Chapter 180: Chaos True Form, One Sword Levels the Abyss

That terrifying roar that resounded through the soul was not a simple sound, but a vibration of a high-dimensional will that transcended ordinary understanding, instantly sweeping through the entire "absolute blind zone."

Crack! Crack!

Several floating star remains closer to the giant egg shattered inch by inch like sand sculptures weathered by the wind the moment that will swept past! Zhao Yuan, True Person Beichen, Elder Lingshuang, Old Ancestor Hunyou, along with Lin Xuan and the "aberration core" fighting fiercely on the periphery, all living beings' souls suffered a heavy impact at this moment, as if they had been fiercely smashed by an invisible heavy hammer!

Zhao Yuan bore the brunt. He had just slashed out a sword with all his strength, his aura had not yet calmed down, and at this moment, he groaned, a wisp of pale golden blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. The Nascent Soul in his sea of consciousness trembled violently, and the gray-blue light on its surface dimmed by three points. The "Faint Light Guiding Array" disk in True Person Beichen's hand emitted a groan of being unable to bear the burden, and several cracks appeared on its surface, its light nearly extinguished. Elder Lingshuang's ice-blue sword intent surrounding her body was forcibly shaken away by more than half, her face ashen. Old Ancestor Hunyou was the most miserable; he specialized in soul path and was most sensitive to this kind of will impact. At this moment, blood seeped from his seven orifices simultaneously, and the "Myriad Soul Banner" above his head emitted a shrill scream, and several powerful main soul phantoms on the banner actually dissipated directly!

And this was merely the will ripple emitted unconsciously after the "Star-Remnant Evil God embryo" awakened!

The true change happened in the giant egg itself.

Thump thump! Thump thump thump!

The pulsation frequency of the giant egg soared instantly, becoming violent and chaotic! All the twisted "filthy contract runes" on the surface of the eggshell flickered and wandered frantically, their brightness increasing by several times! The eighty-one chains (including the remaining part of the 73rd chain that had been severed) trembled violently simultaneously, emitting ear-piercing metallic friction and energy screams, and the dark gold and filthy light flowing on the surface of the chains were like boiling magma!

The most heart-palpitating thing was that at the part of the eggshell facing the direction of Zhao Yuan and the others, it bulged and deformed. Immediately following, with a "sizzle," the eggshell was actually torn open from the inside, revealing an irregular blood-flesh rift a hundred zhang long! Deep in the rift, it was not solid matter, but a terrifying energy vortex surging with endless dark red light, filled with chaotic star fragments and solidified resentment!

And from that rift, three huge "arms," completely pieced together from broken star crystals, twisted tentacles, and dark red energy, lunged out! Each arm was as thick as the hub chain that had been severed earlier, covered in strange star pupils that constantly opened and closed and suction cups dripping with pus, carrying the terrifying momentum of annihilating stars and tearing space, fiercely grabbing toward Zhao Yuan, who had just slashed out a sword and whose aura had not yet calmed, and True Person Beichen, Elder Lingshuang, and Old Ancestor Hunyou beside him!

Before the arms arrived, the filthy energy storm carrying the furious will of the Evil God embryo had already descended, completely sealing and freezing the space where the four were! It was as if it wanted to pinch, crush, and swallow them together with that space in this deep-sea forbidden land!

"Be careful!" Elder Lingshuang shouted sharply, exhausting all her strength to operate the remaining Mystic Ice True Intent, deploying layers of ice walls in front of her. Old Ancestor Hunyou also gritted his teeth and sprayed a mouthful of essence blood onto the "Myriad Soul Banner." The banner surface expanded, and countless yin souls roared, turning into a huge soul shield. True Person Beichen disregarded the damage to the array disk and injected the last of his strength into it, supporting a weak stellar power shield.

And from within that rift, three incomparably huge "arms," composed entirely of shattered star crystals, twisted tentacles, and dark red energy, suddenly reached out! Each arm was as thick as the hub chain that had been severed earlier, its surface covered in eerie star-eyes that constantly opened and closed, and suction cups dripping with pus. Carrying the terrifying momentum to annihilate stars and tear through space, they lunged fiercely toward Zhao Yuan, who had just struck with his sword and whose aura had yet to settle, as well as True Person Beichen, Elder Lingshuang, and Elder Hunyou beside him!

At this critical moment—

"Evil obstacle, how dare you act fiercely?"

A calm, nearly indifferent voice drowned out the screams of the chains, the pulsation of the giant egg, and the roar of the filthy storm, clearly resounding in everyone's ears, and also as if resounding directly in the chaotic will of the Evil God embryo.

The moment the voice sounded, those three terrifying arms grabbing toward Zhao Yuan and the others actually appeared to have an extremely subtle, invisible obstruction!

Immediately following, everyone felt a blur before their eyes, and a cyan figure had already appeared out of thin air between Zhao Yuan's group of four and those three giant arms!

It was Lin Xuan!

He did not know when he had broken away from the outer battlefield where he was fighting fiercely with the "aberration core," or rather, he existed in two battlefields simultaneously in a way that everyone found difficult to understand!

Lin Xuan at this moment was completely different from his usual restrained and deep posture. There was no dazzling light erupting from his body, yet he possessed an indescribable "sense of existence" that seemed to transcend this polluted and twisted space. He was still in his cyan shirt, but those Chaos Tribulation Pupils were no longer slowly rotating vortices, but had turned into two gray origin points that constantly flickered, as if containing all the mysteries of the universe's initial opening and ending!

The most astonishing thing was that behind him, a phantom that was extremely blurry yet seemed to reach the heavens and stand on the earth faintly emerged! That phantom was neither human nor beast, resembling both Dao and tribulation. Merely a silhouette, it emitted a supreme intent that made all things return to ruins and all laws fall silent! In the phantom's hand, it seemed to hold an invisible sword, the sword intent echoing with the long sword condensed from Chaos airflow in Lin Xuan's hand.

Chaos True Form! This was the first time Lin Xuan had manifested a part of his own "Dao" and "power" true form in front of everyone! Although it was merely an extremely weak projection, its essence was so high that it had already surpassed everyone present, and even faintly formed a situation of dividing the court with the twisted star god status emitted by that "Star-Remnant Evil God embryo"!

"Senior Lin!" Zhao Yuan gasped. He could feel that the aura emitted by Lin Xuan at this moment was completely different from before; it was a power that was deeper, more ancient, and also... more lonely and heavy.

Lin Xuan did not look back, just slashed out a sword plainly toward those three terrifying giant arms that were lunging over, carrying the might of world-destruction.

This sword was still silent and soundless.

One could not even see the trajectory of the sword light.

Everyone just felt that in their field of vision, the momentum of those three hideous and terrifying giant arms suddenly paused. Immediately following, starting from the fingertips, they rapidly became "transparent" and "virtualized" at a strange speed, as if they were being "wiped" away bit by bit from the level of "existence" by some invisible power!

It was not just the material and energy composition of the arms, but also the Evil God will, filthy runes, and blood-resentment curses attached to them... everything belonging to the power brand of that Evil God embryo was rapidly dissolving and returning to ruins under this sword, like ice and snow under the scorching sun!

"Roar—!!!"

From the depths of the Star-Remnant Giant Egg came a roar that was even more furious, yet faintly mixed with a trace of disbelief and... shock! The three giant arms were being "wiped" at an extremely fast speed, and in a blink of an eye, it had spread to the roots of the arms! More viscous and filthy energy surged from the rift on the surface of the giant egg, attempting to stop this kind of "annihilation," but upon contact with the "intent" residual of Lin Xuan's sword, it was like boiling soup splashing on snow, instead accelerating its own disintegration!

Finally, amidst the unwilling angry roar of the Evil God embryo, those three giant arms that could easily pinch a peak Nascent Soul cultivator to death were actually "erased" from this space by this plainly slashed sword of Lin Xuan! No remains were left, no energy impact erupted, as if they had never existed.

Silence.

Dead silence shrouded the battlefield.

Whether it was Zhao Yuan and the others, or the "aberration core" in the distance that had temporarily stopped attacking and emitted fluctuations of suspicion, or even the giant egg whose pulsation had slowed slightly, all were awed by this sword of Lin Xuan that transcended understanding.

"Chaos... return to ruins..." True Person Beichen muttered to himself, his eyes filled with shock and confusion. He had studied star arrays all his life and considered himself knowledgeable, but he completely could not understand the level of laws and power contained in that sword just now.

Elder Lingshuang's fingers gripping the sword hilt turned white. From that blurry "Chaos True Form" phantom, she felt an absolute superior suppression that made her sword heart tremble.

Old Ancestor Hunyou trembled even more. As a soul cultivator, he felt most deeply about this power that directly erased traces of "existence"; it was the ultimate nothingness that was more thorough than soul flying away and scattering.

Zhao Yuan stared blankly at Lin Xuan's back. The "Silent Star Chaos Qi" in his body was exceptionally active at this moment, as if it had met its kind, and as if it were... resonating? He vaguely felt that the "return to ruins" true meaning contained in Lin Xuan's sword just now seemed to be of the same origin as the "extinction" sharpness in his "Silent Star Chaos Qi," yet they were walking on different, higher and further paths.

Lin Xuan slowly withdrew his sword, and the blurry "Chaos True Form" phantom behind him dissipated quietly, and the Chaos Tribulation Pupils also returned to their usual vortex shape. His face seemed a fraction paler than before, and his aura was also slightly fluctuating, but his posture remained as straight as a pine.

He looked up at the Star-Remnant Giant Egg where the rift was slowly healing but emitting a deeper malice, his voice flat, yet carrying an unquestionable declaration:

"Your opponent is me."

After saying this, he turned around and looked at Zhao Yuan and the others, especially Zhao Yuan: "Continue to sever the chains. It has just awakened, its power has not yet been completely integrated, and it has been injured by the limbs I severed, so it is currently in a state of weakness and fury, and there will be omissions in its control and repair of the chains. Take this opportunity to sever the remaining key chains. That thing outside," he glanced at the "aberration core" that was ready to move in the distance, "leave it to me for now."

As the words fell, Lin Xuan took a step, and his figure disappeared from the spot again.

The next instant, he appeared directly above the "aberration core"! This time, he was no longer just blocking, but actively launched an attack! Although the Chaos True Form had not reappeared, the "return to ruins" Dao rhyme contained in his sword intent was more than several times stronger than before! Every sword slashed out caused the huge twisted black shadow to emit screams of pain and fear, and its filthy body was constantly "annihilated" into huge holes, making it difficult to recover rapidly!

The "aberration core" was thoroughly suppressed and pinned down by Lin Xuan with one person and one sword, and it had no time to care about anything else!

Zhao Yuan took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the shock in his heart and his churning blood. He knew that Senior Lin Xuan had won the most critical, and possibly the last, opportunity for them, and for the entire plan!

"Go!" he shouted in a low voice, gray-blue light shining brightly in his eyes, disregarding the cracking pain of his Nascent Soul and the fatigue of his soul, operating the "Silent Star Chaos Qi" again, turning into a stream of light, and shooting toward the next key chain pointed out by True Person Beichen—the 19th chain!

True Person Beichen, Elder Lingshuang, and Old Ancestor Hunyou also suppressed the stormy waves in their hearts and followed closely behind. They knew that Lin Xuan had already blocked the most terrifying pressure for them. If they still couldn't complete the task of severing the chains, then they would truly have failed the peerless demeanor of using his body as a shield and his sword to level the abyss!

The battle erupted again.

But this time, the situation of offense and defense was already different because of that astonishing sword of Lin Xuan. ===== CHAPTER 181 =====

True Person Beichen, Elder Lingshuang, and Elder Hunyou also suppressed the surging waves in their hearts and followed closely behind. They knew that Lin Xuan had already blocked the most terrifying pressure for them; if they still could not complete the task of severing the chains, they would truly be failing to live up to this peerless demeanor of using his body as a shield and his sword to level the abyss!

The battle erupted once more.

But this time, the momentum of offense and defense had already changed because of that world-shocking sword strike from Lin Xuan.