159: Chapter 159 Dark Ruins and the Soul-Stealing God

That cold, absolute desire for control grew wildly within Su Chen's Mental Energy world, eventually transforming into an incredibly clear will.

Gods can also be collectibles.

Once this thought took root, it could no longer be suppressed.

His Mental Energy surged like a tide, instantly scanning through his vast memory database.

Countless star maps and numerous previously marked dangerous coordinates flashed by one after another.

Finally, his consciousness locked onto a record from half a year ago.

Gloomy Corridor.

The ruins of a True God's kingdom that had fallen long ago.

In Su Chen's mental world, the images from back then were clearly recalled.

At that time, he was far from being as powerful as he was now. To obtain a rare genetic sample, he had ventured into that Domain shrouded in the aura of death.

In the deepest part of the ruins, he had once felt a terrifying pressure that made even his Soul tremble.

It was a sense of absolute suppression stemming from the hierarchy of life, as if an ant were looking up at a Dragon, unable to even conceive the thought of resistance.

If not for the Zerg Swarm's early warning mechanism and his decisive withdrawal, he would likely have become a part of those ruins, serving as nourishment for some ancient existence's lingering breath.

Soul-Snatching True God, Vohn.

A name that had left a resounding reputation even during the Age of Myth.

Even though he had fallen long ago, with only a wisp of a remnant Soul remaining.

But to the Su Chen of half a year ago, it was still an insurmountable chasm.

But now...

Su Chen's will withdrew from his memories, scrutinizing the grayish-white stone powder transformed from the obsidian Puppets before him, which were now scattering with the wind and returning completely to nothingness.

That was then, this is now.

"It's time to settle old scores."

A cold command instantly spread throughout the entire Divine Realm via the mental link.

Without any need for extra explanation, the entire Zerg Swarm System began to operate efficiently.

Spatial coordinates were locked.

A massive rift was torn into the boundary of the Divine Realm, revealing the deep, cold Universe behind it.

Half a year ago, Su Chen had fled the Gloomy Corridor in a pathetic state, taking several days to escape that Star Domain.

But now, he only needed a single thought.

...

The Withered Star Domain where the Gloomy Corridor was located.

This was a deathly silent graveyard, floating with countless fragments of shattered planets and ruins left behind by ancient wars.

A constant, nauseating aura of decay permeated the space.

In the center of the Star Domain, a dilapidated Divine Kingdom floated quietly.

It was like the skeletal remains of a giant beast that had been dead for billions of years, floating lonely in the darkness.

The entrance to the Divine Kingdom consisted of two bronze gates, a hundred meters high, engraved with complex divine scripts.

They hadn't been opened for tens of thousands of years, their surfaces covered in thick cosmic dust and mottled rust left by time.

Just then.

A spatial rift tore open before the giant bronze gates without warning.

From the deep rift, an overbearing and peerless aura first leaked out, completely out of place in this deathly silent Star Domain.

Su Chen's figure slowly stepped out from within.

He wasn't even wearing any aerospace equipment, directly exposed to the cold vacuum. His powerful life field automatically blocked out all harmful environments from the outside.

Following closely behind, three figures appeared at his side.

Queen of Blades Kerrigan; the bone wings on her back stretched slightly, her gaze sharp, her killing intent restrained.

The newborn Gorsha floated quietly, hundreds of Golden Snake Hairs writhing soundlessly. Wherever those grayish-white eyes looked, even light seemed to be swallowed.

And, Thunder Beast King Hyperis. As soon as its massive body appeared, the surrounding space warped slightly, and violent biological electrical energy surged incessantly beneath its carapace.

Su Chen's gaze fell upon those two dust-laden bronze gates.

He remembered that half a year ago, it was here that he felt the aura behind the gates that made his heart leap in fear, and he ultimately chose to give up.

That was the caution of the weak.

And now, he no longer needed it.

Su Chen slowly raised his foot.

No gathering of strength, no extra movements.

Just like that, simply and directly, he kicked out.

"Boom!!!"

An indescribable roar transmitted through the silent vacuum via spatial vibrations.

Those giant bronze... gates, weighing a thousand tons and capable of resisting any attack below the Divine-Grade, at the moment they touched Su Chen's toe, the defensive divine scripts engraved upon them didn't even have time to light up for a ten-thousandth of a second before completely collapsing.

They weren't pushed open.

Nor were they smashed open.

They were directly kicked into a sky full of flying metal fragments!

Countless bronze remains of various sizes, carrying unrivaled kinetic energy, turned into a terrifying metal storm that whistled toward the depths of the ruins.

They tore through the darkness, shattering numerous mechanical Puppets acting as sentries along the way, causing continuous explosions and rumbles deep within the ruins.

One kick.

The Forbidden Ground, sealed for ten thousand years, had its gates blown wide open.

Dust and shattered parts flew in all directions.

Su Chen withdrew his foot and, expressionless, led the three Zerg heroes as he strode into the ruins that had once made him hesitate.

His footsteps were very light, yet every step seemed to land on a core node of the ruins, making the entire Divine Kingdom's remains tremble slightly.

"Who goes there?! How dare you intrude upon this god's place of slumber?!"

From deep within the ruins, an awakened, exasperated roar suddenly rang out.

The voice carried a hint of the majesty unique to ancient gods, attempting to intimidate the intruders through a mental shock.

But when this shock hit Su Chen's mental barrier, it failed to create even a single ripple.

Following the roar, the shadows deep within the ruins began to writhe frantically.

Countless pairs of crimson eyes lit up in the darkness.

Tens of thousands of wraiths let out shrill shrieks; they took various forms, all transformed from Souls devoured by Vohn, carrying endless resentment.

At the same time, more Demon Puppets crawled out from the walls and the ground. They were monsters Vohn had created using Divine Power mixed with the flesh and blood of the dead, tireless and without a sense of pain.

The wraiths and Demon Puppets converged into a black torrent, surging from all directions in an attempt to completely submerge and tear apart these audacious intruders.

"Stop embarrassing yourself with such tricks."

Su Chen's pace didn't even pause for a moment, and he didn't even cast a glance at those minions.

He didn't even need to give an order.

Beside him, Thunder Beast King Hyperis lowered its massive head slightly, and two scorching arcs of electricity sprayed from its nostrils.

It sensed that hint of impatience within the Dominator's will.

Hyperis suddenly raised a massive foot and then stomped down heavily.

"Thunder Trample!"

There was no world-shaking roar.

Only a moment of deathly silence.

Immediately after, a visible ring-shaped plasma shockwave exploded outward, centered on where Hyperis's foot landed!

Violent blue-purple lightning spread frantically along the ground, and wherever it passed, space distorted violently.

Those wraiths charging at the very front didn't even have time to scream before they were instantly evaporated by the extreme heat and energy, their Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, leaving not a single trace behind.

And those Demon Puppets with decent physical defense met an even more miserable end.

The violent lightning energy directly ignored their shells and poured into their energy cores.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A series of explosions rang out as those Demon Puppets, like simultaneously detonated explosives, were blown directly into flying flesh, parts, and metal fragments.

With just a single strike.

The army of tens of thousands of undead was swept clean.

This was absolute power suppression.

Su Chen and his group proceeded without hindrance, as if taking a leisurely stroll, passing through the messy corridors to arrive directly at the very heart of the ruins.

This was a magnificent underground temple.

In the center of the temple stood a massive god throne constructed entirely of bleached white bones.

Countless skulls were embedded in the god throne, their hollow eye sockets seemingly watching every visitor in silence, emitting a heart-palpitating aura of death.

And at the top of that bone god throne floated an illusory, unstable black shadow.

That black shadow fluctuated violently; clearly, Hyperis's earlier strike had caused it quite a shock.

When it "saw" the newcomers clearly, the black shadow shrank suddenly, as if seeing the most unbelievable sight.

With a gaze mixed with terror, confusion, and extreme disbelief, it "stared" intently at Su Chen, who was in the lead.

"It's... you?"

Vohn's remnant Soul let out a sharp, distorted voice.

It recognized him.

It remembered this aura.

Just half a year ago, a human as weak as an insect had peered into its Domain. At that time, it only needed to release a wisp of Divine Might to scare the other party into fleeing in a panic.

It remembered it clearly.

But... how is this possible?

"How is this possible?! In just half a year... how could you possibly possess this level of Divine Might?!"

Vohn's voice trembled violently, and even its Soul body began to flicker unsteadily.

"Did you grow up eating Divinity Hormones?!"

It couldn't understand.

Half a year ago, that ant it could have crushed with a single finger.

Now, just by standing there, the abyss-like aura naturally radiating from him actually made this former Soul-Snatching True God feel a sense of suffocation originating from the depths of his Soul!

That wasn't just simple energy power.

It was an insurmountable hierarchy suppression based on the very essence of life!

"Vohn, your era ended long ago."

Su Chen finally stopped and looked up at the terrified black remnant Soul, his gaze as cold as eternal, unmelting ice.

"Hand that thing over, and I can give you a swift end."