394: Take down the source owner

However, a crazy and malevolent smile was forcibly squeezed onto his pale, twisted face, his eyes flickering with the cold, venomous pleasure of a viper.

"Outsider! Good! Very good! You hid... you hid deep enough! Just a little bit... just a little bit more and you, this rat in the gutter, would have succeeded!" Dilamon's voice was hoarse like sandpaper, every word steeped in resentment and the lingering fear of having barely escaped death. "What a pity! What a pity! You still... underestimated the Foundation of the Holy Temple! Underestimated my methods!"

He greedily devoured the Origin Power that became even denser in the hall due to the activation of the Restriction, forcibly suppressing the terrifying blade wound on his back that nearly tore him apart. His aura finally stabilized slightly, but he was still extremely weak, as if he could extinguish at any moment.

He looked at Xiao Zhuo, who was suppressed and unable to move by the Origin Power, his eyes filled with the cruel pleasure of a cat toying with a mouse and the impending joy of revenge:

"'Holy Heart Boundary'! This is formed by drawing upon the Origin of the Void Holy Realm as its Foundation, and condensing the World Power accumulated by the Holy Temple over countless eons! As long as you have not yet achieved the Supreme Being, once you fall into this boundary, you won't be able to break free in a short time! Ant! Enjoy this final despair! Once I stabilize my injuries, I will personally... refine you inch by inch!" A triumphant, sinister smile appeared on Dilamon's face, as if he had already seen Xiao Zhuo wailing in the holy flames. "This blade of yours, which contains strange power... and all the secrets on your body... will all belong to me! Now... first, return my clan's sacred crystal!!"

He took a deep breath, raised his hand, and pointed at Xiao Zhuo!

Chii! Chii! Chii!

Several energy tentacles, shimmering with an ethereal blue glow and condensed from pure Origin Power, shot out from the boundary's light wall like venomous snakes emerging from their lairs, piercing towards Xiao Zhuo with sharp whistling sounds!

Xiao Zhuo's silver eyes were indifferent; he didn't even move his feet.

With a slight thought, bixue flew up on its own, its blade light like a gazelle's horn, leaving no trace!

Although he was confined, his Divine Thought could still communicate with bixue.

The suppressive power of this barrier was entirely concentrated on him, and its suppression of bixue was not enough to completely restrict it.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The incoming ethereal blue tentacles were easily severed by the blade wreathed in dark gold lightning, scattering into points of blue light!

The Origin Power contained in this barrier was indeed vast and profound, indestructible.

If it had been before he controlled that two extremes crystal, Xiao Zhuo might have truly been trapped and helpless within it.

But... now... a cold, almost mocking arc slowly curved at the corner of Xiao Zhuo's mouth.

A crystal, flowing with deep blue light, appeared out of thin air in his palm.

It was that two extremes crystal!

At this moment, the blue crystal was covered by an even deeper, more domineering black-gold radiance that seemed to swallow all light!

Inside the crystal, an indescribable Taboo Power, full of destruction and ominous aura, surged and roared madly, like an evil Dragon suppressed for eons!

It was ready to break free from the crystal's restraints and pour out at any moment!

Dilamon's gaze was instantly drawn to the crystal, and his eyes first burst with a light of ecstasy—a sacred crystal! It was indeed on this child!

However, this ecstasy lasted only for an instant!

Because he saw with horror that, as Xiao Zhuo's mind moved slightly, the sacred crystal, covered by the black-gold light, suddenly cracked into countless fine fissures on its surface!

Boom—!

Thick, viscous, and almost substantial dark black mist, like the overflowing waters of the Underworld River, spewed out frantically from the crystal's fissures, carrying a bone-chilling cold that could annihilate all things!

Chii chii chii—!!!

A scalp-numbing corrosive sound, like billions of venomous insects gnawing on metal, instantly reverberated throughout the entire barrier!

The incredibly solid light wall, constructed from dark gold and ethereal blue runes, upon contact with this Taboo black Qi, began to melt and dim at a visible rate, like snow under the scorching sun!

The runes flowing on the light wall wailed, flickering on and off!

While the Origin of the Void Holy Realm could, to some extent, accommodate Taboo Power, the Taboo Power surging out like a tsunami and completely controlled by Xiao Zhuo, its concentration and corrosiveness had far exceeded the barrier's tolerance limit!

"You... you actually... completely mastered the method of the sacred crystal?! This... this is impossible!" The sinister smile on Dilamon's face completely froze, then shattered, replaced by boundless horror and bone-deep fear!

Feeling the encroaching Taboo Power around him, his body trembled uncontrollably. The wound on his back tore open again due to extreme terror, and blue-gold bixue gushed out, but he was completely unaware.

This Source Master, who stood at the pinnacle of the Void Holy Realm and had overlooked eons, was now completely consumed by an unprecedented fear!

The reason he hadn't immediately called for other quasi-Saints earlier, even going so far as to use himself as bait to lure Xiao Zhuo out, was precisely because of this "Holy Heart Boundary," his ultimate trump card!

In his anticipation, Xiao Zhuo should have been trapped like a bird in a cage, his will slowly eroded and his Divine Soul refined in despair, ultimately allowing him to regain all his secrets, good fortunes, and the sacred crystal that had been taken!

Perhaps... he might even find a way to leave the Dark Realm from this outsider!

However, reality delivered the most brutal and merciless blow!

Things... were completely out of control!

The method of the sacred crystal was a technique he had barely managed to grasp over tens of thousands of years to drive Taboo Power!

This outsider... this lowly intruder... how did he do it?!

How much time had passed?!

Despair, like a cold tide, instantly engulfed Dilamon's mind.

As the Taboo Power filled the entire barrier, the Restriction on Xiao Zhuo's body was slowly eroded.

The immortal Origin Power was corroded and disintegrated under the power of Taboo.

Xiao Zhuo could feel that 99% of his suppressed power was slowly recovering, and his Zizai Immortal Power could once again circulate within his body.

He felt as if he was slowly thawing.

Crack!

Crack!

Crack!

With a series of soft clicks.

His confined body began to fully recover.

Dark black Taboo Power flowed around him; at this moment, Xiao Zhuo was like a demon god burning with black flames.

Da da!

Da da!

Da da!

Xiao Zhuo, completely freed from the Restriction, slowly walked towards Dilamon.

This Origin barrier enveloped both of them, but as the initiator of the barrier, Dilamon was not restricted. However, Dilamon's entire body was now covered by Taboo Power, and his flesh and blood were being corroded.

Exposed flesh and blood were everywhere on his body.

"What kind of monster are you?" Dilamon looked at the approaching Xiao Zhuo, completely broken.

His calculations couldn't have been wrong; he simply couldn't accept it.

He couldn't accept that this outsider had only just taken the sacred crystal from him and had already cultivated the method to control Taboo Power within it.

He had completely taken over the Taboo Power that Dilamon had collected for countless tens of thousands of years.

Now, without the sacred crystal in hand, he was completely unable to contend with Xiao Zhuo for control of the Taboo Power.

He had become a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

"Where is the Origin of the Void Holy Realm?" Xiao Zhuo stopped in front of Dilamon, his tone icy.

"Origin?" Dilamon's pupils, slightly unfocused from severe injuries and Taboo corrosion, converged slightly. "That's right! Only the Origin can attract outsiders of your level!"

There was a hint of sudden realization in his tone.

Before Xiao Zhuo could frown and speak, he suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahahaha! You can't take the Origin of the Void Holy Realm! Even if you kill me, you still can't take it! Hahahaha! Cough cough!"

Xiao Zhuo's brows instantly furrowed upon hearing this.

At this moment, powerful auras were rapidly approaching from outside the Holy Temple.

Without even looking at the native powerhouses who had already reached the temple entrance.

Xiao Zhuo raised a hand, and a ring of black Qi encircled Dilamon's neck, lifting him into the air.

He then punched the center of the main hall again.

Boom!

A giant hole appeared, and Xiao Zhuo directly flew into it, taking Dilamon with him.

He had long sensed that the Origin of this realm was beneath this Holy Temple, and the four quasi-Saint-Grade existences, or what the natives called gods, who had just appeared, were all sleeping beneath the Holy Temple.