Chapter 455 – The Sun Blooms Upon the Earth

When the divine soul was tainted and her attitude shifted, Kang Yan now looked upon the brilliant blazing sun in her mind and the increasingly clear figure within it. She no longer felt fear or despair, but instead sensed warmth and greatness.

Respectfully bowing to Mu Lin, Kang Yan left the room and began gathering intelligence for him within Nightmare Heaven.

As one of the two Holy Sons of Nightmare Heaven, especially with Ye Huang now deposed, Kang Yan held a high status. With ease, she collected vast amounts of information for Mu Lin, and through this, he learned that many demonic monsters and alien races, driven by fear and apprehension, had come from afar to lay in ambush for him.

It was their arrival that made the Night Demon and Nightmare clans abandon any thoughts of retreat, instead choosing to confront Mu Lin and his Three Great Legions head-on.

Moreover, leveraging the Nightmare Clan’s advantages, she even managed to uncover exactly which races had arrived in Nightmare Heaven.

In the past, upon obtaining such intelligence, Mu Lin would not have foolishly charged into Nightmare Heaven to clash head-on with countless demonic fiends.

He would have contacted other human forces in the Northern Wastelands, particularly the local legions that had dispatched demonic fiends to reinforce Nightmare Heaven.

Then, he would have allied with these forces to attack the homelands of those monsters.

“Heh, let’s see whether your homelands or killing me is more important to you.”

But that was all in the past.

After acquiring Luo Chen’s Calamity Monarch talent, Mu Lin had essentially completed the final piece of his puzzle.

Now, not only could he advance at any time, but his strength and destructive power had also grown by leaps and bounds.

Especially the ability of the Calamity Avatar, which made Mu Lin akin to a natural disaster.

Thus, even knowing all this, Mu Lin… still intended to launch a direct assault.

In fact, this time, Mu Lin even planned to deploy his main body, aiming to purify everything with overwhelming power.

—It must be said that igniting the Vow-Power Heart Lamp with the emotion of arrogance still had an effect on Mu Lin.

He was indeed somewhat inflated.

Of course, Mu Lin’s decision wasn’t entirely due to arrogance or recklessness.

He was confident that after advancing to Earth Immortal, even if he faced a Celestial Master and found himself outmatched, he could still hold his ground for a time and escape.

With such assurance, he could afford to be this aggressive.

“Numbers? A large force means nothing before me!”

…

Having made his decision, Mu Lin did not immediately muster his troops and march on Nightmare Heaven.

He was arrogant, not foolish.

With Kang Yan as his inside agent, Mu Lin first had his clone infiltrate the place.

This was easy.

No one would ever imagine that Kang Yan, who had been struck and nearly killed, would harbor not hatred or resentment toward Mu Lin, but rather worship and submission.

Because no one suspected, Kang Yan not only covered for Mu Lin’s infiltration but also led him to the core nodes of the Night Demon Heaven Formation.

“Lord Mu Lin, Nightmare Heaven has seven core nodes. If all are destroyed, the endless night of Nightmare Heaven will also disperse.”

“However, each of these seven locations is guarded by Elders. Relying on the power of the formation nodes, their strength is not weak even among Earth Immortals. With my connections, I can only take you to three of these places, and as soon as one is destroyed, the others will be alerted immediately.”

Kang Yan, whose heart leaned towards Mu Lin, described to him the tight defenses at the core nodes of the arrays.

However, after hearing all this, Mu Lin was not very concerned.

“Tight defenses? It doesn’t matter. Just tell me the locations of the array nodes… and also the places where large numbers of Demonic Fiends are gathered.”

“Yes, sir!”

With Kang Yan leading the way, Mu Lin quickly located all seven positions.

Of course, for some locations, Mu Lin could only observe from a distance and could not approach.

At the same time, he also found the areas where the Demonic Fiends were gathered.

When Mu Lin’s Clone, transformed into a Night Demon, walked over alone, he found it rather absurd that those demonic monsters were gathered together, discussing how to deal with him.

“We can’t afford to be honorable when dealing with him. We should all attack him together,” said a tiger-like monster this time.

Beside him, a sly rat chuckled darkly, “I think we should use poison to ambush and assassinate him.”

“We must never let him build up his strength. That punch of his is truly terrifying…”

In the Night Demon hall, numerous Demonic Fiends freely discussed how to deal with Mu Lin.

Ambushes, assassinations, group attacks, curses, using loved ones to pressure him… all sorts of malicious methods were brought up one by one by the gathered monsters.

As the discussion grew heated, someone noticed Mu Lin’s approach and asked him, “Brother, what do you think we should do to kill Mu Lin?”

“Kill Mu Lin? That would be effortless for me, but unfortunately, I can’t tell you.”

“Why?”

His confusion was shared by many nearby. Hearing Mu Lin claim he could effortlessly kill the great enemy in their minds, many looked over curiously.

They wanted to know who dared to speak so boldly.

Then, they heard Mu Lin speak leisurely.

“Because I am Mu Lin. Do you think I would tell you how to kill myself?”

“Huh?”

“…”

“…”

“…”

The words “I am Mu Lin” seemed to carry a magical power. Upon hearing this, the atmosphere in the hall instantly fell silent, chillingly quiet.

But soon, the toad who had questioned Mu Lin burst into laughter.

Laughing, it said to Mu Lin, “Brother, that joke isn’t funny. You shouldn’t make such jokes in the future—you might get beaten up.”

The laughing toad expected Mu Lin to respond that it was all a joke, but all it received was Mu Lin’s icy stare.

This caused its laughter to gradually fade, growing softer and softer until, in the end, its expression froze.

“You’re really Mu Lin?”

“I doubt anyone would dare impersonate me in the Night Demon Heaven.”

Indeed, no one would. The moment the group of Demons and Monsters realized Mu Lin had truly arrived, they scattered like crows, fleeing in an instant.

This included those who had just been discussing how to kill Mu Lin.

Clearly, they understood the difference between boasting and reality.

At the same time, as they fled, they shouted loudly for help.

“Someone, quick! Mu Lin is here!”

Their shouts did receive a response. A group of Night Demon elites and other powerful Demons and Monsters instantly appeared nearby.

The first Elder to appear glared at Mu Lin, his eyes blazing with fury.

“Mu Lin, you killed my son, yet you dare come to our Nightmare Heaven. Do you truly think our Nightmare Heaven has no one left?!”

“Killed your son? Where did that come from? I remember Ye Huang was the Night Demon leader’s child. Could it be you had an affair with the Night Demon leader’s wife?”

At this moment, Mu Lin was genuinely curious, and his words only enraged the Night Demon Elder further:

“Bastard! My son was Ye Huang’s deputy!”

“Deputy… Oh, now I remember. At that time, Ye Huang brought many demonic monsters and evil spirits with him, all of whom I killed. Was your son among them?”

The arrival of so many powerful beings did not unsettle Mu Lin in the slightest. Looking at the furious Night Demon Elder, he spoke with utter nonchalance:

“I killed him, and for that… I am quite satisfied.”

At this point, Mu Lin’s voice suddenly turned icy:

“His death is not the end.”

“By opposing me and humanity, your Night Demon Clan must be prepared to face utter annihilation. And I am here to carry it out.”

“Arrogant fool!”

“Boom!”

The Elder who had spoken had already revealed his true Night Demon form, his eyes fixed on Mu Lin with burning rage.

“This old man will make you understand that opposing our Night Demon Clan is the greatest mistake you have ever made!”

“The night shall shroud all…”

“Rumble!”

The Night Demon Elder regarded Mu Lin as a formidable foe, and so, before the battle, he spoke words to bolster his own confidence and that of his comrades.

At the same time, the idea of darkness shrouding everything was his fervent wish.

But what he never expected was that before he could finish speaking, a terrifying explosion erupted from behind them.

Facing away from it, he initially paid little heed to the blast.

“An explosion? Hmph, in our Nightmare Heaven, all powers are devoured and nullified by the darkness. No matter what you attempt, nothing will take effect in Nightmare Heaven… Boom!”

Before he could finish, he was sent flying like a straw in the wind by the shockwave of the explosion.

“Pfft!”

Mid-air, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Yet, at this moment, he paid no attention to his own injuries. Instead, he stared in shock and confusion at what lay behind him, unable to comprehend what kind of explosion could unleash such power within Nightmare Heaven.

Then, as the Night Demon Elder turned his head, he felt as though he were witnessing the sun—a sun crashing down upon the earth.

“Boom!!”

Endless fire and light erupted within Night Demon Heaven, tearing apart the sky and earth, obliterating countless structures and demonic monsters.

Regardless of their strength, all demonic monsters and evil spirits caught within the radius of the flames and explosion were utterly annihilated, vanishing without a trace like fleeting illusions in the face of the terrifying blast.

The diameter of the horrific explosion spanned over ten kilometers, and the mushroom cloud it generated soared more than thirty kilometers high.

Temperatures reaching hundreds of millions of degrees scorched the earth into glass.

Arrays, demonic monsters, buildings—everything was melted and vaporized by the searing heat.

At the same time, the terrifying explosion and its extreme light and heat even overpowered Nightmare Heaven’s law of absolute darkness, allowing boundless radiance to erupt in this place.

For the first time, countless members of the Night Demon Clan understood the majesty of light and fire.

——They truly felt the fire and light with their lives.

Then, in the radiance and flames, they were incinerated into nothingness!

……

And those who sensed this explosion were far more than just the Demonic Fiends of Nightmare Heaven.

The other legions of the Northern Wastelands, even if they were quite distant from this place, still witnessed it with their naked eyes—the terrifying explosion’s radiance and flames were too dazzling, and the mushroom cloud that rose up was too immense. This was observed by soldiers of other legions, and even ordinary people.

Some even felt the tremors in the city walls and houses.

“What is that?!”

“Such intense light… has the sun fallen to the earth?”

“We can see it from so far away—could it be the Celestial Masters have taken action?”

With a single explosion, Mu Lin shook the entire Northern Lands.

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(End of Chapter)