Tara recovered from the shock of the pit and realized she had fallen into someone else's trap. Anger did not cloud her judgment. She used the Shadow Warrior to hold off the terrifying man while she opened the gate to the Shadow World and slipped away.
The dark opening closed rapidly, but it couldn't stop Xu Le, who possessed incredible speed. The reason he didn't finish off Tara in one go was to allow her to open the gate to the Shadow World, since only Tara herself knew the central hub of the Shadow World.
After jumping into the shadow world, Xu Le's surroundings became viscous, and a massive amount of shadow magic enveloped his body, entering with every breath, attempting to erode his flesh and transform him into a shadow warrior.
"Is this the process of creating the Shadow Warrior?"
Xu Le felt the shadow magic power, like a virus, transforming his body according to a special operating rule while drawing in more shadow energy. Xu Le let the Heavenly Dao consciousness deduce it, and soon the Heavenly Dao consciousness sent back the answer: transform flesh and blood life into shadow life, that is, elementalization!
Xu Le continued to move towards the area where the shadow energy was denser, since the denser the energy, the closer it was to the central point.
Sure enough, not long after, Xu Le saw Tara waiting for him. Small cracks appeared on her mask, but she didn't look panicked. She shouted at Xu Le, who had come alone, "I didn't expect you to dare to come to my world! Then die!"
As Tara roared, the viscous shadow energy, like water, began to surge violently, and countless shadow soldiers gathered together. At the same time, dozens of enormous, terrifying monsters with bladed legs and only a large mouth charged forward.
Dozens of monsters charged together, their enormous size like mountains transformed into tanks, crushing everything in their way.
In addition, shadow warriors from each legion appeared, surrounding Xu Le layer by layer, their sharp, cold light reflecting off his proud figure.
Thump!
The same tactic was used again: the psychic barrier exploded, sweeping across hundreds of meters around Xu Le. All the shadow warriors were shattered, their bodies turning into shadows. However, compared to the almost endless number of them, it was just a drop in the ocean. Not to mention, the exploded shadow warriors quickly regenerated in their shadow world. Although Xu Le could destroy their origins, he already regarded them as his own possessions and naturally wouldn't do such a foolish thing.
Tara's body slowly blurred in the shadows, and she laughed as she watched Xu Le being besieged by the undead shadow warriors. "Under the endless onslaught of shadow warriors, I'd like to see how long you can last!"
The shadow warriors were like army ants in a rainforest, relentlessly swarming towards Xu Le. Although they were constantly repelled and transformed into shadows to be reborn, their numbers were too great. In this viscous world of shadows, an outer circle of pitch-black figures enveloped Xu Le, and this continued unabated.
The dark mass of people continued to expand and thicken, and in a short moment it became a sphere with a diameter of several hundred meters. Inside the sphere, Xu Le seemed to be dead, without any reaction.
Tara stared at the black sphere before her, laughing wildly as she solidified her body. Liquid condensed from shadow magic formed a robust physique beneath her mask, and at the same time, a black crystal flashed between Tara's brows on her orange mask.
With the appearance of the black crystal, more shadow forces, driven by him, went even more frenzied, and a dark light bloomed in this world.
"So this is where it is!"
A slender hand removed the black crystal from the mask, and in an instant, all the turmoil of shadows ceased, like the receding tide, turning the raging sea into a calm stream.
After the black crystal was torn away, Tara's shadowy body instantly shattered, and the cracks on his mask slowly widened. At that moment, he also saw the thief's face.
A young man in white wearing a black gourd pendant!
"Give me back the boundary marker right now!"
In response to Tara's madness, Little King Kong waved the black crystal, which he called the boundary marker, in front of him and said expressionlessly to the black sphere, "My lord, stop playing around, it's time to leave!"
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Chapter 200: Devouring Realms, the Chronicles of Time
"What!"
Before Tara could react, several beams of divine light shot out from the black sphere and then exploded. All the shadow warriors shattered in the divine power and turned into black smoke. In the center of the light, Xu Le stood proudly, without even a wrinkle on his clothes, and looked at Tara with a cold smile.
Little King Kong handed the boundary marker to Xu Le. Xu Le felt that he could mobilize the power of the entire shadow world, as if he had gone from an outsider to the master, and could use anything at will.
Xu Le casually brushed aside Tara's psychic power, and seeing his ugly expression, he said with amusement, "Finally, you've managed to create this thing. Judging from your mastery of the laws of shadow, this shadow world shouldn't be something you created!"
With her familiarity with the shadow world, Tara opened the door again and turned to leave, but was stopped by Xu Le. The endless shadows turned into chains that bound him tightly!
The mask that Tara inhabited was thrown into the inner world and was directly crushed by the consciousness of the Heavenly Dao. The Sheep Talisman absorbed her consciousness, extracted and integrated her memories, and transmitted them to Xu Le.
Xu Le also learned about Tara's identity: a lucky person who had a miraculous encounter. In ancient times, she gained control of the Shadow World and the method to create the Black Warrior. She gathered nine generals to rule over a region, but her tyrannical behavior led to her being sealed away.
In summary, Tara herself did not know who created the Shadow World. The existence of this world was more like a reflection of the main world, omnipresent and indispensable.
Originally, his control over the shadow world should have been far greater than this, but because he had been sealed for too long and was unable to continue to comprehend and apply the rules, he was now easily taken over by Little King Kong.
"In that case, it's mine!"
Xu Le laughed heartily as the gate to his inner world opened, releasing a rich spiritual energy that drifted into the shadow world. This caused a conflict among the shadow forces, constantly triggering energy tides.
The gate to the inner world continued to expand, and Xu Le also threw the control of the Shadow World—the boundary marker—to the Heavenly Dao. Accompanied by chewing sounds in both worlds, the Shadow World seemed to sense a threat and began to reject Xu Le and his inner world.
However, how could Xu Le allow the duck that was about to be eaten to fly away? The Heavenly Dao consciousness took over the authority of the inner world through the boundary marker and competed with the vague consciousness of the Shadow World itself for authority. Due to the difference in the degree of calculation, the Heavenly Dao took away 90% of the authority in a short moment. The inner world also emerged from the void as a phantom and slowly incorporated the Shadow World into itself.
At this moment, the whole world was in chaos. The other half of the earth, which was originally pitch black, lost its darkness. Without the sunlight, it was as bright as day, like an incandescent light bulb that had been turned on.
The old man was also awakened and came with Jackie Chan to witness this unprecedented spectacle. As the darkness slowly disappeared, there was no joy on his face, only an unusual solemnity.
Compared to the surprise and curiosity of the crowd, he deeply understood that the world was experiencing a dark fluctuation. It seemed that the darkness had decreased and the light had increased, wasn't that a good thing?
In fact, this is not the case. Where there is yin, there must be yang; where there is light, there must be darkness. Only when all things in the world maintain a balance can they endure.
However, with his strength, he couldn't change anything; he could only hope that nothing bad would happen to the world.
Eight phantom figures in an unknown place are meditating and discussing the Dao. Sensing that the world's dark shadows are being plundered, their auras begin to fluctuate. Once the shadow world fluctuates, it will inevitably affect their plans.
After some calculations, it seemed that this person was shrouded in mystery by a strange power, and his origins were unknown.
Just as they were about to make their move, the remaining demons arrived at the palace where the history books of time were kept.
"Fellow Daoist, there's no need to intervene. Since the demons have entered the fray, let's observe the situation. After all, our opportunity is just around the corner! The more chaotic the world becomes, the more advantageous it is for us. Since someone has already made a move, let him stir things up even more!"
A phantom holding a lotus flower whispered something, and after some contemplation, the others agreed and continued their discussion.
A full hour later, the Shadow World was swallowed into the Inner World. The original location of the Shadow World was replaced by a weak embryonic form, and the wonders of the world disappeared. Everything returned to calm, and if it weren't for the chaotic crowds on the streets, it would seem as if nothing had ever happened.