Chapter 1565

Chapter 1565: Black Shadow

As the Holy Lords were locked in fierce combat, a cage suddenly materialized in the pure void, encompassing the entire battlefield. Xu Fan and Wang Yulun found themselves just outside the cage.

"This is a Two-Mirror Powerful Being!" Wang Yulun exclaimed, shocked.

"I’m not sure," Xu Fan responded.

At that moment, all the Holy Lords ceased their fighting, their faces filled with shock as they gazed at the cage that trapped them.

One Holy Lord used all his might to attack the cage, but it remained unbreakable.

Despite the combined efforts of many Holy Lords, they still couldn’t break through the cage.

As panic set in among the Holy Lords, a substance that seemed to be the darkest in the universe appeared outside the cage, revealing a pair of blood-red eyes on its pure black body.

It then silently floated into the cage and began to roam slowly.

A terrifying aura, unlike that of any living being, spread out, feeling even more horrifying than death itself.

At that moment, Wang Yulun, outside the cage, felt chills running down his spine.

"Big Brother Xu, what is that thing?!"

"It’s the purest dark being from the void. They dwell in the deepest parts of space and usually don’t emerge."

"But if someone breaches the connection to the purest space, this dark being will seize the chance to come out," Xu Fan explained.

He had learned all this from the memories of the octopus when he first arrived in the Interstitial World.

As Xu Fan was explaining, the pure black being suddenly appeared next to one Holy Lord and swallowed him whole.

All the Holy Lords felt a chill down their spines, and something even more terrifying occurred.

Everything about the swallowed Holy Lord vanished, even the memories in their minds began to fade away.

"We must unite! If we don’t, we’re all doomed!!" one peak-level Holy Lord shouted in fear.

He sensed a power from this black shadow that he couldn’t match.

"Don’t confront it. Focus all your energy on breaking through this cage."

"Once the purest void is restored, this Little Black creature must return to the deepest layers of space," one Holy Lord seemed to recall information about that black being.

Thus, all the Holy Lords concentrated their strength and bombarded the cage trapping them.

Even the slightest fluctuation would trigger a response.

"Don’t worry about that! Just unleash your essence and break out!"

"That supreme being no longer matters."

"Right now, damn it, our lives are what’s most important!" a Holy Lord yelled in terror, looking at the black shadow that was about to swallow him.

In an instant, another Holy Lord’s existence disappeared.

At that moment, Wang Yulun stood frozen outside the cage, feeling ice-cold all over as he witnessed the scene.

"Big Brother Xu, are there many things like this? I don’t want this thing to be drawn out as they fight in the void," Wang Yulun said.

"Not many. According to Grape’s records, this creature happens to float in this position, which is why I brought you to see it," Xu Fan replied.

"In the Chaotic Mist Area, even if it turns into the purest void, that thing can’t get inside the Chaotic Mist Area."

"If you lure that thing into the Primordial Chaos Zone, you’re just asking for trouble."

As Xu Fan spoke, another Holy Lord got swallowed up.

Seeing this, the Holy Lords in the cage went berserk, burning their essence like crazy and charging at the cage.

"If the space here doesn’t recover, this cage won’t break," Xu Fan said.

"Big Brother Xu, since all those Holy Lords are gone, can’t we just sit back and reap the rewards?" Wang Yulun said, excited.

"Not a chance. That black shadow will take everything."

Xu Fan and Wang Yulun had been stuck there for three years before all the Holy Lords were finally swallowed.

Then, that pure black shadow broke free from the cage and drifted slowly toward the Supreme Divine Artifact.

The Supreme Divine Artifact glowed like an oil lamp, lighting up the entire Primordial Chaos Zone.

The black shadow reached the Supreme Divine Artifact and instantly turned into a massive mouth, swallowing it whole.

After that, the black shadow casually slipped back into the void.

"Over seventy Holy Lords just vanished like that. It’s mind-blowing!" Wang Yulun was still in shock.

"The more I learn about the Primordial Chaos Zone, the scarier it gets."

"It’s not just what’s on the surface; the stuff hidden in the space is even worse."

Xu Fan said lightly, watching the space slowly heal.

A teleportation formation wrapped around them, instantly sending them back to the Chaotic Mist Area, by the giant lake where Wang Yulun lived.

"I feel way safer in the Chaotic Mist Area. Big Brother Xu, are we going to run into those terrifying things while searching for the essence?" Wang Yulun asked.

"Those things are super rare. If you see one, it’s just bad luck."

"If we do, I’ll take care of it," Xu Fan said with a small smile.

Just then, Xiong Li’s message came through.

"Grand Elder, we need your help here."

"Rub your left hand on your right hand ten times, and you’ll trap six Holy Lords," Xu Fan replied without even thinking.

In some random Chaotic Mist Area battlefield, Xiong Li stared at the Grand Elder’s message, confused.

But he did it anyway, quickly rubbing his left hand on his right hand.

In an instant, a huge blood-red cage appeared over the battlefield.

It trapped the six enemy Holy Lords.

"Was that hand-rubbing thing some kind of spell seal? If so, you’re set. You won’t need to ask the Grand Elder for permission to act on his behalf," a Holy Lord of the human race joked.

With six fewer Holy Lords, the human race’s battles got a lot easier.

In just a few thousand years, they took over that part of the Chaotic Mist Area.

"I’ll take one of the spots in the Chaotic Mist Area. You guys can split the rest," Xiong Li said.

"Deal."

Meanwhile, the entire Hidden Spirit Sect got the news.

The fourth Holy Lord spot in the Hidden Spirit Sect was up for grabs. Anyone who wanted it had to hurry up and train to reach the peak of the chaotic saint realm.

By the giant lake, Xu Fan was casually fishing with a rod, chatting with his buddy about old times.

"Big Brother Xu, after you find the essence, what if your hometown is completely different or taken over by another race? I hope you won’t be too upset," Wang Yulun said.

"I just want to know what brought me here. And once you become a Holy Lord, you’ll see that beyond the River of Time and the chaotic River of Time, there’s another huge river—or maybe an ocean of time."

"Everything can be traced back there."

"That’s the source sea of the River of Time."

"You’ll only get a glimpse of it after becoming a Holy Lord, and even then, it’s just a peek."

"If you really want to bring someone back from there, you’ll probably need to become a second realm Powerful Being," Xu Fan said.

"So when you become a second realm Powerful Being, how about you help me bring back a few people?"