Chapter 307: Ink Killing Meets Its Match

Above the firmament, endless red clouds suddenly appeared. In just a moment, they enveloped the entire Cloud Sea.

"Revered Immortal Chiyan, Zhang Zhiliang, cultivated for six hundred eighty-three years. He established his Dao foundation with the wondrous object, the Sleepless Child, and achieved his Golden Core with infinite formations."

"He seized the Cyclops' Cavern to form his Nascent Soul."

"Sacrificing the essence of Chiyan, he integrated his body with the Dao."

"Fortunately, Heaven's Punishment struck, and his Dao vanished back into the heavens!"

Against the backdrop of the celestial phenomenon marking the fall of a Dao-integrated Immortal Venerable, a dark, inky figure quietly materialized. Zhang Zhiliang's corpse transformed into a drop of thick ink, writhing as it returned to her hand. Then, her gaze turned towards the Cloud Sea below.

At this moment, all the cultivators in the Cloud Sea who witnessed this scene were first stunned into a daze. Then, an unstoppable terror was born in their hearts. It made their bodies tremble and their souls shiver.

"Essence of Heaven and Earth, Ink Kill!" For some unknown reason, another Essence of Heaven and Earth suddenly descended. Not only did she casually wipe out Zhang Zhiliang, who had successfully integrated with the Dao, with a single strike, but she also seemed unsatisfied, setting her sights on the myriad beings of the Cloud Sea!

Ink Kill lightly pointed a finger at the nearby space. "Tianyang a..." Barely uttering the last words of his life, Tianyang, who had narrowly escaped death under Zhang Qianmo's Violet Cloud Divine Lightning, was devoured by the thick ink. Celestial phenomena indicating the fall of a cultivator appeared once again.

However, countless black particles emerged from Ink Kill. These black particles pulsed and swirled, surging into the sky, obscuring the entire firmament. True darkness descended.

The black particles continuously proliferated, like a massive black curtain, enveloping the entire Cloud Sea. They then pressed downwards, devouring everything.

This scene was too terrifying; the cultivators on Myriad Immortals Island, under extreme fear, displayed their ugliest sides. Similar to Ink Kill's previous world-ending event, some completely lost the courage to resist, collapsing to the ground, despairing and waiting for death. Others suddenly grew enraged, like moths to a flame, constantly attacking the ink-like substance, trying to find a glimmer of hope. Still others cried and laughed simultaneously, clearly driven insane by the sight.

"What's destined to come, will come." Li Fan, once again, stood out as distinctly different from the other cultivators. He hungrily and greedily observed Ink Kill's process of devouring everything, unwilling to miss even a single detail.

No matter the spell or divine ability, in front of those black particles, they all lost their effectiveness; there was only one outcome: being swallowed and assimilated. Life, spiritual energy, matter... All became nourishment for its proliferation.

"Truly terrifying and awe-inspiring..." Seeing Ink Kill act again, Li Fan was still shaken by her methods. "If I could achieve the Golden Core using Ink Kill's method, my destructive power would be no weaker than anyone here," Li Fan mused inwardly. Focussed intensely on the black particles continuously descending from the sky, Li Fan's expression was one of fascination.

Just as Li Fan was immersed in enlightenment, another figure was flying across Myriad Immortals Island with extreme excitement, using a seven-colored recording stone to capture every scene before this world-ending event. "Wonderful! Wonderful! I thought the immortals striking down Chiyan was the disaster, but who knew there was something even bigger behind it!"

"Ink Kill descends, annihilating everything!"

"This exclusive, out-of-print footage will allow me to make a small fortune again!" Jiao Xiuyuan muttered to himself, his eyebrows dancing with excitement.

Suddenly, his flying body abruptly stopped. Looking in Li Fan's direction, he exclaimed in surprise, "Fellow Daoist Lin Fan, why are you still here?"

Li Fan awoke from his enlightenment, looked at Jiao Xiuyuan, smiled slightly, and bowed in greeting. Then he focused intently again on the black particles in the sky.

Jiao Xiuyuan followed Li Fan's gaze, only to see the endless black particles that obliterated everything. He turned back to Li Fan, carefully observing his expression. With a sudden realization, he said in some horror, "You are a puppet too?"

"No, not a puppet. Is it a clone?" His eyes narrowed, recalling the various events since he had interacted with this Lin Fan, and an inexplicable look appeared on his face. "Interesting. I never thought I, Jiao Xiuyuan, would have a day where I misjudged someone."

"It seems this one's true identity is truly not simple..."

Just then, an unusual sound interrupted his thoughts. He looked in the direction of the sound, a strange glint in his eyes. "What is that?"

Li Fan was also drawn by this unusual sound. He looked up and saw that in the sky, already surrounded by endless black particles, continuous tremendous roars were coming. It was as if something was constantly stirring within the inky ocean, making the black particles even more active and turbulent.

"That direction is..." Li Fan squinted his eyes, pondered for a moment, somewhat disbelieving. "Cloudwater Heavenly Palace?"

The disturbance continued. And the roaring grew louder and louder. It seemed something was rapidly approaching beneath this black curtain.

A thin line sliced through the black ocean, accompanied by a whistling sound, arriving abruptly. In an instant, it appeared above Myriad Immortals Island.

The surrounding black particles became agitated, trying to devour this audacious anomaly. But the twisted blackness around the thin line formed an incredibly sturdy defense, preventing the black particles, capable of devouring everything, from advancing even an inch.

"It can actually resist Ink Kill's erosion?! What is this?" Li Fan's heart jolted as he looked at the suddenly appearing thin line. "Heavenly Fiend Sword?"

To Li Fan's shock, a broken sword, entirely jet-black and radiating malevolent aura, revealed itself. Its tip pointed forward, and a substantial malevolent aura burst forth, forcing back all the surrounding black particles.

In the direction pointed by the Heavenly Fiend Sword, black particles surged, and Ink Kill reappeared. She stared at the Heavenly Fiend Sword in front of her, her expression seemingly grave.

"What kind of treasure is this? It can actually contend with Ink Kill?" Jiao Xiuyuan exclaimed. Li Fan's heart was even more profoundly shaken, and at the same time, he felt an inexplicable excitement. "Between Ink Kill and Heavenly Fiend, who will prevail?"

He carefully observed the two. Extremely similar, yet seemingly fundamentally different. Ink Kill was pure inky black, the profoundness that devoured everything. Heavenly Fiend, however, was a twisted black, representing ultimate madness and destruction. The two confronted each other, battle on the verge of breaking out.

Ink Kill, however, suddenly glanced down at Myriad Immortals Island. Instantly, countless black particles vibrated, and another figure, identical to Ink Kill, immediately appeared. It transformed into a thin line, easily shattering the defenses of the Seven-Colored Immortal Fall Array. And then, leading the inky ocean, it completely eroded everything on the island.

"This is..." Li Fan was somewhat astonished. He hadn't expected that with a great enemy before her, Ink Kill would still not forget to simultaneously carry out her primary task.

The sky curtain gradually pressed down, and the figures of Ink Kill and Heavenly Fiend slowly disappeared into the black ocean. Only the black particles, undulating like waves from time to time, conveyed the terror of the battle above.

Li Fan felt an immense regret in his heart. "It's truly a pity that I can't witness the scene of these two great beings fighting."