Realm-Hopping Martial Master

The position was just slightly off from the heart, causing a fatal injury enough to instantly destroy the Star Core.

Jiang Shu’s entire body trembled violently, he spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragmented organs, his body accelerated forward by the tremendous impact.

Yet in that moment of excruciating pain and the threat of life and death, leveraging that massive thrust, his left hand, the one not holding the Desolate Star Halberd, yet still covered in the dim glow but rune-laden Shui Huan Gloves, quickly reached forward with speed beyond his limits.

Pa!

Like a drowning man grasping onto the last piece of driftwood.

That blood-soaked left hand grabbed onto the slightly trembling, icy cold Black Stone.

In that instant of contact, it was as if he was holding a piece of solidified universe.

A feeling of indescribable chaos and weightiness came, and the sense of engulfing disappeared instead.

All struggling was forcibly suppressed by the seemingly rough and cold surface, as if it naturally belonged there.

The Creation Fire Seed and Heart of Space simultaneously exploded with unprecedentedly satisfying tremors.

Entropy, being the strongest genius of the Mechanical Clan in this era, unleashed energy streams that were cold, precise, and embodied the Law of Destruction.

Like a scorching poison thorn, it pierced deeply into Jiang Shu’s back, nearly penetrating both his spine and vital organs.

The excruciating pain tore through Jiang Shu’s nerves, his life force madly dissipating along with the scorching blood, the scene before him starting to sway.

Chaos and darkness surged like a tide.

However, the sensation in his left hand was remarkably clear, cold and heavy, accompanied by an indescribable pull.

It was precisely that fist-sized, pitted, pitch-black Mysterious Stone.

At the moment when his fingertips clasped, the Fire Seed of the Creation Law and the shards of the Heart of Space exploded in unprecedentedly greedy and joyous tremors in the depths of his ruined Sea of Consciousness, like two ravenous fierce beasts smelling supreme delicacies.

This tremor was like a stimulant, forcefully pulling Jiang Shu back from the edge of the abyss.

"Starfall!"

Zhan Feng’s towering figure, carrying a violent blood aura, crashed into the battlefield.

He saw the hideous wound on Jiang Shu’s back and the rapid decay of his aura, his eyes instantly turning blood-red.

"Get lost!"

The Daylight Giant Axe in his hand evoked the Law of Power, slicing towards Entropy, who was about to strike again, data streams frantically flashing in its eyes.

This Starfall was part of the War Alliance’s most powerful Great Technique, used in the first encounter between Jiang Shu and Zhan Feng, capable of forcefully shattering a large star.

Almost simultaneously, Venerable Duan Yue’s mountainous figure teleported to the scene, Earth Law coalescing into a heavy illusionary barrier with a dull luster around him, wedging between Jiang Shu and Entropy, absorbing several tricky energy cuts from Entropy’s follow-up, erupting with a muffled boom.

"Go!"

Venerable Duan Yue’s voice was like a rock dropping, carrying irrevocable decisiveness, his backhand palm enveloped Jiang Shu’s nearly out-of-control body with a gentle yet firm earthen-hued Power of Laws, forcefully pushing it towards the approaching Zhan Yun.

Yu Sha had already pounced towards the guard body behind Entropy like a flash of lightning, Shadow Law and Sword Qi intertwining, tightly entwining the opponent.

"Stop him!"

Entropy’s icy command rang out, but the corpse of the Insect Emperor’s Guards still emitted residual warmth, Zhan Feng’s Giant Axe carrying a desperate momentum.

Venerable Duan Yue’s renowned defensive Law Barrier was indeed impregnable, and coupled with Yu Sha’s ghostly entwining, even with Entropy’s unpredictable and diverse tactics, it was unable to breach the human wall sacrificing life at this moment.

The place was extremely perilous, and they had already taken that mysterious stone, no need to fight to the death here.

Jiang Shu only felt his body being supported by a familiar power.

The Space Law enveloped him like spilled mercury, slightly decreasing the impact of the external violent energy.

He forcibly endured the soul-tearing pain and severe vertigo caused by the boulder-induced tremor in his Sea of Consciousness, and with difficulty, sent the black stone held in his left hand into the Space Ring.

Just as the Black Stone vanished in the space ripple, the entire decaying world emitted a wail that seemed to tear apart the universe.

Rumble!

The sky, already covered in hideous cracks, completely shattered, transformed into a pouring destructive frenzy, with land plates disintegrating like brittle telecommunication lines, eventually vanishing into the abyss of space.

The turbulent Space Law went completely berserk, slicing and pulverizing everything within sight indiscriminately like billions of invisible sharp blades.

The "channel" temporarily maintained by various strong entities completely collapsed.

The ghostly blue force field matrix surrounding Entropy flickered intensely under the savage space storm, for the first time showing shock and rage on its cold metallic face due to the situation going utterly out of control.

Not only did the prey escape, but that black stone of undoubtedly immense significance was snatched by Jiang Shu, and even the plan to delay by revealing high-energy coordinates fell apart instantly.

His icy pupils locked onto Jiang Shu, who was carried by Zhan Yun and struggling to retreat amidst the space turbulence, trying to intercept the Space Ring with an invisible scanning wave.

However, now the entire world was marching toward ultimate annihilation, with space-time coordinates violently shifting, and deadly rule fragments shooting amidst the storm.

Entropy’s core processor simulated over ten thousand interception schemes in an instant, determining them all as high-risk, low-success due to accelerated coordinate exposure countdown and current spatial stability falling below the threshold.

If he pursued aggressively, not only could his core be damaged, but he might also be sucked into a completely collapsing singularity, worthless.

"Mark, highest priority."

"Coordinate lock on War Alliance sequence."

Entropy’s cold voice pierced the storm, carrying intense electronic noise, spreading towards the fractured world outside.

After his words, the dim glow around him intensified, enduring several whizzing rule fragment impacts, the ghostly blue matrix abruptly contracted, transforming into a streak of twisted stream, shooting towards the thinnest area of the world barrier.

He chose the optimal withdrawal plan.

Ensuring the information would return.

Zhan Feng hacked down the incoming space fragments and the Tenth Realm Insect Clan assassin hidden within, wiped the blood splashed on his face, unsure if it was his or the Insect Clan’s, and let out an angry roar.

"Cover Jiang Shu’s retreat to the rendezvous point!"

Seeing many enemies already gone, Venerable Duan Yue withdrew the defensive barrier, his face pale, obviously consumed greatly by withstanding multiple Venerable opponents’ assaults.

He and Zhan Feng, like two moving fortresses, cleared the path for Zhan Yun and Yu Sha carrying Jiang Shu.

This world had already turned into a real dead end.

The light rapidly dimmed, devoured by space itself.

Tangled forests, shattered mountains, remaining rule light clusters...

Everything was like paint on a crude canvas, violently scrubbed and erased by an invisible hand.

The other two Human Clan teams had long gathered towards the designated Dragon Head Peak under the organization of Venerable Elders Lie Yang and Han Yue.

They too encountered drastic changes, but without substantial casualties.

The dozens of elite disciples mostly bore injuries, their auras depleted, yet their eyes still revealed a blend of fear towards the collapsing world and a madness from their gains.

Upon seeing Zhan Yun carrying the life-or-death unknown Jiang Shu, defiantly protected by the two Elders and Yu Sha, spirits lifted, but soon turned solemn.

"Go, the rift cannot hold much longer."

Venerable Lie Yang’s Law burst forth, hair and beard flying, like a burning sun, clearing the chaotic energy around as he led the way.

On the other side, Venerable Han Yue resembled a frigid ice moon, cold spreading, freezing the pursuing space blades and rule fragments.

Venerable Duan Yue and Zhan Feng guarded the flanks, Zhan Yun carrying Jiang Shu tightly adhered to Venerable Han Yue’s protective scope, with Yu Sha and the remaining disciples following closely.

Meanwhile, what they referred to as the rendezvous point was merely an extremely narrow space rift, like a candle flame about to extinguish, maintained by Elder Lei and others with difficulty.