440: Eternal Silence

The sword's shadow arrived in an instant, cutting towards the center of the crystal core monster, the core fissure flowing with golden-blood colored light, without the slightest hint of smoke or fire!

This time, the Silver-haired Man used the true power of the Origin of Annihilation! He wanted to completely erase this filthy "existence" with the "non-existence" of Law!

"Roar!!!"

The crystal core monster let out an even more frenzied roar, and the golden-red light at the core fissure suddenly intensified! It didn't dodge, and its largest, most complete crystal giant claw at the front bravely met the attack!

On that giant claw, countless dark-red crystal thorns twisted and intertwined, and a deep crevice opened in the palm, like a greedy maw, aimed at the descending Annihilation sword shadow, and suddenly "swallowed"!

Extremely filthy Xenomorph crystal energy gushed out like ink from a breached dam, attempting to forcibly pollute and corrode this extremely pure Annihilation by accumulating in quantity!

Sizzle—!!!

A sound of ultimate annihilation, transcending the realm of sound and perceivable only by the Divine Soul, resounded!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only the "dissolution" of two extreme energies!

The filthy torrent of dark-red crystal flow collided with the Annihilation sword shadow, like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun, silently disintegrating and disappearing in large swaths!

The moment the crystal giant claw touched the sharp edge of the sword shadow, it collapsed and vaporized at a speed visible to the naked eye! Wherever the sword shadow passed, filth was purified, and crystal edges were disintegrated!

"Ugh...!" A muffled groan of pain came from the center of the crystal core monster, and the light of the core fissure suddenly dimmed by several points!

The Silver-haired Man's Origin of Annihilation clearly held the absolute upper hand! Any material attack seemed so futile in the face of the Annihilation!

However, just as the crystal core monster's core was almost struck by the unstoppable sword shadow, on the verge of complete annihilation—

Buzz!

A completely different, vast aura, as if from endless eons ago, suddenly burst forth from the depths of the crystal core fissure! The frequency of its pulsation instantly became vast and distant!

The dim golden-red light of the core, in the desperate situation of nearing destruction, suddenly exploded into an invisible ripple!

This ripple swept over the sword shadow—

It was not resistance, nor erosion!

But... assimilation?!

The momentum of the Annihilation sword shadow's descent, upon touching this vast ripple, actually paused imperceptibly!

On the surface of the pure silver sword shadow, extremely subtle, indescribable ancient patterns appeared in outline, flashing by!

It was this one ten-thousandth of a second of delay!

"Woo-aoh—!"

The crystal core monster let out a shriek that was both like relief and even more frenzied, its entire massive crystal body, using the Annihilation storm brought by the sword shadow's descent, suddenly curled back and reorganized!

It abandoned some of its disintegrating crystal structures, but its core erupted with an unprecedented instinct for survival!

Rumble!

A huge impact force heavily struck its reorganized "back," pushing the incessantly pulsating, crack-ridden core, like a meteor falling to the ground, dragging its surviving massive crystal body towards a deeper, bottomless great chasm on the distant horizon, emitting ominous black Qi—the entrance to the ruins of the "Eternal Silence Prison"—and crashing into it!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The pulsation grew louder and faster, carrying a desperate determination to fall into eternal darkness!

Dust was stirred up again, completely engulfing the falling trajectory and the final landing point. The huge chasm, like a gaping maw, instantly swallowed the dark-red pulsating demonic shadow.

In the Void Realm, the Silver-haired Man floated, the Annihilation sword shadow before his fingertips slowly dissipating. His pure white figure appeared exceptionally striking beneath the dim, chaotic sky. His gaze remained fixed on the chasm that had swallowed the crystal core monster, unmoving for a long time.

He was not unable to pursue, but the destructive aura emanating from the depths of the chasm, mixed with Su Han's crystal source pollution and the Origin of the "Eternal Silence Prison," caused even him to feel a trace of instinctive discomfort.

However, the reason for his gaze was not apprehension.

On his robe, that dark-red filthy mark pulsed slightly like a living thing, and wisps of even more imperceptible ancient aura were attempting to infiltrate in reverse along the remaining path of his Annihilation power... climbing.

And deeper, at the very bottom of that dead silent chasm.

The heavy pulsation sank into a darkness even deeper than anywhere before.

Thump... thump... thump...

Faintly audible, yet seemingly heavier than the entire shattered battlefield.