Chapter 377 – 「Blade of Great Sin」

“Whoosh!” “Whoosh!” “Whoosh!”…

Dark shadows shot through like arrows, resembling released bowstrings as they tore through the air, appearing one after another above the basin.

They were like evil spirits, clad entirely in black garments, radiating fierce auras that made one’s heart tremble.

They appeared demonic and ruthless, their weapons stained with fresh blood, causing the scent of blood to permeate the air.

Their numbers were substantial—at least over a hundred—and every single one was an expert.

At the very least, judging by their Qi, anyone with keen senses would be utterly shocked to discover that all hundred-plus individuals were Upper-Rank Professionals.

“Who are they…!?”

Within the mountain wall, Bai Ruxiang and Bai Xiaoyan nearly gasped aloud as they watched these dark shadows cutting through the sky.

The reason was simple.

From these black-clad arrivals, both of them sensed a familiar atmosphere and a familiar malice.

Without a doubt, these were a group of Professionals that Bai Ruxiang and Bai Xiaoyan had encountered before.

A group of Professionals who had engaged in battles and conflicts with them in the underground ruins of Longyao City—utterly shady individuals.

“They’re actually Underground Professionals…!?”

Xu Xiayan, Chi Qian, Wang Di, Wang Qian, Qiao Liang, and Zhu Qian all tensed up, their hearts sinking as their expressions changed.

As Professionals from Tianfeng City, they were no strangers to Underground Professionals.

Especially the ruthless man at the forefront of this group of Underground Professionals, who wore no black clothing and made no attempt to conceal his appearance—his face had been featured as a top-wanted criminal on Tianfeng City’s official website for who knew how long.

Thus, Xu Xiayan and the others almost instantly recognized the identities of these people.

Even Su Ming was staring intently at a masked, black-robed expert beside the ruthless man, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

Under these circumstances, the group of uninvited guests arrived before the napping Hell Beast, right in front of Su Ming and the others.

And they made no attempt to conceal themselves.

“What are they trying to do?”

This was the first question that arose in Su Ming and the others’ minds.

Until the next second, what unfolded before their eyes made them all widen their eyes in disbelief.

From among the hundred-plus Underground Professionals, a young girl—the only one besides the ruthless man not concealing her appearance—slowly stepped forward.

“Is this the legendary Hell Beast?”

The girl made no effort to hide her Qi or her voice, using a clear, melodious, and innocent tone to utter words that made it hard to believe one’s ears.

“It’s certainly big, but it’s too ugly. Let’s just kill it.”

Saying this, not only did she not conceal her Qi, but she also released a shocking Aura toward the dark giant beast.

Such an Aura and such commotion finally caused the napping sounds of the dark giant beast to pause slightly.

A pair of crimson eyes slowly opened, flashing with cold, savage emotions.

“Roar!”

“Screech!”

In that very instant, all the Living Dead in the basin abruptly halted their wandering movements, like beasts suddenly provoked, and began roaring madly one after another.At this moment, both the humanoid forms and the Phantom Demon forms emitted roars akin to wild beasts.

The roars transformed into waves of Qi, layer upon layer, echoing and lingering throughout the entire basin without fading.

“What are they doing…!?”

“Have these Underground Professionals gone mad!?”

Xu Xiayan and the others who witnessed this scene all turned pale with shock.

Only Su Ming suddenly clutched his right hand, his expression twisting in pain.

“What’s going on?”

Su Ming was inwardly astonished.

His right hand had abruptly become frenzied, just like when he encountered the Demon Emperor Sword in the Longyao City Underground Ruins. Not only did it begin to glow with an eerie blue light, but it also transmitted waves of burning, stinging pain.

“Seal!”

Without hesitation, Su Ming activated the Blue Demon Cessation Ring on his right wrist, causing the mysterious runes and patterns on it to light up.

A cool stream of energy flowed from the Blue Demon Cessation Ring into his right hand, suppressing the burning, stinging sensation.

The unnoticed eerie blue glow also dimmed under the sealing power of the Blue Demon Cessation Ring.

Su Ming had sealed his entire right hand, promptly restraining the somewhat out-of-control power within.

Thanks to this, if anyone were to see Su Ming’s right hand wearing fingerless gloves at this moment, they would notice the cracks on it disappearing.

Before long, these cracks became so fine they were nearly invisible. Unless observed from an extremely close distance, no one could detect the uniqueness of Su Ming’s right hand.

Naturally, the Demon Emperor Sword dwelling within Su Ming’s right hand was also completely sealed, causing the barely perceptible fluctuations of power to vanish.

Earlier, the burning sensation in Su Ming’s right hand had occurred because the Demon Emperor Sword dwelling within it had suddenly become agitated.

Su Ming didn’t know what was happening, but as if guided by instinct, he shifted his gaze away from the black-cloaked Black-Clothed Expert and looked toward the girl who was brazenly provoking the Hell Beast.

Immediately, Su Ming’s attention was drawn to a long weapon at the girl’s waist.

“Could it be…?”

A speculation surged into Su Ming’s mind.

Of course, that wasn’t the important matter at the moment.

What was important was that the Hell Beast had awakened.

Startled by these Underground Professionals who were recklessly releasing their Qi and Aura.

“Roar!”

“Screech!”

A group of Living Dead collectively erupted into a frenzy, turning toward the direction of the Underground Professionals.

They charged forward.

They launched their assault.

Like a disturbed herd of beasts, all the Living Dead-like forms present began rushing toward the location of the Underground Professionals, stirring up a startling commotion.

The ground trembled under their charge.

The air quivered with their roars.

The scene, reminiscent of a thousand troops and ten thousand horses galloping, made even Su Ming and the others feel a tremor in their hearts.

In contrast, the Underground Professionals remained exceptionally calm, merely raising their weapons toward all directions.

“Stop them.”

The Ruthless Man issued the order expressionlessly.

“Yes!”The experts from the underground world also voiced their responses in unison, then fearlessly charged toward their surroundings, confronting all the living dead forms.

“Boom!”

With a resounding shock, a group of underground professionals and a horde of walking corpse-like entities collided.

A fierce battle abruptly erupted in the space, causing Su Ming and the others to repeatedly change expressions.

Senseless roars.

The clashing of sharp weapons.

Dull impact sounds.

The howling of fierce winds.

All kinds of noises became embellishments on the battlefield, throwing the demonic aura in the atmosphere into chaos.

Simultaneously, an unprecedented and vicious demonic aura poured down like a collapsing sky, instantly filling the entire basin.

“Rumble…”

Amid earth-shaking tremors, the pitch-black giant beast, resembling a small mountain, finally rose slowly.

Its limbs, thick as stone pillars, slammed onto the ground.

Its body, massive as rolling hills, rose and fell majestically.

“Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa—!!!”

A roar unlike any earthly creature, more akin to a ghost or deity, swept across the battlefield like a hurricane.

Within the mountain walls, people like Bai Ruxiang and Bai Xiaoyan instinctively covered their ears and screamed. Even Xu Xiayan, Wang Di, and Wang Qian clutched their heads, while Chi Qian, Qiao Liang, and Zhu Qian nearby wore pained expressions. Even Su Ming felt his head reverberate violently, nearly blanking out from the terrifying roar, his heartbeat almost stopping.

Even the aggressive and unrestrained underground professionals were nearly knocked down by the dreadful roar. Only the Ruthless Man maintained a grave expression, barely withstanding it.

In the field, only one person ignored the roar entirely.

It was the young girl.

“Hehe.”

Bathed in the hurricane-like sound waves, the girl’s clothes flapped wildly, yet she seemed to feel nothing. Instead of being frightened, she laughed joyfully.

“Though it’s ugly, it truly lives up to the legendary Demonic Beast. It looks so strong.”

Clapping her hands, the girl spoke with immense delight.

“Great, I can finally have a proper playtime.”

Saying this, she reached out and drew the weapon at her waist.

An ancient, weathered, evil, and terrifying power fluctuation emanated from it, carrying waves of blood-like, demonic aura.

Su Ming clearly witnessed this and finally saw the full appearance of the weapon.

It was a blade about two meters long, with a ferocious edge slightly curved, resembling both a saber and a sword.

The blade was entirely silver-white but emitted dark fluctuations. Vein-like patterns pulsed and faded rhythmically across it, as if breathing, giving it a living sensation.

Staring at the long blade, Su Ming felt as if the negative emotions in his heart were being stirred. An impulse to destroy and slaughter everything gradually emerged.

“What a terrifying weapon…”

Clutching his chest, Su Ming struggled to suppress the impulses and negative emotions within while staring in horror at the blade in the girl’s hand.

In that instant, Su Ming was certain.

“That is a Divine Artifact.”

Yes.

That is a Divine Artifact.Like the Demon Emperor Sword, it was an alchemical weapon forged from the hands of a once-rampant terror of the land, known as a Divine Artifact.

The Demon Emperor Sword was crafted using the right hand of the Spirit Demon Abyss King as its material, a Divine Artifact symbolizing power.

The sharp blade in the girl’s hand, however, was forged using the left hand of the Spirit Demon Abyss King as its material, a Divine Artifact symbolizing death.

Its name was—

“Great Sin Blade.”

Now, this Divine Artifact—capable of driving all Professionals, all factions, and all beings craving power into madness—was held in the hands of a girl who appeared innocent, lovely, beautiful, and roughly the same age as Su Ming.

“Come on.”

The girl seductively licked her lips, speaking with excitement.

“Come play with Qing Qing properly.”

As soon as her words fell, a violent force surged from the blade in her hand.

The power, resembling both mist and smoke, coiled around the girl’s entire body, causing her slender, petite frame to erupt with an Aura and strength potent enough to shake the very atmosphere.

“Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa—!!!”

The colossal black beast seemed to sense something, seemed to understand something, and roared furiously at the girl, transforming its voice into a soundwave that surged toward her like a tidal wave.

To this, the girl paid no heed, advancing instead of retreating.

“Heeya!”

In an innocent shout, the Great Sin Blade, symbolizing death, was swung down by the girl.

“Boom!”

The atmosphere trembled violently, then abruptly shattered.

An incredibly terrifying torrent of power, following the swing of her Divine Artifact, surged forth like an unleashed tsunami, crashing toward the colossal black beast.

Where the power torrent passed, not only did the atmosphere shatter, but the soundwave formed by the beast’s roar was annihilated. Even the ground shattered inch by inch, exploding into ruins, gradually leveled flat.

Thus, the tsunami-like power torrent struck the colossal black beast.

“Boom!”

With a deafening roar, the colossal black beast was instantly swallowed by the power torrent, as if submerged by a real tsunami.

“Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa—!!!”

From within the torrent, the beast’s agonized wails resounded.

Hiding within the mountain crevice, Su Ming could faintly see that within that power torrent, the Hell Beast resisted with its massive body, yet its entire form was cracking under the impact of the power flow.

Its already scar-covered body now bore more, larger, and more horrifying wounds at a visible rate.

Blood sprayed from the Hell Beast’s body but had no chance to take form, instantly evaporating within the power torrent, vanishing without a trace.

The Hell Beast’s wails echoed throughout the entire space.

The sight left Chi Qian and the others, who had just regained their senses, utterly horrified.

“How is this possible?”

Chi Qian’s face showed astonishment.

“She… she actually overpowered a mutant of the Nightmare Species?”

Wang Di, Wang Qian, Qiao Liang, and Zhu Qian were even more appalled.

“Who is that girl?”

Xu Xiayan’s pupils sharply contracted.

As for Bai Ruxiang and Bai Xiaoyan, needless to say, they were already clinging to each other, their faces filled with terror.

Unnoticed by them, Su Ming once again pressed down on his right hand.

“Such an intense reaction?”Feeling the burning pain that had reappeared, Su Ming couldn’t help but click his tongue. His Spirit Sense delved deep into his right hand, entering its interior.

There, the Demon Emperor Sword—originally suppressed and sealed by the power of the Blue Demon Cessation Ring—was actually stirring restlessly. It released even more malevolent energy fluctuations while struggling fiercely.

Clearly, the power of the Great Sin Blade had provoked an intense reaction from the Demon Emperor Sword, which was also a Divine Artifact and similarly one of the hands of a great existence.

Sensing the power of the Great Sin Blade, the Demon Emperor Sword seemed unwilling to be outdone, eager to emerge and compete for dominance.

Su Ming had reason to believe that if he were to release the seal and suppression of the Blue Demon Cessation Ring now, the Demon Emperor Sword—which had long occupied his right hand like a stubborn squatter, completely refusing to leave—would surely depart from his right hand and reappear in the outside world.

“Why does it have to be at this moment?”

Su Ming felt bitter in his heart.

If it were any other time, he would truly wish for this demonic sword to leave his body.

But not now.

If the Demon Emperor Sword were to appear now, it would inevitably clash with the Great Sin Blade in a world-shaking collision.

“Not now… not now…”

Su Ming could only strive to suppress his right hand, causing the Blue Demon Cessation Ring to glow once again.

The influx of power, on par with that of a Divine Artifact, barely managed to suppress the Demon Emperor Sword’s energy. Though it still stirred and struggled desperately, it could no longer release further power fluctuations.

However, at this point, Su Ming was unable to completely restrain the Demon Emperor Sword’s power.

His hand continued to burn intensely, causing Su Ming’s eyes to gradually glow with a red light—sinister and cold.

(End of Chapter)