369: Three hundred and twenty-three martial artists at the Hunyuan Realm

The pressure of the Hunyuan Realm powerhouses was like a physical tsunami, sweeping across every corner of the God Domain. The Myriad Dao Realm Dao Lords who had survived in the Lanyu Basin or had just entered the God Domain trembled like small boats caught in a storm. The fear Lin Yuan had previously instilled in them seemed somewhat “mild” compared to these giants who truly contained worlds within them and controlled the “Hunyuan One Qi.” The original power structure of the God Domain instantly collapsed! To the eyes of the Hunyuan Realm magnates, the territories of the Primal Plane and the domains of the Star Alliance were nothing more than slightly bothersome ant nests.

Although Hunyuan Realm experts could now enter, the Hongmeng Origin World was not yet fully mature, and the true bodies of Saint Realm experts were still blocked by higher-level rules. However, the faint Saint Realm Will permeating the God Domain was like the Sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of all Hunyuan Realm powerhouses. They knew they were merely pieces in the hands of the “Fisherman.” In the eyes of the Saint Realm, this struggle was also a process of filtering out the “bait”—those truly qualified to touch the primordial dao embryo. This made them both fanatical and extremely apprehensive.

Chaos Origin City, Grandmist Dao Palace.

Lin Yuan's figure appeared before the grandmist dao stele, his expression grave as iron. His Divine Thought swept out, instantly perceiving the hundreds of Hunyuan Realm Auras, brilliant as the sun and carrying destructive malice, especially the unrestrained, monstrous Death Intent of the Withered Bone Saint Venerable, Bone-less, which was aimed directly at this location!

“Three hundred and twenty-three Hunyuan Realm Martial Artists! Their inner worlds are all World-level. Three hundred are at the Late Stage, and twenty-three are at the Peak,” Lin Yuan swiftly assessed the situation. “The old monster of the Withered Bone Lineage has indeed arrived.”

Inside the city, the Star Scar Guards and Hongmeng Dao Soldiers had their Auras suppressed to the limit under the Hunyuan Realm pressure, feeling as if they were bearing mountains. Yet, their eyes remained resolute, gripping their weapons, awaiting the Star Lord's command. The grandmist dao stele circulated light, fully supporting the star dome wall, but under the impact of the Hunyuan Realm magnates' Auras, the light wall violently vibrated, letting out a groan of distress.

“Star Lord!” The Centurion, whose severed arm had regenerated and whose Aura was now even more formidable, knelt on one knee, his voice filled with determination. “Powerful enemies are pressing in! Please give the order! We are willing to fight to the death!”

Lin Yuan glanced over his loyal subordinates, then looked towards the Imperial Dao Dragon City, the Life Sanctuary, and other places within the Star Alliance domain that were precarious and suffering the impact of the Hunyuan pressure.

“Fight to the death? No.” Lin Yuan's voice was cold and calm, yet carried the confidence of one who controlled the overall situation. “You cannot intervene in the Hunyuan Realm battlefield. Issue the command!”

“First, Chaos Origin City, activate the 'Absolute Defense' mode! All core energy from the grandmist dao stele is to be injected into the star dome wall and the gui xu annihilation turret! Abandon all peripheral strongholds and firmly defend the Core City Region!”

“Second, all Star Alliance units, immediately execute the 'Spark Plan'! Abandon all untenable locations, and all forces must retreat and consolidate into the three Core Fortresses: Chaos Origin City, Imperial Dao Dragon City, and Life Sanctuary! Activate maximum stealth Formations, defend with full power, and do not launch any proactive attacks!”

“Third, notify all personnel belonging to the Primal Plane: The Final War of the God Domain has begun. Hunyuan experts have descended, and the Saint Realm is fishing! Take care of yourselves, abandon your territories, and survive! Wait until I... sweep clean the Great Cosmos!”

The command instantly spread throughout the Star Alliance via the Star Lord Token. The entire Chaos Origin City emitted a low rumble; the massive metal city walls began to deform and reconfigure, exposing more menacing cannon muzzles. The energy core of the gui xu annihilation turret operated at unprecedented power, and the muzzles gathered heart-stopping destructive light. The thickness and strength of the star dome wall instantly increased severalfold, emitting the profound Aura of Chaos Return to Ruin, temporarily stabilizing the defense. In other areas of the Star Alliance, forces that received the order immediately acted, beginning a difficult strategic retreat.

Lin Yuan's gaze finally locked onto the largest, most Death Qi-dense, pale bone shadow in the Star Domain, which was rushing straight towards Chaos Origin City at terrifying speed—the Withered Bone Saint Venerable, Bone-less!

“You want revenge? This Seat shall grant it!” A sea of Chaos churned in Lin Yuan's eyes, his killing intent solidifying like substance. “I will use your World-level, Peak Hunyuan Realm skeleton to test the sharpness of my primordial guixu dao bone! And to consecrate the Ritual Flag for this Final War!”

Before his voice faded, Lin Yuan's figure vanished from the Peak of the Grandmist Dao Palace.

The next moment, he appeared directly in the Void Realm outside Chaos Origin City, standing alone, blocking the terrifying path of the Withered Bone Saint Venerable, Bone-less, who was crushing forward like a Death Star, wrapped in the wails of billions of undead!

His black robe flapped violently, his black hair danced wildly. Facing the Hunyuan Death Might capable of shattering stars, Lin Yuan did not unleash any world-shaking Aura; only a layer of extremely condensed Chaos Mist circulated around him. The primordial guixu dao bone hummed within his body, the Myriad Dao Returning to Origin Seal was poised within his Dao Fruit, and the Peak power of 140,000 Yuan Power roared through his blood!

“Bone-less! This place shall be your burial ground!” Lin Yuan's voice was not loud, yet it pierced through the shrieks of the undead and clearly entered the soul fire of the Withered Bone Saint Venerable.

The Soul Fire Crown in Bone-less's eye sockets jumped violently, emitting a grating, angry laugh like the grinding of billions of withered bones: “Junior! You killed my Bloodline, destroyed my Foundation! Today, I will extract your soul and refine it into my Bone Throne, where you shall wail for eternity! Die for This Venerable—now!”

BOOM—!!!

Without any further nonsense, the Withered Bone Saint Venerable's crystalline bone claw, comparable to a star, wrapped in viscous, ink-like Nihility Death Qi and carrying the terrifying power to bury a Small World, tore through space and grabbed down toward Lin Yuan's head! Before the claw arrived, the pure Death Rule had already solidified the space around Lin Yuan and withered his vitality!

The Withered Bone Saint Venerable, Bone-less's crystalline bone claw, carrying the might to bury stars, tore through the solidified, dead space and grabbed down toward Lin Yuan's head! Wherever the claw wind passed, all things withered, and the pure Death Rule even began to erode the Chaos Mist surrounding Lin Yuan!

Facing this terrifying strike, which was enough to make even an ordinary Early Stage Hunyuan Realm expert pale, Lin Yuan's eyes were as calm as an ancient well, even carrying a hint of... indifference, like looking down upon ants.

“A piece of trash Peak Hunyuan like you? Nothing more than this.”

He did not even draw his sword. He merely raised his right hand casually, spreading his five fingers, and lightly—casually—slapped out a palm toward the bone claw that obscured the sky and was wrapped in Nihility Death Qi!

There was no world-shaking energy explosion, nor any complicated Dao Technique Talisman Seals. There was only the purest, most Origin power! This power originated from:

This seemingly casual palm strike was, in fact, Lin Yuan explosively releasing his terrifying foundational power of 50,000 Yuan Power in the most direct and brutal manner! Wherever the palm wind reached, space did not shatter but directly transformed into the most primitive Chaos Particle Flow! The encroaching Nihility Death Qi wailed “hiss, hiss” as if encountering a natural nemesis, instantly being assimilated and annihilated by the Chaos Great Power within the palm wind!

BANG—!!! CRACKLE CRACKLE CRACKLE!!!

Palm and claw met!

The expected earth-shattering explosion did not occur. There was only a terrifying, muffled sound so heavy it could stop a heart—as if the core of a star had been crushed!