Chapter 2440 - 2540: Are You Despairing?! (1st Update)

Chapter 2440: Chapter 2540: Are You Despairing?! (1st Update)

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The ghostly noise, akin to the haunting cries of spirits demanding life, echoed throughout the already shattered skies over Li City.

Wisps of blue-black smoke drifted eerily, as if possessing their own souls and consciousness. Upon closer inspection, shadows of formidable demons seemed to move within these blue-black tendrils.

Amid the smoky haze, a spectral four-wheeled carriage could be vaguely seen.

The carriage, though not overly large, was several meters long and about two meters wide, with ancient patterns etched across its body, exuding an aura of ages long past.

Fixating one’s gaze upon the carriage inexplicably conjured a chilling sensation, as if Divine Souls were ominously drawn and willing to be seized into its depths.

The carriage, naturally, was the Nether Carriage.

The Nether Carriage seemed to construct a space of absolute solidification!!!

For atop the Nether Carriage were the legendary Ming Demons standing guard.

What are Ming Demons?

They are the most formidable demon beasts from the Dark Plane.

The terror of the Dark Plane’s demon beasts is indescribable. Consider how the Divine Demon Clan once swept through the Grand Cosmos World—it gives a sense of their might.

Indeed, Ming Demons, in some respects, rival the Divine Demons, lacking only their historical achievements due to their scarcity.

Why is the Nether Carriage called that? Because within it are sealed four Ming Demons!

The four Ming Demons are integrated with the Nether Carriage.

If the Nether Carriage suffers an attack, the Ming Demons are likewise assaulted.

If the Nether Carriage shatters, then the four Ming Demons perish.

Thus, standing within the Nether Carriage equates to being protected by four formidable Ming Demons.

Imagine what safety and solidification that provides?

Bear in mind, even a juvenile Ming Demon’s strength reaches the top-level of the Limitless Realm.

Moreover, these four Ming Demons are all fully matured!

Legends speak of Zhuo Family’s ancestor, the first founder nearing the Second Tribulation Great Emperor, possessing tremendous strength, dominating an era.

This ancestor, being exceedingly formidable, ventured to the Dark Plane after conquering the Grand Cosmos World.

Years later, he emerged from the Dark Plane, bringing forth four living Ming Demons.

Using Great Divine Power and Artifact Refining Divine Art, he sealed the Ming Demons within the carriage, refining it into the world-renowned Nether Carriage.

This Nether Carriage excels in both defense and attack, deemed fearsome.

It is Zhuo Family’s premier Clan Guardian Treasure.

Also ranked among the top five most powerful weapons in the Grand Cosmos World.

Famed greatly.

At this moment.

Upon the carriage stood a man, a man with three eyes.

The three-eyed man was Zhuo Ming, who had unlocked the Nine Paths of Nether Eyes.

These Nine Paths of Nether Eyes are challenging to unlock, at least, currently Zhuo Ming falls short of the requirement.

Today, it was his first time unlocking the Nine Paths of Nether Eyes.

Forced to open.

And the cost he paid was terrifying.

The Nine Paths of Nether Eyes are a presence feared by the Azure Heaven’s intent within the Grand Cosmos World—the eyes might have opened, but Zhuo Ming himself suffered unparalleled curses and backlash.

Thus, his hair appeared prematurely gray, his figure hunched, suffused with Death Energy due to the reckless consumption of longevity.

To forcibly unlock the Nine Paths of Nether Eyes, he sacrificed billions of years of lifespan. Though Zhuo Ming seemed to possess endless longevity, the immense depletion took a toll.

Subjecting him to endless Death Energy—living without being devoured by it was testament to his monstrous resilience.

Besides this, his face bore areas of weakness and decay, seemingly afflicted by a terrifying corrosive curse, similarly resulting from the backlash—the rot stemmed from the Nine Paths of Poison.

The poisons remain incurable.

The decay rendered Zhuo Ming’s visage extraordinarily gruesome, as if poised to dissolve at any moment into a puddle of blood.

In forcibly unlocking the Nine Paths of Nether Eyes, the costs mounted exorbitantly; naturally, the power of the Nine Paths of Nether Eyes was profound.

In the realms, ordinary Martial Cultivators only perceive, absorb, and harness six types of Strength. Unlocking the Nine Paths of Nether Eyes unveils three additional types.

These three energies, formerly ignored akin to abandoned children, drift like specters through the Grand Cosmos World.

Now, Zhuo Ming possessed the rights to absorb, transforming him into a beacon in the boundless dark—a hope aglow; to these three energies, it proved irresistibly compelling...

Momentarily.

From all directions, transcending Li family’s Plane, from the infinite expanses of Grand Cosmos World, invisible currents surged forth, sensed vaguely by those present.

Zhuo Ming squinted, his gaze radiating pleasure—an indescribable satisfaction akin to arid soil, cracked over eons, meeting sweet rain, encountering downpours, finding heavenly snows.

Standing upon the Nether Carriage, Zhuo Ming felt entirely elevated.

His Dantian and blood vessels strengthened, wildly fortifying, transforming from merely earthen vessels to those akin to Fine Iron.

Further, Zhuo Ming’s own Mysterious Qi, despite its initially powerful quality, paled against the present; now, within him, Mysterious Qi was thoroughly purified and liquified.

The sensation likened Mysterious Qi to his blood, unified with thoughts, activating seamlessly with impeccable fluency.

Zhuo Ming raised his gaze—more precisely, his third eye.

That third eye was peculiarly clear, serene, yet upon prolonged scrutiny, seemed a vortex.

The third eye revealed worlds Zhuo Ming dared not envision.

Though the third eye lacked penetrating vision.

Yet.

The realm it perceived transformed into a world of pure energy.

Barring select individuals, countless Martial Cultivators within Li City ceased being humans, ceased living beings and became mere varied energy spheres.

With greater Strength, the Energy Sphere expanded.

With lesser Strength, the Energy Sphere contracted.

Energy Sphere colors diverged; for instance, Martial Cultivators proficient in Fire Attributes manifested Energy Spheres of scarlet red under the Nine Paths of Nether Eyes.

Whereas those adept in Cold Ice Attributes showcased Energy Spheres of blue hues under the Nine Paths of Nether Eyes.

Each distinct.

Moreover, the previously colorless, odorless space transformed under the Nine Paths of Nether Eyes, filled with myriad fluctuating energy currents.