245: Light Gate Changes, Void Hunting

Lin Fan pulled Yue Xi, and together with Yao Tianqi and the others, they transformed into streaks of light, rushing toward the white Light Gate that was violently twisting amidst the collapse of heaven and earth.

The moment they entered, a ferocious spatial tearing force surged from all directions.

This was not a stable transmission channel.

It was more like a bloody, fleshy wound ripped open during the apocalypse, leading to the outside world.

The inner walls of the channel constantly shifted with light and shadow, and countless fine Void cracks, like black lightning, continuously appeared and vanished around them.

Every crack connected to an unknown, profound nothingness capable of swallowing everything.

"Ah!"

A sharp, miserable scream came from behind.

A Prodigy closely following Yao Tianqi, due to a moment of carelessness, had half his body swept by a spatial rift that suddenly appeared.

His protective Magic Treasure instantly dimmed, and the person was neatly cut in half at the waist. His Divine Soul didn't even have time to escape before being completely swallowed by the rift, leaving no trace behind.

The shadow of death instantly enveloped the hearts of everyone present.

Yao Tianqi's face was ashen white. He summoned an ancient Bronze Shield to hover above his head, letting down curtains of light that barely protected himself and Lu Xinghe, among others.

Even so, the shield emitted an unbearable buzzing sound under the impact of the violent energy turbulence, its light flickering erratically, threatening to collapse at any moment.

They burned their vital essence and exerted all their strength, struggling forward in this death channel, every step filled with trepidation.

In contrast, the area where Lin Fan and Yue Xi were situated seemed completely out of place.

Yue Xi was already at the end of her tether, her magical power having been exhausted in the previous incident. The moment she entered the channel, she was caught by a surge of Void turbulence, stumbling and nearly falling.

A warm and powerful hand firmly steadied her.

Lin Fan simply raised his other hand and casually drew a circle around the two of them.

A spatial barrier, thin as a cicada's wing yet indestructible, quietly formed.

All the violent energy turbulence and all the fatal Void cracks, upon approaching within three feet of this barrier, seemed to hit an invisible dam, naturally diverting and sliding away to both sides.

The roaring and tearing inside the channel were instantly isolated outside.

Yue Xi's previously tense body involuntarily relaxed.

She could clearly hear her own heart beating like a drum, as well as the steady, long breaths of the man beside her.

She turned her head, looking at Lin Fan's calm profile, and colossal waves surged in her heart.

Is this the power of the Refining Void Realm?

No.

That's not right.

She had seen the Void Refining Elders within the Sect take action. Although they were powerful, they certainly didn't handle things with such effortlessness, as if this death Forbidden Ground were their own backyard.

Just then, an arm-thick Void Wind Blade, carrying a sharpness capable of cutting through everything, silently struck toward the back of Lin Fan's heart.

The power of this Wind Blade was enough to instantly severely injure a Soul Transformation Perfection Cultivator.

Lin Fan didn't even turn his head.

He simply curled his middle finger and casually flicked it in the direction of the Wind Blade.

Pop.

A soft sound.

That fatal Void Wind Blade suddenly solidified in mid-air, and then, like a popped bubble, it annihilated into nothingness, dissipating into the purest spatial energy without a trace.

This scene clearly fell into the eyes of Yao Tianqi and the others who were struggling to hold on behind him.

Their pupils constricted to the extreme in that instant.

What kind of method was that?

There were no magical power fluctuations, no light or shadow of a Divine Ability; just a single movement erased an attack powerful enough to threaten them.

Yao Tianqi's fingers, clutching the shield, turned white from the force, yet his body trembled incessantly.

Fear.

The purest form of fear, stemming from the gap in life levels, completely drowned the last remaining trace of jealousy and resentment in his heart.

The gap between him and Lin Fan was no longer that between a Mortal and a Genius.

It was the difference between a firefly and the bright moon.

It was the chasm between an ant and a Divine Dragon.

Lu Xinghe's legs were even weaker; if not for Yao Tianqi's Magic Treasure protecting him, he probably would have collapsed onto the ground.

He finally understood how ridiculous and ignorant his previous petty actions against Lin Fan had been.

That person simply didn't regard him at all.

At the end of the channel, the white light grew brighter and brighter.

The exit was right before their eyes.

A streak of ecstatic joy at surviving a catastrophe had just appeared on the faces of Yao Tianqi and the others.

But the next moment, that joy completely froze, replaced by boundless despair.

They saw an immense shadow quietly floating at the exit of the Light Gate, blocking their only path to survival.

It was a Void Colossus, its body like a mountain.

It was pitch black all over, without limbs, possessing only countless thick tentacles slowly writhing in the Void Realm.

In the center of its body, a single eye, the size of a house, emitted a cold, brutal light, staring intently into the channel.

A terrifying pressure, far exceeding that of Soul Transformation Perfection, pierced through the spatial barrier and heavily weighed down on everyone's hearts.

Mid-stage Refining Void.

This Void Colossus was a Void Predator attracted by the massive energy fluctuations from the Small World's collapse.

It opened its massive maw, large enough to swallow a mountain peak, and inside was a constantly spinning energy vortex, clearly preparing to swallow all the "food" escaping from the channel in one gulp.

"It's over..."

Lu Xinghe's voice was tearful; he had completely broken down.

"A dead end ahead, collapse behind us. We... are doomed..."

Yao Tianqi's eyes also completely dimmed, filled with despair.

They had exhausted all their trump cards and barely escaped death to reach this point, only to find that they couldn't escape death after all.

Yue Xi's expression also became extremely solemn, and she subconsciously tightened her grip on Lin Fan's arm.

"Wait for me here for a moment."

Lin Fan's calm voice sounded next to her ear.

Yue Xi suddenly looked up, seeing Lin Fan release her hand and take a step forward.

"What are you going to do?"

Her voice carried a hint of nervousness she hadn't even noticed herself.

Lin Fan did not reply.

His figure left a faint afterimage where he stood, and he had already actively moved toward the Void Colossus blocking the exit.

His posture did not look like he was heading to his death.

It was more like going to shoo away a fly blocking the path.

Lin Fan's figure, tiny as a speck of dust, was reflected in the Void Colossus's massive single eye.

It let out a silent roar, a Divine Soul level shockwave that caused Yao Tianqi and the others to simultaneously spit out a mouthful of blood, their Dao Hearts trembling.

Devastating energy began to wildly converge within the beast's gaping maw.

However, Lin Fan's movement was faster.

He did not use any magnificent Divine Abilities, nor did he unleash earth-shattering power.

He simply raised his right index finger slowly.

A wisp of black electric light, thinner than a strand of hair, coiled around his fingertip, flickering erratically.

That was not lightning.

That was pure Annihilation.

It was the power of the Law that terminates all things.

Lin Fan gently pointed his finger at the massive Void Colossus from a great distance.

That wisp of black Annihilation Tribulation Lightning power shot forth from his finger.

It did not tear through the sky, nor did it make a sound.

It directly ignored the spatial distance, and it ignored the protective demonic light covering the beast's body, which was strong enough to resist the bombardment of a Magic Treasure.

It simply appeared out of thin air right before the beast's single eye.

And then, it drilled inside.

The Void Colossus's massive maw, which was gathering destructive energy, suddenly froze.

Its mountainous body trembled violently once.

In its massive single eye, all brutality and ferocity instantly faded, replaced by an extreme emptiness.

Its Divine Soul, under the corrosion of that wisp of Annihilation power, was fundamentally and completely erased, returning to nothingness.

The next moment.

Under the horrified gazes of Yue Xi, Yao Tianqi, and the others.

The immense Void Colossus's body began to silently disintegrate, starting from the location of its single eye.

It wasn't an explosion, nor was it shattering.

Instead, it was transforming, bit by bit, into the smallest particles, dissipating into the cold Void Realm.

Within a few breaths, that terrifying Mid-stage Refining Void Giant Beast, along with every trace of its existence, had completely vanished.

As if it had never appeared.

Lin Fan casually beckoned toward the spot where the giant beast had disappeared.

A fist-sized Core, pitch black with what looked like a flowing galaxy inside, flew out of the nothingness and landed in his palm.

Without even looking, he placed it into his Storage Space.

Only after completing all this did he turn back to Yue Xi's side and retook her cool, soft hand.

"Let's go."

His tone was calm, as if he had genuinely just swatted a fly.

Yue Xi's body was stiff. She allowed him to pull her, feeling like a puppet, her mind completely blank.

She just stared blankly at Lin Fan's back.

One finger.

Instantly killed a Mid-stage Refining Void Giant Beast.

Who exactly... is this man?

Just how strong... is he?

Lin Fan, pulling Yue Xi, who was still in immense shock, was the first to step out of the white Light Gate.