Annihilation Thought Heaven-Buttressing Ape
The lingering chill of death in the White Tree Light Forest had not yet dissipated; the land remained deathly still.
Qin Yu stood still, the remnants of the Recognition Annihilation Law Severance still rippling in all directions, the void showing chaotic black and gold cracks due to the collapse of its rules. The corpses of the six men in black beneath his feet had long since been completely annihilated, not even a trace of their souls remained.
However, in the next instant, a faint blue and dark red intertwined illusory light appeared at the center of the annihilation.
"Um?"
Qin Yu's expression shifted, and with a flick of his palm, two beads suddenly flew out from the void, hovering above his palm, radiating a chilling soul pressure and clan intent.
One of them is deep blue, with an ancient inscription on its surface: Return.
The other one glowed a nightmarish dark red, its inner light flickering faintly, and its inscription bore a single word: Dream.
"The Returning Consciousness Clan... The Nightmare God Clan."
Qin Yu spoke softly, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.
He had already sensed the movement behind him, but this time, the man in black had left behind a "Clan Core Seal Pearl"—a "Clan Remnant Bead" that only top-tier Soul Clan members could condense from the depths of their soul source before death. It not only represented their identity but also might contain fragments of their clan's life memories.
"It seems... they're really serious this time."
He gazed at the pearl in his palm, his consciousness sinking into it. He saw a fleeting phantom image reflected in the "Return" pearl—a fragment of the Returning Consciousness Clan's secret language space, as if a high-ranking mastermind was issuing commands in a low voice; while in the "Dream" pearl, a nightmare- Soul Transformation abyss appeared, the dream burning and the spirit igniting, as if the Nightmare God Clan was deploying some larger formation using "True Dream Constructed Killing".
"They banished me to this place... even the Mystic Clan has joined the fray."
Qin Yu slowly put away the two beads, his eyes sharpening, and a line of faint characters from the Recognition Annihilation Void Annihilation Scripture appeared in his sea of consciousness:
"The dual origins of the dream and the source are both the beginnings of the underlying causes."
The next moment, his figure transformed into a streak of black and gold light, breaking through the depths of the corrupt lake and continuing to stride deeper into the secret realm.
Behind him, the world once torn apart by war is quietly gathering a new shadow...
Epoch Origin Ash Ruins - Northern Region Broken Wheel Realm Belt
Blood-red clouds hung low, and the waning moon cast no light.
At this moment, Luo Guifeng walked alone in a dark valley, its terrain rugged and its cliffs towering, resembling a black rock prison carved by the wailing of countless souls. This place was called [Soul Silence Gorge] - a forbidden land that only appeared in some ancient fragments of destiny scrolls, and very few people had ever set foot here.
As their footsteps landed, the entire canyon seemed to echo with whispers, as if disturbed. These sounds were neither wind nor beast, but rather like fragments of thoughts from countless annihilated souls flowing between the canyon walls, cold and indistinct, yet carrying a certain call and pull.
The surrounding scenery was even more terrifying:
--The canyon walls are covered with mottled, ghostly patterns, like countless twisted faces of the dead, appearing and disappearing intermittently;
--The pool at the bottom of the valley is grayish-blue, rippling even without wind. What it reflects is not the sky, but a layer of broken soul realms like Black Abyss. From time to time, broken soul shadows crawl out from it, only to be crushed by some invisible will in an instant.
Further away, there was a huge, bottomless cliff, as if it were part of a crack in the heavens and earth. The valley wind blew in from the crack, carrying a strange sense of soul-severing and consciousness-erasing. Even the protective light chain that Luo Guifeng had constructed with his "Void Law Fate Soul" trembled slightly.
He stopped in his tracks, his gaze grave.
"This place... is not an ordinary secret realm."
A flash of light appeared in his hand, and a scroll of the Void Law Breath Observation Diagram unfolded from his sleeve, attempting to probe the flow of fate around him. However, a blank space appeared in the center of the scroll.
-- Fate's course is silent, cause and effect are discontinuous, and logic is unclear.
This means that the area he is in is in a causal analysis failure zone, making it impossible to track, predict, or record any existing movement trajectories.
This is the perfect place to... ambush, hunt, or annihilate.
"As expected... they arranged for me to come here intentionally to lure me into the Soul Silence Trap."
Luo Guifeng whispered, his gaze icy yet fearless.
He gently raised his right palm, and a talisman slowly condensed:
Law Locks Soul Abyss - Return to Law Opens the Realm
"But this time... I'm here to hunt."
A silver-blue gate of destiny unfolded from his palm, its radiance illuminating the depths of the canyon.
Luo Guifeng strode forward, heading towards the Soul Rend Cliff.
Within the canyon, the hidden spirits began to stir quietly.
The deeper the canyon, the more chaotic the soul becomes.
Luo Guifeng's steps were as fast as lightning, crushing the floating stones along the way. At this moment, a sense of alarm had already risen in his heart - the soul pressure carried by that roar was not something that ordinary secret realm beasts could emit, and it even contained some kind of extremely ancient will to tear apart the soul.
Just as he was about to reach the core of the canyon—
--boom!!
A deafening roar suddenly ripped through the sky, as if the heavens had fallen from the ninth heaven. The entire sky above the canyon was torn apart like paper by an unknown force, revealing the churning Ash Abyss void behind it, as vast as an abyss.
Then came a low roar, like a dragon, a beast, or the simultaneous wailing of countless evil spirits!
"Roar------!!"
The sound not only reverberated throughout the canyon, but also shook the life rune nodes deep within Luo Guifeng's sea of consciousness, causing his Fate Soul [Returning Consciousness Law Net] to tremble slightly.
"This is..."
Luo Guifeng's expression changed drastically. He took a step and transformed into a streak of light, rushing straight away.
Just as he was rapidly approaching, a violent crashing sound suddenly came from the gray mist. It was not the aura of an ordinary battle, but a clash of combat techniques at the level of temple guards. A golden scaled battle shadow could even be faintly seen shining under the sky, clashing with a huge, mountain-like beast!
The beast was enveloped in the deathly aura of the Ash Abyss and black iron thorns. Its body had three pairs of dark wings, four arms and eight claws, and countless soul lamps made of pale bones growing on its back. Most astonishingly, its head was a shattered soul mirror, constantly reflecting the weakest link in the enemy's life trajectory.
The golden-scaled battle figure, clad in golden chainmail and wielding a piercing halberd, was locked in a life-or-death struggle. Each strike unleashed a shockwave capable of shattering mountains and splitting the earth. Behind him, the familiar "Fate Bell Saber - Nine Abyssal Sheng Laws" was emitting its final burning echo!
Luo Guifeng suddenly stopped, recognizing the figure:
"The eleventh pillar... Lu Feng?"
His eyes narrowed.
The temple pillar bearer who fought Lan Xuanzhou has not returned to the Eternal Evolution Realm Hall. Instead... he has ventured deep into this place alone, fighting these soul-devouring beasts to this point?
In the air, the fluctuations of blood and soul mingled, causing the celestial sphere's orbit to spiral out of control. Luo Guifeng immediately deduced:
--If we don't take action soon, Lu Feng will face utter defeat!
Seeing the perilous battle ahead, and the familiar figure fighting the Ape God below the cliff, Luo Guifeng didn't hesitate to step into the air and land, his blade creating a shockwave.
He shouted in a deep voice:
"Senior Brother Lu, I'm here to help you!"
The wind carried his words into the battle, and Lu Feng suddenly turned to the side, his gaze sharpening, a hint of relief appearing on his face.
"Junior Brother Luo! You've come at the perfect time—"
He abruptly changed the subject, his eyes filled with suppressed seriousness:
"Be careful! This is no ordinary beast, it's the Annihilation Thought Heaven-Buttressing Ape! It can disrupt the source of soul consciousness and interfere with skill logic. Once you're touched by its fist force, your skills will go out of control and collapse!"
Luo Guifeng had already landed, his toes striking the ground, sword light trembling through the void, his expression more composed than ever before:
"Understood! I will seal the chain of consciousness and assist you in this strike!"
The silver soul patterns on the blade in his hand shone, ethereal energy flowed, and his Spiritual Sense returned to its place.
At that moment, the howling wind, the roars of monkeys, and the clanging of metal became the prelude to the next fierce battle.
Deep within the Gorge of the Departed, jagged Black Bone lie, and the whispers of countless souls echo.
When Luo Guifeng took that step, the dust he kicked up did not spread as usual, but seemed to be crushed by some invisible will, falling silent in an instant, as if a soul-crushing pressure had penetrated his bones. On the high ground ahead, the giant ape covered with decaying divine bones slowly turned its head.
Its eyes are hidden beneath a black iron mask called "Thought Annihilation Mask," yet its will shines forth like a torrent piercing through the nerves of logic. Once eyes meet, the depths of one's consciousness are swept into a tearing shock!
"Hiss..."
Luo Guifeng felt a jolt in his consciousness, as if a deep-seated old memory had been forcibly extracted. It was a fragment of memory that he had never spoken of and had even forgotten, but it was awakened anew by the power of the ape!
"It can trigger the Memory Annihilation Domain, be careful." Lu Feng's voice came urgently. The "Fate Bell Saber - Nine Abyssal Sheng Laws" in his hand was slowly trembling. The blade bell was like a soul-summoning bell, breaking through the continuous suppressive law waves in the will of the Ape God without stopping.
Luo Guifeng raised his hand, and the long blade, entirely of ice-silver and inscribed with illusory laws, transformed into a chain of silent light in the void, suddenly unfolding behind him. His sea of consciousness surged, and he uttered a soft whisper:
"The Void Law - The Severing Thoughts Formation Begins."
Boom--!
The field of consciousness was forcibly separated from the domain of the Annihilation Thought Heaven-Buttressing Ape. The two Spiritual Sense synchronized, and Luo Guifeng and Lu Feng stood in a confrontational ring. As soon as the formation was set up, the Ape God suddenly roared!
It moved!
Like a mountain collapsing and crashing down, his fists are like a towering pillar supporting the sky!
"Soul-Pillaring Thought Annihilation!"
In that instant, the entire canyon seemed to be crushed by an invisible hand, and all the air and causal connections simultaneously experienced "conceptual disorder"! Luo Guifeng felt that his skill chain actually resisted itself before it was activated. It was the annihilation of the Annihilation Fist Intent, which was launched from the root of the skill conception, collapsing before it was even released!
"Damn it, they're trying to cut us off first." Luo Guifeng's expression changed.
"Leave it to me!" Lu Feng shouted.
He slashed through the air with the Nine Bells, the Fourth Bell: Soul-Severing Melody piercing through the void and finally striking the Ape God's left arm. Although it did not sever it, it forced him back for a moment.
Luo Guifeng seized that moment, and with a wave of his hand, a pale wall of light obliquely rose up:
"Article Seven of the Void Law: The Net of Thought Locks Again!"
The Annihilation Thought Heaven-Buttressing Ape stopped abruptly, and a chilling cracking sound came from within its mask—its internal skill chains were being forcibly suppressed. Yet, it showed no anger, only silence.
It raised its head, clasped its hands together, and suddenly unleashed a second attack:
--The Intent Chain Ruinous Explosion!
That wasn't an attack; it was a structural collapse of skills!
Before Luo Guifeng could even raise his hand, the "Thought Network Lock" he had just set up was torn apart in the opposite direction! His whole body trembled, and a strand of the "Source Point" in his sea of consciousness was torn out, causing him to almost kneel down in pain!
Lu Feng gritted his teeth and blocked the attack, only managing to stabilize the wave of attack by unleashing a nine-fold sonic barrier with his Fate Bell Saber.
The Annihilation Thought Heaven-Buttressing Ape, however, was like a silent grim reaper, taking a step forward as if to crush this world where the laws of illusion and the chains of fate intertwined.
Annihilation Thought Heaven-Buttressing Ape suddenly raised its pillar-like fist, the fist's edge stirring up a tide of souls, crushing the void's waves of consciousness. Countless illusory soul chains scattered like ashes, seemingly capable of turning all skill concepts in the world into "mind drafts."
Lu Feng twirled his right hand, and the "Fate Bell Saber - Nine Abyssal Sheng Laws" emitted a low ringing sound, sealing off the enemy's future attack trajectory with a single strike.
And at this very moment--
With a low shout, Luo Guifeng unleashed a wind-ring soul diagram that appeared behind him amidst the tremors of his spiritual energy!
"Wind Attraction Fate Diagram - Illusory Wheel Realm, Open!"
--
The entire battlefield was instantly shaken.
The Void Wind Wheel suddenly manifested, like an invisible eye of destiny. Six soul chains slowly rotated around the wind diagram. The wind breath was like chains, and the destiny diagram was like a boundary, forcibly Annihilation Thought Heaven-Buttressing Ape!
In an instant, the entire battlefield seemed to fall into the "Fate Chart Sealed" domain, all logical disturbances were weakened, the source of ideas gradually Return to One, and the skill chain stabilized again.
The second punch that the Annihilation Thought Heaven-Buttressing Ape had raised high paused slightly in mid-air.
"Senior Brother Lu, the Wind Realm's suppression of logical fluctuations is effective for ten breaths, quick!" Luo Guifeng's eyes were like torches, and his Wind Soul surged.
Lu Feng's eyes blazed with fighting spirit as he unleashed a powerful strike:
"The Third Melody of Broken Sound: The Deepest Echo Ceases!"
The bell's sound shattered like the Realm Collapse the Nine Realms, tearing through the edge of the Ape God's Soul Mask and scattering a large number of Soul-Soul Burning Patterns!
--
At this moment, Luo Guifeng moved again, taking a step forward. The wind diagram restarted its rotation. He guided the power of his sea of consciousness using the dual-structure soul chain technique, whispering:
"Double-chain structure · Virtual law of destiny."
He conjured the "Blade of Illusion" in his hand, which merged with the "Wind Ring of Fate" to form a dual-soul fusion link. With a single slash, he actually slashed a Soul Rend wound on the chest of the Ape God!
The Annihilation Thought Heaven-Buttressing Ape roared to the sky, and several "thought chains" on its body snapped on the spot.
At this moment, Lu Feng and Luo Guifeng had quickly transformed from their initial tacit cooperation into a true two-person coordinated battle formation.
One seals the technique, the other shocks the senses; one in front, one behind, the double chains converge, the wind diagram suppresses!
Their aura, fighting spirit, and soul essence gradually rose to the peak of the battle!