confrontation
The chill of the abyss pierced his bones. Even before the massive claw, woven from resentment and the laws of evil, reached him, the terrifying pressure had already nearly crushed Yinglong's immortal form. His soul, like a candle in the wind, swayed violently beneath the roar of the ancient will, on the verge of extinction.
The shadow of death has never been so clear.
However, at this critical moment, when all hope was lost——
“Buzz!”
A cold and powerful force that did not originate from Yinglong but was connected to her blood suddenly burst out from her sleeves!
It’s the dark blue core!
It was no longer silent, no longer merely absorbing or feeding back. When it sensed the deadly threat from the outside world, powerful enough to obliterate it and its guardian, the power within it, which had begun to balance and even incorporate some of the ancient laws of the Netherworld, was fully activated!
The dark blue light suddenly surged, no longer restrained as before, but carrying a brutal, powerful brilliance that declared its presence, like a dark blue flame ignited in the dead abyss! Within the light, the previously slowly flowing black lines of annihilation suddenly expanded and roamed like a raging dragon awakening, emitting a heart-pounding aura of finality!
The core itself was vibrating violently, and a powerful repulsive force field spread out from it, forcibly expanding a small area of its own!
This was merely an instinctive, immature domain, extremely small, barely encompassing Yinglong and herself. Within the domain, light distorted, colors faded, leaving only a woven interweaving of dark blue and pitch black. The rudiments of a principle of "all things returning to silence" permeated the air, stubbornly resisting the grasping, negative energy-filled claws of the outside world.
"boom--!!!"
The giant claws collided violently with the weak realm of annihilation!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a kind of tooth-grinding erosion and annihilation at the law level!
The dark purple energy of resentment and the dark blue light of annihilation frantically consumed and devoured each other! The moment the giant claw's fingertips touched the domain, they began to silently crumble and dissipate like ice and snow meeting the sun! However, the power contained in the giant claw was too immense, and the light of the domain was rapidly dimming at a speed visible to the naked eye, the range being compressed smaller and smaller!
This is a confrontation with a huge disparity in power!
The core was trembling violently, no longer conveying clear thoughts, but a primitive roar of anger, unyielding, and a hint of...protective obsession! It was burning the essence it had just absorbed and had not yet fully stabilized, launching a desperate counterattack!
Protected by the center of this realm, Yinglong managed to stabilize herself, avoiding being crushed. She watched the dark blue core before her erupt with unprecedented power, stubbornly resisting the destructive claws. She watched its light dim under the pressure, yet stubbornly refused to extinguish...
An indescribable shock swept through her whole body.
It... was protecting her.
In this almost self-destructive way, it protected her, the "guardian" who pulled it back from nothingness but could not give it absolute safety.
Was it because of the seven drops of blood essence that had merged with its origin? Was it because of the shared struggle for survival? Or was it because... deep within that newborn spirit, some unforgettable... instinct, borne of Ao Guang, still lingered?
Yinglong didn't know.
She only knew that when she saw the bright and stubborn light bursting out in the desperate situation, something solid in her heart seemed to be hit hard.
This can't go on any longer!
The power of the core is limited after all. If you fight like this, the only outcome will be that your source will be exhausted and you will be completely annihilated!
She suddenly raised her head and looked at the pair of burning green pupils above the abyss, with a hint of determination and fierceness flashing in her eyes.
Even if her soul and spirit were annihilated, she would not sit still and wait for death! She could not... let this newly born being be buried with her!
She forced herself to gather all the remaining divine power in her body, even at the cost of once again activating the origin of her soul that was full of cracks, and poured it all into the Fenji Sword in her hand!
“Buzz!”
The Fen Ji Sword let out a mournful sound, and the red light on the sword lit up again, but it was no longer as bright and blazing as before, but with a tragic, all-burning dark red!
This was a life-or-death blow! It was her final act of dignity and counterattack as the Nine Heavens God of War!
However, just as she was about to swing the sword that would exhaust her everything—
Mutation regeneration!
The dark blue core that had been in a stalemate with the giant claw seemed to sense her resolute intention and suddenly sent out an extremely strong and even rebuking thought wave:
【No! 】
Immediately afterwards, the dark blue light within the core suddenly contracted inwards! Along with the madly wandering black lines of annihilation, they were also forcibly compressed to the extreme!
The entire core, in an instant, turned into a fist-sized ball of extremely dark light that emitted a soul-shaking aura!
There was no longer any light overflowing from the surface of the light ball, only a sense of nothingness that swallowed everything.
Then--
It no longer resisted the giant claws, but rushed forward!
It wasn't a head-on confrontation, but rather... fusion? Devourment?
The dark ball of light, like a drop of water merging into the sea, crashed directly into the giant claw composed of resentment and evil laws without any hindrance!
"laugh--!"
Like dipping a red-hot iron into ice water! Within the giant claw, the vast and chaotic dark purple energy, the moment it came into contact with the dark ball of light, began to wither and decay at an astonishing rate! It wasn't shattered, but rather, some deeper force forcibly drained away all vitality and the very foundation of its existence, transforming it into the most primitive nothingness!
The giant claws became transparent and illusory at a speed visible to the naked eye!
At the bottom of the abyss, those dark green pupils revealed a look of astonishment and disbelief for the first time!
"Nirvana... Origin?! This is impossible!"
The ancient will roared in shock and anger.
After absorbing some of the giant claw's energy, the dark ball of light seemed to expand slightly, emitting an even more terrifying aura of nothingness. It hovered in the center of the gradually dissipating giant claw, slowly rotating like a cold, judgmental eye, indifferently "gazing" at the terrifying existence at the bottom of the abyss.
An invisible, higher-level deterrent spread.
The being at the bottom of the abyss seemed to harbor a deep fear of the light ball that contained the pure law of annihilation. Its dark green eyes stared intently at the light ball, filled with greed and anger, yet it dared not attack again rashly.
Take advantage of this gap!
Yinglong endured the severe pain that made his soul feel like it was about to be torn apart, and grabbed the floating dark ball of light!
At first glance, there was an extreme coldness and emptiness, as if holding death itself.
She didn't dare to delay, and used up her last bit of strength, transforming her body into a dim streak of light, and flew desperately towards the abyss!
Behind him, the ancient being's unwilling and angry roar, shaking the entire abyss, came:
"Thieves! I'll remember your scent!!"
The sound gradually faded away and was swallowed by the rolling gray fog.
Yinglong no longer cared about anything else. She only knew how to move upwards, upwards! To escape from this desperate place!
An unknown amount of time passed until the suffocating pressure completely disappeared, until only endless gray fog and reverberations remained around her. She finally rolled down a steep slope, exhausted, and landed heavily on a relatively solid ground covered with black gravel, losing all consciousness.
Before she completely passed out, the only thing she held tightly in her hand was the core, which had returned to dark blue, but the black lines of annihilation flowing inside seemed to be even deeper and more complex.
It lay quietly in her palm, no longer emitting strong light or transmitting any thoughts.
It was as if the earth-shattering counterattack that had just hit the ancient existence was just an illusion.
Only the traces of erosion left on Yinglong's cuffs, as well as the even more damaged condition of her body, proved how real and tragic the brief and fierce confrontation just now was.
The dark gray fog still flows silently.
The boundary between guarding and being guarded becomes more blurred on the brink of life and death.
And a new, more complex and indescribable relationship seems to have quietly sprouted in the tempering of blood and fire.
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