Survival in the Mist: From a Dilapidated Wooden Hut to a Heavenly Palace in the Clouds

The Demon of Bewitching Hearts turned her gaze to the man in black robes, a meaningful smile playing on her lips. "And you, an outsider, dare to venture into the Endless Abyss alone. That truly piques my curiosity."

"Your power is indeed formidable, but do you truly believe you can stand against both of us, the rulers of the abyss, at the same time?"

The man in black robes did not answer. His sword trembled slightly, and a jet-black sword aura instantly slashed towards the Bewitching Demon.

The sword energy was so fast that it seemed to cut through even time itself.

However, the Bewitching Demon simply raised her hand, and a purple light emerged from her fingertips. The light contained countless twisted souls, which directly blocked the black-robed man's sword energy.

"Don't rush into action," the Bewitching Demon laughed. "I'm not ready yet."

With the arrival of the Bewitching Demon, the battle quickly escalated.

The killing intent of the Buddha of Killing Hearts and the alluring power of the Demon of Bewitching Hearts formed a strange resonance. The two completely different forces merged perfectly together, forming a domain that belonged entirely to the abyss.

In this realm, all rules are distorted, and time, space, and even causality become chaotic.

The man in black robes was enveloped by this domain, and his movements seemed to be affected as well.

He had just swung his sword when he found himself entangled by a chain of killing intent, while the purple orb of the Bewitching Demon silently appeared behind him.

"Looks like you're nothing special after all," the Bewitching Demon laughed, her voice laced with mockery.

However, just as the chains of killing intent were about to completely bind the man in black, his figure suddenly disappeared.

"Impossible!" Killer Buddha roared, his Buddha eyes quickly scanning the surroundings, only to find that the black-robed man's aura had completely disappeared into the domain.

"He... broke through our domain?" The Demoness of Bewitching Hearts' smile froze on her face, and for the first time, a hint of shock appeared in her eyes.

The next moment, a jet-black sword light burst forth from the edge of the domain. The sword light was like a lightning bolt tearing through the abyss, directly slashing towards the main body of the Killing Heart Buddha.

Killing Buddha quickly raised his palm to block, but the power of the sword light exceeded his expectations and directly severed his right arm.

At the same time, the figure in black robes reappeared in the center of the battlefield, his sword pointing at the Bewitching Demon, and he coldly said, "The rules of the abyss cannot bind me."

The Buddha of Killing Heart clutched his severed right arm, his Buddha-like eyes burning with fury. "You think this can defeat me?"

His body began to swell rapidly, his severed right arm regenerated, and an even more terrifying light emanated from his Buddha-like eyes.

This time, he no longer held back his power, but completely unleashed the essence of the abyssal killing intent.

At the same time, the Bewitching Demon stopped playing tricks.

She clasped her hands together, and a huge phantom appeared behind her. The phantom was an abyss incarnation formed from countless souls, and it rushed towards the black-robed man with an irresistible aura of destruction.

Faced with the combined full force of the two Abyss Overlords, the man in black robes finally ceased his concealment. His robes silently shattered into pieces, revealing a body as black as night.

His body seemed to be formed from the darkness of the deepest abyss, yet it carried an aura of power that completely surpassed the abyss.

"The power of the abyss... is nothing more than that," the black-robed man said in a low voice, his tone tinged with indifference and disdain.

As he finished speaking, his sword tip turned slightly, and a darkness deeper than the abyss surged from the blade, instantly engulfing the entire battlefield.

When the darkness dissipated, the figures of Killing Heart Buddha and Bewitching Heart Demon had vanished. The entire battlefield became deathly silent, as if nothing had ever happened.

The man in black sheathed his longsword and turned to leave. His figure gradually disappeared into the abyss, leaving only a whisper that echoed in the endless darkness:

"The secrets of the abyss... I will uncover them with my own hands."

The black-robed man's footsteps echoed at the end of the abyss, a chilling aura lingering around him. With each step he took, the surrounding darkness receded, as if in fear of him.

He carried his longsword on his back, and his figure, as black as night, gradually faded away, as if being swallowed by endless darkness.

Just then, the ground suddenly trembled.

The tremors were initially weak, but in an instant they became violent, as if the entire abyss had awakened. Cracks spread like a spider web around the feet, and a low rumble came from the darkness, like the rapid breathing of some kind of giant beast.

The man in black stopped, his gaze sharpening slightly as he turned to look in the direction from which the sound came.

Immediately, a huge crack appeared in the pitch-black space, and a pair of blood-red vertical pupils filled with rage and killing intent emerged from the crack. There was no reason in those eyes, only pure killing intent, like a mindless destroying machine.

What appeared next was a colossal creature. Its body was like a moving mountain range, covered with thick, jet-black scales, each scale engraved with ancient runes of the abyss, flowing with a purplish-black light in regular patterns.

Its limbs were like massive pillars, and its thick, long tail, with a gentle flick, unleashed a ferocious force capable of destroying the heavens and the earth. In the darkness, only a tremendous roar shattered space and tore through the darkness.

Emperor Crocodile!

No words were needed; its blood-red eyes alone proclaimed its purpose: to destroy the person before it.

The man in black robes' gaze darkened slightly. He remained silent, his longsword slowly turning to point at the colossal beast before him. Neither uttered a word, yet their killing intent clashed instantly, chilling the entire space to the bone.

The next instant, the Emperor Crocodile struck first!

Its enormous tail ripped through the void, instantly shattering countless spatial barriers, and crashed towards the man in black robes.

The tail carried a strong aura of abyssal rules, its power so immense that it tore apart the entire space, causing even the rules themselves to tremble, as if the heavens and earth were collapsing under this attack.

The man in black robes took a step forward, his figure flashing like a black light as he narrowly avoided the attack. However, the speed of the Emperor Crocodile far exceeded his expectations. Although he managed to dodge its tail, it swept back like a whirlwind, blocking all his escape routes.

A cold glint flashed in the black-robed man's eyes. He was not afraid. The long sword in his hand emitted a deep and dazzling black sword light, and he slashed at the attacking tail.

"boom--"

The sword light collided with the scales of the Emperor Crocodile, instantly unleashing a massive shockwave.

However, the black-robed man's sword energy was no longer as invincible as before. This time, the sword light failed to cut through the Emperor Crocodile's scales at all, leaving only a shallow mark. Meanwhile, the runes on the scales shone even brighter, completely blocking the sword light.

The black-robed man's pupils contracted slightly, and he retreated rapidly. However, the instant he left his position, the Emperor Crocodile opened its blood-red maw and charged towards him with lightning speed.

This bite seemed to be imbued with the power of the abyss's origin, causing the entire space to collapse, and no being could escape the fate of being devoured.