357: Annihilation of 170 Dao Lords

His black hair was like ink, his eyes as deep as the starry Universe, and he wore a spotless chaos heavenly evolution robe. It was Lin Yuan! He simply stood there, without any powerful energy fluctuations leaking from his body, yet he caused the entire noisy and tragic battlefield to instantly fall into a bizarre, deathly silence!

All the Dao Lords who were in the middle of a frantic offensive—whether it was the Burning Heaven Dao Lord casting spells, the Ji Kui Dao Lord controlling his Puppets, the Haigu Dao Lord with his eerie laughter, or even the Savage Ancient Dao Lord in his violent charge—their movements suddenly froze!

An irresistible, terrifying pressure originating from the depths of their Souls, like billions of divine mountains pressing down simultaneously, made their breathing stop, their Yuan Qi circulation sluggish, and even the Laws of the Dao seemed to wail!

"Lord... Lord?!" The one-armed Origin Guard Centurion looked at that figure, his eyes filled with tears and his voice trembling with unbelievable ecstasy.

The surviving Star Scar Guards and Origin Guards also seemed to see the only light in the endless darkness. The last bit of strength instantly erupted from their exhausted bodies as they roared in excitement: "Star Lord!!!"

Lin Yuan's gaze slowly swept across the battlefield.

The broken fortresses, the burning ruins, the corpses everywhere, the few remaining, scarred but still upright Dao Soldiers, and... those one hundred and seventy-plus Dao Lords with powerful auras, who were now like insects frozen in amber.

His gaze was calm and rippleless, yet it caused the Souls of all the Dao Lords he looked upon to freeze!

"I... have returned." Lin Yuan's voice was very soft, yet it clearly resounded in the depths of every living being's Soul, carrying a supreme majesty that pronounced their fate.

"You... you are that Lin Yuan? How is it possible... it's only been a month..." The Burning Heaven Dao Lord suppressed the trembling of his Soul and cried out in shock. He felt that the person before him was completely different from the descriptions in the intelligence; it was an absolute gap in the level of life!

"Stop playing tricks! Everyone, attack together and kill him! The Great Dao Source Flow Secret Realm is right behind him!"

The Savage Ancient Dao Lord was the most hot-tempered. After a brief moment of horror, greed overcame fear. He roared, burning his essence blood as his body expanded once more, like an out-of-control star. Carrying a brute force that could crush everything, he was the first to charge at Lin Yuan! He wanted to break the myriad Daos with pure strength!

The other Dao Lords also woke up as if from a dream. Although Lin Yuan's pressure was strong, the temptation of the great dao origin flow was enough for them to take the risk!

The Burning Heaven Dao Lord triggered monstrous flames, the Ji Kui Dao Lord released a sky-covering beam of destruction, the Haigu Dao Lord summoned a mountain-like Bone Troll, and the Shehun Dao Lord emitted a silent Soul Scream... One hundred and seventy Dao Lords each performed their ultimate techniques, and their terrifying attacks instantly submerged the location where Lin Yuan stood!

Facing this concentrated fire that was enough to heavily injure even an ordinary Saint Realm, Lin Yuan merely raised his right hand.

There was no brilliant light, no complex hand seals. He simply opened his five fingers and gave a gentle squeeze toward the surging torrent of destruction.

"Chaos Return to Ruin."

Buzz—!!!

An indescribable, multi-colored miniature singularity silently appeared in front of Lin Yuan's palm. The moment the singularity appeared, time seemed to freeze.

The burning flames, the beams of destruction, the giant Bone Troll, the invisible Soul Scream... all the incoming attacks, no matter what Dao Laws they contained, were like being thrown into the end of the Universe the moment they touched the range of the singularity!

Sizzle—!!!

There was no earth-shattering explosion. All energy, matter, and Law fluctuations were forcibly erased, annihilated, and turned into the most primitive nothingness by an absolute rule of "Ending" originating from the foundation of the multiverse the moment they touched that Return to Ruin singularity!

The Savage Ancient Dao Lord's massive body was at the very front, bearing the brunt of it. He felt his strength, which was enough to shatter stars, was like a clay ox entering the sea, failing to even stir a single ripple.

Immediately following that, an irresistible power of annihilation spread up along his fist!

"No!!!" He let out a desperate roar, watching helplessly as his body, which he took pride in and was comparable to divine gold, began to crumble inch by inch from his fist, turning into fly ash!

The speed of that annihilation was faster than thought. He didn't even have time to make any reaction before his massive body, in the momentum of its charge, completely turned into a cloud of drifting dust, without even a trace of a remnant Soul left behind!

[Killed "Savage Ancient Dao Lord" (Top-tier Dao Lord)!]

[Obtained "Great Dao of Strength" Origin Fragment!]

[Chaos System "Strength Aspect" branch comprehension increased: 0% → 15%!]

In Lin Yuan's Sea of Consciousness, the information flashed by. He didn't even look at the drifting dust; his gaze, like ten-thousand-year-old ice, locked onto the remaining Dao Lords.

"Run!!!" The Burning Heaven Dao Lord was scared out of his wits, his heart and gall splitting! The Savage Ancient Dao Lord was killed in an instant, and their attacks were silently annihilated. This had completely exceeded the scope of their understanding! How was this some Myriad Dao Realm Lord? This was clearly a Saint Realm Old Monster in human skin—no, even stronger!

One hundred and sixty-nine Dao Lords instantly turned into eleven streaks of light, fleeing for their lives in different directions! Whatever great dao origin flow, whatever allies—at this moment, they all became a joke! They only wanted to escape from this devil!

"You disturbed my territory and slaughtered my brothers-in-arms... and you still want to leave?" Lin Yuan's voice was like a cold wind from the nine netherworlds, freezing the Void Realm.

He pointed his fingers like a sword and made a series of empty points at the fleeing Dao Lords.

"Return to Ruin · Silence Finger."

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!... One hundred and sixty-nine finger energies, as thin as hair and displaying the absolute original color of Chaos, ignored the spatial distance. Striking after but arriving first, they precisely struck the back of the heart of every fleeing Dao Lord!

There were no screams.

There was no resistance.

One hundred and sixty-nine powerful Dao Lords, who were each capable of dominating their respective planes, all froze at the same time.

Immediately after, their bodies, along with their protective Magic Treasures, their burning essence blood, and even their terrified and distorted Souls, were like pencil drawings erased by an eraser—silently and from the inside out, they crumbled, annihilated, and turned into nothingness! They completely vanished from this Divine Domain!

One hundred and sixty-nine points of light, representing different Dao Origins, were like summoned fireflies, crossing the Void Realm and sinking into Lin Yuan's body.

[Killed "Burning Heaven Dao Lord" (Top-tier Dao Lord)! Obtained "Fire of Destruction" Origin Fragment! "Fire Aspect" branch +5%...]

[Killed "Ji Kui Dao Lord" (Top-tier Dao Lord)! Obtained "Mechanical Creation" Origin Fragment! "Creation Aspect" branch opened...]

[Killed "Haigu Dao Lord" (Supreme Dao Lord)! Obtained "Undead Control" Origin Fragment! "Death Aspect" branch +3%...]

[Killed "Shehun Dao Lord" (Supreme Dao Lord)! Obtained "Soul Scream" Origin Fragment! "Soul Aspect" branch +5%...]

...The battlefield fell into complete silence.

The Myriad Dao Outpost, which a moment ago was filled with battle cries and was in a precarious state, now only had the heavy breathing of survivors and the sound of armor rubbing.

The remaining five hundred-plus Star Scar Guards and forty Origin Guards looked like statues at the figure standing atop the ruins, who had killed one hundred and seventy powerful Dao Lords with a flick of his fingers. Their eyes were filled with an extreme, fanatical worship and awe.