Eternal Night

Chapter 906 Forged a Prestige
Fragmented area, polluted zone...

The outside world may not understand the Shattered Realm. They may just think that the Shattered Realm is simply a place where fragments and debris of the dream world gather, similar to asteroid belts or meteorite belts in the universe, only on an extraordinary scale.

But in fact, the broken domain also has elevation differences and complex environments, and what determines the elevation differences and complex environments is the so-called pollution level, the pollution source.

The remnants of civilizations who have long resided in the Shattered Domain, or certain individuals, are familiar with and have delineated the polluted areas of the Shattered Domain. The higher the degree of pollution, the greater the danger, but the richer the resources. These resources are the so-called extraordinary resources, which are the natural treasures in conventional theory. After all, extraordinary equals pollution. At the same time, those high-value relics are often concentrated in these areas.

Conversely, there are areas with low pollution, which are the hiding places and places where the remnants of various civilizations survive.

In fact, although the Containment Civilization established a containment base in the Shattered Domain, it was only for containing the Omniscient Sphinx. They did not conduct in-depth research on the Shattered Domain, and the main body of the Containment Civilization did not escape into the Shattered Domain. Therefore, their understanding of the Shattered Domain was superficial. In fact, if the Containment Civilization had survived for a little longer, it might have explored the Shattered Domain. However, this civilization was too reckless, and after several major events, only one individual civilization remained.

Not to mention that, currently, in the pollution-rich areas of the fragmented domain, an even more exaggerated and unbelievable space with extremely high pollution concentrations has formed and is continuously expanding.

The remnants of civilization in the shattered domain, or the ascended individuals who fled here, have their own methods for detecting pollution concentration. When this space with extremely high pollution concentration was first formed, the weak who were nearby had already tried to escape and stay away. On the contrary, those ascended individuals, some powerful, some cunning, and some hoping for the best, began to move closer to this space.

The strongest, fiercest, and most cunning among them entered the space after confirming that it was not simply a nightmare contamination. This is the origin of the sublimated beings within the space.

Outside the space, there were nearly a hundred ascended beings from various races and civilizations. They were either ascended beings who were not strong enough to fight on the front line, or they were ascended ancestors who were stronger and planned to fish in the fire. They were all silently observing and waiting outside this space with extremely high pollution concentration.

The scene before them clearly suggests two possibilities: either an unparalleled treasure has appeared, or an extraordinary cultivation technique has emerged. Either way, it would be enough to cause these vicious, ascended beings to fight to the death, leaving a bloodbath. After all, this is the Shattered Domain...

Malice and murderous intent mingled in this airspace. The Ascended Beings managed to maintain restraint, as this space was of utmost importance. However, the mortal and superhuman beings who had come with the Ascended Beings were not so fortunate. They were merely cannon fodder brought by the Ascended Beings, or even those with some close relationship to them were easily turned into cannon fodder. Whether it was a test or the Ascended Beings seeking their own prestige, these mortal and superhuman beings, caught in the middle, were used as cannon fodder, fighting desperately, killing each other, and losing their lives.

Time passed day by day, ten days, half a month, a month, three months...

In fact, Wu Pifu guessed wrong. He thought that the sudden arrival of so many sublimated beings in the space made the entire Shattered Domain seem very lively, but that was not the case. Rather, time was different inside and outside. Also, because this space was so conspicuous to the outside world that it was like a blazing sun, one day inside might be equivalent to ten or fifteen days outside. That's why so many sublimated beings entered in such a dense manner...

This space has attracted almost all the sublimated entities in the entire Shattered Domain that are not yet asleep or have already awakened. These sublimated entities have either entered the space or are guarding the outside of the space, waiting for the next change to occur in this space.

After an unknown amount of time, on this day, the entire space with extremely high pollution concentration suddenly shrank inward, transforming into a bright, crystalline substance that appeared brilliantly in the void of the shattered domain.

All the sublimated beings acted within a fraction of a second. Even though the change in space was very sudden, and it only took the blink of an eye for the space to transform from an extremely polluted space into a crystal, hundreds of sublimated beings still rushed out and frantically charged toward the crystal using their own methods.

This is the moment they've been waiting for, this is...

But it's too late.

A hand appeared out of thin air and gently grasped the crystal. For a moment, the movements of the surrounding Ascended beings seemed to pause briefly, but the next second, these hundreds of Ascended beings charged even more frantically, because they could clearly sense that the owner of this hand was nothing more than a mere mortal...

Ordinary people, like ants!

"...Do you know?"

A voice came from the mortal's mouth. In the chaotic energy flow where various extraordinary energies were mixed, a vast and pure energy enveloped the voice and steadily transmitted it to all the ascended beings rushing towards it.

"I still hold a tiny bit of hope for you all..."

The mortal held the crystal in one hand and raised a large knife in the other.

"I hoped that non-humans could, through long periods of reflection, come to understand the meaning and preciousness of life, the value and rarity of being human. I hoped you could change your minds, savor that fleeting moment of emotion, and understand the principle that human nature is inherently good..." "So many times, I actually turned a blind eye to you. I truly held onto this naive hope, but... I was wrong, I was so wrong. You remind me of a comrade I once met in a dream world. He was the savior of that world, enduring unimaginable torture for ten thousand years. He was stubborn, even insane. I didn't know much about him, only some fragments of his words, but he once said something that I think perfectly reflects my current thoughts..."

"No aliens (non-humans) are worth saving. The only way to save them is to let them die!"

These words were spoken in a very short time and reached the ears of every Ascended Being. However, none of them retreated, for their gazes were completely drawn to the crystal. Like bait effective on all fish, the crystal was incredibly tempting to them, almost to the point of robbing them of their ability to think. Even those who weren't completely captivated by its self-perfectionist nature were enough to ignore Wu Pifu and its words. After all…

In their eyes, Wu Pifu seemed too weak, just a mere mortal insect, and a very weak one at that. Even though he uttered a lot of words in a fraction of a second and perfectly transmitted them to every sublimated being... something seemed off.

At this moment, the first sublimated entity had already rushed to Wu Pifu's side. This was an 800-meter-long amphibian-like sublimated entity with some fish-like features. It stretched out its claws and grabbed at the crystal, while roaring almost maniacally, "Baby, mine, mine..."

What awaited this sublimated claw was a knife, a great knife meant for death...

Compared to the size of the sublimated entity, this greatsword seemed so small, like a toothpick on an ordinary person's finger. But the instant they made contact, an unparalleled sharpness burst forth. This tiny "toothpick" transformed into a heaven-slaying blade, instantly engulfing the entire sublimated entity. It didn't even have time to unleash its perfect properties, or rather, even if it did, it would be completely useless. Under this blade's light, all obstacles were as insignificant as air...

Disappeared.

This entire first-order ascended entity vanished completely in a mere second, as if it had never existed.

This sudden change brought the ascendants, who were frantically approaching and dizzy from the crystal bait, back to some sense. They began to try to pause their advance in the chaotic void of energy torrents. This was the scene at 0.3 seconds of the death knives flashing.

Then, the blade flashed horizontally, revealing Wu Pifu behind the broadsword. He held the sword in one hand and made another downward slash. With just a simple movement, the broadsword had already crossed space and was about to strike the second approaching sublimated being in front of it in the next instant. This sublimated being only had time to raise the scepter in its hand to block forward, but before it could unleash its extraordinary power, the scepter was easily cut in half like a foam tube.

"No..."

This ascended being was clearly slightly stronger than the first one, and was already close to the peak of the first tier. So it uttered two syllables, and then the greatsword struck, transforming into a dazzling blade of light that spread from a point to a surface, completely engulfing the ascended being. This was the scene at 0.9 seconds.

The blade's edge shifted again, revealing Wu Pifu wielding the blade in one hand once more. But what greeted him this time was a torrent of extraordinary energy powerful enough to shatter an entire dream world. The hundreds of sublimated beings were no pushovers either. After two were killed, the rest reacted and unleashed their ultimate attacks, sparing no effort as they blasted at this seemingly weak yet powerful mortal.

then……

The blade of light slashed diagonally out from the torrent of energy, passing through three sublimated beings before revealing Wu Pifu, who was completely unharmed, behind them.

The combined fire of hundreds of Ascended Beings, enough to obliterate an entire dream world, left him completely unharmed.

"I'm in a really bad mood right now, so... I'm going to vent all my frustrations today, regardless of right or wrong, good or bad, mistakes or omissions. You can only blame your bad luck."

Wu Pifu stood still, looking around at the bewildered and uncertain people, some of whom were even slowly retreating in preparation for escape. He simply raised his death-defying sword and uttered words that sent chills down the spines of these sublimated beings.

At this moment, one of the outermost ascendants stared at Wu Pifu, then at his weapon, and suddenly roared, "Wu, Wu Pifu! The son of this era's civilization, the son of the era!?"

With a roar, the sublimated being instantly fled thousands of miles away, screaming strangely as it ran.

Then it suddenly stopped moving, along with some of the sublimated entities that had also fled behind it, as well as the sublimated entities that had rushed towards Wu Pifu without knowing why, all stopped in place.

The whole world was black and white.

(End of this chapter)