ROAR!!!!!
Teriak kekekalapan yang melambangkan kemarahan panas terbakar—setajam ledakan sepuluh supernova—menyebar melintasi Void Gelap antara Wilayah Penciptaan dan Wilayah Transformasi, berasal dari realm subspasial inti Dominion Terbakar. Teriak itu menembus membrane spasialnya dengan agresi, berdenyar ke luar dengan acuh terhadap jiwa yang terganggu, kulit telinga yang merekah, atau kekuatan hidup yang padam karena ketakutan.
Setiap mata yang membawa kekuatan Soul Perception beralih ke arah asal suara—tanpa pengecualian tunggal pun—di antara seluruh Galaksi Utmost Purity.
Su Yi menyuduti seorang Mystic Overlord dengan satu ayunan, melemahkan amalgamat misterius kekuatannya, dan menimbulkan kekacauan yang luas. Suara itu menyapu melintasi mereka, dan beberapa Mystic Overlord yang terluka parah, gemetar di ujung kekeletangan dan ingin mundur dengan nyawa, tiba-tiba memiliki tatapan kosong saat kekuatan hidup tersisa mereka dihapuskan.
Su Yi menyudutkan fokusnya ke realm subspasial. Ekspresi tenangnya yang sepenuhnya tidak tergoyahkan saat mengeksekusi musuhnya hancur sepenuhnya dalam momen itu. Kebangungan dan kepercayaan palsu mengalir ke setiap otot dan sel kulitnya, saat ketakutan berdenyut dalam pupil tak tergoyahkannya. Dalam pandangannya tercermin sebuah kejadian yang menakutkan dan menghancurkan.
Afrit-tuza digigit oleh bintang laut Pemakan Bintang dengan empat dari lima ray-nya, di mana kaki-kaki tubuhnya yang tak terbalas lagi menggairahkan kekuatan menyerap energi alami Afrit-tuza dengan tak terkendali, menampilkan kekejaman tanpa batas saat tubuhnya sepenuhnya terbakar. Namun, tak terlihat seperti sakit sama sekali. Justru, satu-satunya ray yang bebas bergerak, dengan senang menyerap energi lingkungan, tampak damai dan bahagia.
Dulu, Shard of Heaven yang menakutkan dan berotot kokoh sebagai makhluk iblis dari api dan kekuatan fisik kini kurus dan kering, hampir seperti mayat kerbau yang kelapuk. Ukurannya mengecil hingga duapertiga dari ukuran aslinya, dan bintang laut Pemakan Bintang menyesuaikan ukurannya perlahan-lahan saatnya mengecil. Di samping itu, luka-luka tebal bersinar dengan cahaya logam keemasan.
Pakhet mengenggam khopesh emasnya yang terbentuk dari tulangnya sendiri dengan defensif, menghalau pancuran energi surya yang tak teratur ditembakkan dari mata bintang laut itu. Sebagaimana diharapkan, bintang laut itu senantiasa berundur dan menempel pada Afrit-tuza, setiap serangan yang berhasil lolos dengan cepat diarahkan ke Shard of Heaven sebagai tameng daging.
Bintang laut itu luar biasa efisien dalam pertempuran, jelas memiliki pengalaman signifikan melawan lawan ganda dan beradaptasi dengan situasi. Lebih lanjut, Pakhet cenderung tidak serius dalam serangannya, tidak menggunakan seluruh kekuatannya atau menyerang dengan niat membunuh. Sebaliknya, ia sedang mengenal akhidahnya sebagai Enlightened Sage setelah Afrit-tuza ditangkap.
Teriakan marah itu adalah insting kematian Afrit-tuza saat energi esensialnya dengan kejamnya diserap, menyentuh inti esensi eksistensinya sebagai energi fondasinya yang terkuras. Tak ada lagi yang bisa ia berikan. Itu adalah teriakan minta bantuan.
Untuk siapa saja yang bisa mendengar.
Untuk siapa saja yang akan datang.
Ia butuh bantuan.
"SAVE ME!"
Wei Wuyin memandang perkembangan ini dengan acuh. Siapa yang tahu berapa banyak kultivator yang memiliki perasaan sama saat ia membakar mereka sampai tidak ada? Berapa banyak yang memiliki keluarga? Berapa banyak yang memiliki mimpi? Berapa banyak yang hanya ingin melawan untuk harta dan kekayaan, yang adil dibakar oleh iblis ini dengan menggunakan keuntungan home field-nya.
Dia tidak merasa kasihan pada makhluk ini.
Untung bagi Afrit-tuza, yang lain merasa demikian—Su Yi! Ia tidak sendirian. Sovereign Primal Star, yang Soul Resonating Art hampir menyebabkan qi deviation, mendengar teriak-teriakan kematiannya. Dalam keadaan kacau, ia mengeluarkan teriak kebencian dan tekad kuat kepada Dark Void: "Aku akan mengganti keberhungkertaan ini!"
Ketiganya tidak banyak, namun implikasinya membuat siapa saja yang mendengar merasakan gempa dalam roh mereka.
Kata-katanya tidak tampak ditujukan kepada She-Devil Sword Sovereign, namun justru menyebabkan perubahan dramatik pada aura dan sikapnya. Ia mengangkat pedangnya dengan kedua tangan, memegang pegangannya dengan kekuatan yang bisa menghancurkan bintang dan planet dengan mudah.
Qi resonannya terbakar.
"Apakah?" Sovereign Darkmother dan yang lainnya berseru, terkesip, atau memiringkan mata. Lalu, mereka melihat seluruh tubuh She-Devil Sword Sovereign dikelilingi oleh api jiwa berwarna laut, pertanda pementasan Resonant Soul! Warna laut pun cepat diterbaki oleh warna merah darah yang tak terlupakan.
Sejenis syiar surgawi bergema, tak ada satu jiwa pun yang tidak mendengarnya di seluruh Galaksi Utmost Purity. Mereka bisa merasakan surga. Mereka bisa mendengar surga. Bahkan bintang laut itu berhenti menyerap pada momen ini, memusatkan setiap perhatiannya pada kehadiran surgawi yang mengalahkan segalanya.
Realm Resonant Soul adalah tahap kultivasi di mana pengembangan Hukum adalah utama, vital bagi kelangsungan dan kedalaman fondasi diri, dan meskipun standar sosial saat ini di antara tiga puluh tiga galaksi telah berevolusi untuk menyertakan rakyi yang merasakan Hukum, menggambarkan dan merawatnya, hal ini sedikit mengurangi pentingnya berkomunikasi dengan Hukum Surgawi dan realm-domainnya.
Untuk meresonansi dengan kekuatan di luar Mortal dan Mistis. Untuk menyentuh fondasi eksistensial mereka, meniru, sebelum mendirikan roh dengan kekuatan setara surga, mencapai keabadian sejati.
Itu adalah dasar.
Pementasan!
Tak satu pun para ahli Resonant Soul yang hadir pernah berpikir ini akan terjadi!
Pandangan acuh Wei Wuyin runtuh, bangun kembali dengan kilau kagum dan harapan.
Sovereign Vilesnow k agak-kaguh benar benar tak berkata apa-apa. Lalu, ia merasakan kehadirannya dikunci oleh kekuatan spiritual yang menindih yang melampaui fondasi akal sehat. Hanya seseorang seperti Wei Wuyin yang pernah marahkan River of Time, Heavenly Daos, dan World bisa benar-benar menghargai intensitas penahanan yang ia rasakan.
Ketakutan menyebar melintasi Resonant Soul-nya dengan rasa lapar yang menyelimuti, berani mengonsumsi setiap keinginan untuk bertarung. Dan ia melakukannya. Dengan segenap kekuatannya, ia meneriakkan suaranya dengan ketakutan menyelimuti dan penolakan mekar di mata dan di bibirnya.
"APA-APAAN YANG KAU LAKUKAN?!" Ia bertanya.
Namun, dalam hidup ini, ia hanya akan mengucapkan satu kata tambahan, juga sebuah pertanyaan, dan kedua jawaban itu pun tidak akan pernah terdengar.
She-Devil Sword Sovereign mengangkat pedangnya ke atas kepalanya, kedua tangannya memegang pavitangnya, lalu—
IA MENYERANG KE BAWAH!
Kilauan merah dari satu sinar pedang yang secepat mata blink—menyeluruh di Galaksi Utmost Purity yang dikelilingi tujuh lapis kabus warna-warni mengecatnya dengan merah yang indah dan penuh makna.
Wei Wuyin dan semua orang menyaksikan awan putih beracun yang bertindak sebagai pelindung Sovereign Vilesnow terpotong, menemukan tubuh aslinya, dan saat ia melepaskan Soulguard Absconding dengan seluruh kekuatan tersisanya, tanpa menyimpan, tak banyak gunanya. Ia melarikan diri mungkin sejeda femtosekon sebelum sinar pedang menyelam ke dalam tubuhnya, rohnya, Resonant Soul-nya, dan kerangka eksistensialnya.
Tak ada apa pun yang tak bisa dikucainya.
Dan dengan itu, pertanyaan terakhir yang menggema di seluruh Galaksi Utmost Purity, sejauhnya hampir menyentuh galaksi tetangga:
"Kenapa?"
"..."
Suatu keheningan turun di seluruh galaksi. Hanya garis cahaya merah yang aneh dan indah meregang dari tempat ia berada ke sekitar tiga juta mil jauh dari batas galaksi Wilayah Transformasi. Tipis, seperti kaca tipis, yang kaku karena campuran energi spasial terkristalkan dan jejak-jejak Heavenly Force.
"Aku menang!" Wei Wuyin mengumbar pernyataan ini tanpa rupa, sementara perasaan shock, kebingungan, horor, kagum, dan kebingungan menggigit cinta, pikiran, dan roh setiap Supreme Sage dan makhluk serupa kekuatannya.
Mengerikan, bahkan Sovereign Primal Star terkejut—ada keadaan kacau-nya yang tampak terhenti karena tak terduga dalam kebenarannya!
Wanita berrambut merah yang berani dan mengenakan gaun yang mengundang, perlahan-lahan runtuh dan tidak utuh lagi. Resonant Soul-nya telah terbakar, dan biasanya tak ada cara kembali dari pilihan yang menghancorkan ini, apalagi dari seorang Microheaven Envoy yang belum konsolidasi.
Dua Supreme Sage akan mati hari ini. Sebuah peristiwa yang tidak satu pun individu hadir pernah membayangkan. Tidak. Satu. Pun.
Wei Wuyin pun tidak terkecuali. Namun, kehancuran saling menjamin selalu merupakan cara yang pasti untuk mengakhiri musuh sebagai seorang kultivator, dan aturan ini tampaknya tetap konstan bahkan sebagai Supreme Sage.
"Kenapa dia melakukannya?" Sovereign Rainmother bertanya dengan lembut, pandangannya terlihat sedih, seolah-olah hampir menangis. Namun, Wei Wuyin merasa emosi ini sebagian besar digerakkan oleh kehilangan dua batu mistis-surgawi. Itu bukanlah hal kecil.
"Bajingan bodoh. Kau spent seluruh hidupmu menggapai titik ini, hanya untuk membuangnya?" Sovereign Seafather mata-matanya penuh dengan rasa benci yang mentah dan tidak terkendali, bahkan bibirnya berwarung dalam senyum canggung. Kegagalan dan rasa benci terhadap She-Devil Sword Sovereignnya luar biasa dalam.
Sementara itu, Skyfather menoleh ke kejauhan. Kata-kata Sovereign Primal Star mungkin terdengar tanpa arah, namun aura signifikan di Dark Void bergetar hebat. Pada akhirnya, mereka menahan diri dari bertindak.
Ini semua terjadi antara saat muktamad pedang terang terang She-Devil Sword Sovereign dan negosiasi Sovereign Primal Star untuk berhutang. Jelas, si dia yang memikirkannya lalu menolak, mungkin memaksa pirata itu untuk bertindak tanpa memedulikan hidup matinya.
Saat tubuh fisiknya mengalami keruntuhan sistemik daging, She-Devil Sword Sovereign berkata dengan sisa kekuatannya: "Selamatkan… mereka..."
Dua kata yang menggambarkan alasannya tanpa keraguan. Forma Sovereign Primal Star yang berdenyut tetap tidak konsisten hingga saat ini, di mana ia mengeksekusi sesuatu yang mirip mantra, menstabilkan dirinya, dan menarik kembali forma Solar Star-nya. Kembali ke keindahan ilahi yang terbagi, hanya saja tepi mata-mata dan ujung jari serta sisi bibirnya memiliki retak kecil.
Pandangannya tidak lagi tidak emosional seperti sebelumnya, hanya penuh tekad yang tak goyahkan. Pupil mata-matanya memantulkan jalan merah yang mencuri perhatian jauh ke luar angkasa, memberikan daya tarik yang tak tergoyahkan. Dengan napas dalam yang lembut, dada-nya terangkat, ia menggunakan qi resonannya untuk mengeksekusi gerakannya!
Situation akan berubah lagi!
Wei Wuyin melirik jalannya yang membara ke langit dengan refleks dan memikirkan untuk bertindak. Setelah merenung, ia tidak melakukannya. Alih-alih, ia menyudutkan diri pada tubuh dan roh yang runtuh dari satu-satunya pirata Void. Yang lainnya memandangan seperti harta karun.
"Aku akan menyelamatkannya," Wei Wuyin mengumumkan terbuka. Lalu, di bawah pandangan yang kagum dari Supreme Sage, ia menghilang. Bahkan saat Sovereign Seafather ingin bertindak untuk menghentikannya, sejumlah enam aura Hukum di sekitar tubuhnya singkatnya menahan aksi campakannya saat ketakutan menusuki pikirannya.
Enam?!
Saat mereka bungam karena penemuan ini, Wei Wuyin muncul di depan tubuh yang runtuh She-Devil Sword Sovereign. Ia memandangnya. Ada dorongan tak tergoyahkan untuk bertarung hingga akhir, siap untuk menjatuhkan satu lagi atau menyebabkan kerusakan yang menghancurkan bagi mereka yang berani meman
ROAR!!!!!
A guttural, bestiary demonic roar of burning hot anger that could rival the explosive bang of ten supernovas in intensity spread across the Dark Void between the Creation and Transforming Zones, originating from the subspatial realm of the Incinerated Dominion's core. It pierced aggressively through its spatial membrane, pulsing outwards with total disregard for the souls it disrupted, the eardrums that ruptured on the spot, or the lifeforces that were snuffed out out of pure terror.
All eyes carrying the power of Soul Perception shifted toward the sound's origin, without a single exception within the Utmost Purity Galaxy.
Su Yi decapitated a Mystic Overlord with a single swing, weakening their joint amalgamation of mystic power, and inducing great chaos. The sound swept across them, and several Mystic Overlords that were severely injured, teetering on the edge of complete exhaustion and the desire to retreat with their lives, suddenly had blank gazes as their remaining lifeforce was eradicated.
Su Yi turned his focus to the subspace realm. His calm expression that had remained completely unfazed upon the execution of his enemies was shattered entirely in that moment. Shock and disbelief suffused every muscle and skin cell on his face, as fear pulsed within his normally unshakeable pupils. Reflected within his gaze was a disastrous, horrifying occurrence.
Afrit-tuza was latched onto by the starfish Star-Devourer with four out of five of its rays, whose tube feet exerted an irresistible suction force, siphoning Afrit-tuza's innate energies with reckless abandon, showcasing no restraint as its body was entirely in flames. It didn't seem remotely in pain, however. In fact, the lone ray that was freely waving about, joyfully absorbing the energies of the ambient environment, seemed to be in bliss.
The once monstrous and fearsomely muscular Shard of Heaven that took the form of a demonic entity of fire and physical strength was scrawny and dry, almost resembling a dessicated corpse. It had shrunk by two-thirds of its original size, and the starfish Star-Devourer accommodated that change, slowly shrinking as it did to match. Moreover, it was covered in lacerations glimmering with a golden metallic glow.
Pakhet wielded her golden khopesh forged from her bones defensively, fending off the sporadic beams of solar energy blasted out of the starfish's eyespots, while it expectedly maneuvered itself attached to Afrit-tuza, any attack that she got through was swiftly directed to the Shard of Heaven as a meatshield.
The starfish was abnormally efficient in battle, clearly possessing significant experience in fighting against multiple opponents and adapting to circumstances. Moreover, Pakhet was rather non-committal to her attacks, not utilizing her full strength or striking with killing intent. Instead, she was familiarizing herself with her various powers as an Enlightened Sage after Afrit-tuza was captured.
The roaring cry was the Afrit-tuza's deathly instinct as its quintessential energies were ruthlessly absorbed, tapping into the very essence of its existence as its foundational energy was drained. There was nothing else for it to give. It was a cry for help.
To whoever could hear.
To whoever would help.
It needed help.
"SAVE ME!"
Wei Wuyin gazed indifferently at this development. Who knew how many cultivators had the same feeling as it incinerated them into nothing? How many had families? How many had dreams? How many just wanted to fight for treasure and fortune, unfairly eradicated by this demon by leveraging its homefield advantage.
He did not pity this creature.
Fortunately for Afrit-tuza, others did—Su Yi! He wasn't the only one as Sovereign Primal Star, whose Soul Resonating Art was on the verge of causing qi deviation, heard its throes in the face of death. She, in her chaotic state, bellowed outward to the Dark Void with an enraged and steely tone: "I'LL OWE YOU!"
It was only three words yet the implications caused all who heard it to feel a tremble within their souls.
The words didn't seem to be geared toward the She-Devil Sword Sovereign, yet it caused her to undergo a dramatic shift in aura and attitude. She wielded her sword with both hands, clutching at its hilt with the strength to crush stars and planets with ease.
Her resonant qi ignited.
"What?!" Sovereign Darkmother and the rest exclaimed, gasped, or widened their eyes. Then, they saw that the She-Devil Sword Sovereign's entire body was enveloped by azure soul fire, a sign of the ignition of one's Resonant Soul! The azure color was almost instantly overwhelmed by an unforgettable blood-red hue.
A hymn of the heavens rang true; there was no soul that didn't hear it across the entire Utmost Purity Galaxy. They could feel the heavens. They could hear the heavens. Even the starfish halted its absorption at this moment, focusing every ounce of its attention on the overwhelming presence of the heavens.
The Resonant Soul Realm was the cultivation stage where the cultivation of Laws were primary, vital to the continuation and depth of one's foundation, and while current societal standards of the thirty-three galaxies had evolved to involve mortals grasping Laws, conceiving and nurturing them, this did little to detract from the importance of communing with the Heavenly Laws and their respective realms.
To resonate with forces beyond the Mortal and Mystic. To touch upon the foundation of their existential basis, emulating it, before establishing a soul with the same power as the heavens, thereby achieving true immortality.
That was the basis.
Ignition!
Not a single Resonant Soul Realm expert present had thought this would occur!
Wei Wuyin's indifferent gaze collapsed, rising anew as the glorious shine of excitement and expectation.
Sovereign Vilesnow was flabbergasted, genuinely and utterly speechless. Then, he felt his existential presence was locked onto by an unbearably oppressive spiritual strength that defied the foundation of common sense. Only someone such as Wei Wuyin, who had enraged the River of Time, the Heavenly Daos, and the World could fully appreciate the terrifying containment he was experiencing.
Fear spread throughout his Resonant Soul with pervasive hunger, daring to consume every ounce of his will to fight. And it did. With his entire being, he shouted out with terror-lacing his voice and unwillingness blooming in his eyes.
"WHA-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" He asked.
However, in this life of his, he would only utter a single additional word, also a question, and both answers would forever remain unheard by his ears.
The She-Devil Sword Sovereign lifted her sword upwards above her head, two hands on its hilt, and then—
SHE SWUNG IT DOWN!
A single flash of red sword light as flitting as a mere blink of an eye occurred. The entire Utmost Purity Galaxy that was engulfed by layers of seven-colored mist was painted a beautifully soulful red.
Wei Wuyin and everyone else watched as the snow-white cloud of poisonous miasma that served as Sovereign Vilesnow's protective ward was cut into, finding his true body, and as he unleashed the Soulguard Absconding with his every ounce of remaining strength, holding nothing back, it did little good. He escaped for perhaps a single femtosecond before the sword light severed into his body, his soul, his Resonant Soul, and his existential framework.
There was nothing it didn't cut through.
And with it was the final question that echoed throughout the Utmost Purity Galaxy, extending so far that it almost touched the neighboring galaxies:
"Why?"
"..."
A silence descended across the entire galaxy. Only the line of red sword light that was oddly beautiful stretched from her original location to roughly three million miles away from the Transforming Zone's galactic boundary. It was slender, like thin glass, solidified by the mixture of crystallized spatial energy and traces of Heavenly Force.
"I won!" Wei Wuyin unceremoniously declared as the intense feelings of shock, disbelief, horror, amazement, and confusion burrowed themselves into the hearts, minds, and souls of every Supreme Sage and existences of similar strength.
Shockingly, even Sovereign Primal Star was taken aback as her state of chaos seemed to have been halted out of incredulity in its purest form!
The red-haired, bravely sensual-dressed woman was slowly breaking down at the seams. Her Resonant Soul was ignited, and typically, there was no coming back from such a disastrous choice, especially from an unconsolidated Microheaven Envoy.
Two Supreme Sages would die today. An event that not a single individual present had thought would occur. Not. A. Single. One.
Wei Wuyin was no exception to this. However, mutually assured destruction had always been a surefire way to end your enemy as a cultivator, and this rule seemed to remain constant even as a Supreme Sage.
"Why would she do that?" Sovereign Rainmother gently asked as her gaze looking saddened as if on the verge of tears. However, Wei Wuyin felt that such an emotion was mostly attributed to the loss of two mystic-heaven stones. That was no small amount.
"Stupid bitch. You spend your entire life cultivating to this point, just to throw it away?" Sovereign Seafather's eyes contained a raw, unrestrained disdain, even his lips were twisted into a mocking smile. His dislike for the She-Devil Sword Sovereign was extraordinarily deep.
Meanwhile, Skyfather looked toward the distance. The words of Sovereign Primal Star might have seemed to be sent outwards without direction, but a notable aura within the Dark Void had stirred greatly. In the end, they held back from acting.
This all happened between the time of She-Devil Sword Sovereign's brilliant sword slash and Primal Star Sovereign's bargaining to owe someone. Clearly, the person had thought about it and refused, likely forcing that pirate into acting heedless of her life or death.
As her physical body was experiencing a systemic collapse of flesh, the She-Devil Sword Sovereign weakly spoke out with the last of her strength: "Save…them…"
Two words yet it conveyed her reasoning without a shadow of a doubt. Primal Star Sovereign's fluctuating form was still inconsistent until that moment, where she executed some form of spell, stabilizing herself, and receding the Solar Star form of hers. She returned to a divinely beautiful appearance, only that the edges of her eyes had minute fissures, so did her fingertips and sides of her lips.
Her gaze was no longer emotionless as it had been before, only filled with unwavering resolve. The pupils of her eyes reflected the startling red road of sword light that stretched for billions of miles, granting it an irresistible charm. With a soft inhale, her chest rising upwards, she used her resonant qi to execute her movement art!
The situation was about to change yet again!
Wei Wuyin glanced at her blazing path toward the central region of the fiery zone and thoughtfully considered taking action. After some thought, he didn't do so. Instead, he focused on the collapsing body and soul of the lone Void Pirate. Others eyed it like a treasure.
"I'm going to save her," Wei Wuyin openly declared. Then, under the shocked gazes of the Supreme Sages, he vanished. Even when the Sovereign Seafather wanted to take action to halt him, a swirl of six auras of Laws surrounding his body briefly halted his intervening action as fear pierced his mind.
Six?!
As they were tongue-tied by this discovery, Wei Wuyin appeared before the She-Devil Sword Sovereign's crumbling body. She looked at him. There was the unyielding urge to fight to the very last moment, ready to pull down one more or inflict catastrophic damage to those daring to take advantage of her final moments.
Wei Wuyin sensed that and smiled. "Do you wish to live?"
Her eyes widened somewhat, yet she couldn't speak. She floated in the Dark Void like a dead fish.
Wei Wuyin brought out a Soul Pill with a gentle wave of his hand. The Soul Pill at the low-perfection, yet it exuded an undeniable presence of heavenly purity and alchemical scent. This was not his Soul Pill, but the one he had stolen from the late Guo Heng, belonging to the Zenith Refinement Tower.
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