nycdaug Chapter 365 The Black Sun (Page 12)
Chapter 365 The Black Sun (Page 12)
Blue's pupils suddenly contracted, and he gasped for breath.
Under the crimson glow, the suddenly appearing red figure resembled a burning flame, standing out starkly against the gray ruins.
It was a stranger he had never seen before—a blood-red dress fluttering in the wind, a few strands of silver hair visible through his tied-up long hair, and a resolute face with a touch of vicissitude.
"Who are you?" Blue subconsciously took a half step back, his right hand already on the short knife at his waist.
But the next second, a strange sense of familiarity suddenly welled up in his heart—the light shining in the stranger's eyes overlapped with a blurry figure in his memory.
"Watch out!" Blue suddenly shouted, his voice distorted with terror.
Behind the man in red, a deformed monster as tall as a three-story building was emerging from the shadows.
The monster was entirely black, its surface covered with writhing tumors, and dozens of pale eyes were irregularly distributed across its twisted body.
The most terrifying thing was its enormous mouth, split open to its chest, with layers of sharp teeth dripping corrosive viscous fluid.
The man in red didn't even turn his head. The instant the monster pounced, he casually flicked his right hand, and a jet-black spear suddenly appeared in his grasp.
The gun was covered with ancient runes and was now emitting an eerie dark red light.
"Godslayer Spear - Break".
With a soft shout, the seemingly ordinary strike unleashed astonishing power.
The trajectory of the gun left a dark red afterimage in the air, as if even space itself had been torn apart.
The enormous object was sent flying like a rag doll, crashing heavily into a broken wall a hundred meters away, shattering the entire stone wall into pieces.
Blue stared in disbelief at the scene.
He then noticed that the man in red was surrounded by a faint red halo, which looked particularly eerie under the blood-red moonlight.
Even more alarming was that the splashing corrosive liquid was completely blocked by an invisible barrier just before it touched him, turning into wisps of smoke and dissipating.
"My name is Blue!"
"Who...are you?" Blue's voice trembled in his throat, as if an invisible force was choking him.
His fingertips went numb involuntarily, and a fine layer of cold sweat seeped out from his back.
The man in red before them exuded a suffocating sense of oppression—not the mere aura of a powerful figure, but more like the dangerous aura unconsciously emitted by some ancient ferocious beast in its slumber.
The man in red slowly turned around, his robes fluttering and creating a wave of scorching heat.
A meaningful smile suddenly bloomed on that angular, unfamiliar face, the corners of his mouth stopping at an unsettling point: "Just a passing traveler. You can call me Zhang Yun!"
But Blue's pupils suddenly contracted.
The instant the other person turned around, he clearly saw that the shadow cast by Zhang Yun in red on the ground suddenly twisted and deformed, turning into the appearance of a ferocious beast with bared fangs and claws.
Even more terrifying, a chilling dark red light was flickering deep within those seemingly calm eyes.
That wasn't a reflected light, but real flames burning fiercely deep within his pupils!
"Rumble--"
The ground suddenly shook violently, and Blue stumbled and almost fell.
A series of roars echoed from afar, sounds unlike any known creature, more like the collective wails of millions of tormented souls.
The commotion from the battle had clearly alerted the monsters throughout the area, and now, chilling crawling, wriggling, and cracking sounds of bones dislocating could be heard from all directions.
Zhang Yun, dressed in red, instantly turned as solemn as iron.
He suddenly looked up into the distance, his dark red hair dancing wildly in the heat.
Blue followed his gaze and his blood froze—on the horizon, countless twisted black shadows surged like a tide.
The monsters came in all shapes and sizes: some resembled stitched-together monsters made up of countless corpses, others were twisted humanoids formed purely from shadows, and still others were simply a mass of writhing entrails with pus-filled eyes.
"Looks like there's no time for idle chatter." Zhang Yun's voice suddenly became low and hoarse, as if another voice was speaking to him at the same time.
He gripped the Godslayer Spear tightly in his hand, and the ancient patterns on the spear suddenly flickered violently, with dark red light pulsating across the spear like blood vessels.
To Bru's horror, he discovered that the patterns were exactly the same as the strange tattoo that was faintly visible on Zhang Yun's neck!
"Ready for a real battle, kid?" Zhang Yun asked, turning his head with an almost cruel smile.
At that moment, Bru finally saw clearly—deep within those burning eyes, there was still an endless flame!
Blue's gaze swept past the surging tide of monsters and finally fell upon the most terrifying sight—behind those monsters, a shadow larger than a mountain was slowly rising.
The thing had no fixed shape; sometimes it resembled a writhing tower, sometimes a bat wing, but what was most clearly visible was the huge, bloodshot eye in the center.
When that gaze swept over him, Bru felt as if his soul was frozen.
“What…what is that…” Blue’s voice was barely audible.
Zhang Yun suddenly burst into laughter, his laughter filled with a frenzied fighting spirit:
"Finally, a worthy opponent has arrived!" Suddenly, a raging inferno erupted around him, his red robes fluttering wildly in the flames.
"Bruce, remember—whatever you see later, don't believe your eyes!"
As the last word was uttered, the air seemed to freeze for a moment.
Blue felt a sharp pain in his eardrums, as if the whole world had been put on pause.
Immediately afterwards——
"boom!"
Zhang Yun's figure twisted and deformed violently before Bru's eyes, and countless crimson cracks appeared on his skin, like red-hot pottery about to shatter.
Blazing white flames erupted from the cracks, instantly burning away his red robes and revealing his body beneath, which shimmered with a molten lava-like glow.
A pair of enormous wings made of pure flames unfurled with a whoosh, spanning over ten meters. Each feather was composed of leaping tongues of fire, and the heat emanating from them caused the air within a hundred meters to distort.
"This...this is impossible..." Blue staggered backward, his cheeks burning from the intense heat.
He was horrified to find his shadow writhing wildly on the ground, as if trying to escape some terrifying presence.
The God-Slaying Spear emitted a deafening hum, a sound that didn't resemble the vibration of metal, but rather the simultaneous shrieking of thousands of vengeful spirits.
One by one, the ancient runes on the gun lit up, and with each one that lit up, a crack appeared in the surrounding space.
As the last rune lit up, the space where the spear tip pointed began to melt like wax, revealing the pitch-black void behind it!
Blue saw several monsters that couldn't escape in time get caught in it and instantly torn into the most basic particles.
"Roar--!!!"
The mountain-like shadow roared with earth-shattering force, the sound waves shattering buildings within a radius of several miles.
It finally opened its eyes completely—not just one pair, but thousands upon thousands! The eyes varied in size, some like millstones, others like needles, but all gleamed with a sickly green light.
The pupils of each eye were spinning eerily, reflecting countless collapsing worlds.
The most terrifying thing was that when all those eyes were focused on Zhang Yun at the same time, Bru saw—
Black corrosion marks suddenly appeared on Zhang Yun's fiery wings, and his movements noticeably slowed down for a moment.
Meanwhile, the shadow seized the opportunity to extend countless tentacles, each tipped with a distorted human face, and they screamed as they lunged at Zhang Yun!
"Watch out!" Bru shouted instinctively, only to see Zhang Yun suddenly turn his head and give him a strange smile.
That smile froze Blue's blood—because Zhang Yun's mouth stretched all the way to his ears, revealing layers of sharp teeth.
"Watch closely, kid," Zhang Yun's voice boomed, "What's real combat now!"
He suddenly hurled the spear into the air, and the spear split into two, then four... in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a sky full of spear shadows.
Each clone's spear tip ignited with flames of a different color: azure ice flames, purplish-black poisonous fire, golden holy flames... They intertwined in the air to form a net of destruction, incinerating all the attacking tentacles!
But the shadow itself was still approaching, its massive body already obscuring half the sky.
To his despair, Bru discovered that the ground beneath his feet was turning into viscous flesh and blood, and countless pale arms were reaching out from the earth, trying to drag him into the abyss...
At this critical moment, the thousands of spear shadows in the sky suddenly converged into a giant spear that stretched across the heavens and the earth.
All the runes on the gun simultaneously erupted with a blinding white light. Zhang Yun spread his wings and soared into the sky, gripping the gun handle tightly at the highest point—
"Destroy!"
With that roar, the giant spear, carrying a world-destroying force, pierced straight into the core of the shadow!
At that moment, time seemed to stand still.
The moment Blue saw the spear tip pierce the shadow, countless agonizing faces erupted from the wound, screaming and wailing, before finally vanishing into ashes in the white light...
When Blue opened his eyes again, black ash rained down from the sky.
Zhang Yun stood with his back to him in the center of the ruins, his fiery wings slowly dissipating.
"Little boy named Blue, what are you doing here?"
Bru said, "I want to go to the temple on the pyramid and seal away the monsters of the entire ancient kingdom of Gurtura!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yun's red robes suddenly fluttered without any wind, and he grabbed Bru's wrist.
Blue felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, and the surrounding scenery was peeled away piece by piece like a torn canvas.
When their vision cleared again, a biting wind mixed with sand lashed their faces—they were now standing before the temple atop the black pyramid!
"As you wish!" Zhang Yun's voice rang out, carrying a hint of relief as he pointed to the altar in the center of the temple.
Blue then noticed that there was a groove on the altar that perfectly matched the bronze compass, and the dense ancient runes around it were glowing with an ominous blood-red light.
With trembling hands, Bru took the bronze compass from his bosom. This heirloom, passed down from his grandfather, was so hot he could barely hold it; the patina on its surface was peeling away, revealing the dark gold base beneath.
The compass needle spun wildly in the center, emitting a piercing metallic scraping sound.
“Use blood as a catalyst.” Suddenly, Bru slashed his palm, and the blood dripping onto the compass made a hissing, burning sound.
When the first drop of blood fell on the compass—
"boom!"
The entire pyramid shook violently, and the twelve earthly branches on the compass simultaneously lit up with a dazzling blue light.
Blue was horrified to discover that his blood was being frantically devoured by the compass, each drop like the opening of a forbidden gate.
Even more terrifying, the runes on the altar began to twist and deform, turning into countless tiny black arms that climbed up his wrists!
"Hold on!" Zhang Yun suddenly roared, his right eye transforming into a burning golden vertical pupil. "They're preventing the seal from completing!"
A deafening roar, like the earth splitting apart, came from beneath the pyramids.
Out of the corner of his eye, Bru saw the monsters that had been annihilated regrouping in the black mist, while further away, the mountain-like shadow was tearing through space, trying to break through the final barrier!