336: Chosen One of the Planes, Protector of the Universe

"Lin... Yuan!!" Saint Kurong clutched his agonizing forehead, his eyes filled with venomous resentment, shock, and a trace of irrepressible fear. "Such ruthless methods... such a powerful counter-attack... my Life-Death Dao Patterns... damn it!"

He forcibly suppressed his churning blood and the piercing pain in his Sea of Consciousness, immediately sitting cross-legged to mobilize the power of life and death. He sought to dispel the invading Gui Xu Annihilation Power and repair his damaged Dao foundation. Having failed his sneak attack, he had not only lost his painstakingly cultivated Death Squad but also suffered significant damage to his own foundation!

The Putrid Swamp Nebula battlefield.

With Saint Kurong's rats cleared out, the Star Scar Guards faced no further obstacles. Under the Centurion's command, they operated like an efficient war machine, quickly purging the remaining Corrupted Exotic Beasts, destroying several small Dark Abyss Altars, and successfully occupying the Corrupted Crystal Vein that radiated enticing energy fluctuations.

[Area clearing complete! Occupied high-purity Corrupted Crystal Vein! Destroyed Small Dark Abyss Altars x3!]

[Total merit points obtained: 180,000,000! slaughter value: 360,000,000!]

[merit points: 6,050,285,000!]

[slaughter value: 1,361,140,000!]

[Star Scar Guards accumulated Slaughter Brands during the battle, increasing overall combat power by approximately 5%! Several outstanding performers have achieved a Breakthrough to the Middle Stage of the Myriad Dao Realm!]

Brilliant results! The first battle of the Star Scar Guards ended with a perfect record of zero casualties, fully proving the power of the mass-produced elite troops from the chaos creation platform!

Lin Yuan was very satisfied with the result. He was just about to order the Star Scar Guards to establish a temporary base on-site, purify the vein, and prepare for a probing attack on the deeper Thousand-Headed Corrupt Star Dragon's nest.

Buzz—!!!

A terrifying will, deeper and more ancient than the previous projection of the Blood Abyss Devil Emperor, carrying an Aura of endless withered termination, suddenly descended upon the core area of the Withered Star Ring like an awakening Primal Vicious Beast!

This will was cold, deathly silent, and filled with absolute malice toward all life. It instantly penetrated the Putrid Swamp Nebula and locked onto the celebrating Star Scar Guard legion!

"Ants... clearing... disturbance... slumber..." An ancient, decaying demonic voice echoed directly in everyone's Soul, carrying a suffocating pressure!

Immediately after!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three gray-white energy pillars composed of pure Withered Death Laws, like a judgment from the depths of the star ring, ignored spatial distance and instantly crossed the battlefield. Carrying a terrifying will to terminate all things, they slammed into the three most densely packed formations of the Star Scar Guards!

Everywhere the pillars passed, space curled and withered like dried leaves! Their power had shockingly reached the level of a full-strength strike from the Early Stage of the Saint Realm! It was absolutely not something the Star Scar Guards could withstand!

"No!" The Centurion's eyes were nearly splitting as he realized it was too late to order them to scatter!

The Star Scar Guards felt the fatal threat and instinctively activated their Star Scar Armor defenses, fully deploying their Gui Xu Forcefields! However, before the great power of the Saint Realm, it was like an ant trying to stop a carriage!

Just at this critical moment!

"Hmph!"

A cold snort, like divine thunder that splits the heavens and earth, exploded over the battlefield!

Lin Yuan's figure appeared as if teleporting into the path of the three withered pillars! He was surrounded by Primordial Purple Qi, and the 150% total combat power bonus granted by his temporary titles of lord of star radiance and Junior Child of the Plane caused his Aura to surge! Facing this terrifying attack capable of obliterating a thousand Star Scar Guards, he actually didn't dodge!

"Son of the Plane, Universal Protection!" he shouted inwardly.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

Three invisible absolute barriers containing the supreme rules of the Heavenly Dao instantly appeared in front of the three pillars!

Boom! Boom! Boom!!!

The three withered pillars slammed violently into the invisible barriers! Terrifying energy capable of withering stars and severely wounding Hunyuan Realm experts erupted and raged frantically! However, the invisible barriers remained as immovable as the walls of the Universe!

All the withered Laws that crashed into the barriers were like being thrown into the eternal Gui Xu; without even causing a ripple, they were completely erased and neutralized by an incomprehensible great power of the Heavenly Dao!

Lin Yuan's figure remained motionless amidst the aftershocks of the explosion, his robes fluttering. He slowly raised his head, his gaze penetrating layers of spatial obstructions like two heaven-splitting swords, stabbing into the deepest part of the Withered Star Ring to clash with those newly opened, abyss-like crimson lights!

"Old man, your opponent is me." Lin Yuan's voice was calm, yet it carried a killing intent sufficient to freeze the Soul, echoing clearly over the Withered Star Ring.

In the core of the Withered Star Ring, the viscous dark demonic pool churned violently, and the crimson light was filled with rage and a trace of... unbelievable wariness! "Junior Child of the Plane... Heavenly Dao protection... damn it!!!"

On the Putrid Swamp Nebula battlefield, the thousand Star Scar Guards who had survived the disaster looked up at the invincible figure standing before them, who had withstood the great power of the Saint Realm. The fanaticism and reverence in their eyes reached a peak! Someone was the first to drop to one knee and shout:

"The Lord's Divine Might! Star City is immortal!"

Immediately after, the thousand warriors roared in unison, their voices shattering the nebula:

"The Lord's Divine Might! Star City is immortal!!"

"The Lord's Divine Might! Star City is immortal!!!"

The iron-blooded roar, mixed with faith in their supreme Dominator, played the battle song of Chaos Origin City in this Star Domain shrouded by death and withering!

Lin Yuan's figure stood tall above the Putrid Swamp Nebula, with Primordial Purple Qi swirling around him like a god who had created the world. He stared across space at the crimson demonic pupils in the depths of the Withered Star Ring. The invisible clash of Aura made this decaying Star Domain tremble. The Heavenly Dao protection of the Son of the Plane went head-to-head with the withered saintly pressure of the Primal Blood Ancestor, and it didn't fall behind in the slightest!

"Old man, the lid of your slumbering coffin isn't even sealed tight, yet you dare come out to stir up trouble?" Lin Yuan's voice was cold, carrying undisguised mockery that stabbed like a blade into the core of the Withered Star Ring. "Today, I shall thoroughly clean up this piece of rotten meat on behalf of this world!"

"Arrogant!" The Primal Blood Ancestor's will was like billions of cold poisonous needles, stabbing fiercely at Lin Yuan's Sea of Consciousness, only to be easily smoothed over by the eternal clear light emitted by the primordial azure lotus dao embryo. Its viscous demonic pool churned violently, clearly enraged to the extreme. "A mere favorite of the plane... nothing more than a dog of the Heavenly Dao! When my true body descends, I will turn you and this Divine Realm into blood food for my revival!"

Cruel words were spoken, but it did not attack immediately. Lin Yuan's bizarre immunity and the Heavenly Dao empowerment of the Son of the Plane made this projected will, which barely maintained itself through a planar rift, hesitant to act. Forcing an attack would consume a huge amount of energy without guaranteed success, and might instead expose more weaknesses.

Lin Yuan's thoughts moved like lightning, and he instantly grasped the other's wariness. This was exactly the result he wanted!

"Star Scar Guards, hear my command!" Lin Yuan's voice rang across the battlefield through his authority, majestic and decisive. "Target: the core of the Putrid Swamp Nebula, the Thousand-Headed Corrupt Star Dragon's nest! Clear the remnants and establish a Forward Base! Purify the vein and construct a temporary defensive formation! This place shall be the Bridgehead for 'Chaos Origin City' to conquer the Withered Star Ring!"