Chapter 600: Annihilating
Chapter 600: Annihilating
In the vast void, the Molten Fire Lord was entangled in a fierce battle with an Abyssal Lifeform.
Though called a battle, the Molten Fire Lord was, in truth, fleeing for his life.
At this moment, the Abyssal Lifeform had its sights solely on him, relentlessly pursuing and attacking with power that could shatter the Sixth Heaven. Wave after wave of its assaults rippled through the void, battering the Molten Fire Lord's body.
Fortunately, this Abyssal Lifeform seemed to have no other offensive techniques. All the attacks it had unleashed so far were mirror images of the Molten Fire Lord's own, each a myriad of lance shadows, perfectly replicating his techniques.
Being his own moves, the Molten Fire Lord was familiar with them, making it slightly easier to counter than completely unknown attacks. However, the power of the Abyssal Lifeform's techniques had reached the threshold of the Sixth Heaven, far surpassing his own.
Even with his intimate knowledge of the intricacies of his own techniques, which allowed him to partially negate their power, the continuous battle was taking its toll. With each exchange, his divine energy was diminishing, and in a short time, he had gone from a complete divine energy incarnation to losing all but one-tenth of his power.
"If this continues, things will take a turn for the worse..."
The Molten Fire Lord's heart raced with anxiety.
The damage to his divine energy was directly linked to his overall strength. Losing one-tenth was manageable, but if it reached two-tenths, his power would start to wane, making it even more challenging to withstand the Abyssal Lifeform's attacks.
With each strike, he was losing about one percent of his divine body. If his strength continued to decline, reaching eighty percent, the damage would no longer be limited to one percent per strike; it could escalate to five or even ten percent! Such a disparity could lead to his complete collapse in just a few moves!
As he fought, the Molten Fire Lord was also making his way towards the Wing King, the closest Sixth Heaven Divine Realm in the vicinity. Only the Wing King had the power to deal with this Sixth Heaven Abyssal Lifeform.
However, the Wing King's territory was not adjacent to his own; Chen Mu's realm lay between them. Chen Mu had received his message, and though he was likely of similar strength, neither he nor the Molten Fire Lord could withstand this Sixth Heaven Abyssal Lifeform alone. But if Chen Mu lent his aid, they could hold out long enough for the Wing King to arrive.
Despite the Molten Fire Lord's desperate flight, the Abyssal Lifeform's pursuit was relentless. After fleeing for countless billions of miles in the void, his divine energy had already diminished by nearly twenty percent!
And Chen Mu's realm was still thousands of billions of miles away.
"At this rate, I won't last much longer... One more attack and I won't be able to hold out."
The Molten Fire Lord's thoughts grew increasingly grim.
He wouldn't make it to Chen Mu's realm.
Whoosh!
Just then, the Abyssal Lifeform struck again, materializing countless shadows and unleashing a barrage of pitch-black lance rays that converged into a single point, leaving the Molten Fire Lord with no choice but to defend.
But as he braced himself, a streak of dark aura suddenly pierced through the distant void, a black light infused with dense death energy that seemed to erode the void, leaving a gray trail in its wake.
Sizzle.
The dark aura shot straight into the battlefield, colliding with the myriad lance shadows.
A thunderous roar echoed as the gray aura exploded, shattering the lance shadows. The Molten Fire Lord's body erupted in scorching flames, and he was flung backward, retreating several hundred thousand miles. He stared at the distant region shrouded in gray mist, his eyes widening in shock.
What formidable death power!
This was one of the powers of the Life Mystery within the Creation Lineage, a path he was intimately familiar with, and one he had also mastered. However, the death power he could unleash paled in comparison to the black light that had sliced through the void.
"A Sixth Heaven Abyssal Lifeform?"
At that moment, a voice echoed from the distant void.
Chen Mu's figure appeared in the distance, and with just a few steps, he traversed millions of miles, arriving near the Molten Fire Lord and gazing at the region enveloped in death energy.
"Yes..."
The Molten Fire Lord's eyes widened at the sight of Chen Mu, whom he knew was no ordinary Fifth Heaven Divine Lord. Their previous discussions had revealed Chen Mu's profound understanding of the Creation Path, especially in the Life and Ten Thousand Souls Lineages.
However, he had underestimated Chen Mu's strength. The aid Chen Mu had offered from afar, a strike that had traversed an unknown distance, possessed the power of a Fifth Heaven peak expert!
Had Chen Mu reached the Sixth Heaven?
The Molten Fire Lord had no time to ponder this as the Abyssal Lifeform burst through the death energy's restraints, emerging from the gray mist in the form of a black shadow that resembled Chen Mu. It raised its hand, pointing a finger that caused the void to tremble, releasing a continuous stream of black light!
"Chen Realm Lord, be careful! It can replicate our techniques!"
The Molten Fire Lord warned, raising his lance and unleashing a burst of fiery power as he prepared to assist Chen Mu.
This move was no longer aimed at him but at Chen Mu. Although Chen Mu was in poor condition, having lost a significant portion of his divine body and teetering on the brink of collapse, he couldn't just stand by and let Chen Mu face this Abyssal Life alone.
However,
Sensing the state of the Molten Fire Lord, Chen Mu took a step forward, facing the black light. "Thank you for the reminder, I'll take it from here."
As he spoke, Chen Mu's eyes flashed, and he waved his sleeve towards the black light.
Buzz!
With this wave, the void trembled, and Chen Mu's figure seemed to blur and distort. Although it was just a single wave, it was as if countless afterimages were created, and in an instant, he unleashed dozens and hundreds of sleeves.
These hundreds of sleeve shadows converged, colliding head-on with the incoming black light. A silent wave of power erupted, exploding in the void, and then the two surging forces began to annihilate each other.
Witnessing this, the Molten Fire Lord, who was holding a divine lance and ready to support Chen Mu at any moment, couldn't help but show surprise in his eyes.
Although he had suspected as much from the previous move, seeing it firsthand still stirred his heart. The power of Chen Mu's technique could directly counter the Abyssal Life, undoubtedly surpassing the limits of the Sixth Heaven!
Sixth Heaven.
The Molten Fire Lord sighed in his heart.
After all, Chen Mu was someone valued by the Vangu Divine Lord. As expected, the Sixth Heaven threshold couldn't hold him back, unlike the Molten Fire Lord, who had been stuck at this stage for countless years, unable to break through.
Although the gap between the Fifth Heaven and Sixth Heaven wasn't as vast as the difference between the Sixth Heaven and Seventh Heaven in the vast void, the Sixth Heaven was the last step before reaching the Divine Lord. Theoretically, all Sixth Heaven beings had the potential to achieve the Divine Lord realm.
Given the Vangu Divine Lord's attention, it was no surprise that Chen Mu had a good chance of becoming a Divine Lord in the future.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In the void, Chen Mu continued to battle the Abyssal Life.
Hearing from the Molten Fire Lord that this Abyssal Life could mimic others, Chen Mu had an idea. Such Abyssal Lives that could almost perfectly replicate others' abilities were rare, and for him, it was an opportunity to verify the Mystic Art.
Although he had already comprehended three Fundamental Mystiques, cultivated corresponding Divine Power Secret Arts, and created some techniques, like the 'Great Annihilation Black Light' which contained the ultimate death force, he had never used them against others. Now, fighting this Abyssal Life was a chance to test the techniques he had created.
Additionally,
The ability of this Abyssal Life to replicate others' abilities, even perfectly mimicking the Mystiques themselves, was a bizarre skill. Chen Mu was also very interested in understanding the origin of this ability.
Chen Mu unleashed the power of the Sixth Heaven, engaging the Abyssal Life in a fierce battle. Seeing this, the Molten Fire Lord knew he couldn't provide much help, and Chen Mu was handling it well, so he retreated to the side.
A moment later.
Whoosh.
A shadow flickered in the void, and a figure tore through the air from a distance, exuding a powerful aura. It was the Wing King, who guarded the edge of the Dark Abyss!
Upon seeing the scene, he was momentarily startled, showing surprise, but quickly composed himself.
It was no surprise that Chen Mu, valued by the Taichen Lord and even the Vangu Divine Lord, was extraordinary. His Sixth Heaven strength wasn't unusual, but the Wing King wondered if Chen Mu had concealed his strength while guarding the Dark Abyss or if he had a breakthrough after arriving there.
Regardless, Chen Mu was undoubtedly a Sixth Heaven existence, and his strength was not far behind the Wing King's!
The Wing King observed clearly that Chen Mu, without wielding a divine armament, had reached the Sixth Heaven solely through his own power.
Whoosh!
The Wing King didn't watch for long. After a brief observation, he flashed forward and took action.
"Brother Chen, let's join forces and finish this quickly!"
Previously, Chen Mu's displayed realm and techniques were only at the Fifth Heaven level, but now he had revealed Sixth Heaven abilities. Naturally, the Wing King regarded Chen Mu as an equal.
As the guardian of the Dark Abyss's edge, the Wing King couldn't afford to linger. He needed a swift resolution to prevent other Abyssal Lives from escaping the Dark Abyss and infiltrating the Vangu Void.
"Alright."
Chen Mu calmly responded. He had used this Abyssal Life to verify many of his techniques, and he had also gained some insight into why this Abyssal Life could mimic all Mystiques and techniques—it seemed to be related to the Dark Abyss containing all the Primordial Dao.
Within the body of this Abyssal Life, nearly all Primordial Daos and Fundamental Mystiques were intertwined, but they were presented in a chaotic manner, appearing mottled and jumbled. Logically, such forces should not have been able to merge, and they should have collapsed and disintegrated instantly. However, for some unknown reason, these chaotic and mottled forces were forcibly combined, managing to function normally.
This was a phenomenon that Chen Mu couldn't comprehend.
Mystiques were akin to rules; any slight disorder in the arrangement of a rule would lead to the entire rule becoming chaotic and collapsing. Yet, within this Abyssal Life, there seemed to be no order at all. All the forces were in a state of chaos, but strangely, this multitude of disorder somehow managed to come together, allowing it to function.
This reminded Chen Mu of the Dark Abyss itself.
The Dark Abyss was inherently chaotic, and from time to time, Abyssal Life would emerge from within and appear in the outside world. This 'emergence' seemed bizarre to Chen Mu; in his perception, it was like an alternative form of creation!
"The frequency of Abyssal Life appearing in the Dark Abyss is very low. Often, it takes many World Years for one to emerge... These Abyssal Lives might be newly born lives, born from the chaos. It's just that giving birth to life from chaos is extremely difficult, which is why they are so peculiar."
Chen Mu had a vague judgment in his mind.
In the Great Xuan World, humans give birth to life through the orderly rule of yin and yang. As long as there isn't too much external interference, the birth of new life is generally uncomplicated and relatively easy.
However, in the Dark Abyss, life is born from chaos, and all the Mystiques within are chaotic as well. That's why, from time to time, fragments of Mystiques are revealed, allowing him to observe and study them.
These Mystiques were constantly twisting and intersecting with each other. After countless billions of intersections, a twisted life would be born from the errors, embodying all Mystiques but in a distorted form.
"Creation... This is also a form of creation..."
Chen Mu muttered to himself, as if he had gained some insight.
At this moment, Wing King's attack was still approaching. It was a set of silver-white wings that suddenly split, transforming into countless feathers shimmering with flowing light. They swept in from all directions, covering the void and pressing down on the Abyssal Life.
With just a glance, Chen Mu could discern that these silver-white wings were a high-quality Mid-Rank Divine Armament. Each feather seemed to contain infinite sword energy, slicing through the void.
Boom!
The Abyssal Life, currently entangled in combat with Chen Mu, had no time to respond to Wing King's attack. It was directly hit, and its shadow-like body exploded, splitting into countless pieces!
"Zizi!"
Despite the attack, the Abyssal Life did not perish. The countless split shadows collectively let out a piercing screech, and then they split and transformed again, becoming countless feathers once more. They unleashed sword energies, spraying them in all directions.
It was a replication of Wing King's technique.
Chen Mu's expression remained calm as he took a step back, effortlessly moving out of the range of the sword energies. He allowed Wing King to confront the Abyssal Life head-on while he himself released a series of Great Annihilation Black Lights by pointing his fingers forward.
Zzz! Zzz! Zzz!!!
Although the Abyssal Life was powerful, it was clearly no match for Wing King in direct confrontation. It was suppressed by Wing King, and in this state, its split shadows were constantly attacked by Chen Mu, causing them to be annihilated one after another.
Despite reaching the Sixth Heaven threshold and possessing formidable abilities, this Abyssal Life seemed to have a lower level of intelligence, as it didn't try to escape even when clearly in a desperate situation. Instead, it continued to fight fiercely against Chen Mu and Wing King.
After a brief clash, all the shadows were completely eradicated.
As the last shadow dissipated...
Wing King also spread his wings, and the countless silver-white feathers instantly returned to his back. He turned to Chen Mu and nodded slightly, saying, "If I had known Chen's strength earlier, I wouldn't have asked you to guard such a small area of two trillion miles. It's a bit of a waste of your abilities."
In the Dark Abyss, the larger the area one guarded, the more Vangu Tokens they would receive, and the greater the chance of obtaining odd relics from the Dark Abyss. Naturally, those with sufficient strength would be willing to guard a larger area.
Chen Mu shook his head and said, "I only gained this insight after guarding the Dark Abyss. Moreover, I have a special connection with the Dark Abyss. This arrangement is fine. I just had a sudden realization, so I'll take my leave for now."
"Good."
Wing King nodded slightly.
Chen Mu displayed the power of the Sixth Heaven. He indeed had something to discuss with Chen Mu, but it wasn't urgent.
(End of Chapter)
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