213: Chapter 213 The Abyss's Great Ferocity Emerges, Turning Against Its Master and Becoming Food

That massive tentacle carried a terrifying aura sufficient to make the heavens and earth change color.

The moment it emerged from the abyss crack, the entire Xiao Family Forbidden Ground trembled violently.

It was too enormous, so vast it seemed capable of bursting this world apart.

It was too evil—so evil that a single glance was enough to shatter the Dao Heart of an Immortal King and cause their Divine Soul to sink into oblivion.

Densely packed across it were sickly green eyeballs, each appearing like an independent life form.

As they rotated, they emitted a desire for chaos, madness, and the destruction of all things.

Foul-smelling black slime dripped from the surface of the tentacle, corroding the hard bronze floor into bottomless pits.

This was the thing the Xiao Family had guarded for a hundred thousand years!

This was the world-ending calamity the Old Ancestor had not hesitated to sacrifice himself to awaken!

“Haha... Hahahaha...”

On the ground, the Old Ancestor had completely turned into a dried corpse, with only a shriveled head and half a mangled torso barely maintaining their shape.

Looking at that massive tentacle capable of destroying heaven and earth, he let out a fanatical and venomous laugh like that of a night owl.

His eyes had completely lost their luster, leaving only two hollow black sockets.

Yet those black holes were fixedly "staring" in Su Yun's direction.

Using the last trace of his true spirit's power, he issued an incredibly resentful command.

“Kill him!”

“Tear him apart!!”

“I... want him to be buried with me!!!”

Having received its master's command, the massive tentacle seemed to be injected with a stimulant!

“Roar—!”

From beneath the abyss, an even more high-pitched and tyrannical roar echoed!

In the next second, the massive tentacle moved violently!

It tore through space, ignoring all distance!

Carrying a world-ending pressure sufficient to instantly kill an Immortal Emperor at the Late Stage,

it turned into a black afterimage invisible to the naked eye and whipped down fiercely toward the top of Su Yun's head!

This strike sealed off all paths of retreat!

This strike contained pure, undisguised Laws of destruction!

Before this strike, any defense or Divine Ability appeared pale and powerless!

The Old Ancestor seemed to already see the image of Su Yun and that woman being whipped into the most primitive cosmic dust by this strike, leaving not a single trace behind!

A satisfied, hideous smile appeared on his skin-and-bones face.

However, in the next second.

The smile on his face abruptly froze.

Facing that world-destroying strike that would make any Immortal Emperor despair,

Su Yun still stood in place, not moving a muscle.

He didn't even lift an eyelid.

Only, in front of him, the unremarkable black token he had casually tossed on the ground

suddenly emitted a faint, almost negligible circle of dark light.

The light was very dim and inconspicuous.

Like a candle flame about to go out in the dark of night.

But when that massive tentacle carrying world-ending power was about to strike Su Yun, less than half an inch from his forehead,

it touched that circle of dark light.

At this moment, time seemed to have been paused.

The massive tentacle capable of tearing the heavens and earth apart... just stopped.

It froze in mid-air, motionless, like a sculpture that had been instantly petrified.

The world-destroying pressure also vanished without a trace the moment it touched the dark light, like a popped balloon.

“This...”

The smile on the Old Ancestor's face completely solidified, and his two hollow eye sockets revealed a human-like state of extreme shock and confusion.

What happened?

Why did it stop?

And in the instant he was dazed,

“Wooo—!!!”

From beneath the abyss, a shrill whimper full of extreme fear and pain suddenly erupted!

Where was there any trace of the previous tyranny and madness in that sound?

It sounded more like the wail of a stray dog that had been severely whipped by its master!

Following that, an even more comical and incredible scene occurred.

The tens of thousands of sickly green eyeballs on that terrifying, massive tentacle suspended before Su Yun

seemed to have seen the most terrifying existence in the world; with a "shua," they all squeezed shut in fright!

Then, the tentacle that was originally as hard as divine iron and full of explosive power actually... went limp at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It hung down flabbily, finally looking like a dead snake with its bones removed.

Like a local dog wagging its tail for pity, it lay prostrate at Su Yun's feet, trembling and cautious.

It even used its now incredibly soft tip to gently and ingratiatingly rub against Su Yun's pant leg.

...

Dead silence.

The entire hall fell into a bizarre, comical dead silence.

One moment, it was a world-ending calamity.

The next, it had turned into a watchdog kneeling for mercy.

This extreme reversal caused the Old Ancestor—who had only a head left—to have his brain completely stall.

His face, which could no longer make expressions, was filled with shock and bewilderment that words could not describe.

Why?

Just why?!

The Great Abyss Calamity he had spent a hundred thousand years and sacrificed everything to awaken,

why... why was it afraid of that broken token?!

Why did it act so humble and fearful before this Lower Realm ant?!

This was illogical!

This completely overturned his understanding of a hundred thousand years!

Naturally, he wouldn't know.

The "world-ending calamity" in his eyes was, to the Heaven Burial Palace, merely a slightly stronger watchdog responsible for guarding a cage.

And the burial heaven token in Su Yun's hand represented the master's will!

It was the absolute right of dominion engraved into the deepest part of its true spirit, something it could never resist for all eternity!

Forget Su Yun just showing the token; even if Su Yun ordered it to self-detonate right now, it would never dare to hesitate for a moment!

“Heh.”

Looking at this "Giant Octopus" at his feet that was behaving incredibly docilely, Su Yun let out a light chuckle.

He wasn't the least bit surprised by this scene.

He slowly raised his foot and, without any politeness, stepped directly onto the massive tentacle that was still trembling slightly.

The tentacle capable of crushing an Immortal Emperor was stepped on by him.

Far from daring to resist, it shook even more violently and emitted even more miserable whimpers, as if begging for mercy.

Su Yun lowered his head, looking down at the massive creature with indifferent eyes.

Then, he glanced at the Old Ancestor not far away, who was completely dumbfounded with only a head remaining.

In a tone so cold it carried no emotion, he spoke three words to the tentacle beneath his feet.

“Eat him.”

Three simple words, yet they were like a supreme imperial decree.

The massive tentacle felt as if it had been granted a great pardon!

It snapped its head up, and those countless closed eyes instantly flew open!

But this time, there was no longer any madness or tyranny in those eyes, only a cold executioner's focus upon receiving a command!

“Whoosh—!”

The massive tentacle turned into a streak of black lightning moving at extreme speed, abruptly changing direction and lunging toward the shriveled head on the ground!

“No... No—!!!”

The wild laughter stuck in the Old Ancestor's throat instantly turned into a shrill scream of extreme terror and despair!

He finally understood!

He finally understood what a foolish thing he had done!

He had personally delivered himself to the dining table!

However, it was all too late.

The front of the tentacle split open into a terrifying giant mouth filled with circular rows of sharp teeth!

Amidst the Old Ancestor's look of utter disbelief and endless regret, it bit down hard on his shriveled head and his about-to-dissipate true spirit!

“Crunch! Crunch!”

The hair-raising sounds of bone shattering and chewing echoed clearly in the empty, silent hall.

The Old Ancestor's screams came to an abrupt end.

His decaying life that had lingered for a hundred thousand years, his grand dream of transcendence planned across the ages—

in the end, he did not die at the hands of an enemy, but instead became the nourishment for the watchdog he himself had awakened.

Swallowed in a single bite.

Su Yun stood with his hands behind his back, his foot treading upon a part of the abyss creature.

Surrounded by a faint dark light from Burial Heaven, he watched this brutal and bloody scene without his eyes wavering in the slightest.

To him, this was merely clearing away an eyesore of trash.

Soon, the massive tentacle had devoured the Old Ancestor clean—skin, bone, and true spirit—leaving not even a trace of blood.

After finishing this, it became docile again, cautiously crawling back to Su Yun's feet and rubbing against him with its tip.

As if seeking credit from its master.

Seeing its behavior, Su Yun's heart stirred.

Although this thing wasn't very bright, its strength was indeed decent, comparable to the Half-Step Transcendence Realm. Keeping it to guard the house wouldn't be bad.

Just as he was considering how to handle this Great Abyss Calamity,

the massive tentacle seemed to sense his thoughts. To further ingratiate itself with its new master, it suddenly opened its giant mouth full of fangs.

Accompanied by a nauseating, violent sound of retching,

“Gurgle...”

it slowly spat something out.

It was a fist-sized crystal, dreamy and multicolored throughout, yet covered in fine cracks.

The moment the crystal appeared, it emitted an Origin aura that was both pure and violent to the extreme!

And at the instant this crystal appeared, Zi Yun, who had been protected in Su Yun's embrace, suddenly shuddered!

The Goddess Bloodline within her seemed to be subjected to some fatal attraction.

In this moment, it actually went completely out of control, boiling frantically!