Ancient Lotus of the Void, Clash of Annihilation

The silver spring eye boiled violently, like boiling water!

An intent, ten times more terrifying than the previous Void Realm worms, carrying an ancient, barbaric, and enraged aura from being disturbed, suddenly awakened from the depths of the spring eye!

Splash!

In the center of the spring eye, a massive shadow broke through the silver spring water and slowly rose!

It was not an animal, but a... lotus!

A lotus of unimaginable size!

Its roots were like a Dragon, deeply embedded into an unknown spatial interlayer within the depths of the spring eye. Its main body was a fully bloomed silver-gray lotus with a diameter exceeding ten zhang!

The petals were thick, with tangible spatial ripples flowing along the edges. The lotus pod looked like a miniature, constantly birthing and dying Universe, densely packed with holes, each containing heart-stopping spatial energy!

The energy fluctuations emitted by this ancient lotus had reached the Late Stage Hedao!

Moreover, its energy nature was of the same Origin as the void lotus seed, yet purer and more majestic, as if it were the mother of all void lotus seeds!

[Target Analysis: Void Ancient Lotus (Guardian/Mother Plant). Energy Rank: Late Stage Hedao (rooted in a spatial node, energy is nearly infinite). Characteristics: Controls local spatial Laws, can release various attacks such as spatial cutting, imprisonment, collapse, etc. Weakness: Main body moves slowly, core is located in the center of the lotus pod. Threat Rank: High!]

The Void Ancient Lotus's huge 'flower disk' turned toward Nightmare and Su Wanqing. Although it had no eyes, an icy, bone-chilling killing intent locked onto them!

It seemed to regard Nightmare and his companion as thieves coveting its 'children' (those three void lotus seeds)!

Hum!

The ancient lotus trembled slightly, and a silver-gray petal fell silently, instantly transforming in mid-air into billions of tiny, almost invisible spatial blades, covering the entire area where Nightmare and Su Wanqing were located like a violent storm!

These spatial blades did not fly in straight lines but, guided by some Law, constantly performed short-distance spatial jumps, their trajectories tricky and bizarre, making them impossible to guard against!

At the same time, the surrounding space also became like a quagmire, with a powerful binding force squeezing in from all directions, intending to completely immobilize the two and turn them into living targets for those spatial blades!

'Senior Brother!' Su Wanqing felt the suffocating pressure and the omnipresent spatial blades, her face turning pale. The radiance of her Nine Orifices Exquisite Heart was compressed to the limit.

'It's fine.'

Nightmare's gaze grew a bit more serious, but he felt no fear.

This ancient lotus was indeed powerful, especially in this Void Swamp it had managed for countless years, occupying the advantage of the terrain.

But he, Nightmare, was best at breaking rules!

'rule fragment, analyze its spatial attack pattern and energy operation nodes with full power! nirvana dao seed, prepare for maximum output!'

[Command confirmed! Analyzing... Spatial blade attack contains 'phase jump' and 'Law locking' characteristics... The source of the spatial imprisonment force field is the spatial node connected to the ancient lotus's root system...]

[Deducing optimal response plan: Annihilate the spatial blades with absolute power, and simultaneously use overclocked annihilation fluctuations to interfere with the connection between its root system and the spatial node!]

'Annihilation Domain... Absolute Stasis!'

Nightmare gave a low shout, and his rule fragment shone brightly. The Annihilation Domain, which had been compressed to the limit, suddenly expanded by a foot!

This time, the Domain was no longer purely defensive but carried an absolute static characteristic of 'ending all movement and change'!

The billions of jumping spatial blades, the moment they entered this one-foot Domain, seemed to have been pressed with a pause button. All jumping trajectories froze, and the sharp blade glows quickly dimmed, then dissipated and disintegrated silently as if erased by an eraser!

In the face of absolute power, all fancy tricks were futile!

However, the ancient lotus's attacks did not stop.

It seemed enraged by Nightmare's easy neutralization of its attack, and the entire lotus pod suddenly lit up with blinding silver light!

From the countless holes on the lotus pod, condensed silver beams of light shot out simultaneously!

These beams were not straight lines but immediately twisted and intertwined after being fired, turning into a massive web covering the sky, composed of the spatial Laws themselves, and enveloped toward Nightmare!

A spatial web! Once trapped by it, one would likely be instantly cut into countless fragments or banished into unknown Spatial Turbulence!

At the same time, the powerful spatial imprisonment force field also suddenly strengthened several times, like invisible giant hands, tightly gripping Nightmare's Annihilation Domain, preventing him from performing spatial movement!

Facing this nearly fatal strike, a flash of ferocity finally appeared in Nightmare's eyes!

'It seems that if I don't bring out some real skills, I really can't take down this old lotus flower of yours!'

His rule fragment burned energy at an unprecedented speed. The nirvana dao seed roared within his Dantian, and a massive amount of Power of Annihilation surged out!

He no longer limited himself to defense and precision strikes but chose the most direct and domineering method!

'Annihilation... Great Destruction!'

He held his hands in a void embrace, and the rule fragment was invoked. All the Power of Annihilation was highly compressed, condensing in front of him into a pitch-black energy ball only the size of a fist, yet inside it seemed as if countless miniature Universes were heading toward their end, emitting an aura that made the entire Void Swamp tremble!

The moment this energy ball appeared, the distorted spatial structures around it seemed unable to bear its weight, emitting groans of being overwhelmed!

Go!

Nightmare fiercely pushed this 'Annihilation Great Destruction' energy ball toward the descending spatial web and the Void Ancient Lotus body behind it.

There was no sound, no light or heat.

Only a kind of ultimate 'annihilation' and 'ending'!

Wherever the energy ball passed, that web composed of spatial Laws, as if encountering its nemesis, shattered, collapsed, and was swallowed as the most primitive spatial particles the moment it made contact!

The energy ball did not lose momentum and slammed directly into the ancient lotus's huge pod!

The Void Ancient Lotus felt a fatal threat and let out a sharp mental scream. All its petals closed, and its roots frantically extracted energy from the spatial node, condensing a thick silver shield composed of layers of spatial folds in front of it!

However, in front of 'Annihilation Great Destruction,' all this defense appeared pale and weak!

Pfft—!

Like a red-hot branding iron inserted into ice and snow, the annihilation energy ball easily pierced through that spatial shield and then fiercely slammed into the ancient lotus's pod!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

The next moment—

Boom!!!!!!! (This time, there was finally sound!)

An indescribably terrifying explosion occurred!

It was not a material explosion, but a collapse and annihilation at the Law level!

Centered on the lotus pod, a huge, constantly expanding pitch-black void suddenly appeared, frantically swallowing everything around it!

The silver spring water, the broken space, and even the ancient lotus's massive body were all ruthlessly pulled, torn, and finally returned to nothingness by that black hole!

The terrifying shockwave swept out, shaking the entire floating island until it fell apart!

Nightmare used the rule fragment to protect Su Wanqing, standing as steady as a rock amidst the shockwave.

When everything calmed down, only the huge spatial hole that was slowly closing remained, along with some dispersed pure spatial energy and life essence.

That Late Stage Hedao Void Ancient Lotus had disappeared, leaving behind only a silver lotus seed the size of a human head, crystal clear and seemingly sealing a starry sky inside, as well as three intact void lotus seeds.

Nightmare used the rule fragment to roll up and collect all the lotus seeds.

Feeling the majestic spatial Origin and life essence contained within the lotus seed, far exceeding that of the void lotus seeds, he slightly curled the corner of his mouth.

'It seems the harvest this time is even greater than expected.'

With the guardian dealt with and the target obtained, it was time to leave this dangerous Void Swamp.