327: Level 9 Star City

"Ant... you have angered this King!" The projection of the Blood Abyss Saint King finally moved!

Its blurry figure slightly raised a hand, pointing from afar in the direction of Lin Yuan!

"Dark Abyss Annihilation Finger!"

A purple-black finger force, as thin as a hair and manifesting the pure Origin of the Dark Abyss, silently pierced through the Void Realm!

Where the finger force passed, space did not shatter; instead, it directly turned into a zone of absolute dead silence—a "Nothingness" where even the concept of void did not exist!

It was as if this finger represented the ultimate annihilation will of the Dark Abyss Plane, intending to completely erase the target, along with any traces of its existence, from the multiverse!

The speed was so fast, and the momentum so terrifying, that it far exceeded any previous attack!

Lin Yuan didn't even have time to make any evasive maneuvers before the shadow of death enveloped his entire body!

"feather transformation supreme!" Lin Yuan roared in his heart; the only thing he could rely on was that title ability which granted immunity to one fatal injury!

Hum!

An invisible barrier instantly materialized!

Pfft—!!!

The Dark Abyss Annihilation Finger struck fiercely against that invisible barrier!

The silent annihilation that was expected did not happen.

That terrifying finger force, capable of obliterating all Saint-level existences, upon touching the barrier, actually seemed to have crashed into the hardest cornerstone of the Universe!

The purple-black power of annihilation erupted and eroded frantically, yet it could not shake the barrier in the slightest!

Instead, under the influence of some Supreme rule, it was forcibly decomposed and dissipated!

"What?!" In the burning purple demonic sun eyes of the Blood Abyss Saint King's projection, clear astonishment appeared for the first time!

Its finger, containing the Origin of annihilation, had actually been... immune?

Just in the instant its mind was slightly shaken!

"dao stele! Myriad Dao Return to Origin! Suppress Demons!" Lin Yuan seized this golden opportunity, pouring all his focus and power into the grandmist dao stele!

Boom—!!!

The grandmist dao stele seemed to be completely ignited!

The energy of the nine dao veins of the entire Chaos Star Core was frantically extracted by the Chaos Spirit Gathering Formation, and all of it poured into the dao stele!

The dao stele erupted with unprecedented chaotic divine light, and at its core, a blurry phantom of the primordial dao embryo vaguely emerged, emitting the supreme will of the Plane Origin!

A beam of chaotic light, a hundred times thicker and ten thousand times more condensed than before, shot out from the top of the dao stele!

Within the beam of light, Chaos evolved into the heavens, Chaos Return to Ruin submerged the myriad worlds, life and death rotated ceaselessly, the Soul peered into the netherworld, and time and space intertwined...

The six complete Dao true meanings that Lin Yuan had mastered blended and resonated perfectly within it, transforming into a beam of ultimate judgment containing the Origin will of the Primal Plane.

Carrying the supreme power to suppress all evils and purify the Dark Abyss, it fiercely blasted towards the Blood Abyss Saint King's projection!

"Plane will?! No—!!!" The Blood Abyss Saint King's projection let out a roar mixed with shock and anger; it felt a fatal threat!

This beam of light was no longer Lin Yuan's personal power, but rather the ultimate counterattack of the 903 Divine Domain against the Dark Abyss invaders, borrowed from the entire Foundation of Chaos Origin City, the nine great Chaos dao veins, and even blessed with a trace of the primordial dao embryo's Origin!

Its illusory figure instantly became solid, and its hands rapidly formed seals, attempting to construct a "Wall of Abyss Sighs" composed of countless wailing Souls in front of it!

However, it was too late!

The Chaos judgment beam of light, with unstoppable momentum, instantly pierced through the hastily constructed demonic wall!

Pfft—!!!

The beam of light fiercely blasted onto the chest of the Blood Abyss Saint King's projection!

"Ugh ah—!!!"

A shriek so shrill it was distorted rang through the Void Realm!

The Blood Abyss Saint King's projection, like a shadow thrown into strong acid, twisted and evaporated violently under the scouring of the chaotic divine light!

The Demonic Energy of the Dark Abyss that constituted its body was frantically purified and annihilated!

Its burning purple demonic sun eyes were filled with pain, resentment, and disbelief!

"Ant... Lin Yuan... This Emperor will remember you! When the Hongmeng Origin World opens... when my true body descends... I will surely make you... your Divine Soul completely destroyed... and fall into the Dark Abyss forever!!!"

The demonic voice, filled with endless resentment, echoed in the Void Realm.

Finally, under the continuous bombardment of the Chaos judgment beam of light, the Blood Abyss Saint King's projection completely collapsed, turning into a patch of filthy purple-black smoke and dust, which was then thoroughly purified and dissipated by the power of the dao stele!

With the collapse of the projection, that huge Dark Abyss rift also lost its support and began to twist and collapse violently!

The remaining low-level demonic creatures, under the slaughter of the Origin Guards and the illumination of the dao stele's divine light, rapidly perished like melting snow!

The crisis was resolved!

[Defeated the Dark Abyss Plane Blood Abyss Saint King projection Clone, destroyed the Dark Abyss invasion node! Merit is world-shaking!]

[Awarded merit points: 2 billion points!]

[Current merit points: 11.87 billion points!]

[Merit Ranking updated in real-time: Lin Yuan (merit points: 11.87 billion)]

[Extra reward: Due to heavily injuring the Blood Abyss Saint King's projection and delaying the Dark Abyss erosion process, the territory has gained the special status 'Plane Favor' (lasts for one hundred years): Territory development speed +30%, defense when encountering Dark Abyss attacks +50%!]

[slaughter value settlement: Total slaughter value gained during the defense against the invasion: 1.85 billion points!]

The grand voice of Heavenly Dao resounded throughout the Divine Domain, proclaiming the glorious results of this thrilling defensive battle to the world!

12.8 billion merit points! 1.85 billion slaughter value! Plane Favor status!

Outside Chaos Origin City, the smoke of war had not yet dissipated, and the damaged protective shield was slowly repairing itself under the energy of the Spirit Gathering Formation.

A hundred Origin Guards stood amidst the wreckage and the light of purification, their battle blades stained with blood, yet their auras were more condensed and ferocious; many of them had their auras faintly rising from the high-intensity slaughter.

Lin Yuan stood beneath the dao stele, his face slightly pale.

Just now, triggering the dao stele to unleash the ultimate strike had almost drained his own energy reserves and those of the entire Spirit Gathering Formation.

But in his eyes, an even more blazing flame burned.

The Blood Abyss Saint King's final threat still rang in his ears, and the hundred-year deadline was like a sword hanging over his head.

He looked at the skyrocketing merit points and slaughter value on his personal panel, as well as the newly added "Level 9 Star City (0 / 500,000,000)" upgrade option in the grandmist dao stele information, and a cold arc curled at the corners of his mouth.

"One hundred years? That is enough." He muttered to himself, his Divine Thought sinking into the territory core.

"Consume 5 billion merit points! Territory core—grandmist dao stele, upgrade to Level 9 Star City!"

"Consume 1 billion slaughter value! Hongmeng Dao Soldier Camp, enable 'Space-Time dao patterns' inscription! Inscribe Origin Guards No. 11-50! At the same time, initiate the second round of Dao Soldier recruitment—300! Simultaneously perform 'Space-Time dao patterns' inscription!"

"Consume 500 million slaughter value! Upgrade the myriad dao enlightenment platform to 'Intermediate'! Increase the probability of the Chaos Spirit Gathering Formation condensing 'Chaos Spirit Marrow'!"

"Consume 350 million slaughter value! Construct 'gui xu annihilation turret' (Saint-tier) x10! Deploy at key nodes of the Star City!"

As each order was issued, Chaos Origin City, which had just experienced a bloody battle, erupted with energy fluctuations even more intense than before!

The dao stele became even more towering and sacred amidst the golden light of merit points, the new soldier camp blood pool boiled, the dao rhyme of the enlightenment platform sublimated, and ten ferocious giant towers, with muzzles flowing with gui xu energy, rose from the ground at the edge of the Star City!

Lin Yuan's gaze cast beyond the Star City, toward that Star Domain that had been briefly tainted by the Dark Abyss and had now returned to Chaos, and further away, toward the Divine Thoughts of various Lords who had sensed the earth-shattering battle here and were casting looks of awe, greed, or fear.

"Origin Guards!"

"Here!"

"Prepare, repair, upgrade! Three days later..." Lin Yuan's voice was like cold ice, carrying an aura of iron-blooded slaughter, resounding through the Star City.

"Target—Dark Abyss erosion node 'Rotten Star Nest'! Follow me... to eradicate them completely!"

"Yes!!!" The earth-shattering roar, accompanied by the humming of the gui xu battle blades, resounded through the sky.