Extermination

He strolled leisurely, his clothes not even stained with a speck of dirt.

"Glug... Glug..."

Soon, the mud in front of them began to churn violently, as if something was about to burst forth from the ground.

"Enemy attack! Prepare for battle!"

Lei Kun was the first to break free from the shock, letting out a roar as he drew his Battle Saber from his back.

Leng Yan and the Monkey seemed to awaken from a dream, instantly entering battle mode.

Dozens of twisted, rotting Black Marsh Corroders, covered in putrid mud, suddenly burst out from the depths of the swamp. The aura they exuded was clearly that of late-stage fifth rank. Their scarlet compound eyes locked onto the intruders, and they charged forward fearlessly.

"Stay where you are."

Just as Lei Kun was about to give the order to engage the enemy, Chen Fan's indifferent voice rang out.

"Just pick things up."

Before he finished speaking, he had already stepped into the surging swarm of insects.

Chen Fan even had his hands in his pockets, calmly walking forward.

A bizarre scene unfolded.

All the Black Marsh Corroders within three feet of him, whether waving their claws or spewing venom, stopped abruptly the moment they touched that invisible area.

Immediately afterwards, their enormous bodies were completely decomposed by an invisible Life-and-Death Dao Resonance, from flesh and blood to shell, all turning into the most primitive energy particles and dissipating into the air.

The only things left were Life Cores shimmering with a faint light, as if held up by an invisible hand, silently suspended in mid-air.

Chen Fan walked past, the Life Cores automatically converged into a stream, following behind him, and eventually flew towards Lei Kun and the other two who were completely stunned.

The entire process was eerily quiet.

Aside from the gurgling sound of the swamp churning, all that could be heard was the steady sound of Chen Fan's footsteps and the soft notification sound of his Life Core being continuously collected.

Such an efficient and bizarre extermination operation finally alerted the true ruler of this land of death.

"Buzz!"

The entire black swamp, along with the earth's crust beneath it, began to tremble violently.

A terrifying pressure, far surpassing that of any previous Insect Race, descended with a deafening roar, like an ancient god or demon awakening!

In the center of the swamp, a huge whirlpool with a diameter of over a kilometer suddenly formed, and the sticky black mud was frantically pushed aside.

A colossal creature, its size obscuring the sky and its aura having risen to the Late Stage of Sixth Grade Undying Realm, slowly rose from the deepest part of the swamp.

The oppressive aura was so overwhelming that even the space itself groaned under its strain. Lei Kun and the other two felt their Divine Souls instantly frozen, their thoughts sluggish, and they could only watch helplessly as the terrifying being revealed its true form.

Faced with this Lord of Black Swamp, Chen Fan finally stopped in his tracks.

He slowly raised his head and looked at the hideous figure that cast a huge shadow. Finally, a barely perceptible interest appeared in his usually calm eyes.

"Finally, some decent Kindling has arrived."

As if sensing this slight of contempt, the Lord of Black Swamp flew into a rage.

"Roar!!"

A deafening roar erupted instantly!

This roar was not a simple sound wave, but a soul howl containing a destructive mental impact, instantly locking onto Chen Fan, the only person it saw as a threat.

At the same time, one of its massive One-Eye suddenly split open, unleashing a torrent of jet-black venom, condensed to its limit and powerful enough to pierce through Starship's armor. This torrent tore through space, transforming into a death ray that shot straight toward Chen Fan!

A mental shock and a torrent of venom, one illusory and one real, arrive simultaneously.

The consciousness of Lei Kun, Leng Yan, Monkey was completely frozen at that moment.

They watched helplessly as the invisible roar, powerful enough to tear apart the Divine Soul, and the pitch-black ray that pierced through everything, completely engulfed Chen Fan's somewhat frail figure in the same instant.

It's over.

This was the last thought that flashed through their minds.

However, that roar, powerful enough to shatter the Divine Soul of the Sixth Grade Undying Realm expert, vanished the moment it entered Chen Fan Sea of Consciousness, like a drop of water falling into the boundless starry sky.

Like a clay ox sinking into the sea, leaving no trace.

Chen Fan's Dao Heart Divine Soul had long Bone Refinement by the "《Myriad Things Life and Death Scripture》" and transformed into a Primordial Divine Mountain that had undergone countless cycles of birth and death.

This level of mental impact was so great that it couldn't even make the dust on the mountaintop dance.

Meanwhile, outside...

Faced with that venomous ray powerful enough to corrode Starship armor, Chen Fan didn't even lift an eyelid.

He simply raised his right hand casually, palm up.

A faint wisp of crimson-gold Divine Fire quietly ignited in his palm. The fire was small, yet it seemed to contain the Life and Death of a universe. The Divine Fire instantly intertwined into an almost invisible vortex of life and death.

That raging, dark torrent plunged headlong into the vortex.

There was no earth-shattering explosion as expected, no violent fluctuations from the energy clash, and not even the slightest ripple.

The torrent of venom seemed to have never existed, completely dissolved by that tiny vortex.

A thoughtful expression appeared on Chen Fan's face, as if he were carefully appreciating something.

After a moment, he came to a conclusion.

This energy is much purer than the poisonous fog outside, but it is still impure.

As for Kindling, its quality can only be considered barely acceptable.

"Roar?"

His all-out attack was neutralized so easily.

Within the chaotic and immense hive will of the Lord of Black Swamp, a primal emotion called fear emerged.

It doesn't understand.

How could this tiny human being before it ignore its soul's roar?

How can it devour its Origin Source, potent poison?

Fear breeds madness.

It abandoned all ranged attacks and poured all the energy it had accumulated over thousands of years into its enormous physical body.

"Boom!!"

The viscous black swamp was completely torn apart, and its enormous body, which blotted out the sky, was like a dark Stars that had broken out of its orbit. It carried terrifying kinetic energy that could destroy the continent and launched a desperate charge towards Chen Fan!

A massive shadow loomed overhead, plunging the world into darkness.

Seeing the overwhelming stench and oppressive atmosphere, Chen Fan finally frowned slightly.

A hint of impatience surfaced in his eyes.

He didn't want to waste any more time on such inferior Kindling.

Chen Fan slowly raised his right hand and extended his index finger.

This time, no sparks gathered at his fingertips, no Divine Fire ignited, and there wasn't even any energy fluctuation.

He simply hovered in mid-air and lightly touched the massive object that was hurtling towards him.

An invisible mark formed by the Life-and-Death Dao Resonance flashed by.

Time seemed to have been paused at that moment.

The Lord of Black Swamp's devastating charge came to an abrupt halt.

Its massive body remained frozen in mid-air, less than a hundred meters from Chen Fan.

In its single, scarlet One-Eye, a final glimmer of madness and savagery remained, but the next second, these emotions were replaced by a fear that originated from the deepest Life Origin.