130: Breakthrough to the middle stage of Immortal Venerable

The shadow rising from the deepest part of the Abyssal Bone Star was so immense it defied all logical understanding!

Just its pair of giant eyes, like blood-red stars, were larger than ordinary mountains! As it slowly ascended, more of its outline became visible—what a terrifying and hideous existence it was! Its body seemed to be forcibly melded from the wreckage of countless stars and the bones of ancient giant beasts, covered in twisted angles and broken bone spurs. Its skin was the dark, somber color of the cosmic background, with dark red energy veins flowing across it like magma!

It had no fixed form, as if it were the embodiment of this deathly Star Abyss itself! The pressure it exuded was like the weight of the entire universe pressing down, carrying the most primitive savagery, tyranny, and will to destroy!

"What... what kind of monster is this?!" Mo Sha's mouth hung open, and he even forgot to breathe. Leng Yuechan and Ye Chen's expressions were extremely grave, and they gripped their weapons tightly. Kong Ming chanted Buddhist scriptures, but the Buddha's Light seemed so weak before this giant beast. Even Lin Yingluo, who feared nothing, instinctively shrank closer to Lin Xuan, a trace of primal vigilance appearing on her small face.

The aura of this giant beast definitely surpassed the Immortal Venerable stage! It might even have reached the late Immortal Emperor stage or higher! And that pure, primordial power, originating from chaos and destruction, made Lin Xuan's heart palpitate!

"The Watcher... Is this the Watcher the survivors spoke of?!" Chu Xinghe's voice trembled.

At the same time, the Asura Clan camp was in utter chaos! All the Asura soldiers were pale, trembling, and didn't even have the courage to flee. In the center of the camp, the aura belonging to Nether Skeleton Emperor also fluctuated violently, filled with shock, fury, and a hint of... unbelievable fear?

"Damn it! How did this thing awaken at this time?!" Nether Skeleton Emperor's roar came from deep within the camp, filled with exasperation.

Clearly, the appearance of this Star Abyss beast had disrupted all his plans!

The Star Abyss beast seemed to have just awakened from a long slumber. Its massive blood-red eyes carried a hint of confusion as they slowly swept across the Star Abyss. When its gaze passed over the Asura Clan camp, especially when it sensed the powerful blood-fiend aura of Nether Skeleton Emperor, the confusion was instantly replaced by rage!

It seemed to perceive the Asura Clan as invaders who had trespassed into its territory!

"Roar—!!!"

Another roar that shattered the void! The giant beast suddenly opened its enormous mouth, seemingly capable of devouring stars, and a dark red breath, a mixture of shattered star power and Nirvana Deathlight, surged out like a destructive torrent towards the Asura Clan camp!

"Form a formation! Block it!" Nether Skeleton Emperor's voice, filled with shock and fury, rang out!

The Asura camp instantly erupted with its strongest defensive demonic formation, blood-red light soaring into the sky!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The dark red breath slammed into the demonic formation! That demonic formation, strong enough to withstand the attack of a peak Immortal Monarch, crumbled and disintegrated instantly as if made of paper! The breath, with undiminished force, directly evaporated half of the camp along with the Asura soldiers inside into nothingness!

The power of a single strike was terrifying!

Nether Skeleton Emperor's figure finally appeared. He looked even more disheveled than before, his aura unstable, clearly still injured. He stared at the Star Abyss beast with shock and rage, gritting his teeth, but not daring to advance easily.

At this moment, the Star Abyss beast also seemed to notice the breaking wave, which was trying to conceal itself further away. Its massive blood-red pupils rotated, locking onto Lin Xuan and the others!

Being targeted by those eyes filled with destructive desire, everyone felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar!

"It found us!" Ye Chen growled.

"Prepare to fight! No, prepare to retreat!" Lin Xuan made a decisive choice! This monster was definitely not something they could contend with now! Retreating was the best option!

The breaking wave went full power, changing direction, and was about to frantically flee back the way it came!

However, the Star Abyss beast seemed enraged by these 'little bugs' attempting to escape!

It let out a low hum, and an absurdly large giant claw, formed from countless star fragments, ignored spatial distance, seemingly reaching directly out of the void, and slammed down fiercely towards the breaking wave!

Before the giant claw even arrived, the terrifying oppressive force already made the breaking wave's protective shield groan under the strain!

"It's too late! Block it!" Lin Xuan roared, instantly rushing out of the immortal boat, his early Immortal Venerable stage power erupting without reservation! Chaos energy streams swirled around him like angry dragons, and the bronze battle axe burst forth with dazzling demonic light!

"Time—Slow!"

He exerted all his strength, trying to slow down the falling speed of the giant claw!

Buzz!

The flow of time around the giant claw did indeed slow down a fraction, but only a fraction! The giant beast's power level was too high, and it had extremely strong resistance to the Time Law!

"Heaven-Splitting!"

Lin Xuan gripped the battle axe with both hands, using all his strength, and an axe slash, fused with the essence of chaos and Nirvana Sword Intent, soared against the heavens, striking towards the descending giant claw!

Boom!!!

The axe slash collided with the giant claw, erupting with light even more dazzling than a supernova! A terrifying energy shockwave spread out in a ring, instantly clearing away the surrounding floating debris!

Lin Xuan only felt an irresistible immense force, his tiger's mouth split open, the bronze battle axe nearly slipped from his grasp, and he was violently flung away like a meteor, smashing through several floating meteorites before barely stopping, a sweetness in his throat, and a mouthful of fresh blood spurted out!

So strong! Just one strike had injured him!

And the giant claw was only momentarily hindered, with a faint, almost negligible white mark appearing on its palm!

"Master!" "Father!"

Leng Yuechan and the others cried out, wanting to rush forward to help.

"Don't come over! Protect the immortal boat!" Lin Xuan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes becoming incredibly sharp and wild! He couldn't retreat! If he retreated, everyone would die!

This giant beast's power and defense were too abnormal! Conventional attacks were useless!

"I can only use that move... even though it's not yet mature..." A look of grim determination flashed in Lin Xuan's eyes!

He took a deep breath, no longer trying to clash head-on, but instead completely immersed his mind within his body, communicating with his Chaos Nascent Soul, activating the residual power of reincarnation from the golden-patternedLotus (You Lian) and the essence of Nirvana from the core of the Annihilation Insect Emperor he had just absorbed!

At the same time, the vertical eye between his brows opened again, and the primordial power of the Time Law frantically circulated!

He wanted to forcibly merge the powers of Time, Chaos, Reincarnation, and Nirvana—these supreme laws—at a deeper level! To create an unprecedented killing move!

This was an extremely risky move! If he couldn't control it, and the power backfired, he himself would be annihilated, body and soul!

But at this moment, there was no other choice!

"Buy me some time!" Lin Xuan roared towards the immortal boat.

"Understood!" Although Leng Yuechan and the others were anxious, they knew this was their only chance. The four immediately formed a battle formation, unleashing their strongest attacks, harassing the Star Abyss beast from a distance, trying to attract its attention!

Mo Sha roared and manifested his Ancient Demon True Body, charging towards the giant beast recklessly. Although it was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, he hoped to interfere for a moment!

The Star Abyss beast was enraged by the harassment of these "little bugs." It swung its other claw at Mo Sha, and at the same time, it began to condense its breath again, its target locked on Lin Xuan, who was channeling his power!

The crisis was imminent!

Lin Xuan was oblivious to everything around him; his entire mind was immersed in the fusion of those several violent powers within his body. Chaos as the foundation, encompassing all things; Time as the guide, accelerating evolution; Reincarnation as the bridge, balancing life and death; Nirvana as the end, returning to nothingness!

Under his forceful compression and guidance, the four powers began to violently collide and merge! Fine cracks began to appear on the surface of his body, golden blood continuously seeped out, and his immortal soul felt excruciating pain as if being torn apart!

But he gritted his teeth and persevered. In the vertical eye between his brows, no longer was there gray-white light, but instead, a deeper, more terrifying light began to condense, seemingly representing the ultimate end of all things—the Chaos Return to Void Divine Light!

Just as the giant beast's breath was about to be unleashed, and Mo Sha was about to be crushed!

Lin Xuan suddenly opened his eyes!

The Chaos Return to Void Divine Light in his vertical eye had condensed to its extreme!

"Universe... Return to Void!"

He uttered these four words in a low voice, and that subtle yet seemingly all-annihilating Chaos Return to Void Divine Light shot out silently!

This time, the divine light did not directly attack the giant beast's massive body, but rather, as if alive, it traced an abstruse trajectory, precisely shooting towards the point between the giant beast's blood-red, star-like eyes... its glabella!

There, it seemed to be the core of its energy and consciousness!

The speed of the divine light was not fast, yet it seemed to transcend the constraints of space, appearing directly at the target point!

The Star Abyss beast seemed to sense an unprecedented fatal threat from this subtle divine light, letting out a roar of shock and fury, wanting to evade, but finding that the space and time around it had become viscous and strange!

Pfft!

The Chaos Return to Void Divine Light easily penetrated the giant beast's glabella!

Time, it seemed, stood still for another instant.

The next moment—

"Awoo—!!!!"

The Star Abyss beast let out the most mournful and painful roar since the start of the battle! That roar was filled with unbelievable terror and soul-deep agony!

Its massive body violently twitched and contorted! At the point on its glabella struck by the divine light, a black hole-like spot rapidly expanded! That was not simple destruction, but the most fundamental "return to void"! It was annihilation at the law level!

Its flesh and blood, bones, energy, and even its powerful consciousness were being devoured, annihilated, and transformed into the most primordial chaos energy by that power of return to void at a terrifying speed!

It struggled madly, its giant claws flailing, its breath spraying wildly, turning the surrounding Star Abyss upside down, and countless ruins were completely destroyed!

But it ultimately could not stop the spread of the return to void!

Finally, with a wail full of unwillingness and despair, the immensely colossal Star Abyss beast's entire body completely disintegrated, transforming into a mass of constantly shrinking, ultimately dissipating into nothingness chaos energy... The terrifying Star Abyss Watcher had fallen!

And Lin Xuan, after unleashing this supreme strike, was utterly exhausted, his body plummeting downwards like a kite with a broken string, his aura extremely weak.

"Master!" Leng Yuechan and the others rushed forward to catch him.

Just as Lin Xuan's consciousness was blurring, his Chaos Nascent Soul, which was on the verge of collapse due to the forced fusion of supreme laws, underwent an astonishing transformation at this moment!

The originally somewhat unstable Nascent Soul, after experiencing extreme pressure at the brink of life and death and a trace of pure chaotic essence feedback after the giant beast's demise, actually began to become more solid and profound! The law patterns on the surface of the Nascent Soul became more complex and abstruse, as if containing the ultimate truth of the universe's creation and destruction!

His early Immortal Venerable stage bottleneck shattered with a rumble under this extreme pressure and fortuitous opportunity!

A more vast and majestic pressure emanated spontaneously from Lin Xuan's body!

Immortal Venerable... mid-stage!

After killing the Star Abyss beast, which was comparable to a late Immortal Emperor, Lin Xuan himself turned misfortune into fortune, breaking through to the mid-Immortal Venerable stage in this desperate situation!

Sensing the stronger aura emanating from Lin Xuan, Leng Yuechan and the others were first stunned, then erupted in ecstatic cheers!

"Master broke through!" "Mid-Immortal Venerable!"

Even the Asura Clan camp, still shaken in the distance, felt this new, more powerful Immortal Venerable pressure, and a dead silence fell. Nether Skeleton Emperor's aura fluctuated even more violently, filled with disbelief and deep apprehension!

Lin Xuan slowly opened his eyes. Although still weak, his eyes were brighter and more profound than before. He felt the qualitative change in his power, and a slight curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Indeed, crisis was the best catalyst.

He looked towards the depths of the Star Abyss, which had temporarily calmed down due to the giant beast's disappearance, and then glanced in the direction of the Asura Clan camp.