51: Starry Barrier, the Echoes of Mountain Guardians

Edge of Guixu · Desperate Encirclement

In the cold, dead sea of nothingness, three crime hunting star arks, covered in dark-gold Law runes and shaped like ferocious metal beasts, emerged like shadows of death from the netherworld. They formed a triangular formation, tightly locking onto the star dome ark, which glowed with primordial chaotic colors! The enormous Law rune cannon muzzles at their bows lit up with dazzling dark-gold light, as destructive power of order furiously gathered. A cold killing intent, like a tangible cold tide, froze the surrounding void!

"Immortal Court Crime Hunt! Targets Chen Feng, Su Wanzhao! Abandon resistance, surrender immediately! Violators of the Law... their forms and spirits shall be utterly annihilated!"

The emotionless electronic synthetic voice of the Soul Chasing Immortal Official, like a final judgment, pierced through the Star Vortex Barrier and slammed into the consciousness of Chen Feng and Su Wanzhao!

Inside the star dome ark, the atmosphere instantly solidified like iron.

Chen Feng stood at the bow of the ark. In his Chaotic Eyes, the phantom of the Guixu Left Eye churned coldly, reflecting the terrifying energy fluctuations emanating from the cannon muzzles of the three star arks, capable of annihilating stars. His Xuanhuang Right Eye, meanwhile, was fixed on the faint outline of Guicang Mountain ahead, shimmering with a warm, profound Xuanhuang light, half-hidden in the shadow of Guixu! Hope was within reach, yet the blade of pursuit was already at their throats!

"Last Light! Defend!" Chen Feng's thoughts were like lightning, no words needed. The mighty power of the guixu xuanhuang origin point was instantly pushed to its limit. The singularity at the core of the star dome ark erupted with an unprecedented primordial chaotic light, enveloping the entire ark! The chaotic Dao patterns on the ark's surface furiously circulated, emitting a powerful Dao charm that stabilized space and harmonized all laws, preparing to withstand the impending destructive blow!

"Star Vortex Barrier... Extreme Rotation!" Su Wanzhao let out a clear cry, and her nirvana guixu star core Dao Body shone brightly! Her hand seals changed like phantoms, and the pulsating guixu star core in her chest rotated in reverse at an unprecedented speed! The dark Star Vortex Barrier covering the ark instantly contracted and solidified. Countless tiny Star Vortex phantoms on the barrier, like billions of ignited stars, began to rotate wildly, accumulating the power of annihilation that could destroy everything! The Xuanhuang vitality light at the core of the barrier shone even brighter than a star, providing an unending source of protection!

As their powers merged, the star dome ark transformed into a sturdy fortress, enveloped by primordial chaotic light and covered by a rapidly rotating dark Star Vortex Barrier. Its defenses were raised to their peak before the destructive storm arrived!

Law Divine Crossbow · Soul Piercing Boundary Breaker

"Target is resisting stubbornly! Execute purge protocol!" The Soul Chasing Immortal Official's cold command instantly transmitted between the three crime hunting star arks.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

The Law rune cannon muzzles at the bows of the three star arks simultaneously erupted with piercing dark-gold divine light! These were not thick energy beams, but three gigantic dark-gold crossbow bolts, grotesquely shaped and entirely composed of pure laws of order and tracking Law runes!

Law Divine Crossbow · Soul Piercing Boundary Breaker!

The moment the giant crossbow bolts left their strings, space was silently torn apart! The Law runes entwined around the bolts flashed wildly, emitting a terrifying aura that ignored defenses, locked onto souls, and pursued across all realms! Their speed surpassed thought. The three dark-gold streaks of light ignored spatial distance and instantly slammed into the Star Vortex Barrier of the star dome ark! Their target was directly the core soul imprints of Chen Feng and Su Wanzhao within the ark!

This was not a pure energy attack, but a 'causal law weapon' containing the supreme Law of the Immortal Court! Once locked onto, unless one's status was overwhelmingly superior or one possessed a counter-law, there was no escaping it, no blocking it; one could only face it head-on!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The three Law Divine Crossbow bolts violently struck the rapidly rotating Star Vortex Barrier!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only the most violent annihilation and confrontation at the level of laws!

Sizzle—! A harsh, soul-tearing sound of friction between laws rang out!

The Law runes entwined around the dark-gold divine crossbow bolts flashed furiously, releasing powerful 'law-breaking,' 'confinement,' and 'soul-chasing' law powers, like billions of invisible order carving knives, fiercely scraping and cutting at the Star Vortex Barrier! They sought to decompose and confine it, then pierce through the barrier to directly target the souls within.

The Star Vortex Barrier vibrated violently! Its dark light flickered like a candle in the wind! The wildly spinning tiny star vortexes on the barrier, under the impact of the Law runes, emitted a groaning sound of unbearable strain, like gears under immense pressure, and their rotation speed plummeted! A small portion of the Star Vortex phantoms were even forcibly invaded, corroded, and their light dimmed by the Law runes!

Su Wanzhao groaned, her body shook violently, and her face instantly turned pale! A slight disturbance appeared in the pulsation of her nirvana guixu star core. The laws of order contained within these three Law Divine Crossbow bolts were extremely high-ranked, greatly restraining her Star Vortex Barrier! If her guixu star core hadn't fused the annihilation of Guixu with the vitality of Xuanhuang, and undergone an essential transformation after Nirvana, the barrier would have likely collapsed with this single strike!

"Hmph!" Chen Feng's eyes flashed with cold light! The guixu xuanhuang origin point singularity at the core of the star dome ark violently trembled!

"Chaos... Guixu! Devour!"

The vast primordial chaotic power, following the ark's meridians, instantly injected into the violently vibrating Star Vortex Barrier! This power did not directly resist the laws of order of the Law Divine Crossbow bolts, but rather flowed within the Star Vortex Barrier like the most exquisite harmonizer!

Wherever the power of Guixu flowed, the power of the Law runes that had invaded the barrier, attempting to decompose and confine, was silently 'annihilated' and 'dissolved,' as if encountering its nemesis!

Wherever the power of Xuanhuang carried, the annihilated fragments of the laws of order were gently 'enveloped' and 'precipitated,' transforming into nourishment to stabilize the barrier!

The origin point's mighty power harmonized, perfectly fusing Su Wanzhao's Star Vortex annihilation power with the Chaotic Guixu power, forming a brand new Dao charm of Chaotic Annihilation, possessing both destruction and protection!

With the injection of the origin point's power, the dark light of the Star Vortex Barrier suddenly deepened several times! The sluggish tiny star vortexes on the barrier seemed to be injected with furious fuel, and their rotation speed soared once again! They even began to furiously grind and devour the three Law Divine Crossbow bolts embedded in the barrier!

Sizzle! Crack!

The Law runes on the dark-gold divine crossbow bolts wailed under the furious grinding of Chaotic Annihilation, and their light rapidly dimmed! The main body of the bolts also began to show tiny cracks!

"What?!" Inside the crime hunting star ark's command core, the Soul Locking Immortal Official's cold electronic voice showed clear fluctuations for the first time! "The target's vehicle barrier contains Guixu Annihilation Dao charm! It can erode Law! The divine crossbow bolts are being... devoured!"

"Increase output! Soul Locking Nails prepare! We must not let them escape!" The golden runes representing calculations in the Soul Chasing Immortal Official's eyes flashed wildly, without the slightest hesitation.

The Last Echo of Guarding the Mountain · Star Vortex Rage

Just as the three crime hunting star arks were preparing to launch a second, more ferocious attack, and the Soul Locking Nails were poised to strike—at this critical moment—

Om—!!!

In the depths of the chaotic void ahead, the faint phantom of the Guicang Mountain Range, half-hidden in the shadow of Guixu, suddenly erupted with an unprecedented warm Xuanhuang light! The enormous natural guardian runes on the mountain, like sleeping giant dragons, were completely awakened and instantly lit up! Countless profound rune chains rose from the mountain, intertwining and circulating!

Even more shocking, the vast and ancient dark Star Vortex covering the outer perimeter of the mountain range, now like a thoroughly enraged cosmic behemoth, suddenly accelerated its rotation! The speed of rotation instantly increased a hundredfold, a thousandfold!

Rumble rumble rumble—!!!

An indescribably vast and immeasurably powerful terrifying suction force erupted from the center of the accelerating ancient Star Vortex! This suction force was not directed at matter or energy, but precisely locked onto all existences containing the aura of 'Immortal Court Order Law'!

The three crime hunting star arks bore the brunt!

The dark-gold Law rune armor covering the star arks, in the face of this terrifying Star Vortex suction, which originated from the same source but was far more ancient and vast, instantly let out a groan of unbearable strain, as if encountering a natural predator! Vast divine power of order was forcibly stripped and torn from the star ark engines and weapon systems, transforming into three dark-gold energy torrents that were uncontrollably ripped away from the star arks, flowing like a hundred rivers returning to the sea towards the rotating ancient Star Vortex in the distance!

"Warning! Warning! Suffering unknown high-level homologous law devouring! Energy loss overloaded! Law shield failed! Engine power plummeted 99%!" Piercing alarms blared madly in the command cores of the three star arks!

"It's... the Mountain Guarding Star Vortex?! The Xuanhuang Remnant Clan's protective barrier?! It... it's devouring our power of order!" The Shadow Severing Immortal Official's cold electronic voice carried an incredulous horror! He tried to control the star ark to break free, but the star ark, having lost most of its power, was like a giant whale trapped in cosmic quicksand, struggling in vain!

And the three Law Divine Crossbow bolts embedded in the star dome ark's barrier were, as if seized by an invisible giant hand, violently pulled out of the barrier! The Law runes entwined around them instantly dimmed and disintegrated, and the dark-gold crossbow bodies also twisted and deformed under the terrifying suction of the ancient Star Vortex, like three pieces of scrap metal, violently swept into the rotating Star Vortex abyss, instantly ground into the most primitive dust of laws, and completely devoured!

"No—!" The Soul Chasing Immortal Official watched helplessly as the three Law Divine Crossbow bolts, condensed with immense divine power, were instantly devoured. His law body fluctuated violently, and his cold electronic synthetic voice showed a violent distortion for the first time! It was the anger and Frustration of a plan utterly disrupted and power absolutely countered!

The ancient Star Vortex's devouring did not stop! The terrifying suction, like an invisible giant net, firmly locked onto the three crime hunting star arks, which had lost most of their power, dragging them little by little towards the rotating Star Vortex abyss, which exuded endless annihilation. The Law rune armor on the star arks cracked and peeled off inch by inch under the tearing suction, revealing the intricate law structures within, which were also rapidly dissolving!

"Retreat! Emergency spatial warp! Abandon the star arks!" The Soul Chasing Immortal Official made a decisive decision, issuing the coldest command! He knew that in front of the Xuanhuang Remnant Clan's ancestral land's protective Star Vortex, their avatars and star arks had no chance of victory; staying any longer would only lead to complete annihilation!

Three dark-gold law streams of light instantly shot out from the command cores of the three disintegrating star arks, enveloping the core wills of the three crime hunting immortal officials — Soul Chasing, Soul Locking, and Shadow Severing. At the cost of damaging their origins, they forcibly tore through the space disturbed by the ancient Star Vortex and disappeared in disarray into the violent chaotic turbulence!

The remnants of the three crime hunting star arks, having lost the support of their core wills, were like three massive pieces of metal junk. Under the terrifying suction of the ancient Star Vortex, they couldn't even make a final struggle before being completely dragged into the rotating dark abyss. Not a single trace was left, and they became insignificant nourishment for the protective Star Vortex.

Guicang Gate · Shou Zhuo's Remaining Thought

The threat of the crime hunting star arks instantly disintegrated, and the void in front of the star dome ark suddenly cleared.

Chen Feng and Su Wanzhao stood at the bow of the ark, watching this scene with shock. The ancient and vast protective Star Vortex, like an awakened primeval beast, devoured the three powerful crime hunting star arks and the immortal official avatars on them in just one 'breath'! The power it displayed far exceeded imagination!

At this moment, with the devouring complete, the accelerating ancient Star Vortex slowly returned to its previous vast and stable rotation speed. The Xuanhuang light enveloping the Guicang Mountain Range also gradually receded, and the lit guardian runes on the mountain body once again became hidden.

But a clear, gentle, and incredibly familiar wave of thought, as if spanning time and space, emanated from the direction of the Guicang Mountain Range, penetrated the ancient protective Star Vortex, and clearly transmitted to the star dome ark, entering the hearts of Chen Feng and Su Wanzhao:

"With the blood of a shattered realm, forge the foundation of transcendence... With Guixu as the blade, open the path to new life... Junior Brother... Junior Sister... You... have finally... arrived..."

"Senior Brother Shou Zhuo!" Chen Feng and Su Wanzhao's minds trembled violently! This thought was precisely Zhang Shouzhuo's last wisp of protective will, which had merged into the guixu xuanhuang origin point! It had not completely dissipated, but like a wandering child returning home, it had returned to the ancestral land of Guicang Mountain. Now, it was using the power of the ancestral land's protective grand array to transmit its final remaining thoughts and guidance to them!

As this thought faded, the vast protective Star Vortex Barrier ahead silently split open, revealing a gap just wide enough for the star dome ark to pass through. Inside the gap, it was no longer cold nothingness, but a channel flowing with warm Xuanhuang light and exuding an ancient, profound aura. At the end of the channel, the majestic outline of the mountain range and scattered lights, twinkling like stars, were faintly visible.

Guicang Mountain, the last sanctuary of the Xuanhuang Remnant Clan, the ancestral land of the Mountain Guarding lineage, had finally opened its doors to the wandering children who had endured tribulations!

"Go!" Chen Feng suppressed the surging emotions in his heart, exchanged a glance with Su Wanzhao, and both saw the determination in each other's eyes, along with a complex feeling of returning 'home.' Driven by the power of the guixu xuanhuang origin point, the star dome ark transformed into a streak of light, passed through the gap in the protective Star Vortex, and entered the channel flowing with Xuanhuang light, heading towards the legendary Guicang Mountain...

Inside the channel, the Xuanhuang aura was warm and profound, nourishing the star dome ark and the two individuals on board. The deathly silence and chaos of the outside Guixu were completely isolated. Only the lingering warmth of Zhang Shouzhuo's protective will, like guiding starlight, accompanied them on their journey.

A new chapter is about to slowly unfold in Guicang Mountain.