My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 1099: Stealing Darkness to Seek a Chance for Survival

"The more frequently one begs for the power of darkness, the more gaps it creates. The likelihood of darkness invading becomes greater."

Li Fan calmly analyzed the characteristics of the power of darkness.

One could imagine that if the mysterious force fixing the ocean of darkness did not exist, the Xuanhuang Realm would long ago have been eroded into a thousand holes by this dark tide.

"The existence of the Immortal Ruins created the ocean of darkness. Then what is it that, without anyone noticing, silently dissipates this crisis?"

Thinking further of Mo Rubin's desperate attempt to enter the Dark Realm, Li Fan was almost certain that something related to the Xuantian King existed there.

Or perhaps his residual power.

Or even...

Himself.

From the You Clan, he selected three young juniors and had them separately teach the rituals for communicating with the power of darkness.

Li Fan then took the You Clan leader and a dozen or so sturdy clansmen out of the Spiritwood Realm.

The existence of the dark tide would lead to invasions by the power of darkness. Naturally, Li Fan would not hold the ritual in his own home.

Fortunately, he knew of many unclaimed small worlds.

Half a day later, Li Fan selected a suitable one and sneaked inside.

This small world had no surface.

Only endless underground caverns. The only sources of light were the occasional glowing moss on the cavern walls.

It was quite suitable for the You Clan to live in.

Under Fang Zaiji's urging, the You Clan leader began the ritual to open the passage to the Dark Realm.

Afterward, Li Fan ordered him to lead the way.

Li Fan himself, along with Tianyang, Master Qiaogong, Liu Ruchen, and Fang Zaiji; the five of them held hands tightly and followed closely behind.

They entered the boundless dark world once more.

Li Fan had already adapted somewhat.

The Master Qiaogong and the others, however, clearly showed tension and fear emanating from their bodies.

Even though they had heard about it beforehand and made sufficient mental preparations.

Being truly immersed in it still made it hard to shake off these emotions.

The group, linked as one, communicated via divine sense.

"Can you sense the presence of the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance people here?"

Li Fan asked the You Clan leader.

He gave a negative reply.

"The power of darkness is too profound. Even we, the long-time inhabitants, find it hard to see things around us. Moreover, I have not been home for a long time. Please allow me some time to adapt, lord emmisary..."

Hearing this, Li Fan immediately stared at him warily.

Fortunately, it was just him overthinking.

After a while, the You Clan leader finally roughly determined the direction.

"Follow me. Not far ahead is where our residence used to be. If the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance has set up camp here, they would surely choose that place."

In the darkness, they advanced for an unknown amount of time.

The You Clan leader suddenly stopped.

"As expected, there are people, and quite a few. The sea of darkness has been affected, sending out chaotic fluctuations." He explained to Li Fan and the others, his tone filled with hatred.

Only then did Li Fan notice.

The inexplicable pulsation he had sensed from Mo Rubin's corpse last time seemed to have vanished.

And in the darkness above, positions could not be discerned at all.

"It seems we can only search for clues from the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance's camp."

Li Fan thought to himself.

"Can you figure out how many people are inside?"

The You Clan leader sensed for a moment.

"Probably around five. As for strength, similar to this one..."

He was referring to Liu Ruchen among the group.

"You can actually discern our strength?" Fang Zaiji asked curiously.

"Outside, naturally not. But in this sea of darkness, for us You Clan people, it is a simple matter." The You Clan leader said with some pride.

"It's like objects of different weights causing different changes when placed in water. He must have discerned it through that." Master Qiaogong gazed into the endless darkness around them and explained.

Fang Zaiji then understood.

"Can you see what the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance people are doing here?" Li Fan asked with a frown.

"We need to get a bit closer."

After pondering for a moment, Li Fan agreed to his request: "Do not force it. Now is not the time to clash directly with the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance."

Having fought the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance before, the You Clan leader naturally understood the terror of their strength.

Indicating understanding, he then slowly approached step by step toward the front.

“This is...”

“How dare they!”

The You Clan leader's emotions suddenly fluctuated greatly.

Fortunately, they were in the Dark Sea, so they were not discovered by the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance members.

The You Clan leader shared the scene he sensed.

Several white shadows formed a circle.

In their center seemed to exist a small vortex formed by shadowy power.

This vortex was very small, just a bit less than the size of a palm.

Its appearance was also quite strange, with the vortex center pointing upward, opposite to the usual ones seen in everyday life.

But the several Dao Integration cultivators from the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance guarding it seemed extremely tense.

“What is this?” Fang Zaiji asked with some doubt.

“They are stealing the great power of darkness!” the You Clan leader said through gritted teeth.

Li Fan and the others were all startled upon hearing this.

“Even with the restrictions from the Dark Sea's own power, it can't stop these shameful thieves!” The You Clan leader wished he could rush over immediately to stop the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance's actions.

Fortunately, he still had some reason and only said it verbally, without actually acting on it.

“What do you all think?”

Looking at the scene in his mind, Li Fan asked the group.

“Darkness power deviates from the Immortal Ruins. Clearly, the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance is not satisfied with just the small amounts infiltrating outward during the tides; they want to extract dark power on a large scale.”

“It seems they ultimately couldn't resist the temptation to escape the Immortal Ruins.”

Liu Ruchen, who received the shared intelligence from Li Fan, couldn't help but sigh softly.

“I just don't know what method they used to create this vortex. It can't be that they specifically used a small realm to attract darkness power, right...” Fang Zaiji said casually.

As soon as he finished speaking, he himself was stunned.

“It's not impossible. It's just a small realm with no special value. If it can draw in such massive darkness power, even destroying it would be worth it,” the Master Qiaogong said confidently.

“Superior Emmisary, perhaps we can imitate the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance.” He even suggested that Li Fan do the same.

“I have a premonition that combining this darkness power with source power essence and applying it to immortal puppets might take it further, creating true True Immortal Puppets.” The Master Qiaogong's tone carried a hint of fanaticism.

Although Li Fan had similar thoughts, he did not immediately agree.

Instead, he asked the You Clan leader if he could sense any remnants of cultivators' corpses that had fallen nearby.

“Huh? If lord emmisary hadn't mentioned it, I almost wouldn't have noticed.”

“But this doesn't seem like a corpse.”

“It seems more like an empty shell.”