799: Chapter Are you the Zulong Ying Zheng?!

“Absurd! How could a planet that has just reached the stage of condensing a Star Core possibly have an awareness like yours?

Do you truly believe I know nothing? Moreover, I have been planning for hundreds of years; do you expect me to give up just because of your words?

Once I break free from this accursed place, the Star Core and this planet will both be in my grasp!”

The Lord of Chaos let out a low growl, a surge of anger like molten magma churning in the void. His face, similar to Li Wuji’s but radiating divinity, was contorted with ferocity.

The mysterious entity’s assertions about “not belonging to Blue Star” and “inability to fuse” completely ignited the ambition and arrogance he had accumulated over centuries.

Questioning?

Denying?

In the Lord of Chaos’s dictionary, there was only conquest and destruction!

Before his words even finished, the terrifying energy, like a deep abyss swamp, that had gathered around the Lord of Chaos suddenly erupted!

It was not directed at Li Wuji, but rather at this strange space itself, or rather, at the omnipresent yet unfindable Guardians’ awareness!

He did not choose to attack the illusory Star Core projection—that seemingly tangible yet unreachable target—but instead opted for a more direct, more violent method.

Tear apart this cage!

“Break—for me!”

A low roar reverberated through the flowing stardust. The Lord of Chaos clenched his hands, and countless phantom limbs, like those of an abyssal giant worm, composed of pure chaos and destructive energy, instantly materialized.

Then, with a shriek that tore through space, they fiercely stabbed towards the seemingly empty “Law Gap” barriers in all directions!

This strike contained the maximum power he could muster after being suppressed, filled with a will of blasphemy and destruction.

He wanted to crush this deceptive space, along with the mysterious Guardians, into oblivion!

The moment the Lord of Chaos erupted, Li Wuji’s eyes sharpened like an eagle’s, but his body remained motionless, not even a trace of energy fluctuation escaping him.

Like an unmoving rock rooted in the void, he merely heightened his senses to the extreme, calmly observing everything that was about to unfold.

His gaze swept across the furious attack, the flowing stardust, and then—

The Lord of Chaos’s destructive energy, powerful enough to easily tear mountains and evaporate rivers in the outside world, underwent a sudden transformation the moment it touched the “boundary” of the Law Gap!

The anticipated earth-shattering explosion did not occur.

The countless ferocious energy limbs were like crashing into an invisible, extremely viscous amber.

Their piercing speed rapidly slowed down at a visible rate, and their contained chaotic energy did not erupt; instead, it seemed to be erased from the very level of existence by some invisible “eraser.”

The energy limbs, upon contact with the spatial barrier, were “captured” by the slowly rotating stardust around them.

Those stardust particles, emitting a cold, eerie glow, seemed to possess the most precise analytical and reconstructive abilities, silently decomposing and assimilating the chaotic energy, like water eroding a sandcastle, restoring it to its most primitive and peaceful cosmic dust.

The entire process was utterly silent, yet it inexplicably caused a sense of dread.

“Hm?!”

The Lord of Chaos’s pupils contracted sharply, and for the first time, an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.

He clearly felt that the power he unleashed was like a mud ox entering the sea; it not only failed to shake the space in the slightest, but not even a ripple was truly stirred before it was completely “digested”!

This was a more thorough and… bizarre suppression of power than he had anticipated!

The Guardians’ voice resonated again, still calm and unperturbed, yet it seemed to carry a hint of almost imperceptible… weariness?

“The Law Gap, brooks no desecration.

Chaotic power, is ineffective here.

Waste your strength, injure yourself.”

As the mysterious entity’s words fell, the Lord of Chaos’s body violently trembled, his face turning slightly pale.

He was horrified to discover that the energy forcibly “erased” by the space did not disappear into thin air; its backlash actually acted directly upon his Origin through some profound power!

Although it did not cause destructive damage, the feeling of his power being forcibly stripped away and his Laws being denied made him feel an unprecedented sense of frustration and a hint of… apprehension.

Li Wuji took all of this in, his heart filled with awe; the methods displayed by this mysterious entity surpassed his expectations.

The Lord of Chaos’s attack was not only ineffective but also backfired, indicating that if he were to act, his fate would likely be no better.

However, his keen eyes caught a detail: the moment the Lord of Chaos’s attack erupted, the golden light emitted by the illusory Star Core projection, suspended in the center of the space, seemed to dim ever so slightly!

The few phantom chains connected to the projection also fluctuated imperceptibly, as if bearing some extra burden.

This discovery made Li Wuji’s heart stir: could maintaining this space, or forcibly erasing the Lord of Chaos’s attack, cause a drain on the mysterious entity itself, or rather, on the forming Star Core Main unit?

Was this mysterious entity’s connection to the Star Core even closer than it claimed?

Perhaps… it might even be the Star Core’s awareness itself, a special manifestation under extreme weakness?

At this moment, after a brief shock and adapting to the discomfort brought by the backlash, the furious rage in the Lord of Chaos’s eyes rapidly receded like a tide.

In an instant, he regained his indifferent yet majestic expression, and even sat cross-legged, as if giving up resistance.

Yet, he stared intently at the illusory Star Core projection, then surveyed this strange stardust space, his voice like the frigid ice of the Nine Nethers.

“Good! A truly formidable Law Gap! I admit I underestimated you!”

The aura around him no longer violently radiated outwards, but was extremely restrained and compressed, like a volcano about to erupt being forcibly suppressed within a small mountain chamber; its danger level did not decrease but increased.

“But do you think this can trap me? Can it stop me?

Once that Star Core is fully solidified, even if I don’t act, my insectoid warriors from the outside will obtain it, and then it will be the time of your complete annihilation!

This Star Core, and all living beings on this planet, will be rations for my insectoid children. Obediently become the stepping stone for me to return to the Peak!”

After speaking, he surprisingly ignored the two of them and instead sat cross-legged, closing his eyes to meditate.

And Li Wuji, after glancing at the mysterious entity, also sat down cross-legged. For a moment, the three of them formed a three-way standoff, watching over each other.

“Are you from the Human Race, or are you a Great Xia person?”

Li Wuji spoke again, asking, because he noticed a detail: the pronoun the other party used to refer to himself was “Zhen” ( I)!

One must know that this character was not something just anyone could use; it was a self-appellation exclusively for emperors.

Coupled with the fragmented memories he had from Ding Lingxuan and his own mind, a shocking conjecture formed in his heart.

“Are you First Emperor of Qin, the Ancestral Dragon of Great Xia?!”