Chapter 1181: Annihilating a Tribe! (Part 2)

Chapter 1181: Chapter 538: Annihilating a Tribe! (Part 2)

This was an endless “Star Remnant Belt,” where countless broken star debris, gigantic warship wrecks, and even some unknown colossal beast bones floated quietly, forming a natural labyrinth that exuded an ominous aura.

“My lord, should we detour around it?” Zhen Shan stepped forward, the battle intent on him barely restrained.

“No need.” Xu Ran’s gaze fell on the depths of that Star Remnant Belt, “Something is waiting for us.”

Just as he finished speaking, a warning hum emanated from the Pioneer ship’s awakening consciousness.

In that silent Star Remnant Belt, massive meteoroids, over a hundred miles in diameter, seemed to come alive! Their shells peeled off, revealing metallic muscle tissue beneath and massive singular eyes glowing with crimson light!

These were not meteoroids at all but cosmic creatures disguised as such!

“They are ‘Star Rock Worms’!” Cang Shi’s expression changed slightly, “According to the records, these beasts are violent, fond of flesh and energy, and are gregarious!”

Roar——!

As if to confirm his words, over a hundred Star Rock Worms simultaneously emitted silent roars, which directly impacted the soul, transforming into sharp shockwaves sweeping over them.

The Dao Soldiers on the Pioneer only felt a twinge of pain in their heads, but swiftly, the scripture of the “Primordial Gui Xu Sutra” engraved upon the ship’s body illuminated, effortlessly dispelling the soul attack into nothingness.

“Form the array!” Zhen Shan, the Bone King of Prison Suppression, shouted angrily, and the hundred king generals and three thousand Dao Soldiers behind him moved instantly.

They formed small teams of ten and squads of a hundred, rapidly creating intricate battle arrays. Returning Ruins Source Power flowed and converged among them, forming an inseparable whole.

“A bunch of mindless beasts dare block my path to Gui Xu!” Zhen Shan’s battle intent was overwhelming. He took a step forward, and the Calamity Throne beneath him transformed into a stream of light, propelling him out of the Pioneer ship’s protective shield.

“Battle!”

With his Bone King War Axe in hand, he swung it from afar!

A bloody axe light thousands of feet long, carrying the endless path of slaughter, slashed fiercely onto the foremost Star Rock Worm.

Pssst!

The incomparably hard shell of that Star Rock Worm was forcibly split open, spilling dark green blood.

Roar!

The immense pain drove the Star Rock Worm into a frenzy. It opened its massive mouth, unleashing a dark red Destruction Beam towards Zhen Shan.

Zhen Shan neither dodged nor evaded; the Calamity Throne shone brightly, forming a skull barrier to forcibly withstand the attack.

“Kill!”

Behind him, the hundred king generals led the battle formation, plunging like sharp daggers into the worm swarm.

In an instant, within the starry sea, energy beams and formation glows intermingled as a brutal battle erupted.

The Returning Ruins Dao Soldiers’ battle arrays were incredibly intricate, adept in both offense and defense. But the sheer number of Star Rock Worms, their tough hides, and fearless nature led to a stalemate.

“My lord, should I intervene?” Cang Shi inquired, “The power of the Divine Fire Realm is enough to change the battle’s course.”

“No need.” Xu Ran’s gaze, however, bypassed this chaotic battlefield to the deepest part of the Star Remnant Belt.

“The real big one hasn’t shown up yet. These worms are merely its ‘tentacles’. “

Following his gaze, Cang Shi’s pupils suddenly contracted.

There, within the deepest part of the Star Remnant Belt, a massive shadow over ten thousand miles in diameter slowly moved. In its depths, two gigantic blood-red points of light—bigger than stars and filled with rage and hunger—illuminated.

This was the mother of the Star Rock Worms! A being that had slumbered for untold ages, its power likely reaching the Perfection of the Divine Fire Realm, or even grazing the threshold of the Divine Furnace Realm—the “Master of Star Remnants”!

It had awakened due to the Pioneer ship’s vitality and Zhen Shan’s battle.

An aura far more terrifying, primal, and savage than the Calamity King rolled in like a tsunami.

Zhen Shan and all the Dao Soldiers engaged in fierce combat with the worm horde felt their bodies weighed down as if their souls would be crushed by the overpowering pressure.

“Ants… dare… awaken… the great… K’la!”

A broken but supremely majestic will echoed in everyone’s minds.

The Queen Mother had awakened!

Its unimaginable massive form began to break free from the numerous star remnants, as the gravitational tides induced by its movement shattered nearby star debris.

“It’s over…” a Dao General’s face turned deathly pale, “How could we possibly contend with a being of such magnitude…”

Despair began to spread.

However, it was at this moment that Xu Ran finally moved.

He did not glance at the awakened Queen Mother but calmly spoke to the battling Zhen Shan:

“Zhen Shan, your path lies in battle, in punishment. What you lack is not power but the indomitable, all-destroying… ‘god’. “

“Watch closely, this is… the Battle Seal!”

Xu Ran slowly raised his right hand, forming a Dharma Seal completely different from the one he used to pierce the Gui Xu firmament back then.

This Dharma Seal was no longer the world-opening “Heaven-Creating Seal” but was full of endless slaughter and blood-soaked battle intentions…

“Divine Court Battle Seal, Second Form—Breaker of Armies!”

Buzz!

A more solid and complicated gray-gold battle seal took shape in his palm. At the instant this seal appeared, an overwhelming will that seemed to crush the heavens and slay gods and demons erupted forcefully!

Even the awakened Queen Mother, those gigantic blood-red eyes flicked with a trace of instinctual fear.

“Go.”

Xu Ran gently pushed.

That “Breaker of Armies Seal” transformed into a stream of light, ignoring spatial distance, and instantly appeared above the Queen Mother’s head.

Boom!!!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only an extreme silence.

Under the stupefied gazes of everyone, that small “Breaker of Armies Seal,” upon the Queen Mother’s enormous head over ten thousand miles wide, left no sound.

The next moment, from the center of the battle seal, gray-gold cracks spread like a spiderweb over the Queen Mother’s entire body!

“No… what… is… this… power…”

In this instant, the Queen Mother’s mighty will was filled with terror and confusion. Its indestructible form, unharmed by stellar explosions, was unbelievably fragile before this small battle seal, akin to porcelain.

Crack—!

A clear shattering sound arose, seemingly from the depths of the soul.

The Master of Star Remnants, a being vast as stars whose pressure made Divine Fire Realm experts shiver, and all its Star Rock Worms under it, shattered inch by inch, transforming into the purest cosmic dust.

One seal to break armies!

One seal to annihilate a race!

The entire battlefield fell instantly into deathly silence.

Whether it was Zhen Shan, Cang Shi, or the over three thousand Returning Ruins Dao Soldiers, they all stared dazedly at this scene, their minds blank.

This was… the true power of my lord?

In the blink of an eye, annihilating a terrifying behemoth comparable to the Divine Furnace Realm!

Zhen Shan stared blankly at the now-empty Star Domain, the words Xu Ran had just spoken and the supreme will contained in that “Breaker of Armies Seal” echoing continuously in his mind.

“I understand now…” he murmured to himself, eyes blazing with unprecedented brilliance.

“My Path of Slaughter should not merely be punishment, should not merely be guardianship… it also should be… destruction! To shatter all enemies for my lord ahead! This is my ‘god’!”

Boom!

The bottleneck within him shattered thunderously!

A wisp of divine fire filled with iron blood and battle intent, unique to him, erupted fiercely from his soul heart!

Zhen Shan, Bone King of Prison Suppression, on the starry battlefield, observed his lord’s divine might, breaking through in the midst of battle, stepping into the Divine Fire Realm!

Xu Ran watched all this, his expression remaining calm.

This Master of Star Remnants served perfectly as kindling for Zhen Shan’s breakthrough.

Withdrawing his gaze, the Pioneer set sail once more, passing through the star remnant belt that had turned to dust, continuing towards the unknown distance.