386: Relict Indigenous People

“Hmm?” Xiao Zhuo raised an eyebrow the moment the blue light pierced through.

The surging ominous power outside the door was forced back several feet by this cold, ethereal glow!

Could it be...?

Their eyes met and parted, no words needed, a tacit understanding formed.

They exerted force simultaneously!

The heavy, massive door was pushed open completely amidst a grating, teeth-aching sound.

“Who’s there?!” A sharp cry, filled with wariness, exploded from behind the door.

Xiao Zhuo and Xue Tian had already passed through the gap like phantoms, flashing into the space behind the door. The massive door slammed shut behind them, completely isolating the suffocating, corrosive ominous aura from the outside.

The scene behind the door far exceeded imagination, yet in a bizarre way, it was also somewhat anticipated.

There was no deep demonic cave or sacred hall as expected; before them was an boundless, Shattered Realm space enveloped in a strange, pale blue glow.

The light seemed to possess life, flowing softly, barely tearing through the viscous darkness, yet unable to dispel the bone-chilling cold—a solitude originating from ancient times, deeply rooted in the Soul.

The space was vast and boundless, yet everywhere was a shocking state of ruin. Giant rocks, broken like mountain ranges, hung in the Void Realm, and the remains of magnificent buildings filled the view.

Foundations covered in spiderweb cracks and toppled, broken colossal pillars that once reached the sky looked as if they had been gnawed by an unspeakable monstrous beast.

In the Void Realm, some relatively intact buildings floated.

At this moment, countless figures were quietly emerging from the shadows and crevices of those buildings.

Gazing intently, these appearing beings had bizarre and varied forms, but their former outlines could still be faintly discerned.

Demons with twisted fleshy wings on their backs and bodies covered in writhing horny scales.

Angels with withered wings and faces covered in black veins.

Without exception, all of them were adorned with black markings of varying sizes, and wisps of ominous power, originating from the outside, slowly emanated from them—they were the last survivors of this ruined boundary realm, the descendants of angels and demons!

“Outsiders, state your names! How did you find this Holy Land?!” A hoarse growl, like grinding sand and stone, came from the shadow of a broken pillar ahead.

Three figures leaped out in response, blocking their path.

The leading demon was colossal, half his body covered in black fluid that writhed like a living thing, his right arm mutated into a gigantic bone scythe, its blade dripping with dark green viscous liquid.

To his left was an angel whose wings and cheeks were both corroded by black veins, tightly gripping a light spear entangled with ominous black mist.

The last one had an even more terrifying appearance, like a three-zhang giant monster forcibly pieced together from lava and pale shattered bones, radiating a chaotic aura of intertwined heat and cold.

The auras of the three were wild and chaotic, their energy fluctuations clearly reaching the Golden Immortal level. Xiao Zhuo’s Divine Eye of Illusion Breaking clearly perceived that the Origin power within their bodies perfectly coexisted with the ominous black marks on their skin; every energy circulation carried that heart-palpitating Taboo Power.

Xue Tian's blood-red eyes swept across this blue-lit space, a cold, mocking smile playing on his lips.

“Seize them! Offer them to the Source Master!” Seeing the two remain silent, the demon leader's greed and brutality instantly consumed his reason. Sensing the surging life force and pure energy from Xiao Zhuo and Xue Tian, his eyes burst with red light, and he was the first to pounce!

The bone scythe tore through the Void Realm, trailing a viscous, dark green blade light that seemed capable of corroding space! The fallen angel's black mist light spear and the lava giant monster's earth-shattering heavy punch followed closely, and three destructive attacks, imbued with ominous power, instantly engulfed Xiao Zhuo and his companion!

Xiao Zhuo's thoughts raced, activating his Divine Ability, Free Calamity Soldier! Three energy shields, emblazoned with dark gold runes, instantly condensed before him.

Boom! Boom! Boom—!

The three attacks successively struck the giant shields.

The first light shield shattered like paper!

The second giant shield vibrated violently, barely holding on for a breath before also collapsing with a roar!

The third giant shield, upon contact with the corrosive power, emitted a harsh “hissing” sound, visibly disintegrating and dissolving, and in just three breaths, it completely dissipated!

“It can actually corrode and decompose immortal power!” Xiao Zhuo's heart was solemn.

The Dao Law here was dormant; if it were an ordinary Golden Immortal, or even a Great Luo, facing this power that could dismantle Divine Ability, they would likely suffer severe injuries in an instant!

However, how could Xiao Zhuo and Xue Tian be ordinary?

“Hmph! Ants trying to shake a tree!” Xue Tian let out a cold snort, and the surging blood Qi around him suddenly collapsed inward, condensing!

Divine Concept of Blood—Condense!

Boom!

An indescribable will, transcending all things, descended with a roar!

Xue Tian seemed to transform into an ancient deity wielding the authority of blood; merely standing there, the surrounding Void Realm subtly twisted due to this pure will!

He pointed his fingers like a blade, and with a casual, ethereal stroke, he slashed through the air at the demon rushing before him!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no overflowing energy torrent.

Only a dark red Bloodline, condensed to the extreme, as if capable of severing the boundaries of Karma, flashed silently and swiftly!

The three native powerhouses' pupils reflected that dark red of death, not even having time to show expressions of shock.

The Bloodline passed through the body of the leading demon without any obstruction.

The brutality frozen on the demon's face instantly turned into eternal terror.

His demonic body, repeatedly tempered by ominous power and incredibly tough, silently split in two down the middle, as if it were a phantom cast into the Void Realm!

The cut was as smooth as a mirror, with no blood splattering; all life force within the two severed halves had been completely annihilated by that Divine Concept, rapidly turning into ashes and dissipating!

Hiss! Hiss!

The Bloodline's momentum remained undiminished, its trajectory strangely veering in the air, leaving two blurry afterimages, instantly sweeping past the fallen angel and the lava giant monster.

The angel let out a piercing shriek, unlike any living being, its black-veined face crumbled inch by inch, its defiled wings exploded into a sky full of black smoke, and its entire body burst from the inside out, turning into a scattered black mist!

The lava giant monster, on the other hand, was as if subjected to invisible blades, instantly cut into countless fragments burning with cold flames, scattering and drifting away!

In a flash of lightning, three native powerhouses, whose strength was comparable to top-tier Golden Immortals, were annihilated, their forms and Souls scattered, by a single gesture from Xue Tian!

The entire blue-lit space fell into a deathly silence.

The figures lurking in the distance let out terrified shrieks, like a startled swarm of rats, frantically fleeing deeper into the ruins.

“Divine Concept... in this lawless land, it is the only truth!” Xue Tian gazed at the wisp of dark red will lingering on his fingertip, his blood-red eyes blazing, “In a lawless land, only will can be king!”

The Dao Law was dormant here, but the Divine Concept, born from one's own comprehension of the Concept and highly condensed and transformed, thrived in this place, demonstrating almost absolute dominance!

“Old Ancestor, let’s go! A more ancient aura is awakening in the depths!” Xiao Zhuo's gaze was like lightning, piercing towards the depths of the ruins.

Several obscure auras, like slumbering primordial Vicious Beasts, were emanating from the depths of the space, rapidly converging.

The two figures no longer lingered, transforming into blurry streaks of light, and swiftly darted in the opposite direction from the source of the auras.

“I didn't expect the inner space of this Shattered Realm to be like a miniature boundary sea, yet it's still vast and unfathomable,” Xiao Zhuo said in a deep voice while moving swiftly.

“Those just now should be the Bloodline of the surviving remnants of the Major Thousand Worlds after falling into this Dark Realm. They seem to have adapted to that ominous power from the outside, and have even coexisted with it,” Xue Tian said with a solemn expression.

Xiao Zhuo nodded slightly: “Indeed, according to my ocular Divine Ability, that ominous power has completely intertwined and fused with their Origin power, indistinguishable from each other. I just don't know what kind of changes this symbiosis has brought about!”

“What’s so difficult about that?” A flash of blood-red light appeared in Xue Tian's eyes, filled with killing intent, “Find a tongue, pry it open, and we’ll know!”