CHAPTER 740: 177. DEMON CLAN INVASION

"I wonder what you’re really thinking, we probably understand."

The Second Prince gazed quietly at the Star Lord and said, "I know I cannot persuade someone like you, and I also know you don’t detest us of the Eternal Night Clan, but do you really think that by doing this, the Human Clan will be better off?"

The Star Lord smiled and asked in return, "Do you really think it’s meaningful for the Human Clan to live on like puppets?"

"It’s not our choice to make," the Second Prince slowly said. "If one’s parents were enemies of the world, would one simply choose not to live? We have already been born into this world."

"The cultivators among you struggle for survival, proving their strength, while the others cease reproduction; wouldn’t that be better?" the Star Lord said indifferently.

"Life’s meaning isn’t so simple," the Second Prince shook his head slightly.

"No need for further words."

The Star Lord smiled calmly and said, "If you can kill me, then go ahead; if you can stop me from breaking the array, go ahead and try."

The Crown Prince and the Second Prince remained silent.

People whose fates are difficult to predict are hard to kill. The path and Cultivation Technique the Star Lord had proven were extremely unusual, not to mention he possessed a very strange Divine Artifact.

Neither the Crown Prince nor the Second Prince could do anything to the Star Lord, otherwise, why would they come to talk?

"Star Lord,"

the Second Prince suddenly said, "The Divine Emperor once said you are the reincarnation from the Ancient Human Clan of the Ancient World, you want to go back... right?"

"So?" the Star Lord looked at him. "That chaotic and crazy world, I’m not particularly attached to it, it’s fine even if I can’t return, I’m more interested in saving the Eternal Night Clan."

"If you think that’s saving them, then so be it,"

the Second Prince replied. "But we can make a deal; perhaps it could help you return to your homeland in the future."

"A deal?" the Star Lord looked at him, "Let’s hear it."

"You’re showing goodwill to Lin Yue, you’re gambling, aren’t you?"

the Second Prince said, "Someday, he might enter the Ancient World, and by then, you’ll naturally ask for his help with something, right?"

"That’s true," the Star Lord spoke calmly, "but just for that, I wouldn’t help Great Yong."

"Just two simple requests that you can definitely fulfill,"

the Second Prince said, "I know you possess the Void Divine Heart and can refine the Breaking Boundary Stone. Give me one, and then leave a Void Worm Hole in the Great Yong Divine Formation, and that’s all."

The Star Lord pondered for a long while before saying, "Where does the other end of the Void Worm Hole lead?"

"Just outside the Great Yong Divine Formation," the Second Prince replied. "These two requests... you should understand that this is also helping you."

"Alright then."

The Star Lord suddenly smiled, "After all, it’s not really helping you, I want to see how much longer Great Yong can struggle."

He raised a finger lightly, "Let it fracture."

In an instant, across the Eighteen States of Great Yong, excluding Jingzhou, something deep in the earth seemed to break, and the very essence of Great Yong began to shake violently at that moment.

Then, the clear sky suddenly shattered, and the distant borders began to change.

The brilliance of the sun rapidly faded, and endless night began to encroach from beyond the borders at an astonishing pace.

Wherever it passed, it became night.

Upon this land cherished by the sun and moon, the Eternal Night that had been absent for a thousand years had finally descended once more.

The Essence Qi of the world also began to undergo a peculiar transformation.

For most inhabitants of Great Yong, the sun and moon were not unusual, the Eternal Night had long become mere legend; but now they had returned to the dark ages they had endured for tens of thousands of years.

"Finally..."

The Star Lord sighed, "How could those who have never experienced prolonged darkness understand the importance of light?"

The Crown Prince looked at him expressionlessly.

The Second Prince, although still calm, had an indelible sorrow deep in his eyes.

"Second Prince,"

the Star Lord chuckled, "With the Divine Formation shattered, you need not constantly fend off the Eternal Night, now you can relax quite a bit, right? However, the sun and moon are indeed desirable; now only Jingzhou still has them, and if someday I miss them, I might go to Jingzhou for a visit."

As he spoke, he smiled and glanced at the Crown Prince, "But... the Crown Prince probably won’t welcome me, will he?"

The Crown Prince, however, suddenly said indifferently, "You are mistaken."

...

Endless Eternal Night.

On the plain thousands of miles beyond the Great Yong Divine Formation, tens of millions of Demon Clan armies stood in readiness, gazing toward the massive and luminous Great Yong Divine Formation.

Suddenly—

The huge orb-like Divine Formation abruptly shattered, quickly dimmed, and was instantly swallowed by the endless Eternal Night, like the proud sun on a painting smeared with ink.

At that moment, the Essence Qi of the world surged like a tide.

"It’s broken... it’s really broken!"

"The Great Yong Divine Formation has truly shattered?"

"Haha, is the Blessed Land at the heart of the world, Great Yong, finally going to be ours, the Demon Clan?"

"I heard that Jingzhou, with the help of the Divine Formation, drew away the Essence Qi of the other eighteen states’ lands, thus nurturing so many Human Clan cultivators, but now... haha..."

"Quiet down, obey the Demon Ancestor’s orders."

"I do miss the taste of the Human Clan’s Essence Qi... those sinful humans, we can devour their Essence Qi, right?"

"I haven’t tasted it yet, be attentive, the Demon Ancestor said to prohibit wanton killing."

"It’s just devouring some Essence Qi, not necessarily killing."

"I heard that birthing half-demons with the Human Clan makes demon transformation easier, and there seem to be rewards? We should capture more Human Clan cultivators."

Millions in the Demon Clan army began to get excited and looked forward to plunging into the darkness of the Great Yong Kingdom boundaries.

In the high skies.

"The Star Lord has made his move."

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor looked toward Great Yong and said solemnly, "March immediately, we only need to protect our army, and make sure not to be ambushed by the Human Clan’s sixty million soldiers; once Jingzhou is locked down, we can disperse our forces to control the population of the Great Yong Human Clan."