Chapter Ninety: Descent into Darkness

The third young lady of the Lu family, Lu Yazhu, was the younger half-sister of Lu Yalan, born less than a year after her. This meant that just as Lu Yalan's birth mother passed away, Lu Shibang immediately married his wife Cheng Yaoyao's close friend, and Jian Wenying quickly became pregnant.

At that time, Lu Yalan was too young to remember much, but Lu Yamei was already old enough to recall. Although Cheng Yaoyao did not often reside at the Lu residence—partly because the old matriarch disliked her strong-willed daughter-in-law—she maintained good relations with the rest of the family. Unlike Jian Wenying, who was polite only on the surface, Cheng Yaoyao was genuinely caring and considerate.

Lu Yamei was fond of this aunt, a habit that persisted even now; she still addressed Cheng Yaoyao as "Aunt" and referred to Jian Wenying as "Second Aunt." She vaguely remembered the time after her aunt's passing, when the body was kept at home.

To put it simply, only those who belonged to the Church of Light or had consumed treasures infused with the power of light could possibly possess the attribute of light. Yet Lin Hao fulfilled neither of these conditions, nor had the original owner of this body. How, then, had the attribute of light manifested?

After eleven years of catastrophe, peace was finally restored, and the Qi Dynasty ushered in an era of great prosperity.

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately became vigilant. At this point, only flying monsters could pose any real threat to them.

"What do you mean? Don’t you understand, sister?" Shui Yingxue said as she moved closer to Su Jin. As Shui Yingxue drew nearer, an uneasy premonition rose in Su Jin’s heart. At the same time, he couldn’t shake the feeling that the scent on Shui Yingxue was strangely familiar, as if he had encountered her somewhere before.

The infantry phalanx, still entangled with the cavalry of the Beidou Dynasty, suddenly collapsed. Many soldiers, distracted for just a moment, were decapitated by cavalry sabers, their heads and bodies separated.

Even more astonishing, the tops of the ice pillars exploded one after another with deafening crashes, sending shards of ice crashing down in wave after wave, leaving almost no time to react.

"Potatoes, or what you call 'earth apples,'" Su Jin said, then suddenly realized that in ancient times, potatoes were called 'earth apples,' and quickly corrected himself.

Tong Guaiguai also wanted to tell her senior everything, but on second thought, she knew he would never stand by and do nothing if he learned the truth. She wished to do something for Yun Ze, relying entirely on her own abilities.

With one move, it was clear who was stronger. Both understood each other's strength and became even more alert, watching each other's every action, ready to respond instantly to the slightest move.

Zhang Fan quickly targeted the weakest cultivator among the enemies and followed him. Since they outnumbered him, the best strategy was naturally to defeat them one by one. Besides Leng Yan, none of the others seemed able to release their domains, which made Zhang Fan’s task of killing them far less difficult.

Yet, what was odd was that Mu Ye discovered the merging force that Lu Qi released came only from the cells around the vessel inside his body, while the vessel itself remained closed. But there must be merging force inside the vessel, for it was the true site where such energy was created.

Li Jing hastily lowered her head, her cheeks tinged with red. In that fleeting moment, her mind had been completely occupied by Lin Yuxi.

If the world had already fallen, what use was immense wealth? One would be nothing but a fattened pig awaiting slaughter. So, seeing others take up the task made Yang Hao genuinely happy. Whether the price was too high or whether it could be widely adopted was not his concern; he left everything to time.

Originally, the four of them planned to return to their cave abode after exchanging techniques and skills. However, after these days of contests, Li Yuyun realized that her physical strength was far inferior to her abilities, so she decided to take some time to strengthen her body.

Ever since then, each new expansion of the Demon Realm became a grand festival in the real world. In terms of sheer excitement, it even surpassed the New Year Festival.

"Junior sister, my cultivation is only at the Eighth Level of the Shattered Realm. I’m still a long way from reaching the Divine Body Realm!" Chi Qiao said sheepishly.

Earlier, when he heard the three men shouting, he instantly recognized their accent was not from the Central Plains and, without hesitation, struck to kill. The tall, burly foreigner before him had managed to dodge his full-force attack—clearly, he was a formidable opponent.