Chapter 983 - 440: Three Wills_2
This is a kind of wondrous balance.
Between destruction and existence, between ancient and new life, between indifference and a hint of elusive "humanity".
His journey was not smooth sailing.
This Cosmos is too vast!
Vast enough that even with Gui Xu’s speed, it requires time.
And within this vast Cosmos, too many secrets and existences are hidden!
Just as he traversed a seemingly ordinary, yet faintly decaying desolate Star Domain—
Buzz!
In the void, an extremely subtle Divine Thought, like a tentacle from the deep sea, silently reached out!
This Divine Thought was filled with ancient coldness and a greed for the essence of living creatures!
It was not directed at Gui Xu, more like a routine scan, akin to a spider’s web waiting for prey to stumble in.
However, when this Divine Thought touched Gui Xu’s surface, that invisible barrier formed by the Power of Destruction and ancient will—
"Hmm?"
An exclamation seemingly from below the Nine Netherworld suddenly resounded!
That Divine Thought, as if touched a red-hot iron, shrank back fiercely!
Immediately, an indescribable fear and greed simultaneously erupted!
Fear, because it had never sensed such pure, terrifying annihilation! A power that could make even ancient abominations that rely on devouring remnants and plundering vitality tremble in their souls!
Greed, because within the depths of that annihilation, it faintly sensed a trace of extremely delicate, yet incredibly pure Source of "life"! And a taste of ancient will that made it drool!
This was simply the perfect supplement!
If this peculiar "shell" could be devoured, in an instant, deep within the desolate Star Domain, a massive star remnant, long dead and left with only a cold core, jolted fiercely!
Crack! Crack!
A huge fissure appeared on the star core!
An indescribable gigantic eye opened slowly!
The eye was a muddy gray-white, while the pupil was a continuously rotating black vortex!
Merely by gazing, the surrounding void shattered inch by inch! Laws wailed!
"How many eras has it been."
"Finally, something worthy as ’food’ has come to the door."
Dry, hoarse, like the sound of countless bones rubbing, filled with endless age and nauseating malice, echoed through the Star Domain!
The gigantic eye locked onto the void-traversing Gui Xu!
In the next moment!
Boom!
An unimaginably colossal Devouring Power erupted suddenly!
Centered on the star remnant, the surrounding thousands of light years of void transformed into a gigantic funnel in an instant!
Countless star fragments, cosmic dust, even light, were wildly pulled and swallowed!
That gray-white giant eye was like the abyssal mouth at the base of the funnel!
This is the hunting method of ancient abominations!
Simple, brutal, yet extremely effective!
In the face of this nearly "law-level" Devouring Power, typical Realm Masters, even Heaven-Stepping Realm existences, struggle to resist! They would be forcibly dragged into the eternal abyss represented by the eye’s depths!
Faced with this sudden "attack", Gui Xu’s steps halted for the first time.
He stood quietly in the crazily twisted, soon-to-be-devoured void, yet his figure remained as solid as a rock!
The horrifying Devouring Power that could shred stars acted upon him, yet it was as gentle as a breeze.
He turned his head slowly.
His eyes, fused with divine sun’s intensity and void’s deathly silence, truly looked at the "other" within the Cosmos for the first time.
His gaze fell on that giant eye exuding decay and greed.
His expression still indifferent.
As if looking at a blocking ant.
"Noisy."
Cold, emotionless words came from Gui Xu’s mouth.
The voice wasn’t loud, yet seemed to carry a power that made the Universe obey!
At the instant his voice fell—
Buzz!
The Chaos Profound Sword unsheathed itself!
It did not unleash earth-shattering sword beams, nor did it explode with world-destroying might.
It merely trembled lightly!
An invisible ripple, with Gui Xu at its center, spread towards that gigantic eye!
This ripple seemed ordinary.
No sound, no light, not even the slightest Energy fluctuation.
But when this ripple swept through the funnel-shaped void devouring everything—
Time seemed to stand still!
That terrifying Devouring Power vanished instantly!
The suspended fragments of the star solidified in midair!
The twisted light resumed its straight path!
Everything seemed to be paused!
Following that!
Ripples reached the colossal gray-white eye!
"No!"
A scream pierced with utmost despair, filled with endless terror and incredulity, burst from the depths of that eye!
The ancient, malevolent eye that had swallowed countless beings and strong entities over unknown eras, upon contact with that invisible ripple—
Like a punctured bubble!
Silently began to collapse!
Not a physical disintegration!
But a complete erasure on the conceptual level of "existence!"
The Law, Energy, Will, and even the traces of time that constituted it were all
dispersed under that seemingly harmless ripple!
Fully returned to the void!
In less than a breath!
The ancient malevolent eye, which could make a Star Domain tremble, along with the remnants it inhabited, and all the anomalies it caused
all vanished!
As if they never existed!
Leaving nothing behind but a more deathly silent, more vast desolate Star Domain!
And Gui Xu’s still indifferent silhouette.
He withdrew his gaze and glanced at the Chaos Profound Sword hovering beside him.
A faint profound glow flowed above the sword’s blade.
Seemingly not fully satisfied with the recent "eradication."
Gui Xu paid no heed.
He merely lifted his step, ready to continue forward.
But just at that moment!
The clarity belonging to "Xu Ran" within him suddenly flickered intensely!
An "urgent emotion disturbance" much stronger than before emanated!
This disturbance, no longer just a directional guide.
More like an urgency! A sensing!
As if something extremely important in the direction of that "home" was in danger!
Gui Xu’s movement paused again.
For the first time, a slight "frown-like" emotional disturbance appeared in the depths of his indifferent eyes.
Not out of concern.
But because this strong emotional disturbance originating from "Xu Ran" began to more clearly interfere with the delicate balance within him!
The fragments of ancient will remained indifferent to this.
But the source of the Power of Destruction seemed somehow "stimulated"!
Began to become more active! More restless!
A purer, colder desire for destruction began to emerge uncontrollably!
As if wanting to completely obliterate the "source" that triggered the will movement of "Xu Ran" ahead!
Gui Xu fell silent.
He could feel the subtle changes occurring among the three powers within him.
Xu Ran’s clarity urged urgently!
The Power of Destruction roared madly!
The ancient will observed indifferently.
This feeling of imbalance made him somewhat uncomfortable.
He raised his head, his gaze again towards that distant direction.
This time, his gaze seemed to penetrate even farther distances!
He "saw" that Star Domain known as "Southern Celestial!"
"Saw" that vibrant blue star!
And "saw" a magnificent Immortal Palace floating above the clouds, enveloped in rainbow mists on that star!
Before the Immortal Palace, two groups stood off!
One side, ethereal and noble, with their bodies protected by the glow, seemingly the original rulers of this world.
The other side shrouded in dense black mist!
Exuding a cold, evil aura similar to that of the ancient malevolent eye yet more bizarre, more vast!
The black mist was madly eroding the rainbow mists of the Immortal Palace!
The Immortal Palace side was clearly at a disadvantage!
And behind that Immortal Palace, amid a relatively secluded mountain range, a somewhat dilapidated yet resilient small mountain gate.