A Night of Desperation-Chapter 586: Gifts Part 2

"But isn’t the Black Tide relentless? How could it possibly recede?" Quan He asked incredulously.

Yu Hong’s immense divine sense quickly spread out, scanning thousands of kilometers around, and indeed found no Black Disaster Monsters.

"The Red Value in the space is unusual! It’s very dense!" Yu Hong frowned deeply.

"The Red Value is very dense, but there are no monsters... which means..." Quan He’s face also became serious.

"I remember Senior Su Dan mentioning that the outermost areas of the Source Disaster are inhabited by those low-level monsters and the Surrender Faction.

As you go inward, there are unconscious monsters. Now the monsters have disappeared, but the Red Value has increased instead of decreased. There’s a high likelihood that the dangers from the subsequent stages are about to erupt, and even the Surrender Faction forces didn’t dare to stay and quickly left."

"Can this be confirmed?" Quan He asked.

"It’s impossible to have evidence for this kind of thing, but it’s better to be safe than sorry. Let’s make preparations first." Yu Hong replied.

The two exchanged a glance and immediately activated the Black Black Spirit, quickly flying towards the Floating City.

Driven by Yu Hong’s powerful mana, the safe house approached the Floating City at a much faster speed than before.

Quickly, the Aus Academy’s ship also took the initiative to come out and greet them.

The two sides docked in mid-air without entering the Floating City further.

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"Brother Yu, why are you here?" Ku Chan came forward joyfully and gave Yu Hong a hug.

"Something’s not right, you and Yiyi come with me for now, we’ll avoid it for a bit and then talk!" Yu Hong transmitted a message to him.

"What’s going on?" Ku Chan was a bit confused.

Yu Hong quickly recounted his and Quan He’s findings to him.

"It can’t be happening so soon, right?" Ku Chan frowned in disbelief, "The Floating City has existed for so many years, and we’ve only been here for a short time. How could something big happen just like that? It seems too much of a coincidence."

"Moreover, my teacher and classmates are still here, along with the council members. With the defensive formation, we withstood such a massive Black Disaster before. I think it should be fine," Ku Chan said softly.

"We’re just speculating too, but better safe than sorry. Yiyi, come with me and avoid it for now." Yu Hong called to Yiyi behind Ku Chan.

"Alright!" Yiyi walked over without hesitation and stood behind Yu Hong.

"Brother Yu, are you serious?" Ku Chan’s expression became serious.

"I’ll give you one spot, bring your teacher along." Yu Hong said.

"....." Ku Chan fell silent for a moment. "It’s useless, my teacher has his family and important people. Besides, the Black Black Spirit might not have better defenses than the Floating City."

"Then you come with me." Yu Hong said again.

".... I...." Ku Chan hesitated.

He had been studying and living here for so long, forming bonds with his teacher and classmates. To suddenly abandon everything and leave was hard for him to accept.

"How long will we be gone?" he suddenly asked.

"I don’t know, we’ll return when the Red Value returns to normal." Yu Hong replied.

"Forget it, Brother Yu, I’m not leaving." Ku Chan shook his head, "Staying in the Floating City is quite good... it has existed for so many years for a reason."

"Do you know that some council members have colluded with the Black Disaster Surrender Faction?" Yu Hong said bluntly.

"That’s just a few. After Lu Xian, the council conducted a thorough investigation and found no further issues." Ku Chan shook his head. "Besides, Lord Agrius has also returned to the council. The strength of the Floating City has not declined."

"Are you sure you’re not leaving?" Yu Hong gave him a long look. He did not mention that Agrius was not long for this world.

"I’m staying. If I leave, I’ll just be a burden to you, Brother Yu. The places you’ll go in the future are far beyond our reach. Instead of dragging you down, it’s better not to follow from the start." Ku Chan answered.

"Yiyi, you should stay with me." he said, looking at Yiyi, who stood behind Yu Hong.

But she ignored his arguments and stood firmly behind Yu Hong.

Then Yu Hong went to find Xiao White Dragon and Elder Chi Xiao.

Both of them were determined to stay with Ku Chan and go nowhere.

"This place has food, drinks, and fun. Only a fool would follow you to wander and suffer. Your method of avoidance has no quality of life;it’s better to enjoy life for a while." Elder Chi Xiao expressed his dissatisfaction with Yu Hong’s method of avoidance.

In the end, the Black Black Spirit left with only Yiyi. After leaving some mana as a marker, Yu Hong prepared to leave the Floating City Universe and return to the Flame Star.

In the vast emptiness of space.

Yu Hong listened to the sound of Yiyi making dumplings on the first floor, his divine sense looking at the Floating City floating in the distance outside the window.

The silver Floating City had already restored its former splendor and bore no scars of war.

The dense flow of ships moved in and out, like swimming fish rebuilding the bustling scene of the past.

"It looks pretty good, doesn’t it?" Suddenly, a familiar voice appeared next to Yu Hong’s ear.

His divine sense stirred, and the surroundings instantly transformed into a dark, boundless starry sky.

In front of him, a massive black lizard as large as a planet stared quietly at him.

"Agrius... long time no see." Yu Hong looked up and said.

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"Long time no see, you...." Golden arcs of electricity instinctively lit up on Agrius’ body, a passive defensive activation of some sort.

"You seem to have undergone some kind of remarkable change..." it said in a deep voice.

"That’s not important, what is important is that since you came to see me, there must be something very significant you want to say," Yu Hong said.

"Yes, you guessed right," Agrius affirmed. "You must have noticed, right? This universe is filled with a high concentration of Red Values...."

"Yes, do you know what’s going on?" Yu Hong asked, frowning.

"No, but the Heavenly Sun Sect and the Elemental Emperor have already left, very suddenly. Now, only a few Black Tide monsters remain at the fringes of the area;the rest have all left on their own," Agrius replied.

"Is a larger Black Disaster coming?" Yu Hong asked, his expression growing even more serious.

"Perhaps, or perhaps not... no one can guess accurately. Despite all my years of travel, I still can’t precisely judge the information," Agrius said calmly.

"Then you came for..." Yu Hong wanted to ask more.

"It’s time to transfer the authority of the Vitality Ship to you." Agrius spread its claws, and a dense, purple-black sphere of smoke rose from its palm.

"I have only one month of life left, after that, the hope of finding the land of vitality rests with you," Agrius said calmly.

"....." Yu Hong was a bit dazed by this sudden gift.

"Take it." Agrius lightly tossed the sphere, which shot out and appeared in front of Yu Hong in the blink of an eye, then zoomed into his chest and disappeared.

In an instant, every corner, every region of the Black Black Spirit was clearly reflected in his Divine Sense.

A sense of close kinship, as if connected by blood, transmitted from the Black Black Spirit into Yu Hong’s mind.

"And this." Agrius condensed another colorful ball of light and gently tossed it, which quickly merged into Yu Hong’s chest.

"This is a map of Source Disaster distributions I have spent over ten thousand years collecting and drawing. It includes Wind Disaster, Cold Disaster, Drought Disaster, Black Disaster, Flood Disaster, Light Disaster, and Heart Disaster. Anywhere you want to go, if it’s a place I have explored, will be marked on it."

Yu Hong placed his hand on his chest, feeling a steady stream of information flowing into his mind.

It was a very large and complex three-dimensional map in vibrant colors.

The surface of a huge disc-shaped map was unevenly divided into seven regions of Source Disasters.

Different disasters were marked in different colors, with Heart Disaster appearing at the bottom of all the Source Disasters, faintly visible.

At the very center of all the Source Disaster regions was a small, pebble-like grey area.

Within the grey area, many tiny black particles were scattered.

"Those black particles are our universes," Agrius explained, "Every now and then, the forces of the Source Disasters intersect and impact these universes. Some will be destroyed, some will shrink. Now, it’s the Great Annihilation period, the universes won’t regenerate, only annihilate, until everything is reset to zero."

"Alright, that’s all I have to say," Agrius sighed, "I know you cultivate the Qingyuan Heavenly River Miao Technique from Qinghe Mountain. I wasn’t planning to do this, but now you seem to have changed, something quite terrifying is sprouting within you...."

"Terrifying?" Yu Hong frowned.

"Yes. Besides the Source Disasters, there are many other existences capable of destroying everything. They once existed but were destroyed by the Source Disasters, like the thing lurking within you," Agrius said, "Indeed, I chose you, and you chose me. That’s our greatest fortune..."

Not waiting for Yu Hong to respond, its massive body suddenly moved like a snake, swiftly approaching Yu Hong, flying towards him.

"Come, use your Cultivation Technique to absorb me, my last vitality!!" Agrius’s voice gradually grew louder.

Its body came closer and larger, until it completely occupied Yu Hong’s vision.

Boom!!

In that instant, Yu Hong instinctively activated the Qingyuan Heavenly River Miao Technique, and a white Heavenly River appeared around him.

A series of explosions erupted around him, and he felt immense pain all over his body, as an endless surge of vitality crazily flooded into him.

Fortunately, the recently strengthened Ancient God Body played a huge role in withstanding the terrifying vitality pouring in a short period.

Strands of purple-gold arcs began to appear and shine on his body, forcibly compressing the excessive vitality of Agrius into thin lines, and storing it in his Dantian.

"Goodbye, my final bequest, my hope of ten thousand years."

Agrius cooperatively retracted its vitality, its massive body began to crack rapidly, shedding large fragments.

"Wait!!" Yu Hong struggled, forcing himself to stay conscious, "You...."

"Don’t be sad, this is my own choice...." Agrius said calmly.

"No... not... your.... treasure vault, where is it!?" Yu Hong squeezed out a sentence with difficulty.

"Anyway, you’re going to die... so I’ll give you the treasure vault..."

With a cold hum, a sudden roar exploded.

Yu Hong instantly lost consciousness.

The vitality Agrius accumulated over countless years, even its remaining amount, was far more than Yu Hong could absorb or digest with his current ability, given its planet-sized body.

Just like Bai Sheng said before.

Even if both were in the Golden Core stage, can you compare the size of an egg to that of a planet?

Although Agrius was only a Ninth Level Arcane Master, his size meant he could not be compared to other council members of the same level.

Compared to Lu Xian, the amount of vitality he held was far, far greater.