Ascension

Youlian Waterfall.

This is an unknown valley in the Red Frog Kingdom.

It looks like lush vegetation and flowers.

Entering from the correct entrance, you will find that there is a cave underground.

There is a light black waterfall rushing down vertically, containing rich dark elements.

If dark or water-attributed spirits can practice here, they will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

"Shhhh-"

On this day, the moon and stars were sparse and the sky was clear.

In the deserted valley, beast shadows landed from time to time.

After landing, the mark flickered, and the contracted spirit was forcibly recovered.

One by one, mysterious men in black robes and masks showed their tokens and then walked towards the underground passage.

"Things have changed... Who would have thought that by some strange combination of circumstances, the old alliance leader would end up half-disabled from his peak."

"Hey, it must be Yingliu's idea to recall almost all the senior deacons this time."

"He is coveting the position of alliance leader. As long as he can sit on that throne and command the entire Shadow Alliance, he will enjoy endless glory and wealth for the rest of his life..."

As the black robes walked side by side, they whispered in twos and threes.

Suddenly, a dangerous aura enveloped them silently.

There was an unusually tall man in black robe, half leaning on the corner.

His face was hidden under a black triangular mask, with only a pair of cold eyes exposed, which were full of sharpness between opening and closing.

"Shadow, Lord Shadow!"

The newcomers in black robes felt chills on their backs and lowered their heads, not daring to breathe.

"Kageyama is getting old."

Ying An sneered, glanced at everyone, and said sinisterly:

"Even if we use all the strength of the entire alliance, it is impossible to help him find top-notch materials and treasures to help him heal from his backlash wounds."

"On the contrary, if we share this resource with our good brothers in the alliance, at least one of me, Yinghua, and Yingming can be promoted to the fourth rank and become the new pillar."

"And you will definitely speed up your promotion. You will have every chance to be included in the third echelon in the future and become the strongest titled deacons below the fourth level..."

A dozen senior deacons with their heads lowered subconsciously swallowed their saliva.

One person hesitated again and again, but couldn't help but asked:

"Lord Shadow, we know what you mean."

"But the old leader...as long as he is still alive, his majesty will always be there."

"Although his Evil Moon Owl defected, the Manic Blood Leopard survived. Even though he was seriously injured, it is very likely that he can exert the fighting power of the Life Wheel..."

"You don't have to worry about that." Ying An sneered, "You just need to tell me, how important is Lord Ying Liu in your hearts?"

"Master Yingliu is only eighty years old. According to the average life span of the fourth rank, he is in his prime."

A man in black robe bowed and saluted, and said firmly:

"His "Water Knife Tree Demon" has been promoted to the realm of Life Wheel Xiaocheng since the restraint was lifted. It has accumulated so much that it can be said to have unlimited potential. "

"It's good to know." Ying An raised his chin, "I'm not afraid of leaking the news. Lord Yingxiu has already joined Lord Yingliu."

"Three-quarters of the other deacons are showing their favor to Lord Yingliu."

"The remaining quarter are all veterans who are too old to be reused. As people get older, they miss the past and their thinking is naturally stubborn."

"My subordinate understands."

The men in black robes lowered their heads and saluted again.

"Go in, you don't need to do anything, just stay silent."

Ying An waved his hand, as if to shoo away flies, urging everyone to go over.

"Yes Yes."

The men in black robes responded a few times and carefully walked past the dark element monster "Shadow Tiger" that was perfected by Yuying.

……

Silence lingers in the passage again.

The shadow leaning on the edge of the rock wall was silent and silent, just like a statue.

About seven or eight minutes later, he heard slight footsteps and his closed eyes opened again.

"Who did I think it was? It turned out to be Shadow Flower."

Ying An glanced at it intently, couldn't help but sneered twice, and said rather displeasedly:
"Did you know that... you are late?"

"Master Yingliu has told us that we are his most relied-upon supporters. When the time comes, we should turn back as soon as possible."

"Delayed by mission."

Bai Qian, wearing a dark red frost flower mask, ignored the accusation in Ying An's words and responded casually.

"Forget it, you have always been a loner and don't like fighting for power. I understand."

Ying An snorted, looking past Bai Qian with an indifferent gaze to the three black robes behind her:

"Who are these three people? Crow mask, loess mask, ghost mask... they look very familiar."

Bai Qian continued to ignore his questions and replied casually:

"The subordinates I recruited will work in my hands."

"By the way, has the meeting started? Did Yingshan and Yingliu start a fight?"

"I didn't hear much movement, so I guess they haven't taken action yet."

Ying An spoke slowly, his suspicious eyes constantly wandering over the three black-robed bodies, showing a trace of vigilance:
"Wait a minute, take off your masks and let me take a look before you go in."

"What?" Bai Qian raised her head, staring straight at Ying Dark with eyes that were so plain and without any emotion.

"Yinghua, you are indeed qualified to recruit subordinates, but these three people give me a very strange feeling. I want to remember their faces, and record their contracted spirits by the way, just for routine inspection."

Shadow Tiger's voice suddenly became deeper, and the Shadow Tiger beside him roared lowly, baring its teeth and claws to unleash pressure.

However, at this moment, the man wearing the crow mask suddenly merged into the shadow and appeared on the left side of the shadow.

"Haha, the magic apprentice of the dark element... has a good position and is very kind."

"You?!" Shadow was shocked.

In front of him, this person's body shape was like a ghost's phantom, which was really incredible.

"Roar!!"

The Shadow Tiger reacted faster, opened it and spit out a rope condensed with dark elements, wrapping it around the crow mask's arm.

At the same time, it pounced forward.

The dark and cold life breath penetrated all the seven orifices. If it were an ordinary person, his soul would have trembled.

"roll."

Ye Hanjun's eyes suddenly turned into absolute darkness, and even the whites of his eyes were completely assimilated.

Active power - Darkest Demonic Eye!
In an instant, the Darkest Abyss appeared at his feet, and his aura was transformed.

Ying An just glanced at it and felt dizzy.

Since awakening to power, the dark element has been his most intimate energy attribute. Whether it is power or contracted spirits, they are moving closer to this field.

But what appeared in front of him at this moment was this overwhelming blackness, so deep and terrifying, actually exuding waves of despair and suffocating death?

Is this really the color that should exist in the world?Is this really the dark element that he is so familiar with in daily life?Shadow opened his mouth and tried his best to activate his passive power.

As a magic apprentice of the dark element, he has passive powers such as "Elemental Affinity/Elemental Resistance/Elemental Absorption". If he stays in an affinity environment, his battery life and combat effectiveness will be correspondingly improved.

However, standing in the dark abyss and in front of the man in the crow mask, his power seemed to be sealed, and no matter how much he exerted it, he could not absorb even a trace of darkness.

The most trusted elemental power - actually abandoned him?

The dark element that is in harmony with water and milk - choose to surrender to the crow man and give up his existence?

After decades of living, this was the first time Ying An encountered such a situation.

What is even more horrifying is that the Shadow Tiger, who has reached the perfection of the Jade Infant, releases the 900-stripe "Dark Rope", but before it touches the crow man's body, the abyss under his feet only shakes slightly, and the Dark Rope falls apart and becomes... It became pure energy material and was swallowed by the abyss.

"Roar……"

The attacking Shadow Tiger suddenly fell.

The strongest fear in his life appeared in front of it.

It was heartbroken, its hair was standing on end, and it didn't care about its owner's life or death. It lay on the ground like a ball of mud, trembling all over.

"Devil's Attendant" - B-level authority, ranking high!

Even a D-level "Dark Element Mage" or a C-level "Dark Element Archmage" cannot seize control of the dark elements from Lord Ye Han.

Even if a mere E-level "Dark Element Magic Apprentice" and a monster of the same level rely on dark elements for all their skills, even if they grow to the perfection of the Jade Infant, even if they master rich hunting skills and combat skills... so what?
"The abyss of incomparable darkness...suspected to be the heaven and earth of Dharma..."

"You...you are White Crow..."

"Yinghua...it turns out you betrayed the Shadow Alliance..."

Shadow, who was forced to kneel on the ground and worship the Dark Lord, could not raise his head, and a trembling voice came out from between his teeth.

He was frightened and uneasy, but there was no anger burning in his heart.

The difference is too big!
This kind of experience of being dominated by life can be given by Yingshan, Yingxiu and Yingliu.

But it is impossible for the three of them to reach such an extreme level that he would not even be able to have the idea of ​​​​escape.

"breath-breath-"

The sound of deep breathing came from behind Bai Qian.

Wearing a loess mask, Sun Lin's exposed eyes were filled with shock and shock.

She has learned a lot recently. For example, besides Ren Wo Kuang, there are several people in Canghai Pavilion who are actually direct disciples of Lord Han.

For example, Lord Han has rich cards and his social circle is larger than imagined. Even among the Shadow Alliance, there are people who obey his orders unconditionally.

But she still didn't know who the White Crow was who helped the teachers and students of Canghai Pavilion stop the Shadow League from intercepting him on their way back from the Five Academy League.

Now - she knows!
This is the same black abyss as in the intelligence, these eyes that are darker than darkness...

It turns out - there was only one person from beginning to end!

The white crow is Lord Han, and Lord Han is the white crow!
Not only did he contract with the witch and the Great Goose Fairy, but he also contracted with a perverted holy spirit who longed for pain!
In addition to being a "coach", he also hides another line of authority, which is extremely mysterious and extremely terrifying!
This... How did it happen?
Sun Lin's mind was in unprecedented confusion. Hundreds and thousands of thoughts poured out of her head, piled on top of each other.

It is indeed mentioned in the book that there are holders of dual powers in the world, and they are even rarer than those who actively awaken. Is it possible that Lord Han is one of them?

But wasn't his Great Goose Summoned by the Blood Contract Ceremony?

If there are dual powers, there is no principle of active awakening and passive awakening. The two must be synchronized.

In other words, Lord Han not only has dual powers, but also has dual active awakenings, possessing two blood contract marks, plus two normal marks?
Sun Lin, whose mouth was dry, almost forgot what she was here for for a moment.

It was at this time that Lord Ye Han took action.

He inserted the poison-quenched dagger blade into Shadow Dark's abdomen, avoiding the vital point, but just enough for the poison to penetrate into his internal organs and quickly integrate into his blood.

"This is the "Poisonous Heart Powder" prepared by me personally. Every drop is worth tens of thousands of gold. I will not use it on unknown people casually. "

"If there is no antidote, with your physique, your body and soul will wither in three days, and turn into withered bones in seven days. The only way is to die."

With that said, the Darkest Abyss disappeared, and Lord Yehan's eyes returned to clarity.

It was as if he had returned to the human world from hell. There was a fresh breath of life in his body, and he was no longer so cold and ruthless.

And lurking, sneak attacks, poisoning, interception and killing... are just the basic operations of a killer.

Ying An slowly got up from the ground, covered the stab wound on his chest, coughed a few times, and a pale voice sounded again:

"You don't want me to die because you think I'm still valuable..."

"At this time point, Yinghua and I suddenly came to the core station of our Shadow Alliance. Could it be that they wanted to repay the hatred for the interception and killing that day?"

"If it were Bian Haoran or Du Yuanjia who came today, they would naturally want to smash your bones into ashes and cut your corpses into pieces."

Ye Hanjun chuckled, "But I'm different. Except for Yingshan who must die, I can let everyone else go."

Ying An was silent, his dark eyes wandering over the four of them, and finally stopped at Lord Ye Han:
"The price for surviving is...to serve you as my master?"

"Do not."

Ye Hanjun shook his head and pointed at Bai Qian:

"This is the new leader you need to be loyal to."

"she?"

Shadow frowned, his tone revealing confusion.

Swah——

With just a slight dodger, Bai Qian appeared next to Ying An.

The element-absorbing blade in his hand was placed on his neck, ready to cut down at any time.

Glancing at this completely different energy blade from the corner of his eye, Shadow's muscles tightened again, and drops of cold sweat fell down from his forehead.

"This is not the passive power of the "dissector"..."

"You concealed your aura, but you are actually already at the fourth level, the same level as Master Yingliu?"

The overwhelming defeat at the hands of the white crow can be explained by the unknown mystery. Even if Ying An is shocked, he can finally convince himself.

But Yinghua—we have been together for so many years, and we are both young masters in the Shadow League. How can we not know the ins and outs?
"She will be the new leader of the Shadow Alliance."

Ye Hanjun glanced at Ying An, who was full of mixed emotions, and his calm tone was full of determination.

"I see……"

The face hidden under the triangular mask twitched several times. Shadow sighed and asked softly:
"Masters Yingxiu and Yingliu...how do you want to deal with this?"

"Surrender, or perish."

Ye Hanjun used the calmest voice to answer his questions.

When the words fell, he stopped talking.

Including Bai Qian, she put away her element-absorbing blade, passed over Shadow Darkness and Shadow Tiger, and walked straight to the bottom of the passage without even looking back.

"The Shadow Alliance... things are really going to change now..."

Shadow murmured to himself using lip sounds that only he could hear.

Then, he applied ointment to the wound to quickly stop the bleeding, wrapped a bandage around it, and chased after the four of them.

Ahead, a light black waterfall soon appeared.

The rumbling sound of falling water continues, as if it is beating on the heart, making the soul numb.

Passing through the water curtain, a huge underground cave appeared in front of us. More than a hundred masked men in black robes formed a large circle.

They did not summon the contracted spirits, not because the space was not large enough, but because in the extremely solemn atmosphere, an old man with white hair and a middle-aged man with a stern smile took off their masks and The left and the right faced each other.

Next to them, the roaring "Manic Blood Leopard" had a look of madness on his face, and the "Storm Wolf" wrapped in a silver-white hurricane looked fearful.

The "Water Knife Dryad" was rooted in the rock, and its sharp aqua-blue knives grew on the front of the tree vines. They were all erected at this time, and they were aimed neatly at the old man with the gloomiest face. (End of chapter)