Chapter 137: Thunder Prison Suppresses Demons, Sword Roars in the Starry Sky

Thunder like a prison, tribulation power like a tide.

Lin Xuan held the sky with both hands, his gray-purple Chaos Tribulation Power and the violent thunder descending from the sky blended together, turning into a terrifying Thunder Prison covering several miles and isolating heaven and earth. The prison was no longer just pure lightning raging, but was endowed with the Chaos Dao rhyme of "Returning to Ruins" and "Ending," each jumping gray-purple electric light as if announcing the destined end of the intruders.

The dozens of Blood Shark Pirate cultivators and low-level demonic creatures rushing at the front, the moment they broke into the edge of the Thunder Prison, were like hitting an invisible, thorn-filled wall of death. Their protective spiritual light and demonic energy armor instantly dimmed and disintegrated, and immediately after, countless dense gray-purple electric arcs, like a school of man-eating fish smelling blood, swarmed up, entangled, and drilled into their bodies.

"Ah—!"

The shrill screams were drowned out by the thunder. The bodies of those cultivators and demonic creatures withered, decayed, and collapsed at a speed visible to the naked eye. Whether it was flesh, bone, or soul, they all moved toward complete annihilation under the dual strangulation of the Silent Lei Jie and the Returning to Ruins Dao rhyme, without even a trace of residue left, turning into the most primitive void energy, which was instead absorbed by the Thunder Prison to maintain the operation of the domain.

The demonic tide stalled. Even the Blood Shark Pirate elites who were eroded by demonic energy and fearless of death felt an instinctive fear in the face of this bizarre and absolute way of death. Those several Soul Formation-stage demon generals floated in mid-air, their scarlet eyes filled with suspicion and gravity. They could clearly feel that the area where the thunder was raging ahead had an extraordinary restraint and purification effect on demonic energy, and even emitted a "ending" will that made their demonic souls tremble.

"Form the 'Blood Shark Demon Evil Formation'! Long-range bombardment, don't get close!" A late Soul Formation-stage single-horned demon general shouted sharply, waving the bone staff in his hand, and the thick demonic energy and the blood evil energy of the Blood Shark Pirate cultivators below gathered rapidly, condensing into a ferocious giant shark phantom composed of demonic energy and blood light nearly a hundred zhang long, opening its giant mouth full of fangs, and spitting out a thick, dark red blood evil light pillar mixed with corrosive and chaotic laws, smashing fiercely toward Lin Xuan in the center of the Thunder Prison!

The other demon generals and cultivators also made their moves one after another, various demonic weapons, spells, and blood evil attacks, like a storm, bombarded the Thunder Prison from all directions, attempting to consume the Thunder Prison energy with dense long-range attacks and kill Lin Xuan inside.

Facing this saturation bombardment, Lin Xuan's expression remained unchanged, and even a cold arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Tribulation Sea Vortex, Swallowing Heaven and Earth."

With a thought, the trajectory of the endless gray-purple thunder in the Thunder Prison suddenly changed. It was no longer falling violently in a disorderly manner, but formed a giant, slowly rotating thunder vortex with Lin Xuan as the center! The vortex was like a bottomless thunder tribulation eye, emitting a terrifying suction power that devoured all things!

All the demonic energy, blood evil, and magic treasure light bombarded, after being weakened upon touching the edge of the Thunder Prison, were forcibly pulled and torn by this giant thunder vortex, and thrown into the center of the vortex!

"Boom, boom, boom—!"

Inside the vortex, the gray-purple tribulation thunder frantically strangled and decomposed these external energies. The pure destructive energy (especially the destructive origin in the demonic energy) was greedily absorbed and transformed by the Chaos Tribulation Crystal, becoming the nourishment to maintain the Thunder Prison and even feed back to Lin Xuan; while those chaotic, corrosive, blood evil, and other miscellaneous negative energies and laws were ruthlessly purified and ground away by the thunder, turning into wisps of blue smoke and dissipating.

The Thunder Prison was not weakened, but instead, because it absorbed the enemy's attack energy, the light became more intense, and the range expanded by a few points! The gray-purple thunder light seemed to be a bit deeper in color, and the ending Dao rhyme emitted became increasingly clear.

"This... what kind of monster is this?!" The single-horned demon general was horrified. He had never seen such a bizarre supernatural power that could actually turn the enemy's attack into his own use! This simply subverted the common sense of fighting!

Just as the demonic tide's offensive was frustrated and morale was wavering.

"Trash!"

A hoarse, cold, angry shout containing boundless demonic might, like a cold wind from the Nine Netherworlds, instantly swept across the sky above the Dead Silence Gorge! Wherever the sound passed, even the violent thunder seemed to freeze for a moment.

In the distance, in the core area of Blood Shark Island, a thick black demonic energy wolf smoke rolled into the sky, spreading toward the Dead Silence Gorge at an astonishing speed! Within the demonic energy wolf smoke, a terrifying figure ten zhang tall, covered in dark bone armor, with curved giant horns on its head, and two ghost-blue demonic flames burning in its eye sockets, gradually became clear.

It was the Soul Formation Demon Marshal sitting in the Blood Shark Island demon nest—"Shadow Erosion"!

Beside it, a slightly embarrassed figure with a pale face but crazy eyes followed closely, it was the traitor Xing Lan. He held the Elder Xing Yan Luo Pan imitation which was dim and cracked, his body strangely interlaced with starlight and demonic energy.

"Lord Shadow Erosion!" A group of demon generals felt as if they had been granted amnesty and bowed hurriedly.

Shadow Erosion's eye sockets burning with ghost-blue demonic flames pierced through the heavy thunder light, locking onto Lin Xuan in the center of the Thunder Prison, his hoarse voice carrying a trace of surprise and deeper greed: "Chaos Tribulation Dao... it actually exists, and has reached this step... boy, you are more 'valuable' than this seat expected. Surrender, offer your Dao foundation and soul, and this seat can leave you a trace of true spirit, allowing you to become the first demon general under this seat, sharing the supreme glory of this Star Evil Graveyard and the future Demon Abyss!"

Responding to it was Lin Xuan's more intense thunder light, and a cold sentence:

"Noisy."

Lin Xuan formed a seal with one hand, pointing vaguely in the direction where Shadow Erosion and Xing Lan were attacking.

"Thunder Prison · Ten Thousand Dragons Swallowing Heaven!"

"Roar—!!!"

In the Thunder Prison, the giant thunder vortex suddenly exploded, turning into eighty-one terrifying thunder dragons completely condensed from gray-purple silent tribulation thunder! Each thunder dragon was a hundred zhang long, with ferocious scales, eyes containing thunder fire, and the Dao rhyme of ending and returning to ruins entangled around its body, emitting roars that shook the world, baring fangs and brandishing claws, and fiercely pounced toward Shadow Erosion, Xing Lan, and the demonic tide behind them!

Eighty-one tribulation thunder dragons came out together, their power earth-shattering! Wherever they passed, space twisted, demonic energy steamed, and those Blood Shark Pirate cultivators and low-level demonic creatures, just brushing the edge, were purified into nothingness by the scattered thunder light!

"Arrogant!" Shadow Erosion roared. He didn't expect Lin Xuan to dare to make the first move in the face of his Soul Formation Demon Marshal, and the offensive was so violent! He slammed open his giant palm covered in bone armor, and in the center of his palm, a giant dark vortex that kept rotating and seemed to devour all light suddenly appeared, emitting a terrifying meaning of void and dead silence!

"Swallowing Heaven Demon Vortex!"

The dark vortex expanded rapidly, emitting terrifying suction, actually wanting to forcibly swallow and annihilate the dozens of tribulation thunder dragons pouncing on it!

At the same time, Xing Lan also gritted his teeth and activated the Elder Xing Yan Luo Pan in his hand. On the compass, the incomplete star trajectories lit up, projecting a distorted starlight barrier to protect himself, while attempting to induce the power of the "Star Evil Graveyard" below to interfere with the stability of the Thunder Prison.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom—!!!"

The tribulation thunder dragons and the Swallowing Heaven Demon Vortex collided fiercely! The gray-purple thunder light and the pitch-black demonic light frantically intertwined and annihilated, erupting with continuous, terrifying loud noises that seemed to tear the eardrums! The violent energy shockwave spread like a tsunami, causing the already fragile cliff walls on both sides of the Dead Silence Gorge to collapse and shatter in large areas!

Eighty-one tribulation thunder dragons succeeded one after another, constantly impacting the Swallowing Heaven Demon Vortex. Each thunder dragon being swallowed and annihilated consumed a large amount of Shadow Erosion's demonic essence, and the Dao rhyme of silence and returning to ruins also constantly eroded and weakened the structure of the Swallowing Heaven Demon Vortex. As for the Thunder Prison itself, because of the continuous operation of Lin Xuan's Chaos Tribulation Crystal and the energy absorbed from the surrounding heaven and earth and enemy attacks, it remained solid, and even the thunder light became purer.

For a time, Shadow Erosion was actually dragged by this violent thunder dragon offensive and could not immediately break through the Thunder Prison to kill Lin Xuan.

Xing Lan hid behind Shadow Erosion's demonic might, his expression even uglier. He found that his attempt to induce Star Evil power was greatly hindered. The power of the "Star Evil Graveyard" below seemed to be attracted and contained by something more ancient and pure, making it difficult to use as he pleased. His gaze could not help but turn toward the direction of the karst cave temporarily separated by the Thunder Prison, his eyes flashing with anxiety and greed: "It's that sword domain inheritance! Damn it, must interrupt it as soon as possible!"

Just at the entrance of the Dead Silence Gorge, Lin Xuan fought the Soul Formation Demon Marshal and the traitor Xing Lan alone, the Thunder Prison and the Demon Vortex collided fiercely, and the battle entered a white-hot stage.

Deep in the underground karst cave.

Zhao Yuan's inheritance also reached the most critical moment.

The "Silent Shadow" broken sword had now completely pierced into that ancient sword mark. The entire sword body was completely wrapped in dark gold and gray-white light, the cracks on the sword body had long since disappeared, replaced by a simple, deep, restrained, yet terrifying sharpness that seemed to contain the power to cut off the ages and make the stars silent.

Countless tiny and profound sword intent runes, like streams returning to the sea, surged out from the ancient sword mark, continuously injecting into the "Silent Shadow" sword body, and some even went directly into Zhao Yuan's brow, branding themselves in his sea of consciousness and the depths of his Dao foundation.

Fragmented and vast images emerged in his consciousness:

That was an ancient star so huge it was unimaginable, slowly rotating in the cosmic void, emitting starlight that illuminated the ages. I don't know when, a gray sword light that seemed to be born from chaos and contained the absolute will of "silence" and "ending" crossed endless time and space, slashing toward this star! The star cracked, the star core shattered, and the endless starlight turned into destructive Star Evil, eroding and merging with the silent sword intent contained in that gray sword light, and finally fell toward this sea area together, forming this "Star Evil Graveyard" and "Dead Silence Sword Domain." The owner of that gray sword light, an ancient sword cultivator whose figure was blurry but whose aura seemed to make all the stars in the heavens dim, perished together with his sword "Silent Shadow" after slashing this sword, and most of the sword body and sword spirit fell and fell silent with the star, with only a small fragment drifting in the world...

So, the "Silent Shadow" sword was once an ancient silent divine weapon capable of slashing stars! And Zhao Yuan was currently receiving the partial silent sword intent inheritance left by that ancient sword cultivator, as well as the return and completion of the broken sword spirit and origin of the "Silent Shadow" sword itself!

"With the body as the sword, inherit my silent Dao. Slash falsehood, break shackles, make the stars return to silence, make all laws empty..." The vast and ancient will echoed in Zhao Yuan's sea of consciousness.

The dark and gold dual spiritual roots in his body underwent a strange transformation under the scouring of this extremely pure silent sword intent, gradually dyed with a layer of gray-white luster, becoming sharper and more condensed, and his connection with the "Silent Shadow" sword reached the realm of mind-to-mind, sword is me, me is sword.

"Hum—!!!"

A sword hum that was clear to the extreme sounded from the karst cave, piercing through the obstruction of the rock layer and the Thunder Prison, clearly echoing over the Dead Silence Gorge!

This sword hum was no longer broken, no longer weak, but full of joy after rebirth, unparalleled sharpness, and a Dao rhyme of silence that made all things enter the end!

The moment the sword hum sounded, the earth veins of the entire Blood Shark Island seemed to shake slightly! At the core of the island, the "Star Evil Demonization Node" being catalyzed by Shadow Erosion and Xing Lan, its restless fluctuations actually appeared a trace of disorder and sluggishness! As if encountering a natural nemesis!

"Not good! The inheritance is complete!" Xing Lan exclaimed, his eyes full of unwillingness and panic.

Shadow Erosion's demonic pupils also erupted with more intense murderous intent and greed: "A complete 'Silent Star Silent Sword'?! This sword must be obtained!"

He suddenly spat out a mouthful of origin demonic blood, blending it into the Swallowing Heaven Demon Vortex, the power of the vortex soared, instantly swallowing and crushing the remaining tribulation thunder dragons, forcibly tearing a giant gap in the Thunder Prison, and the massive demonic shadow, wrapped in monstrous demonic might, pounced directly toward the karst cave direction! Xing Lan also followed closely, starlight and demonic energy twisted and interlaced, attempting to seize the inheritance and the divine sword!

Lin Xuan's face turned pale, having consumed too much by continuously activating the Thunder Prison to hard-shake Shadow Erosion. But a sharp look flashed in his eyes, and instead of retreating, he advanced, his figure flashing, and he had already blocked between Shadow Erosion and the karst cave.

"Want to pass? Ask my tribulation first."

He slammed his hands together, the Chaos Tribulation Crystal in his body rotated frantically, and all the remaining Chaos Tribulation Power erupted without reservation!

"Thunder Prison · Silent Returning to Ruins Tribulation!"

The entire thunder prison, covering several miles, suddenly contracted sharply inward! The endless gray-purple thunder and the Dao rhyme of the Return to Ruins no longer dispersed, but instead condensed and compressed entirely, finally transforming into a beam of gray-purple tribulation thunder only as thick as an arm, yet so refined it seemed capable of piercing the heavens and ending all things. Carrying a terrifying will to annihilate all existence, it shot violently toward the demonic core at the center of the Shadow-Erosion Demon Commander's brow!

This was the single-target strongest tribulation thunder supernatural power Lin Xuan could currently perform, condensing the power of the entire Thunder Prison, and was the ultimate embodiment of the "ending" side of his own Chaos Tribulation Dao!

Facing this silent returning to ruins tribulation thunder that was fast as a streamer and impossible to avoid, even Shadow Erosion felt a fatal threat! He roared, no longer caring about the karst cave, and injected all his demonic essence into the Swallowing Heaven Demon Vortex, meeting that terrifying gray-purple light beam!

Just at this critical moment.

"Chi—!"

A gray-white, silent sword light, from within the karst cave, arrived first after being launched!

This sword light was not vast, but it was faster than the passage of time, carrying an absolute artistic conception of cutting off cause and effect and making existence itself enter silence, precisely and incomparably, slashing at the invisible yet crucial "energy connection line" between Shadow Erosion Demon Marshal and the "Star Evil Demonization Node" below!

It was Zhao Yuan! He held the "Silent Shadow" divine sword that had been renewed, with dark gold and gray-white luster flowing all over, and the vast silent sword intent, breaking out of the pass!

This sword did not slash at a physical object, but at "connection," at "supply"! Like drawing firewood from under the cauldron!

"Ah—!" Shadow Erosion Demon Marshal let out a painful roar. He felt that the energy connection between himself and the node was forcibly cut off, his demonic essence operation suddenly stalled, and the power of the Swallowing Heaven Demon Vortex weakened by 30% instantly!

It was this 30% reduction!

Lin Xuan's "Silent Returning to Ruins Tribulation Thunder," which condensed the power of the entire Thunder Prison, smashed fiercely onto the Swallowing Heaven Demon Vortex!

"Boom—!!!"

An unprecedented terrifying explosion occurred! The gray-purple tribulation thunder and the pitch-black demon vortex frantically annihilated, and the destructive energy storm instantly swept across the entire Dead Silence Gorge! The mountain bodies on both sides of the gorge completely collapsed and sank, seawater poured back, forming a giant vortex!

Shadow Erosion Demon Marshal's massive demonic shadow flew backward in the explosion, the bone armor on his body shattered inch by inch, the demonic energy dissipated, and his aura plummeted, clearly suffering heavy damage!

Xing Lan was directly blown away by the aftermath of the explosion, the Elder Xing Yan Luo Pan imitation in his hand completely shattered, he spat out blood wildly, his eyes full of despair and madness.

In the dust and energy turbulence, Lin Xuan and Zhao Yuan stood side by side.

Lin Xuan's face was pale, his aura unstable, but his eyes were still sharp as a hawk.

Zhao Yuan held the sword in his hand, his sword intent soaring to the sky, although he only had the cultivation of the peak of Golden Core (stabilized at this realm after receiving the inheritance), the purity of his silent sword intent and his fit with the "Silent Shadow" divine sword made the threat he emitted no less than that of a late Soul Formation cultivator! He looked at the seriously injured Shadow Erosion and the embarrassed Xing Lan, his eyes no longer confused, only cold murderous intent and the determination to protect.

"Senior Lin, next, leave it to the junior." Zhao Yuan held the sword across his chest, gray-white silent sword intent flowing on the sword body, "This sword is reborn, it should drink demon blood, slash traitors, to sacrifice the sword soul."

Lin Xuan nodded slightly, swallowed an elixir, and seized the time to adjust his breathing and recover.

Shadow Erosion struggled to stabilize his figure, looking at the two standing side by side, especially the "Silent Shadow" divine sword in Zhao Yuan's hand that made him feel heart palpitations, the ghost-blue demonic flames jumped violently.

"Good... very good... this seat admits, I underestimated you." Shadow Erosion's voice was full of resentment and a trace of imperceptible fear. "But, do you think this is the end?"

He suddenly lowered his head, looking at the gorge ruins that were frantically pouring back seawater, and let out a scream that tore the soul:

"With my broken body, sacrifice to the node! Star Evil Graveyard... completely... demonize and awaken!!!"

Following his scream, his broken demonic body actually began to burn with pitch-black demonic flames, turning into a torrent of pure origin demonic energy, rushing toward the "Star Evil Demonization Node" core that was submerged by seawater but could still feel violent fluctuations below!

He was actually going to use the origin of his Soul Formation Demon Marshal as fuel to forcibly catalyze and completely detonate the entire "Star Evil Graveyard" and demonization node! To perish together with everyone!

Xing Lan saw this, scared out of his wits, and turned to flee.

Lin Xuan and Zhao Yuan also had their expressions change drastically.

"Stop him!" Lin Xuan shouted, not caring about his injuries, Chaos Tribulation Power surged again.

Zhao Yuan was even more integrated with the sword, turning into a gray-white silent sword light, slashing directly at the demonic energy torrent rushing toward the node!

But, it seemed... a bit late.

The entire Blood Shark Island began to shake violently. Deep in the island, there came a dull and terrifying "thump thump" sound like the revival of a star's heart! A destructive energy mixed with the resentment of star collapse, the evil spirit of ten thousand years of silence, and the purest Ruins Abyss demonic energy was frantically gathering deep underground, about to... break through the ground!