231: Source Qi protects the master, will clashes

"Die..."

That... hoarse voice... like... the final judgment, carrying... an indifference to everything, resonated... deep within the souls of all!

At the fingertip of the black figure's raised arm, a point of ultimate darkness began to condense!

That darkness was not nothingness, but a terminal stillness that devoured all light, all hope, all existence!

Just a glance made one's soul freeze and shatter!

"No—!!!"

Flame Emperor let out an unwilling roar, flames burning wildly around him, trying to make a final struggle!

Dragon Emperor's colossal dragon body coiled, letting out an earth-shattering dragon roar!

Flower Without Shadow, Wonderful Sound, and others also pushed their last strength to the limit!

But under that absolute will's pressure, their resistance was like a firefly against the bright moon, pitifully weak!

Despair, like a cold tide, drowned everyone's hearts!

Even Emperor Xiao had fallen, who else could stop this terrifying extraterrestrial existence?

However—

Just as the destructive black light from the black figure's fingertip was about to shoot out—

"Buzz—!!!"

A faint yet clear hum suddenly came from the tightly shut ninth floor of the star tower!

Immediately after—

A chaotic-colored light, like the first ray of dawn, pierced through the heavy darkness!

The light was not dazzling, but it carried an indescribable warmth and vitality!

It seemed to ignore the distance of space, shining directly onto the black figure's raised arm!

"Hiss—!!!"

A sound like a red-hot iron plunging into ice water!

That arm, formed from pure stillness and darkness, actually fluctuated violently the moment it touched the chaotic light!

It was as if it had encountered its natural nemesis!

Threads of black qi emanated from the arm, letting out silent screams!

"Hmm?" The black figure's hollow eye sockets suddenly turned towards the star tower!

For the first time, a clear trace of surprise and disbelief appeared in its always indifferent will fluctuations!

"Origin Qi?! And such pure Chaos Origin Qi?! How could this appear in this abandoned lower realm?!" Its voice was no longer calm, but carried a tremor, as if it had seen the most incredible thing!

Inside the tower.

The unconscious Xiao Chen floated quietly in the center of the ninth floor of the star tower.

His body was still broken, and his aura was still weak.

But deep within the faint Chaos Emperor Mark on his brow, a tiny, almost imperceptible chaotic light spot was slowly lighting up!

That was his origin qi seed, which was tied to his life!

At this moment, this origin qi seed, as if sensing the hostile extraterrestrial will outside, actually awakened on its own!

It emitted a soft yet firm chaotic light, firmly protecting Xiao Chen's sea of consciousness!

Moreover, threads of extremely pure Chaos Origin Qi flowed out along Xiao Chen's connection with the star tower, transforming into that light that pierced through the tower wall, forming a standoff with that extraterrestrial will!

"Interesting... truly interesting..." The black figure retracted its arm, which had been scorched by the chaotic light, its hollow eye sockets staring intently at the star tower, as if trying to see through it.

"A lower realm Emperor actually possesses such primordial Chaos Origin Qi... Could it be a contingency left by some ancient being?"

"But... what a pity..." Its voice became cold again, "You are too weak... This bit of Origin Qi still cannot protect you!"

"Perish!"

The black figure raised its hand again!

This time, what condensed at its fingertip was no longer pure darkness, but a more solid, more eerie gray airflow!

That airflow seemed to contain countless negative laws such as decay, decline, and termination!

Wherever it passed, even space began to silently age and disintegrate!

"Protect Emperor Xiao!" Flame Emperor roared, rushing forward recklessly, trying to block the gray airflow with his body!

"Roar!" Dragon Emperor also roared and pounced!

But—

That gray airflow, as if alive, easily bypassed their obstruction, aiming directly at the star tower!

It seemed to have targeted Xiao Chen inside the tower and the origin qi seed within him!

"Not good!" Xuan Kongzi's face changed drastically!

Just at this critical juncture—

"Buzz—!!!"

The star tower vibrated violently again!

All the originally dim star runes on the tower body suddenly lit up!

A star will far more vast and ancient than before awakened from the tower!

It was as if an existence that had slept for eons had been completely startled!

"Who dares to touch my Star Emperor's successor?!"

An ancient voice, filled with endless majesty and anger, like nine heavens' thunder, exploded across the entire Perpetual Frozen Ice Plain!