481: Don’t miss this opportunity!

The moment that cold, judgmental gaze descended, time didn't truly stop, but was enveloped and covered by an invisible, dense veil of Law.

The ethereal blue chains, which were frantically biting into Su Han's body, were like falling into an invisible tar pit thousands of feet deep; their forward momentum was instantly choked by an irresistible, mighty force.

Their tips were mere millimeters from Su Han's heart core, head, and fractured arm bone, yet they were eerily frozen in this deadly suspension.

"Om—Kala…"

The chain's body emitted a mournful groan of unbearable strain, and the dazzling runes upon it, capable of freezing stars and tearing space, vibrated violently, twisted, and flickered erratically, as if a Vicious Beast struggling in a spider web, its power being stripped away and dissolved layer by layer.

That absolute sense of restraint and the bone-chilling cold that froze everything, as if encountering the nemesis of ten-thousand-year-old ice—the most primal Void Realm—disintegrated inch by inch!

"No—!"

The liquid metal core erupted in an unprecedentedly sharp shriek, no longer a pure will of destruction, but mixed with profound terror and an instinctive fear.

Its massive liquid body frantically wriggled, proliferated, and condensed more and sharper metal spikes and energy nodes, attempting to break through this invisible confinement.

Energy originally used to repair its injuries was forcibly diverted to resist this incomprehensible, high-dimensional power that descended from the heavens.

The repair of the smoke and scorch marks abruptly halted, even showing a subtle tendency to expand.

Su Han—his crumbling will was fiercely stimulated by this powerful external force, forcibly gathering the last shred of clarity.

His shattered body still swayed in the tearing aftermath of the energy, blood mixed with fragments of internal organs continuously gushed out, his right arm bone was completely pulverized, leaving only the connection of tattered muscles.

Excruciating pain was like billions of steel needles piercing his Soul.

But that gaze, descending across space and time, was like the only shining lighthouse in the dark Universe, bringing an indescribable—Law-level—protection!

This was an opportunity not to be missed!

His consciousness let out a silent roar in the Chaos. This was the only, and the last, chance!

Su Han's body, which had long been at its limit, was now suddenly ignited by an indomitable will!

His Soul core, which was almost shattered and forcibly "pinned" in place by the residual power of the Eye of Law to prevent immediate collapse, burned once more, disregarding everything!

The target was his sole remaining left arm!

On his left arm, the Phoenix True Fire imprint, which had once drawn upon the power of the Star Ruins but was now riddled with cracks and dim, suddenly erupted with dazzling golden-red light!

He no longer tried to mobilize any external primal energy; his body was already empty.

What he burned was his remaining Origin of life, the fragments of his extremely resilient Soul!

"Caw—!!"

A Phoenix cry, piercing through the spatial vibrations and energy shrieks, did not come from Su Han's mouth, but shrieked from his burning life imprint, carrying both tragedy and resolve!

His burning left arm, carrying this final flame that consumed his own body, was no longer a defense, no longer a pull, but transformed into the sharpest spear in the world!

A single spear to sever the Soul!

The target was precisely the core of the liquid metal creature, which was violently churning and exposing its energy core due to its full resistance against the Eye of Law's confinement!

Fast! Faster than the distortion of light!

The burning left arm did not directly attack a physical entity; the surging Phoenix True Fire upon it, under Su Han's sacrifice of life, underwent another subtle change, subtly carrying the characteristic imprint of the Law it had previously drawn upon!

It was like a burning Law arrow, forcibly piercing through the Chaos of the spatial barrier and the liquid metal creature's own defensive force field, accurately and incomparably striking the very core point where its energy was most violent and simultaneously most suppressed by the Eye of Law!

"Pfft—!"

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a heart-stopping thud of an object being instantly pierced by scorching Law.

The core of the violently churning energy on the liquid metal creature's massive body was completely impaled by this burning left arm!

Golden-red Phoenix True Fire poured in ferociously, carrying the will to incinerate all things and Su Han's own destructive power from burning his life and Soul!

"Ugh ah—!!!"

The liquid metal creature let out an extremely mournful shriek, as if billions of Souls were wailing simultaneously.

Its struggle instantly stiffened; the frantically proliferating metal tissues and ethereal blue chains simultaneously twitched violently, broke, and dissolved!

Phoenix True Fire, like hot oil poured onto snow, frantically spread, burned, and purified within its Origin energy core!

The originally fluid body, centered on the point of penetration, turned into large patches of charred, solidified metal debris, evaporating with a large amount of smoke.

The Eye of Law seemed to "confirm" something.

That cold gaze, projected across space and time, silently receded the moment Su Han's burning left arm pierced the target's core.

It was as abrupt as its arrival.

But the Law "stasis" effect it brought did not completely vanish; it merely lessened abruptly.

The residual mighty power of Law was like an invisible shackle, still binding and weakening the liquid metal creature's final death throes, firmly locking that deadly counterattack below the critical point of eruption!

Thud!

Su Han had exhausted his last shred of strength.

After the burning left arm pierced the liquid metal core, the last remaining, completely burned-out essence also turned to ashes.

He had completely lost an arm, leaving only an empty shoulder stump, with lingering charred burn marks.

His body, like a broken doll, with dripping golden-red residual blood and ice crystals, broke free from the invisible Law-stagnant space and heavily crashed to the ground, into the scorching, cracked, molten gravel and lava. Excruciating pain, like a tide, submerged and devoured his last consciousness.

His vision completely darkened.

But he knew that this spear, severing the Soul and piercing the brain, burning everything, staking his life—had hit!

In the last sliver of his sinking consciousness, he vaguely "saw":

The massive body of the liquid metal giant no longer struggled. Around the huge hole where its core was pierced, golden-red Nirvana Fire burned like an imprint, continuously spreading throughout its entire body.

The ethereal blue luster rapidly faded, replaced by a deathly gray-white and charred black.

The residual energy storm lost control, silently collapsing and disintegrating within its body.

It was like a metal mountain burned from within, slowly and irreversibly beginning to disintegrate, collapse, and vaporize… finally turning into a silent dust of metal and ethereal energy ripples, dissipating in the ravaged, shattered space.

The vast, disfigured Void Realm battlefield was left with only faint ripples of residual Law and the final whimpering wind as the energy tide extinguished.

On the ravaged ground, only a charred, incomplete figure lay silently at the edge of a scorching lava pit.

Silence swallowed everything. (End of Chapter)