novel against the - Chapter 2100

Chapter 2100: Star Destroyer

Bai Yu and his knight retinue stopped at the edge of the Mist Sea¹. The increasingly dense abyssal dust² brushed against their faces, devouring their life essence and spiritual perception.

“Begin,” Bai Yu said, looking ahead, his voice cold and indifferent. There was no turning back now. Mo Xifeng grabbed the abyssal stone³ from the Mist Emperor⁴, gritted his teeth, and crushed it.

With a soft crack, the fragments scattered in his hand, releasing a wisp of thin gray mist.

Bai Yu frowned slightly. Though his expression remained calm and resolute, his spiritual perception was already stretched to its maximum. However, as the abyssal stone crumbled in Mo Xifeng’s hand, he didn’t sense any soul aura. It was as if it were just an ordinary abyssal stone.

(In fact, it was.)

Mo Xifeng knelt on the ground and cried out in a mournful voice, “Mo Xifeng, Realm King of Xuanmo⁵, requests an audience with the Mist Emperor!”

His voice radiated outwards, but it was blocked layer by layer by the abyssal dust until it completely dissipated without any response.

Bai Yu glanced sideways at the scattered fragments of the abyssal stone and sneered, “Hah! Realm King of Xuanmo, it seems you’ve been tricked. That was nothing more than an ordinary abyssal stone. Without a trace of soul information within, how could it possibly…”

Before he could finish, the sky darkened abruptly, and cries of alarm echoed around them.

Bai Yu turned sharply to the front. In his pupils, which were gradually constricting and turning gray, he saw a vast, churning gray mist that stretched to the sky.

The gray mist rapidly spread and rolled forward, getting closer and closer, gradually occupying almost their entire field of vision, swallowing the already dim light of the world.

Bai Yu’s resolute and stern expression cracked. This was a terrifying sight he, a high-ranking abyssal knight, had never witnessed before.

What truly shocked him, even terrified him, was…

The scene before his eyes was exactly the same as the absurd rumors… exactly the same!

The vastness of the Mist Sea was such that no one throughout history had ever traversed it completely. How could that abyssal stone, devoid of any soul aura, allow the Mist Emperor to sense them in this boundless sea of mist? And how could he appear before them in just a few breaths?

The rolling gray mist was upon them in an instant, covering hundreds of miles of space in a single glance. That unique oppressive feeling, which could only come from dense abyssal dust, completely shattered any remaining conviction Bai Yu held that it was merely an illusion of dark smoke.

Fine cracks rapidly spread across Bai Yu’s pupils. He hadn’t even seen the Mist Emperor yet, but just this rolling dust had destroyed all his certainty and arrogance, as well as the fundamental understanding he had held onto his entire life.

A pair of gray eyes slowly opened above the abyssal mist, and the voice of the Mist Emperor filled the world: “Mo Xifeng, why do you seek an audience with this Emperor?”

Mo Xifeng’s entire body went limp, and he replied with a trembling voice, “It is not that this humble king intentionally disturbed the Mist Emperor’s slumber, but… but a knight from the Pure Lands⁶ wishes to meet with the Mist Emperor.”

These few words had almost exhausted all his will. Both sides were terrifying existences he couldn’t afford to offend, and he was forced to stand between them, feeling his heart shatter and his soul tear apart.

Bai Yu, however, didn’t speak immediately, the tremors in his eyes lingering.

“Pure Lands? Heh heh heh…” These two words, the most supreme and sacred in the abyssal world, were spoken by the Mist Emperor with undisguised contempt. “That place, clearly the most filthy and disgusting in this world, dares to call itself the Pure Lands. How pathetic, how laughable!”

These shocking words stunned all the nearby cultivators⁷ and deeply pierced the soul of the abyssal knight, turning his astonishment into boundless rage. This was an offense against the Pure Lands, a blasphemy against his faith!

“Silence!” Bai Yu roared. A white light flashed in his hand, and a pale white longsword appeared in his grasp. Ice crystals swirled around the blade as he pointed it directly at the gray eyes above the abyssal mist. “Beneath the Abyss Emperor⁸, none are worthy of the title ‘Emperor’! You call yourself the Mist Emperor, a crime in itself! To defile the Pure Lands is a mortal sin, unforgivable even in death!”

“Reveal your true form! No matter what you are, the judgment of the Pure Lands has arrived. There will be no place for you in this world! Surrender and confess! The Abyss Emperor is merciful. Even unforgivable sins may be granted pardon!”

The aura of an abyssal knight was enough to make all beings bow their heads, but beneath the rolling abyssal mist that stretched for hundreds of miles, it was almost pathetically weak. The gray eyes distorted slightly, and then the Mist Emperor burst into laughter: “Hahahaha! Without this Emperor, where would the living world be? Without this Emperor, where would the Pure Lands be?!”

“Now, you dare to defy the heavens, to judge this Emperor! Pathetic! Laughable! Hahahaha!”

His voice dripped with contempt and mockery.

Without this Emperor, where would the living world be? Without this Emperor, where would the Pure Lands be? Bai Yu frowned deeply. These were undoubtedly the most absurd words he had ever heard in his life.

All the observing cultivators looked at each other, bewildered.

Mo Xifeng raised his head slightly. He recalled the words the Mist Emperor had uttered a few days prior when granting him his favor: “This entire abyssal world was saved by this Emperor. How have you ever repaid me, how can you repay me?” How similar it was to what he had just said.

“Such nonsense!” Bai Yu’s heart raged, but the dignity of an abyssal knight wouldn’t allow him to utter overly vulgar words. “There’s no need for further words with such madness!”

“I will tear away your true face and bring down the judgment of the Pure Lands!”

The Mist Emperor spoke words of pity: “A lowly knight from a filthy land dares to act presumptuously before this Emperor!”

Clang!

The pale sword shone with a cold light, emitting an ear-piercing clang. The sudden drop in temperature forced Mo Xifeng to retreat. Bai Yu spoke no more. Abyssal light swirled around him, and his body and white sword transformed into a blinding flash of icy light, streaking towards the vast abyssal mist.

But just then, Bai Yu’s body suddenly felt heavy, and even the icy light on his sword vanished in an instant. The world fell into an eerie silence, all sounds completely extinguished.

Bai Yu’s heart trembled… This aura…

Under countless horrified gazes, a star plummeted from the distant sky, carrying a terrifying pressure that made everyone hold their breath, sealing all sounds between heaven and earth.

Within the star was clearly the figure of a person. Clad in silver armor, with eyes like shining stars, one jade-white hand encircled a brilliant and strange star formation, pushing aside layers of abyssal mist, reaching directly for the gray eyes within.

…?!

The moment that familiar pressure enveloped him, Bai Yu quickly retracted his attack, switching from offense to defense, desperately protecting himself while shouting to his retinue, “Retreat!”

The hand encircled by the star formation plunged into the abyssal mist, instantly transforming into a gigantic palm shadow thousands of feet wide. The terrifying power that erupted in that instant mercilessly annihilated the space where the Mist Emperor resided.

Boom!

The earth cracked open with countless star marks across hundreds of miles. Thousands of rays of starlight shot upwards, piercing the sky.

“Waaaaaaaah—”

Countless screams echoed amidst the violent starlight. The nearby cultivators were swept away like leaves in a hurricane, all sent flying, the weaker ones instantly grievously injured.

As they struggled to regain their footing in the storm, the starlight in their vision remained too dazzling to look at directly.

“That star formation… could it be…?”

“One of the Thirty-Six Commanders of the Abyssal Knights, Yuchi Nanxing⁹!”

The name “Yuchi Nanxing” shocked everyone to the point of dizziness.

Abyssal Knights were already seen as infinitely noble beings in the eyes of the world, for they were the swords of order and the blades of judgment of the Pure Lands.

And among the Abyssal Knights, there were thirty-six special existences, known as the Thirty-Six Commanders. They rarely appeared in public because they never needed to personally maintain order or execute judgment. Instead, each commanded a host of Abyssal Knights, transcending ordinary abyssal knights. Their status in the Pure Lands was second only to the Abyss Emperor and the Four Divine Priests¹⁰.

It was said that all Thirty-Six Commanders of the Abyssal Knights were of Divine Extremity Realm¹¹ cultivation.

Even disregarding their status as Knight Commanders, the three words “Divine Extremity Realm” alone made them secondary myths in the eyes of the world, second only to the supreme true supreme-rulers.

Now, such a legendary existence had actually appeared here, personally punishing this Mist Emperor who was stirring up strange waves in the abyss.

“Yuchi Nanxing, the legendary ‘Southern Abyss Emperor Star’! Today, not only have I seen the Mist Emperor, but I’ve also witnessed the supreme might of such a person with my own eyes!” A cultivator’s voice trembled with excitement.

“Hiss… such power, it’s unimaginable. That Mist Emperor… could he have been torn apart?”

“So, is the Mist Emperor real or fake? Is it someone using some kind of mysterious method to create an illusion? Or… is it really, like some legends say, formed from the abyssal dust of the Mist Sea?”

Bai Yu hadn’t been blown away. He floated at the edge of the Mist Sea, looking up, a slight grin on his lips. “As expected, you came yourself.”

The might of Divine Extremity Realm power was terrifying, but none of the cultivators left. Even those who were seriously injured endured the pain to watch from afar. They all wanted to see what the true form of this Mist Emperor was, what kind of person, or what kind of being.

Starlight pierced through the abyssal mist, and the gray eyes belonging to the Mist Emperor had vanished.

However, what they waited for wasn’t the Mist Emperor held in Yuchi Nanxing’s grasp, but a… muffled groan of pain.

Bai Yu’s face suddenly changed.

Because that muffled groan of pain clearly sounded like… Yuchi Nanxing?

Boom!

Boom!!

Boom!!!

Terrifying thuds echoed like the earth splitting and the heavens collapsing.

The starlight gradually faded, but the abyssal mist continued to churn.

And a gigantic shadow slowly stepped out from within the mist.

The moment this giant figure emerged from the abyssal mist, an overwhelmingly terrifying pressure, beyond comprehension, beyond the limits of their will, descended upon them. Everyone felt as if they were crushed under the weight of ten thousand mountains. Their limbs, internal organs, even every drop of blood, were completely frozen. Only their pupils and souls trembled uncontrollably.

Ancestral Qilin supreme-ruler¹²!

Entwined within its massive tail, which it swung forward, was the figure of a human with wide, bloodshot eyes.

Bai Yu’s face drained of color, and he roared, “Commander!!”

The vast space fell silent. Countless pairs of shocked eyes stared blankly ahead… The Knight Commander, who had descended like a supreme-ruler just moments ago, striking the Mist Emperor with world-shaking power, hadn’t emerged from the abyssal mist with the Mist Emperor’s true form. Instead, he was tightly bound, his face, which should have been filled with boundless heavenly might, was now deathly pale with horror.

“Ancestral… Qilin supreme-ruler!” Yuchi Nanxing gritted out.

Legend had it that the Mist Emperor’s first appearance was accompanied by the Ancestral Qilin supreme-ruler Legend had it that the Ancestral Qilin supreme-ruler was controlled by the Mist Emperor.

This was the most ridiculous joke he had ever heard… Even the increasingly absurd rumors about the Mist Emperor that followed couldn’t compare to the absurdity of “controlling the Ancestral Qilin supreme-ruler”

But at this moment, he, a Commander of the Abyssal Knights, was terrified to the point of near heart failure… And what was even more terrifying than the horror was the earth-shattering shift in his understanding, the collapse of his beliefs…

The Ancestral Qilin supreme-ruler, one of the most terrifying abyssal beasts in the depths of the Mist Sea.

Once a profound beast was corrupted by the abyss, regardless of its previous level, it would completely degenerate into an abyssal beast with only the instinct to destroy… How could it be controlled? How was this possible?!

Moreover, the Ancestral Qilin supreme-ruler should only appear in the depths of the Mist Sea, and it shouldn’t have appeared at the edge…

He had clearly been sensing for a long time, but until he unleashed his Divine Extremity Realm power, he hadn’t sensed the Ancestral Qilin supreme-ruler’s presence at all.

It was the excessively dense abyssal dust that prevented even his Divine Extremity Realm spiritual perception from reaching the Mist Emperor and the Ancestral Qilin supreme-ruler within the abyssal mist.

“Ugh… Hah!!”

His eyes were bloodshot, and he roared. The terrifying, world-destroying power of the Divine Extremity Realm violently erupted.

Amidst the earth-shattering roar of power, the ground was overturned, and Bai Yu was violently thrown back, nearly vomiting blood. The cultivators behind him were sent flying in chaos, many dying or injured.

However, the Ancestral Qilin supreme-ruler’s massive tail didn’t budge. His Divine Extremity Realm power struck its body, producing an ear-piercing clang like metal colliding.

Boom!

Booom—

He struggled desperately, his power erupting again and again. Cracks appeared on the Qilin’s scales, but the immense force that bound him remained unyielding, terrifying him to the point of despair.

AI Translation Notes:

1:

Mist Sea: A dangerous region shrouded in a dense, corrosive mist.

2:

Abyssal dust: Corrosive particles found within the Mist Sea, harmful to both living beings and spiritual energy.

3:

Abyssal stone: A type of stone from the abyss, sometimes used for communication.

4:

Mist Emperor: A mysterious and powerful figure shrouded in rumors.

5:

Xuanmo: The name of a realm or territory.

6:

Pure Lands: The sacred land and home of the Abyssal Knights, considered the opposite of the abyss.

7:

Cultivators: Individuals who practice cultivation to enhance their strength and abilities.

8:

Abyss Emperor: The supreme ruler of the Abyssal Knights.

9:

Yuchi Nanxing: One of the Thirty-Six Commanders of the Abyssal Knights.

10:

Four Divine Priests: High-ranking figures in the Pure Lands, serving under the Abyss Emperor.

11:

Divine Extremity Realm: A high level of cultivation, signifying immense power.

12:

Ancestral Qilin supreme-ruler: A powerful and ancient abyssal beast, resembling a mythical Qilin.