Chapter 1417: The Dark Aureole (1/2)

Dong Li opened the black iron box, and thick darkness immediately poured out.

At the same time, something that looked like a black sun flew out of the box.

By simply looking at the aureole, all of the Demons that had come with Ophelia couldn’t stop trembling.

It was a deep reverence and fear that inferiors had towards superiors, which had been branded in the deepest parts of their bloodlines!

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

All of the Demons present, including Grand Monarch Chaos Demon, the newly-made grand monarch, experienced unusual heart palpitations.

Their hearts pounded more and more violently.

A ninth grade grand patriarch gasped with astonishment and pointed at the aureole that floated over Dong Li like a black sun. “My... my bloodline power is leaving my body and flowing towards that thing!”

HOWL!

Grand Monarch Chaos Demon’s three heads howled at the same time.

He found that as long as he looked at the black aureole, he couldn’t summon his bloodline power. He couldn’t even approach Dong Li.

Ophelia’s expression also flickered drastically, as she wasn’t sure what was happening. She only knew that all of the Demons she had brought here started behaving strangely after that black aureole appeared and started floating over Dong Li’s head.

The Doom Blade, which was connected to her on a soul level, was the only thing that didn’t seem to be affected.

A ninth grade Demon grand patriarch trembled nonstop as he said to Ophelia. “I somehow feel terrified by that black aureole. This feeling is similar to what I felt when I met the high chieftain and sensed his aura for the first time.”

The petals of the Demon Eyes Flower suddenly came back together, revealing Han Yu, who then advised Ophelia with a very serious tone, “We’d better get out of here as soon as possible. The power that black aureole emanates is even more ancient and terrifying than that of your Doom Blade.”

“Ophelia!” Grand Monarch Chaos Demon’s enormous body started shrinking in size as his bloodline power left him. “I think it’s time for us to leave. This woman who took the dark stone from us is quite hard to deal with!”

Aside from Dong Li, they were also facing the black tortoise, which was only a step away from entering the tenth grade.

Grand Monarch Chaos Demon couldn’t help but look at the black aureole from time to time. However, every time he looked at it, his eyes felt sore and painful.

This newly-made grand monarch lost his fighting will before a battle even truly broke out.

“No, I’m not leaving!”

Ophelia took a deep breath, and fused drops of purple Blood Essence into her Doom Blade to awaken the Demonic Doom Spirit inside.

“Doom, doom...”

As Heaven-destroying, earth-extinguishing cries echoed from the famous demonic blade that had been used to fight Nie Tian and Pei Qiqi, it morphed into an extremely long streak of light that slashed towards Dong Li.

As it did, blackish-violet flames flew out of it, along with countless black lightning bolts.

A corner of Dong Li’s mouth twitched as she yanked the aureole that looked like a black sun down and cast it towards Ophelia’s Doom Blade.

Endless darkness rapidly engulfed all of the lightning bolts and blackish-violet flames released by the Doom Blade.

Ultimate darkness soon devoured every last bit of light in the area between Dong Li and Ophelia.

That was when Ophelia sensed fear from the Demonic Doom Spirit for the first time.

The Demonic Doom Spirit let out soul screams that only she could hear as it madly drew wisps of soul power from her in an attempt to escape from the darkness, no matter the cost.

WHOOSH!

The Doom Blade shot out of the darkness and fled directly towards the Demon ancient starship that was berthed in the distance, despite Ophelia’s obstruction.

“Retreat!” Ophelia finally cried out in fear.

The Demons that had snuck here from a secluded region in the Domain of Heaven Span through a special means were first dumbfounded by the order, but started running for their lives immediately afterwards.

Dong Li floated over the Seven Stars Realm Sea like a dark god. Eyes like bottomless black holes, she pointed at the fleeing Demons and said expressionlessly, “Darkness: Encroach.”

The complete darkness spread like a sea, engulfing the Demons that didn’t flee fast enough.

It didn’t matter whether they were at the seventh or the eighth grade. As long as they disappeared into the spreading darkness, they disappeared for good.

“Han Yu and the Demon Eyes Flower...” Dong Li let out a low chuckle. “Since you’ve decided to join the Demons and killed so many of your own kind, it’s about time you died. And since your master, Wu Ji, doesn’t have the heart to do it, I can only do it for him. I hope Nie Tian won’t blame me for this after he returns from down there.”

Wisps of black light seemed to dance at her fingertips as she guided the darkness.