222: Chaos Return to Ruins Blade

They watched as Lin Yuan moved across the arena as if taking a leisurely stroll. Every seemingly casual strike sent a Feather Transformation Realm Prodigy—each powerful enough to dominate a region in the outside world—flying like a sandbag, heavily injured or even unconscious. The entire tournament seemed to have become a coronation stage built for him alone.

Finally, the finals arrived.

Standing on the opposite side of the arena was the strongest Feather Transformation Realm Prodigy in this Star City competition besides Lin Yuan: Lei Yu, a Peak of the Feather Transformation Realm genius from the main city of Ziwei Star Continent, 'Tianshu Star City'. He was tall and slender, with a face as cold and sharp as a knife. Deep Purple Lightning crackled around his body, and a pair of 'Wings of Thunderous Execution' made of pure destructive lightning emitted a violent, devastating Aura from his back. He held a hideously shaped thunder spear, its tip dancing with electric flashes that pierced the Void Realm.

"Lin Yuan!" Lei Yu's voice was like rolling thunder, carrying intense Battle Intent and a hint of wariness. "You are indeed strong! But if you want to take first place in the Star City, you'll have to get past the 'Spear of Ruinous Thunder' in my hand first!"

Lin Yuan finally stopped his pace and looked directly at his opponent in the finals for the first time. But it was only a single glance.

"You are not worthy." Lin Yuan's voice was flat and calm, as if stating a simple fact.

"Arrogance! Lei Yu Absolute Void!" Lei Yu was thoroughly enraged and let out a sharp cry. The Wings of Thunderous Execution suddenly erupted with blinding purple light! He transformed into a terrifying lightning dragon that tore through heaven and earth, carrying a violent Aura that could destroy everything. The Spear of Ruinous Thunder in his hand condensed his entire lightning Origin, turning into a purple electric flash that pierced the Void Realm, aiming straight for the center of Lin Yuan's eyebrows! This strike had faintly touched the threshold of the Myriad Dao Realm! Its power was enough to heavily injure most at the Peak of the Feather Transformation Realm!

Facing this world-destroying blow, Lin Yuan finally moved.

He did not dodge, did not block, and did not even use any Magic Treasure.

He simply raised his right hand.

He pressed his fingers together like a sword.

Lin Yuan wanted to test the top-tier offensive skill he had gained from upgrading his chaos wings to the fourth rank!

Behind him, the wings that had been promoted to the fourth rank and were flowing with the Power of Gui Xu suddenly lit up with annihilation dao patterns along their edges! A terrifying Aura that made the space of the entire Lihuo Star City tremble—as if it were about to pull all things back to the guixu origin point—instantly condensed at Lin Yuan's joined fingertips!

His fingertips made a casual stroke forward.

The movement was gentle, like brushing away dust.

Ssh—!

A 'line' of indescribable color, its edges flowing with gui xu runes, appeared silently along the trajectory of Lin Yuan's finger. This 'line' was as thin as a hair, yet it radiated the ultimate true meaning of ending all things and annihilating all matter! Wherever it passed, space was not cut, but rather dissolved and annihilated silently, like a canvas dropped into strong acid! It left behind a pitch-black rift that could not heal for a long time, pure and radiating the Aura of Chaos Return to Ruin!

Lei Yu's Spear of Ruinous Thunder, with its overwhelming momentum that could pierce through stars, the moment it touched this 'line'—

There was no explosion, no roar.

Only a hair-raising sound of annihilation as the Law was forcibly erased!

The spear light, like a purple electric flash, was silently dissolved and decomposed as if thrown into the guixu origin point, failing to produce even a single ripple of energy! The destructive lightning Origin that formed the spear's body was greedily swallowed and annihilated by that line of ruin!

The speed of the 'line' seemed slow, but in reality, it surpassed the limits of time and space.

Under Lei Yu's horrified gaze, his pupils shrinking to the size of pinpoints, that tiny line of ruin—containing ultimate destruction—penetrated the Spear of Ruinous Thunder without resistance, pierced through the protective lightning Qi of his proud Wings of Thunderous Execution, and lightly 'imprinted' itself on the ground in front of him.

Rumble—!!!!

The massive arena, forged from a mixture of Star Divine Gold and Lihuo Divine Iron and capable of withstanding the fierce battles of the Myriad Dao Realm, was like the core of billions of annihilation bombs being detonated! Centered on the landing point of that tiny line of ruin, the arena floor within a radius of a hundred zhang silently collapsed, disintegrated, and was annihilated! It turned into the most primitive Chaos particle dust! A bottomless, massive pit with edges as smooth as a mirror, radiating a terrifying Aura of ruin, instantly replaced the original arena!

Lei Yu's figure froze in mid-air, maintaining his forward-charging posture, the horrified expression on his face frozen. The violent lightning around him was instantly extinguished as if its source had been pinched off, vanishing without a trace. A light breeze blew past.

Crack... crack crack... Starting from the tip, the Spear of Ruinous Thunder in his hand shattered inch by inch, turning into flying ash and scattering.

Then followed the battle armor on his body, the Wings of Thunderous Execution on his back... Like a sand sculpture weathered for billions of years, they silently turned into powder and drifted away with the wind.

Thud.

Lei Yu fell from mid-air, crashing heavily onto the edge of the massive pit. His clothes were completely shredded, his skin covered in cobweb-like charred cracks, and his Aura was withered to the extreme. Only endless fear and confusion remained in his eyes. Had Lin Yuan not deliberately controlled the power of the 'Chaos Ruin Blade' to target only the arena and the attack itself, he would have long since turned into cosmic dust along with that hundred-zhang arena!

Dead silence!

An absolute dead silence enveloped the entire Lihuo Star City!

Millions of Martial Artists, along with the Myriad Dao Realm Elder responsible for refereeing, were all as if petrified. Their mouths were wide open, their eyes bulging, staring fixedly at the bottomless ruin pit on the arena and at Lei Yu, who lay limp like a dead dog by the edge.

With a single look, he forced Long Hao to his knees!

With a single stroke of his finger, he annihilated a hundred-zhang Divine Gold arena and heavily injured the Peak of the Feather Transformation Realm Lei Yu!

Was this... still a battle between Feather Transformation Realm Martial Artists?!

"Lihuo Star City, Feather Transformation Realm Tournament, the Champion is—" The Myriad Dao Realm Elder in charge of refereeing announced with a voice that carried an uncontrollable tremble, "Lin! Yuan!"

As the voice fell, it seemed to trigger a certain switch.

Buzz—!

On the back of Lin Yuan's right hand, that ancient primal gold seal suddenly erupted with dazzling golden light! The abstract Chaos Star Core mark in the center of the gold seal rotated frantically, and the runes flowing around the edges became even more complex and profound. A majestic and vast will of the Heavenly Dao crashed down like an invisible carving knife. Beside the unique flame crest representing Lihuo Star City on the edge of the gold seal, it carved an even more noble and brilliant ancient seal script character for 'Two'!

[primal gold seal (Level 2)]

[Owner: Lin Yuan (Peak of the Feather Transformation Realm)]

[Authority: After the 903rd Era begins, granted permission to enter the 903 Divine Domain (Initial authority increased)]

[Eligible to participate in the Ziwei Star Continent Feather Transformation Realm Prodigy Tournament!]

The golden light gradually receded. Lin Yuan stood at the edge of that massive ruin pit, the shattered arena making his figure appear even more upright. He slightly raised his head, his gaze seemingly piercing through the firmament of Lihuo Star City, casting toward the even more vast core battlefield of the Ziwei Star Continent, where geniuses gathered like clouds.

First in the Star City was not his end point.

The peak of the Star Continent was the next target he would trample underfoot!