In Zhu Xian, people start to rise from plundering entries

Standing behind him, Lu Xueqi watched his not-so-broad but exceptionally resolute back, and a certain string in her heart was gently plucked. She did not try to step forward to stand beside him, but instead quietly poured her remaining spiritual power into the Tianya Sword without reservation. The sword's blade pulsed with blue light, poised to strike at the moment Su Han made his move, or to shield him from any possible counterattack.

Elder Mu also stopped his pointless remote interference and poured all his spiritual power into the core restriction of the main hall to reinforce the protective barrier around Biyao, making a final stand.

Biyao lay in the center of the halo, watching Su Han's resolute back, feeling the peculiar fluctuations emanating from the tortoise shell—power from the same source as the shadowy figure but of opposite nature. A vague thought flashed through her weakened mind. She tried to concentrate, attempting to stop channeling spiritual energy into the tortoise shell (she had almost none left), and instead tried to use her weak will to sense and resonate with the ancient and faint consciousness within it, to understand the meaning of the "Guiding to the Ruins"...

Just as the giant black hand was about to strike—

Su Han made a move.

The sword in his hand fell silently.

There was no earth-shattering sword energy, no dazzling brilliance. There was only a thin, almost invisible, straight "line" moving forward.

This "line" seems to contain the first ray of light that "opened up" the world, and it contains the "principle" of separating the pure from the impure and defining existence from non-existence.

It met the giant black hand that was reaching for Su Han and Lu Xueqi.

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A sound so faint it was almost inaudible.

The colossal black hand, seemingly capable of annihilating everything, was silently sliced ​​open from its palm by a tiny "line," like a hot knife slicing through solidified grease. The black energy that was sliced ​​open did not explode or dissipate; instead, it directly dissolved into the most primordial nothingness and vanished. The cut was as smooth as a mirror, retaining a faint, profound Daoist aura of "annihilation."

"What?!" The black-robed giant roared in disbelief and rage, his giant hand reaching for Biyao paused for a moment.

Su Han unleashed a sword strike, his face instantly turning deathly pale. He swayed, almost unable to stand, clearly having exhausted all his mental strength and most of his spiritual power with this single strike, especially the exertion of that axe intent, which placed a tremendous burden on his soul. Yet, his eyes remained bright, fixed intently on the dark figure.

Almost at the same moment Su Han's sword strike landed, Lu Xueqi moved. She became one with her sword, transforming into a condensed blue lightning bolt, not attacking the giant hand that had been blocked from reaching Bi Yao, but striking directly at the head of the black-robed giant where the crimson light emanated! Attacking where the enemy was bound to defend!

The black-robed giant was both shocked and enraged. Most of its power was concentrated in its two giant hands, especially the one reaching for Biyao, which contained its strongest "Annihilation Power," aiming to forcibly break through the protective aura of the tortoise shell. At this moment, Su Han's strange sword strike shattered the attack of one of its hands, and Lu Xueqi's long-prepared thunderous strike was aimed directly at its potential vital point (the scarlet light was likely the location of its core consciousness), forcing it to divert its attention to deal with the attack.

"Get out of my way!" it roared, its giant hand still reaching for Biyao, but now moving even faster. A wisp of black energy separated from it, forming a small shield in front of it to block Lu Xueqi's sword light. At the same time, its scarlet gaze suddenly pierced Biyao, or more precisely, the tortoise shell in her hand. An incredibly powerful mental shock, a mixture of temptation, fear, and chaotic thoughts, pierced Biyao's already weakened mind like a sharp cone!
It realized that although the tortoise shell could counteract its power, its wielder, Biyao, was too weak to actively control it. If it could disturb Biyao's mind, or even control her, the tortoise shell's protection might falter!

"Yao'er, be careful!" Su Han and Elder Mu exclaimed simultaneously. Bi Yao was focused on sensing the tortoise shell when she was caught off guard and struck head-on by this powerful and strange mental attack. She felt as if she had been hit hard, let out a muffled groan, and blood seeped from her seven orifices. Her vision went black, and she almost fainted. The pale blue aura emanating from the tortoise shell in her hand flickered violently, its brightness uncertain, and its range shrank further.

The terrifying black hand had already grasped the edge of the pale blue halo! The halo and the giant hand made contact, emitting a violent hissing sound as they eroded each other. The halo persisted, but it was clearly unable to completely block this attack imbued with the essence of the shadow; it was being compressed and eroded little by little!

The giant hand was about to break through the halo and grab Biyao!
Just when the situation was extremely critical and everyone thought there was no way to save the situation—

Mutations reborn!

In Biyao's hand, the ancient tortoise shell seemed to have something deeper within it stirred because Biyao's mind was injured, her will was on the verge of collapse, and she felt the strong stimulation of the "Void Annihilation Power" from the outside world, which was of the same origin but full of malice.

The buzzing sound rang out again, but this time, it was no longer a deep resonance, but became high-pitched and desolate, as if it were a whale song that had traveled through endless time and space.

The pale blue halo on the tortoise shell suddenly deepened, transforming into a profound, deep blue, like the vast starry sky. The strange patterns on the surface, no longer shimmering with light, burst forth with dazzling brilliance, detaching from the tortoise shell's surface and intertwining and shifting within the deep blue halo, ultimately forming a blurry, ever-flowing phantom pattern!

The pattern appeared to be an endless, tranquil, and profound sea. In the center of the sea was a gigantic vortex that seemed capable of swallowing all light, all matter, and all concepts. The vortex rotated slowly, carrying an eternal rhythm that seemed to both end all things and give birth to new life.

A phantom image of returning to nothingness!

Although it was only an extremely blurry and insignificant projection, the entire space of the Zhenyue Pagoda Hall seemed to freeze for a moment the instant it appeared.

Time, light, energy flow, and even the thoughts of the people all seemed to freeze for a moment.

The massive black hand that was about to seize Biyao was the first to be affected, freezing outside the azure halo. The extremely dense "power of annihilation" on the giant hand seemed to have encountered a sovereign, a source, and began to tremble uncontrollably. It wasn't fear, but an instinctive, throbbing desire to merge into it. At the same time, the aura emanating from the azure halo and the illusory image of annihilation was so pure, ancient, and supreme that it carried a natural sense of repulsion and purification towards the "power of annihilation" filled with resentment, death, and evil.

"No! This is impossible! How could a mere fragment manifest a projection of the true meaning of the Void?!" The black-robed giant screamed in terror, all its previous arrogance and greed gone, replaced by boundless fear, as if it had seen the most terrifying thing. It tried to withdraw its giant hand and flee immediately, but found that its body, under the faint pressure of the Void phantom, had become incredibly sluggish and unable to move.

The next moment, the illusory figure of Guixu within the azure halo, at the center of that enormous vortex, rippled slightly.

A thin, hair-like beam of indescribably deep blue light shot out silently and landed on the giant black hand. (End of Chapter)