Chapter 419 - 417: Black Abyss Appears, Su Qing Bewildered

Chapter 419: Chapter 417: Black Abyss Appears, Su Qing Bewildered

"Su Qing, there’s no escape for you," Liu Du snorted coldly.

He summoned a vibrant red Other Shore Flower, the color of blood.

The moment he spoke, an indescribable power of death emerged,

pressing down upon the Cosmos.

Su Qing’s eyes narrowed slightly.

’This isn’t his power.’

’This is the aura of the Black Abyss.’

Su Qing felt the power of the Black Abyss.

’So this is the Black Abyss.’

The Black Abyss.

It was like a black abyss, with no end in sight, its true nature impossible to perceive.

"The aura of the Black Abyss."

"But what does that have to do with you?"

Su Qing chuckled, the emitter already aimed at them.

Immediately after, a terrifying pressure descended upon the members of the Black Abyss Human Clan.

It pressed down on them so hard that none of them could move or even open their mouths.

They couldn’t even unleash their power.

This was absolute terror.

Liu Du couldn’t even open his eyes.

The terror in his heart was as overwhelming as the force sealing his eyes shut.

It grew more and more terrifying as all sorts of chaotic and extreme emotions erupted within him.

’Why hasn’t the Black Abyss acted to crush him?’

’Why hasn’t it appeared yet?’

With a low hum from the emitter, a world-destroying blast of Immortal Qi burst forth.

This single shot

pierced through the Star Sea.

It looked like a perfect stellar belt appearing in an unexplored region of the Star Sea World.

And to the living beings within the Star Sea World,

it delivered this perfect strike.

A white ribbon appeared in the Star Sea, leaving not even dust in its wake.

However, this region had not yet completely left the periphery of the Taichu Daoist Palace.

A power emerged from the Taichu Daoist Palace, doing its utmost to erase this disaster that would have befallen all living beings.

...

"Its power is indeed immense. If I hadn’t already entered the Daoist Initial Realm, my own power might not have matched this emitter’s."

Su Qing stared at his surroundings. Just now, in his desire to deal with the Black Abyss Human Clan, he had nearly destroyed multiple worlds in the blink of an eye.

With the emitter still in his hand, Su Qing had almost done something similar to what the Greed Realm had done.

’This emitter really is something else.’

"Thank you, Lord Taichu."

Su Qing had once again nearly altered the fate of the Star Sea.

Fortunately, that mysterious power had just concealed the emitter’s true might for him.

"Let this be the only time. You should exercise your own judgment."

He hadn’t expected it.

In response to Su Qing’s thanks, a voice had actually appeared in his mind.

The voice was like that of an incredibly gentle mother, soothing her child.

In the aftermath of that strike,

the several hundred members of the Black Abyss Human Clan from just a moment ago

had completely vanished.

Only a single Other Shore Flower appeared before Su Qing.

Surprisingly, the Other Shore Flower had remained untouched by the shot.

The power of the Black Abyss.

It too had evaded the attack.

Su Qing wasn’t too surprised.

After all, this attack was only powerful on the surface.

In reality, something like Bai Di’s Boundless Body could have perfectly dodged the shot.

Bai Di would have been completely unharmed.

Su Qing put away the emitter.

He did not approach the Other Shore Flower.

because he could sense a consciousness within it.

"Your Excellency, Black Abyss, are you not going to show yourself?"

"I have no intention of making an enemy of you, Your Excellency."

Even a mere sliver of its consciousness felt immensely powerful to Su Qing.

Unless he was forced to, Su Qing truly did not want to clash with the Black Abyss.

Finally,

the blood-red Other Shore Flower bloomed.

Its petals transformed, one by one, into arms.

It was exceptionally bizarre.

The stamen in the center became a torso, ultimately creating an extremely shocking... and beautiful sight. Yes, shocking... and beautiful.

At a glance, there were at least six pairs of blood-red arms and a face formed from the Other Shore Flower.

Incomparably stunning.

So stunning, in fact, that Su Qing thought it was Su Hongshang—with the Flame Mark between her brows, a head of loose red hair, and an incredibly divine face.

At a glance, Su Qing truly thought it was Su Hongshang.

A bizarre version of Su Hongshang.

"Have you figured it out?" the entity asked with a faint smile, its crisp, hollow voice echoing and reverberating in Su Qing’s mind.

"Black Abyss?"

"Are you kidding me?" Su Qing grew angry, dropping the honorific.

He was furious that it would joke about someone from his past.

’But there’s no way it could have read my memories.’

’I’m protected by the Visualization Map.’

’What in the world is going on?’

Su Qing calmed himself.

He stared coldly at the bewitching woman.

Her beauty was filled with a sinister and strange charm.

"Qing, you’re even more mysterious now than you used to be."

The Black Abyss suddenly moved closer.

It brought its face right up to Su Qing’s, so close he could feel the heavy aura of the Black Abyss.

One of the Black Abyss’s hands cupped Su Qing’s face. Its fingertip traced a line across his cheek, leaving a long, bloody gash.

"You’ve become so cold..."

"Qing."

"It’s not time yet."

The incarnation of the Black Abyss kissed Su Qing on the forehead.

Then, the Black Abyss dispersed, and countless Other Shore Flower petals drifted down onto Su Qing.

The terrifying oppressive feeling from before was gone.

He had been frozen in place just now.

Moreover, the conversation between the Black Abyss and Su Qing

had left Su Qing so utterly bewildered that he hadn’t even processed what the Black Abyss was doing to him.

The Other Shore Flower petals transformed into a set of red robes, clothing Su Qing.

Su Qing was completely dumbfounded.

Utterly and completely dumbfounded.

Even long after the Black Abyss had dissipated,

Su Qing still hadn’t come back to his senses.

’What in the world is going on?’

’Do I know the Black Abyss?’

’Impossible.’

’Even in my past life, I was just an ordinary person.’

’How could I possibly know the Black Abyss?’

’What in the world is going on?’

’Why does the Black Abyss look so much like Su Hongshang?’

’Especially the Flame Mark on her brow.’

’It’s as if it were a deliberately placed brand.’

"Su Qing." Zhu Yuan teleported over.

It wasn’t just Zhu Yuan; Yu Hu and Bai Di were there too.

They had all come.

"Su Qing, what’s wrong with you?" Yu Hu asked worriedly from the side.

Bai Di, meanwhile, waved a hand in front of Su Qing’s face.

Only then did Su Qing snap out of it.

"You guys..."

"What are you doing here?"

Su Qing asked, confused.

Even now, a dazed look remained in Su Qing’s eyes.

"Why else? You ran out of the Taichu Daoist Palace! The Black Abyss Human Clan wasn’t going to let you go. They aren’t so bad on their own..."

"...but summoning the Black Abyss is the truly terrifying part."

Zhu Yuan said indignantly, "Why did you leave the Taichu Daoist Palace alone? There are so many spies in the Daoist Palace, there’s no way you could have snuck out."

"It’s fine now."

"I met the Black Abyss. I’m just a little confused right now," Su Qing said, his eyes vacant. He didn’t quite know how to describe what he was feeling.

"Why is there a fiery red mark on your brow?"

"And your clothes smell so fragrant," Zhu Yuan added, noticing the changes in Su Qing.

Su Qing froze. He summoned a Water Mirror and looked at his reflection.

There really was a fiery red mark.

But Su Qing himself hadn’t sensed a thing.

Yet in the reflection, there was a Flame Mark.

That wasn’t all.

Su Qing also saw his own fiery red robes.

They looked very festive, like a bridegroom’s attire.

He looked incomparably handsome.

The robes also carried a familiar floral scent—faint, fragrant, and not at all unpleasant.

"Sigh..."

"Let’s go back. My mind is a mess," Su Qing sighed.

But he also said to the three of them, "Thank you for coming to help me. I’m truly grateful. Especially you, Bai Di."

"You were even called out of seclusion," Su Qing said with a forced, grateful smile.

His thoughts were in turmoil.

Complete turmoil.

"Something’s off with Su Qing’s mood. Don’t tell me the Black Abyss tampered with your memories just now?" Zhu Yuan said with concern.

Su Qing shook his head. "I don’t know. Maybe, maybe not."

"Thanks. I’m heading off first. I’ll thank you all properly later."

Su Qing wanted to be alone for a while.

And the one place he could be alone,

a place that was exceptionally quiet,

was in his own world.