234: Devastating

In just a few breaths, the primeval forest that covered the ten-thousand-zhang arena was eroded by more than half by the dead-silent dao rhyme in Lin Yuan's right eye!

The once vibrant battlefield transformed into a bizarre scene, half emerald green and half gray and withered!

The boundary between life and death was incredibly clear beneath Lin Yuan's feet; the primeval forest struggled at the edge of the ash, yet beneath the withered remains of giant trees, a few tenacious, tender green shoots sprouted out eerily...

"Pfft!" Green Vine was struck as if by a heavy blow, her face instantly turning as pale as paper. The pulsing seed of life in her hand dimmed rapidly, and a tiny crack even appeared on its surface!

Her mind was connected to the Law projection she had summoned. By forcibly reversing the Law of Life with the Great Dao of Life and Death, Lin Yuan had directly severely injured her Origin!

"I... concede!" Green Vine spat out the three words with difficulty, her gaze toward Lin Yuan filled with shock and disbelief.

Her "Myriad Trees Paying Homage" had actually been forcibly reversed and shattered by the opponent in such an overbearing, such an Origin-based manner!

Overwhelming force! It was still a crushing victory!

The radiance of Lin Yuan's name on the ten-thousand-zhang Star Stele grew increasingly dazzling; every flicker was accompanied by the sad departure of a Profound Realm leader.

He was like a harvester walking through the Chaos Arena. Wherever he passed, whether it was the Child of the Profound Realm who commanded the power of stars, the Thunder Punishment Feathered One who controlled billions of lightning bolts, or the Lord of Secrets who split their Soul into millions of pieces... they were all as fragile as delicate porcelain before him.

His chaos wings didn't even need to be fully spread; with a light flick of his finger, a wisp of condensed Great Dao of Life and Death rhyme Qi was enough to send an opponent flying, severely injured.

Occasionally, encountering an opponent known for defense who cowered within an Origin Dao Artifact shield, Lin Yuan would merely lift his eyes. The annihilation dao patterns on the edges of his wings would faintly light up, and a "Chaos Ruin Blade," as thin as a strand of hair with gui xu runes flowing along its edges, would silently slash across. The supposedly indestructible Dao Artifact shield, along with the opponent behind it, would be like a canvas thrown into strong acid, silently annihilating, leaving behind only a spatial rift that could not heal for a long time.

Absolute suppression of status! Absolute dominance in combat power! His fighting had become an art—concise, efficient, cold, and possessing a suffocating elegance and dominance.

The spectator area had long since fallen into silence. The gazes that had previously held scrutiny, doubt, or even hostility, now held only deep awe and a sense of powerlessness. The name Lin Yuan, like a heavy brand, was deeply stamped onto the heart of every Prodigy.

Finally, when over nine thousand names on the Star Stele dimmed, the space beneath Lin Yuan's feet fluctuated violently once more.

This time, the teleportation light carried a kind of... extreme chill that seemed to freeze eternity.

Before the arena had fully solidified, a terrifying low temperature capable of freezing even Chaos Qi descended! The entire ten-thousand-zhang arena was instantly covered in a layer of profound ice several feet thick, shimmering with dark blue runes! The air was frozen into light blue ice crystal powder that fell rustlingly; the space emitted a "creak, creak" sound of unbearable strain, and the flow of time seemed to become incredibly sluggish.

A figure slowly emerged from the extreme cold.

The current Divine Son of the Ancient Ice Soul Clan, Ice Without Absolute!

He wore an ice-blue robe, and his face was so handsome it didn't seem human. His eyes were composed entirely of dark blue ice crystals, without a trace of emotional fluctuation.

The ice crystal runes circling his body were not the nine of Ice Without Trace, but a full twelve! Each rune was like a miniature core of absolute zero, and as they rotated slowly, they emitted a terrifying aura that froze Laws and solidified space-time. His appearance seemed to drag this Chaos Arena into an eternal Ice Age.

"Lin Yuan." Ice Without Absolute's voice was without fluctuation, like the friction of ten-thousand-year glaciers. "The defeat of my clan brother from the Beiming Profound Realm will be washed away today with your fire of life."

He slowly raised his right hand, palm upward. The twelve ice crystal runes instantly converged in his palm, condensing into a spear that was completely transparent, as if carved from the purest cold marrow—the Eternal Silence Ice Soul Spear! Where the spear tip pointed, space silently annihilated, leaving behind streaks of pitch-black frozen cracks!

Without any wasted words, the moment Ice Without Absolute made his move, he used his full strength!

"Absolute Zero · Eternal Tribulation Ice Coffin!"

The twelve ice crystal runes simultaneously erupted with a dark blue cold light capable of blinding gods and demons! The Eternal Silence Ice Soul Spear turned into a cold current that froze time and thrust out instantly! Wherever the spear tip passed, Chaos Qi, spatial fragments, and even the invisible threads of Law were all forcibly frozen and solidified! A phantom image of a dark blue ice coffin, constructed from the pure Dao of Ice, with time completely stagnant inside, formed instantly in front of the spear tip and descended toward Lin Yuan's head!

This ice coffin was not a physical attack, but an absolute seal at the level of the Dao! Once enveloped by it, the inside and outside space-time would be isolated, all things would return to silence, and even thoughts would be frozen! This was the bottom-of-the-box forbidden killing move of the Ancient Ice Soul Clan. Ice Without Absolute had clearly learned the lesson of his clan brother Ice Without Trace; he went for the kill immediately, not giving Lin Yuan any chance to unleash his power!

"Freezing space-time? Not a bad idea." Lin Yuan's indifferent voice rang out clearly amidst the bone-chilling cold, actually carrying a hint of... mockery?

Facing the Eternal Tribulation Ice Coffin descending upon his head, not only did he not dodge, but he instead took a step forward!

Behind him, those three pairs of chaos wings, silent for so long, were for the first time on the God Realm battlefield, explosively spread to their limit!

The Tier 4 chaos wings fully stretched out, their wingspan covering the sky and blocking the sun! Every feather was as heavy and thick as shield armor cast from chaos divine gold. The naturally inscribed green lotus divine patterns and the profound Chaos annihilation dao patterns upon them now seemed to come alive, madly flowing and intertwining! A Chaos storm that surpassed the imaginative limits of the Feather Transformation Realm, enough to make even Hunyuan Realm powerhouses change color, erupted explosively with Lin Yuan at its center!

"chaos green lotus · Myriad Laws Return to Ruin!"

Deep within his Sea of Consciousness, that swaying, radiant phantom image of the chaos green lotus shone brightly! The lotus throne rotated, and billions of rays of clear brilliance pierced through Lin Yuan's glabella, perfectly merging with his spread chaos wings! A layer of Chaos light membrane, seemingly thin but containing the three supreme dao rhymes of containing all things, evolving all heavens, and ending in ruin, instantly covered Lin Yuan's entire body!

Chi—! The phantom image of the Eternal Tribulation Ice Coffin carried by the Eternal Silence Ice Soul Spear slammed heavily against the Chaos light membrane!

There was no earth-shattering collision roar. There was only a hair-raising, subtle sound of Laws being forcibly "contained" and "decomposed."

The Eternal Tribulation Ice Coffin, capable of freezing space-time, the moment it touched the Chaos light membrane, was like being thrown into the all-containing Chaos Mother Sea. The Law of Absolute Zero that froze all things was forcibly decomposed and devoured by the power of Chaos, turning into nutrients to nourish the phantom image of the chaos green lotus! The dark blue cold light that constituted the ice coffin dissipated rapidly, like mist encountering a scorching sun! The Eternal Silence Ice Soul Spear in Ice Without Absolute's hand, condensed from twelve ice crystal runes, saw its tip become dim and blurry at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"Impossible!" For the first time, a crack appeared on Ice Without Absolute's ten-thousand-year glacier-like face. His ice crystal pupils reflected the rapidly melting ice coffin, filled with extreme horror! His Absolute Zero, his Eternal Tribulation Ice Seal, had actually been casually resolved by the opponent in such a manner, a method bordering on "devouring and assimilation"?!