Night of Despair-Chapter 454: Case 452 Status Four

"This may be one of the ways the Silver-armored Dragon Men cultivate their Spiritual Energy! The ability to absorb Spiritual Energy without removing impurities means cultivating the Tai Ling Skill will definitely be much faster than before." Yu Hong was quite excited, and immediately, he took another eye from a Golden-armored Dragon Man and pressed his hand on it to start eliminating the side effects.

This time, he planned to strengthen it to his satisfaction before transplanting it into his own eyes.

This way, he could obtain a sufficiently powerful foundation in one go!

After that, he would integrate it into himself using a Cultivation Technique, making it a whole.

While Yu Hong diligently strengthened the eye of the Golden-armored Dragon Man, the safe house was also slowly moving inside the North Heavenly Gate.

Soon, it passed the White Jade Stone Square and arrived in front of a huge, pure white Taoist Palace gate.

The door of the Taoist Palace was half-open, and inside, several Cai Jing Taoists were sitting motionless, seemingly hosting a feast.

At the highest seat of honor, there sat a tall woman in an opulent turquoise armor, her face blurred. She sat boldly with her legs spread in a figure-eight, her back straight, and one hand holding a pitch-black square halberd, her blurry face slightly lowered, overlooking all the guests in the Taoist Palace.

Once Yu Hong confirmed that the strengthening had begun, he came out and observed his surroundings with his consciousness.

Seeing this Taoist Palace, he did not continue to summon Speed Man to disturb this place.

Without the amplification of Spirit Light, he wasn’t sure he could even defeat a single Cai Jing Taoist. There were at least thirty Cai Jing Taoists here, and the woman sitting in the seat of honor could very likely be an Immortal General.

If he stirred up trouble, there would be big problems later.

The safe house moved past the gate without making a sound and left.

The enhanced stealth ability showed its astonishing effects for the first time.

Clearly, each Cai Jing Taoist was sitting rigidly inside the great hall, glancing sideways at the armored woman in the seat of honor; they were not sculptures, their chests were slightly moving, indicating they had heartbeats.

Yet no one noticed the safe house that was so close to them.

Even the woman in the seat of honor kept her eyes closed and motionless.

"Wait! There’s movement!" Suddenly, Ku Chan stood up and moved close to the observation window, looking inside the grand hall.

"What is that?!"

"!?"

Yu Hong also sensed a similar presence at this time.

It was Quan He!!

After a long time, she was finally releasing her presence again.

Buzz!!

At this moment, the entire grand hall of the Taoist Palace shook violently underground, the ground lit up with a bright white light, and at the same time, the faint sound of crane cries came from below.

"It’s actually underground!" exclaimed Ku Chan in surprise.

But Yu Hong showed no expression; he temporarily halted his study of the eye, stepped out of the Main Control Room, and approached the observation window.

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"It seems this is the place.... Now, the question is, how to rescue someone from underneath the watchful eyes of so many Spirit Disaster Monsters." He spoke gravely.

"Your eye..." Ku Chan raised his head to speak but was met with Yu Hong’s left eye that was not covered by a patch.

That left eye, silver just like those of the Silver-armored Dragon Men before.

"It’s fine, just a small experiment. Now’s not the time to discuss this. Continue." Yu Hong interrupted.

"First, we need to find the underground entrance and see exactly where the senior is being detained. Then we can slowly move there using the safe house. Alliance Hierarch, haven’t you strengthened the stealth ability several times? We are so close to these monsters, yet we have not been detected. We can fully use this stealth ability. We only need to show ourselves at the moment of the rescue." Ku Chan quickly thought of a plan.

"Are you sure that the woman suspected to be an Immortal General doesn’t have Instantaneous Movement ability?" asked Yu Hong.

"Even the three-eyed Golden-armored Dragon Men can perform Instantaneous Movement, do you think an Immortal General doesn’t have it?"

Ku Chan was at a loss for words and fell silent before speaking again.

"Then I’ll go attract their attention and draw them away a bit."

"It’s useless." Yu Hong shook his head. "The range of an Immortal General’s Instantaneous Movement is likely vast, plus here in the depths of the Spirit Disaster, their abilities might even be amplified and strengthened."

"Then what should we do?" Yiyi asked from the side.

"No rush.....we need to wait for the right moment...." said Yu Hong softly.

The safe house immediately stood still, quietly waiting at the edge of the Taoist Palace gate.

Hiss.

Yu Hong tried to summon a Speed Man some distance away, making it appear in an open space behind the door.

The Speed Man appeared abruptly, not yet stable.

Crack.

A golden lightning bolt flashed and struck the Speed Man accurately.

The next moment, the Speed Man turned to white ash, crumbling down.

"It wasn’t the Cai Jing or the Immortal General inside the hall who made the move." Ku Chan frowned.

"It’s the walls." said Yu Hong.

The three turned their eyes toward the outer walls of the Taoist Palace.

On the walls near the door, many blue creatures that looked like dragons but weren’t and accompanied by flowers, flames, and waves, surrounded the Taoist Palace.

At this moment, what should have been mere bas-reliefs, had all come to life.

They were packed densely together, their bell-like eyes glared at Speed Man’s position, with faint golden electric sparks in their mouths rapidly fading away, growing dim.

Yu Hong felt a sinking feeling in his heart, seeing that there were at least hundreds of such creatures packed tightly on the walls, seemingly the guardians of the Taoist Palace.

"It seems this place is different from others..." he murmured to himself, pondering strategies in his mind.

The safe house came to a stop here and did not move again.

Without the isolated state, even the Immortal Generals couldn’t detect them here; it was rather a good opportunity to observe if any potential loopholes would surface.

After instructing Ku Chan and Yiyi on what to keep in mind, Yu Hong returned to the Main Control Room and continued with a new Golden Eye of a three-eyed Golden Armor Dragon-man.

This was the most powerful eye of a Spirit Disaster Monster he had managed to acquire so far.

When the three-eyed Golden Armor Dragon-man first appeared, it was already a monster at the level of the Seven Evils. It came with innate abilities like Instantaneous Movement and Forced Stasis and was immune to low-level Spiritual Techniques attacks, extremely formidable.

After extraction, it was maintained with the newly acquired Elf Ancient Tree’s Call for a period to sustain its vitality, which was perfect for long-term preservation.

He extended his hand and pressed it against the surface of the bottle.

’Enhance Outer Eye, maximize enhancement against the Spirit Disaster.’ Yu Hong thought to himself. This eye had already been enhanced to eliminate side effects during a previous session. Along with it, there were another twenty eyes from Golden Armor Dragon-headed men, which Yu Hong planned to enhance separately into different functionalities – partly as a testing experiment and partly to cope with different scenarios, as the Source Disaster wasn’t limited to just Spirit Disaster, Black Disaster, and Light Disaster. It would be troublesome if high-quality eyes like these became hard to find later on, so it was better to stockpile some in advance.

What remained to be seen was to what extent they could be enhanced.

Black lines flowed out and the countdown timer soon appeared.

’45 days 7 hours 19 minutes.’

’The same duration again, around forty-something days... The last time I tried to maximize enhancement, it was also this length. It seems my limit for enhancement can only reach this duration...’

Yu Hong was well aware that his limit for enhancement was entirely dependent on the amount of Essence Qi and Inner Strength he could supply.

So, his recent consecutive maximum enhancements all spanned forty-something days, showing that his current state could only support the enhancement of the Golden Eye for forty-something days at most.

’Let’s wait and see, by then I’ll see what changes the enhancement brings...’ Yu Hong had some expectations in his heart.

He put down the bottle with the golden eye and left the Main Control Room.

By now, the protection of the safe house had been upgraded to a very high level, and its concealment abilities were extremely strong, allowing it to remain undetected even near the doorstep of an Immortal General.

Such strength gave Yu Hong and the others an increased sense of security.

In the beginning, people were somewhat panicked having a bunch of Cai Jing Taoists and an exceptional Immortal General nearby.

At night, they couldn’t even sleep peacefully.

But after half a month.

The nerves of the three of them gradually relaxed, and once they found the safe house remained undiscovered no matter what, they became much bolder.

Yu Hong started to release Summoned Fear Shadows frequently, trying to lure away the Spirit Disaster Monsters within the Taoist Palace.

But it was in vain.

From Speed Man onwards, all the way up, even the Black Giant was instantly electrocuted upon appearance.

The hundreds of dragon-like green creatures on the outer walls of the Taoist Palace alone were enough to crush the summoned creatures.

After more than ten unsuccessful attempts, Yu Hong decisively gave up this tactic.

Instead, he quietly observed and waited.

In the blink of an eye, forty days passed, and the time for the Black Mark enhancement was approaching.

During this time, without any other distractions and focusing on enhancement and cultivation, Yu Hong always felt that although each enhancement took over a month, time seemed to fly by quickly.

This time, to his surprise, not only was the enhancement about to end, but his Tai Ling Skill’s Sixth Layer was also on the brink of a breakthrough.

With double happiness at hand, he had new hope for the improvement of his strength.

Although the Tai Ling Skill might encounter problems if relocated and disconnected from the Spirit Disaster, at least it was useful for the time being, and the increase in power was strong enough!

While Yu Hong was secluded waiting for the breakthrough and enhancement to end.

Ku Chan and Yiyi were still keeping watch at the window, looking out.

Inside the main hall of the Taoist Palace, those Cai Jing Taoists and the female Immortal General still maintained the same postures as more than a month ago, even the raised hands, slightly parted lips, and the floating curve of their hair hadn’t changed in the slightest.

There was no wind to blow in there, everyone was like a statue, motionless and silent.

"It seems that the way of survival for Spirit Disasters here is to venture out when needed to devour living spirits, then return to linger on," Ku Chan sighed, "Living like this, what difference does it have from being dead?"

"There is still a difference."

Suddenly a voice entered his mind.

"Huh!? Who’s there?" Ku Chan shuddered, looked around, and then only saw a puzzled Yiyi sitting on a small stool, looking bewildered at him.

"We’ve been together for so long, sense carefully, you should be very familiar with my aura," the voice was strong and robust, like that of an extremely old senior.

Ku Chan frowned and calm down to carefully sense it.

The voice was not coming from the outside world but seemed to resonate from within himself.

But he was protected by the Red Food Method, with Dao Breath condensed into a Passive Technique that isolated everything; no one who wasn’t approved by him could possibly penetrate his inner depths with their consciousness.

He hesitated for a while.

Shortly, he suddenly placed his hand on the hilt of the damaged Chi Xiao Sword at his waist.

’Chi Xiao!?’

"It is I. Thanks to you, I’ve been able to temporarily shake off the control of the Spirit Disaster Heavenly Court and regain a short period of clarity," Chi Xiao said gravely, "Ever since I was forged into a sword, I can no longer remember how much time has passed. Had it not been for this special place that completely secluded the connection between me and the Spirit Disaster, I wouldn’t have been able to awaken."