340: Objective: The City of Life and Death

"Founding the foundation and seeking the Dao are not contradictory; they can be done in parallel!"

Lin Yuan suddenly saw the light. A majestic will, like that of creation itself, surged from his body, triggering the grandmist dao source divine seal to emit a heaven-shaking Dragon roar!

"First, purge the universe with iron and blood, then guide the stars to guard my Dao! Finally, with supreme might, I shall prove myself the Lord of Star Continent!"

"Star Scar Guards! Origin Guards!"

Lin Yuan's voice, like a divine decree, instantly spread throughout the entire Chaos Origin City, carrying an unquestionable, resolute killing intent.

"Present!!!"

The thousand Chaos Star Scar Guards, already fully prepared, and the three hundred Origin Guards, whose aura had become increasingly profound and terrifying after successive bloody battles, roared in unison. A murderous aura soared into the sky, shaking the Star City!

The star scars and dao patterns on their armor shone brilliantly, and the gui xu star-slashing blades emitted a blood-thirsty hum.

"Target—Life and Death Bone City, Withered Glory Holy Land!"

Lin Yuan stepped out of the Grandmist Dao Palace, his figure appearing above the Star City void port.

A massive flagship—the "Chaos" void battleship, forged from chaos divine gold by the chaos creation platform and branded with the gui xu annihilation turret patterns on its bow—was slowly sailing out of the port, radiating a terrifying pressure capable of tearing apart stars.

"In this battle, we shall sweep clean the court and scour the dens; not a single blade of grass shall remain!"

"With the blood of the Withered Glory Saint, I shall sacrifice to the first banner of my Star Continent conquest!"

"Set out!"

"Understood! Understood! Understood! The Star Continent is eternal! Long live the Master's Divine Might!!!"

Amidst the heaven-shaking roars, the main engine of the Chaos battleship erupted with blazing Chaos light flames!

A thousand Star Scar Guards turned into a torrent of steel and surged into the battleship's belly, while three hundred Origin Guards stood guard behind Lin Yuan like the most loyal gods of destruction.

Ten slightly smaller but equally ferocious frigates followed closely behind.

The myriad worlds star gate opened in front of the fleet, locking onto the coordinates in a distant Star Domain that radiated a thick aura of deathly silence and withered decay—Life and Death Bone City!

The massive Chaos fleet, carrying Lin Yuan's resolute will to purge internal threats and establish hegemony, charged into the star gate like a spear of destruction piercing through the Chaos!

Space ripples fluctuated violently, like the surface of a lake into which a giant stone had been thrown.

When the Chaos fleet leaped out from the other end of the myriad worlds star gate, what met their eyes was a Star Domain completely ruled by gray decay, deathly silence, and twisted vitality.

A massive planet, woven from the bones of various creatures and withered vines, resembled a floating tomb. Thick, gray-green mist permeated the Void Realm, emitting an aura that made even the Soul feel decayed.

Countless withered bone vultures hovered in the star space, emitting harsh scratching sounds.

At the core of the Star Domain, a massive city—Life and Death Bone City—piled up from billions of massive bones and entwined with countless withered vines dripping with pus, resembled a giant beast lurking in the abyss of death, radiating a cold and evil pressure.

However, this evil city appeared unusually "active" at this moment.

Countless gray-white Soul-Devouring Thorns, like living poisonous snakes, spread and proliferated crazily on the surface of the Bone City, forming a thick, constantly writhing and twitching "living armor."

On the city walls stood dense crowds of "Withered Bone Guards" wearing bone armor, holding withered bone staves, and with ghostly green Soul fire burning in their eye sockets; their numbers far exceeded the typical garrison of a territory.

Even more heart-palpitating was the altar area at the core of the Bone City, where a chaotic aura mixed with the true meaning of withered glory, life and death, and violent Dark Abyss Demonic Energy was rising steadily, carrying a hysterical madness!

The Withered Glory Saint had clearly sensed the arrival of doomsday and was sparing no cost to drain all the potential of the Life and Death Bone City, possibly even utilizing some sacrificial secret technique to forcibly elevate his power for a final desperate struggle!

"Dying struggle."

Lin Yuan stood on the bridge of the Chaos battleship, his eyes as cold as ten-thousand-year black ice.

"gui xu annihilation turret, full power charge! Target, the outer thorn armor of the Bone City and the Withered Bone Guard clusters! Saturated coverage strike!"

"Understood, Star Lord!"

The bridge commander's voice was sonorous.

"Hum—Hum—Hum—!"

On the hulls of the Chaos battleship and the ten frigates, dozens of ferocious turrets simultaneously lit up with blinding gui xu runes!

Majestic Chaos energy was crazily extracted, condensing at the muzzles into heart-palpitating spheres of destruction!

"Fire!"

Following Lin Yuan's order, dozens of incredibly thick, dark golden beams of light, with edges flowing with ultimate annihilation runes, like divine punishment from the depths of the Star Sea, instantly tore through the deathly silent Void Realm and slammed violently into the layer of writhing Soul-Devouring Thorns on the periphery of the Life and Death Bone City!

"Hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss—!!!"

There was no deafening explosion, only the scalp-numbing, dense sound of annihilation, like strong acid corroding rotten wood!

The incredibly tough Soul-Devouring Thorns, containing deadly life-and-death poison, encountered their absolute nemesis the moment they touched the gui xu beams!

The thorn vines carbonized, disintegrated, and turned into fly ash at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Those Withered Bone Guards clinging to the thorns didn't even have time to scream before they turned into nothingness amidst the dissipating gui xu energy!

Just one round of volley fire! The seemingly thick thorn armor on the periphery of the Bone City was forcibly evaporated in a large area, revealing the gray-white bone city walls underneath and the Withered Bone Guards on the walls who had fallen into panic!

"Star Scar Guards! Airborne! Target, tear open a gap and establish a landing zone!"

Lin Yuan's order was like a cold, iron law.

"Understood!"

A thousand Star Scar Guards roared in unison.

The belly of the Chaos battleship opened, and thousands of small assault craft, like a swarm of bees leaving their hive, spat out Chaos light flames and, braving the sporadic withered bone spears and corrosive Soul fire, charged violently toward the gap torn open by the artillery fire!

"Form up! gui xu Force Field, activate!"

The Star Scar Guards Centurion's command was precisely delivered via communication runes.

The thousand warriors had already assembled into squads while in the assault craft.

Upon landing, the Chaos runes on their Star Scar Armor lit up completely, and the Power of Gui Xu was injected into the ground!

A hundred miniature yet powerful gui xu force fields instantly overlapped, forming a stable landing zone filled with the aura of annihilation!

The attacks from the Withered Bone Guards, whether physical bone spears or energy Soul fire, were significantly weakened or even annihilated upon touching the edge of the force field!

"Star-Slashing Blade! Ten Directions Array Breaker!"

The moment the landing zone stabilized, a hundred phantom gui xu star-slashing giant blades condensed again!

This time, the target was pointed directly at the dense phalanx of Withered Bone Guards surging forward!

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A hundred massive annihilation blade lights plowed through the ground! Wherever they passed, bones were shattered, Soul fire extinguished, and the sturdy Bone City walls were slashed open with massive gaps!

The Star Scar Guards, like sharp knives, stabbed fiercely into the interior of the Bone City along the gaps!

"Origin Guards! Follow me for the decapitation strike!"

Lin Yuan's figure turned into a stream of Chaos light, ignoring the cannon fodder along the way. With the powers of his Primordial Dao Body and Chaos Body fully unleashed—a base of 6390 Yuan Power, plus 50 Yuan Power from the lord of star radiance and 5000 Yuan Power from the Junior Child of the Plane—the terrifying bonus allowed his aura to instantly break through the limit of the Myriad Dao Realm, approaching the Saint Realm!

He held the chaos heavenly extreme sword, with three hundred Origin Guards—whose aura was at least at the Late Stage of the Myriad Dao Realm, with some having reached the Peak—following closely behind him like a spear of destruction forged from chaos divine gold, pointing directly at the altar in the deepest part of the Bone City that radiated a mad aura!

"Lin Yuan—!!!"

A shriek filled with resentment and madness came from the depths of the altar.

The Withered Glory Saint was seen floating in the center of the altar, his state at this moment extremely bizarre.

Half of his body was like dead wood that had decayed for a thousand years, covered in gray cracks and wriggling maggots; the other half exhibited a morbid, "vibrant" state flowing with dark green demonic light, as if countless blood vessels were twisting and wriggling under his skin.

The shattered life and death dao patterns between his eyebrows were currently being forcibly bonded and eroded by a thick, dark purple energy, emitting terrifying, highly unstable fluctuations approaching the Early Stage of the Saint Realm!

Clearly, at the final moment, he had forcibly fused with corrupted power, attempting a final sublimation and counterattack!