Fate-Defying Demon Emperor

Chapter 559: Where Darkness Falls, All Life Retreats

"My God, what’s happening? Why do so many saints want to kill Su Han?"

The crowd was in an uproar. Shocked gazes turned toward Female Saint Yueqing and the others. They couldn’t comprehend how the life-and-death battle between Su Han and the Tian Lou Saint had devolved into the current chaos.

Yun Chang was held back by the Heavenly Dragon Saint and the Great Saint of Divine Calculations, while Saint You Heng and the Jade Flute Saint were entangled with each other. However, no one was stopping Female Saint Yueqing. She was soon joined by two other saints, and the three of them pounced directly toward Holy Meteor Mountain, creating a terrifying scene.

"Little Su Su, run!" Zhang Xiaowan shouted, hoping to alert Su Han. The situation had spiraled out of control. Even Yun Chang couldn’t stop it, let alone them.

Onboard the Xiao Family’s warship, Xiao Tianming’s face was grim, his fists clenched so tightly they revealed his inner turmoil.

Su Han’s strength has far exceeded my expectations. Even the Tian Lou Saint perished! Does that mean facing Su Han would only lead me to a dead end? This was something his pride could not accept.

The intervention of the Jade Flute Saint was also unexpected. I hadn’t anticipated that my Protector would choose to act at a time like this. After all, the Jade Flute Saint represents not just himself but the entire Xiao Family’s stance. However, I won’t blame the Jade Flute Saint. I know he must have carefully considered his decision before acting. Su Han is too monstrous. Even the Tian Lou Saint fell to him. Chu Feng, ranked first on the Prodigy List, probably couldn’t suppress him either. At that rate, Su Han will become the undisputed number one in the Eastern Region. For the other prodigies, being overshadowed by such a monstrous talent is by no means a good thing. The Jade Flute Saint’s move to kill Su Han is, in truth, for my own sake—and for the future of the Xiao Family.

Xiao Tianming was well aware of this, but precisely because of this awareness, he felt even more aggrieved and frustrated. This only proves my own weakness. If I were strong enough, the Jade Flute Saint would never have needed to take such a risk.

The Jade Flute Saint was not the only one who thought this way. Female Saint Yueqing of the Ye Family and the two other saints from different holy lands felt the same. None of them wanted to see their own prodigies suppressed to the point they could never rise, so the only solution was to seize this opportunity to kill Su Han and eliminate this future threat.

The battle had escalated, completely changing in nature. It was no longer something ordinary prodigies could participate in. Figures like Xiao Tianming, Ye Lingyin, and Jun Zhantian could only stand by and watch. This unsettled their Dao Hearts, yet they were helpless to intervene.

With no one to stop them, the three saints led by Female Saint Yueqing were now closing in on Holy Meteor Mountain, about to come into contact with the spreading dark light.

"Musical Domain!"

Sensing the strangeness of the dark light, Female Saint Yueqing didn’t dare to barge in directly. Instead, she opened her Domain, intending to counter it. In her Domain, beautiful melodies resonated and continuous tunes played out, powerful enough to shake the fabric of space and shatter mountains and earth.

However, when her Musical Domain made contact with the dark light, it was like a stone sinking into the ocean. There was no trace of a collision between Domains, nor any discernible effect. The dark light continued to eat away at the Musical Domain, bit by bit devouring it and transforming it into its own Dark World.

"How is this possible?"

Female Saint Yueqing’s expression changed drastically. She realized that once the dark light devoured a part of her Domain, it was gone forever. A Domain was a manifestation of her control over space. Even if it collapsed and disintegrated, it should have been able to gradually recover. But the parts consumed by the dark light had vanished completely, as if bitten off by something, never to be restored. Having never encountered such a situation before, she didn’t dare proceed and quickly retracted her Musical Domain.

At that moment, the other two saints were experiencing the same thing. Their Domains were also being consumed by the dark light, unable to recover.

"Heaven Rank Intermediate Martial Technique: Nightmare Killing Tune!"

Female Saint Yueqing reached into her Storage Ring and retrieved her seven-string Sacred Guqin. She then unleashed a Heaven Rank Martial Technique, playing a deadly tune meant to kill within dreams. It was a special Divine Sense Attack that used music as a medium and Divine Sense as the weapon. It could shatter a person’s Sea of Consciousness and cause their spirit to collapse, as if eroded by a nightmare—an utterly terrifying technique.

Female Saint Yueqing was a powerhouse of the Saint Realm, her strength beyond doubt. Once this tune began, it could kill a million beings. Even the 100,000 spectators in the distance turned deathly pale upon hearing it, unable to bear the sound.

Her thinking was clear: if conventional methods couldn’t harm Su Han, she would use a Divine Sense Attack. Divine Sense was formless and intangible, a special kind of energy. At this moment, her Divine Sense merged with the sound waves, transforming into ripples that shot straight toward Su Han.

Soon, these ripples touched the dark light. But contrary to her expectations, they were once again swallowed up and dissipated into nothing.

This dark light was too strange—it devoured everything. Whether tangible matter or intangible Divine Sense, all of it was swallowed completely, leaving nothing behind.

And within this dark light was a Dark World. Inside, apart from Su Han, there was only a pitch-black Holy Meteor Mountain that seemed as if it had endured the endless river of time, ancient and eternal.

"Retreat!"

This was too bizarre. Female Saint Yueqing dared not touch it lightly, let alone break into the Dark World to confront Su Han. She wasn’t about to gamble with her life, so she fell back, not daring to linger.

The other two saints who saw this also swiftly retreated. In the crowd, any saints who had been itching to make a move had their murderous intent instantly extinguished, not daring to act rashly. The unknown is the most terrifying. The dark light devoured everything, and nothing could withstand it, bringing a fear unlike any other.

"AAAH!"

Quickly, the dark light spread beyond Holy Meteor Mountain, reaching the 100,000 spectators. One of them, blocked by the crowd and unable to flee fast enough, was touched by the light. His arm seemed to stretch into another dimension and simply disappear. Even he could no longer feel his own arm’s existence. Gradually, his thigh, his torso, his neck, and his head were all swallowed by the dark light, vanishing without a sound or trace, as if transported to another world.

"What is this damn thing? Is it trying to send us to another world?"

"Run! I don’t want to die here! What the hell is Su Han doing? Does he want to kill everyone?"

"Is Su Han a human or an Evil Demon? How can he have such a horrifying technique that even saints can’t break through? Is this truly the coming of an age of demons?"

The terror of the dark light shattered everyone’s morale. They fled in panic, not daring to linger, terrified of being devoured and killed.

"Let’s go!"

Female Saint Yueqing returned to the Ye Family’s jade carriage and, without another word, immediately urged it to retreat with Ye Lingyin.

On the other side, the Jade Flute Saint abandoned his fight with Saint You Heng, took control of the Xiao Family’s warship, and quickly retreated with Xiao Tianming.

At this moment, everyone was fleeing, terrified of the encroaching darkness.