Chapter 914 - 264: Chaos Eternal, Demon Immortal (Part 3)

It was probably this same kind of despair that drove a Saint like Wanfang toward the Abyss—the very process of craving Power and pursuing Power is itself a process of pushing oneself toward destruction.

This stone tablet was hidden in this space that both exists and does not exist. If not for the Yaqi Demon, he would never have discovered it.

Sean lay on the ground, shoving handfuls of black pills into his mouth. He had been on the brink of death, yet he rapidly recovered, bit by bit.

At the same time.

After the Yaqi Demon was captured by Su Changxing, large numbers of Low-tier Demons crawled up from the water. Their forms and appearances varied—there were huge red-scaled fish with four legs, their scales covered in short white hair, and Demons shaped like humans but sporting three heads.

Previously, because of the Yaqi Demon’s presence, they had all backed away, forced to hide underwater. Once the Yaqi Demon vanished, their range of activity returned, and they swarmed back up.

The strength of these Demons wasn’t particularly high, roughly around Tier Six, but there were a great many of them. It was as if they had stayed in the water for too long and were famished, rushing toward them without a care.

Shen Xuan blew apart a Demon’s body with a single punch, advancing as she struck. Her movements grew faster and faster, the Power she displayed surpassing what she had shown before. Her fists carved out afterimages in the air, looking as if hundreds of hands were dancing nonstop in midair.

What surprised Su Changxing was that these Demons, whose Life Force was so strong, would basically drop dead on the spot after taking a single punch from Shen Xuan. The stronger ones just collapsed to the ground and fell into a paralyzed Status.

Shen Xuan’s Superpower seemed to have extra killing effect against these Demons, making their bodies unable to self-heal, their Life Force rapidly draining away, as if she were the natural enemy of Demons.

Then Su Changxing joined the battle as well, firing his revolver at the Demons closing in around them. Often a single bullet could pierce through several Demons in a row.

In no time at all, they cleared out all the Demons that had crawled up from underwater, leaving corpses strewn across the ground.

The Demon corpses toppled over and swiftly dissolved, as if being absorbed by the floor.

Shen Xuan panted heavily, her cheeks slightly flushed. She turned her head to look at Su Changxing, smiling as she asked, "What did you see just now? And that Celestial Calamity Demon?"

This kind of fight took a huge toll on her stamina.

Su Changxing smiled, spread his hands, and said easily, "Already dealt with. For me, it was no problem at all."

Then.

He noticed the black lines on Shen Xuan’s face spreading outward at a speed visible to the naked eye, seeming to have already covered her entire body. Even on the back of her hand the dark tracery was clearly visible, like tattoo ink drawn over her skin, following the lines of her flesh, revealing a bizarre, alluring beauty. Thud.

"Your body is deteriorating nonstop," Su Changxing said.

Shen Xuan nodded, pondering as she spoke: "Yes. After coming to this world, it feels like I’m closer to that space. The Energy feeding back is causing the aura of death to keep Growing."

After hearing her description, Su Changxing’s expression grew grave. Shen Xuan’s situation was more complicated than he had anticipated.

If the space Shen Xuan is connected to is the so-called Abyss, then that deep-black aura of death must be related to Shen Xuan as well, and the owner of that giant hand in the Zombie World might very well come from the Abyss.

"If this goes on, your Status is anything but optimistic... Let me try again."

Su Changxing stepped closer and touched the black lines on Shen Xuan’s hand with his fingers, to see if he could completely expel the aura of death from her body.

He now had a deeper understanding of the aura of death and could manipulate it more flexibly. This was a power no weaker than Faith, containing within it death and Truth.

Normally, the aura of death inside Shen Xuan should be limited, and with his current Ability he ought to be able to remove it completely.

Shen Xuan’s dark-red pupils rippled. She saw a pitch-black, lightless world where heavy snow was falling.

Su Changxing slowly drew the aura of death together at his fingertips, then guided it out. With the experience he’d gained before, he was much more practiced now, at least no longer needing to be so cautious.

As the deep-black aura of death diminished, the black lines on Shen Xuan’s skin thinned, faded, and disappeared.

But the situation immediately turned strange. The vanished black lines suddenly reappeared, and more deep-black aura actually emerged out of nowhere inside Shen Xuan’s body.

What was going on!

Su Changxing realized where the problem lay—that world was likely saturated with the aura of death. He stopped at once, no longer continuing, because if he did, it would definitely trigger aggregation between the auras of death and draw even more of it into Shen Xuan’s body.

Shen Xuan fixed her Ruby-like, gleaming eyes on him, understanding her own condition, and chuckled softly. "Looks like things are a bit bad."

Su Changxing shook his head, thought for a moment, and said, "It’s not that bad. It’s probably just an issue with this world. As long as we leave here, I should be able to purge the aura of death from your body."

This also indirectly confirmed another problem.

This world was likely very close to the so-called Abyss, otherwise even if the Abyss was brimming with the aura of death, it shouldn’t be able to seep into Shen Xuan’s body.

At this moment.

Sean was still sitting on the ground. Though not dead, he was gravely wounded, coughing blood nonstop. He struggled to his feet, then took off his filthy, disheveled suit jacket, pulled out a fresh one to put on, knotted his tie, and carefully tidied his slightly mussed hair. Then he looked at Su Changxing and asked the two of them: