Chapter 1095 Dark Swallowing King
"From now on, we are one entity."
"If anyone finds the three stragglers and they want to return, report immediately. Then everyone should attack them together."
"Remember, do not trust anyone who comes back from the darkness. Even if they were once your closest companion."
On the path of advancing, the members of the Immortal Alliance once again reiterated the ban.
At the same time, through the communication with the transmission practitioner Zhou, Li Fan also learned about the origins of this dark forbidden land.
Due to the existence of the Immortal Realm, the Xuanhuang Realm is constantly affected by a huge gravitational force.
According to common sense, if not stopped, everything in the Xuanhuang Realm will gradually fall into the Immortal Realm.
That's what the Immortal Alliance cultivators used to think.
But the discovery of the dark forbidden land has broken this knowledge.
The dark forbidden land is a collection of worldly materials that deviates from the direction of the Immortal Realm.
Although it is still a part of the Xuanhuang Realm, it has its own unique rules.
Besides what was mentioned earlier, consciousness and sound cannot leave the body.
Lost cultivators will have their consciousness taken by unknown entities in the darkness, becoming a different existence.
But they themselves are unaware.
"This... seems somewhat similar to Mo Rumin's possession method?" Li Fan felt a tremor in his heart.
"Yes. But it's just that the characteristics are somewhat similar. It doesn't mean anything," the transmission practitioner Zhou seemed to deliberately avoid the topic, and continued, "Since this place was discovered, the Immortal Alliance has attached great importance to it internally. Because of the characteristic of the dark forbidden land deviating from the Immortal Realm, maybe we can find a way to escape the Immortal Realm by studying it. But before this, only a few core transmission practitioners knew about it."
"The Supreme Elders of the Xuan Tian Teaching Law King once occupied the bodies of Chen and a few others, so he also knew about the existence of this place."
"The Dark Clan does not live in the dark forbidden land, but they were the first to discover the method to open the dark forbidden land and master the use of dark power. It was in the process of fighting against them in the small world where the Dark Clan lived that we discovered this secret."
"Dark power? Could it be completely different from the power of the Celestial Spirits?" Li Fan asked with a pensive expression.
"Not exactly. Through our observations over the years, dark power also possesses some characteristics of the power of the Celestial Spirits. But..." The transmission practitioner Zhou paused, as if searching for the right words.
"The power of the Celestial Spirits and dark power. It's like a person and their shadow."
"Originally, these two should be inseparable and blend together. But because of the existence of the Immortal Realm, the power of the dark was forcibly separated from it."
Li Fan understood vaguely upon hearing this.
It's like a centrifuge separating different components from a liquid.
Because of the characteristic of deviating from the Immortal Realm, the dark power gradually gathers in the opposite direction while the entire Xuanhuang Realm is gradually falling into the Immortal Realm.
"The gravitational force of the Immortal Realm is due to the character '[ 饥 ]'."
"So what exactly is this dark power? How can it resist the power of the True Immortal Seal?" Li Fan felt puzzled.
"We have already conducted a comprehensive exploration of the entire dark forbidden land. So after Mo Rumin's infiltration and the subsequent anomaly, we were able to detect it immediately."
"If you observe carefully, you should also be able to sense it," the transmission practitioner Zhou reminded.
"Oh?" Li Fan frowned and sensed the darkness around him.
After a while...
"You mean, the regular rhythm like water waves?" Li Fan asked.
"Yes. We discovered Mo Rumin's aura at the source of this rhythm. But..." The transmission practitioner Zhou's tone became uncertain, "He has been here for probably more than ten days. But he has not changed his position at all. It's more like he's unconscious from a serious injury."
"Could it be a trap?" Li Fan couldn't help but ask.
"No." The transmission practitioner Zhou said decisively.
"Even if it's a trap... with so many of us here, a mere Ancient Law Longevity is no threat to us at all."
Seeing the transmission practitioner Zhou so confident, Li Fan didn't voice any objections.
No one spoke, and the surroundings fell into a terrifying silence again.
"Be careful, we're getting close." After who knows how long, the transmission practitioner Zhou's warning came.
Locking onto the direction of the rhythmic movement from a distance, the members of the Immortal Alliance formed a encirclement as instructed.
They surrounded Mo Rumin hidden in the darkness.
Just waiting for the command to attack.
At the same time, Li Fan also received continuous reminders from the Eyelash Formation.
"Is it really Mo Rumin?" Li Fan couldn't help but be surprised.
"Weird..."
Although there were still doubts in his mind, Li Fan did not act rashly.
He simply followed the actions of the Immortal Alliance members to gradually shrink the hunting circle.
Everyone held their breath, but Mo Rumin continued to show no reaction.
It was as if he didn't even notice the approaching enemies around him.
This was how it was until the Immortal Alliance cultivators finally reached his position.
...
"Stand down."
"He seems to be dead."
The disbelieving voice of the transmission practitioner Zhou came.
"Hmm?"
A chill surged in Li Fan's heart.
Following the bodies of the Immortal Alliance cultivators, he made his way to the center.
When he touched Mo Rumin's body, his consciousness also sensed his current appearance.
Mo Rumin's face had disappeared.
There was only a mass of darkness, constantly merging and separating on his head.
This scene was indescribably eerie, but what made Li Fan even more terrified was Mo Rumin's body.
Half of it was still a human body.
But the other half seemed to be taken over by the darkness here.
It kept changing back and forth between darkness and solidity.
With the probing of the Immortal Alliance black-clad death warriors, it was confirmed that the darkness swallowing Mo Rumin's half body was not an illusion.
It was the actual continuous disappearance and appearance of his physical body.
When the darkness appeared and touched, it touched emptiness.
But after a while, the half of the body reappeared.
Then the darkness suddenly disappeared.
The death warrior who reached into the darkness also disappeared along with it.
It was as if the darkness could infect him, and the black-clad warrior couldn't make a sound before being swallowed up by the darkness on his hand.
Fortunately, the transmission practitioner Zhou made a decisive decision and immediately ordered everyone to kill him at the same time, which prevented the spread of the darkness among the members of the Immortal Alliance.
"Do you have any thoughts?" The transmission practitioner Zhou asked in a heavy tone.
Li Fan remained silent for a long time before saying slowly, "The darkness on Mo Rumin's body seems to be different from that in the dark forbidden land."
"The darkness on the body is contagious, but the surrounding environment is not."
"Before we fully understand the truth here, it's better not to touch it if possible."