Chapter 527: Who Made the Move?!

Their movements were light and carefree, like shooing away an annoying gnat, or brushing away a speck of dust from a painting.

There was no earth‑shattering convergence of energy, no law‑wave that could intimidate the eight directions, no dazzling brilliance of divine skill.

Not even a whisper of wind or a ripple in space was produced.

However—

「Boom—!!! 」

A change beyond the comprehension of almost all living beings present occurred!

Just as Jin Yang, Jin Lieyu, Lei Shun, and Qing Fen's qi surged to the peak, at the instant their killing move was about to be unleashed, the void they occupied seemed to freeze!

It wasn't frozen; rather, the very mass and laws of that space, in a one‑in‑a‑billion‑second instant, were raised to a terrifying density beyond comprehension, unable to bear their existence!

The snarls, murderous intent, arrogance, cruelty on their faces… all expressions froze in an instant!

In their place came an ultimate bewilderment, horror, and an infinite fear born of instinct when confronting a Great Power beyond comprehension!

They only felt an indescribable, irresistible force, as if the very will of the Origin Ancient Road had taken shape, or like the ripple caused by a sleeping Chaos Great Emperor turning over, gently brushing them.

It was just a brush.

Protective True Sun Fire?

Like a candle in the wind, it sputtered and went out completely.

Encircling Destruction Thunder?

As if it met an absolute insulator, it vanished instantly into nothingness.

Burning Azure Soul Fire? Like being drenched by invisible water, not even a wisp of blue smoke rose.

The lingering edge of Jin Peng? Like rusted mortal iron, it faded into nothingness.

The racial gifts and protective divine skills they relied on to stride arrogantly were, before this force, more fragile than bubbles in sunlight!

"No… could… be…" reflected endless terror in Prince Jin Yang's eyes, only managing to flash three shattered syllables through his spirit.

The next moment, the four once‑stormy, sun‑radiant silhouettes completely lost all control over their bodies!

They were like four flies casually swatted away by an invisible giant god, or four weightless dead leaves in a gale, unable to let out a proper scream, flailing and tumbling, spinning and soaring away in a ridiculous, helpless manner!

「Whoosh—Bang!! 」

「Snap—Boom!! 」

「Thud—Crack!! 」

「Whoosh—Sizzle!! 」

The four impacts, spaced by an instant yet clearly distinct, echoed from tens of thousands of li away.

At the edge of Emperor Beast City, on the abandoned star Black Obsidian Star—used as a landscape feature and about ten thousand li in diameter—four massive fireworks exploded almost simultaneously!

No, they weren't fireworks; it was a scene of rock dust mingled with shattered armor, broken feathers, and dim relic fragments soaring skyward!

The first to crash down was Golden Crow Tenth Prince Jin Yang.

He struck the Black Obsidian Star's surface like a golden meteor, carving a terrifying crater over a hundred li in diameter; its bottom was bottomless, with only scorching smoke and scattered golden sparks drifting up from the pit.

The second was Lightning Bird Lei Shun.

He slammed into a black metallic peak, cleaving it at the waist; his whole body became embedded in the broken mountain, his electric aura completely vanished, leaving only faint twitches as proof he was still alive.

The third was Bi Fang Qing Fen.

He crashed into a dry scree plain, carving a deep trench hundreds of li long; finally he collapsed at the trench's end like a torn rag, one leg twisted, the Azure Soul Fire already extinguished.

The fourth, and the most grievously wounded, was Jin Lieyu.

He suffered the bleakest fate, scraping almost flush against the Black Obsidian Star's surface, leaving a long, blood‑smeared, dimly golden trail; finally he shattered a small meteoric belt, buried in the rubble, his life or death unknown.

A second ago, they were the awe‑inspiring Four Fiery Stars that decided his life and death.

The next instant, they lay like four piles of discarded trash on a barren star tens of thousands of li away, bones broken beyond count, meridians split, spirits trembling, Dao Foundation damaged, left only endless pain, humiliation, and… bone‑deep fear and bewilderment!

Dead Silence!

Absolute Dead Silence, like a frigid cold wave, instantly engulfed the area of Emperor Beast City!

All onlookers, whether native Honghuang aberrations or foreign Zhutian demons, whether seasoned old monsters or the proud young Supreme, at that moment were as if an invisible giant hand had clamped their throats, eyes bulging, mouths gaping, faces etched with ultimate absurdity, disbelief, and incomprehensible horror!

Time seemed to freeze for several breaths.

"What... what happened?"

A trembling voice, uttered by a Turtle Clan being, broke the Dead Silence.

Immediately, like cold water splashed into a boiling oil pot, it erupted with a thunderous blast!

"Who?! Who made the move?!"

"I saw nothing! I felt no energy fluctuations!"

"Prince Jin Yang and the others... just flew away like... like trash?"

"Hallucination! It must be a hallucination! That's the Golden Crow Tenth Prince! Bi Fang's ancestral bloodline! Lightning Bird Young Master! And Golden-Winged Great Peng! How could the four together possibly—"

"Not a hallucination! Look at the Black Obsidian Star! Those four craters! They really were blasted away!"

"Could it be... an Emperor Fiend‑level entity hidden nearby, intervening?"

A trembling voice speculated, mentioning the Emperor Fiend, which was the true young Supreme.

"Even if the Young Emperor Fiend acted, it could not be so... so casually! So without any omen! So... incomprehensible!"

"This is simply... as if the very laws of heaven and earth were repelling them! Or... perhaps some supreme being, across endless time and space, casually glanced here?"

"Sss—!" The speculation made countless beings gasp coldly, their bodies chilled.

If that were true, the level of the one who acted had already surpassed the bounds of their imagination!

The roaring sound swept like a tsunami, and all beings frantically unleashed Divine Sense, sweeping every corner of the void, employing various eye techniques, sensing arts, even burning talismans, trying to locate the hidden terrifying entity.

However, it was all in vain.

The void remained the same void, the energy gradually subsided, and aside from lingering battle scars and the four large craters on the distant Black Obsidian Star, there was no other anomaly.

The one who struck seemed as if it did not exist at all in this spacetime, or its Dark Being form had already surpassed their perceptual dimensions.

This unknown, absolute, crushing terror can shatter the heart's defenses more than any visible powerful foe!

A chill spread through the heart of every onlooker.

At that moment, in the deep pits and ravines of Black Obsidian Star, four disheveled Dark Shadows struggled, swayed, and rose again.

They had long lost their former splendor and dignity; Jin Yang's princely robes were torn, his golden crown askew, blood oozing from his mouth corner, and his handsome face was covered in dust and fury.

Lei Shun's battle armor was charred black, his hair stood on end, and black smoke still billowed.

Qing Fen limped on one leg, his whole body was wounded, and his azure scales were cracked.

Jin Lieyu was the most wretched, barely hovering in the air only because Jin Yang and Lei Shun were holding him up, his breath faint, his gaze scattered.

After the utmost pain came a volcanic eruption of rage and humiliation!