Annihilation Wasteland Pursuit Order · The Nine Alliances Hunt

The heavens and earth continued to tremble, and layers of spiritual tides surged deep within the Annihilation Wasteland Canyon. Qin Yu's figure flashed, and he had already transformed into white light and left the collapsed area, leaving only the silent Silent Origin echoing in the empty space.

Meanwhile, amidst the ruins of the collapsed spirit array, Huo Yuan, the leader of the Nine Alliances Gang, stumbled out with more than ten surviving members. Almost every one of them bore bloody marks from being torn apart by space, and their auras were extremely chaotic.

"Damn it... damn it!" Huo Yuan was covered in dust and blood, his eyes bloodshot. He suddenly knelt down among the rubble, pressing his palms to the ground, his spiritual energy vibrating as he tried to stabilize the broken spiritual veins. But the ground beneath his feet was still trembling, the remnants of the Divine Cultivation Legacy Realm had not completely dissipated, and those mirror fragments flickered in the void, as if coldly mocking their foolishness.

A deputy leader at the Only Book Realm · High Stage said in a trembling voice, "Leader... that formation... seems to have collapsed on its own. We didn't encounter anyone..."

Huo Yuan suddenly looked up, gritting his teeth and growling, "Bullshit! If no one had made a move, how could the Divine Cultivation Legacy Realm have collapsed? It was him! It must have been that person! He triggered the core of the formation and ruined our chance!"

"But... we didn't see who it was—"

"Hmph!" Huo Yuan slammed his fist into the ground, sending shards of stone flying. His rage seemed to tear the air apart. "Who could emerge unscathed from the collapse of the ancient realm? Who could escape Anran from that aura of annihilation? Besides him, who else could? That person—most likely came from the ancient tower, mysterious and unpredictable, it must be him!"

He raised his head, his gaze fixed on the now calm sky in the distance, his voice hoarse yet filled with murderous intent. "No matter who you are... even if you're hiding in the abyss of the void, I, Huo Yuan, will dig you out. You ruined the Nine Alliances Gang's opportunity, and I will make you pay for this in blood!"

The surrounding Nine Alliances Gang remained silent, heads bowed, only able to sense the overwhelming rage emanating from their leader. The Annihilation Wasteland Wind swept through once more, and amidst the swirling dust, Huo Yuan's robes billowed, his long hair flew wildly, and his eyes, bloodshot, were fixed intently on the direction Qin Yu had departed.

Deep within the canyon, mist swirled, and spiritual energy flowed like a curtain of light. Qin Yu moved with utmost lightness among the shattered mountain walls and faded spiritual flowers, his aura of Silent Origin following him, perfectly concealing his presence within the fluctuations of heaven and earth.

However, several sharp Spiritual Sense fluctuations suddenly came from ahead. Two figures leaped out from behind the cracked rock. Both were scouts from the Nine Alliances Gang, both at the Only Book Realm · Early Stage. They wore black and gold armor, with the gang emblem of nine rings engraved on their chests, and their faces were ferocious.

"Halt!" one of them shouted in a deep voice, his foot stomping and instantly sealing off the spatial spiritual flow for dozens of feet, his vigilance extremely high.

The other man grinned maliciously, weighing the black blade in his hand. "Where did this brat come from? Daring to trespass on our Nine Alliances Gang's territory, are you tired of living?"

Qin Yu raised his eyes and looked at them calmly, his expression almost indifferent. A gust of wind swept through his hair, carrying a few strands of the gray light of the Silent Origin.

"The territory of the Nine Alliances Gang?" He spoke calmly, even with a hint of sarcasm. "The Annihilation Wasteland Border has been unclaimed since ancient times. You're quite adept at declaring your own territory."

The black-bladed cultivator laughed angrily and sneered, "Boy, who do you think you are? How dare you spout such nonsense? This is an exploration zone personally designated by our Chief Huo. No matter who you are—leave no one alive!"

Qin Yu raised an eyebrow slightly, his tone indifferent. "Oh? What if I refuse to leave?"

A cold glint flashed in the black-bladed cultivator's eyes. He stomped his foot, and his spiritual fire surged, instantly transforming into a dark blue streak that approached Qin Yu. His maniacal laughter almost shattered the air.

"Then die here!"

Another cultivator also raised his hand at the same time, and a spirit mirror rose into the air, transforming into a light screen that enveloped the surroundings, attempting to lock Qin Yu inside.

Qin Yu looked at them, his expression unchanged. He simply sighed softly, raised his palm, and the sword intent of the Silent Origin Stainless Sword quietly gathered, as if even the air itself was gently collapsing.

Qin Yu stood with his hands behind his back, a slight upturn at the corners of his mouth, a faint smile carrying both composure and mockery. The wind of the canyon flowed around him, and gray-blue light swept across the edges of his robes, making him appear as if he stood still outside of time.

"Ha," his voice wasn't loud, but it carried clearly through the echoing mountain walls, "When I came in just now, two idiots just like you stopped me."

He paused, raised his eyes, his gaze as cold as a mirror, "Do you... want to be like them too?"

The two Nine Alliances Gang were taken aback, and then their expressions changed simultaneously.

"What?" The black-bladed cultivator's voice was deep, his eyes instantly turning sinister. "You said—you've seen our people?"

Qin Yu said calmly, "I've met them, but it might not be convenient for them to talk to you right now."

The other person's expression changed drastically, their voice trembling as they barely suppressed their anger. "You... so it was you who Annihilation Xiao Kao Xiao Yan?"

Qin Yu shrugged, his expression calm and composed. "What do their lives have to do with me? They just stopped the wrong people and were a bit too talkative."

This one sentence seemed to ignite the air throughout the entire canyon in an instant.

The black-bladed cultivator laughed in fury, his face contorted with rage, his voice sharp and shrill. "So it really is you! We've been looking everywhere for you! You've delivered yourself right to our doorstep, so don't even think about escaping!"

He stomped his foot hard on the ground, and spiritual energy surged forth. The ground, which was dozens of feet high, cracked open and turned into a dark red sea of spiritual fire, as if the heavens and earth were burning in his rage.

Another cultivator also raised his hand and took out a spirit axe. The spiritual light flashed like a thunder serpent, forming a huge soul-locking array ring, which was slowly shrinking, trapping Qin Yu inside.

Qin Yu remained motionless, merely tilting his head slightly, looking at them with a half-smile, his eyes carrying a hint of almost playful coldness.

Are you sure... you want to continue like this?

His tone was calm and even, without the slightest inflection, yet it was like an echo from the abyss, sending a chill down their spines.

A sudden surge of spiritual pressure plunged the canyon into a destructive uproar. Two cultivators from the Nine Alliances Gang roared, their spiritual energy boiling. One wielded a spiritual axe, and the surrounding lightning coalesced into a hundred-foot-long blade shadow, tearing through the void and hurtling towards Qin Yu. The other summoned a black blade, its edge cleaving the air and bursting forth with rings of annihilating crimson spiritual flames, which transformed into thousands of blood streaks shooting in all directions, even shattering the rocks.

The entire canyon was instantly illuminated, and the heavens and earth seemed to be torn apart by two storms at the same time. Spatial ripples spread to more than a hundred miles away, and even the distant spiritual mist was swept away.

Yet, at the heart of the roar, Qin Yu remained unmoved.

The Silent Origin Stainless Sword slowly hovered in front of him, its blade trembling slightly. A silent curtain of light rippled out from the sword's core—it was not light, but a void of light that could not even be "observed".

He whispered four words: "Soulless Annihilation Abyss Sword."

The world Time Silence.

The sound waves dissipated, the flames died down, and all spiritual pressure instantly collapsed into nothingness.

The moment the sword flashed, space seemed to lose its meaning, everything around faded from color, and the entire world turned into a gray lotus sea. Countless chaotic lotus petals floated around him, and in each petal were the figures of the two cultivators—in an instant, their souls were extracted from their bodies, turning into thousands of shards of light that drifted away with the lotus petals.

"What... what kind of power is this?!"

Before their voices could even escape, their consciousness had completely collapsed.

Their bodies, as if touched by a gentle breeze, slowly turned into silent dust.

Just then, one of them, his fingers trembling, pulled out a dark silver crystal core from his pocket. Deep blue spatial cracks flowed within the crystal core, almost unaffected by this world.

"Space... Teleportation Core--!" Qin Yu's eyes flickered slightly, and his sword intent paused for a moment.

The cultivator bit his tongue, spitting out a mouthful of blood mist that he injected into the crystal core. Instantly, a dazzling white light exploded, shattering the space like a mirror. His figure was swallowed up in an instant and disappeared completely.

His companion beside him, in the instant the white light dissipated, left not even ashes.

The canyon returned to deathly silence, with only the lingering hum of the surrounding space echoing in the air.

Qin Yu sheathed the Silent Origin Stainless Sword, his gaze slightly narrowed, and he murmured, "To be able to forcibly escape this realm... it seems that the Nine Alliances Gang have more to offer than they appear on the surface."

He looked up at the wisp of light from the spatial rift, where the ash currents of the Silent Origin Sword still echoed on the edge of the Annihilation Abyss Sword, like the afterglow of a star falling.

Qin Yu amidst the jumbled rocks, his robes fluttering lightly, the Silent Origin Sword slowly fading away. A gentle breeze swept by, causing a wisp of pale gray light to rise from his hair.

"I didn't expect he could escape even like that." He murmured softly, a hint of a sigh flashing in his eyes. Then, a slight smile played on his lips, and his expression returned to calm. "Never mind, the world is full of opportunities. What's meant for me, I won't miss."

He sheathed the Silent Origin Stainless Sword, turned around and continued to venture deeper into the canyon. His gaze was as firm as a star, and his footsteps were silent, yet they echoed through the space.

Meanwhile, at the Nine Alliances Gang camp thousands of miles away.

Within the stone hall shrouded in darkness, a shattered spatial portal suddenly flashed, and a man covered in blood stumbled out, his face ashen and his breathing rapid.

"Boss... Boss -- we... we found that person!" He collapsed in front of the hall, his voice trembling, yet filled with the terror of surviving a disaster.

The hall shimmered with spiritual light, and a towering figure slowly rose to his feet. Huo Yuan —leader of the Nine Alliances Gang, cultivation level: Supreme Severed Observation Realm. His eyes were like lightning that ripped through the sky, and his oppressive aura was overwhelming.

"Speak quickly," his voice was deep and chilling, filled with murderous intent.

The man lay prostrate on the ground, his forehead pressed against the cold stone bricks, and spoke with difficulty, "He... he's in the canyon. If I hadn't used the Spatial Logic Crystal Core just now, I'm afraid even my soul wouldn't have returned..."

Huo Yuan raised an eyebrow, a chill suddenly rising within him, causing the air in the entire stone hall to tremble.

"Spatial Logic Crystal Core?" He scoffed. "Looks like he's got some tough nuts to crack. The fact that he forced you to use that thing means his strength is at least at the Limit level below the Severed Observation realm."

He turned around abruptly, and nine layers of golden patterns appeared behind him, his spiritual pressure surging like a tsunami.

"Someone come here!"

"Exist!"

Several deputy hall masters appeared together.

Huo Yuan said coldly, "Recreate that brat's appearance using the Soul Crystal and transmit it to all the outer branches. Also, immediately issue an assistance order to the other eight major gangs in the Void Obliteration Domain using my token!"

"Yes!"

Several deputy hall masters immediately took action. One of them extracted the memories of the seriously injured cultivator into a crystal, and a semi-transparent image formed in the air—a young man in black robes, with a deep and restrained light between his brows and a calm and unfathomable aura, who was none other than Qin Yu.

Huo Yuan stared at that face, his gaze extremely gloomy, and gritted his teeth in a low voice. "In the Annihilation Wasteland Border, you dare to slaughter my Nine Alliances Gang disciples? Very well—you are the first."

Boom--!

The palace gates suddenly burst open, and nine layers of spiritual rings soared into the sky, their spiritual light piercing through the night and reaching the clouds, transforming into a crimson brand that chased the soul.

"Pass on my orders—" Huo Yuan shouted sternly, his spiritual voice reverberating through heaven and earth.

"Nine Alliances and Eight Gangs, from this moment forward, hunt down the entire realm—the black-clad youth from outside the Void Obliteration Domain, Only Book Realm · Intermediate Stage!"