next moment,

The air shattered, resonating like rolling thunder. His physical body was astonishing, crossing into the air and instantly arriving in front of the Undying Sword King. A Storage Magical Artifact lit up in his hand, and a treasure sword appeared, extraordinary and radiant, forged seemingly from immortal gold, filled with limitless sharpness.

He swung the sword without any spell enhancements, relying solely on his formidable strength.

The Undying Sword King roared, retaliating with its sword, kicked away before and coming with rage to end the lives of these prey.

The collision of swords.

Clearly, the Undying Sword King’s weapon was inferior. With one strike, its sword shattered, and with a flicker of golden light, its crowned head flew off, leaving the headless body standing in the hallway.

"Wei, well done." Yu Chuan exclaimed joyously at this sight.

Yet Yang Wei retreated swiftly. "Not at all, this monster has an undead attribute. I cut off its head and it still isn’t dead. Fighting it is a waste of time; let’s leave while it’s still recovering."

Holding the golden treasure sword, he rushed toward the passage.

As he said, the Undying Sword King’s headless body still stood, like a headless knight, after a brief adjustment, it moved again, heading toward where its head had fallen, clearly intending to reclaim it.

"Has Yang Wei’s level advanced so quickly? Not only reaching the Spirit Power Realm but also having an amazing body strength, as if he’s dual-cultivated in other methods," Li Yi observed thoughtfully.

One could see Yang Wei was restrained, avoiding using excessive power and spells, sparing the evil beings of the dark world from attention, preventing new troubles like the scarlet fishhooks from descending again.

"Li, stop staring, come with me." Yang Wei had already dashed out of the building, immediately met with a flood of monsters upon entering the darkness.

Yet his battle prowess was formidable.

His physique emitted a golden light, exuding an aura of immortality. In his hands, the treasure sword dismantled the encroaching monsters into residual limbs and flesh, leaving him unscathed, and his entire momentum grew stronger, becoming more valiant, seemingly not tiring at all.

"What technique is this?" Li Yi showed intrigue.

But there was no time for further inquiry. Glancing at Xuan Yuezi beside him, he gestured, then charged out with the Purple Gold Gourd.

Ning Wu, Yu Chuan, Hai Li, Mei Ling, and others followed closely, intending to break through the darkness as a team.

Yang Wei, aglow with golden light, paved a bloody path in mere moments, sweeping aside swarming monsters. But they lingered too long in this dark expanse, and waves of monsters surged like tides, endlessly, never easily vanquished. No matter how many were slain, new monsters constantly emerged.

Li Yi wielded a silver giant axe, slashing down, eradicating nearby monsters likewise. With Gang Qi splattering, he even slaughtered a thousand meters into the darkness, killing farther monsters.

Entwined in silver lightning as if clad in Heavy Armor, he charged unimpeded through darkness. Some assailing monsters were dispatched by his surrounding lightning before getting close, annihilated by silver Gang Qi.

Witnessing this, Ning Wu’s eyelids twitched, clearly shocked by Li Yi’s displayed strength. Although Li Yi was already formidable last they met, now he was astoundingly unfamiliar, and this didn’t seem to be Li Yi’s entire ability.

Because cultivators in the Spirit Power Realm could not only fly but manipulate Cosmic Energy, invoke wind, rain, thunder, lightning, nearly deploying immortal spells.

Yet Li Yi hadn’t done any of this.

Beside him, Yu Chuan said, "Li Yi is no longer the same. I had always said people like him will be unstoppable, didn’t expect it to come so soon. Seems being trapped here left us outpaced by outside changes."

A Soul Realm cultivator used to be considered a master, but Li Yi’s words suggested without dual Three Techniques cultivation, one wasn’t even qualified as a Cultivator.

The outside world underwent monumental changes, while they still struggled within this Dark World.

Ning Wu didn’t respond, only gazing at that golden figure: "No matter how strong he becomes, he can’t surpass Wei, so why should we fear him?"

As a golden and a silver shadow sliced through the darkness, the group felt minimal pressure following behind.

Now Hai Li understood why Li Yi suggested they enter the gourd; they weren’t needed to assist, possibly even slowing their pace.