Chapter 138: Star Graveyard Catastrophe, Ruins Sea is Coming

Shadow Erosion's determined scream and sacrifice were like lighting the final fuse.

The entire Blood Shark Island, at this moment, seemed to turn into a star giant beast that had awakened from an ancient slumber, covered in scars and madness. The earth shook violently, mountains collapsed and the ground cracked, countless bottomless cracks spread frantically with the center of the island as the core, and hot and filthy Star Evil demonic energy sprayed out from them like fountains, rushing straight into the sky!

The "thump thump" giant sound coming from deep in the island, every time it was like hitting everyone's heart. That was not a heartbeat, but the doomsday roar of the Star Evil dead energy and Ruins Abyss demonic energy that had accumulated for ten thousand years at the core of the Star Graveyard, under the catalysis of Shadow Erosion's origin sacrifice, completely violent, boiling, and about to break through the final restraint!

The sky darkened instantly. Not dark clouds, but endless dust and energy turbulence mixed with dim starlight and pitch-black demonic energy, obscuring the sunlight. The sea area kicked up monstrous waves, the seawater was evaporated and ionized by terrifying energy, turning into violent thunder-storms and acid rain, sweeping toward all directions!

"Stop him quickly!" Elder Beichen's eyes were about to split, not caring about entanglement with the remaining demonic creatures, the Seven-Star Sword turned into a brilliant sword rainbow that tore the sky, attempting to slash toward the demonic energy torrent rushing toward the earth core node. Ling Shuang also fully activated the Profound Ice Heaven Net Formation, attempting to freeze and delay the flow of demonic energy.

Yan Gang roared, turning into a hundred-zhang giant spirit, his twin hammers smashing toward the center of the island like meteors, wanting to forcibly smash open the ground and destroy the node.

But, it was too late.

Shadow Erosion used the entire origin of a mid-stage Soul Formation Demon Marshal as the price, combined with the backhand he had long laid out at the node core, triggering a chain reaction that far exceeded everyone's expected speed and scale. That was not just a simple energy explosion, but triggered the fundamental laws of the entire "Star Evil Graveyard" and "Demonization Node," making it completely unbalanced, runaway, and entering an irreversible, self-destructive ultimate release!

Zhao Yuan integrated with the sword, the gray-white silent sword light arrived first, slashing into the demonic energy torrent transformed by Shadow Erosion, indeed slashing away large areas of demonic energy, and even wounding its origin core, but ultimately failed to completely stop that determined sacrificial will and the resonance of the node core.

"Senior Lin!" Zhao Yuan called out urgently, he felt the destructive power deep in the earth beneath his feet had already formed, about to explode like a volcano! Its power, I'm afraid, was enough to completely erase the entire Blood Shark Island and even the sea area for hundreds of miles around from the map!

Lin Xuan's expression was unprecedentedly grave. His Chaos Tribulation Power had the keenest perception of crisis. At this moment, he clearly "saw" that deep in the earth core of the island, a "destructive singularity" distorted and fused by pure Star Evil, silent sword intent (polluted), and Ruins Abyss demonic energy was frantically expanding! Once it exploded, it would not only cause terrifying physical destruction, but also release massive amounts of "End Dao rhyme" and "Demonic Erosion laws" that could pollute the soul and corrode the Dao foundation, and the scope of influence was immeasurable!

With his current state, even if he fully activated the Chaos Tribulation Domain, it would be difficult to completely swallow and resolve this destructive energy about to explode, which was comparable to a strike from a peak Soul Formation or even early Void Refinement stage. Hard resistance would inevitably lead to heavy injuries, and might even affect Zhao Yuan behind him and Eunuch Wei and others further away.

In a flash of lightning, thoughts flew in Lin Xuan's mind. Chaos Tribulation Dao, encompassing all laws, can also derive all laws. Facing this kind of self-destructive explosion at the law level, simple consumption or swallowing was not the best strategy. Perhaps... it could be guided? Or, use their own way to treat their own body?

He looked fiercely at the "Silent Shadow" divine sword in Zhao Yuan's hand, and then at this "Star Evil Graveyard" about to collapse beneath his feet, an extremely bold, even crazy idea, instantly took shape!

"Zhao Yuan! Fully activate 'Silent Shadow,' induce the connection between the 'Silent Sword Intent' you received and the origin of the Star Evil Graveyard below!" Lin Xuan's voice was extremely fast, carrying unquestionable decisiveness. "Do not resist that destructive power, try... using the sword as a guide, using intent to control it, and guide the exploding energy toward... the 'direction' where the Ruins Abyss demonic energy is thickest and most closely connected to the node!"

Zhao Yuan instantly understood Lin Xuan's intention, his pupils shrinking. This was to... borrow power to hit power, or even "frame" the demons?! To forcibly guide and turn the destructive energy of the Star Evil Graveyard's self-detonation, through the natural connection between the "Silent Shadow" sword and the Star Evil origin, as well as the silent sword intent's characteristic of cutting off and reconnecting "connections," and smash it toward a certain "coordinate" where the Ruins Abyss demonic consciousness body might be located?!

This required an extremely deep understanding of silent sword intent, the control of the "Silent Shadow" divine sword to reach the realm of arm-to-finger, and even more incredible prediction and guidance of energy flow and spatial laws! If any link went wrong, not only would the guidance fail, but he himself might be torn apart by the backlashed energy!

But, there was no retreat!

"Junior... accepts the order!" Zhao Yuan's eyes erupted with determined light, he chose to trust Lin Xuan unconditionally. He gripped "Silent Shadow" with both hands, dark gold and gray-white light interlaced on the sword body, injecting all the silent sword intent he had just obtained into it without reservation, and even trying to communicate with the depths of the sword spirit, resonating most deeply with the resentment and silence that had not been extinguished for ten thousand years in this star graveyard!

The "Silent Shadow" divine sword emitted an unprecedented hum, the sword body trembled lightly, as if it was also excited, longing for an ultimate "bloom" that was enough to make the stars completely silent!

Lin Xuan took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the injuries and consumption in his body, his hands forming seals rapidly, and the Chaos Star Dharma Image behind him appeared again, only much dimmer than before. He used the remaining Chaos Tribulation Power, not for defense or attack, but turning it into countless tiny gray-purple runes, like the most dexterous weaver, rapidly weaving a giant and profound "Chaos Tribulation Power Network" between the virtual and the real in the void in front of Zhao Yuan and the sword tip pointed by "Silent Shadow"!

This network was not to block energy, but to "channel" and "transfer"! Like opening a temporary "river channel" for the violent flood, pointing to a specific target!

At the same time, the shaking of the island below reached its peak!

"Boom—!!!"

An earth-shattering sound that could not be described in words, as if billions of stars were silent at the same moment! In the center of Blood Shark Island, the earth completely shattered and collapsed like a fragile eggshell! A destructive energy light column mixed with gray-white Star Evil, pitch-black demonic energy, and destructive light and heat, sprayed out from deep in the earth core, rushing straight into the nine heavens! Wherever the light column passed, space shattered inch by inch, laws collapsed, and all things were annihilated!

The destructive energy shockwave, like a world-destroying tsunami, spread frantically toward all directions!

The first to bear the brunt were Lin Xuan and Zhao Yuan who were closest!

However, just at the critical moment when the destructive light column rushed out of the earth core and was about to explode completely—

The point of gray-white light at the tip of the "Silent Shadow" divine sword in Zhao Yuan's hand suddenly lit up to the extreme, as if turning into a miniature "Silent Singularity"! He followed the supreme mystery of cutting off everything and connecting everything (in a silent way) in the sword intent inheritance, aimed the sword tip at the center node of the "Chaos Tribulation Power Network" laid by Lin Xuan in front of him, and then... stabbed lightly!

Not slashing, but guiding!

"Silent Sword Intent · Starfall Returning to Ruins Guide!"

"Hum—!"

A gray-white sword intent thin line that was extremely condensed, yet seemed to ignore the energy level, shot out from the tip of the "Silent Shadow" sword, precisely submerging into the center of the Chaos Tribulation Power Network. In an instant, the entire network shone brightly, gray-purple Chaos Tribulation Power and gray-white silent sword intent intertwined and resonated in a mysterious way!

Immediately after, the destructive light column of Star Evil demonic energy that rushed into the sky and was about to destroy everything indiscriminately, seemed to be attracted and guided by some kind of irresistible force, and the most core, most violent part of its energy flow actually shifted fiercely, as if moved by an invisible giant hand, and smashed into the "Chaos Tribulation Power Network" laid by Lin Xuan!

"Boom, boom, boom—!"

The network shook violently, the light flickered, Lin Xuan groaned, blood spilling from his nose and mouth, clearly bearing unimaginable pressure. But his eyes were firm, his hand seals changed, forcibly maintaining the stability and guidance of the network.

The destructive energy guided in, under the "transfer" of the Chaos Tribulation Power Network and the "pointing" of the silent sword intent, did not explode in the network, but followed the "channel" preset by the network, turning into a gray-black energy torrent that was extremely compressed and condensed several times, along the direction of the "coordinate" in the dark marked by Zhao Yuan's sword intent, tearing the void, and disappearing instantly!

It was guided toward... a deep dimension or distant coordinate where the Ruins Abyss demonic consciousness body might be located and closely connected to the node here!

Although it only guided a part of the core energy of the destructive light column (most of the energy still exploded in situ on Blood Shark Island), its power was still enough to make any Soul Formation cultivator change color!

All this, described as complex, actually happened in the one or two breaths after the destructive light column erupted.

Having lost the most core, most "directional" part of the energy, the destructive light column that exploded on Blood Shark Island, although its power was still terrifying, completely erasing the entire island from the sea surface, forming a giant pit thousands of zhang deep, with magma and chaotic energy flowing on the edge, and triggering a super tsunami and energy storm sweeping thousands of miles, its "quality" threat, especially the "End Dao rhyme" pollution targeting the soul and Dao foundation, was weakened a lot because the core silent sword intent and part of the Ruins Abyss demonic energy origin were transferred.

Lin Xuan and Zhao Yuan, located on the edge of the explosion and at the "starting point" of the guidance channel, still bore the impact and were terrifying. The Chaos Tribulation Power barrier supported by Lin Xuan shattered instantly, and he and Zhao Yuan were thrown away like kites with broken strings, covered in blood, their bones broken, their auras withered to the extreme, both falling into a deep coma.

But, they were still alive! They were not directly annihilated by the core destructive energy!

In the distance, Eunuch Wei, Elder Beichen, Ling Shuang, Yan Gang and others who were fighting the tsunami and energy storm and trying to evacuate, seeing the destructive torrent being guided away, and Lin Xuan and Zhao Yuan who were seriously injured and dying but miraculously not completely swallowed, were all surprised and happy, and felt a lingering fear.

"Quick! Save them!" Eunuch Wei shouted hoarsely, not caring about his own injuries, activating his Soul Formation cultivation to the limit, bearing the violent energy turbulence, and rushing toward the direction where Lin Xuan and Zhao Yuan fell.

Elder Beichen and others also hurriedly followed.

And just as Blood Shark Island was destroyed, Lin Xuan and Zhao Yuan were rescued, and everyone was resisting the aftermath of the disaster while urgently evacuating this sea of death.

In the endless distance, in an unknown void dimension, deep in the "Ruins Abyss Demon Sea" filled with eternal darkness, chaotic whispers, and endless desire to devour.

In a terrifying "palace" composed of countless wriggling demon flesh and distorted laws.

A giant demonic shadow entrenched on a bone throne, whose aura was thousands of times stronger than the Shadow Erosion Demon Marshal, suddenly opened countless compound eyes! In each compound eye, scenes of star collapse and all things returning to silence were reflected.

"Hmm? My 'Star Evil Coordinate'... was detonated? And tried to... reverse pollute this seat?" The demonic shadow let out a whisper from the bottom of the Nine Netherworlds, mixed with anger and a trace of interest. "Interesting... mere ants of the lower realm, bearing the variables of chaos, actually touched the fur of 'Tribulation,' and even have a trace of 'Silent' sword intent... guiding the ending power of the Star Evil Graveyard to my 'No. 7341 Observation Outpost'..."

One of its compound eyes pierced through the endless void, as if seeing the demonic abyss outpost that was being impacted by the destructive energy torrent and crumbling.

"Losing an outpost is insignificant. But these two variables... especially the boy who walked on the Chaos Tribulation Dao, and that 'Silent Star Silent Sword' that just recovered... must be erased, or... captured."

The demonic shadow slowly lifted an arm composed of countless tiny demonic insects and pointed lightly at the void.

A more hidden, deeper, and absolute will-bearing demonic thought, like an invisible ripple, quietly spread toward the world coordinate where Lin Xuan and others were located.

"Transmit my decree: Start the third stage of the 'Erosion World' plan. Lock onto the 'Tianyuan-Hanhai' realm coordinate. 'Greedy Eater,' 'Filthy Soul,' you prepare, within a hundred years, find a stable channel, descend to that realm, capture the variables, and harvest the remaining luck and origin of this realm."

In the Ruins Abyss Demon Sea, more terrifying existences were alarmed, emitting responding hisses and roars.

The Battle of Blood Shark Island temporarily came to an end. The demon nest was destroyed, Shadow Erosion was executed, Xing Lan disappeared in the final explosion (suspected to be torn by energy turbulence or fled into a spatial crack), Zhao Yuan obtained the complete inheritance, and Lin Xuan's Chaos Tribulation Dao showed its edge.

But, a larger shadow had already been cast from the depths of the endless demon sea toward this world that had just experienced the tribulation and had not yet recovered its vitality.

The storm in the sky gradually subsided, but beneath the sea surface, the undercurrents were more turbulent.

(Volume 4 【Hanhai Wind and Clouds】 End)