161: The realm of rules, the power of epic!

The figure appeared without warning, as if tearing through space and descending abruptly.

The abyss of despair seemed within reach, but the appearance of Kunlun Immortal Elder and the reclusive powerhouses was like carving several cracks leading to light in the dome of endless darkness!

The power displayed in their every move completely transcended the 'Transcendent-level' category, entering another incomprehensible level.

They were the legendary Epic-grade existences!

They were the true foundation of Dragon Country and even the entire human civilization, the towering pillars capable of suppressing a region and stabilizing the world!

The first to perceive the essence of this power were not the low-tier alien race, but the human Transcendent-level cultivators struggling on the battlefield!

When the old man in a simple blue Daoist robe, holding a peach wood staff, appeared on the Bashu battlefield, a hundred zhang around him seemed to form a world of its own.

An invisible, irresistible 'momentum' instantly permeated the air.

This was not a simple energy pressure, but a higher-dimensional manifestation of law!

It was like an invisible tide, quietly covering the area in front of the old man—the direction where the Earth-Cracking Barbarian Bull herd was charging.

"Roar!"

The massive bodies of the several Earth-Cracking Barbarian Bulls charging at the front, capable of collapsing alloy gates, were instantly like objects thrown into strong acid the moment they touched this invisible domain!

Their tough hides, knotted muscles, hard bones, along with the ground beneath their feet, decomposed and annihilated at a visible speed, turning into the finest, most primitive particle dust, silently dissipating into the air!

There was no explosion, no roar, only a chilling sense of 'erasure'!

This was not a deliberate attack by the old man, but merely a trace of aura naturally emanating from his domain!

His awakened rule domain was named Gui Xu!

Within the domain, all tangible and substantial things were subject to its rules, tending towards 'annihilation' and 'return to zero'!

The Earth-Cracking Barbarian Bull herd charging from behind, as if hitting an invisible wall of sighs, abruptly halted their charge.

They shrieked in terror; an instinct from the depths of their bloodline screamed warnings, making them understand that the seemingly calm space ahead was an absolute death zone!

Those who entered would be utterly annihilated!

Even several Transcendent-level Earth-Cracking Barbarian Bull leaders, their psionic shields melted like ice and snow upon first contact with the edge of the Gui Xu domain, and they themselves felt a terrifying tremor as if their souls were being disintegrated, retreating in horror!

"This... is this Epic?!"

A Bedrock Legion soldier with a severed arm, looking at the miraculous scene, murmured to himself, his eyes filled with awe and disbelief.

His Gold-level captain, feeling the terrifying power of the law emanating from that domain, which almost froze the psionic energy in his body, was even more shaken.

He realized with absolute clarity that, let alone a few Transcendent-level working together, even if dozens or hundreds of Transcendent-level charged in, within that domain, they would be like snowflakes thrown into boiling water, instantly 'erased' completely!

Within a rule domain, even Transcendent-level cultivators who have mastered the power of rules can barely last a moment!

On the Modu battlefield, a woman in a plain white dress stood in mid-air, cool and clear as the moon.

Facing the sea beasts that had re-converged and were surging forward fearlessly, she made no extra movements, merely sweeping her emotionless eyes lightly over them.

Buzz!

Centered on her, an invisible, distorted sphere instantly expanded, enveloping a large factory area and the surging sea beasts.

Domain—Broken Space!

Within this domain, space was no longer a stable existence, but rather a fragile canvas, as if cut and folded by invisible threads!

With a slight thought from the woman, countless subtle, almost imperceptible spatial cracks suddenly appeared within the domain, like billions of the sharpest invisible scalpels, precisely and indiscriminately slicing through the sea beasts!

Chirp!

Chirp! Chirp!

There were no earth-shattering sounds, only hair-raising, extremely subtle slicing noises.

The Deep Abyss Giant Turtles, with their thick skin and flesh, and energy carapaces that could withstand heavy artillery bombardment, were instantly segmented into countless neat geometric fragments.

The elusive, hard-to-target Sea Region Plankton, like insects frozen in amber, had smooth cuts appearing out of thin air on their bodies, their psionic cores precisely split in two.

Several giant squids attempting to turn invisible and launch a surprise attack, just as they vanished, their entire bodies, along with the space they occupied, were silently swallowed and annihilated by a huge rift that spanned the domain!

The entire area covered by Broken Space seemed to have turned into a giant, invisible meat grinder.

The sea beasts' charge abruptly halted, replaced by a rain of severed limbs, broken bones, and viscous fluids.

Within the domain, space was her weapon, and her will was the law of cutting!

Any non-Epic existence entering it meant being dismembered by space itself!

On the outskirts of Ice City, the rampaging Frost Giant Lizard felt an unprecedented threat. It abandoned its assault on the military's Transcendent-level defense line, its crimson giant eyes fixed on a figure slowly descending from the sky.

It was an old monk in a worn kasaya, with a gaunt face. He walked barefoot on the bone-chilling frozen earth, yet it was as if he was treading on a warm lotus platform.

He pressed his palms together, lowered his gaze, and chanted a Buddhist prayer: "Amitabha."

As the Buddhist prayer sounded, a soft yet incredibly resilient golden light spread out from him, instantly covering several miles!

This golden light was not pure energy; it contained the profound truths of 'solidity,' 'immobility,' and 'purification'!

Domain—Formless!

The Frost Giant Lizard's extreme cold breath, capable of freezing steel and tearing the earth, sprayed towards the old monk like a raging tide.

However, that breath, containing terrifying low temperatures and destructive energy, upon contact with the golden light at the edge of the Formless domain, was like mud oxen entering the sea, rapidly melting and disintegrating!

The power of ice and frost rules contained in the breath seemed fragile before the more powerful rules of 'immobility' and 'purification'!

The giant lizard roared in fury, its massive body lunging forward with mountain-crushing force, its sharp claws tearing through the air with an ear-splitting shriek!

The old monk remained still, his palms pressed together, only raising his withered hand and gently pressing forward.

"Suppress!"

Buzz!

The entire Formless domain violently shook!

Within the domain, an indescribably heavy pressure suddenly descended!

It was not physical gravity, but a force of 'confinement' and 'suppression' acting on the soul and at the rule level!

The Frost Giant Lizard, mid-pounce, its momentum capable of collapsing mountains, seemed to have its pause button pressed, freezing in mid-air!

Its eyes were filled with terror and struggle, and the violent frost psionic energy around its body surged madly, trying to break free from this invisible restraint.

However, under the rule suppression of the Formless domain, its proud Transcendent-level power was like a frozen river, its operation becoming incredibly sluggish!

Its massive body was firmly pressed towards the ground by an invisible force, its four limbs plowing deep furrows in the frozen earth, letting out an unwilling roar, yet unable to move!

The old monk slowly lowered his hand, his gaze filled with compassion as he looked at the giant beast struggling in vain.

Within the domain, all phenomena are empty, only I, the Buddha, am supreme!

Any non-Epic power, before his rules, was like a candle in the wind, extinguishable with a flip of the hand!

The actions of the Epic-grade powerhouses were like scorching sunlight dispelling the gloom, or an invisible giant hand stirring the universe!

Under the deterrence of Kunlun Elder's Gui Xu domain, the beast tide outside Bashu City was terrified, the Earth-Cracking Barbarian Bull herd retreated in horror, allowing the remnants of the Bedrock Legion to catch their breath and reorganize the defense line for the evacuation channel.

Under the cutting of the white-clad woman's Broken Space domain, the abandoned factory district of Modu became a graveyard for insectoids; the surging invading sea beasts were blocked and annihilated by invisible spatial blades, and the pressure on the Binjiang defense line sharply decreased.

Under the suppression of the withered old monk's Formless domain, the greatest Transcendent-level threat on the outskirts of Ice City, the Frost Giant Lizard, was like a fish pinned to a chopping board, unable to move, and the beast horde, having lost its leader, fell into chaos.

The military's Transcendent-level took the opportunity to counterattack and reclaim lost ground.