Night without Borders

Chapter 561 Breaking Through the Death Barrier

Fire, mist, and the undying bloodshed—it was as if meteorites were burning in the night sky, streaking out long, blazing beams of light, piercing the heavens and crashing down on the ground in droves.

The expeditionary force of the Yujing camp was attacked on their way back.

The Undying Blood Calamity—a colossal entity, its main body appearing in the enclave and already engaged in a great battle with Jade Capital, its aura no longer concealed. As if summoned, the scattered fragments scattered across the land emerge and gather here.

The two sides are mortal enemies, and once they meet, things will naturally not end well.

The fragments of the Golden List, densely packed like streaks of light, collided violently with the fragments of the colossal object shrouded in dark mist, accompanied by blood and malevolent energy.

In an instant, the night sky was filled with dazzling light and flames, and a fierce aura surged forth.

In the sky, it seemed as if one shooting star after another met in this area, some of them clashing together, accompanied by roars and a murderous aura.

However, this particular time is somewhat special, as more fragments of the colossal object are eager to rush towards the enclave and converge with the source of the Undying Blood Calamity.

On the other hand, those who had just retreated from the battlefield were exhausted, and if given a choice, they would not want to go through another life-or-death battle.

The fragment of the Golden List spoke: "Now, you only need to think about yourselves, fight for yourselves, without any burdens, just find a way to survive."

It told everyone that the expeditionary force had completed its mission and had done its best; now, survival was the most important thing.

Therefore, when more fragments meet, it is only a brief contact, with a little blood splattering, some of the mist being torn apart, and the two sides just passing each other by.

They were mortal enemies, yet surprisingly they didn't engage in a large-scale, all-out battle.

However, this does not mean that the encounter was therefore entirely mild.

When fragments of the Golden List and fragments of the colossal object met head-on and had no way to avoid each other, they collided violently, resulting in a truly devastating and terrifying collision.

Qin Ming's eyes shone like golden lamps, and the snow-white, jade-like exotic gold knife in his right hand was very handy. It was surprisingly effective when he slashed at the distorted faces in the shadowy mist.

No wonder people say that jade and iron are rare treasures, and rare gold is priceless. These materials are naturally able to suppress evil spirits and all kinds of incomprehensible mysterious phenomena.

Standing on the fragments of the Golden List, Qin Ming couldn't avoid encountering some giant fragments. His only option was to swing his sword, and the dazzling sword light sliced ​​through the dark night.

"Ah..." In the dark mist, the voices of men, women, and children mingled together, their faces contorted in horror, uttering all sorts of shrill and terrifying sounds.

Then, blurry faces shattered and crumbled under the strange gold blade, like a few snowflakes falling into a red-hot furnace, making a hissing sound before disappearing.

"Ah."

Qin Ming slashed off five heads in succession. When the blade sliced ​​through the sixth head, he felt that it was flesh and blood, quite textured, and not condensed from the dark mist.

Moreover, the person splattered some black blood, which then exploded into black mist, and the face and body remained lifelike.

He was taken aback. In this gloomy fog, there seemed to be some special monster, quite real, like a living being with flesh and blood.

Beside him, Tang Yushang also made her move, immediately unleashing a series of ultimate techniques such as the Primordial Jade Void Seal, the Seven Arrows of the Big Dipper, and the Golden Palace Chains, all of which belonged to the secret traditions of the Jade Capital and were extremely lethal.

"Kill!" Bai Meng shouted.

Although he was also making a move, he paled in comparison to the two standing shoulder to shoulder, as his skill level was not high enough.

No matter where you are, any young or middle-aged person who can kill a Grandmaster is a person with extraordinary talent.

Qin Ming, Tang Yushang, and the others passed by the fragments of the Undying Blood Calamity in this area without engaging in a prolonged bloodbath, as both sides were focused on traveling.

Soon, they encountered a second fragment.

Within that slightly larger patch of dark mist, a clearer face emerged, emanating an increasingly dangerous aura.

With a clang, the two sides approached each other, and at the moment of collision, a dazzling sword light burst forth from the fragments of the giant object, extremely sharp.

With a clang, one of the Golden Chains that Tang Yushang had summoned was severed by the sword light.

She unleashed her trump cards in succession, the nine deities within her inner vision merging with her own body, becoming one with her. This caused the Dao patterns to flow across her fair skin, and the rain of light to surge. Only by displaying her strongest combat power could she shatter the sword light and blast the figure apart.

Five sharp, piercing cries emanated from within the massive fragment.

Soon, a large amount of dark mist flew in again. Qin Ming unleashed the Heaven-Slaying Blade Intent, and the blade energy surged like rivers and seas, one layer after another, with bright blade light waves sweeping forward.

Aside from the usual distorted faces, there was also a blood-red figure in this dark mist, incredibly realistic, with disheveled hair, who actually blocked his knife with his bare hands.

Amidst the clanging sounds, Qin Ming swung his blade repeatedly, slicing the creature to pieces. However, he clearly sensed something was amiss; five rapid mental sound waves emanated from the creature, like vengeful ghosts sending messages.

Sure enough, two more large fragments of objects crashed into them from nearby.

Qin Ming and Tang Yushang realized something: the more lifelike monsters they killed, the more outstanding their performance, the more they would be targeted, as if they had been marked.

The only saving grace was that the surrounding area consisted mainly of small fragments of the massive objects.

Those large pieces either disappeared into the chasm to pursue the source of the immortal blood calamity, or rushed towards the large fragments of the golden list. They were choosing their opponents based on instinct.

A rather tragic scene unfolded as a large fragment of the golden list collided violently with several other large fragments of massive objects.

A celestial being shed blood.

He pierced through the dark mist, tearing apart several terrifying shadows, but in the end he was also severely injured, and the large fragments flying toward him were increasing.

puff!
The Earth Immortal's body was pierced through, and from within a peculiar cloud of mist, a rare silver light emanated. From within, a withered yet real giant hand emerged, tearing open the abdomen of the seventh-realm expert.

This was a fierce battle. The two sides were entangled together, and amidst the blood of the immortals, the body of this seventh-realm expert was torn apart.

However, within the silvery mist, the withered monster's body also shattered.

Soon, two more peculiar dark clouds rushed over, engulfing the earth immortal whose body was covered in cracks. Accompanied by blood mist and boiling pure yang consciousness, the place exploded with a loud bang.

The immortal mortal perished, his physical body shattered, and his pure yang consciousness escaped a distance before being covered by several wisps of yin mist, preventing him from escaping.

The fact that a celestial being died in battle was truly awe-inspiring.

A seven-day overlay user warned: "Move quickly, don't get entangled, avoid being marked..."

If it's a brief encounter, both parties will likely suffer injuries, and passing by is the choice most people would make.

However, if you kill those almost flesh-and-blood creatures in the shadowy mist, they will mark you with a special mark, which will attract retaliation from your companions.

Qin Ming and Tang Yushang felt a chill in their hearts. In just a short while, they had killed several special life forms, and they were clearly being targeted.

However, the only thing that reassured them was that only small patches of dark clouds were approaching.

"Get out of here quickly!"

This location is special, near the exit of Tianyuan, and is the only way for both sides.

The chasm is pitch black, like an abyss, belonging to the most primitive mist gate, connecting the enclave and the territory radiating from Jade Capital.

"Those special monsters slain by the Earth Immortals all let out seven screams before they died. Was this a call for help from the Seventh Realm?"

"The monsters we slay all let out five shrill cries. Is this a message? We've been targeted by a fifth-realm aggregator?"

Qin Ming and Tang Yushang discover the truth, and their strength is marked as Grandmaster.

In this land, many fragments of the golden list have passed by, shimmering and shining, successfully disappearing into the distance, while some people are more unlucky, encountering multiple setbacks.

Not only did Earth Immortals die in battle, but also experts at the sixth realm perished, as well as ordinary young cultivators.

Near the natural barrier, things were quite chaotic. Many people managed to escape without much trouble, while others were unlucky and ended up in a quagmire after a bloody battle.

More than 80% of the troops have already broken through, but some who are not favored by heaven have not escaped immediately and are trapped in a desperate battle.

All those who embarked on their journey home were exhausted. If they were trapped in a natural chasm, even earth immortals would be in danger of losing their lives, as the amount of primordial energy and primordial energy they obtained was very small.

Qin Ming felt heavy-hearted. He was worried about those acquaintances. The faces of Yu Gengsheng, Meng Xinghai, Li Qingyun and others appeared before his eyes.

Although only one or two people were unlucky enough to be blocked here, it was unimaginable what would happen if it included those he cared about.

Qin Ming gazed into the distance, searching, fearing that his old friend might have met with misfortune.

Bai Meng was breathing heavily and extremely nervous. He said, "Sister, Brother Ming, unleash your power! Let's break through the chasm first. There are more and more special monsters nearby. They've broken free from the Yin Mist and are coming straight at us."

Qin Ming nodded. Inside the scene, the Heaven-Opening Axe, the Nine-Colored Sword Demon, and the dazzling blade light erupted continuously, plunging them into a quagmire, almost drowning them.

At this moment, even though they are constantly being marked, they must unleash their full power and use their strongest methods to break through.

Tang Yushang even unleashed a forbidden technique called "Myriad Phenomena Emerge".

Around her, golden divine lotuses stretched out in abundance. She was lifted up by celestial mist, and all sorts of phenomena appeared in the world: meteorites, divine cities, ancient temples, golden crows, and other landscapes, all bursting forward like a tidal wave!

"Kill!" Bai Meng roared.

Beneath their feet, the fragments of the golden list dimmed, yet they still supported them, allowing the three to charge and fight their way through the gaps in the dark mist, trying to break free.

This was an exceptionally fierce battle. Qin Ming and Tang Yushang shattered countless wisps of dark mist. Both were exhausted and covered in blood.

However, they were entangled with an inexplicable substance, like some kind of brand, emitting a faint golden glow, which looked both sacred and deadly.

Even if they fought their way out of the core area, monsters would still chase after them and lock onto them.

The bloodshed here even attracted the attention of the larger fragments of massive objects in the distance.

In the darkness, a huge, black hand reached out, something that was absolutely beyond their ability to resist.

Even from a distance, the three of them were already creaking and groaning, as if they were about to be crushed to pieces. Bai Meng's cultivation level was insufficient, and he was only protected by the protective light barriers released by Qin Ming and Tang Yushang; otherwise, he would have already been blown into a bloody mist.

Even so, he was bleeding from all seven orifices and his body was covered in cracks, while Qin Ming and Tang Yushang's armor was torn to pieces and was about to give way.

Qin Ming grabbed the wrists of the two people beside him, let out a roar, and his chaotic energy surged, golden threads wrapped around his body and enveloped the two of them.

Otherwise, the three of them would explode and die in the next moment.

During this process, the fragments of the golden list beneath their feet moved at high speed, rushed out through a gap, and finally officially broke free from the natural barrier.

However, that pitch-black giant hand reached out, shattering the night fog with terrifying speed, covering everything, aiming to crush and pulverize them.

……

"Xiao Qin, where are you?"

Yu Gengsheng had already gone far away, but at the last moment, he returned. He saw many streaks of light leaving ahead, but he did not see Qin Ming.

"Xiao Qin, are you in the abyss?" Yu Gengsheng called out.

The natural barrier was vast, and the area was extremely expansive. He lingered nearby, seemingly about to once again approach the dangerous territory, wanting to go in and take a look.

"Old Yu, did you find it?" Li Qingyun also turned back.

"Not yet, I need to enter the Heavenly Barrier!" Yu Gengsheng said in a deep voice.

He instructed Li Qingyun to take care of the students at Shanhe Academy, since he had originally been walking with those young people.

Li Qingyun looked worried and said, "Old Yu, senior, don't go in. Xiao Qin's life is tougher than yours. Although you are now a grandmaster, you are subject to more restrictions and it is not advisable for you to take action. Look, you have already drawn blood from the corner of your mouth just from your mental field boiling over like this!"

Yu Gensheng had thinning hair and looked very old, but his eyes were like torches and his will was very firm. He said, "I don't care anymore. I'm just an old man in my twilight years. There's no future or hope for me. I want to go in and search for something. I don't want to leave any regrets, and I don't want to have any remorse!"

He had heard that a few unlucky individuals with extraordinary talent might be marked as having a life-or-death situation if they managed to smash through multiple fragments of massive objects.

"Take care of those young people for me." Yu Gengsheng pushed Li Qingyun back, stopping him from following, and then stepped towards the Tianyuan area.

……

Qin Ming's body was covered in dense golden threads that intertwined and covered the three of them, as if they were forming a net to fight against them.

At the critical moment, Tang Yushang's body showed a strange movement. A faint blood shadow materialized from the broken shackles within her body and flew out.

With a loud bang, the pitch-black hand was blocked and then collapsed.

"Is this a life-saving method bestowed by our ancestors?" Bai Meng was lost in thought.

The three charged forward and finally escaped the insurmountable barrier.

The large fragments of the colossal object were no longer pursued; the advanced power yearned to merge with the source of the Undying Blood Calamity and was now targeting Jade Capital.

However, some unusual figures, shrouded in the dark mist, followed Qin Ming and his two companions in pursuit.

Qin Ming's mouth was full of blood and foam, Tang Yushang was also vomiting blood, and Bai Meng's body was cracked open. All three of them were seriously injured. Looking back, they found that the monsters were all in the fifth realm.

"Let's go, ignore it!"

The fragments of the golden list dimmed, carrying them soaring into the sky.

However, those lifelike figures, shrouded in a special kind of dark mist, were no slower than them and chased after them directly.

……

"Xiao Qin!"

Suddenly, Qin Ming heard a voice calling his name.

Although this land is vast, it is as if a giant axe has cleaved a huge wound in the sky that can never heal, stretching as far as the eye can see.

However, Qin Ming's keen senses allowed him to detect the mental fluctuations.

"Xiao Qin, where are you?"

This time, the voice was clearer. Qin Ming heard Yu Gengsheng's shouts, which were filled with anxiety and unease, and his mental sound waves were trembling.

Qin Ming immediately called out in one direction, "Senior!"

"Ah?" In the distance, Yu Gengsheng was pleasantly surprised. Although he was standing on the fragments of the Golden List, he staggered and his mouth was full of blood as he rushed out of the dark chasm.

"Senior, what's wrong?" Qin Ming quickly went to greet him.

He immediately understood that the old man had returned specifically to find him, not hesitating to venture back into the chaotic chasm, which was now a veritable death trap.

"Good boy, I'm so glad you're alright." Yu Gengsheng wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, the wrinkles on his face smoothed out a lot, and his eyes shone brightly. He breathed a sigh of relief.

Qin Ming knew that this cruel era was unfriendly to Earth Immortals, leaving the Ancestral Masters in extremely poor condition, and even Grandmasters were as if they had contracted serious illnesses, with their physical condition in a precarious state.

However, Yu Gengsheng disregarded his own safety and risked his life to find him.

For a moment, his eyes burned, and he managed to hold them back so that they didn't well up with tears.

"Senior, your body..." Qin Ming noticed that Yu Gengsheng's armor was broken; he must have encountered danger when he went in.

Moreover, his arm was spasming slightly, the flesh was tearing, and blood was flowing continuously.

Although Yu Gengsheng tried his best to hold it in, he still coughed up a mouthful of blood.

His second foray into that blood-soaked land was truly a brush with death, disregarding his own safety.

Even Tang Yushang and Bai Meng were deeply moved. This was a respectable senior who was willing to risk his life for Qin Ming. His enthusiasm and willingness to risk his life to save him truly warmed their hearts and made their noses tingle.

"It's alright, let's go!" Yu Gengsheng waved his tattered robe sleeve behind him, shattering four of the special monsters that followed him.

However, he himself stumbled, blood gushing from his mouth and nose.

It wasn't that his cultivation was insufficient, but rather that this era was unkind to him, and the Daoist principles backfired on him.

He pulled Qin Ming along, his body glowing as he protected Tang Yushang and Bai Meng, using the fragments of the Golden List to travel while simultaneously deterring the pursuers behind him.

"Senior...you can't make a move anymore." Qin Ming realized that Yu Gengsheng had made a move more than once in the chasm, and his body simply couldn't hold on.

He was genuinely afraid that the old man's physical body would suddenly collapse and his mental energy would extinguish.

"I'm fine!" Yu Gensheng said, turning his head to stare behind him.

Qin Ming immediately pulled out the precious medicine from the tattered cloth, found a jade box, and took out the "Longevity Leaf" from it. This was the immortal treasure he had won from the Black Tower Civilization when he first encountered them during the sword fight in the sky.

A single leaf can extend a person's life by about fifteen years. Moreover, it is not limited by realm and is suitable for people in all fields, thus extending lifespan from the essence of life.

Therefore, Qin Ming did not want to waste his time when he was at a lower level.

Now, he immediately took out four leaves and gave them to Yu Gengsheng, telling him to take them right away.

"This is...too precious, an old man like me doesn't need it!" Yu Gengsheng refused, feeling that it would be too wasteful for him to use it.

Qin Ming said seriously, "You must take it, otherwise I will throw it away."

Beside him, Bai Meng was shocked. This was... the Longevity Leaf? During the sword fight in the heavens, this great medicine with immortality properties had caused quite a stir. Afterwards, all the old monsters were trying to buy it, and even the Earth Immortals were envious and desperately wanted it.

He could only sigh inwardly, "Brother Ming... is so rich!"

Tang Yushang was also shocked. Even the secret vault of Taixu might not have a record of the leaves of this immortal tree.

……

On the road leading to the depths of the Jade Capital's radiating territory, the fragments of the Golden List dimmed, and many people eventually fell from the sky, forced to travel on the ground.

"I never imagined... that I wouldn't die at the chasm, but instead perished along the way with my sect members." Pei Shuyan was heartbroken. He had seen hope of returning to his homeland, but an accident occurred on the road.

Not far away, a Grandmaster from the Immortal Path had his physical body shattered and was beaten to a pulp.

Pei Shuyan had already been torn to pieces, and then shattered again, his physical body turning into dozens of pieces. His pure yang consciousness also cracked and disintegrated into pieces.

Pei Shuyan sighed, filled with resentment, and said, "You... these outsiders, are you also going to get involved in the battle between Jade Capital and the Undying Blood Calamity?"

He only knew that the other party came from afar and did not belong to any force near Yujing, but he did not know anything more about their background.

In the night sky, a young man smiled faintly and said, "We are travelers from afar, with no intention of participating. We just want to assess how strong the native grandmasters of this place are."

Beside him, an old man said, "You shouldn't have intervened. In this land where war is raging, we are all travelers and should not interfere in any affairs, or we may suffer a backlash."

The young man humbly accepted the suggestion, nodding and saying, "Yes, I understand. I just couldn't resist the urge to get involved when I saw a lone creature that seemed harmless. Let's observe it carefully from now on. We need to take a small sample of the Undying Blood Calamity, feed it blood, and slowly cultivate it to see how well it develops."

Then, the young man turned his head and looked into the distance, saying, "Someone else is coming. Hmm, they seem to have some tricks up their sleeves. They've become entangled with the golden mark of the Undying Blood Calamity. They're worth observing. We should take them down."

Qin Ming suddenly opened his newborn eyes in the distance and looked out at the young man and the old man, and saw the bloody scene on the ground.

"Don't...come any closer!" Pei Shuyan cried out weakly.

The young man smiled and said, "Are they acquaintances of yours? Don't worry, I'll have them come and keep you company."

(End of this chapter)