Although Chen Yuxue was kneeling, she had not completely lost her fighting spirit. Starlight surged in her eyes, and she forcibly pushed "Star-Rending Self-Healing- Healing" to its Limit despite the damage to her soul!
Behind her, the shattered Soul Crystal Snow Domain reassembled once more, forming a massive "Crystal Wheel Snow Seal" in the sky above the battlefield. Its shape resembled a star ring, but at its center was a deep vortex—the "Snow Nirvana Source" deep within Chen Yuxue consciousness, a soul consciousness rebirth technique originating from the ancient bloodline of the Star Descendant Clan!
"The power of dreams and consciousness has its limits, Yao Zhiyan... don't think I've given up!"
With a low growl, millions of icy crystal lights burst forth from behind her, like a waterfall of stars, directly attacking the Dream Mirror!
At the same time, Chen Yuxue transformed into three crystalline shadows in an instant, like a snow spirit passing through a rift in the Consciousness Realm, rushing straight towards Yao Zhiyan's main body. A cold soul blade appeared in her hand, engraved with her innate skill "Silent Crystal Consciousness-Breaking Mark" - this skill freezes the enemy's dream passage in an instant, causing them to fall into a fatal gap of consciousness blockage!
Yao Zhiyan, however, neither retreated nor dodged. She took a deep breath and murmured softly—
"Illusory Chant: Soul Song Leads to Dreams."
Her entire body, adorned with butterfly wings, spread out once more, the patterns on her soul wings rippling out like melodious dream waves.
It was a kind of soul ripple that could not be captured by sight. It swept across the entire battlefield with "soul frequency" as its path and "dream tone" as its axis!
In an instant, Chen Yuxue's three figures froze as if pierced by the sound wave!
Immediately afterwards--
The battlefield's color scheme underwent a dramatic change, transforming from its original icy white to a flowing structure of shimmering, dreamlike light. At this moment, the entire Floating Cosmos Battle Mirror was completely "structurally covered" by the power of dream souls!
Chen Yuxue suddenly realized something was wrong. She hadn't even made a move yet, but she seemed to already see her "failure after skill activation"!
Is this -- a "future disturbance" from the dream soul?
Her expression changed, but it was too late; her soul had already been drawn into the Abyss of Illusion!
Boom!!
Butterfly wings are severed, but the dream song pierces the soul!
Chen Yuxue's "Silent Crystal Consciousness-Breaking Mark," which she hadn't yet unleashed, collapsed on its own just before it was about to be released, as if forcibly severed by the echo in her sea of consciousness. Amidst the collapse of her divine sense, she was swept away by the dream light and forced to retreat thirty feet!
Dozens of cracks appeared on her soul, and the self-healing mechanism of the Star-Rending Self-Healing began to "disrupt its consciousness," resulting in a terrifying scene of misaligned healing!
The entire audience was stunned.
As Yao Zhiyan slowly closed the Wings of the Glazed Sound Dream Mirror Butterfly on her body, she stepped into the central plane step by step. Behind her, a triple Dream Soul Mirror Array appeared. Each mirror reflected the shape of the "unactivated" skill in Chen Yuxue consciousness, as if the mirror locked the future, completely depriving the opponent of tactical space!
Chen Yuxue struggled to maintain her balance, but her mind was already in turmoil and her soul was shaking, causing her to stagger.
At this moment, the entire arena fell silent, save for the ebb and flow of dreamlight. On the Floating Cosmos Battle Mirror, the Star Descendant Clan people, their eyes filled with astonishment, Observer Race, before erupting into a tidal wave of cheers and exclamations.
Just as applause erupted and the dream lights flickered on the side of the Observer Race, Chen Yuxue suddenly looked up, a cold laugh escaping from the corner of her lips.
"Your dream locks my future skill track... that's quite fitting for your reputation as 'Glazed Sound Dream Mirror Butterfly'."
As she finished speaking, her soul, which had been shattered and on the verge of collapse, suddenly coalesced into a desolate sea of snow in the next instant!
Boom--
Above the Floating Cosmos Battle Mirror, a cold star exploded, as if the eternal daylight of the world was suddenly swallowed up, and the colors of the entire battlefield were instantly reversed!
Chen Yuxue's eyes were like frost, and the Frosty Soul Blade that he had condensed in his hand instantly transformed into a hexagonal snow crystal coffin, which he slammed into the battle platform beneath his feet!
"Cold Fate - Crystal Lock Layered Nirvana!"
Her body vanished in an instant, leaving only a wisp of star-patterned snow essence rushing into the coffin, while the snow coffin floated and spun in the air, stirring up an endless storm of soul snow!
At this moment, the entire Floating Cosmos Battle Mirror was completely covered by a vast expanse of white, silent snow, and even the power of the Dream Mirror was suppressed to its Limit!
Chen Yuxue activated the Secret Blood Divine Skill with "Soul Body Ice Burial", separating her consciousness from her physical body and entering a semi-permanent state, forcibly awakening the Ultimate form of her talent [Star-Rending Self-Healing]: Star Guardian Extreme Snow - Soul-Transmuting Eternal Crystal!
Upon Observer Race, everyone's expression changed drastically!
Even Yan Xu frowned and whispered, "This Chen Yuxue... actually forcibly triggered 'Soul-Transmuting Eternal Crystal' during the battle? This is an ancient blood technique passed down from her grandmaster, capable of temporarily freezing even the snow of her divine soul..."
Yao Zhiyan frowned slightly as her dream realm was blocked, but she remained calm.
She stretched out her hands, butterfly wing patterns appearing on her palms, and softly recited a line:
"The butterfly dream sinks into the abyss, silence enters consciousness."
"Glazed Realm Rending Feathers!"
Boom!!! Boom!!! Boom!!! Boom!!!
Her wings suddenly spread, and her feathers instantly transformed into billions of shattered glass fragments, each petal being a fragment of a broken dream realm's soul mirror!
That was the strongest Feather Splitting Technique of her Innate Martial Soul, specifically designed to break through the condensation of consciousness!
A barrage of feathers rained down, crashing down on Chen Yuxue's "Star Dominion Extreme Snow Coffin"!
In an instant, it was like a crystal storm that pierced straight into the silent, snow-sealed boundary!
Silence and dreams were violently torn apart in the air!
Boom!!!
Within the entire Floating Cosmos Battle Mirror, the dimensions between the sound waves and the cold snow began to distort.
Ground crystallization!
Spatial layering!
Countless viewers could barely make out the specific figures in the battle; only overlapping cinematic shots revealed the scene:
From the crack in the coffin, a wisp of pale blue soul struggled out;
In the dream, a butterfly's shadow flies among a thousand mirrors, passing through every crumbling mouth of soul snow!
As if in a final, desperate struggle, Chen Yuxue growled in a low voice, "Shatter!!"
Yao Zhiyan simply closed her eyes and gently gestured with her right hand.
With a loud bang!!
That crystal coffin, frozen in time with the passing of countless shimmering feathers—
It shattered completely into stardust!
Soul shattered, consciousness frequency imbalanced, skill structure collapsed!
When Chen Yuxue reappeared, she was coughing up blood, barely able to kneel, her soul and consciousness completely out of balance, and she had lost all ability to fight.
And Yao Zhiyan--
Still standing in the center of the dreamscape, its wings slowly descended, step by step it walked out of the dream realm, like a celestial being descending from a dream, its soul intact, its dream frequency still present, its radiance divine.
Floating Cosmos Battle Mirror--
After a few breaths of silence, a thunderous cheer suddenly erupted!!!
On the Floating Cosmos Battle Mirror, the snow and dream light slowly dissipated.
Chen Yuxue slowly stood up. Though defeated, she showed no fear. Starlight and lingering snow danced in her eyes. The "Star-Rending Self-Healing -Healing" soul-repairing mechanism was still quietly repairing her shattered soul structure. She exhaled softly and whispered:
"You won beautifully... Yao Zhiyan."
Yao Zhiyan's eyes were clear, revealing no arrogance. She simply bowed slightly and said, "You are very strong. Anyone else probably wouldn't last three moves against you."
The two walked back to the edge of the battle platform side by side.
As they observed the direction of the Observer Race, millions of viewers erupted in thunderous cheers, with dreamlike butterflies dancing across the sky, and countless Venerable Ones were moved to tears!
Yan Xu nodded slightly, a hint of relief flashing in her eyes.
Tong Ning remained calm, but a hint of amazement and affirmation flickered deep within her eyes.
Yao Zhiyan, as expected of a woman who escaped from the Star Abyss Forecourt, possesses a level of skill in constructing "Dream Soul Combat Logic" that is no less than that of a true master of soul consciousness.
On the other side, the Star Descendant Clan territory was deathly silent. Chen Yuxue's master, "Radiant Void Star Venerable," frowned deeply, while Ye Yuanyao snorted coldly and muttered:
"If she were to face me, this Dream Soul lineage alone wouldn't be enough."
At this moment, Qin Yu looked at the returning Yao Zhiyan and thought to himself:
"She is no longer the woman who fought alongside me in the Star Abyss Forecourt... She has truly stepped onto the stage of destiny in the Source of Epochless."
And on the competition's backdrop, the next player was slowly appearing—
[Annihilation Source Realm - High-Tier - Ju Ji] vs. [Annihilation Source Realm - Supreme - Ye Yuanyao]!
The heavens and the cosmos seemed to be cleaved open by a law of Annihilation Origin!
On the battle platform, Ju Ji and Ye Yuanyao appeared simultaneously in the vortex of the floating mirror, their eyes as deep and unfathomable as stars, devoid of any pleasantries or insincere words. In an instant, their killing intent intertwined!
Radiant Abyss vs. Radiant Abyss, Ming Gui vs. Annihilation Origin Gui, Yan Yuan vs. Annihilation Origin
Above the floating universe, billions of soul-observing viewers fell silent instantly. The air seemed to have been sucked out, and even the starry sky dimmed!
In the next instant, Ye Yuanyao moved!
[Ye Yuanyao - Innate Martial Soul] Radiant Abyss Star-Rending Wings - Release!
Wings interwoven with dark blue and annihilated gold suddenly unfurled from his back, and the shattered shadows of the Star Abyss transformed into countless streams of light that spread from his body, like a star exploding in the night!
Each feather blade carries a "Star-Rending Annihilation Current" that breaks dimensions, shatters spacetime, and twists cause and effect, instantly forming a devastating star field with a radius of a hundred feet!
Ye Yuanyao whispers -
"Annihilation Wings - Fate-Rending Cause-Severing."
He transformed into a beam of light, piercing into the Mirror Domain and annihilating space. His speed was so great that even the image on the Floating Cosmos Battle Mirror was momentarily distorted! The next moment, he appeared in front of Ju Ji, his right wing like a blade that could cleave the heavens, tearing towards Ju Ji's heart!
[Ju Ji - Innate Martial Soul] Yaolun Yingyuan - Silent Radiance - Manifestation!
Suddenly!
The Three Radiance Silent Wheel manifest from behind it: the inner wheel absorbs the light of the stars, the middle wheel locks the path of destiny, and the outer wheel reflects the future!
Like a triple engine of light, it spun violently on the battle stage, with starlight, the Silent Abyss, and the breath of destiny intertwining to form a "Fate-Track Freezing Domain"!
He extended his left hand, making Empty Grasp motion – "Mirror of Fate Settled, Illuminating the Imminent Strike!"
Boom!!!
The cause and effect of Ye Yuanyao's attack was "reverted" to its original state by the Fate-Track Silent Wheel, causing his strike to miss, as if his own destiny had been forced into a path already predetermined by the mirror!
However, the oppressive aura unleashed by Ye Yuanyao still left an annihilation crack that pierced through the void on the field!
Two powerful experts at the Annihilation Source Realm--
In the first round of combat, the battle platform collapsed into three layers of the Void Realm with just the first move!
The star field trembled, souls trembled in fear, and all who witnessed it held their breath.
As the Star Abyss resonated and their light reflected each other, a second wave of conflict erupted amidst the tremors of their souls!
Ye Yuanyao's expression was icy cold. He suddenly folded his wings, and in the next instant, a deep blue halo of cause and effect, reflecting shattered stars, suddenly exploded from the Star-Splitting Wings!
That was his second move--
"Stellar Entropy - Reverse Cycle Annihilation Explosion!"
By infusing his own destiny with the power of Annihilation Origin, he reversed and detonated the technical trajectory of "future formation";
Regardless of the enemy's attack trajectory, all attacks would lose control and be prematurely annihilated before being triggered;
If the enemy has a future-oriented, interconnected technological structure, then the future logic will cause a self-destructive backlash!
The void behind Ye Yuanyao twisted, like a stellar-level annihilation storm, stripping away the timeline of the battlefield and instantly causing several technical markers on the battle stage to malfunction!
Ju Ji's gaze narrowed slightly; he knew—his opponent was trying to break his "Counter-Strike Chain Lockdown" technique!
Instead of retreating, he opened the outer mirror realm within the three luminaries of the Destiny Wheel, his words echoing like the distant tolling of a silent bell:
"Radiant Mirror - Reflecting Fate and Sealing the Track!"
As the incantation fell, a Radiant Mirror floated in the air like the aurora borealis, reflecting the original structure of the Ye Yuanyao Technique. In the next instant, Ju Ji suddenly hurled the Silent Splendor Radiance-Rending Blade in his hand!
This blade is specifically designed to sever the future technological lineage!
The blade flashed, slicing through the mirrored boundary, like a shattered silhouette of time! In an instant, Ye Yuanyao's "Star Entropy - Reverse Cycle Annihilation Explosion" was frozen back to its unexploded state, and even the annihilation storm resembled a frozen galaxy!
Boom--!!
A deafening explosion echoed through the air! The skills of both sides intertwined, tangling and tearing apart within the future Lock Domain and the annihilation point of destiny.
The mirror shattered, the feathers crumbled, and the technique burned away.
Countless souls in the spectator stands couldn't help but gasp in astonishment!
The true meaning of the battle between the top-tier Annihilation Source Realm Source of Epochless is far more than a simple suppression of realms; it is about who can determine the logic of the world first!
The two men retreated ten feet simultaneously, their breaths slightly ragged, but neither uttered a word.
In the brief silence, the embers of the technology deep within the void continued to tear at the surface of the floating universe mirror.
At this moment, everyone finally understood:
There will be no room for underestimating the enemy in this battle.