Chapter 980 - 439: Power of Destruction
He simply looked quietly at the three points of faint light reflected in the sword blade, watching them entangle within the chaos, repelling each other, yet bizarrely coexisting.
As if examining another self.
Or rather, the three parts that make up "oneself."
"Ancient will!"
Gui Xu whispered, the voice still hoarse, yet with fewer overlaps, and a touch more indifferent.
His left eye flashed with a golden light, an air of dominance, overlooking the world and governing the universe, arose spontaneously. He could feel the endless wisdom and strategy accumulated over the years within that will, along with the unfulfilled ambition!
"Power of Destruction!"
His right eye’s black pupil suddenly deepened, seemingly transforming into a black hole devouring everything. A cold, deathly silent, pure desire for destruction began to grow in his heart. It was a negation of all existence, all rules, all "Dao!"
"And..."
His gaze finally fell upon that faint point of clarity.
For the first time, a slight, almost imperceptible ripple appeared in his eyes.
Was it a feeling of ineffable familiarity?
Or perhaps, an instinctive resistance?
"Who am I?"
This question seemed not to come from his current will, but from that point of clarity itself, crossing the boundaries of fusion, directly asking at the bottom of his heart.
Gui Xu fell silent.
He held the Chaos Profound Sword, standing quietly in this deathly silent "Gui Xu" domain, falling into a peculiar state of introspection.
He could clearly perceive that the three types of power within him were undergoing subtle changes because of this newly forged sword and the establishment of the name "Gui Xu."
They were no longer achieving a strange balance merely through the forcible suppression of external power as before.
But beginning to attempt a fusion?
No, not a fusion.
More like an attempt to construct a brand new "self," with that point of clarity belonging to "Xu Ran" as the core, using the domineering nature of the ancient will as the framework, and the void of the Power of Destruction as the flesh and blood?
This process was extremely slow, and extremely dangerous.
With the slightest mistake, it would be the complete loss of control over the three types of power, annihilating each other, along with this newfound body, as well as this newly formed "Gui Xu" domain, all turning to nothing!
Yet Gui Xu did not intervene.
He just quietly felt, observing, like an outsider standing aloof.
A hint of curiosity seemed to flash in that indifferent gaze?
Yes, curiosity.
Curiosity about this unprecedented "transformation" occurring within himself.
Time, within this deathly silent domain, seemed to lose its meaning.
Yu Kong knelt in the distance, his breathing almost halted. He dared not move, nor make any sound, fearing he would disturb that deity-like existence.
All he could feel was an increasingly terrifying, increasingly oppressive aura, spreading from Gui Xu.
That aura was no longer pure dominance, nor pure annihilation.
But a kind of chaos!
A kind of ultimate chaos that seems able to encompass everything, yet also capable of crushing everything!
Yu Kong’s heart sank to the bottom.
He had a vague premonition of what terrifying outcome would occur once this being completed its own transformation.
It was unknown how much time had passed.
Perhaps an instant, perhaps an eternity.
When the three points of faint light within Gui Xu seemed to have reached a more stable symbiotic structure against the chaos backdrop.
He moved slowly.
He lifted his foot and took a step forward.
This step seemed unremarkable.
However, as his foot landed!
Boom!
The entire deathly silent "Gui Xu" domain shook violently!
Immediately afterward, from where his foot landed, invisible ripples spread out in all directions like ripples on the water!
These ripples were neither an energy impact nor a manifestation of the Law.
Instead, they were an extension of a concept!
The concept of "Gui Xu" was expanding!
Where the ripples passed!
Space silently "returned to void"!
The remaining ancient sword particles, not yet fully dissipated, instantly turned to the most complete nothingness!
The distorted lights and shadows, shattered Law Fragments, were also erased!
Even the "existence" attribute of this space itself was being stripped away!
Yu Kong watched in horror as the invisible ripples, at an incomprehensible speed, spread toward him!
He wanted to escape!
He wanted to resist!
He desperately circulated the remaining power within him to raise a defense!
But it was no use!
Before the concept of "Gui Xu," all his struggles appeared so pale and feeble!
Like a mortal foolishly trying to defy a collapsing sky!
"No!"
Yu Kong let out a desperate roar!
Watching as the invisible ripples were about to touch his body and completely "return him to void"!
At this moment——
Buzz!
A light hum.
The spreading ripples suddenly halted three feet away from Yu Kong.
As if receiving some command.
Yu Kong’s whole body went limp, collapsing to the ground, gasping heavily, cold sweat soaking through his clothes. The immense fear of narrowly escaping death almost caused him to faint.
He raised his head and looked at the still indifferent figure.
Gui Xu, at some point, had stopped, his gaze falling back on him.
That gaze remained cold, remained deep.
But within it, perhaps there was a little less pure "disregard."
"You..."
Gui Xu spoke; the voice was much clearer than before, though it still carried an inhuman detachment, at least it was no longer that eerie feeling of overlapping voices.