Chapter 173 Desperate Counterattack, True Meaning of Annihilation

Five experts formed a formation, surrounding Nightmare tightly.

The Void Realm was locked down by their Qi, making the space thick and solid, difficult to tear through and escape.

The killing intent was tangible, cold, and bone-piercing.

The leader, Vice Hall Master of the Imperial Dynasty Consecrated Hall, Long Si, had eyes as sharp as an eagle's. He drew his massive bone bow again, and an arrow, more condensed and entwined with blood-colored dragon patterns, materialized out of thin air, locking onto Nightmare's glabella.

The dangerous aura emitted by that arrow far exceeded the previous one.

Bodhisattva Miaoyin's face was covered in frost. Her slender fingers formed a Dharma seal, and pink rosy light surged around her, evolving into illusory visions of thousands of celestial maidens and scenes of ultimate bliss. The seductive sounds pierced directly into the Divine Soul, attempting to disrupt Nightmare's mind.

Although she was injured, her influence as a Hedao Stage expert using Law was still terrifying.

The Black-Robed Person holding a pitch-black compass continuously fired strange runes, merging them into the surrounding Void Realm to further reinforce the blockade. At the same time, the compass needle remained fixed on Nightmare, seemingly constantly analyzing and calculating his weaknesses.

Two Mid-stage Void Refining generals crossed their battle halberds, their imperial battle Qi merging into one, transforming into two ferocious, roaring golden dragon phantoms that circled around, ready to launch a thunderous strike at any moment.

This was almost a guaranteed kill! For any Late Stage Void Refining expert, or even an average Dao Integration Initial Stage expert, facing such a lineup and preparation meant certain death!

"Devil Head, accept your death!" Long Si shouted coldly, and his fingers released!

Swish—!

The blood-colored dragon-patterned arrow vanished instantly. The next moment, it had traversed space and appeared before Nightmare. Its speed and power were several times greater than the previous arrow! At the tip of the arrow, the Void Realm was slightly collapsing!

Almost simultaneously, Bodhisattva Miaoyin's seductive sounds suddenly sharpened, transforming into countless invisible Divine Soul poison needles, stabbing fiercely toward Nightmare's Sea of Consciousness!

The Black-Robed Person's compass shot out a beam of black light, interfering with the operation of the Law around Nightmare!

The two generals roared, swinging their battle halberds, and the two imperial golden dragons bared their fangs and brandished their claws, pouncing on Nightmare from the left and right!

Facing this terrifying siege from all directions, Nightmare finally moved!

He did not dodge, nor did he defend, but instead slowly raised his hands, the rule fragment resonating and operating with the newly acquired Power of Annihilation in an unprecedented way!

Deep within his eyes, those two miniature Universe birth-and-death vortices suddenly accelerated their rotation!

"Nirvana · True Meaning."

"All things... return to the void."

As his calm voice sounded, a strange "Domain" suddenly expanded from him as the center!

This Domain was not a simple energy field, but a manifestation of Law! Everything within the Domain—light, sound, Spiritual Qi, and even the concepts of time and space—began to blur, twist, and finally head toward absolute "nothingness"!

The moment the infinitely powerful blood-colored dragon-patterned arrow shot into this "Domain of Returning to the Void," the dragon patterns upon it wailed and shattered. The arrow body itself, as if having experienced billions of years of erosion, quickly rusted, weathered, and finally turned into a handful of insignificant dust that drifted away!

Bodhisattva Miaoyin's pervasive Divine Soul attack, upon entering this Domain, was like a clay ox entering the sea; it was instantly assimilated and annihilated by that absolute intent of "Nirvana," failing to stir up the slightest ripple!

The Black-Robed Person's black light, which interfered with Law, was like a subject meeting a king, disintegrating and dissipating on its own!

The two imperial golden dragons that pounced in, after rushing into the Domain, let out terrified wails. Their massive dragon bodies became illusory and transparent at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally, like bubbles, they completely shattered!

Wherever the Domain of Returning to the Void passed, all things fell silent, and all Laws vanished!

"What?!"

"This is impossible!"

"What kind of Law is this?!"

Long Si, Bodhisattva Miaoyin, and the other three all had their expressions change drastically, their eyes filled with unbelievable horror! They felt their own magic power, Law, and even life force rapidly flowing away and dissipating within that strange Domain! It was as if their very existence was being erased from between heaven and earth!

"Retreat!" Long Si was the first to react, screaming in horror, his figure retreating violently!

But would Nightmare give them a chance?

He used the rule fragment to lock onto the five, and the Domain of Returning to the Void expanded violently, instantly enveloping all five of them!

"Argh!"

"No!"

The two Mid-stage Void Refining generals were the first to be unable to bear it. The spiritual light on their battle armor instantly dimmed, and their Physical Bodies rapidly withered and aged, becoming like dried corpses. Even their Nascent Souls could not escape before directly turning into fly ash! Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering!

The Black-Robed Person screamed, the pitch-black compass in his hand exploded violently, bursting out a ball of black light that barely resisted for an instant, but he himself was still eroded by the Power of Annihilation. He vomited large mouthfuls of blood, his aura instantly withered, as if he had aged a thousand years, desperately trying to break free from the shackles of the Domain!

Bodhisattva Miaoyin's beautiful face lost all color. No longer caring about her injuries, she screamed and sacrificed a string of pink prayer beads. The beads exploded, transforming into a giant phantom of a Joyful Buddha to protect her, but that Buddha phantom also rapidly became dim and cracked within the Domain of Returning to the Void!

Long Si had the strongest strength. He roared, his Imperial Bloodline burning within him, forcing himself to break free from the suppression of the Domain. He drew the bone bow again, spitting a mouthful of essence blood onto the arrow!

"Imperial World-Destroying Arrow! Kill!"

An arrow, dark gold and condensed with his lifelong cultivation and essence blood, entwined with destructive Dragon Qi, tore through the edge of the Domain of Returning to the Void and shot toward Nightmare! This was his desperate strike!

However, facing this heaven-shaking arrow, Nightmare only coldly extended a finger.

At his fingertip, a point of extreme blackness condensed; within that blackness, it seemed to contain the end of the Universe.

"Nirvana · Finger."

He pointed gently.

The fingertip collided with the arrow tip.

There was no sound, no explosion.

That Imperial World-Destroying Arrow, which had condensed all of Long Si's power, began to silently annihilate and disappear from the tip, like a mark erased by an eraser, rapidly spreading backward. The arrow body, the arrow feathers... finally, along with the arm that Long Si was using to hold the bone bow, it all turned into nothingness!

"Ah—!" Long Si let out a shrill, painful scream, his eyes filled with endless fear and despair! He had completely lost his Battle Intent and turned around, wanting to burn everything to escape!

But Nightmare's other hand was already aimed at him from a distance, gently clenching.

"Extinguish."

The space around Long Si suddenly collapsed. His whole person, like a bug pinched by an invisible giant hand, didn't even have time to scream before bang, he completely turned into a bloody mist, immediately annihilated clean by the Domain of Returning to the Void!

The Vice Hall Master of the Imperial Dynasty Consecrated Hall, a Peak Late Stage Void Refining expert, Long Si, had fallen!

In the blink of an eye, four out of five were gone!

Only the severely injured Bodhisattva Miaoyin and the dying Black-Robed Person remained!

Bodhisattva Miaoyin was so scared that her Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering. No longer caring about the dignity of a Hedao Stage expert, she screamed and burned her Origin, even not hesitating to damage her own dao foundation, transforming into a streak of pink blood light. She violently exploded the Joyful Buddha phantom, forcibly broke through the edge of the Domain of Returning to the Void, and fled frantically into the distance!

The Black-Robed Person also gritted his teeth violently, crushing a life-saving Jade Talisman in his bosom. His body suddenly became ethereal, about to merge into the Void Realm and escape!

"Can you escape?"

Nightmare's cold voice was like the declaration of the Grim Reaper.

His rule fragment moved slightly, and his newly evolved ability was activated—Eye of Nirvana!

His gaze traversed space, instantly landing on the fleeing Bodhisattva Miaoyin and the ethereal Black-Robed Person!

Bodhisattva Miaoyin, who was fleeing frantically, suddenly felt the time around her instantly accelerate millions of times! Her protective rosy light rapidly dimmed, her delicate skin became loose and wrinkled, her black hair became gray and withered... Her life force was flowing away at a terrifying speed! It was as if she had lived out the rest of her life in an instant!

"No! What kind of evil magic is this?!" She was terrified, desperately urging her magic power to resist, but she simply could not stop that strange erosion of time and the passing of life!

And the Black-Robed Person, who was about to merge into the Void Realm, felt his connection with the Void Realm forcibly severed by a higher-level Law power! His ethereal state was broken, his body fell violently from mid-air, and at the same time, a pure "Nirvana" will slammed fiercely into his Sea of Consciousness along that connection!

"Pfft—!" The Black-Robed Person spat out blood wildly, the luster in his eyes instantly dimming. His Divine Soul had already suffered heavy damage, and his aura was like a candle in the wind!

Nightmare's figure flickered, appearing like a ghost before the Black-Robed Person, simply pointed with one finger, tapping on his glabella.

The Black-Robed Person's body stiffened, the last ray of light in his eyes extinguished, and he fell straight down, Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.

Nightmare didn't even look at his corpse, his gaze turning back to Bodhisattva Miaoyin, who had become incomparably old and was still struggling desperately.

He aimed from a distance, clenching his hand again.

"Return to the void."

The space around Bodhisattva Miaoyin completely turned into a Domain of absolute "nothingness"! She let out a desperate and unwilling scream, her body rapidly weathering and dissipating like a sand sculpture, finally returning completely to nothingness, without even leaving a trace behind.

Joyful Zen Sect, Bodhisattva Miaoyin, has fallen!

In just a short moment, the five-man guaranteed kill formation carefully set up by the Imperial Dynasty and the Joyful Zen Sect was completely counter-killed by Nightmare with an overwhelming posture! The entire army was wiped out!

The Domain of Returning to the Void slowly receded, and Nightmare floated quietly in the Void Realm, his aura steady, as if he had just casually swatted a few flies.

His rule fragment sent a satisfied hum, and the evolved power was perfectly verified. Nirvana, it truly lived up to being one of the ultimate Laws of the Universe; its power far exceeded his previous imagination.

He waved his hand to collect the storage Magic Treasures of the few and that huge bone bow, his rule fragment sweeping across to confirm there were no other ambushes.

His gaze fell again on the ancient battlefield below and that piece of Nirvana fragment, Nightmare pondered slightly.

The news of this place must absolutely not be leaked. Otherwise, if it attracts more powerful beings, the consequences would be unpredictable.

He operated his rule fragment with full power, inducing the majestic Power of Annihilation remaining in this place, and his hands formed a complex Dharma seal.

"In my name, Seal!"

A huge gray-black rune, condensed from Nirvana, slowly descended and imprinted itself on the core of that ancient battlefield continent, creating a subtle connection with that fragment.

Immediately, the aura of the entire ancient battlefield ruin became more obscure, the spatial coordinates were disrupted, and it was difficult to explore from the outside world. Unless one's understanding of Nirvana reached an extremely high level, it would be impossible to discover this place at all.

After finishing all this, Nightmare nodded with satisfaction.

Turning around, his rule fragment locked onto the direction he came from, and he took a step, the Void Realm cracking open.

It was time to go back. Su Wanqing should have already left seclusion. And the Central Province Imperial Dynasty and the Joyful Zen Sect must have already received this "big gift."

The corners of his mouth curled into a cold arc.

The hunt had not yet ended.

The game had only just begun.