696: Chapter 697 Nightmare Ancient Beast

Gu Changge stood there casually, as if this were not a deep abyss, but his own back garden.

Gu Changge withdrew his hand, gently brushed off non-existent dust from his sleeves, and frowned slightly:

"So noisy. What are you screaming for? Keep it down."

Vicious Beast: "...???"

It was stunned.

Truly stunned.

Could you show me some respect?!

I am a dignified primeval giant beast, currently venting the rage of being sealed for eons, and using my roar to reshape the fear in this world...

You suddenly appear, slap me, and tell me to keep it down?

Even if I have been sealed for eons, even if only a muddled remnant soul remains, the pride belonging to an Innate Vicious Beast, derived from the depths of its Bloodline, would never allow such desecration!

What kind of thing are you?!

"Roar — —!!!"

Shame and indignation! Extreme shame and indignation!

This Vicious Beast had completely lost its mind; it felt its dignity had been trampled upon like never before!

It was no longer just roaring.

In those crimson eyes like blood moons, chaos and rage completely overwhelmed its only remaining sanity.

Its massive body, existing between the virtual and the real, churned violently, stirring up the immense power sealed here that had permeated for eons.

It was a mixture of its severed and scattered Origin and the Evil Qi of the earth veins—a primal terror capable of eroding great realms and causing all living things to fall into eternal ruin!

The power of the Nightmare Ancient Beast, gray and hazy, as if countless faces were wailing, transformed into overwhelming, terrifying illusions that surged like a tide, intending to tear apart, devour, and assimilate the intruder's consciousness into this madness!

However, Gu Changge did not even lift an eyelid.

Facing this chaotic torrent capable of drowning, eroding, and destroying everything, he simply raised his hand again.

"Quiet."

The moment the words fell, that terrifying power which had been forcibly erased and was capable of eroding great realms, actually surged back in an even more ferocious manner along some mysterious connection!

The terrifying power backlash instantly swept through the Vicious Beast's entire body!

"Awoo — —!"

The Vicious Beast let out a shrill, extreme howl, filled with pain and fear.

Its massive body trembled violently. In its crimson eyes, the rage completely dissipated, leaving only endless shock.

Gu Changge ignored its shock; he just glanced at it indifferently.

"If you make any more noise, you will truly die."

The Vicious Beast's howl stopped abruptly in its throat, turning into a dull stream of Qi that sent the loose stones on the ground rolling.

Its huge, blood-moon-like crimson eyes were now wide open, reflecting Gu Changge's unremarkable figure, yet it seemed to see an existence more terrifying than the abyss.

Fear, like the coldest cold spring from the center of the earth, instantly drowned out all the rage and madness it had accumulated over ten thousand years of being sealed.

Gu Changge's gaze landed calmly on it.

Gu Changge's gaze fell, calm yet seemingly penetrating the eons, reaching straight to the dust of all the madness and memories in the depths of its Soul.

After a moment of silence, a flash of understanding and solemnity passed through his eyes after piecing together and verifying countless fragments.

His gaze seemed to cast towards a more distant Void Realm, as if comparing it with another scene he had just seen in his memory.

The fragment of the "Battle Mausoleum" drifting in the rift of time and space, carrying unyielding Battle Intent and blood not yet cold, was being silently compared and verified.

"What a pity, this beast's memory is too severely damaged..."

"So it turns out that after the Immortal Domain shattered, things were far more complicated than imagined!"

This whisper was even lower than when facing the battle Soul, and seemed even more definitive.

He seemed to be stating a conclusion that had just been confirmed to himself, his voice flat, but every word carried the weight of a thousand jun.

His gaze returned to the turbid Soul light of the Nightmare Ancient Beast, where madness, fear, and the destructive desire derived from instinct churned.

"A true Nightmare Ancient Beast!"

He spoke again, his tone having returned to that indifference that overlooked the eons, but the meaning contained within was already different.

"Born as an Innate being, feeding on dreams and fear, eroding all realms."

"In ancient times, the Heart-Moon Fox clan fought a bloody battle with their entire race, using supreme Divine Ability and Bloodline to Seal it here."

"Through the long years, the Seal has worn it down. Although your Origin remains, you no longer have a true spirit to coordinate it, leaving only a remnant soul driven mad by being suppressed."

"Relying on instinct to drive these masterless Nightmare powers and the howling of the earth's Evil Qi... muddled, chaotic, and devoid of wisdom."

His words, still like the maxims of the Heavenly Dao, exhausted its Origins and current situation, but hearing them now, this calm narration itself felt like the final statement for an impending, indisputable verdict.

Deep in the Vicious Beast's pupils, which were filled with fear, the last trace of chaotic will derived from the Nightmare Origin.

"Originally," Gu Changge's gaze swept over it, and seemed to pass through it, seeing the deeper entangled Karma and chaotic Laws.

"Considering that you are also a remnant soul after the calamity, muddled and ignorant, I might have spared your life, sealing you here to become a scene within the Secret Realm."

"Now it seems, this poison of the outer realms cannot be kept..."

He shook his head slightly. The movement was extremely light, but it carried a decisiveness as if the dust had settled.

Gu Changge stopped looking at it, his gaze seeming to penetrate the thick mountain and chaotic Evil Qi, casting towards the direction of the Battle Mausoleum.

He saw Xiao Ruobai, who was comprehending Battle Intent within, and also saw Dong Li, whose aura was weak and whose Bloodline was palpitating.

He said no more, raised his right hand, and gently clenched his five fingers towards the Nightmare Ancient Beast below.

"Woo — —!!!"

The ancient beast let out a final, dull, twisted cry filled with endless pain.

Its massive, mountain-like body, existing between the virtual and the real, began to fluctuate violently and disintegrate, turning into clusters of the purest, most original Nightmare power.

It was a terrifying energy that was gray, hazy, and seemed capable of devouring all reason and light.

Immediately following this, its Origin of Evil Qi, which had been intertwined with the earth vein Evil Qi of Purple Miasma Mountain for eons and was now indistinguishable from it, was also extracted together, turning into a torrent of energy as black as ink and as heavy as a mountain.

As well as the ancient memory fragments regarding the Nightmare Law, precisely stripped away by Gu Changge from the ancient beast's disintegrating spiritual core.

Just at this moment, the fierce Evil Qi that had raged in the underground for eons suddenly vanished.

Purple Miasma Mountain trembled violently before slowly calming down; the thick purple poisonous miasma covering the sky lost its source of support and rapidly thinned and faded.

The bone-eroding toxicity dissipated, the cracked earth veins slowly healed, and the entire mountain shed the shackles of eons, returning to peace.

Accompanying this was a faint yet clear sigh, seemingly from ancient time and space, carrying endless tragic heroism, exhaustion, and the relief of final liberation.

It echoed faintly from every inch of mountain stone, from every wisp of fox fire about to dissipate, and then completely returned to silence.

The obsession of the Heart-Moon Fox clan, which had cost the Souls of their entire race to hold fast here for eons... at this moment, with the annihilation of their arch-enemy, was finally able to rest in peace.

Inside the Battle Mausoleum space, Dong Li's body trembled violently. Deep in its Sea of Consciousness, the crimson flame representing the source of its Bloodline leaped wildly.

Two lines of clear tears slid down without warning. It did not understand why, only feeling a great sorrow welling up in its heart, along with an indescribable sense of relief.

It was as if some bond that had spanned eons had quietly come to an end at this moment.