146: powerful primal magic

This seemingly simple stomp contained Lin Yuan's own 12.7 million Yu of power. Combined with the 12.7 million Yu total combat power bonus granted by the heaven swallowing pagoda, the actual burst was close to 25.4 million Yu! Against these shackled small fry who were at most Rank 3, it was a complete and utter slaughter!

The circular shockwave swept through, instantly clearing several hundred meters around Lin Yuan! Only shattered bone blades, carapaces, and drifting ash remained on the ground. The merit points on his bracelet surged significantly once again.

Now, only those few Rank 4 Giant Armored Beasts remained in the field, bound in place and roaring in fury, unable to move a single step.

Lin Yuan's gaze fell upon one of them. The chaos heavenly extreme sword emitted a low hum as its edge pointed toward the target.

He had no intention of using Origin Spells. Against these Giant Armored Exotic Beasts with combat power of only 500,000 Yu, the chaos heavenly extreme sword in his hand was more than enough.

"Slash."

With a slight flick of Lin Yuan's wrist, a condensed, hazy gray Sword Qi shot out from the chaos heavenly extreme sword. The Sword Qi was unremarkable at first, but the moment it left the blade, it drew in the dense surrounding Chaos Qi and expanded rapidly, transforming into a gray silk-like ribbon dozens of Zhang long!

The Sword Qi whistled, carrying a sharp edge capable of severing Laws, as it precisely slashed toward the relatively fragile neck joint of a Giant Armored Beast!

Puchi!

A piercing cutting sound rang out! The Giant Armored Beast's thick bone armor, capable of withstanding attacks from ordinary Myriad Laws Realm experts, was easily sliced open like a hot knife through butter before the Chaos Sword Qi, which was augmented by the heaven swallowing pagoda's 12.7 million Yu total combat power bonus! A massive head soared into the sky, trailing a stream of dark green foul blood! The headless, massive body stiffened for a moment within the binding force field before crashing to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

[Killed Rank 4 Exotic Beast: Giant Armored Beast, merit points +1,000] flashed across the bracelet's display.

Lin Yuan didn't stop, his wrist flicking repeatedly. Several more streaks of Chaos Sword Qi shot out like a death god's scythe, precisely harvesting the lives of the remaining bound Giant Armored Beasts. Sword light flashed, bone armor shattered, and foul blood splattered. Within a few breaths, these powerful Rank 4 guards had become headless corpses on the ground.

Having dealt with the guards, Lin Yuan turned his gaze toward that Rank 3 Main Hive, which was constantly pulsating and spitting out Exotic Beast eggs. He could clearly sense a core deep within the hive that radiated chaotic life and spatial fluctuations.

"The core—destroy it."

Lin Yuan took a step forward, his figure moving like lightning, instantly crossing several hundred meters to charge straight at the flesh-and-blood Main Hive!

Sensing a fatal threat, the Main Hive's pulsations suddenly intensified, emitting a sharp, ear-piercing alarm screech! Its largest surface openings dilated abruptly; instead of spitting out beast eggs, they acted like cannons, firing several columns of viscous, dark green acid that radiated intense corrosive energy! Everywhere the acid columns passed, even the air made a "sizzling" corrosive sound, and the ground was dissolved into deep furrows.

Simultaneously, the Rank 2 hives surrounding it acted like an enraged swarm of hornets, spitting out a massive number of self-destructing flying insects and corrosive poison mists in an attempt to block Lin Yuan.

"Trivial tricks." Lin Yuan's eyes were cold as his Origin Dharma Body shone brilliantly, and a thick shield of Origin Law airflow instantly condensed in front of him.

Chichi chichi—!

The acid columns, containing terrifying corrosive power, slammed hard into the Chaos shield, erupting in a violent sound of energy annihilation as the dark green acid and hazy gray Chaos Qi eroded and neutralized each other. The shield fluctuated violently but held firm against the attack! The splashing acid and poison mist were also kept at bay by the shield.

Lin Yuan's speed did not decrease; he had already rushed to the immediate vicinity of the Main Hive!

"Soul Devouring Seal!"

He finally used an Origin Spell for the first time today!

Buzz!

Lin Yuan formed a seal with his left hand, and a complex and eerie black mark, constructed from pure Mental Energy and the Law of Death, instantly appeared in his palm. The moment the mark appeared, a cold suction force targeted at the Soul spread out!

Soul Devouring Seal: Rank 4 Devouring Origin Spell! Increases total combat power by 3 times!

With the enhancement of the Soul Devouring Seal, Lin Yuan's 12.7 million Yu total combat power instantly surged to 38.1 million Yu! Adding the 12.7 million Yu combat power bonus from the heaven swallowing pagoda, it reached a staggering 50.8 million Yu.

He did not use this terrifying power to directly attack the hive's outer shell. Instead, he condensed it in his left palm and slammed it down hard against the pulsating hive barrier that radiated core fluctuations!

Boom—!!!

The moment his palm struck the flesh barrier, it wasn't an earth-shattering explosion but a silent annihilation originating from the Soul level! The vast majority of the 50.8 million Yu of terrifying power transformed into invisible Soul shocks and the power of deathly wither. Ignoring the hive's thick physical defenses, it acted like countless invisible needles, stabbing deep into the hive's interior, pointing straight at its core life and consciousness nodes!

"Sree-gaaa—!!!"

The Rank 3 Main Hive let out an unprecedented, shrill, and distorted scream! The entire massive flesh structure twitched and convulsed violently! The throbbing blood vessels and energy pipes on its surface burst one after another, spraying out large amounts of foul blood and energy slurry! The beast eggs that were halfway through being spat out also seemed to have their life force cut off, falling limply to the ground.

This single palm strike directly and heavily damaged the hive's core consciousness and life Origin!

Take its life while it's down!

Lin Yuan's eyes turned sharp as the chaos heavenly extreme sword in his right hand erupted with a brilliant gray light! The blade was filled with the dense power of the Devouring Origin Law and the Origin Law of Death! He gathered all his strength and thrust the sword toward the core area, which was heavily damaged by the Soul Devouring Seal and had greatly reduced defensive power!

However, just as the tip of the sword was about to touch it!

The dying hive core, as if driven into a corner, suddenly erupted in its final and most frenzied counterattack! A ball of dark red energy—extremely compressed, extremely unstable, and containing all its life essence and chaotic spatial power—instantly formed at the core and then... exploded! The terrifying energy fluctuations instantly locked onto Lin Yuan, who was close at hand!

This was the hive's self-destruct core! Its power far exceeded its normal attacks!

Facing this sudden, imminent, and desperate counterattack, there was not a hint of panic in Lin Yuan's eyes; instead, a trace of cold calculation flashed through them.

"I was waiting for this move."

"Chaos Return to the Void · Myriad Laws Reversal Wheel!"

Lin Yuan shouted softly, and the supreme Law belonging to the Chaos Origin within his body was instantly triggered! A profound gray vortex, which seemed capable of devouring all energy and attacks, appeared silently before him!

Myriad Laws Reversal Wheel: Rankless Origin Spell! Effect: Double damage reflection!

The dark red torrent of destructive energy erupted from the hive core—enough to heavily injure or even kill a Martial Artist with tens of millions of Yu of combat power—was like a clay ox entering the sea the moment it touched the gray vortex, being silently devoured, decomposed, and transformed!

One ten-thousandth of a second later!

Buzz—!

A dark red destructive torrent, even more violent and condensed than before, with its energy intensity doubled, shot back from the gray vortex at a faster speed and with a more ferocious posture, slamming back into the hive core!