Chapter 886: Evil God Seed — Darkness (Part 2)
Yun Che stared blankly at his raised arm, silently gazing at the layer of pure black light. He lightly moved his mind, and instantly, all the black light flowing on his body disappeared. He concentrated slightly, and a small vortex of profound energy quietly spun in his palm.
He moved his lips, and his mind changed again.
In an instant, the colorless profound energy vortex transformed into a pitch-black whirlpool, spinning violently in his palm.
Dark Profound Force...
It was also demonic energy!
The same dark demonic energy that Fen Juechen and Xuanyuan Wentian possessed!
As the Dark Profound Force circulated, Yun Che immediately felt a surge of irritable emotions rising within his soul. Though it wasn't intense and seemed controllable, it was clearly present.
Mo Li had said that Dark Profound Force was a negative force. It would stimulate the user's negative emotions and even twist their character... These effects were clearly evident in Fen Juechen and Xuanyuan Wentian.
And now, such power had actually appeared in him...
Around him, the eerie, cold sensation had completely vanished. The once terrifying Dark Abyss now brought him an extremely comfortable feeling, as if he were leisurely soaking in a hot spring.
Raising his head, his vision pierced directly through layers of darkness. Everything within his sight, even the tiniest grains of sand, was crystal clear. Darkness no longer obstructed his vision but had instead become a different kind of "light."
Yun Che: "..."
He had been on the brink of death in this abyss, but in the blink of an eye, he had not only escaped death, but his profound strength had surged dramatically. Even the Demon Source Pearl had become a source of his power. His profound veins and body had undergone tremendous changes as well.
All these changes were due to the black light mass the young girl had fed him.
When the light mass appeared, the tremor in his profound veins, and now the massive transformation of his profound veins, all clearly told him that this light mass...
Was clearly an Evil God Seed!
A dark-attribute Evil God Seed!!
But when Mo Li had previously mentioned Evil God Seeds, she told him that there were five seeds in the world, with the attributes of fire, water, lightning, wind, and earth. She had never mentioned a dark-attribute Evil God Seed.
Moreover, Dark Profound Force belonged to the power of demons in the ancient era. It was a negative force contrary to the power of the divine path, one that the gods were hostile toward. The Evil God, being the highest-level ancient true god of the divine era, how could he possess Dark Profound Force?
What was even more bizarre was that the power contained in this dark Evil God Seed far exceeded that of the three seeds of fire, water, and purple.
When he had obtained the first three Evil God Seeds, his profound veins had changed, accompanied by only a small increase in profound strength. But when this dark seed fused with his profound veins, it caused his profound strength to skyrocket. Combined with the power of the Demon Source Pearl, it had directly allowed him to break through the limits of the Overlord Xuan realm and miraculously step into the Emperor Lord realm!
The space this dark force occupied within his Evil God Profound Veins was also much larger than that of the other three forces.
It was as if Dark Profound Force were the main power of the Evil God.
This thought flashed through Yun Che's mind, startling him greatly. He quickly denied it internally — impossible, absolutely impossible. The Evil God was a god, the highest-level deity revered by all gods in the ancient era...
How could he possibly have Dark Profound Force as his main power... That would make him a demon god.
...But now that he had suddenly gained the power to control Dark Profound Force, didn't this make him just like Fen Juechen and Xuanyuan Wentian... Had he fallen into the demonic path?
Having survived a catastrophe and gained a surge in power was undoubtedly a tremendous, dreamlike joy. At the same time, the dark force that had appeared in his profound veins left him in prolonged bewilderment and some panic. However, these feelings of confusion and loss did not last long. Yun Che dispersed the black profound energy in his hand, and his gaze gradually became firm.
This power saved my life, freed me from the nightmare of the Demon Source Pearl — what reason do I have to be so uncertain?
Not only would I not die, but with my current strength... Yun Che looked up toward the sky above... if I can get out of here, it should... be more than enough to defeat Xuanyuan Wentian!
Yun Che fully regained his composure and looked at the girl with the colorful pupils who had been beside him all along. In her body, there was actually a dark-attribute Evil God Seed... The existence of the dark seed was something even Mo Li had never known.
Moreover, when the Demon Source Pearl had erupted within his body, bringing him to the brink of death, she had taken the initiative to fuse the dark seed into his body...
She knew that the dark Evil God Seed could save his life...
Or perhaps she knew about the existence of his Evil God Profound Veins!?
This strange young girl, whom he had met by chance in the Dark Abyss, who exactly was...
"Thank you for saving me." Countless questions burned in his heart, but facing this girl who had saved his life twice despite them having just met, he couldn't bear to press her too urgently.
"..." The girl remained silent, just as she had in every moment before, quietly gazing at him.
"Do you... recognize the power within me?" Yun Che asked in the gentlest tone and words he could manage.
"...!" The girl did not respond. Instead, she suddenly floated forward, coming before Yun Che, and reached out her hand, as white and sparkling as a diamond, gently moving toward Yun Che's left hand.
There was no sensation of touch. The girl's fingers passed through Yun Che's palm. As Yun Che was about to ask something, he suddenly noticed a vermilion light glowing on the back of his hand.
The mark of the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword.
He hadn't summoned it, yet it was flickering on its own.
Then, a red light flashed before him, and Hong'er appeared.
Yun Che: "..."
"Wahhh—" Hong'er let out a long yawn and whined coquettishly, "Master, why did you suddenly disturb my sleep again? Time to fight again... Huh? Huh? Huh?!"
Hong'er noticed the girl with colorful pupils and began to size her up curiously. Yun Che, meanwhile, was completely dumbfounded... He was absolutely certain that he had ***definitely*** not summoned Hong'er!
The suddenly flickering mark of the Heaven-Defying Sword and the sudden appearance of Hong'er were all because the girl had touched his left hand.
This had never happened before. Even Mo Li, who had once shared his body and life force, and whose power was millions of times greater, could not have forcibly summoned Hong'er against his will.
"Ah..." The girl with colorful pupils stared at Hong'er, and Hong'er stared back at her, lips half-open, red eyes vacant, as if suddenly frozen in place.
One had long, brilliantly vermilion hair, the other had hair shimmering like a silver river. One had vermilion eyes, the other had dreamlike, four-colored pupils. The two girls stared at each other, motionless, as if their souls had been sucked away by each other's eyes.
"..." Yun Che watched them in astonishment. The strange atmosphere that had suddenly solidified between them made him afraid to even speak.
The girl with colorful pupils had always been as mysterious as a starry sky and as quiet as the night, but Yun Che knew Hong'er better than anyone. Whenever he summoned her, there was never a moment of silence.
There was even less chance of her staring silently at someone for so long.
As the two girls stared at each other in a daze, they almost simultaneously reached out and touched each other. The girl's hand gently rested on Hong'er's cheek, and Hong'er's hand also touched the girl's cheek...
At that moment, Yun Che's eyes widened sharply. He clearly saw that on both girls' delicate cheeks, where the other had touched, there was a slight indentation...
Hong'er could actually touch her!?
But she was clearly a spirit body! Earlier, he had only been able to touch her as if she were a phantom image, but Hong'er could actually touch her!
Yun Che immediately thought of Mo Li. Mo Li's spirit body could only be touched by him, but that was because Mo Li had merged her life force with his to maintain her spirit body's cohesion. So what about Hong'er and this girl...
Apart from their hair and eye colors, they looked exactly the same. Could this really be just a coincidence?
Was there truly some mysterious connection between them?
"Wah... sob... sob..." Hong'er's lips suddenly pouted, her shoulders trembling as she let out sobbing sounds. Yun Che looked at her in a daze and saw that her red eyes were shimmering with tears, and then droplets of tears fell with "plop, plop" sounds.
Yun Che: "..."
"Wuu... wuwaa... WAAAAHHH!!"
Hong'er suddenly threw herself onto Yun Che, hugged him tightly, and burst into loud wails. Tears streamed like a flood, quickly soaking his outer clothes. Yun Che was startled and hurriedly asked, "Hong'er... What's wrong with you?"
"I don't know... I don't know!!" Hong'er cried out loudly, "Suddenly I feel so sad... Suddenly I want to cry so badly... Wuu... wuwaa... so sad... every part of me feels so sad... Am I broken... wuua... WAAAAHHH..."
"...!" Hong'er cried as if the world were ending. Yun Che raised his head to look at the girl with colorful pupils. He saw two clear trails of tears silently sliding down her jade-white little face...
The girl reached out her hand again and touched Yun Che's left hand. The moment she made contact, the vermilion sword mark reappeared, and Hong'er, still crying loudly, turned into a beam of red light and returned to the Heavenly Poison Pearl.
Not only could she summon Hong'er without going through his will, but she could also send her back.
She... didn't want to see Hong'er cry?
"Do you know her? Have you seen Hong'er before?" Yun Che couldn't hold back any longer and asked urgently.
Their identical appearance, Hong'er's strange reaction, and the tears they shed simultaneously — all of this proved beyond doubt that there was a connection between her and Hong'er... and an extraordinary one at that.
Hong'er was from the ancient era. Could this girl, who clearly recognized Hong'er, also have existed since ancient times?
But, to Yun Che's surprise, the girl actually shook her head slowly.
Yun Che: "..."
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