84: The Devour of the End, Star Core Burning Blood

"Star Core... depths... seed of finality... is... mine!!!"

That greedy roar, carrying a primal and violent sense of hunger, was like billions of starving hyenas howling in unison from the depths of the Soul!

The terrifying tentacle emerging from the depths of the rift behind the throne was composed entirely of viscous, writhing dark red Lu Dao Source Power, its surface covered in barbs and suckers, emitting a will of destruction even purer and greedier than the xingtian main body will!

It ignored the distance of space, ignored the frozen time, and with absolute malice capable of tearing everything apart, it struck directly at Chen Feng's Dantian—the target was precisely that strange grey radiance, which was fluctuating violently and emitting a deadly attraction!

The shadow of death had never been so real! The power contained within this tentacle had a destructive essence that even surpassed the projection of the xingtian main body will! Let alone Chen Feng, who was currently heavily injured and near death, even in his prime, it would have been absolutely impossible for him to resist it head-on!

"Danger!" Su Wanzhao's consciousness carried unprecedented horror! She clearly felt that the tentacle's target was not Chen Feng himself, but that grey radiance! However, that grey radiance was deeply embedded in Chen Feng's guixu star core Origin, and to seize it, the tentacle would first have to tear apart the guixu star core and crush Chen Feng!

There was no avoiding it! There was no blocking it! In the space where time was frozen, even thoughts seemed to slow down!

Just at the moment before this absolute dead end descended—Hum!!!

In the depths of the Dantian, the strange grey radiance, which had been fluctuating violently, upon sensing the pure "finality" aura of the devouring tentacle, suddenly erupted with unprecedented... desire! It was no longer just fluctuating; like an awakened Taotie, it suddenly shrank inward, and then erupted with a terrifying... suction force!

This suction force did not act on the outside world, but acted directly on Chen Feng himself! It acted on the guixu fate wheel within his Dantian that was already on the verge of collapse! It acted on the remaining Star Dome Eternal Burning Violet Flame within his body that was maintaining his last bit of vitality! And even... it acted on his severely damaged Divine Soul Origin!

"Ugh, ahhh—!" Chen Feng let out a miserable howl that did not sound human! His body seemed to have all its strength drained in an instant, and he suddenly hunched over! His skin withered and turned grey at a speed visible to the naked eye! Inside his Dantian, the guixu fate wheel, which had been struggling to maintain a 43% solidity, was like being gnawed on by an invisible giant mouth, its solidity plummeting instantly—40%! 38%! The Star Dome Eternal Burning Violet Flame was like a candle in the wind; with a hiss, it was completely extinguished! Only the last faint trace of violet light remained, desperately protecting his heart meridian!

[Warning: Unknown Origin consumption! guixu fate wheel solidity: 36%! Star Dome Eternal Burning Violet Flame extinguished! Life Origin is rapidly draining!] The System's cold alert was like a funeral bell!

"Chen Feng!!!" Su Wanzhao's consciousness screamed in terror! She could clearly feel Chen Feng's vitality being frantically extracted by that grey radiance! That grey radiance was consuming Chen Feng's Origin to strengthen itself in order to deal with the devouring tentacle's seizure! It was using Chen Feng's life to trade for the power to resist!

"No... cannot... let it..." Chen Feng's consciousness was blurred, his Soul felt as if it were being pierced by billions of ice needles, with intense pain and cold despair intertwined. He felt as if he were being eaten by the thing inside him!

And at the same time that the grey radiance was frantically extracting Chen Feng's Origin! Hiss—! The devouring tentacle finally struck hard! The target was aimed directly at Chen Feng's Dantian!

Hum!!! The grey radiance suddenly flared brightly! A grey halo, indescribable in its coldness and dead silence, instantly spread from Chen Feng's Dantian! This halo was not powerful, but it carried a pure "finality" aura that transcended the Law!

Puff! It was like a red-hot branding iron pressed into butter! The pure and violent dark red Lu Dao Source Power at the tip of the devouring tentacle, the moment it touched the grey halo, emitted a strange sound as if it were being forcibly "dissolved"! It was not annihilation, not purification, but more like... being assimilated! Being devoured! The barbs and suckers at the tip of the tentacle softened and disintegrated silently in the grey halo, turning into wisps of even purer grey Qi, which were then... counter-devoured by that greedy grey radiance!

"Roar?!" Deep within the rift, the existence named "Devour" let out a roar mixed with shock and anger, carrying a trace of disbelief! "seed of finality... can actually... counter-devour... me?!"

It had clearly underestimated the instinct of this "seed of finality"! Upon sensing "food" of the same source that was enough to threaten its own existence, the devouring instinct that this grey radiance erupted with was actually greedier than its own! And more overbearing!

The devouring tentacle retracted violently, as if scalded! But how could the grey radiance let go of this "big meal" delivered to its mouth? That terrifying suction force instantly locked onto the tentacle! It forcibly grabbed the end of the retracting tentacle!

Hiss, hiss, hiss—! More Lu Dao Source Power was dissolved and assimilated by the grey halo, turning into pure grey Qi, which was continuously devoured by the grey radiance! The light of the grey radiance became solid and bright at a speed visible to the naked eye! The aura of dead silence it emitted became increasingly heavy!

"Roar, ahhh—!!" The roar of "Devour" was filled with rage and pain! It tried to cut off the part of the tentacle that was being devoured, but the suction of the grey radiance was like a maggot on the bone, sticking to it tightly!

Chen Feng had become the medium and battlefield for this terrifying consumption! The impact of the devouring tentacle's Lu Dao Source Power and the frantic consumption of the grey radiance formed a destructive tug-of-war within his body! His body had become a dilapidated skin bag, his Meridians were breaking inch by inch, and his bones were emitting groans under the unbearable burden! The solidity of the fate wheel was like an avalanche—35%... 32%... 30%! It had already fallen below the critical point of collapse! The guixu star core was trembling violently, the light of the core Star Vortex Universe was dimming, and Su Wanzhao's spiritual light point was also becoming precarious!

"Chen Feng! Hold on!" Su Wanzhao's consciousness carried a bloody determination! She watched Chen Feng's vitality being frantically extracted by the grey radiance, watched his guixu star core on the verge of shattering, and watched the terrifying devouring tentacle and the grey radiance engaging in a destructive clash with Chen Feng's body as the battlefield! Unprecedented despair and pain were tearing at her will.

No! She absolutely could not watch him be completely consumed! Even if it meant burning everything!

"Star Core... burn together! Use me... as firewood!" Su Wanzhao's consciousness, in Chen Feng's Sea of Consciousness which was on the verge of collapse, let out the final, incomparably clear shout! Her spiritual light point no longer flickered, but erupted with an unprecedented, determined, and brilliant light! Like a supernova erupting at the end of a star's life!

Hum—!!! The guixu star core suddenly shook! The Star Vortex Universe at the core, driven by Su Wanzhao burning her own spiritual Origin, began to rotate in an unprecedentedly violent manner! This time, the direction of rotation... was reversed!

Reverse the Star Vortex! Burn the guixu star core Origin! This was a true, irreversible self-destruction! At the cost of the Foundation of her own existence, she exchanged it for a fleeting... light that burns the world!

"Wanzhao! Don't—!!" Chen Feng's blurred consciousness felt Su Wanzhao's determined will, and he let out a heart-rending silent shout!

But it was already too late! Boom—!!!

An indescribably intense, pure, and tragic star-blue flame erupted from the core of the reversed Star Vortex Universe! This flame, carrying all of Su Wanzhao's protective will, all her life imprints, and all traces of her existence, like a Nirvana fire that burns everything, instantly swept through the entire guixu star core, and followed the veins of the guixu star core, violently injecting into the wreckage of Chen Feng's fate wheel that was on the verge of shattering!

Hiss—! The wreckage of Chen Feng's guixu fate wheel, which had fallen to 30% solidity, had long since dimmed and was covered in cracks, under the injection of this Nirvana Star Fire that burned itself, was like scrap iron thrown into a cosmic furnace, instantly... melted! Recast!

Not repair! It was a complete reshaping!

A miniature nirvana star vortex life wheel, burning with pure star-blue flames throughout, reduced in size by several times, yet more condensed, purer, and seemingly forged from the most essential star Law—suddenly took shape in the original position of the guixu star core! The core of the life wheel was no longer flames, but a slowly rotating, burning phantom of a Star Vortex Universe! The Nirvana Star Fire that Su Wanzhao had transformed into by burning herself was the core driver of this new life wheel!

[guixu fate wheel form transformation: nirvana star vortex life wheel (nascent)]

[Solidity: ??? (Origin reshaped, Law transformed)]

[Core: Su Wanzhao · Nirvana Star Fire (burning state)]

The appearance of this Nirvana Star Fire was like throwing a scorching sun into cold ashes! It instantly dispelled the cold and dead silence brought about by the consumption of the grey radiance within Chen Feng's body! A vast vitality, carrying the will of protection and sacrifice, forcibly stabilized Chen Feng's rapidly draining life Origin!

More importantly, the essence of this Nirvana Star Fire was the fire of the will of Su Wanzhao burning her own existence! It formed the most direct, will-level confrontation with the grey radiance that was frantically consuming Chen Feng's Origin!

Hum!!! The grey radiance seemed to be stung by this suddenly erupted, pure will of protection and sacrifice! Its speed of consuming Chen Feng's Origin suddenly stalled! That terrifying suction force experienced a momentary disorder!

"This is it!" Chen Feng's consciousness, on the verge of collapse, under the stimulation of this Nirvana vitality, erupted with the final, jade-shattering madness! He no longer tried to suppress the grey radiance, but instead, with reckless abandon, directed all the power of the newly reshaped nirvana star vortex life wheel, ignited by Su Wanzhao's sacrifice, along with his own remaining, final will... toward that greedy grey radiance!

"You want to consume?! Then... let's... destroy together!!!"

Boom—!!! The Nirvana Star Fire, mixed with Chen Feng's death-defying will, like the wrath of burning the heavens, slammed into the violently fluctuating grey radiance! At the same time, it also dragged the end of the devouring tentacle, which was being tightly pulled by the grey radiance's suction, into this destructive collision!

Grey radiance, Nirvana Star Fire, the Lu Dao Source Power of the devouring tentacle... three completely different yet equally terrifying forces, with Chen Feng's Dantian as the furnace, collided violently!

Time seemed to freeze completely at this moment.

There was no sound, only the light and shadow of energy annihilation and Law distortion, pure to the extreme, exploding within Chen Feng's body!

Puff—! Chen Feng's body trembled violently, and a large mouthful of filthy blood mixed with visceral fragments, starlight dust, and greyish aura sprayed out! His body, like a rag doll completely torn apart, was instantly covered with countless fine cracks! His consciousness sank completely into boundless darkness, with only Su Wanzhao's burning will, like the last lighthouse, weakly guiding the direction in the darkness.

Inside the Dantian, that destructive collision was still continuing.

Under the impact of the Nirvana Star Fire and Chen Feng's will, the grey radiance flickered violently, and its consumption behavior was forcibly interrupted! And the energy storm that the end of the devouring tentacle was drawn into was torn and annihilated by the combined force of the grey radiance and the Nirvana Star Fire! The pure Lu Dao Source Power and the aura of finality were frantically shredded and mixed!

"Roar—!!!" Deep within the rift, "Devour" let out a roar that pierced to the bone! It finally felt a real threat! The end of the tentacle that had been drawn in, along with part of the Origin will it contained, was being forcibly cut off and consumed under the joint strangulation of the grey radiance and the Nirvana Star Fire!

The devouring tentacle retracted violently, dark red streams of Source Power gushing from the severed end, and with boundless resentment and fear, it instantly retreated deep into that huge rift! The dark red stains on the edge of the rift churned violently, but dared not reach out even a fraction more!

And inside Chen Feng's Dantian, the storm gradually subsided.

The light of the grey radiance had dimmed a lot, and its volume seemed to have shrunk by a circle, quietly suspended above the nirvana star vortex life wheel, its aura of dead silence restrained, as if it had fallen into some kind of stillness. It seemed to have suffered some kind of impact in this three-way collision and had temporarily stopped its frantic consumption.

The nirvana star vortex life wheel rotated slowly, the pure star-blue flames burning steadily, but the light of the burning Star Vortex Universe phantom at its core was clearly dimmed by a fraction. The Nirvana Star Fire that Su Wanzhao had transformed into by burning herself had also consumed a huge amount in the previous collision.

[guixu star core: form transformation | Nirvana Star Fire burning steadily | core Star Vortex phantom dimmed (Su Wanzhao will consumed)]

[tribulation imprint: suppressed by both the aura of finality and the Nirvana Star Fire | recovery degree: 15.0% | dormant]

Chen Feng lay on the cold ice surface like a corpse, his breath weak to the extreme. The cracks on the surface of his body, under the weak nourishment of the Nirvana Star Fire, were slowly writhing, but could not heal quickly. He had lost consciousness, relying only on the Nirvana Star Fire exchanged by Su Wanzhao burning herself to keep the last bit of life fire from extinguishing.

Just at this moment—above the throne, the crystal star skeleton, which had maintained the posture of leaning on a sword, the faint purple light point between its finger bones, upon sensing that the destructive storm within Chen Feng's body had subsided, and sensing the aura of the Nirvana Star Fire... suddenly brightened up!

Hum! A gentle, tenacious, and protective will carrying endless anticipation, like a sigh spanning eternity, permeated from that purple radiance, gently brushing over Chen Feng's broken body.

At the same time, the inheritance seal that Chen Feng had been tightly gripping in his palm, whose light was also dim, the purple star radiance at its core, as if receiving a strong call from the same source of will, suddenly erupted with an unprecedented, brilliant light!

"Star Fire... Nirvana... finality... tribulation..." A vague and ancient will, as if from the resonance between the purple light of the finger bones and the inheritance seal, quietly flowed into the depths of Chen Feng's dark and silent consciousness.

"Latecomer... under... the throne... the truth... the journey home..."

This will was like a faint spark, in the boundless darkness of Chen Feng's consciousness, it struggled to... ignite a faint light.