The violent rolling of the enormous crocodile set the earth quaking incessantly.
"Dammit, dammit!"
At first, the Eerie King could still free up a hand to stab the giant crocodile with his spear, but he soon lost the ability to resist, and the crimson barrier about him broke apart.
Heyhey, who had lost his head, showed no signs of stopping, continuing to spin madly.
After an unknown amount of time.
"Heyhey, Heyhey."
Hearing the familiar voice, the ferocity faded from Heyhey's eyes, replaced by clarity. It released the Eerie King, who now resembled a tattered rag, from its mouth, looked around, and after spotting Chen Fan, scuttled up to him. It buried its snout in the ground, gently rubbing against Chen Fan's calf.
It made an aggrieved whimper.
The area where it had rolled was left in complete disarray, a ravaged battlefield.
...
"..."
With a complex expression, Chen Fan softly stroked the fist-sized bloody holes in Heyhey's head, from which thick blood was oozing. "Let's go back to the cave. I'll use the Altar to heal you."
The Eerie King was dead.
They had won this battle.
It was a hard-fought victory. The Eerie King was stronger than anticipated, but they had won nevertheless.
He looked up at the darkness above the abyss pit.
In the sky,
The impenetrable night sky broke like smashed glass, revealing a dark purple gap. Along the periphery of the gap, sickly green and dark red auroras cascaded like waterfalls.
The moment the Eerie King met his demise, this scene appeared in the Perpetual Night.
He thought this must be the celestial phenomenon marking the fall of the Eerie King.
After the Eerie King's death, Eerie blood had flooded from his body, which had pooled from the entire Eerie Tide, and the Eerie Blood Pattern had been drinking it bit by bit.
That night, the Eerie Blood Pattern had soaked up the blood of tens of thousands of Eerie Creatures, making their Level 3 city wall exceptionally sturdy. After tonight, the wall would become even stronger.
However, after the Flesh Worm Ghost Eerie Tide perished, no corpses had been left behind, only skins like popped balloons. Those did not count as Eerie corpses.
"After tonight, the rainy season will end."
Chen Fan looked at everyone present and smiled. "Everyone, we have succeeded. We have made it through the rainy season. Next, let's clean up the battlefield and repair the camp."
The canyon and abyss pit were piled high with Eerie Stones, a result of the 'In One' fusion.
There were also several glowing Extraordinary Treasures.
And the three most dazzling...
The three dropped by the Eerie King.
"Yes!"
Crippled Monkey inhaled deeply, with the God-Slaying Spear in hand, and strode into the battlefield with the others. As if venting, he stabbed the spear into the Eerie King's ragged corpse. But the next moment, the God-Slaying Spear showed countless cracks all over it out of the blue.
Emerald green light burst from the cracks.
The outer layer fell off.
The God-Slaying Spear revealed its true form—a gleaming emerald green spear giving off a vicious air.
"Young Master... this..."
With a frown, Chen Fan took the God-Slaying Spear and examined its updated panel. After a pause, he chuckled softly. "So that's how it is."
Extraordinary Treasure Name: God-Slaying Spear.
Extraordinary Treasure Grade: Yellow.
Extraordinary Treasure Effect: A growth-type weapon capable of dealing significant damage to Eerie Creatures. It can change size at will. Martial arts and Eerie skills released with this weapon gain a tenfold increase in power.
PS: It was previously tarnished by the heart's blood of a high-level Eerie Creature, but the tarnish has now been removed.
This God-Slaying Spear was the Eerie King's weapon, given to Qiu Kui for safekeeping. But it was unclear why Qiu Kui had given it to the Monkey Head Ghost leader under her command, who then dropped it. He had thought that if Qiu Kui had been waiting for the Eerie King, why had she repeatedly attacked his camp? It must have been to reclaim this spear.
Fortunately, the spear had fallen into his hands. Otherwise, with this weapon and the In-One fusion, even Heyhey would not have been able to stop the Eerie King.
This was his first time taking on an Eerie King.
The battle was perilous.
But—
The loot was handsome.
After scanning the surroundings, he waved his hand with a smile. "Everyone, let's get to work!"
...
This was a sleepless night for many people.
"..."
In the Rivernorth Chen Clan, Chen Quan's mother sat by the window, gazing at the celestial phenomenon in the jet-black night sky, her face gloomy, silent for a long time. The events of the night were too absurd to the point of leaving her unsure how to proceed with her plan.
The Blood Sacrifice Formation was complete, and the Eerie King came out into the world.
The celestial phenomenon manifested, and the Eerie King fell.
In all of Rivernorth, which force could have managed to knock off an Eerie King? She could not think of a single one. Could it be... the "Rivernorth Chamber of Commerce"?
No, the Rivernorth Chamber of Commerce did not have that capability.
And where the Eerie King had died lay in the direction of Nameless Mountain. Could it be the contingency measure left by 'that person' at Nameless Mountain?
Her master had not told her about such a dangerous contingency measure.
Or could it be...
She looked down at the Eerie-hide map, where the 21 Eerie Fires at Nameless Mountain had not been extinguished. Shortly after the Eerie King's ascension, those 20 Eerie Fires simultaneously lit, as on the night the Flesh Worm Ghost Eerie Tide attacked Nameless Mountain.
Could it be...
She remained silent for a long time, a thought she could hardly believe surfacing in her mind.
...
"Rivernorth Old Demon."
In Riversouth Water City, Gongyang Gao's daughter paced up to the window, leaned against the blue-robed man, and gazed at the dazzling auroras in the distant sky, somewhat dazed. "Such beautiful auroras. How could you watch them in stealth?"
"Those are not auroras."
"What are they, then?"
"The celestial phenomenon after the fall of an Eerie King."
"Eh?" The young girl looked up at Rivernorth Old Demon in surprise. "The Eerie King is dead? It seems he wasn't all that powerful, doesn't it?"
"No..."
The blue-robed man was silent for a long time before rasping, "This only means that a force in Rivernorth has advanced by leaps and bounds during the rainy season, growing to the point where it can do away with an Eerie King."
"Then are we still going to Rivernorth?"
"Yes, we're going to visit this force and see if it has any connection with the person I want to kill, and then make a decision."
"As you say. Anyway, with the Gongyang Clan holding the Death Banner to protect you, that force won't dare to touch you."
"..."
The blue-dressed man glanced down at the woman leaning in his embrace. A force capable of taking out an Eerie King might not fear the Gongyangs. Only those who understood the strength of an Eerie King could realize how formidable a force capable of killing one was.