374: Eyes of a Thousand Devourers

"Roar—!!!" The leading Rotting Star Giant Whale let out a roar that shattered the void, its massive, decaying maw opening wide as a terrifying suction instantly enveloped a vast Star Domain!

Hundreds of Hunyuan Realm giants who were a step too slow in their escape, along with the spatial fragments they occupied, were sucked into that maw filled with fangs like dust caught in a black hole. They screamed, unable to even initiate a self-detonation in time!

Devouring! Pure, efficient devouring! This was the instinct of the Dark Abyss!

The terrifying aura of the Rotting Star Giant Whale at the Peak Hunyuan Realm actually rose slightly after devouring hundreds of Hunyuan Realm experts! Its massive, rotting eye greedily locked onto the Hongmeng Origin World light cocoon and... Lin Yuan, who stood beside the cocoon with a unique aura after just devouring Fen Yu!

"New... prey... powerful... world... delicious!" A chaotic, greedy, and destructive will struck Lin Yuan like a physical shockwave!

Lin Yuan turned with his sword to face the surging tide of Dark Abyss beasts and the Peak Hunyuan giant beast at their head. Instead of fear, his eyes erupted with an unprecedented, blazing light, as if he had discovered a peerless Treasure Trove!

"Dark Abyss strange beasts? Peak Hunyuan with internal worlds at the low-energy state Universe level? Good! Very good!" Lin Yuan licked his lips. The primordial chaos universe prototype within him trembled violently upon sensing the vast, pure, yet destructive Dark Abyss energy, transmitting a devouring desire even more crazed and greedy than before!

"I was just worried about not having enough resources! All of you... are my nutrients!"

"Today, I shall use your Dark Abyss blood to forge the foundation of the first stage... of my primordial chaos universe prototype!"

The chaos heavenly extreme sword erupted with unprecedented light. Lin Yuan's figure, carrying the Peak might of one hundred and fifty thousand units of Origin Qi and an endless thirst for resources...

Facing the Natural Disaster Legion led by three Peak Hunyuan Dark Abyss giant beasts that surged like a flood of destruction, Lin Yuan did not retreat. Instead, he transformed into a Chaos meteor that tore through the darkness, actively crashing into the beast tide filled with the stench of rot, distortion, and the aura of crazed devouring!

"Roar—!!!"

Charging at the very front was a massive eyeball monster composed of countless wriggling tentacles—the "Eye of a Thousand Devourings"!

Its massive eyeball, which occupied half a Star Domain, suddenly rolled. From the depths of its pupil, billions of pitch-black beams composed of pure Dark Abyss annihilation energy shot out instantly like a rain of death!

Wherever the beams passed, the space was corroded into viscous black trails, and even the escaping Grandmist Origin Qi was forcibly polluted and devoured!

This was an indiscriminate area-of-effect strike! It not only covered Lin Yuan but also enveloped several nearby Hunyuan Realm giants who had no time to flee!

"No!"

"The Dark Abyss's Annihilation Death Light! Quick, block—"

The screams stopped abruptly! The internal world projections sustained by those Hunyuan Realm experts popped like fragile soap bubbles under the impact of the dense annihilation beams!

Their Hunyuan Dao bodies were like they had been splashed with strong acid, emitting a "chi-chi" sound of corrosion. Flesh melted and Dao laws disintegrated; they couldn't even sustain a scream for a single breath before being completely annihilated and transformed into pure Dark Abyss energy to be absorbed by the Eye of a Thousand Devourings!

Only Lin Yuan remained!

"hongmeng projection! Open!" He shouted low, and the blurry phantom of the primordial chaos universe prototype instantly enveloped his body!

When the Dark Abyss death light, capable of annihilating an Early Stage Hunyuan, touched the edge of the projection, it still produced a violent corrosive sound, causing the projection to fluctuate and blur. However, the Grandmist status pressure it contained forcibly neutralized part of the annihilation rules, weakening its power!

"Chaos Return to Ruin: Swallow!" Lin Yuan pressed his left hand into the air, and a massive Return to Ruin vortex opened at the core of the projection, crazily devouring the weakened annihilation beams and guiding them into the primordial chaos prototype!

Chi chi chi—!

The deathly still Chaos currents within the primordial chaos prototype churned violently. The forcibly injected Dark Abyss energy was like a lethal poison, crazily eroding and polluting! But the single speck of Grandmist Violet Intent at the core of the prototype flashed suddenly, forcibly suppressing and decomposing it!

Though the process was difficult and even caused several fine cracks within the prototype, eventually, a portion of the pure Dark Abyss energy was converted and merged into that tiny "Gui Xu Nether Domain" projection, making it a bit deeper and more solid!

[Devoured a portion of Dark Abyss annihilation energy!]

[primordial chaos universe prototype · Gui Xu Nether Domain (Miniature) stability slightly increased! Anti-pollution capability +0.001%!]

[Prototype slightly damaged (repairable)!]

"The conversion efficiency is too low! The pollution is too strong! I need a more direct... core!" A cold light flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes as he instantly locked onto the massive eyeball core of the Eye of a Thousand Devourings! That was where its Hunyuan Dao Fruit resided, containing the purest Dark Abyss world Origin!

"Die!"

Lin Yuan's figure moved upstream through the rain of annihilation beams, the chaos heavenly extreme sword erupting with a blinding black glow of Return to Ruin! This time, he utilized his Peak power!

"Ten Thousand Daos Returning to Origin · Chaos Creation Slash!"

The sword light tore through the darkness, carrying the will to open Chaos and end all things. It destroyed countless small Dark Abyss strange beasts obstructing the path and stabbed straight toward the core eyeball of the Eye of a Thousand Devourings!

"Hiss—!!!" The Eye of a Thousand Devourings felt a fatal threat and let out a sharp hiss! Billions of tentacles retracted and intertwined frantically, instantly condensing in front of the eyeball into a thick, viscous "Shield of World Devouring" composed of countless wriggling tentacles and Dark Abyss runes! Foul pus flowed over the shield's surface, emitting a terrifying aura that devoured all energy attacks!

This was the core manifestation of the power of its internal "Low-Energy State Stage One Universe Prototype: World Devourer"!

Sword and shield collided!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a tooth-aching "sizzling" sound of energy being crazily devoured and annihilated! The power of Creation and ending contained in the Chaos Creation sword light clashed and annihilated frantically with the devouring and annihilation power of the Shield of World Devouring!

A stalemate! The terrifying shockwave churned the surrounding space into a chaotic paste, and countless Dark Abyss strange beasts and unlucky Hunyuan Realm Martial Artists who were too close were torn to shreds by the aftershocks!

"Break... for me!" A sea of Chaos churned in Lin Yuan's eyes, and the primordial chaos prototype in his Sea of Consciousness vibrated violently, pushing that trace of Universe Origin aura to its limit! The Return to Ruin Singularity at the core of the sword light suddenly accelerated its rotation!

Crack—!

A faint but clear sound of shattering rang out! The sword light pierced right into the center of the Shield of World Devouring! The tentacles and runes forming the shield began to collapse and annihilate!

"Roar!" The Eye of a Thousand Devourings let out a roar of pain and fury! Its massive eyeball suddenly bulged, and a highly condensed dark purple "Annihilation Pupil Light," which seemed capable of piercing through Universe barriers, shot out from the depths of its pupil, instantly slamming into the sword light!

Boom!!!

This time, it was an earth-shaking explosion! The Chaos sword light and the Annihilation Pupil Light were annihilated simultaneously! A terrifying energy storm swept in all directions! Lin Yuan was sent flying back with his blood and qi churning, his hongmeng projection flickering violently and nearly collapsing! The massive eyeball of the Eye of a Thousand Devourings was also covered in cracks, leaking viscous dark purple blood, and its aura plummeted!