158: Chapter 158 A Sweep Across the Board

The tentacles dancing all over the sky suddenly retracted, countless tentacles crazily underwent Fusion and entwined, and in the blink of an eye, they transformed into several giant tentacles with a diameter of several kilometers.

"Star-Crushing Entanglement!"

Several giant tentacles closed in simultaneously, and endless pressure crushed toward Chen Mo in the center from all directions, with power sufficient to grind any enemy into powder.

Chen Mo was wrapped within the tentacles, feeling the crushing force coming from all directions, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

"Not bad, there's a bit of pressure."

Then Chen Mo sensed that there was a brief charging process in the operation of Cang Rou's power, and it clearly had another move.

Therefore, Chen Mo simply did not move and just stayed quietly inside Cang Rou's wrapping.

Cang Rou outside, however, thought victory was assured and continued to exert its full power.

Its body expanded rapidly until it covered the entire battlefield space, and then it suddenly contracted inward!

"Ten Thousand Tentacle Sea-Covering Prison!"

The deep-sea high pressure and Physical Body crushing force that had been accumulated for a long time erupted simultaneously, like hundreds of millions of heavy mountains, crushing toward the center point from all directions.

This was Cang Rou's ultimate killing technique, turning its entire body into a purgatory, using itself as a furnace and the deep-sea high pressure as fire to completely crush the enemy trapped within its body.

Rumble—!

A dull, loud noise echoed in the deep sea, water currents were pushed aside, forming a brief vacuum zone.

After a long time, the roaring sound finally gradually subsided.

Cang Rou slowly stretched its body, and a huge hole appeared in the center of its massive body; that was the trace left after concentrating all its power and releasing it at one point.

It let out a long, low roar, like the long cry of some deep-sea giant beast, and also like the victory song of a winner.

It had won.

No one had ever been able to fully withstand its Ten Thousand Tentacle Sea-Covering Prison.

But the next second, Cang Rou's low roar stopped abruptly.

Not right...

The Trial Tower's victory prompt did not sound.

Just at the moment it felt a warning sign in its heart, a wisp of extremely faint dark white ripples spread out from deep within its body.

Carrying a terrifying aura that made its Soul tremble.

"No—!"

Cang Rou let out a terrified shriek, desperately trying to expel that power.

But it was already too late.

Hum—!

There was no earth-shattering roar, no dazzling light.

Wherever the ripples passed, tentacles, seawater, and even energy fluctuations... everything dissipated and became nothingness in silence, as if it had never existed.

Annihilation Origin, all things return to nothingness.

Cang Rou didn't even have time to let out a scream before its massive body dissolved at a speed visible to the naked eye; from the edges to the core, it completely turned into nothingness in just a few breaths of time.

The deep sea returned to clarity, as if the giant beast of several dozen kilometers just now was merely an illusion.

Chen Mo's figure floated quietly in place, his whole body unblemished.

This was the power of the Annihilation Origin.

No matter how many transformations you have or how peerless your Physical Body is, in the face of absolute Origin dissolution, it is all meaningless.

Chen Mo calmly exited the virtual space.

The cold System prompt sound then slowly rang out.

[Match over. Source Power System, Chen Mo, victory.]

[Challenger ranking updated: Current ranking, 26th place.]

...

Just at the moment Chen Mo's ranking jumped.

The major Public Domains of the Spirit Energy Universe and the intelligence networks of major powers simultaneously captured this change in ranking.

"The Master of Source Power is challenging the Trial Tower again!"

The news seemed to have grown wings and instantly spread throughout the public channels of every region.

Since not long ago, when this human Prodigy, who had been connected to the Spirit Energy Universe for less than a year, charged all the way to 27th place, Chen Mo's name had become widely spread in the Spirit Energy Universe.

Countless powerful forces were closely watching Chen Mo's every move, and everyone was waiting for Chen Mo's Regional Genius Tournament.

Many forces even set up betting pools regarding Chen Mo.

"Come on, Chen Mo! I've bet my entire net worth that you can get into the top five. If you succeed, I won't have to work hard for the rest of my life!"

"What's the top five? I've bet my entire net worth, betting on him to get into the top three!"

"Are you crazy? What kind of monsters are those in the top three?"

The discussion heat on the Public Domain reached an astonishing level.

The gamblers were extremely excited, while the intelligence departments of major powers were on high alert, updating Chen Mo's battle record in real-time.

...

And within the Human Main Civilization.

Zhao Ji watched the jumping numbers on the Trial Tower ranking and laughed heartily: "How about that? I said this kid wouldn't be able to hold back! In my opinion, he definitely has hope of charging into the top three!"

The young man in green robes on the main seat looked at the ranking, a glimmer of light igniting in his eyes.

The female cultivator on the other side also showed a look of shock: "His speed of improvement is simply too fast."

The young man on the main seat spoke slowly, his tone solemn, "Raise Chen Mo's cultivation Rank to the Zeroth Sequence. All resources, Cultivation Techniques, and Secret Realm permissions are to be given the highest priority.

After the Regional Genius Tournament ends, spare no cost to invite him back to the Main Civilization."

"Agreed!"

"Agreed!"

The three had no objections.

A Genius who might challenge the top three of the Trial Tower was completely worth the entire civilization going all out to win over.

Perhaps, he was the key for human civilization to take another step up.

...

Inside the Trial Tower, Chen Mo did not stop his steps.

He continued to challenge upwards.

25th place, 24th place, 23rd place...

One opponent after another appeared in front of Chen Mo, and one after another, they were defeated by Chen Mo.

Chen Mo swept through everything, and no opponent could last more than ten minutes in his hands.

20th place, Ten Thousand Refinement Demon Qi Tyrant Body System - Cang Li, 7th Rank in reality, known for his formidable Physical Body and domineering Demon Qi.

But his Demon Qi body protection, in front of Chen Mo's Annihilation Origin, caused that proud Tyrant Body to be like snow meeting a scorching sun, collapsing at a single touch.

17th place, Gul Star-Crushing Bone Ao System - Volos-Logaan, a rare Universe life race, with bone armor incredibly hard, capable of withstanding star bursts.

But under the dissolution of the Annihilation Origin, no matter how hard the bone armor was, it couldn't last for even a single breath.

13th place, Thousand Calamity Star Core Giant System - Ju Qiong, a giant whose body was condensed from Star Core essence, with a body as massive as a mountain and endless power.

His Physical Body was his Domain, every inch of skin containing an indestructible will of ten thousand calamities.

Chen Mo spent a little more time comprehending on him, and only ended the battle after twelve minutes.

Sweeping through everything, with the force of splitting bamboo.

Chen Mo didn't even need to use too many methods; merely the Annihilation Origin could dissolve everything.

These Prodigies, who were famous among their peers, had almost no power to fight back in the face of absolute Origin level suppression.

By the time he fought to the end, Chen Mo even felt a faint sense of boredom in his heart.