Chapter 223

The dark aura finally dissipated, and a brief silence returned to the battlefield. Yet this silence was no peace; rather, it was an oppressive emptiness, as though the entire heaven and earth were waiting for a decisive moment. The surrounding black mist gradually cleared, and a faint glimmer of light began to pierce the sky, resembling the dawn of a new day. Chen Haotian's gaze, however, remained grave. The exhaustion in his eyes did not slacken him; instead, it only hardened his resolve. Standing amidst the ruins, the space around him seemed torn and distorted, and the air was thick with a suffocating wave of energy. Although the Heart of Darkness had been destroyed, the traces it left behind still filled Chen Haotian with a deep sense of oppression. At this moment, he could clearly feel the residual dark aura lingering all around, the power originating from the Heart of Darkness still not entirely gone. "This power... it doesn't seem to have vanished completely." Chen Haotian murmured to himself, a flash of vigilance crossing his eyes. Though the core of the Heart of Darkness had collapsed, its lingering ripples still drifted through the surroundings, seemingly waiting for some opportune moment to revive.