Chapter 6377 Dark Emissary
The footsteps came too quickly. Soon, Long Chen saw a monstrosity emerge—a being with the upper body of a man and the lower body of a spider.
The monster stood several meters tall. Its upper half was a muscular man clad head to toe in armor, gripping a long spear. The armor was so thick that Long Chen couldn’t see his real form, but through the narrow eye slits, Long Chen felt a pair of bloodthirsty eyes lock onto him.
“So, it’s one of the Dark Master’s eight emissaries. This formation and seal must be his work,” the Earth Cauldron said.
“Hmph, an errand runner?” Long Chen snorted disdainfully.
“No,” the Earth Cauldron corrected gravely. “The Dark Master split his faith and dark energy into eight emissaries. Each of them has access to the Dark Master’s power, and their lives are bound to his. As long as even one great emissary survives, the Dark Master can be revived. Unless the Dark Master and all eight emissaries are destroyed at once, the black spider will never truly die. Think of them as the Dark Master’s split bodies. Each great emissary has inherited one of his strongest divine abilities. Do not be careless. If things turn dire, retreat. I don’t feel like we have any chance in front of him.”
The Earth Cauldron’s warning stunned Long Chen. Its last words, however, only made him grit his teeth. Who was he? He, Long Chen, had never even feared the Dark Master, let alone one of his lackeys.
At this time, that monster stepped forward, and without a word, thrust his spear forward.
The moment the weapon stirred, Long Chen’s expression changed. The surrounding space froze, locking him in place. His hair stood on end.
“Shit!”
This monster’s realm was so terrifying that it produced an absolute suppressive effect on Long Chen.
BOOM!
Long Chen unleashed the Starry River God Extinguishing Spear. Astral energy surged forth, but the attack collapsed like paper against the emissary’s strike.
Fortunately, the exchange gave him a single second of relief. Without further ado, he tore free of the pressure and flashed aside, the spear grazing his cheek. The void exploded where he had stood.
Black lightning surged. One jagged bolt tore through Long Chen’s thigh, leaving his whole leg numb.
“Heaven Blocking Shield!” Long Chen roared, condensing a massive shield of astral energy.
BANG!
The shield barely intercepted the next wave of lightning. But before he could recover, the emissary’s spear ripped straight through it, continuing its pursuit.
While its body was large, its movements were exceptionally agile. With a flash, it appeared in front of Long Chen and opened its mouth.
The next moment, a huge vortex appeared, and the space in front of Long Chen crumbled. The pulling force tried to suck him in.
The Heaven Devouring race’s divine ability?! This thing has it too?!
Star clouds bloomed beneath his feet as the Starry Sky Battle Robe flared. He shot backward.
BOOM!
He had barely escaped the vortex’s core, but the monster’s gaping mouth still loomed before him. In response, Long Chen flipped and slammed his foot against its jaw.
As the maw slammed shut, the sucking vortex dissipated.
However, Long Chen didn’t feel happy at all. His foot cracked under the strike, nearly making him scream. Meanwhile, the monster emissary looked completely fine, causing Long Chen’s heart to sink.
Then, he raised his palm. A glowing cross manifested as he swung at the monster’s face.
Unexpectedly, even the unmatched divine ability missed.
The monster had vanished. Following that, Long Chen felt a chill on his back and instinctively shot to the side. An ice-cold spear cut open his ribs. Had he been a fraction slower, he would have been cleaved in two.
Long Chen’s pupils shrank. Never had he faced such terrifying speed. Stars flickered beneath his feet as he retreated, shifting locations again and again. But each time, an attack awaited him.
Every attack carried lethal force. Each one could have ended him.
Unfortunately, the speed he was so proud of was nothing in front of this monster.
Yet, his fighting spirit only burned hotter. Roaring, he forced himself to search for chances to counterattack even as he dodged.
BOOM!
After dodging hundreds of times, Long Chen finally found the slightest gap when his opponent transitioned between moves.
However, just as he was about to counter, the monster’s whole body blazed with golden light that sealed every path of escape. The blast struck and sent Long Chen flying.
“Fuck you!” Long Chen cursed furiously.
He knew this monster only consisted of a strand of divine will, yet he couldn’t even overcome that.
Before Long Chen could rise, that monster struck the ground with his spear. Black qi surged outward, swallowing the world in devastation. The heavens themselves seemed ready to collapse.
There was no dodging. No openings. Even Long Chen felt despair.
The only way to counter such a move was to shatter a single point of it and throw it into disarray. But in his current state, Long Chen could not even break a fragment of it.
“Is it really a failure?” Long Chen muttered, his voice trembling with unwillingness.
This was a clash of Yuan Spirits. Although Long Chen’s will was unbreakable, the gap in their realms was just too great. He was completely suppressed. And here, in this foreign domain, he had no advantage at all.
Just as the dark energy was about to envelop Long Chen, golden light flew out of his forehead.
It spread like dawn breaking through the night. The next moment, the dark energy crumbled, and even that terrifying monster slowly dissipated under that golden light.
“This is...” Long Chen was stunned.