Chapter 1200: Interception

"No!"

He let out a low shout, and the Chaotic Return‑to‑Void Qi around him erupted instantly, abruptly halting their traversal and forcibly pinning the four, who had been moving steadily like a flying boat, within the raging spatial turbulence!

"Han brother, what's wrong?" Xiao Ran startled, immediately gripping his sword hilt cautiously. Wang Tie and Qing Lin also instantly entered battle readiness.

Han Wuxian's eyes swirled with chaotic light as he stared intently at the seemingly normal passage exit ahead, his voice grave: "The coordinates beyond the passage have been altered! The other side of the exit connects not to the planned safe zone, but to a place… an area of extreme spatial disorder, filled with destructive energy!"

Someone, while they were traversing the void, used an extremely sophisticated method to interfere with and alter their destination! This is meant to send them straight into a dead end!

"Can we stabilize? Maybe retreat?" Wang Tie asked urgently, his knowledge of the Way of Space shallow, but he also knew the danger was immense.

"The retreat path has been sealed by an invisible force; forcing a backward move would only trigger a more terrifying spatial collapse," Han Wuxian analyzed calmly, his divine sense projecting the chaotic energy structure ahead at unprecedented speed, "We can only advance, but we must recalibrate the exit!"

He rapidly tapped both hands, strands of Chaotic Return‑to‑Void Qi, like precise scalpels, slicing into the surrounding boiling spatial energy, attempting to force a new, safe path within the storm of destructive energy. The process drained his mind immensely; even with his peak Late‑Stage Refinement of Void cultivation, a faint sheen of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Yet the hidden orchestrator clearly refused to give them that chance!

Buzz!

A deep, muffled hum, as if from the depths of the Nine Abyss, suddenly rang out!

The four walls of the passage, without warning, manifested countless twisted runes composed of shadows and dead‑silence aura! These runes writhed like living things, instantly forming a massive, malignant formation—the Nine‑abyss Corroding‑Void Demon Array!

The moment the array took shape, terrifying spatial corrosion surged like a tide, wildly eroding the Chaotic Return‑to‑Void Qi shield Han Wuxian upheld, and a chilling attack aimed directly at the Primordial Soul ignored defenses, piercing the four's seas of consciousness!

"Careful! It's a dual killing formation targeting the Primordial Soul and space!" Han Wuxian warned sharply, the Return‑to‑Void sword intent flaring, turning into countless fine sword threads slashing at those runes while he simultaneously steadied the shield.

Xiao Ran roared, his fierce sword aura slashing out, only to find the blade meeting those shadow runes, dissolving like a mud ox in the sea, rapidly corroded away! Wang Tie hurriedly scattered antidote and warding spirit powder, but it had little effect on the array. Qing Lin's long spear flicked swiftly, the verdant life force barely cleansing a small area, but compared to the whole array, it was a drop in the bucket!

The array's power was terrifyingly immense, far surpassing the Refinement of Void tier; the one who set it up possessed an astonishing grasp and strength regarding the formation.

"No! This array's power keeps flowing endlessly; battling it here will drain us, and we'll be dragged down!" Xiao Ran said anxiously, feeling his sword essence depleting rapidly.

Han Wuxian's gaze was icy; he tried to deduce the array's core, but found its structure bizarrely mutable, the core seemingly hidden within layers of void folds, extremely hard to lock onto.

"Since we can't find the core, then… brute force over finesse!"

He ceased analysis, withdrawing most of his spirit, his hands forming a void embrace before his chest!

Within his dantian, the core of the primal star spun wildly at unprecedented speed, Chaotic Return‑to‑Void Qi surged out like a tsunami!

"Return‑to‑Void devours the heavens!"

He let out a low growl, and a miniature yet seemingly heavens‑devouring chaotic black hole suddenly formed between his hands!

The instant the black hole appeared, the entire spatial passage quivered violently! The surging spatial corrosion force and Primordial Soul attack, like countless rivers converging into the sea, were forcibly drawn, devoured, and annihilated by that chaotic black hole!

Even the writhing shadow runes on the surrounding walls flashed wildly, becoming extremely unstable, as if they would be ripped from the array in the next instant and thrown into the black hole!

"Break… for me!"

Han Wuxian thrust both arms forward forcefully!

The chaotic black hole, like a falling star, brazenly slammed into the array's front barrier!

Boom—boom—boom!!!

An indescribable terrifying explosion erupted within the spatial passage!

Light, energy, spatial fragments… everything was devoured, shredded, and turned into primordial void by that chaotic black hole!

The Nine‑abyss Corroding‑Void Demon Array emitted a strained wail, and countless runes collapsed instantly!

The passage was violently blown open into a massive breach; through it, the true outside scene could be seen—a barren mountain range, not the intended dead end.

Yet at the very moment the array was broken

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Three shadow‑formed, silent, ultra‑fast lethal spears, like pre‑lying venomous snakes, seized the chaotic energy turbulence from the array's rupture as cover, and from three extremely cunning angles, shot toward the foreheads of Han Wuxian, Xiao Ran, and Wang Tie respectively!

Timing, angle, ruthlessness—all exquisitely perfect! This is the true killing move!

Han Wuxian had just shattered the array with full force; his old power just faded and new power hadn't arisen, appearing to be the most "vulnerable" moment!

"Master, be careful!" Qing Lin shouted, his long spear trembling as he tried to intercept, but he was a beat too late!

Xiao Ran and Wang Tie were even more unable to react in time!

Watching the shadow spears about to land

Han Wuxian's eyes suddenly burst with a piercing brilliance!

This was the moment he had been waiting for!

"I knew you'd have a backup!"

He showed no sign of fatigue at all; that array‑breaking strike still left him with strength! He tilted his body slightly, his right hand darted out like lightning, and his index and middle fingers pinched the shadow spear aimed at him with perfect precision!

At the same time, a sweep of his left sleeve released a gentle Chaotic Return‑to‑Void Qi that arrived from behind, forming an invisible barrier that deftly deflected and annihilated the two spears aimed at Xiao Ran and Wang Tie!

Everything unfolded in the blink of an eye!

Han Wuxian pinched the continuously twisting shadow spear trying to pierce his body, feeling within it a familiar, chilling dead‑silence power tinged with a seductive desire, his gaze turning utterly icy.

"The power of desire is the exterior, Silence Extinction's death aura the interior… what a 'Hui Wu Yanlu'! Indeed it cannot be separated from that alien demon aura!"

This ambush method, though heavily concealed, shares a strikingly similar essence with the alien demon aura Xiao Ran described and the desire path of Hui Wu Yanlu, only more covert and vicious!

The opponent clearly knew they were coming, perhaps even sensing Xiao Ran's alien demon aura, and thus set this lethal trap here!

"Let's go!"

Han Wuxian no longer lingered, crushing the shadow spear in his hand, enveloping the three, and in an instant burst through the blown‑open breach, landing amid the barren mountains.

Looking back, the spatial passage was slowly collapsing and sealing.

The four were all somewhat disheveled, especially Wang Tie, whose cultivation was the lowest; although Han Wuxian had shielded him moments ago, the harrowing scene had turned his face pale.

"So lucky… thank you, Brother Han, for saving us again!" Xiao Ran, still shaken, immediately burned with anger, "They're people of Hui Wu Yanlu? They actually predicted we'd come and could intercept us so precisely?!"