Versatile Mage: Get the Desert Emperor clone at the start

Chapter 449 Dark Magic Disappears
Aurelion Sol's casual claw strike caused more than just the physical collapse of the Dark Dimension.

It is a fundamental upheaval to all forces existing within the law system of this plane.

The plane itself is like an enormous source of energy and the cornerstone of laws.

Now that the foundation has crumbled and the source has dried up, the chain reaction it has triggered is clearly reflected on the Blue Star, which has connections with the Dark Dimension.

Magic City, Pearl Academy.

The training ground was originally bustling with people in the afternoon, with various magical lights rising and falling.

However, almost at a specific moment, all magical elements related to darkness seemed to have their source suddenly severed by an invisible hand.

A student who was working hard to sketch a star map of the Shadow System was shocked to find that the shadow area that was about to take shape under his feet was dissipating like the receding tide. Although the seven Shadow Stars still obeyed his commands and shone brightly, they could no longer draw any Shadow Energy from the void.

"What's going on? My shadow magic... I can't cast it?" He muttered to himself in disbelief, trying repeatedly, but to no avail.

Not far away, another student specializing in curses exclaimed in similar surprise: "My curse magic is the same! The star trails and star charts are all fine, the structure is very stable, but why... can't the power be gathered, and there's no reaction at all?"

The aura of misfortune and decay that should have lingered around his fingertips had vanished completely.

The commotion spread rapidly like ripples.

Not only the Shadow and Curse magic systems, but all magic systems that share the same origin as the power of the Dark Dimension—poison magic, some special necromancy magic, and even some unique methods of cultivation that rely on negative energy—have all fallen into the same bizarre state of "disability."

Magicians can sense that the stars, nebulae, and even galaxies in their spiritual world still exist and that their connection with themselves has not been severed, but they just cannot invoke the corresponding dark magic in the outside world, as if the whole world has suddenly closed its doors to darkness.

Mo Fan was leaning against the railing at the edge of the training field, his brows furrowed.

After leaving Europe with Xinxia, ​​he returned to Shanghai.

He also tried to mobilize his shadow magic, but the shadow power that he had always been able to control was now as if it were asleep, and there was no response.

He could "see" that in the spiritual world, the Dark Star Sea was still vast, but its power just couldn't be transmitted.

“This is weird,” he muttered to himself.

People were panicking because they couldn't cast their spells.

As panic began to spread, a calm and gentle voice amplified through the training ground: "Dear students, please remain calm!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw that Dean Xiao had somehow already stood on the high platform.

His expression was solemn as he glanced at the restless crowd below.

"The problem of dark magic failing is not an isolated case, nor is it limited to our Pearl Academy."

"Please don't panic, and stop any pointless attempts to avoid a backlash of magical energy."

"The school will immediately organize experts to conduct research and maintain close contact with other magical organizations."

"Now, all faculty advisors, please maintain order and guide students who are not from the Dark faction to continue their practice as normal. Students from the Dark faction, please rest for now and wait for further instructions."

Dean Xiao was a highly respected figure, and his words acted as a stabilizing force, temporarily suppressing the students' fear and confusion.

The disturbance was forcibly suppressed, but the unease and doubt that permeated the air grew even stronger.

However, the temporary calm within the academy was merely a brief respite before the storm. In the tense atmosphere of the emergency conference room on the top floor of the Shanghai Magic Association...

Several senior elders and advisors of the association sat around a long table, their faces clouded with gloom.

“The news has been confirmed,” an elder in charge of intelligence said in a deep voice. “Not only in Shanghai, but throughout the entire country, and even the whole continent of Aris, all magic systems that rely on the energy of the Dark Dimension have become ineffective at the same time.”

"There were no warning signs, and there were no regional differences."

Another elderly man, dressed in military uniform with epaulets indicating his high rank, slammed his fist on the table, his voice filled with suppressed anger: "This is absolutely no small matter! The threat from the Siren Empire has not been eliminated, and who knows when it might unleash another catastrophe!"

"At this critical juncture, all of us human dark mages have collectively lost our power!"

"This is tantamount to directly crippling a large portion of our high-end combat capabilities and many of our unpredictable and difficult-to-defend tactical methods!"

"With this shift in power, if the siren seizes the opportunity to launch a full-scale attack, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

A scholar wearing gold-rimmed glasses, who studied magic theory, adjusted his glasses and offered a conjecture: "Such a large-scale, synchronous magical failure must not originate in our world."

"The only explanation is that the source of power—the Dark Dimension itself—has undergone a cataclysmic change that we cannot even imagine."

"Could it be... the Dark Lord?" someone hesitated before uttering this chilling guess. "Could it be that one or more Dark Lords joined forces to cut off humanity's right to use dark magic?"

"What are they trying to do? Are they declaring war on us?"

“It’s highly likely!” another elder affirmed. “Only the Dark King, who wields the fundamental laws of darkness, has the ability to do this.”

"This may be a warning, or... a prelude to a larger conspiracy that we are not yet aware of."

There was a brief silence in the conference room.

Everyone present was well aware of the Dark King's terror.

If they truly severed the magical connection on their own initiative, their motives are certainly extraordinary.

They mobilized all their intelligence networks, contacted magical organizations in various places, and even tried to use some ancient forbidden techniques in an attempt to uncover the truth of the dark dimension.

However, all efforts were in vain.

The dark dimension seemed to be completely shrouded in an unprecedentedly thick fog, and any attempt to probe was ruthlessly repelled or swallowed up.

Based on the phenomena, they were able to make reasonable inferences, guessing that a tremendous change had occurred in the Dark Dimension, and even that it was the Dark Kings who had taken the initiative to do so.

But in any case, their imagination, confined to its own plane, can never reach the true truth.

That eerie and powerful dark plane has completely collapsed. The main continent no longer exists. Only a few scattered small areas are inhabited by dark creatures, but their power is far less than before.

The power of darkness was not "severed," but rather its very foundation was erased.
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As dusk settled, in the southwestern region of Aris, on a desolate, nameless mountain.

Asha Riyadh stood alone among the jagged rocks, her gaze, hidden behind a black veil, piercing the wilderness and landing on distant Dubai.

She had been here for some time and discovered that the Black Dragon Emperor was actually working for Su Lu.

(End of this chapter)