Silence. Deathly silence. Not a single sound could be heard in this black land of nothingness.
Along the way, Mei Xue saw all sorts of things from the Green Hill Foxes.
Young fox daemons, shards of houses, towering trees that had collapsed on the ground. Be it living or dead, everything that had been swept into this world of nothingness had fallen into a state of complete stillness.
Mei Xue reached out to touch the unconscious fox daemons. He could still feel the warmth that signified that it was alive, but the fox daemons were so still that no matter what Mei Xue did, he could not change that state of absolute stillness.
It would have been fine if such a state had only appeared on one person, but the Jiu Ying's land of nothingness had swept in countless shards and living beings from the Green Hill Foxes. Just thinking about how much power was required for that to happen, Mei Xue felt immeasurably wary of this ancient creature that possessed the power of the Nine Gloom Seed.
It was a power so powerful that even the power of the mountains of the Green Hill Foxes was no match for it, according to his current understanding.
In the Seas and Mountains, Mei Xue had only felt a similar power from the Mercury Heavenly Spider that suppressed earth, water, fire, and wind, and reopened a world.
In other words, this mysterious Nine Gloom Seed already had the means to fight against the 'world'. Even though Mei Xue had seen the descent of a Heaven's Retribution that could tear the world apart, Mei Xue's intuition told him that even such a Heaven's Retribution would not be able to destroy the power of this Nine Gloom Seed.
This was a power that truly stood at the pinnacle of the Seas and Mountains. One more step would be the scene that Mei Xue had witnessed — the moment when the Wings of Mercury was born. In other words, this ancient creature known as the Nine Gloom Seed had touched upon the ultimate secret of the world.
However, it should not have reached the final step. Mei Xue looked at the land of nothingness. Compared to the Mercury Heavenly Spider, this world was still lacking too much.
This deathly nothingness was too monotonous and rigid to form a true world. To complete the outline of a new world, more things needed to be filled in.
Earth, water, fire, wind, sunlight, and true life. Just like the last step the Mercury Heavenly Spider took, the world needed more elements to complete.
"World Destruction" and "World Creation" were not opposites. Instead, they were two sides of the same coin. This unknown Netherworld Seed had reached the level of "World Destruction", but it was still a long way from "World Creation".
Even so, Mei Xue realized that this was not an opponent she could defeat in a direct confrontation.
Even though he possessed the ability to transcend everything, he lacked too much time compared to this ancient monster that had broken out of its seal.
This mysterious Netherworld Seed could already touch the limits of the world, and his path towards the Great Dao had just begun.
"Looks like we're in trouble."
After walking for an unknown period of time, Mei Xue stopped silently. She looked at the surroundings that were illuminated by her Sun Fire with an incomparably serious expression.
There were things gathering in the darkness. Not one, not two, but many.
They hid at the edge of the darkness and did not approach the area illuminated by the Sun Fire. However, they did not leave either. Instead, they gathered more and more companions, peeking at Mei Xue from the darkness.
In this dark void, Mei Xue, who had a small sun floating above his head, was too eye-catching and special.
He was like the only light in this world. While illuminating his surroundings, he also attracted the unknown creatures that resided in this world.
"Come, let me see what you are."
Mei Xue raised his right hand. The small sun that was originally floating above his head fell into Mei Xue's palm. Then, it suddenly blossomed with an even more dazzling and brilliant light.
In an instant, the area within a radius of a thousand meters was illuminated, and the things that were hiding in the darkness were also illuminated.
It was a bit of a stretch to call them "humans", but these black shadows did indeed have human-like silhouettes.
However, they did not have facial features. Their entire bodies appeared to be translucent. Inside their bodies, one could clearly see the red and black runes that Mei Xue seemed to have seen before.
The first impression they gave people was that they were puppets that had failed in their creation. Their featureless faces gave people a chilling and terrifying feeling. Their slender hands and feet, coupled with their bodies covered in runes, made people's hair stand on end.
After being shone upon by Mei Xue's sunlight, the group of black puppets suddenly fell into a state of madness. At the same time, their bodies began to melt at a speed visible to the naked eye. At the same time, they launched suicidal attacks at Mei Xue.
They were enemies!
After confirming the origins of this group of black puppets, Mei Xue did not hesitate to raise his right fist and then pressed it down with all his strength.
The power that she had felt in the Blue Dragon Graveyard was reproduced in a different way. However, this time, she did not use the power of heaven and earth. Instead, she used the Great Sun Golden Crow's Fire that was burning within Mei Xue's body.
A circle of golden flames spread from beneath Mei Xue's body, and then abruptly exploded along the path of the Fire of the Sun.
Sandstorm!
Against these strange black shadows, Mei Xue's first move was a killing move.
"Boom!"
Amidst the golden flames that filled the sky, these black puppets that were already in so much pain from the Fire of the Sun were ignited one by one. They exploded into countless black particles that scattered in the air.
With just one attack, Mei Xue had burned all the black puppets that surrounded her into ashes. Reality proved that against these things that were born from the darkness, the Fire of the Sun, which represented the hottest flame in the world, was the greatest nemesis.
Stepping on the charred remains of these black puppets, Mei Xue felt a trace of power that belonged to the mysterious Netherworld Seed.
"Dong!"
A loud heartbeat rang out at the edge of the void. Then, all the hair on Mei Xue's body stood on end, and the four golden tails behind her trembled at the same time.
Oh no, there's trouble!
"Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Whoosh! "As if a switch had been pressed, countless black puppets instantly stood up in the darkness.
One hundred, one thousand, three thousand. Within the range of Mei Xue's senses, this number was increasing without limit.
Perhaps her Fire of the Sun could burn hundreds or thousands of these black puppets to death, but this was the opponent's home ground. As for how many of these things would appear from the darkness, Mei Xue did not even want to guess.
Run!
Faced with this absolutely impossible opponent, Mei Xue made the most correct choice.
The circle of flames rapidly shrank as Mei Xue poured all her power into the floating miniature sun. Then, she turned into a shooting star that pierced through the darkness and shot towards the east.
That was the settlement of the demon foxes of Qingqiu Mountain, and Mei Xue's only chance of survival.