# 1864
Chapter 1857: Devouring the Night
Lin Qiye's eyes narrowed slightly. The ink-black night beneath his feet blazed with countless stars of light, which transformed into swords that shot from below toward the heavens, clashing with the falling starlight!
[Star-Cracking Technique] versus [Star-Cracking Technique]!
The Night Goddess used the same technique, and Lin Qiye knew it too. Over these four or five years, the darkness origin within him had grown into a towering tree, covering not only most of Nyx's abilities but also possessing vast amounts of dark power that even Nyx herself had never had.
After the Dark Ancestor evolved the Night origin into a complete Darkness origin, this origin was no longer simply a "night" attribute. It symbolized one of the origins of the world—darkness, the fear of darkness that existed in all living things before humanity was born in countless ages past.
But even so, Lin Qiye didn't use this power much. The reason was simple... within this origin, a complete Law had yet to fully manifest.
Without a Law, however many abilities he had were merely showy, nowhere near as straightforward and brutal as the Seraph's power. However, after years of nurturing, Lin Qiye could already faintly sense that a Law was about to break through from this soil.
At most another year or two, he would be able to nurture his own Darkness Law from the origin, becoming an ancient and unique God of Darkness.
Sssrrk—!!
The two [Star-Cracking Techniques] collided and crossed, and the starlight on the ground was instantly torn apart.
As Lin Qiye had expected, the [Star-Cracking Technique] without a Law was merely an empty shell. Facing Nyx, who possessed the true Law of Night, it still fell short.
Lin Qiye's figure swiftly moved through the countless stars. Ame-no-Murakumo traced a flower of swordplay, and golden sword light swept across the entire arena in an instant. The starlight in the sky exploded with a thunderous roar. Between the golden and silver remnants, a shadow had already flashed behind Nyx!
"What a powerful Divine Artifact." A hint of astonishment flashed in Nyx's eyes. Her delicate brows furrowed together. Her wrist trembled lightly, and a silver bracelet emitted a crisp hum!
Ding—!!
Just as the sword's edge was about to touch Nyx, a flash of silver light passed before Lin Qiye's eyes. He felt his vision blur, and a terrifying repelling force slammed into his chest. His entire body flew backward!
A defensive Divine Artifact?
Lin Qiye flapped his wings, stabilizing his form mid-air. He saw a silver bracelet had floated out from Nyx's wrist, expanding rapidly in the storm. It transformed into a massive silver ring, guarding around Nyx. With the appearance of this silver ring, the surrounding force field visibly twisted, and even the shattered starlight was drawn into it.
Divine light flowed, star fragments glittered. Beside Nyx, it was as if a magnificent river of stars flowed beneath the night sky.
Lin Qiye had Ame-no-Murakumo at his side. But as one of the former creators of Olympus, how could Nyx not have Divine Artifacts on her?
"Unfortunately... if my true body were here, things would be much easier." Lin Qiye murmured, then seemed to think of something. His eyes lit up slightly.
He gripped the hilt of Ame-no-Murakumo with both hands, took a deep breath, and flapped his wings behind him once more.
Seeing Lin Qiye hurtling up from below, Nyx, standing above the star river, lightly raised her palm. Several beams of starlight in the night intertwined before her, quickly forming a complex star chart. Three balls of jet-black spheres were勾勒而出 from within it.
With the appearance of these three spheres, the surrounding space seemed unable to bear their weight, gradually sinking downward. Hollow vortices were torn open, spreading in all directions.
[Devouring Darkness]!
Lin Qiye recognized these three spheres at a glance. As one of the Night Goddess's signature killing moves, when these three spheres appeared, it meant Nyx's killing intent had risen to its peak.
A world-destroying fluctuation radiated from the three jet-black spheres. Athena, who had been battling among the starlight tentacles, changed expression. She turned to look in the direction of the battlefield.
"No good... he'll die." Athena gritted her teeth, preparing to turn back to help Lin Qiye. But a massive starlight tentacle roared toward her from behind!
Whoosh—!
An arrow pierced the tentacle's end precisely, tearing through more than half of its body. A sharp shriek emanated from the residual flesh!
"Don't zone out! Saving Nyx is the priority!" Artemis's anxious voice rang out from beside her. "There are more and more tentacles! If this continues, both of us will be drained dry!"
Athena came to her senses. Her spear swept across, slicing the tentacles before her in two. But immediately, these severed tentacles rapidly regenerated, each becoming two tentacles of the same size, wildly coiling toward her.
The current predicament made it impossible to break free and help. That human could only pray for his own survival, hoping he could hold on until she rescued Nyx. Athena thought to herself.
Above the magnificent star chart, with a light tap of Nyx's fingertip, the three jet-black spheres fell from the heavens in succession.
These Devouring Darkness were like长了眼睛—no matter how Lin Qiye dodged, they死死锁定 his form. Under their weight, this space became impossibly heavy. Even the ability of [White Slash] was temporarily disabled.
Lin Qiye, seeing this, directly put away [White Slash]. He gripped the hilt of Ame-no-Murakumo tightly with both hands. One purple and one golden Domain expanded in succession. Dazzling sword light rose up, and he directly slashed toward one of the spheres!
Under the power of [End King Symphony], Lin Qiye forcibly held the first Devouring Darkness in place. Golden sword light flashed down like lightning, and a terrifying explosion resounded through heaven and earth!
Boom—!!
The sword light slashed repeatedly. The first Devouring Darkness shattered into fragments. Streaks of scattered pieces fell into the night beneath Lin Qiye's feet and dissolved without a trace.
Lin Qiye, who was about to slash out his second sword, paused mid-motion.
He looked down at his own body in surprise. After absorbing the Law from one Devouring Darkness, the Darkness origin hidden within him actually accelerated its growth... The Law seedling that had been about to be born already showed signs of breaking through the soil.
The Night Law actually accelerated the origin's nurturing of a new Law?
This thought flashed through Lin Qiye's mind!
Lin Qiye didn't have time to think more about it because the second Devouring Darkness was already howling down upon his head. As the golden sword light slashed out, gold and black intertwined in the air, then dispersed in all directions. A figure fought its way out and charged toward the third Devouring Darkness!
This time, Lin Qiye witnessed the entire process of the Darkness origin devouring the Night Law.
Whether by some resonance from the same origin, the shattered Night Law was like nutrients, constantly spurring the birth of new Laws within the origin. The Night Law contained in these two Devouring Darkness spheres was limited, so the acceleration was modest... But what about the young Nyx that was a manifestation?
Strictly speaking, the young Nyx was a being created by the Gate of Truth extracting divine power and Laws from the real Nyx. These Laws were already part of the Gate of Truth.
If he could devour the Gate of Truth's portion of the Night Law, would that mean... the progress of his new Law's birth would be greatly accelerated?
With this thought, Lin Qiye's gaze toward the Devouring Darkness and the young Nyx changed.
The Gate of Truth probably just wanted to manifest a powerful enemy to eliminate the ants that had invaded its interior. But it would never have imagined that the powerful enemy it manifested had become fertilizer in Lin Qiye's eyes.