159: Nest Mother Nest

The core area of the Thousand Absolute Star City ruins was like a massive, bone-deep scar branded onto this fallen land.

There were no towering ruins here, no twisted vines, not even the fleshy fungal mats that covered the ground elsewhere.

All that remained was a massive, bottomless circular abyss with a diameter exceeding one hundred kilometers!

The edges of the abyss were as steep as if carved by a blade, exposing dark red rock layers that resembled congealed blood.

The bottom of the abyss was not dark; instead, it churned with a viscous flow of Chaos energy that emitted a mixed halo of dark purple and ghostly green light.

These energy flows writhed and pulsed like living creatures, radiating a sense of Chaos and pressure that made one's Soul tremble.

At the center of the abyss, a "structure" of indescribable grandeur and horror, like a malignant tumor grown from the deepest depths of Hell, occupied the entire field of view!

It was not composed of flesh or bone, but rather of countless massive, dark golden pipes that resembled living metal, twisted and intertwined together!

These pipes, over a kilometer in diameter, were covered in a pulsing biological membrane flowing with fluorescent energy. Countless sharp, spire-like energy nodes protruded from the pipe surfaces, their tips flickering with crimson light.

The entire structure was layered and spiraled upward, finally converging high in the air at an altitude of several thousand meters into a massive, constantly rotating dark purple energy vortex!

In the center of the vortex, one could faintly see a core composed of pure, dark energy, pulsing like a heart!

This was the source and core of all exotic beast nests in the Thousand Absolute Star City—the Mother Nest!

On the intelligence screen, its energy signature was marked in a color ranging from deep red to pitch black, accompanied by cold text: 【Energy Rank: Sixth Rank Peak (Quasi-Seventh Rank)】! 【Threat Level: World-Ending】!

Even more heart-stopping was that surrounding this mountain-sized Mother Nest, constructed of living metal pipes, floated twelve slightly smaller but structurally similar Sixth Rank nests!

They orbited the Mother Nest like satellites, connected to the main body by thick energy pipes, forming a massive energy network that covered the entire abyss!

On the cliffs of the abyss, within the energy flows at the bottom, and in the gaps between the forest-like pipes of the Mother Nest, dense swarms of exotic beasts of various forms stood ready like the most loyal guards!

The lowest were Fourth Rank elite units, while Fifth Rank Lava Colossus, Shadow Winged Demon, and Soul-Devouring Beast could be seen everywhere!

Furthermore, dozens of Sixth Rank Abyssal Guardian, exuding terrifying pressure, were coiled upon the massive pipe nodes of the Mother Nest's main body!

The ghostly blue crystals on their chests locked onto the only figure at the edge of the abyss—Lin Yuan!

The air was as viscous as gelatin, filled with high concentrations of Chaos energy and maddening psychic whispers.

Merely standing at the edge of the abyss, the invisible pressure was enough to cause an ordinary Myriad Laws Realm cultivator's mind to collapse.

Lin Yuan hovered in the Void Realm at the edge of the abyss, his Origin Dharma Body slowly circulating behind him, resisting the pervasive erosion.

His eyes were cold and focused, like the most precise scanner, analyzing the final fortress below.

"Twelve Sixth Rank sub-nests guarding one Quasi-Seventh Rank Mother Nest... plus hundreds of Fifth and Sixth Rank guards, and countless Fourth Rank elites..." Lin Yuan calculated rapidly in his heart, "Charging in blindly, even using all my Myriad Heavens Life and Death Wheel, would mean certain death."

His gaze finally locked onto the bottom of the Mother Nest, at the core of the massive energy vortex—the dark heart.

And the massive network of energy pipes connecting the Mother Nest to the twelve sub-nests! Flowing through those pipes was the pure Chaos energy that supported the operation of the entire nest cluster!

"Energy... core... network..." A bold plan rapidly took shape in Lin Yuan's mind.

He needed to create an unprecedented energy storm! A storm capable of tearing this final fortress apart from the inside!

But first, he needed a "fuse"!

Lin Yuan took a deep breath, his eyes instantly sharp as knives!

"heaven swallowing pagoda!"

The phantom of the ancient little pagoda flashed above his head and vanished!

Hum!

A mountain-heavy binding force field expanded instantly. This time, it did not cover himself, but instead, like an invisible giant net, slammed down toward the Sixth Rank sub-nest on the abyss cliff that was closest to him and had the most active energy signature!

As the force field descended, the space around that sub-nest instantly became viscous! The movements of the Fifth and Sixth Rank exotic beasts guarding the nest became noticeably sluggish!

"Myriad Heavens Life and Death Wheel!"

Hum—!

The phantom of the wheel of life and death roared to life within his Origin Dharma Body! The vast power of 127 million Yu poured into his entire body!

"Slash!"

Lin Yuan pressed his fingers together like a sword. A sword beam of life and death, fusing the power of creation and destruction, tore through the viscous space with an earth-shattering aura. It was not aimed at the sub-nest itself, but with pinpoint precision, it slashed at a massive energy pipe with a diameter exceeding five hundred meters that connected the sub-nest to the Mother Nest's main body!

Boom—!!!!

The sword beam struck the dark golden living pipe fiercely!

Blinding energy sparks exploded like a supernova!

The incredibly sturdy pipe shell, capable of withstanding ordinary Sixth Rank attacks, was sliced open, creating a massive fissure like fragile glass in the face of the 127 million Yu of destructive power!

The viscous "blood," emitting high-concentration fluorescent Chaos energy—materialized high-energy bloody plasma—gushed out frantically from the fissure like a bursting flood!

"Screech—!!!"

The attacked sub-nest emitted a sharp, piercing alarm screech! The entire abyss instantly boiled over!

"Roar!" "Awoo!" "Hiss!"

On the cliffs, in the gaps between the pipes, and within the energy flows, countless guarding exotic beasts let out furious roars!

Like a hornet's nest that had been poked, the tidal wave of exotic beasts, mixed with dozens of Fifth and Sixth Rank elite units, lunged frantically toward Lin Yuan's position!

The sky was obscured by flying exotic beasts, and the ground rumbled under the charge of massive beasts!

At the same time, the two Sixth Rank sub-nests near the attacked sub-nest saw their scarlet energy nodes light up instantly. Thick energy beams, like the scythe of death, tore through the air and shot toward Lin Yuan!

On the Mother Nest's main body, several massive energy nodes also began to charge, emitting even more terrifying fluctuations!

Lin Yuan was instantly plunged into a three-dimensional siege even more violent than the furnace area!

Facing this earth-shattering onslaught, Lin Yuan's eyes were cold, and his lips even curled into a chilling arc.

"Bring it on!"

He did not retreat; instead, facing the surging beast tide and energy beams, he took a sudden step forward!

"Myriad Laws Reversal Wheel!"

A profound, massive gray vortex instantly unfolded before him!

Its position was perfectly aligned with the two Sixth Rank energy beams from the sub-nests that had fired first, as well as the dozen or so Fifth and Sixth Rank exotic beasts charging at the very front!

Pfft! Pfft! Boom!

The energy beams and the few Fifth Rank exotic beasts at the very front slammed headlong into the vortex!