Legend of the Embroiderer

Chapter 367 Black and White Eye Transformation

Lingyue stood frozen in place, watching as the black and white light flowing in Li Zhao's eyes was gradually swallowed by dark red, as if two forces were waging a life-or-death battle deep within his pupils.

The moment he raised his hand, the air crackled like shattered glass. The aura of the shadow guards that had been repelled seeped outwards along the winding lines beneath his skin, condensing into a semi-transparent outline in the void.

From beneath the cloak of the shadow guard on the right, scaly claws emerged, gleaming with a chilling purple light, aimed straight for her throat.

At the critical moment, a golden light burst forth from Li Zhao's fingertips, deflecting the claws. The attack struck the chaotic space, creating a distorted ripple.

"Li Zhao! Wake up!" Lingyue's shout was torn apart by the shrill sound of the space contracting.

Amidst the violent tremors, the fragment in her hand suddenly became as hot as a branding iron, and Wenli's remaining memories flooded into her mind like a surging tide.

On the ancient altar, fragments of broken time and space, along with the source of light and the heart of darkness, form a mysterious triangular seal. Only when the vessel simultaneously receives both light and darkness can this ancient restriction be activated.

At this moment, Li Zhao's seven shadow guards are frantically reconstructing his dark heart, attempting to completely turn him into a puppet of the dark will.

Li Zhao's cold laughter abruptly stopped, his body trembling violently as if being torn apart by an invisible hand.

His left hand gripped the Source of Light tightly, its holy glow dancing in his palm; his right hand, however, unconsciously condensed a ghostly blue flame, identical to the power the black-robed man used when launching his attack.

Two diametrically opposed forces collided in the palm of their hands, unleashing blinding lightning and deafening roars. The powerful energy waves tore the surrounding chaotic space to shreds.

"Don't come near me..."

His voice split into two overlapping tones, one filled with familiar anxiety and struggle, the other with icy malice, "They... are gnawing at my consciousness!"

Lingyue's heart clenched. She bit her tongue and smeared the blood, which smelled of blood, onto the fragment of the rune.

Ancient golden chains burst forth from the fragments, coiling around Li Zhao's wrist like a nimble python, attempting to pull him away from the Shadow Guard's encroachment.

The moment the chains touched his skin, they were instantly corroded into dust by the dark red patterns, and black smoke rose up, carrying a pungent, burnt smell.

Suddenly, seven beams of light shot out from the black vortex in the distance, piercing Li Zhao's body precisely like black arrows.

Huge black wings slowly emerged from behind him, each feather covered with twisted runes that shimmered with an eerie light, as if performing some kind of evil ritual.

"Want to save him?"

The voice of the shadow guard on the left came from Li Zhao, with a chilling laugh, "Then offer your soul to the Dark Heart."

Lingyue's pupils contracted sharply. She saw a glimmer of clarity flash in Li Zhao's eyes, a familiar trace of Li Zhao struggling in the darkness. But then, the darkness completely engulfed that glimmer of clarity like a tidal wave.

The chaotic space began to collapse, transforming into a massive black cage that trapped the two people in the center.

On the walls of the cage, a complete projection of a dark heart slowly emerged. The blood vessel-like patterns on the surface of the heart pulsated, emitting a teeth-grinding "thump" sound, and each pulsation made the space tremble.

In her desperate situation, Lingyue suddenly recalled a key scene from Wenli's memory. Suppressing her fear and despair, she pieced together all the fragments and painstakingly drew the array of an ancient altar on the ground.

The lines of the array shimmered with a faint light, and in the blank space in the center, Li Zhao's outline was clearly visible.

"So that's how it is..." She pressed the source of light into the array's core, and the holy light instantly illuminated the entire cage.

She resolutely transformed into a stream of light and merged into the array, the entire space enveloped in a sacred golden light.

The shadow guards within Li Zhao's body let out angry shrieks. Their physical forms began to become unstable in the light, their bodies gradually becoming transparent and twisting in pain.

"Lingyue, run!"

Li Zhao briefly regained control of his body, and a familiar light rekindled in his eyes.

He tossed the Yin-Yang Orb fragment to Lingyue, his voice filled with unwavering determination, "Take it to find the last remaining piece, I..."

Before he could finish speaking, the Shadow Guard's power retaliated again, and his arm uncontrollably unleashed a dark purple beam of light.

Lingyue dodged to the side, the beam striking the edge of the array and triggering a violent explosion. The golden light began to dim, but the projection of the dark heart grew clearer, and the entire cage teetered on the brink of collapse.

Just as the Shadow Guard was about to complete its corruption of Li Zhao, the array suddenly burst forth with a dazzling light.

The core of Wenli's fragment cracked, releasing a pure soul power—Wenli's final will.

This power acted like a key, inserting itself into the wildly functioning dark heart within Li Zhao's body.

Li Zhao's body trembled violently, black and white light danced wildly around him, engaging in a final tug-of-war with the shadow guard's dark power.

His hair flew wildly in the energy storm, his clothes were torn, and the dark red patterns under his skin intertwined with black and white light, forming a bizarre and spectacular sight.

"Accept the darkness... Take control of the light..."

Li Zhao's whispers were mixed with painful groans, as if he were having a difficult conversation with the dark power within his body.

Suddenly, he simultaneously pierced the source of light and the fragment of the Yin-Yang Sphere into his chest. The two forces exploded within his body, forming a black and white energy vortex.

Within the vortex, the shadow guard's figure twisted and screamed before finally disintegrating into specks of starlight and dissipating into the chaotic space.

But Li Zhao did not return to normal. His pupils turned completely black and white, and he was surrounded by an awe-inspiring and mysterious aura, as if he had become the embodiment of light and darkness.

"You succeeded?" Lingyue approached with a mixture of joy and trepidation.

Li Zhao suddenly disappeared from the spot, and the next second he appeared behind her, holding the black-robed man's scepter in his hand.

The black gem at the top of the scepter shimmered with an eerie light, perfectly blending with his aura.

“I am no longer who I used to be,” his voice echoed ethereally, as if from a distant time and space, “Darkness and light have achieved a balance within me, but this power…”

He waved his staff, and a crack appeared in space, revealing the last fragment floating in the distance. The patterns on the fragment's surface shimmered with a mysterious light. "It will attract an even more terrifying being."

The patterns on the surface of the fragment suddenly lit up, transforming into a beam of light that shot straight into the sky.

The projection of the Dark Heart roared angrily, and the entire chaotic space began to collapse, with large fragments of space falling like meteorites.

Li Zhao pushed Lingyue toward the pillar of light, while he remained in place, his scepter forming a massive black barrier to resist the impact of the collapse.

"Leave with the fragments to find the truth behind Wenli's seal."

His voice faded amidst the crashing sounds, "Remember, when all the fragments are put back in place, the true form of the Dark Will will..."

Before she could finish speaking, Li Zhao's figure was completely swallowed by darkness. Ling Yue was swept into an unknown space-time by the pillar of light, with the whistling wind and Li Zhao's last words ringing in her ears.

She looked down at the fragment in her hand, but suddenly felt a burning sensation from it.

Upon closer inspection, a line of bloody words appeared on the surface of the fragment: "The vessel has awakened; the seventh Shadow Guard of the Dark Will is about to awaken..."

In the instant she vanished, deep within the chaotic space, a pair of eyes radiating a ghostly blue light slowly opened, their icy gaze piercing through time and space, locking onto the direction she had departed.