After the initial shock, Elder Black Fox's strong willpower that came with ten thousand years of cultivation naturally showed itself.
Even if he was facing the most dazzling genius of this era, the new king of the Battle of Four Beasts, he, the third elder of the Demon Fox Clan, still dared to fight.
Because this was Qingqiu Mountain.
As for him, he represented the Fox Demon Clan.
This battle was a battle of honor for him as Elder Black Fox, so there was no way out.
"Let's begin."
There were no more words. At the level of Divine Intent Tier like Mei Xue and Elder Black Fox, they could cause the Qi of heaven and earth to riot with just a wave of their hands.
Once both sides decided to fight, it was bound to cause the weather to change.
"Then, let's do it at the peak of Qingqiu Mountain."
Mei Xue had no intention of destroying the gathering place of the Demon Fox Clan in Qingqiu Mountain. This was a personal grudge between her and Elder Black Fox.
"Alright."
Although Elder Black Fox could use the power of the earth veins under the Black Tower to fight, Qingqiu Xuanming would not choose to fight here either.
He was the guardian of the Qingqiu Clan, so he would not allow anything to happen here.
Two figures flew out of the Black Tower at the same time. Mei Xue walked on clouds, while Qingqiu Xuanming transformed into a black water dragon that shuttled through the mountains.
The highest peak in the center of Qingqiu Mountain was once broken out of the seal by the Nine-Headed Snakelet and then restored by the power of the Heart of Qingqiu Mountain. The two landed at the same time.
"Ta!"
Mei Xue stepped on the peak where she once sparred with Xuanyuan Jianying. The familiar hardness and the familiar aura of clouds and mist.
The rocks were still engraved with the sword marks left by the two of them, as if everything had happened yesterday.
"Drip!"
The black water fell on the ground, leaving traces of erosion as if thousands of years of water had flowed. This was the power of Qingqiu Xuanming's magical ability.
The battle broke out the moment the two set foot on the peak of Qingqiu Mountain.
Countless black water droplets floated on the peak of Qingqiu Mountain and instantly covered heaven and earth, casting everything in the surroundings into darkness.
It was the terrifying magical ability that Qingqiu Xuanming had used to force Mei Xue into a dead end — Xuan Ming Prison.
The first time she fell into this bottomless darkness, Mei Xue lost all sense of the world.
There was only darkness in front of him. The sky, the earth, and the ocean had all disappeared from this world.
In the boundless darkness, it was impossible to sense the flow of time. Even when he used the Cloud Fog Technique that he had mastered at that time, he discovered that there was no familiar Spiritual Qi in the surroundings, only lifeless darkness.
That feeling was like the helplessness in the deepest part of a nightmare. The cold world that could annihilate everything was corroding Mei Xue's body. She couldn't resist, she couldn't struggle, and she couldn't even speak.
After that, the thing he wanted to protect and protect was taken away. For the first time, he realized how powerless and weak he was.
"Look at you. Right now, you are as weak as an ant in my eyes. Killing you is no easier than killing an ant."
"I don't know how you and Princess Qing Qiu met, but I won't allow you to take another step closer to Princess Qing Qiu, nor will I allow you to meet Qing Qiu again."
"Otherwise, I can only kill you."
"Brat, do you understand now?"
That day, Mei Xue realized for the first time that if he wanted to travel through the mountains and seas, fulfill the Aurogon's wish, and protect what he wanted to protect, he couldn't just rely on willpower and ideals.
He needed strength. Strength that was strong enough.
Just like the boundless darkness in front of him, this domain formed by the fusion of thousands of Mystic Water and Netherworld Qi was an insurmountable obstacle to Mei Xue back then.
He had nothing to say to Elder Black Fox's mockery of him back then, because it was the truth.
No matter how strong one's willpower was, how beautiful one's wish was, and how gentle one's protection was, it wouldn't be enough without power.
At this moment, facing this insurmountable darkness again, Mei Xue could finally give an answer, an answer that he couldn't say or do back then.
"There is a very, very big obstacle in front of me."
Mei Xue reached out his hand, just like how he had helplessly controlled his fog back then, trying to find a path.
However, back then, he couldn't see such a path. He could only see this absolutely insurmountable darkness.
This wasn't just the darkness of the soul. This darkness contained a power that could erode everything and change the color of heaven and earth.
What he had seen that day was only the tip of the iceberg of the true power of the Xuan Ming Prison. He probably hadn't even used one-thousandth of its power, but it had already taken away all of Mei Xue's hopes.
The current Xuan Ming Prison was the true form of Elder Black Fox's Divine Power. It was a Lesser Chiliocosm created by a powerful Demon Fox that had cultivated for 10,000 years.
Just by standing there, Mei Xue could feel the vitality around him being constantly snatched and sucked away. The cold aura eroded his skin and soul.
This was the true Xuan Ming Prison, a great Divine Power formed by the fusion of thousands of Mystic Water. Its power had reached its peak, and it had the potential to advance to the supreme Divine Power domain.
The power of Elder Black Fox of the Demon Fox Clan wasn't just for show. Otherwise, the Sect Masters of Blue Dragon College and the Netherworld Immortal Dao wouldn't have been so respectful of Qingqiu Xuanming.
The mental stability brought about by 10,000 years of cultivation allowed Elder Black Fox to possess a spirit cultivation base that human Divine Will Immortal Warlocks couldn't have. After experiencing the death tribulation, they transformed into Black Fox bodies, and the potential of the Demon Fox bloodline was unleashed to its peak.
In addition to the illusory Golden Fur Jade Face Nine-Tailed Fox bloodline, Elder Black Fox represented the perfect realm of the Demon Fox Clan. He was a famous genius among the Demon Clan.
It was only natural that Mei Xue was defeated by Elder Black Fox back then. They weren't on the same level at all.
"This darkness is very, very strong."
Slowly recalling the despair and grief of that day, Mei Xue could feel that the demon that had existed in his heart for a long time was slowly awakening.
That humiliation, that injustice, had changed his fate, and it had changed many, many things.
Now, everything seemed to have returned to square one, back to that day.
Raindrops fell from the sky.
These black raindrops were the beginning of Qingqiu Xuanming's attack.
However, he had never expected that such raindrops would allow Mei Xue to naturally enter the state of that day.
The ancient Tiantai slate once again appeared behind Mei Xue, and the originally blurry parts on it were quickly restored and filled up.
He had walked through Qingqiu Mountain, walked through the Four Symbols Archipelago, witnessed the wonders of the Sky Fox Mystic Realm, peeped into the deepest secrets of the Four Symbols Mystic Realm, and met the origin of the Myriad Seas Mountain Range's Four Sacred Beasts, the Central Sacred Beast Kirin …
Everything that Mei Xue had experienced was faithfully reflected in this broken Tiantai slate. The originally incomplete Tiantai slate, which had been divided by the various Immortal Sects of the Myriad Seas Mountain Range and could never be restored, was now being reborn.
On that rainy night, this slate had helped Mei Xue see his possible future. With the help of the slate's memories, he had recreated the glory of the Supreme Heaven Sword's One Sword Ling Chen.
Amidst the sound of the rain, Mei Xue used the power of his bloodline and the miracle of his life to feed back the ancient slate that had helped him.
Golden veined patterns appeared on this magical slate and the outline of the Four Symbols Heavenly Wheel appeared naturally in the center of the slate. It began to operate and deduce.
This slate had once helped Mei Xue create a miracle.
Today, Mei Xue was helping this stone tablet complete a miracle.
"Something's not right!"
Qingqiu Xuanming immediately discovered that something was wrong with Mei Xue's state. Mei Xue clearly hadn't shown any signs of making a move, but his aura had been constantly rising ever since he had used that strange slate.
It was obvious what would happen if this continued. Thus, Qingqiu Xuanming had taken the initiative to make a move.
First, the rain in the sky had changed. The raindrops, which had originally been the size of a finger, had started to grow thicker, larger, sharper, and eventually transformed into the shape of various sharp blades.
Black Water Swords, Black Water Spears, Black Water Axes, Black Water Halberds … Sharp blades formed by black water fell from the sky and locked onto Mei Xue's position.
Mei Xue, who was still immersed in the strange deduction of the Tiantai slate, gently tapped with his finger and opened a certain door.
Roar!
A massive creature rushed out of the door behind Mei Xue and roared at the various black weapons in the sky, forcing the hundreds of black water weapons to turn back into water droplets.
The Blue Sea Dragon, the overlord of the world that Mei Xue had subdued from the Desolate World, had officially appeared in the Sea Mountain Range for the first time.
As an overlord of a world and an ancient exotic beast chosen by Mei Xue who had the body of the Nine Nether, even without the support of the Nine Nether's soul, the Blue Sea Dragon's growth rate was still unbelievable.
This roar had forcibly dispersed the Divine Will Black Fox Elder's mystic ability. This was the best proof of this.
In addition, the newborn calf was not afraid of tigers. This was the first time it had been summoned by Mei Xue to fight, so it had immediately entered a berserk state of excitement.
Upon seeing the black water weapons condense in the sky again, the Blue Sea Dragon's tail, which took up one-third of its body, suddenly slapped. Layers of electric rings lit up on its body, and its entire body appeared translucent.
A second later, its massive body soared into the sky. The Black Fox Elder, Qingqiu Xuanming, looked on in horror as it tried to smash the black water cloud, as if it wanted to crush everything.
"Ah!"
When Mei Xue came back to her senses, she realized that her mount had already charged out of the protective area of the Sea Mountain Range.
The Blue Sea Dragon used the electric rings to accelerate its massive body forward at ten times the speed of sound. It charged and soared, reaching a very high place in a few breaths. It was still charging towards a higher place.
Then, there was nothing else.
The Blue Sea Dragon clearly did not know this rule. It was not allowed to enter the sky above the Sea Mountain Range …