Barriers of Order, Destruction Breaks the Stalemate

The cold metallic voice was still echoing in his mind, and those faceless Puppets formed from silver mist were already surging forward like a tide!

Their movements were perfectly synchronized, and the energy blades in their hands flashed with a dangerous blue light, carrying an absolute, unquestionable power of Law that sealed every inch of space in front, behind, and to the sides.

What was more troublesome was that the silver slabs around them, with their glowing energy patterns, began to emit a powerful spatial confinement field, making Nightmare feel as if he had fallen into thick glue, causing even the operation of his rule fragment to become slightly sluggish.

"Senior Brother, these Puppets..." Su Wanqing summoned her jade hairpin Magic Treasure, its Nine-Orifice Exquisite halos flowing as she vigilantly watched the enemies swarming from all directions.

She could feel that while the strength of these individual Puppets wasn't too strong, roughly at the Soul Transformation Stage, their energy was homologous, their coordination was seamless, and they carried a strange suppression of Law.

"Hmph, playing tricks."

Nightmare's eyes turned cold.

He hated this feeling of being bound by rules.

Facing the surging tide of Puppets, he didn't even use a large-scale Divine Ability.

He simply raised his hand, and his rule fragment instantly calculated the common frequency and weak points of all the Puppets' energy cores.

He slightly spread his five fingers, and the Power of Annihilation at his fingertips condensed into countless black threads as fine as cow hair.

They moved as if they had a life of their own, precisely shooting toward every charging faceless Puppet!

Ch-ch-ch-ch!

A dense, rain-like sound of light impacts echoed!

Those aggressive Puppets, the moment they were struck by the black threads, suddenly froze in their tracks!

The energy cores in their chests were like balloons pricked by needles; the blue light instantly dissipated, and their entire bodies collapsed, reverting back into silver mist—only this mist had become dim, chaotic, and no longer under control.

Nightmare was like a master surgeon, precisely severing the "energy nerves" that maintained the existence of these Puppets.

The seemingly massive Puppet legion couldn't even last a single breath before him before collapsing completely!

However, that cold metallic voice sounded again, completely emotionless:

"Clearance Protocol Level 1 units ineffective. Threat level re-evaluated: Extremely High."

"Initiating Clearance Protocol Level 2: Releasing 'Order Shackles'."

Hum—!

The brightness of the energy patterns on the surrounding silver slabs suddenly increased!

Countless blue chains, condensed from pure Order Law, emerged from the Void Realm like vipers, wrapping around Nightmare and Su Wanqing from all directions!

These chains were not physical objects, but manifestations of Law, carrying the power of strong confinement, decomposition, and even "formatting"!

Once entangled by them, even his rule fragment would likely be temporarily Sealed!

"Annoying."

Nightmare frowned slightly.

This type of pure Order Law attack was indeed troublesome; while the Power of Annihilation could annihilate them, the opponent seemed capable of generating them endlessly.

His rule fragment instantly connected to the primal cube.

"Query: Rapid Breakthrough solution for high-concentration Order Law barriers."

[Command confirmed. Searching primal cube database... Matched relevant entries: 'Chaos Perturbation Theory', 'Information Entropy Bomb', 'Law-level Reverse Impact'...]

[Based on the current environment and Host's abilities, recommended solution: Simulate the Origin fluctuation of the 'Void Dark-Devouring Race' (low intensity), using its chaotic devouring characteristics to interfere with the stability of the Order barrier and create a temporary loophole.]

Void Dark-Devouring Race?

Use their power?

Nightmare immediately retrieved the energy characteristics and Law fluctuations recorded when he previously devoured the projections of those few Dark-Devouring Race Venerables within his rule fragment.

The powerful simulation capability of his rule fragment began to run, and a surge of shadow energy carrying notes of Chaos, devouring, and decay began to permeate around him, forming a stark contrast and conflict with the absolute order of the surrounding environment!

Sure enough, the moment those blue Order chains made contact with this "Dark-Devouring" fluctuation, they became noticeably sluggish and chaotic, as if dirty oil had been splashed onto a clean ice surface, their operational fluidity severely disrupted!

"Now!"

Nightmare's rule fragment locked onto a core slab in front that served as an energy node, and the power of his nirvana dao seed condensed highly, transforming into a gray-black Blade of Annihilation that seemed capable of severing all rule connections!

"Break!"

He pressed his fingers together like a blade and slashed fiercely toward that core slab!

Crack—!

A clear shattering sound rang out!

It was not a physical breakage, but a rupture at the level of Law!

The energy patterns on that core slab instantly dimmed and crumbled!

Using this as a node, the Order force field in a large surrounding area failed one after another like dominoes, the blue chains dissipated one by one, and the spatial confinement sensation suddenly vanished!

A short passage leading into the depths of the corridor was forcibly opened!

"Let's go!"

Nightmare pulled Su Wanqing, his figure turning into a stream of light as he sped into the passage!

The cold metallic voice seemed to pause for a moment, then sounded again at a faster frequency:

"Target has breached Level 2 blockade! Threat level upgraded to 'Destruction Level'!"

"Initiating Final Clearance Protocol: Awakening 'Scavenger' units!"

"Repeat, awakening 'Scavenger'!"

Rumble—!

The entire silver corridor began to shake violently!

From the depths came the teeth-aching sound of metal grinding and heavy footsteps, as if some behemoth was awakening!

An Aura ten times more terrifying than before, carrying an Aura of absolute destruction, rolled in from the end of the corridor like a physical force!

Nightmare's rule fragment warned him frantically!

[Warning! Detected super-high energy reaction approaching rapidly! Target: Unknown Construct (Name: Scavenger)! Energy Rank: Hedao Peak (Possesses Rule Erasure characteristic)! Extremely dangerous!]

Nightmare's eyes narrowed, his speed not slowing down in the slightest.

"Scavenger? Looks like this is the watchdog of this place."

"Perfect, I'll use it to test my skills!"