Chapter 1208: Destruction

Left guardian's pupils contracted sharply, and a horrified expression appeared on his face for the first time!

Almost simultaneously, the right guardian's Ten Thousand Souls attack arrived! Countless gray mist chains coiled upward, and vengeful soul sound waves surged straight into the Sea of Perception!

Han Wuxian casually swung the Return Blade with his right hand.

"Cut."

There was no dazzling sword light, only a faint, twisted gray trace streaking through space.

Heh heh heh!

Those chains, condensed from pure death energy and vengeful souls, shattered and vanished the instant they touched the gray trace, like snowflakes cast into void! The intangible vengeful soul sound waves were likewise erased by the ultimate Silence Extinction realm embedded in the sword trace, not even a ripple could arise!

Under a single slash, the Ten Thousand Souls recoiled!

"Impossible!" the right guardian shouted, his voice breaking. His famed Ten Thousand Souls Silence Extinction Array had been so casually dismantled by the opponent?!

"This one is strange! Activate the array at full power and summon the power of the Holy Egg!" The left guardian, having mastered the Void Refinement, reacted instantly and barked.

Both spat a mouthful of their life essence onto the altar, and their hand seals frantically shifted!

Buzz!!!

The entire Ten Thousand Souls Silence Extinction Array's radiance surged, the soul‑silence liquid in the blood pool boiled violently, and countless vengeful souls dove into the altar like moths to flame! The grey giant egg above the altar throbbed even more intensely, exuding a terrifying aura far beyond the Void Refinement stage, faintly bearing a hint of Great Vehicle pressure! A thick, dark gray beam of light shot from the egg, merging into the array!

The array's power instantly skyrocketed! The gathered attack was no longer chains and sound waves, but transformed into countless solid Silence Extinction Spears, each bearing a terrifying force capable of crushing the later stages of Void Refinement, pouring down like a torrential storm! The restraining force of the entire underground space also multiplied several times, making the space seem as hard as steel!

"Futile struggle."

Han Wuxian's expression remained calm, but his gaze grew more focused. They could sense that the grey giant egg was the key and must be destroyed quickly!

They no longer stayed on the defensive; with a swift move, they surged forward to meet the rain of Silence Extinction Spears!

The left hand's Return Shield either blocked or redirected, skillfully deflecting and bending the approaching Silence Extinction Spears, occasionally even swallowing their power to feed itself. The right hand's Return Blade became trails of death; each swing silently erased three or five Silence Extinction Spears!

Their figure weaved through the spear rain, strolling as if in a leisurely garden, yet moving as swift as a phantom, inching closer to the Ten Thousand Souls altar!

"Stop them!" the left and right guardians shouted, shocked and angry, and intervened personally! The left guardian conjured a sky‑blocking grey giant palm that slammed down, while the right guardian summoned nine snarling Vengeful Soul Dragons to charge!

"Get out of the way!"

Han Wuxian let out a cold rebuke for the first time! They thrust both hands together, merging the Return Shield and Return Blade into a more condensed, terrifying grayish stream of light that enveloped them!

"Return… Reincarnation!"

The stream of light circled their body, forming a perfect grayish ring! As the ring expanded, everything it touched—the grey giant palm, the Vengeful Soul Dragons, even the approaching Silence Extinction Spears—were drawn into it, as if experiencing an eternity in an instant, completing the cycle of birth and death, turning into primordial void energy that the ring absorbed!

The ring, undiminished, slammed hard into the array's light barrier outside the Ten Thousand Souls altar!

Boom!!!

Amid the deafening blast, the incredibly sturdy Ten Thousand Souls Silence Extinction Array's light barrier twisted violently, then shattered piece by piece like glass! The left and right guardians who commanded the array suffered a horrific backlash, spewing blood wildly as they were flung backward, their vitality instantly waning!

The formation… is broken!

Han Wuxian's figure flashed, appearing atop the altar, their cold gaze fixed on the throbbing grey giant egg and the struggling left and right guardians trying to rise.

"It's over."

They raised their right hand, the Return Blade coalescing again, this time its tip aimed at the core of the grey giant egg!

Despair and madness flashed in the guardians' eyes: "No! You cannot destroy the Holy Egg! The Holy Lord will not let you go!"

"Perfect, I won't let him go either."

The words fell, and the Return Blade turned into an ultimate gray line, silently piercing the grey giant egg!

Puff!

It was as if piercing a pus‑filled bladder! The grey giant egg shuddered violently, its surface vein‑like patterns dimming instantly, and an indescribable massive thought, mingling evil, pain, and resentment, erupted, emitting a mournful shriek!

Immediately after, the egg withered, shriveled, and with a visible "boom," exploded into a cloud of grey powder that dispersed into the air!

With the egg destroyed, the entire blood pool boiled instantly, then rapidly evaporated and dried! The Ten Thousand Souls altar lost its luster, becoming as ordinary stone.

"No!!!" the guardians shrieked in despair, knowing everything was over! The Holy Lord's years of effort were shattered in an instant!

Han Wuxian ignored them, swinging the Return Blade casually backward.

Two gray flashes swept by.

The guardians' shrieks abruptly ceased; their bodies, together with their Nascent Souls, turned into drifting ash.

A formidable foe felled, the mother‑nest core destroyed.

Han Wuxian stood alone atop the collapsed altar, breathing lightly. The continuous high‑intensity battle, especially the final destruction of the egg that contained a hint of Great Vehicle power, had taken a great toll on them.

But they knew the place could not be lingered in. Yan Buji's true form could not approach, yet with the site destroyed, he would surely sense it.

He quickly scanned the surroundings, and among the altar ruins found a half‑buried black stone tablet, neither gold nor jade, its surface etched with ancient runes sharing the same origin as the black fragments, seemingly recording some information. He waved his hand and pocketed the tablet.

Afterward, he did not linger; his form became a streak of light, fleeing swiftly along the original path.

Within less than the time a single incense stick would burn after his departure,

the entire underground space shook violently, a terrifying will far beyond before, brimming with endless rage and murderous intent, swept out from the deepest part of the hive‑like structure like a storm, sweeping every corner!

"Who… destroyed my Holy Embryo?!!"

The cold roar echoed underground, filled with madness and a desire for destruction.

But at this moment, Han Wuxian had already fled far away, leaving the Mist‑Hidden Ghost Ruins, and reunited with Xiao Ran and others outside.

This foray into the tiger's den, though not confronting Yan Buji directly, nevertheless destroyed a crucial nest and the key Holy Embryo, delivering a heavy blow to the demon lord and weakening a vital source of power for the forthcoming true showdown.