Transmigrating Into a Fantasy World: Signing in During Pregnancy, Reaching the Summit with My Childhood Sweetheart

233: Chapter 233: The Dark Fiend Presses In, Green Wood Weeps BloodThe Chaos and fury of Earth Fire Fortress were left far behind. Relying on the cover of night and the confusion, along with their superb stealth techniques and speed, Nangong Xuan and Su Muxue quickly escaped the fortress’s territory and raced towards Qinglin Forest.

”Earth Fire Fortress and Black Fiend Forest have turned against each other. They shouldn’t have the strength to collude and invade the Green Wood Clan again in the short term. Our objective has been achieved,” Su Muxue’s clear, cold voice sounded in the night wind.

Nangong Xuan, however, slightly frowned. ”It went too smoothly. Black Fiend Forest’s reaction was strangely intense, as if... they were desperately afraid we would reach a deeper cooperation with Earth Fire Fortress. They seem to have another scheme, even willing to expose their forces that have been lying dormant in Earth Fire Fortress for years.”

The chaos star core on his shoulder trembled faintly, conveying a vague sense of unease. Lin Mo’s slumbering consciousness also seemed to sense something.

At that very moment, a jade-green leaf-shaped Talisman in Nangong Xuan’s embrace—an emergency communication Talisman gifted by Elder Qing Lin before their departure—suddenly and without warning became scalding hot, then exploded with a *bang*, transforming into a stream of extremely anxious thought that instantly flooded Nangong Xuan’s Sea of Consciousness:

”Enemy attack! Black Fiend Forest has committed its main force, launching a fierce assault on the tree of life! The Formation is in danger! Return immediately!!!”

The message was extremely brief, yet filled with despair and urgency! Clearly, the situation was already extremely critical when the message was sent!

The complexions of both Nangong Xuan and Su Muxue changed dramatically!

”Luring the tiger away from the mountain!” The two instantly understood Black Fiend Forest’s true intention! Creating trouble at Earth Fire Fortress, even sacrificing their sleeper agents, was fundamentally to lure the two of them out of Qinglin Forest, or at least delay them! Meanwhile, Black Fiend Forest’s main force seized the chance to directly assault the Green Wood Clan’s Core—the tree of life!

”Quick!” Nangong Xuan shouted in a low voice, no longer caring about concealing his aura. The Four-Key Cycle within him roared to full activation, his spiritual power erupting without reserve, his speed instantly skyrocketing to its limit as he transformed into a streak of light tearing through the night sky! Su Muxue’s body blazed with moonlight, Taiyin Star Power enveloping her form as she kept pace without falling behind!

Both their hearts were heavy. Although the Green Wood Clan had no shortage of experts, Grand Elder Qing Lin was only at the Nascent Soul Late Stage. Facing the prepared main force of Black Fiend Forest, which might even have dispatched a Soul Transformation Stage Venerable Lord, plus that bizarre ”Void Demon Summoning Array”... the consequences were unthinkable!

When they desperately rushed back to the edge of Qinglin Forest, the scene before them made even these two, accustomed to storms, gasp in shock!

The once peaceful, tranquil, and vibrant forest border was now a scorched wasteland! Towering ancient trees were severed at their waists, their charred trunks stained with disgusting Evil Qi slime. The ground was pitted and cracked, covered in fissures. The once verdant moss and flowers had long withered and blackened, emitting an aura of death. The air was thick with an overwhelming stench of blood and Evil Qi, and occasionally, the roar of Spells and shrill screams could be heard in the distance!

The battle had clearly been ongoing for some time and was exceptionally brutal!

”Charge straight through from the front!” Nangong Xuan didn’t hesitate. The Nirvana Ancient Sword was already in his hand, its blade humming, radiating a deathly stillness that yearned for annihilation. Su Muxue nodded silently, an Illusory Shadow of a moon wheel materializing behind her, its clear, cold radiance dispersing the surrounding filthy Evil Qi.

Like two sharp swords, the two of them crashed headlong into the fray!

Along the way, they encountered many scattered Black Fiend Forest Cultivators mopping up the resisting Green Wood Clan warriors. Nangong Xuan’s sword remained sheathed until it struck, each flash a grey, desolate Nirvana Sword light. Whether it was Evil Qi, Magical Artifacts, or Physical Bodies, anything it touched disintegrated into dust! Su Muxue moved like a Fairy beneath the moon. Wherever she passed, Taiyin Ice Radiance swept forth, freezing and purifying swathes of Evil Cultivators along with the wicked arts they were casting!

Their arrival instantly tore two openings in the chaotic battlefield, greatly alleviating the pressure on the local Green Wood Clan warriors.

”Young Master Nangong! Miss Su!” A Green Wood Clan Elder, bathed in blood with a broken arm, saw the two and nearly wept with joy. ”You’ve finally returned! Hurry! Go to the tree of life! Grand Elder and the others... they can’t hold on much longer! The Black Fiend Venerable Lord... the Black Fiend Venerable Lord has come personally!”

Indeed! A Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator had taken to the field personally!

Nangong Xuan’s heart tightened. Exchanging a glance with Su Muxue, their speed surged once more as they charged desperately towards the forest center!

The deeper they went, the more brutal the signs of battle became, and the resistance they encountered grew weaker. Clearly, the Green Wood Clan’s defensive lines were continuously contracting and retreating. However, the concentration of Evil Qi grew higher and higher, even forming a black fog that obscured vision, within which countless ferocious demonic shadows condensed from Evil Qi roamed.

Finally, they rushed to the edge of the Sacred Valley where the tree of life resided!

The scene before their eyes could be called apocalyptic!

The massive protective light shield of the Sacred Valley was already shattered and crumbling, on the verge of collapse. Outside the shield was a dense, thousands-strong Formation of Black Fiend Forest Cultivators, continuously bombarding the shield. At the center of the battle Formation stood a tall figure clad in black bone armor, his face obscured by churning Evil Qi, his features indiscernible except for a pair of cold, merciless crimson pupils! The pressure emanating from his body was as unfathomable as an abyss, causing the surrounding space to constantly distort and collapse!

This was none other than the master of Black Fiend Forest—the Black Fiend Venerable Lord! A Soul Transformation Stage mighty expert!

He had not personally attacked, merely watching his subordinates’ assault with indifference. Clearly, in his eyes, breaching the shield and capturing the tree of life was only a matter of time.

Inside the shield, the situation was perilous. Elder Qing Lin, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, held an Ancient Vine Staff, leading Teng Shan and other Green Wood Clan elites in a desperate struggle to maintain the final shield. But everyone’s faces were pale, their spiritual power nearly exhausted. The shield was riddled with cracks, on the verge of complete shattering at any moment.

Zi Linger was also there. Standing beneath the tree of life, her hands pressed tightly against the trunk, emerald-green light continuously surged from her body into the tree of life, trying to stimulate its potential for defense. The tree of life shimmered with a tragic green light, but its branches and leaves trembled ominously, and some leaves had already begun to yellow and fall! The pool of sacred spring beneath the tree had also turned turbid, with threads of black Qi floating on its surface.

What was even more alarming was that behind the Black Fiend Forest battle Formation, a ”Void Demon Summoning Array” ten times larger and more complex than the one seen at the forest’s edge had already been constructed! At the center of the array, a black heart formed from countless vengeful souls and negative energy pulsed frantically, drawing in the blood Qi and Death Qi permeating the battlefield, emitting increasingly intense spatial fluctuations! A vague Void Realm passageway, filled with endless greed and destructive intent, was slowly taking shape!

”We can’t wait any longer!” Nangong Xuan’s eyes turned fierce. He and Su Muxue shot into the sky simultaneously, their target the massive Black Fiend battle Formation!

”Nirvana·Starfall!”

Nangong Xuan pushed his Nirvana Sword Intent to the extreme. Swinging the ancient sword, a grey, desolate, massive sword light that seemed capable of devouring all light descended like a falling star of death, carrying the resolve to annihilate everything, and ruthlessly slashed towards the battle Formation!

”Taiyin·Lunar Radiance Cascade!”

Su Muxue raised her hands to the heavens. The moon wheel behind her expanded to its limit. Boundless Taiyin Star Power poured down like an inverted Milky Way, transforming into a cascade of pure, cold cleansing power that washed over the towering Evil Qi!

The attacks of the two were like two ice cubes thrown into boiling oil, instantly triggering violent Chaos and explosions within the Black Fiend battle Formation! Where the Nirvana Sword Intent passed, Evil Cultivators were annihilated in swathes! Under the wash of the Taiyin Star Cascade, the Evil Qi melted away like snow under the sun!

”Hmm? Two annoying insects!” The Black Fiend Venerable Lord finally moved. He snorted coldly, not even turning around, merely flicking his sleeve casually backward!

An indescribably terrifying force swept forth, as if all the Evil Qi of heaven and earth had gathered here, coalescing into a colossal ghostly hand that blotted out the sky. It easily shattered Nangong Xuan’s Nirvana Sword light, dispersed Su Muxue’s Taiyin Star Cascade, and its remaining momentum clawed viciously towards the two of them!

The might of the Soul Transformation Stage was terrifying to such a degree!

Nangong Xuan and Su Muxue’s faces paled, feeling as if they were being rejected and suppressed by the entire world, unable to move!

At this critical moment—

The chaos star core, which had been silent all along, seemed utterly enraged by the Black Fiend Venerable Lord’s pure and terrifying Soul Transformation-level Evil Qi. It abruptly shot out from Nangong Xuan’s shoulder!

It was no longer dark gold but turned pitch-black as ink, with only the vortex at its Core glowing with a heart-palpitating crimson light! An aura of devouring will, more ancient, more chaotic, and more greedily domineering than the Black Fiend Venerable Lord’s Evil Qi, erupted violently!

The star Core’s volume expanded wildly, instantly transforming into a black void several zhang in diameter, aimed directly at the incoming ghostly hand of Evil Qi, the massive Black Fiend battle Formation behind it, and the operating Void Demon Summoning Array!

ROAR——!!!

A roar that did not travel through the air but directly shook the depths of everyone’s Divine Souls—a hungry bellow as if from the primordial Chaos of antiquity—resounded through heaven and earth!

The next moment, an irresistible, terrifying suction force erupted from that black void!