Suddenly appearing was none other than Xiao Yu.
In fact, Xiao Yu had been waiting with a mask from the very beginning. However, after witnessing Bai Qi's power, she had begun to doubt if the mask in her hand could be of any use. What if Bai Qi simply killed her, making her trip to the Shadow Kingdom in vain?
Fortunately, Bai Qi had spared Tala's life in the end, prompting her to act quickly.
The moment the mask was placed on Tala's face, Tala's entire body began to contort violently. A large amount of dark energy appeared around him, rapidly swirling to form a vortex with a powerful suction force.
The immense suction force generated by the black vortex primarily targeted Tala's nine generals.
No matter how the nine generals resisted, even if they poured all their might into resisting the suction, it was all in vain. Not a single one escaped, and all were sucked into the vortex.
Seeing this, a smile flickered across Xiao Yu's face. However, she soon realized something was wrong. How was she also being pulled towards the vortex without realizing it?
Thinking of the fate of Tala and his nine generals, Xiao Yu turned even paler. She did not want to be sealed within a mask along with these people.
To avoid being sucked in, Xiao Yu quickly grabbed onto a nearby stone pillar.
Once she had a firm grip on the pillar, she looked at Bai Qi, seeking his help.
But when she saw a faint smile appear on Bai Qi's face, Xiao Yu instantly understood that she too had been tricked.
"Holy Lord! You've plotted against me!"
Enraged, Xiao Yu let out a futile roar at Bai Qi, who was not far away.
However, she soon lost the ability to scream. As the tattoo on Xiao Yu's leg transformed into black smoke and was peeled away from her body, being sucked into the black vortex, Xiao Yu completely lost consciousness.
That's right, the powerful suction force of the black vortex was not actually targeting Xiao Yu, but the tattoo representing Tala on Xiao Yu's leg.
Just like in the original story, Tarak, in order to obtain the tenth mask hidden in the Shadow Kingdom, had imprinted Tala's likeness onto himself, gaining the ability to control the Shadow Ninjas. Later, as Tala and his generals were sealed, the mark on his body was also taken away.
Xiao Yu's situation was the same as Tarak's at the time. The difference was that Xiao Yu had been influenced by the tattoo for too long. Now that it was suddenly removed, her body could not adapt to the drastic change and she fell into a coma.
Seeing that the time was right, Bai Qi took out a blank medal, twisted it to activate it, and threw it into the vortex.
Once activated, the medal immediately began to operate upon contact with the black vortex, like a starved ghost, madly absorbing everything absorbable within the vortex.
In less than three minutes, the energy of Tala and his nine generals was completely absorbed by the medal, and its surface transformed into the likeness of Tala's large head.
Bai Qi stepped forward and looked at the brand new medal, a satisfied smile on his face.
Bai Qi slowly rotated the medal, then gently pressed it.
"Ding-a-ling... Shadow Master, Tala..."
After activating the medal, Bai Qi placed it on his chest and then lightly pressed it.
Bai Qi's hardened skin seemed to turn to water in an instant, swallowing the medal.
Once the medal was completely absorbed into Bai Qi's body, becoming a part of Bai Qi's strength, a sense of pleasure, like an electric shock, spread from his head to his toes, making him feel wonderfully tingly all over.
Tala might have been weak, but that was only in comparison to Bai Qi, the primal demon.
During the years when the Holy Lord and the other eight demons were sealed, many magical creatures had proclaimed themselves as the new demons and wreaked havoc in their territories. However, none of them were acknowledged by the dark energy, except for Tala.
No one knew when Tala was born. Bai Qi had specifically looked into this. His historical records contained no mention of it, not even in local folklore. The only known fact was that not long after Tala appeared, he was chosen by the dark energy to become the interim proxy for the sealed demon, entrusted with the mission of finding the Pan-Ku Box and releasing the eight demons.
However, from Tala's actions, it was clear that despite being heavily relied upon by his dark energy mother, Tala had no intention of completing the mission.
After gaining immense power, Tala did not seek the Pan-Ku Box, nor did he have any intention of releasing the eight demons.
With lightning-fast tactics, Tala swept through the nine surrounding tribes, magically transforming their leaders into his nine Shadow Generals, who were now subservient to him, and turning all the tribesmen into the Shadow Soldier ninjas of today.
With this force, Tala quickly occupied over ninety percent of the land in Touya, and it was only a matter of time before he conquered the entire country.
However, he had forgotten one thing: the eight demons were sealed, and the dark energy had fallen into a disadvantage in its struggle with the positive energy. It was a time when positive energy was strong. As a proxy of the dark energy, Tala's bold actions would surely not go unnoticed by the positive energy.
Under the machinations of the positive energy, a large number of righteous individuals flooded into Touya. Before Tala and his generals could react, they were swiftly annihilated and sealed by lightning-fast means. Even though Tala, at the last moment, desperately hid his mask deep within the Shadow Kingdom, the masks of the nine Shadow Generals were taken and hidden in various corners of the world. This way, even if Tala broke free from his seal and resurrected one day, he would be unable to regroup his forces and regain his former glory.
From Tala becoming the interim proxy of the dark energy, to leading his nine generals in a lightning sweep across ninety percent of Touya, only to be annihilated by those of positive energy, solely from this perspective.
Although this fellow never left Touya, a small island, it could not be denied that he possessed considerable strength.
The medal was merely a medium. Through this medium, Bai Qi could gradually claim the power of Tala and his nine Shadow Generals for himself.
Indeed, it was precisely because Tala had been chosen by the dark energy before, and as the dear son of the dark energy mother, the dark energy within Tala already felt a strong sense of belonging to Bai Qi, greatly accelerating the time for Bai Qi to absorb and digest it.
In no time, once Bai Qi had fully digested and mastered this power, his own strength would undoubtedly reach a new height.
Tala's problem was resolved. Now it was time to consider the current issue: how to deal with Xiao Yu.
The tattoo that had blackened Xiao Yu dissipated as Tala was absorbed into the medal. It would not be long before Xiao Yu awoke, and she would no longer be the Dark Queen, but would return to being Chen Xiao Yu.
Suddenly, a bold idea surfaced in Bai Qi's mind.
Why not kill Xiao Yu while she was unconscious, and end it all?
No, no.
Bai Qi shook his head vigorously, driving the wild thought out of his mind.