Night of Despair-Chapter 447 - 445 deep inside 1

Above the Cloud Sea, the detached safe house resembled a nondescript grey-black goose egg stone. A thin layering line ran through the middle of the stone which rolled a few times on the ground and then came to a halt.

Other than that, there was nothing particularly special about the safe house.

Even the viewing window was disguised by reinforcements and an array as a dark little gap.

The only problem was that this was the Cloud Sea, and there were no stones on the ground at all.

"Cough cough..."

Inside the house, Yu Hong slowly got up from the ground and looked around.

Some corners of the safe house were also a bit deformed, but at least its hardness and toughness had withstood the test.

Even the Black Light had not managed to withstand being squashed, yet the safe house still functioned. It was worth his effort to reinforce this house whenever he had time.

"Ku Chan, Yiyi," he called out twice.

Ku Chan came out from under a pile of overturned bedding, blood dribbling from the corner of his mouth, struggling to stand upright.

"I’m still okay!"

"I’m fine too." Yiyi, curled up into a ball, rolled out from the fireplace, her body covered in black. At the last moment, she had thought of a good idea.

"That’s good." Yu Hong sighed with relief, his body drained of Inner Strength and Spirit Light.

The Inner Strength of Tai Ling Skill, which normally automatically linked to the Ultimate Sun, had now completely lost its supply, leaving only a little to maintain basic physical abilities.

The same was true for the Spirit Light; without the supply from the Light Disaster, the intensity of the Spirit Light had drastically reduced, even fading to nearly invisible.

"By the looks of it, this place should be deep in the Spirit Disaster..." Yu Hong said, "I’m no longer able to recover my Inner Strength and Spirit Light."

"I’m the same…" Ku Chan nodded, "But unlike Dao Breath, the Inner Strength cultivated by the Red Food Method is fine. This method mainly enhances, forcibly and simply boosting both body and spirit without external aids, using only one’s own stored energy."

"For now, we’ll have to rely on you," Yu Hong said, sensing the rich environmental spiritual fluctuations here.

"Okay!"

Yu Hong stood up, went over to the scattered instruments and wooden frames, and quickly found a blackish detector.

Beep.

He pressed the switch.

"Still working, that’s good."

Pressing the detection button again, there was another beep.

The LCD screen of the device displayed the current environmental Spiritual Value.

’2421.784.’

"!" Yu Hong’s expression changed slightly, his eyes widening.

"What the hell, is it broken?" He tapped the detector, suspecting there was something wrong with himself. Even if they had entered the Spirit Disaster, the value was too high, completely different from inside the Black Disaster. Unless there was a monster nearby.

But the next moment, he remembered something, quickly turned around, and walked to the viewing window.

Looking out from the window, one could see that the array had already been automatically activated, forming a complex net of white light, protecting the safe house all around.

His heart somewhat reassured.

Following the viewing window, he continued to look further into the distance.

The pure white Cloud Sea was like a plain, extending outwards to the edge of his vision.

And at the end, stood a cluster of white, magnificent ancient palaces.

"Is that, a palace? Heaven?"

Ku Chan squeezed over from the side and also saw the view outside the window.

"I don’t know, let me check." Yu Hong focused his eyesight, having already strengthened his vision several times, and quickly zoomed in on the distant scenery.

His gaze crossed the vast white Cloud Sea and quickly landed on the outer walls of that cluster of palaces.

To the left of the wall stood a tall, sword-shaped white gate.

The gate was like a sword planted upside down in the ground, with the center of the blade forming the seam, and the hilt above forming the frame.

A golden, ornate plaque hung on the frame.

The plaque was inscribed in the Night Language.

"North Heavenly Gate," he murmured softly.

"It’s said that Heaven has four Great Heavenly Gates in the east, west, south, and north, each guarded by different Great Emperors; the South Heavenly Gate is the front of Heaven, it seems we’ve come to the back of Heaven." Ku Chan spoke gravely.

"Great Emperor? You mean, apart from the Immortal Generals above Cai Jing Taoist, there are also Great Emperors?" Yu Hong was not familiar with the myths of Heaven in the Dao Mai World; if he had more time, he might have familiarized himself with all this information, but now, he could only learn the details through Ku Chan.

"Exactly, what you referred to as Cai Jing Taoist should be called the ’Myriad Colors Immortal’ in the Ancient Books," Ku Chan said.

He coughed a few times and let go of the hand covering his wound.

"The myths of Heaven have been circulating in our place for a long time. Now that I compare carefully, I find that everything perfectly matches the descriptions in the myths; this could not be a coincidence."

"Tell me more," Yu Hong said as he sat down leaning against the gate.

"From the bottom up, I’ll start with the most common Heavenly Soldiers," Ku Chan continued, "After Heavenly Soldiers, there are Heavenly Generals, also known as Silver Armored Snake Head Generals."

"Then, the Dragon Head Generals, Three-Eyed Dragon Head Generals, Myriad Colors Immortal and Myriad Intentions God, Immortal Generals, the Immortal Generals with titles in the myth, followed by Great Emperors, and finally, the Heavenly Emperor above the Four Emperors."

"...So, according to the myth, above the Immortal Generals there are titled Immortal Generals, Great Emperors, and Heavenly Emperor, three ranks?" Yu Hong asked.

"That’s how it’s divided in the myths, but the Immortal General we encountered before, the Primordial Spirit Myriad Mountain Immortal General, might actually have been a titled Immortal General taking action out of tier," Ku Chan said.

"Can the Source Disaster also take action out of tier?" Yu Hong exhaled.

"Since it’s confirmed that top-tier Source Disaster Monsters have intelligence, isn’t it normal for them to attack beyond their level?" Ku Chan spoke calmly.

"Indeed."

"What do we do now?"

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"Rest and recover. Do not go outside until our strength is fully restored," Yu Hong glanced outside the window. "This place is not safe, going out with weak strength is simply seeking death."

"Our Dao Breath Inner Strength is recovering too slowly here, and the supplies..." Ku Chan frowned.

"The supplies are enough for the three of us to last several years," Yu Hong said, "All compressed food and water are stored in the boxes in the basement."

"Let’s do as you say!" Ku Chan nodded. "I’ll try first. The Red Food Method you taught me is not affected here, let’s see if it can help to recover Dao Breath."

"Are you now practicing it concurrently?" Yu Hong asked.

"Yes, if the Red Food Method can completely surpass my primary Cultivation Technique, I will then completely abandon the current one and switch, otherwise, it affects the strength too much, and moreover, the Spirit Light Secret Skill cannot be recovered here, which is a significant impact," Ku Chan stated honestly.

In fact, the drawback of Spirit Light is also revealed here, which is its excessive reliance on the connection to the Ultimate Sun.

Essentially, Spirit Light constantly absorbs nutrients from the life of external things to transmit to the Ultimate Sun, and in exchange, gains the infinite power of the Ultimate Light Disaster.

Otherwise, the small amount of power people who master the Spirit Light Secret Skill cultivate could not possibly support the exaggerated power they display.

Once they arrived at a place where the connection with the Light Disaster is severed, Spirit Light is cut off, instantly reverting everything back to its original state.

All boosts disappear; even for Yu Hong and Ku Chan, their strength falls more than a notch. After all, with Spirit Light, the boost’s intensity was already beyond ordinary levels, even consistent power enhancement for both of them is equivalent to an enhancement of dozens of times.

"Stop thinking, tidy up the stuff, eat and rest a bit," Yu Hong pulled the cover over the inspection window, "I’ll adjust the Array to camouflage the situation here; this safe house is too conspicuous."

"Alright." Ku Chan nodded. He quickly went down to the basement to tidy up the recently scattered supply boxes.

"I... I need to use the restroom," Yiyi suddenly said from the side.

"....." Yu Hong was startled, suddenly realizing this serious issue.

He used to live alone in the safe house, so he used a portable toilet, covered it after use, and just dumped it outside whenever he needed.

But now, with three people in the safe house, this....

He looked at Yiyi, whose face was flushed and was clenching her legs together, wiggling, clearly unable to hold it much longer.

"Go to the other basement, close the door, and use the toilet," Yu Hong said helplessly.

"Okay!" Yiyi looked around, picked up a pack of tissue from the ground, and ran to the other basement.

There are three basements in total. The first one is for training, the second one is for storage, and the third one is the main control energy room.

She went to the first one used for training.

"It seems, setting up an air purification Array is quite essential," Yu Hong sighed.

He stretched out his hand, pressed it against the wall, trying to activate the enhancement function of the Black Mark, but there was no response.

He then remembered that the Black Mark was still enhancing the Moist Wood Liquid, and it would still be three days before it’s completed.

"Three days.... it seems quiet here, let’s wait and see for now."

Yu Hong sighed, began to tidy up the scattered items on the floor, chairs, and tables.

After several minutes, he sat down again and began to check his body.

Not checking might have been better; upon checking, he got a shock.

His Inner Strength left in his body was minimal, barely maintaining the Cultivation Technique automatically operating in his body.

This was for the purpose of maintaining minimal flow for Dao Breath Circulation traits.

Besides, Spirit Light had completely dried up, and there was no Spirit Light transmitted from outside, clearly indicating complete isolation from it.

Yu Hong felt his own body, apart from a still strong physique, only the recently practiced Chaotic God Heavenly Eye Scripture Inner Strength was intact.

This technique from the Sky Wish Sect, similar to the Red Food Method, also does not rely on external substances, focusing only on the internal self.

The more strength accumulated, the more it uses, once used up it needs to be accumulated again.

Only, without the boost from Spirit Light, the power of the Chaotic God Heavenly Eye Scripture will surely be greatly reduced.

’This time, the strength loss is quite substantial...’ Yu Hong never thought that after detaching from the Light Disaster, his own strength would plummet so much.

He took out the detector and pressed it against his temple.

Beep.

The LCD display on the detector showed his current Spiritual Value: 21839.

’So weak....’

For the first time, Yu Hong felt his own weakness.

Without the boost from Spirit Light, and Inner Strength no longer constantly protecting his body, his current status, aside from a strong physique, had Spiritual Value only over twenty thousand.

This might be strong among ordinary Magicians, but in the Dao Mai World, even the Seven Evils could easily crush him.

’Back to the state where whoever acts first gets wiped out...’ he sighed.

Sitting on the chair, until Yiyi finished using the restroom and washed her hands, and started helping to tidy up, he took out Moist Wood Liquid and continued to cultivate the Chaotic God Heavenly Eye Scripture.

Without the connection to the Ultimate Sun, he couldn’t practice Tai Ling Skill, couldn’t use Spirit Light, the only Technique that could be practiced unaffected was this Eye Skill.

As he began to practice, Ku Chan, after sorting out the food, also started rigorous cultivation.

Both entered into a secluded cultivation state, leaving Yiyi alone, with nothing to do, she started cleaning the safe house, checking for any damages.

Soon, waves of chill penetrated the house, and the temperature dropped to below minus ten degrees.

Following Yu Hong’s instructions, Yiyi turned on the nuclear reactor, and the heat cycle began.

The temperature inside the safe house was as warm as spring, and the three of them thoroughly entered a peaceful state of cultivation and recovery.