The bizarre, fault-lined battlefield Deep Root Lower Layers was already chaotic, but just as all the Annihilation Dawn Realm experts were fighting each other to the point of madness—
The space was suddenly torn apart by some irresistible pressure.
It's not a crack. It's not an oscillation.
Rather, the "logic" of the entire field was forcibly pushed outward by an invisible finger.
A jet-black and crimson beam of light fell from the sky, as if it had pierced through the deepest part of hell.
The moment the beam of light hit the ground, all was silent.
The dozen or so powerful Annihilation Dawn Realm experts who were still vying for the immortal herbs all froze as if their souls had been annihilated.
Immediately afterwards—the black and red armored warrior stepped out of the pillar of light.
The newcomer was tall and thin, with blood-red stripes running from his armor's shoulders, arms, and chest; flowing within these stripes was—
A true "killing Fate Soul".
The moment he looked up, the air in the entire fault zone seemed to drop significantly. The Void Emanation Realm - Supreme.
Asura Divine Hall Steward - Asura Slaughter Executor Yan Sha
Behind him, the cracks in the sky continued to expand, and in succession, fifteen figures, half-illusory and half-real, emerged.
They wore battle robes interwoven with jade white and blood red, their faces were half immortal and half Asura, and their eyes shone with a light that seemed to flow backward, like bottomless pits.
With each step, a crimson lotus pattern appeared on the ground. Fifteen Annihilation Dawn Realm Supreme Immortal Emanation Asura.
When these fifteen arrive—
The entire Deep Root area seemed to be marked by the "Immortal River Slaughter Source," and the space began to collapse slightly, making the air difficult to breathe.
The three Annihilation Dawn Realm experts from the Mystic River Sect were stunned for a moment.
One of them, his face deathly pale, cried out in a trembling voice, "Damn it... it's... it's the Asura Immortal Hall! Run!!!"
This short sentence was like a bomb thrown into an abyss.
"Retreat!!" "Get out of here!!!" "Don't let them target us!!" "This is a force we can't fight!"
Dozens of the Annihilation Dawn Realm experts immediately ceased their battle and fled frantically in their respective directions, knowing that once the Asura Immortal Hall made its move—
There is no 'fairness' to speak of. Yan Sha simply raised one hand lazily.
There was no anger, no murderous intent, no contempt for the weak. Just indifference.
As if dealing with meaningless clutter, the hand slowly, very slowly rose.
The fifteen Immortal Emanation Asura simultaneously lowered their heads, their bodies igniting with the killing light of the Immortal River.
The next instant, the Immortal Emanation Asura erupted.
There were no roars, no oppressive force, no formations.
Their figures twisted, tore apart, and turned into afterimages as they hurtled towards the fleeing crowd.
Boom!!! Blood shot into the sky!
The first Annihilation Dawn Realm had barely turned around when a hand, both real and illusory, pierced his chest. His body shattered like a mirror, and his soul light Annihilation instantly without even a struggle.
Before the second scream could even escape his lips, the Immortal Emanation Asura shattered his sea of consciousness, reducing him to dust.
The third attempt to release the domain--
The domain had barely expanded an inch before it was devoured by the killing current of the Immortal Emanation Asura, and the person was crushed into a puddle of invisible blood and mud.
No one resisted for more than three breaths.
Every Immortal Emanation Asura, though all at the Annihilation Dawn Realm · Supreme, is—
The "half-immortal, half -Asura" forged by the killing intent of the Void Emanation Realm.
The gap between the Annihilation Dawn Realm and them is like that between mortals and stars.
Less than thirty breaths.
More than a dozen experts at the Annihilation Dawn Realm had no time to escape, no time to shout, no time to breathe—
Their Fate Soul, bodies, karma, and thoughts were all shattered under the onslaught of the Immortal Emanation Asura.
The entire fault zone battlefield was engulfed in blood and light.
Yan Sha did not move an inch.
He simply watched the massacre unfold.
Only when the last Annihilation Dawn Realm was cleaved into Annihilation dust did he slowly withdraw his hand. "... Clear the field."
His gaze fell upon the Star Abyss Fate Vine at the center of the fault. Annihilation and silence once again enveloped the earth.
Annihilation winds slowly rose from the depths of the fault, and the platinum radiance of Star Abyss Fate Vine became even more dazzling amidst the blood mist and shattered soul dust.
Yan Sha stepped forward, his toes landing lightly, the ground sinking like soft mud without making a sound.
It was a kind of "existential suppression" that completely transcended the physical realm, as if every inch of space he traversed had to submit.
The pure white leaves of the immortal herb swayed gently, and amidst the flowing patterns of light, countless Fate Soul breathed within, like an eternal lake of Fate Authority gently rippling.
Yan Sha extended his jet-black hand. It wasn't violent, nor was it devouring—
Rather, it was an extremely cold and almost reverent action, like a priest taking an offering from chaos.
His fingertips lightly touched the immortal herb. Instantly— the Star Abyss Fate Vine struggled violently!
The entire fault-lined sky was stirred, and the life force spread violently, like a thousand stars exploding!
But Yan Sha's expression remained unchanged. "Illusory spirituality... nothing more than that."
He lightly tapped the branch of the fairy herb with his index finger. Snap
It wasn't a sound, but the sound of the entire immortal herb's will to resist being shattered.
The branches and leaves of the Star Abyss Fate Vine drooped instantly, as if stripped of its right to exist, its light suppressed to only faint platinum starlight.
Yan Sha raised his hand, and a black and red life line appeared in his palm.
That is the Asura Seal Abyss - Spirit Chain Silent Seal, which only deacons of the Asura Immortal Hall can possess.
A scroll of printed patterns.
The immortal herb transformed into a stream of light, forcibly compressed into a platinum-colored Fate Soul seed pod, its surface shimmering with countless star-like patterns.
With a gentle wave of his hand, Yan Sha sent the Fate Soul Seed Pod flying into the Asura Storage Crystal Core at his waist.
The crystal core swallowed the immortal herb, and a dark red ripple appeared, as if it were breathing contentedly.
"Let's go," Yan Sha said calmly.
The fifteen Immortal Emanation Asura immediately ceased their killing intent, transforming into fifteen jade-white and blood-red flowing blades of light, following behind Yan Sha.
As they left the fault line, the blood lotus imprints on the ground automatically floated up, transforming into life pattern fragments as thin as cicada wings, which then drifted away and disappeared in the air.
It was as if they had never existed. After their figures completely vanished into the deeper darkness—
The void resumed breathing. At that very moment, the air vibrated.
Two beams of light fell from the shattered sky above the abyss.
Qin Yu and the Extinguished Light. As Qin Yu's toes touched the ground, the life force of the Annihilation Dawn Realm gently rippled out, and he instantly sensed the traces of the Sea of Blood, Shattered Shadows, and Broken Souls.
This fault line—so desolate it chills the heart.
The outer rings of her Extinguished Light, which resembled black holes, rotated slightly, and a pale golden glow emanated from her clothes, illuminating the scattered remnants on the ground.
Her tone was calm, yet carried a hint of coldness. "Fifteen strands of the Annihilation Dawn Realm soul energy... have all dissipated."
There's still a Void Emanation Realm... whose killing intent hasn't dissipated.
Qin Yu's gaze swept across the collapsed area in the center of the fault, staring at the remaining wisp of platinum light. "The spiritual treasure has been taken away."
Extinguished Light tilted her head slightly. "Should we go after them?"
Qin Yu remained silent for a moment, then looked towards the Deep Root Lower Layers.
That Void Emanation Realm Supreme Killing Intent is extending along the path leading to even deeper levels.
The Asura Immortal Hall, the greatest hunter in the Void Obliteration Domain, is Deep Root.
Qin Yu gently lifted his fingertip, and the Fate Abyss Mark flickered briefly. "Let's go, let's continue exploring our opportunities."
Deep Root Lower Layers dark chasm, the wind howled like a tide, and annihilated fragments floated erratically in the void. Qin Yu and Extinguished Light ventured deeper and deeper, the air growing heavier with each step, as if they were being pulled down into the abyss by invisible chains of fate.
Suddenly—a very faint breathing sound was instantly detected by Qin Yu.
He raised his hand and gently pressed down on the void, causing the ethereal light to ripple outwards and illuminate the shadows ahead.
A man covered in blood, his robes tattered, knelt beside a rocky outcrop. His chest was caved in, and the wisps of his Fate Soul were broken like flickering lamps about to go out. On his chest was the "Primordial Star Pattern" of the Chaos First Palace.
Extinguished Light paused, his long, black hair falling silently. "They're from the Chaos First Palace."
The disciple looked up and, upon seeing Qin Yu, tears mingled with blood streamed down his face. He spoke hoarsely, as if using his last ounce of consciousness:
"Elder Qin... Elder Qin...!!"
The voice trembled like a shattered Fate Soul.
Qin Yu's mind jolted, and in an instant, he teleported to the front of his disciple, supporting his swaying body. His expression was calm, but one could see the sharp, suppressed edge in his eyes.
"You are a disciple of the Chaos First Palace? Who injured you so severely?"
The disciple's lips turned purple, he gasped for breath, and the Fate Soul threads in his chest kept breaking, yet he stubbornly forced himself to lift his head:
Elder Qin... cough... cough--
Blood spurted out, and the life runes in Qin Yu's palm automatically turned it into dust.
"This disciple... was originally traveling with Elder Liu Xu... but when we reached the second level of the Deep Root Fault... Elder Liu asked me to take a few senior brothers to protect Elder Ling Liangyan... because a strange chain array phenomenon appeared there."
Qin Yu's gaze sharpened noticeably at the mention of "Ling Liangyan".
The disciple's fingers trembled as he gripped Qin Yu's wrist, as if grasping his last lifeline. "We... we're only ten miles away from Elder Ling... the mechanism is about to activate!"
Extinguished Light frowned slightly. "A mechanism? A mechanism Deep Root Lower Layers, not a mechanism from the mortal realm."
The disciple continued to gasp for breath, his voice broken:
"We disciples... fought desperately against the chain array... but it was an ancient... soul-severing mechanism... My senior brothers, in order to... let me escape and report the news... were all... Annihilation..."
Every word seemed to be torn out from a shattered Fate Soul.
He raised his white eyes and stared intently at Qin Yu:
"Elder Ling... they are right there in front of that mechanism... now... they must be trapped inside too... Elder Qin... I... my Fate Soul is severely injured, I dare not approach rashly... I can only... I can only... I can only rest here..."
"Fortunately... I met you... Elder Qin... You are our Chaos First Palace's... only Heaven-given Guest Elder... I could recognize your aura from afar..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he could no longer hold on and fell forward.
Qin Yu reached out and pulled him firmly to his feet.
He didn't offer any words of comfort, but simply flipped his hand and took out a radiant azure-gold pill, infused it with the Fate Authority, and placed it directly to his disciple's lips.
"Okay. Stop talking."
The elixir transformed into life-giving threads upon entering the mouth, quickly stabilizing the disciple's Fate Soul.
Qin Yu's tone was low, yet it carried an undeniable air of authority. "You should focus on healing your injuries first, then find a way to inform Elder Liu and the disciples."
He withdrew his hand, his gaze fixed on the Deep Root Lower Layers ahead, a place that seemed to devour souls.
"Ling Liangyan and the others—I'll go investigate first, then I'll figure out a way to rescue them."
Extinguished Light stood quietly to the side, his eyes deep black, and said softly, "There are even mechanisms Deep Root Lower Layers."
Qin Yu did not respond, but simply stepped forward. But at that moment, the aura of Fate Abyss behind him trembled slightly.