149: Waking up in the world

The brilliance of that sword strike froze in the eyes of everyone on the battlefield.

Time seemed to be cleaved by a rift, and all was silent.

Whether it was the soldiers fighting or the Commander stationed in the rear.

They all stopped what they were doing, staring blankly at the gaping entrance, its edges smooth as a mirror.

Maergan, a top-tier Gold-rank Lord.

The mutual destruction barrier he had constructed, sacrificing himself and his most elite guard unit...

Was just cut down by a single sword strike.

It was as simple as cutting paper, not even stirring the slightest energy ripple.

“Is this... Legendary?”

Zhou Yong's mouth opened slightly; his proud tactical analysis system had completely crashed, its screen showing only a series of unresolvable garbled characters.

Beside him, Ling Feng's eyes flashed with shock, then turned into a wry smile.

“No, Brother Zhou, this is 'Law', this is the power of a 'True Name'.

He didn't cut through energy, or space, but the 'rules' themselves, which Maergan sustained with his life sacrifice.”

This had already surpassed the Legendary rank.

The power of a 'True Name' was indeed terrifying.

This was no longer a simple crushing of energy levels, but a dimensionality reduction strike from the 'rule' level.

In the distance, Apolosi's golden pupils also reflected that extreme 'nothingness'; she felt it most clearly.

That sword strike not only severed Maergan's annihilation domain but also the fundamental laws of that space.

She looked at the white-robed figure, and once again gained a new understanding of a 'True Name'...

Su Jin lightly coughed, breaking the eerie silence.

He patted Bai Xiao's shoulder beside him, his tone light and teasing.

“Well done, it seems this Sublimation wasn't in vain.”

Bai Xiao nodded slightly, sheathing his sword with fluid movements.

There was no discernible emotion on his face, but Su Jin could feel that the guy was probably incredibly smug inside.

“The path is clear,”

Su Jin looked at Zhou Yong and Apolosi in the distance, “Let's go in and deal with the trouble.”

Apolosi nodded, transforming into a stream of light and flying over.

She knew that whatever was inside could not be left unchecked.

However, just as everyone was about to move.

“Thump—”

A muffled sound echoed from within the secret realm.

Then, the earth began to tremble.

Not a violent shaking, but a... creeping (wriggling).

As if the vast Red Soil Plateau beneath their feet was a slowly stretching piece of skin.

Above the secret realm, dark red nebulae churned wildly, converging into an enormous vortex.

At the center of the vortex, an indescribable, crimson 'eye' slowly opened.

And at this moment, within the secret realm, the humming crystal trees no longer whispered, but shrieked.

A shrill, malevolent shriek coalesced into a psychic storm, bursting out of the secret realm...

The spatial rift cut open by Bai Xiao did not heal; instead, it suddenly stretched open like a monster's mouth.

An indescribable, viscous, almost tangible sense of hunger surged forth from within!

“Haha... Hahahahahahaha!”

On the battlefield, Giant Statue Overseer Ba'er, impaled to the ground by a light spear and on her last breath, suddenly burst into maniacal laughter.

Half of her body was melted by holy light, but she didn't care, only staring fixedly at Su Jin and the others with her remaining single eye, her laughter filled with the joy of revenge.

“Too late! You're all too late!”

“'You' isn't going to search for treasure, he's going to make a sacrifice! Using himself, and the most elite assassin squad of the entire Dark Star Empire, to ignite that heart!”

“That 'world' has awakened! It's hungry!”

She shrieked with her last ounce of strength.

“All of you, the entire Woma World, will become its first delicious meal! Hahahahaha...”

Her laughter abruptly ceased, and her life's flame was completely extinguished.

Their general offensive, Maergan's sacrifice.

Everything, all of it, was for a single purpose—to awaken this stillborn plane embryo, which only had the instinct to devour!

This was a suicidal attack affecting everyone!

“Damn it!”

Apolosi's expression was more solemn than ever before.

The light around her surged, forming a massive golden dome that isolated the mental shockwave and malice.

“It's awakening too fast! This is no longer a plane embryo, but a hatching plane calamity!”

Heavy pressure, like the sky collapsing.

Far in the rear, at the Blue Star Alliance command center, piercing alarms blared through the sky.

Veins bulged on Dragon Battle's resolute face.

“All personnel, listen up!”

His voice echoed across the entire battlefield through the loudspeaker.

“Sky Punishment Matrix, overload power to 120%! Permissions revoked! Indiscriminate saturation bombardment!”

“I don't care what the hell is inside, before it crawls out, blast it back into its mother's womb!”

“Domain interference field activated!”

Zhou Yong's voice also sounded in the command channel, filled with determination.

“Energy overload, direct connection to the front line, prepare to construct the 'Wall of Sighs'! Behind us is the entire Woma World!”

At this moment, the two military bigwigs unhesitatingly unleashed their most powerful, Legendary-grade trump cards.

Above the Red Soil Plateau, the weather changed dramatically.

Facing the slowly opening crimson giant eye and the abyss-like gaping maw.

Apolosi floated in the air, hands clasped, and endless power of light condensed behind her into a brilliant sun.

Bai Xiao stood at the very front, once again gripping his sword hilt.

He seemed to transform into a deep, ancient well.

That ultimate artistic conception named “Annihilation” soared into the sky, clashing fiercely with the overwhelming will of “Hunger” on an unseen level.

One sought to devour all things.

The other sought to end all things.

The laws of the entire space wailed under the unbearable strain of these two wills clashing.

Su Jin stood behind the two Legends, his robes flapping in the strong wind.

He looked at the impending world-ending catastrophe, took a deep breath, and instead of fear, a smile appeared on his face.

“A 'world', huh...”

“Coincidentally, we also have a world on our side...”