377: The primordial universe of annihilation

"Trash!"

A cold, arrogant voice, seemingly containing the endless will of the Dark Abyss, was like a freezing wind from the Nine Netherworlds, instantly freezing the entire chaotic battlefield!

The source of the voice was clearly from deep within that massive rift that had initially torn through space and spewed out the tide of Dark Abyss beasts!

A giant hand, covered in pitch-black bone armor and flowing with dark golden magic patterns, suddenly reached out from deep within the rift!

This hand was not very large, but the pressure it contained made even Lin Yuan, who had just devoured Chen Yan, feel a palpitation!

The giant hand waved casually!

Hum!

A beam of light, condensed to the extreme and presenting the absolute original color of the Dark Abyss, shot out silently, aimed directly at—Lin Yuan, who was in the midst of devouring Chen Yan's Origin!

The speed of this beam transcended the concept of space and time!

Lin Yuan only had time to forcibly inject the energy he had just devoured into his hongmeng projection!

Pfft—!

The hongmeng projection, which was sufficient to withstand the Devour Cosmos black hole and the Nether Skeleton death thunder, was instantly pierced through like thin paper in front of this Dark Abyss original-colored beam!

The beam's momentum remained undiminished, slamming fiercely into the chaos heavenly extreme sword that Lin Yuan had hastily blocked in front of his chest!

Clang—!!!

A terrifying vibration rang out, as if a great cosmic bell had been struck!

Lin Yuan felt as if he had been struck by an eternal star, and he, along with the chaos heavenly extreme sword, was sent flying!

His protective Chaos power instantly collapsed, his primordial guixu dao bone let out an unbearable groan, and he spat out a mouthful of blood!

He flew backward for tens of thousands of miles before barely steadying himself. His arm holding the sword trembled slightly, the web between his thumb and forefinger split open, and a clear, corroded dark mark was left on the sword!

The primordial chaos prototype within him shook violently, and the space-time barrier he had just constructed showed signs of instability!

What a terrifying blow!

It far exceeded Devour Cosmos and Nether Skeleton!

Deep within the rift, a figure stepped out slowly.

His figure was similar to a normal human, covered in streamlined pitch-black bone armor, with mysterious dark golden magic patterns flowing across the bone armor, wriggling like living creatures.

His face was hidden beneath a ferocious bone helmet, revealing only a pair of cold eyes burning with dark gold, seemingly capable of devouring all Souls.

Behind him, a phantom of the "Dark Abyss origin universe prototype," composed of pure darkness and twisted starlight, slowly rotated, emitting a supreme pressure that made even Devour Cosmos and Nether Skeleton crawl and tremble!

Dark Abyss Prince Yan! Hunyuan Realm Middle Stage!

Inner World: Dark Abyss origin universe prototype (Tier 4)!

"Vile thief."

Yan's gaze was like a tangible blade, piercing the Void Realm and locking onto Lin Yuan, his voice carrying the indifference of a higher lifeform looking down upon ants.

"You dare to steal my Dark Abyss power to nourish your ridiculous prototype Universe?"

"Your Universe prototype... and you yourself..."

"Shall all become my... spoils of war!"

The appearance of the Dark Abyss Prince Yan was like throwing ten-thousand-year-old black ice into a boiling pot of oil!

The entire battlefield instantly fell into a deathly silence that froze the Soul!

That figure covered in pitch-black bone armor with flowing dark golden magic patterns merely stood there, and the slowly rotating "Dark Abyss origin universe" phantom behind him emitted an Origin pressure that caused space to solidify, time to lag, and all things to wither!

Devour Cosmos and Nether Skeleton, those two monstrous beasts at the Peak of the Hunyuan Realm with raging ferocity, were now like docile hounds, crouching low in the Void Realm, emitting whimpers of awe, daring not to make the slightest move.

Yan's gaze was as cold as the cosmic abyss, piercing the Void Realm and firmly locking onto Lin Yuan, who was sent flying for ten thousand miles with blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

Contained within that gaze was the absolute indifference of a higher lifeform toward a lower Creation, and... a trace of greed for that strange Universe prototype.

"Vile thief."

Yan's voice was not loud, but it was like a rule of law, clearly branded into the depths of every living being's Soul.

"With such a lowly body, you were actually able to steal a trace of the Dark Abyss's true meaning to nourish your deformed prototype... that actually gave this Prince a little surprise."

He slowly raised that bone-armored palm, dark golden magic patterns flowing at his fingertips, and pointed at Lin Yuan: "Unfortunately, how can the light of a firefly compete with the Dark Abyss? Your Universe prototype, your Dao fruit, the Origin you stole... at this moment, they shall belong to me!"

The moment his voice fell, the phantom of the Dark Abyss origin universe prototype behind Yan suddenly expanded!

A pure power of "Dark Abyss Return to Ruin," whose nature was indescribable, swept toward Lin Yuan like an invisible cosmic tide!

This power ignored defenses!

It was not an energy impact, but acted directly upon the underlying rules of cosmic existence!

The hongmeng projection that Lin Yuan had just barely managed to condense around his body, in the face of this "Return to Ruin" power at the rule level, was like thin ice exposed to the scorching sun, emitting cracking sounds of "crack, crack," rapidly dissolving and disintegrating!

Even the Dark Abyss energy converted within the projection began to spiral out of control and backlash!

Eroding the Origin!

The power of Return to Ruin pierced through the projection and acted directly upon the primordial chaos universe prototype itself!

The Lava Star Domain inside the prototype that had just stabilized began to extinguish, the Gui Xu Nether Domain shook violently, the space-time framework groaned, and even the bit of Primordial Purple Qi at the core became flickering and uncertain!

The entire prototype Universe seemed to have been thrown into the ultimate furnace of the Dark Abyss, being forcibly decomposed, assimilated, and returned to eternal annihilation!

Suppressing the will!

Lin Yuan's Soul felt as if it were being pierced by billions of cold, poisonous needles, and a sense of exhaustion, despair, and the thought of giving up everything, stemming from the very Origin of life, grew wildly!

This was the direct erosion of the Dark Abyss origin universe's will!

"Argh—!" Lin Yuan let out a painful muffled groan, and blood containing Primordial Purple Qi spilled from his seven orifices!

He felt his Hunyuan Dao fruit wailing, and the primordial chaos prototype was on the verge of collapse!

His three hundred thousand units of power appeared so pale and weak under this crushing force at the rule level!

This was the terror of an origin universe prototype!

Although its status was lower than Lin Yuan's primordial chaos universe prototype, Yan's Dark Abyss origin universe prototype had already reached Tier 4, initially possessing stable cosmic rules and a powerful Origin will!

Whereas Lin Yuan's primordial chaos prototype had just taken form and was far from reaching Tier 1, like a premature infant facing a fully armed warrior!

The gap was like a chasm!

"Struggling only adds to your pain." Yan's voice carried a hint of cat-and-mouse playfulness, and the dark golden magic patterns at his fingertips grew stronger.

"Becoming a part of the Dark Abyss is your only destination."

The power of Return to Ruin surged even more!

The collapse of the primordial chaos prototype accelerated!

Lin Yuan could even "see" the edges of the prototype beginning to turn into void Dark Abyss particles!

Desperate situation! A true desperate situation!

However, at the very moment his consciousness was about to be devoured by despair and the prototype Universe was on the verge of disintegration, the primordial azure lotus dao embryo, which had been rooted in the guixu origin point and silent for a long time in the deepest part of Lin Yuan's Soul, suddenly erupted with unprecedented, brilliant clear radiance!

Above the lotus platform, that bit of gestating Primordial Purple Qi, like a Creation deity angered by a desperate situation, suddenly spewed forth!

It was no longer gentle nourishment, but transformed into a ray of unyielding—Grandmist Creation Heart Light—containing a resolute will as if to open up the heavens and earth!

This Heart Light did not attack the outside world, but instantly illuminated the depths of Lin Yuan's Sea of Consciousness, igniting his Chaos Fearless Dao Heart that was about to be extinguished!

At the same time, the Heart Light acted as the toughest barrier, forcibly isolating most of the Dark Abyss Return to Ruin power's erosion of his Soul.