Chapter 384 – Collision of Divine Artifacts

“Huh?”

At this moment, the girl Qing Qing, who had already begun feeling slightly angered by Su Ming ignoring her and whose eyes were glowing with crimson light at their brightest, also noticed something unusual.

The Great Sin Blade held in her hand was actually emitting an ancient, weathered aura, causing waves of power fluctuations to appear.

The Great Sin Blade trembled uncontrollably, as if sensing something, falling into a state of resonance and excitement.

This made the girl Qing Qing seem to sense something as well, her gaze toward Su Ming filled with surprise and delight.

“So you’ve been carrying it with you? Big Brother!”

Qing Qing’s slightly childish face now displayed the most joyful and happiest smile she had shown so far.

It was an expression that only appeared when one encountered something they had long desired.

In contrast, Li Wu was experiencing entirely different feelings.

“Not good!”

Hearing Qing Qing’s words “So you’ve been carrying it with you?”, Li Wu’s pupils sharply contracted.

He knew that the Demon Emperor Sword was in Ming Wang’s possession, meaning it was in the hands of this Su Ming before him.

But seeing Su Ming empty-handed, Li Wu had assumed that Su Ming hadn’t brought the Demon Emperor Sword with him.

This wasn’t surprising.

Although the Demon Emperor Sword was a Divine Artifact, it was also an extremely dangerous demonic object. Even without using it, carrying it constantly would subject one to spiritual erosion, gradually leading to loss of control and rampage.

Li Wu had thought that Su Ming, aware of the Demon Emperor Sword’s dangers, had hidden it away, not daring to carry it with him.

Not just Li Wu, but even the girl Qing Qing and the earlier Crow had thought the same.

But now it appeared this assumption was undoubtedly wrong.

“Boom!Just as the deep blue glow from Su Ming’s right hand fully bloomed and his entire body erupted with astonishing demonic energy, the atmosphere around Su Ming exploded.

The azure radiance transformed into flame-like energy, slowly burning across Su Ming’s body.

The mysterious bracelet worn on his right hand was suppressed by an extremely powerful force fluctuation, losing its glow and becoming dull and lifeless.

Su Ming’s tense body suddenly sagged, as if losing strength, becoming completely relaxed throughout.

Yet he remained standing there, not falling, appearing like a marionette with his left hand and shoulders drooping, only his head held up, his eyes glowing with the same crimson light as the girl Qing Qing.

Immediately after, the fingerless glove on Su Ming’s right hand shattered.

A cracked, devil-like arm appeared in the air, entering the view of everyone present.

And in this thoroughly demonic hand, a sword had appeared at some unknown time.

An ancient, pitch-black sword that emitted dense demonic energy and terrifying power fluctuations.

“Demon Emperor Sword!”

Li Wu couldn’t help but exclaim.

“That… that’s the Demon Emperor Sword…?”

Chi Qian and Xu Xiayan near the entrance were also stunned.

“Demon Emperor Sword!”

“Demon Emperor Sword!”

“It’s the Demon Emperor Sword!”

The surrounding Underground Professionals exclaimed repeatedly.

After more than three months, the Demon Emperor Sword that had been dwelling in Su Ming’s right hand finally saw the light of day again.

However, Su Ming could no longer feel any surprise at this moment.

He had completely lost consciousness.

“Hum!”With a resonant hum of the atmosphere, the Demon Emperor Sword emitted a malevolent fluctuation, slowly raised by the unconscious Su Ming.

Astonishing power converged on the blade of the Demon Emperor Sword, causing it to radiate a dark and terrifying aura of Qi.

Su Ming held the Demon Emperor Sword high, his demonic nature and aura becoming extremely dreadful and vicious.

This scene was identical to when the young girl Qing Qing had raised the Great Sin Blade, gathering the full power of the Divine Artifact to deliver the final blow to the Hell Beast.

Naturally, targeted by this power and aura, the young girl Qing Qing felt a sense of crisis for the first time.

And it was no small crisis.

Stimulated by this sense of crisis, the young girl Qing Qing entered the same state as Su Ming.

Her cheerful smile vanished.

Her innocent voice disappeared.

Like a Puppet suddenly stripped of emotion, Qing Qing lost consciousness, her body slumping as she raised the Great Sin Blade gripped in her right hand.

In the next second, the Great Sin Blade also gathered a terrifying power, causing a crimson aura to erupt from its blade.

Thus, the two individuals wielding Divine Artifacts entered an unconscious state, confronting each other, raising their artifacts high, and gathering awe-inspiring power.

The atmosphere trembled before this dreadful force, the ground quivered slightly, and the entire Basin seemed to be in an earthquake, the shaking more exaggerated than any before.

Was it an earth-shattering tremor?

No, this was even more terrifying than that!

As if both the sky and earth were wailing, the horrifying commotion threw everyone present into panic.

Even though they were all Upper-Rank Professionals with extraordinary power, in the face of this world-shaking force, they were as frantic as ordinary humans.

“Boom!”

Amid the earth-shattering tremors, the stone pile at the Basin’s entrance was blasted away.

“Mee!”

A figure enveloped in mist let out a melodious cry as it tossed two figures aside.

They were Bai Ruxiang and Bai Xiaoyan.

“Quick! Run now!”

Seeing this, Chi Qian loudly called out to the others around her.

The others had no time to process what was happening, but seeing Chi Qian dart unhesitatingly toward the entrance, they hesitated for a moment before following one by one.

“Trying to escape?”

Li Wu naturally saw this. Noticing the entrance had been opened and Chi Qian and the others were preparing to flee, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes. Carrying Crow, he prepared to dash forward and intercept them.

But just as Li Wu was about to move, he suddenly sensed something and leaped to the side.

“Boom!”

A sharp, icy spear sliced through the air and smashed into Li Wu’s path, shattering the ground there.

Only then did Li Wu see the mist-enveloped figure that had opened the entrance now standing before him.

“Who are you?”

Li Wu demanded coldly.

Ignoring him, the mist-enveloped figure soared into the air, its surrounding mist transforming into ice and snow that swept outward.

The ice and snow became a blizzard, soon ravaging the entire Basin and freezing the ground.

The Underground Professionals present were instantly engulfed by the blizzard, losing their sense of direction and becoming trapped where they stood.Including Li Wu, they were all blocked by the blizzard, completely unable to advance.

Seizing the opportunity, Chi Qian and the others transformed into streaks of afterimages, finally darting to the side of Bai Ruxiang and Bai Xiaoyan.

“Let’s go!”

Chi Qian scooped up Bai Xiaoyan and called out to the group.

“Just leave like this?”

Though everyone was overjoyed about the exit opening, when Chi Qian urged them, they hesitated, turning their gazes toward the blizzard-ravaged basin. There, Su Ming wielded a Divine Artifact, his entire body erupting with astonishing demonic energy as he gathered terrifying power.

“What about Su Ming?”

Xu Xiayan, also holding Bai Ruxiang, asked Chi Qian.

“As long as we leave, the Commander has the ability to escape on his own!”

It was only after Hai’er’s reminder that Chi Qian recalled the life-saving and escape methods Su Ming had prepared.

If they could break free from this place, Su Ming would be able to flee without restraint, with no need for them to stay behind and sacrifice themselves for his survival.

Earlier, they had felt there was no chance, but now that an opportunity had arisen, Chi Qian naturally wouldn’t let it slip away.

Moreover, Su Ming still had Hai’er with him.

Hai’er clearly shared the same intention and idea, which was why she had helped everyone escape first after Su Ming engaged the enemy and drew all their attention.

The only problem was…

“Su Ming’s current state seems a bit off. Can we really just leave like this?”

Xu Xiayan looked in Su Ming’s direction, feeling both heart-palpitating and worried as she sensed the terrifying power gathering there.

Chi Qian also hesitated.

Su Ming’s abnormality couldn’t escape Xu Xiayan’s notice, nor could it escape Chi Qian’s.

In such an abnormal state, whether Su Ming still had the ability to retreat was indeed a question.

“Boom!”

Just as everyone hesitated, two terrifying forces finally peaked, shattering the ceiling of the tenth floor and causing the entire level to tremble violently, shaking with immense force.

Chi Qian, Xu Xiayan, and the others nearly collapsed from the shock and roar, their minds going blank.

A sense of dread and crisis swept over them simultaneously, making Chi Qian involuntarily recall the scene from a year ago when her companions had died before her eyes.

At that moment, Chi Qian no longer hesitated.

“Let’s go!” Chi Qian gritted her teeth and shouted. “This level of confrontation is beyond our ability to interfere with!”

Chi Qian clearly recognized this fact.

So, she could only choose to trust Su Ming.

At this point, not staying behind to become a burden was what they had to do.

“Go!”

Xu Xiayan also made her decision, taking one last deep look at the shaking center of the basin before turning away, carrying the dazed Bai Ruxiang.

Everyone immediately followed suit, no longer lingering where they stood.

Chi Qian also glanced back.

“I believe in you, Commander.”

Remembering the astonishing feats Su Ming had accomplished so far, Chi Qian murmured to herself, then left the area, carrying the equally dazed Bai Xiaoyan.

As for the Underground Professionals of 『Sin』, they weren’t so fortunate.

Blocked by the blizzard, none of them could escape the basin. With shouts and wails, they were either thrown to the ground by the tremors or swept away by the residual waves of the terrifying power, their fates unknown.”Damn it!”

Li Wu, carrying Crow on his shoulder, swung his axe to sever the incoming ice spears and frost, yet was still forced back wave after wave by the extreme cold. Unable to take any effective action, he could only fume in frustration.

Among those present, only Hai’er could still move freely.

Having already emerged from the swirling mist, Hai’er weaved through the blizzard. While releasing her power to block all the Underground Professionals, she prepared to dart toward Su Ming’s location.

“Gaaaaa!”

But halfway there, Hai’er suddenly heard a soul-shaking roar. Her figure involuntarily halted as she turned to look in the direction of the roar.

What she saw made her gasp.

She saw the pitch-black giant beast, bound by invisible chains, already on the verge of death.

The giant beast seemed to have detected Hai’er’s presence in the blizzard, its pair of cold, merciless eyes fixed on her.

“Meow!”

Hai’er could feel the pitch-black giant beast staring at her, and could even sense its dying state. Unconsciously, a trace of sorrow appeared in her eyes.

Clearly, Hai’er was feeling an instinctive sadness at the impending demise of this Nightmare Species Mutant that had once dominated the Spirit Demon Abyss and made even humanity tremble in fear.

However, this faint trace of sorrow was ultimately detected by the pitch-black giant beast.

A strange glimmer flashed in the beast’s cold, merciless eyes.

“Gaaaaa!”

The next second, the giant beast roared again, spewing large amounts of blood from its mouth and gathering it into a blood pearl.

The blood pearl emitted a dense demonic aura, seemingly containing the beast’s entire life force.

It suddenly shot toward Hai’er and, before she could react, disappeared into her forehead.

Hai’er felt a shock in her heart and looked at the pitch-black giant beast with startled eyes.

But by then, the beast had already closed its eyes, having lost all signs of life.

This Nightmare Species Mutant that had dominated an entire generation had ultimately fallen here, drawing the final period to its legendary life.

Hai’er stared blankly at everything, completely at a loss for what to do.

Until the two terrifying forces gathered in this space finally erupted completely.

“Great Sin Blade!”

The young girl Qing Qing unconsciously let out a shout as she swung down the greatsword wreathed in crimson Qi flames in her hands.

“Demon Emperor Sword!”

A flash of clarity appeared in Su Ming’s eyes as he similarly swung down the demonic sword wreathed in dark Qi flames in his hand.

The two terrifying forces erupted, transforming into two torrents of power that surged forward.

These were torrents formed of pure power – as astonishing as a tsunami and as terrifying as the collapse of heaven and earth. They evaporated the atmosphere while causing the entire tenth floor’s ground to crack apart inch by inch, carrying overwhelming demonic might as they violently collided.

“BOOM——!!!”

With an earth-shattering roar, this space on the tenth floor began to collapse like a tiny space being crushed.

The earth continuously shattered.

The mountain walls continuously crumbled.

The torrent of light gradually spread in all directions, devouring everything and destroying everything.

At this moment, whether it was hard rock or precious natural treasures, all fell into unstoppable destruction.Naturally, the Professionals who had been moving about the Tenth Floor searching for the Golden Dream Sprite Thread, and had been feeling the ground tremors and earth-shaking sensations since earlier, all fell into panic. They either fled in disarray or were buried under rubble and debris.

Without a doubt, this was a catastrophe.

A disaster that swept through the entire Midnight Labyrinth Tenth Floor.

No, even the other floors of the Midnight Labyrinth couldn’t escape unscathed—the closer they were to the Tenth Floor, the more severely they were affected.

For instance, the Ninth Floor was already continuously collapsing, and even the Eighth Floor couldn’t avoid the devastation.

The entire Midnight Labyrinth was shaken, and even destroyed, by an astonishing force.

No one could stop it.

－－－－－－Author’s Note－－－－－－

The bandage on the wound has been removed. I’ll resume updating tomorrow.

(Feels like I’ve said this many times already…)

Let’s see if I can finish writing this month.

It’s about time to wrap things up. o(╥﹏╥)o

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