476: Star Ruins

“Can’t take it head-on!”

Su Han decisively gave up maintaining the river of flames, instead sinking his entire will into his body.

The miniature Star Vortex vibrated violently under his control, and the phantom of billions of stars appeared on his body surface—this was his new ability, [Star Ruins], formed by the Fusion of the Origin of the Star Furnace and the Return to Ruins core.

With a low shout from him, those stellar phantoms suddenly exploded, turning into countless specks of light that merged into the Void Realm.

The next second, the crystal battle slave’s giant axe struck empty space, but the tearing spatial rift strangely revolved around Su Han’s body.

This was precisely the effect of [Star Ruins]: by distorting spatial coordinates through Power of Gui Xu, all attacks were drawn into a labyrinth of stellar trajectories.

But Su Han also paid a price for this; dark golden blood simultaneously overflowed from his mouth and nose, as the backlash from forcefully merging the two Origins intensified.

The crystal battle slave seemed to pause for a moment, then let out an incomprehensible roar.

The crystal on his forehead suddenly split open, revealing the pulsating dark purple core within, and a will a hundred times stronger than the previous Gui Xu Seed descended, directly locking onto Su Han’s Soul.

“Found… a compatible container…”

A cold voice echoed directly in Su Han’s mind, the voice carrying the texture of metal grinding, yet also containing a chilling greed.

“The Gui Xu Seed is too weak; only a Physique like yours, one that has fused the stars and the Phoenix, is worthy of being the vessel for my Clone…”

Su Han fiercely bit his tongue, the sharp pain freeing him from the will’s restraint.

He finally understood that all of this was a scheme by a more powerful existence; the Gui Xu Seed was merely bait to test his Physique, and these battle slaves were tools to forcefully seize his body.

“You want to be my master?”

A furious flame ignited in Su Han’s eyes once more, and the [Star Ruins] Power and Phoenix True Fire within him simultaneously went berserk, “Then let’s see if you devour me, or if I drag you, this hidden wretch, out and grind you to dust!”

He crossed his hands into a cross, and the miniature Star Vortex within him began to rotate in reverse.

This time, it was no longer a self-destructive outburst, but rather the injection of the Star Furnace’s thermal energy into the Return to Ruins Dark Vortex, forming an unprecedented energy state—a dark golden flame vortex slowly unfolded behind him, with the trajectories of stellar birth and destruction faintly visible at its center, while the unique void dark patterns of Power of Gui Xu flowed at its edges.

The crystal battle slave seemed to sense the threat; he raised his giant axe, and millions of battle slaves behind him simultaneously poured energy into the axe blade, dark matter energy and Return to Ruins evil energy intertwining into a sky-piercing column of light, at the top of which the phantom of that terrifying eye vaguely appeared.

The Void Realm stood still at this moment.

The dark golden vortex behind Su Han and the destructive light column of the battle slave legion stood in opposition; on one side was the nascent power of two Origins forcefully fused, on the other was the power of millions of battle slaves amplified by the Law of destruction. A collision was imminent.

Su Han took a deep breath, suppressing all his fatigue and pain deep within his heart.

He recalled the annihilated beings, his blood-soaked companions, and the despair beneath that destructive beam of light—these images now transformed into fuel, pouring into the dark golden vortex behind him.

“This battle isn’t just about surviving…”

He whispered, his voice carrying a power that transcended time and space, “It’s about telling everything hiding in the darkness—if you want to touch my people, first ask the flames in my hand if they agree!”

Before his words finished, he had already transformed into a dark golden stream of light, actively crashing into that sky-piercing light column.

The vortex behind him expanded wildly, devouring all the Chaos turbulence along the way, transforming it into its own 動力.

The crystal battle slave let out an excited roar, and the giant axe descended three times faster. The moment the dark golden vortex collided with the destructive light column, the entire Void Realm plunged into absolute darkness.

There was no earth-shattering roar, only the void created by the annihilation of two ultimate powers, even light itself was completely swallowed.

After an unknown period, a faint glimmer of light appeared in the darkness.

Su Han’s figure slowly emerged from the void; his body was more damaged than before, his left arm unnaturally twisted, and the skin on half of his body was carbonized, but his eyes shone astonishingly bright.

In his hand, he held half a dark golden crystal, precisely the one he had gouged from the battle slave leader’s forehead, which was now emitting a mournful wail.

“It seems I won.”

Su Han crushed the crystal, feeling the scattered Law of destruction within it slowly absorbed by the miniature Star Vortex in his body.

He knew this was just the beginning; the owner of that terrifying eye would never give up, but he was no longer his former self.

The [Star Ruins] Power and Phoenix True Fire within him finally achieved a stable balance; each rotation of the miniature Star Vortex was accompanied by the rhythm of stellar birth and destruction and Nirvana Rebirth.

Su Han looked up at the deeper Universe, where countless eyes seemed to be watching him, but his eyes held only defiance and determination.

“Next, it’s my turn to come find you.” (End of chapter)