Starbone Hunt, Counterattack from Desperate Circumstances

Space was brutally torn apart as Nightmare carried Su Wanqing, flashing wildly through the chaotic gaps of the star remnants.

Each teleportation spanned tens of thousands of miles, leaving massive chunks of star remnants in their wake.

However, that cold will from the depths of the star remnant belt was like marrow-deep gangrene, locking onto them firmly!

Its speed was unimaginably fast!

Boom!

Just as Nightmare emerged from a teleportation, the area they had occupied a moment ago, along with several massive meteorites, was instantly pierced and annihilated by a terrifying beam that was invisible and intangible, yet contained the power of absolute order and decomposition!

Even space itself was erased into a brief void!

The attack was not an energy impact, but rather something more like a 'deletion' based on underlying Laws!

Nightmare's [System] issued a frantic warning; had they been even a fraction of a second slower, the consequences would have been unthinkable!

"Senior Brother!"

Su Wanqing’s face was pale as she gripped Nightmare’s arm tightly; the absolute cold and order contained within that attack made her Soul tremble.

"Gather your Qi and guard your heart!"

Nightmare shouted lowly, [System] light flared, and his Annihilation Domain contracted to its limit, acting as the toughest barrier to withstand the omnipresent pressure of that will and the interference of the Laws.

He [System] calculated escape routes with all his might, attempting to use the complex environment to break the lock.

But although the star remnant belt was vast, under the shroud of that ancient will, it felt as if there were eyes everywhere; no matter where they fled, that terrifying 'deletion' beam could always chase them like a shadow!

[System] Energy was depleting rapidly!

The opponent's power level was extremely high, and its attack method was bizarre, completely unlike any enemy they had faced before.

This was by no means a simple confrontation of power; it was more like a collision between two different systems of Laws!

"We cannot keep running!"

Nightmare’s eyes were sharp as knives.

Nightmare [System] analyzed the patterns of the enemy's attacks and the characteristics of that will at high speed.

[Analysis: The attack is based on spatial coordinate locking, suspected to be using high-level spatial authority. Will characteristics: Absolute Order, repels Chaos, logical core is 'Clear Anomaly'.]

[Weakness Deduction: Its power relies on the underlying Law network of the star remnant belt; there is a core control node. Attack interval is 0.7 breaths, locking requires 0.1 breaths.]

[Utilizable conditions: The primal cube contains partial underlying Law information; the Power of Annihilation possesses the characteristic of interfering with Laws.]

In the blink of an eye, an extremely risky plan formed in Nightmare’s mind!

He [System] instantly communicated with the primal cube, calling upon knowledge regarding 'information entropy increase and negative entropy storage' as well as 'energy string theory,' and [System] began to operate in an unprecedented way, simulating a strange chaotic force field aimed at 'increasing information complexity and interfering with order logic'!

At the same time, he said urgently to Su Wanqing: "Wan Qing, operate your Nine Aperture Exquisite Body with all your might, simulate the purest and most disordered Innate Spiritual Qi fluctuations!"

Although Su Wanqing did not understand, she had absolute trust in Nightmare and immediately followed his instructions.

Her Nine Aperture Exquisite Body shone brightly, emitting a chaotic, pure aura as if from the dawn of heaven and earth, when all things were yet undivided.

Just before the next 'deletion' beam was about to lock onto them!

Nightmare [System] triggered the simulated 'information Chaos force field,' combining it with the chaotic aura emitted by Su Wanqing, and, like splashing a large mass of disorganized ink dots onto an absolutely clean surface, it suddenly spread outwards!

Hum!

The invisible locking fluctuation made contact with this chaotic force field and clearly experienced a momentary lag and disorder!

It was just like the most precise instrument suddenly receiving a massive amount of unprocessable junk information!

Now is the time!

Nightmare [System] captured the subtle flaw created during that 0.1-breath locking interval!

He stopped running, his figure coming to a sudden halt, and [System] locked onto the general direction of the attack source while his nirvana dao seed operated frantically at unprecedented power!

He held his hands in a void grip, and [System] forcibly fused the knowledge of 'energy string theory' he had just comprehended from the primal cube with the 'End' true intent of the Great Dao of Annihilation!

Countless grey-black Annihilation runes, seemingly composed of the finest Law threads, gathered and compressed in his palms!

This was not a simple energy attack, but an attempt to disturb and disintegrate the opponent's attack structure from the more fundamental level of 'strings'!

"Annihilation: String Break!"

He thrust the extremely unstable, grey-black ball of light in his hands—which emitted a presence that made the Laws themselves wail—towards the direction from which the 'deletion' beam was coming!

The ball of light silently submerged into the Void Realm; it did not head towards the beam, but precisely struck a certain 'string node' that was the weakest point in the beam's energy structure!

Sss—!

A strange sound, as if a harp string had snapped or glass had shattered, rang out on the level of Laws!

That incredibly terrifying 'deletion' beam shuddered violently less than a hundred zhang away from Nightmare, and its internal, stably operating Law structure collapsed and disintegrated instantly, like a tower with a key block pulled out!

The beam turned into countless scattered points of light and twisted Law fragments, dissipating into nothingness!

Success!

A trace of exhaustion flashed in Nightmare’s eyes, but there was more of a sharp radiance.

He had found a way to counter this kind of Law-based attack!

Deep in the star remnant belt, that ancient will seemed to pause, clearly not expecting its attack to be broken in this manner.

Within that cold sense of order, for the first time, there appeared a trace of... an emotional fluctuation similar to 'surprise.'

But immediately after, it was followed by even more surging fury!

The star remnants of the entire star remnant belt began to accelerate and combine in a way that defied physical Laws!

It was as if the entire Star Domain had come alive, transforming into a giant cage and millstone to completely crush these two 'anomalies' that dared to provoke its order!

"It is going to use the power of this Star Domain itself!"

Nightmare [System] sent a frantic warning.

Successfully countering the attack with a trick was already his limit; facing the crushing pressure of the entire Star Domain, resisting head-on would only lead to certain death!

They had to find its core node, or... leave this Star Domain completely!

[System] frantically scanned the rapidly changing movements of the celestial bodies around them, attempting to find patterns and loopholes.

Knowledge from the primal cube regarding spacetime curvature and energy distribution was rapidly called upon and analyzed.

"Northeast! That largest broken star core with a super-strong energy reaction inside! That is one of the energy hubs of this Law network, and also the weakest point in the spatial structure!"

[System] instantly provided the analysis result!

"Go!"

Nightmare did not hesitate in the slightest, pulling Su Wanqing along, [System] burned the last of his energy reserves, and the Power of Annihilation forcibly tore open a brief passage through the chaotic, moving tide of star remnants ahead, rushing straight towards that broken star core—as huge as a small star, covered in cracks on the surface, but emitting intense white light from within!

This was a choice to seek life in the midst of death!

Either use the characteristics of the hub node to find a way to survive, or... be completely annihilated by the power of the Star Domain and the terrifying energy of the broken star core itself!

Behind them, countless star remnants were driven by an invisible giant hand, converging into a destructive torrent, pursuing them relentlessly!

Ahead, the energy fluctuations emitted by the broken star core caused space itself to twist and burn!

In this desperate situation, there was only one chance to fight!