We agreed to set sail, so you'd become the ruler of the deep sea?

Chapter 512 The Purpose of the Black Disaster
Regarding the "Black Disaster".

Xia En already had some understanding of the situation.

He knew that this was an extremely terrible disaster in the [Secret Sea].

It has affected countless [secret realms], plunging everything into a deathly darkness wherever it goes.

The Lord of Cinder, also known as the Former Flame of the Old Ones, escaped from the Secret Realm affected by the Black Calamity to the Seven Seas World.

just.

Perhaps it's because of Xia En's improved realm and strength.

This time, I witnessed the scenes from Leila's memory.

Xia En vaguely sensed that the purpose of the [Black Calamity] was not simply to eliminate all [Secret Realms] and creatures.

It's more like...

A form of purification? A form of restoration?
Or rather, it means restoring the entire [Secret Sea] to its most primitive and ancient state.

And those individual [Secret Realms] that were born, and even the creatures within those [Secret Realms].

In the eyes of the "Black Disaster," they are like bacteria and parasites that need to be eliminated.

But thinking about this, a question couldn't help but pop into Xia En's mind.

So, what is the relationship between the "Black Disaster" and the "God of Blindness and Folly"?

Shane's consciousness struggled amidst the torrent of information transmitted by Lyra.

Those fragmented images, like sharp shards, constantly slashed at his reason.

The darkness of the "Black Disaster" spreads through memories, devouring everything.

What's even more disturbing is...

In the depths of this darkness, Shane vaguely sensed a familiar sense of distortion.

That is... the aura of the [God of Blind Fools]!

"Could it be..."

Xia En suddenly realized a terrifying possibility—

The Black Calamity is not simply a natural disaster, but is somehow connected to the God of Blindness and Ignorance!

It might even be a manifestation of the will of that unspeakable being!
Just at this moment.

Leila's hand suddenly tightened, and her voice resounded directly in Shane's mind, carrying a sense of vicissitude and sorrow that transcended time and space:

"Shane...time is running out."

"The Black Calamity is coming, and the God of Blind Fools... is awakening."

Xia En's pupils contracted sharply.

wake?

Is that indescribable being not always active, but rather in some kind of "dormant" state?
Then what about His previous influence on Lyra and His erosion of other [Secret Realms]?
Just...unconscious ramblings in one's sleep?
The thought sent a chill down Xia En's spine.

If that's the case, what will happen when the "God of Blind Folly" truly awakens?
Lyra's voice continued to echo in Shane's mind, carrying an almost desperate sense of urgency:
"He whispered in my dream...distorting time and memory...and I was just one of His countless tentacles..."

Her left side flickered even more violently, as if it might be completely erased by some force at any moment.

Despite the excruciating pain in his head, Shane grabbed Lyra's wrist with his other hand.

"Lyra, wake up! You're not some tentacle, you're Lyra!"

A faint ripple flickered in the girl's silver eyes, but it was quickly replaced by emptiness.

"No... I've long forgotten who I am..."

"But you must remember, Shane... remember everything..."

"When darkness engulfs the Secret Sea... only the 'Dominator'... can..."

Her voice suddenly stopped, and her body trembled violently!
Xia En's pupils contracted sharply.

He saw that at Lyra's left shoulder, the void suddenly twisted, as if an invisible hand was forcibly "tearing" her existence away!
"Laila!"

Xia En roared.

[Dominant Law] Unleashed at full power, a hazy gray halo swept out like a raging tide, attempting to solidify her existence.

However, that power was far beyond imagination!

"Click——"

An invisible barrier has shattered.

Lyra's afterimage crumbled inch by inch before Shane, her long silver hair turning into starlight and dissipating.

At the last moment, the corners of her mouth lifted slightly, revealing a familiar, gentle smile:

"Find me... at the end of time..."

"boom--!"

The entire cave trembled violently!

The mountain of bones collapsed, the dark red heart pounded wildly, and the fleshy ground surged like waves!
Shaun was unsteady on his feet, but he still stared intently at the spot where Lyra had disappeared.

"Captain! We must leave!"

Carles' voice rang out sharply in the mental connection.

"The spacetime structure here is collapsing!"

Xia En gritted his teeth and glanced at the dark red heart.

After Lyra's afterimage disappeared, its beating frequency increased, as if some kind of seal had been broken!

"go!"

Without further hesitation, he retreated rapidly, rushing back towards the spiral staircase he had come from.

Behind them, the cave walls began to writhe and close.

Countless dark red tentacles surged forward like a tide!

Xia En swung his sword and severed the obstructing blood vessels, rushing into the stairwell at the last second.

"boom!"

The fleshy membrane closed completely behind him, shutting out the terrifying cave.

But Shane didn't stop; he continued running upwards.

Because the entire staircase is also collapsing!

"Boom!"

The walls, a mixture of stone and flesh, continued to crumble, and dark red liquid seeped from the cracks, as if the tower was "bleeding."

Xia En's breathing was heavy, but his eyes were unusually calm.

The message Leila left behind was too shocking, but he had to take it out alive.

Finally, before the staircase completely collapsed, Shane rushed back into the rotunda!
However, the sight before him made him stop abruptly.

All the crystal coffins in the hall have been opened!
And those divine corpses...

They've all vanished without a trace!

"The guards?!"

Xia En looked around, only to find that the dark red ball of light had also disappeared.

The entire hall was empty except for the runes on the walls that flashed wildly, like some kind of warning.

"Captain, there's a high-energy reaction outside the tower!"

"Carles said urgently."

"It's those Twilight Guardians... they're gathering!"

Xia En's face darkened, and he immediately rushed towards the exit.

Whatever happened here, the most important thing is to leave [Eternal Twilight]!
However, just as he was about to step out of the bronze gate...

"Boom!"

A deep, muffled roar came from underground, as if from some enormous creature...

Turned over.

Immediately afterwards, an indescribable, terrifying will swept through the entire black city like a tsunami!
Xia En groaned, blood seeping from his seven orifices.

The halo of the [Dominant Law] flickered violently and nearly collapsed.

"This is... He's awake?!"

He struggled to lift his head and look at the central tower.

The runes on the tower went out, and in their place appeared countless open eyes!
Densely packed, covering the entire tower, each one dripping with dark red blood and tears, coldly staring at Xia En.

"escape……"

A hoarse voice echoed in Xia En's mind.

They are the guards!
"Run! He just... rolled over... and hasn't really woken up yet..."

"Otherwise...you would have already... gone mad..."

Xia En bit her tongue, forcing herself to stay awake, and rushed out of the tower without hesitation!
The scene outside was even more horrifying.

The entire black city is coming to life!
The buildings were twisted and deformed, and the streets undulated and bulged.

The indescribable corpses rose to their feet, letting out silent roars!
In the distance, dozens of Twilight Guardians were rushing towards the tower, flames surging from their eerie green eye sockets.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xia En immediately activated the [Void Secret Power].

His figure transformed into a shadowy shadow, speeding towards the direction where the Black Swan was hiding.

"Carles, contact the ship and prepare for an emergency evacuation!"

"We're already trying... but communications are being jammed!"

Carles’ voice carried an unusual urgency.

"The spatial structure of the entire city is being distorted, and conventional communication methods are failing!"

Xia En's heart sank. He looked up at the sky, where the originally dark red sky now seemed to be stirred by an invisible hand, forming a huge vortex.

At the center of the vortex, a gigantic eye is slowly opening!

"Damn it!"

Xia En suddenly accelerated, and the power of the [Dominator Law] surged within his body.

A hazy halo enveloped his entire body, isolating him from the dark red mist that was trying to encroach upon him.

The buildings on both sides of the street stretched out their tentacles like living creatures, trying to block his way.

But with each swing of the black longsword in Xia En's hand, a path was cleared.

"boom!"

Suddenly, a dark red energy attacked from the side!

Xia En dodged to the side, the energy grazing his shoulder and blasting a large crater in the fleshy ground.

Turning around, I saw that three Twilight Guards had caught up!
The runes on their armor lit up, and their weapons were brimming with terrifying dark red energy.

"I don't have time to get entangled with them!"

Xia En's eyes turned cold, and he made a clenching motion with his left hand.

"boom!"

A gray barrier rose behind them, temporarily blocking the pursuers.

At the same time, he plunged his longsword into the ground with his right hand!

"[Void Rift]!"

"Crack!!!"

A dark crack appeared in the ground, rapidly extending forward to the edge of the city!

Without hesitation, Shane jumped into the crevice.

The next moment, his figure leaped out from the shadows near the Black Swan.

"Captain!"

Joey was the first to spot him and exclaimed in surprise.

"Activate [Secret Realm Shuttle] now! Evacuate at full speed!"

Shane leaped onto the deck and gave urgent orders.

"understand!"

All the crew members also witnessed the strange changes in [Eternal Twilight], and they were all on high alert.

Now that they have received Xia En, they are naturally preparing to evacuate immediately.

The dragon-shaped String Song immediately took to the air, its wings spread, and it warily surveyed its surroundings.

Vivian stood at the stern, her heterochromatic eyes gleaming, the power of the laws of [Annihilation] and [Rebirth] poised to be unleashed.

"Rumble--"

The engines of the Black Swan roared deafeningly as the ship began to slowly rise into the air.

However, at this moment.

"boom!"

Suddenly, a huge bone claw emerged from the ground and gripped the stern of the ship tightly!
"what?!"

Joey exclaimed and quickly raised his staff.

Xia En's eyes narrowed, and he slashed down with his black longsword without hesitation!
"laugh!"

The bone claws snapped off, but more skeletal monsters were crawling out from underground.

The corpses throughout the city seemed to have come "alive"!

"Little Black, maximum power!"

【Yes, master! 】

The spirit of the Black Swan rang out a resounding cry.

The entire ship was enveloped in a dazzling silver light, and the spatial fluctuations became increasingly intense.

But that's it.

"Whoosh whoosh—"

Countless dark red energy projectiles shot from the ground, covering the entire airspace like a torrential rain.

"Full defense!"

Carles' voice echoed throughout the ship.

A light blue energy shield instantly deployed, blocking most of the attacks.

Vivian also made her move, using the [Annihilation] law to create a black barrier that annihilated all the energy projectiles that had slipped through.

"We are breaking free from the constraints of this city!"

Joey stared intently at his surroundings, beads of sweat forming on his forehead.

Xia En stood at the bow of the ship, his gaze fixed intently ahead.

Above the black city, the dark red sky now resembled a viscous liquid.

The bow of the Black Swan was struggling to squeeze in.

"Work harder!"

Xia En infused the power of the [Law of Domination] into the ship's hull, and the hazy halo helped the ship resist the erosion of the sky.

Finally, with a piercing tearing sound.

The Black Swan broke through the sky and plunged into the outer layer of dark red clouds!
"Success!"

Joey couldn't help but show his excitement.

But Xia En's expression did not relax at all.

"No, it's not over yet."

He turned and looked behind him.

On the black sky above the city, a giant eye had fully opened!

Cold, merciless, and filled with divine pressure.

Just looking into their eyes makes one feel like their sanity is on the verge of collapse.

Don't look at it!

Xia En shouted sternly.

At the same time, the [Dominator Law] was operating at full power, and a hazy halo enveloped the entire ship, blocking out the terrifying sight.

"Little Black, full speed ahead! Get out of this secret realm!"

"understand!"

The Black Swan's engines roared under strain as the ship carved a path through the dark red sea of ​​clouds.

Behind them, the black city was slowly sinking, as if being pulled back underground by some invisible force.

That enormous eye glanced at Shane one last time, and then...

It slowly closed its eyes.

"boom!"

The entire [Eternal Twilight] secret realm trembled violently, and the dark red sea of ​​clouds churned like a boiling pool of blood.

But the Black Swan has already reached the edge of the secret realm.

"We found the exit!"

Jane shouted and steered the ship headlong into the spatial rift.

"Om-"

After a dizzying moment, the familiar starlight came into view once again.

They've returned to the [Secret Sea]!
"We... escaped?"

Joey slumped onto the deck, his voice trembling slightly.

Xia En let out a long sigh of relief and nodded.

"We're safe, for now."

He turned to look at the slowly closing entrance to the secret realm, his expression complex.

Lyra's afterimage, the tomb of the gods, the awakened terror...

And the truth behind the "Black Disaster".

All this information is too shocking; it will take time to process.

But one thing is certain—

Their connection with the "God of Blind Folly" is far from over.

"captain……"

Joey walked over to him, her voice filled with worry.

"What do we do next?"

Xia En withdrew his gaze and took a deep breath.

"First, organize the intelligence."

He looked at the crew members, his expression grave.

"Lyra's condition is more complicated than we thought. She seems to have touched some kind of taboo, and may even be being corrupted by the power of the [God of Blind Fools]."

(End of this chapter)