Swallowed Star: Lord of the Wolf

Everyone remained hidden, waiting quietly.

Days passed.

Suddenly, a rumble...
Outside the Ancient Abyss of Illusions, the once indestructible interdimensional sealing array, which emitted terrifying energy fluctuations, now had its light noticeably dimmed, and the energy flow had become sluggish and disordered, like a dark reef revealed after the tide recedes.

"Now!" A glint flashed in the eyes of the God-King Zongfu as he shouted, "Conceal your aura and stay close to me!"

Before he finished speaking, a soft yet resilient azure aura emanated from his body, which quickly spread and enveloped all six people, including the God King Yufu.

Under the azure light, the auras of the seven figures instantly became ethereal and uncertain, as if they had merged into the omnipresent wind around them, becoming indistinguishable from the colorful dream mist and chaotic spatial fluctuations.

"Enter."

At the command of the Divine King Zongfu, a blue halo enveloped everyone, like an inconspicuous breeze, silently seeping into the dim light of the great array.

Everything went smoothly at first.

The defensive power of the dual-realm sealing array is greatly reduced during the "tidal weakening period," and it is mainly effective against direct attacks and energy bursts. The subtle, pervasive infiltration method used by God-King Zongfu cleverly avoids the array's most intense reaction mechanism. Everyone could feel that the seemingly thick light barrier was as if it were nothing under the penetration of the azure light.

Ten thousand miles, one hundred thousand miles, one million miles...

They moved along the gaps in the energy flow, traversing the complex array structure. Countless interwoven and shimmering chains of law surrounded them, like intricate gears within a massive machine; the slightest mishap, touching any of the warning nodes, would trigger a chain reaction.

Everyone held their breath, clearly sensing the astonishing power of the treasure that was the God King Zongfu's travel artifact. Under his control, the azure light seemed to possess life and intelligence, always able to anticipate and avoid the sharp edges of the array's energy, finding the weakest point to penetrate.

This effortless mastery is truly befitting of a ruler who can rival an emperor!

However, the God-King Zongfu remained vigilant, even though he had already intruded multiple times. The entrance to the Dream Realm had been guarded by the two ancient kingdoms for countless years; it couldn't be so simple.
When everyone had infiltrated about two-thirds of the way through the thickness of the great formation, a sudden change occurred.

Om-!
A deeply hidden, almost completely integrated dream energy, transparent ripple swept silently across their area. This ripple was an extremely sophisticated "dream and reality" sensing mechanism, specifically designed for infiltrators who were not marked by the "ancient kingdom".

"Not good, they've upgraded the array's restrictions again!" King Yufu's expression changed. Although he wasn't good at concealment, his intuition for danger was extremely strong. Last time when he and King Zongfu broke in, there wasn't this ripple.

Almost the instant the ripples swept across—

woo-

Woo——woo——

The shrill alarm sounded like the screams of countless nightmare creatures, instantly echoing throughout the entire Dream Abyss. The two war fortresses burst into dazzling light, and countless array nodes were automatically activated. The originally dim array light screen flickered violently, and the energy intensity began to rise rapidly!
Intruder detected! Sealed Layer 37!

"Energy Characteristics—The God-King of the Mother River of Life!"

"Activate reverse osmosis strangulation! Activate spatial anchoring! Activate dream interference!"

The indifferent command of the array spirit resounded in all directions through the array, and an enormous, transparent upper body floated above the array—it was the array spirit itself.

He was glaring fiercely at the hidden Soufu God King.

He's been exposed!
In an instant, the previously chaotic array energy around them became violent. Countless chains of law containing the power of wind, fire, thunder, sealing, and strangulation, like enraged giant pythons, lashed out from all directions, and the space itself became viscous like glue, with layers upon layers of spatial folds attempting to pin them to the spot!

Normal space, which could be broken even by the Chaos Ruler, is now so powerful that even a common first-level God King cannot tear a crack in it with the support of the array.

Even more terrifying, a strange and powerful dream interference field descends, attempting to distort their consciousness, drag them into bizarre and fantastical dreams, and weaken their will to resist.

"We've been discovered after all!" King Zongfu's eyes turned cold, and he held nothing back any longer. "Charge! Yufu, clear the way!"

"Hahaha! It should have been like this a long time ago! I've been holding back for so long!" King Yufu laughed wildly, his towering body unleashing a terrifying aura that could shatter the heavens and split the earth. The blood-red patterns on his dark red heavy armor instantly lit up, as if they had come to life!

He pulled out the giant battle axe from his back with a backhand motion.

"Open it!!!"

Yu Fu God King held an axe in both hands, his eyes wide with rage, his muscles bulging, and dark red laws of destruction and incomparably heavy laws of matter condensed to their extreme on the axe blade!

He didn't use any fancy moves; it was just the simplest, most violent, and most direct vertical slash!
The axe light was dark red, not particularly dazzling, but it carried an absolute will to cleave through chaos and cut through all obstacles.

Wherever it passed, the violently binding chains of law snapped and disintegrated like fragile ropes. The viscous spatial folds were forcibly torn apart, and even the dream-like interference field became disordered!

This axe strike fully demonstrates the demeanor of Yu Fu God King as the pinnacle of the Way of "matter and destruction," and its power has already touched the threshold of the Emperor!
Rumble——! ! !
The dark red axe light slammed into the dense array barrier in front, triggering a tremendous explosion. A huge hole with a diameter of over ten million miles and edges covered with spider web-like cracks was blasted out!

Across the void, one can vaguely see the distorted and magnificent scenery of the Dream Realm!

"Go!" King Zongfu shouted, and with a wave of his hand, his immense divine power transformed into a giant cyan palm, grabbing Fengyi, Tiemu, Beifeng, Minggu, and Guyou. Following the passage that King Zongfu had cleaved open, they shot towards the void like arrows released from a bow.

Gu You and the other four dared not move, for the enemy had already flown out from the two fortresses.

"Stop them!"

"It's Zongfu and Yufu! Intercept them with all your might!"

The four second-level god-kings guarding the fortress, including the Wind Flame God King and the Golden Thunder God King, had already reacted and roared as they charged out of the war fortress.

At the same time, more than ten first-level God-Kings also used their respective methods, with various powerful God-King level secret techniques and treasures pouring down like a storm onto the cyan palm and the people behind it.

"Wind and Flame Purgatory!" The Wind and Flame God King clasped his hands together, and endless azure wind and fire transformed into a fiery purgatory stretching for millions of miles, with a temperature high enough to instantly incinerate stars.

"Nine Heavens Thunder Punishment!" The Golden Thunder God King raised his thunder hammer high, and thunder roared from the void, summoning nine destructive thunderbolts that seemed to come from the depths of chaos, which crashed down in a nine-palace formation.

The other two second-level God Kings also unleashed their signature combined attack techniques to trap the enemy.

Faced with this terrifying combined attack, which was enough to severely injure or even kill a second-level God King, God King Zongfu remained expressionless, only uttering a low shout: "Get out of the way!"

hum!
The azure halo contracted and solidified, transforming into another enormous hand that blotted out the sky. The runes flowing on its surface dimmed, as if they had become part of the body extended from the God King Zongfu. Its five fingers were slightly bent, making a grasping motion.

Faced with the "Wind and Flame Purgatory" that swept across millions of miles, the "Nine Heavens Thunder Punishment" that crashed down from the Nine Palaces Formation, and the combined attack secret technique launched from the flanks by two other second-level God Kings, the giant azure palm enveloped them all with just a light grip.

Time seemed to slow down at this moment.

Under the horrified gazes of the four guardians—the Wind Flame God King, the Golden Thunder God King, and others—and more than ten first-level God Kings behind them, their terrifying combined attack underwent an incredible change as it approached the ethereal grasp of the azure hand—

The azure wind and fire stretching for millions of miles was smoothed out as if by an invisible giant hand. The wildly leaping flames became docile and restrained, eventually transforming into delicate and gentle azure fire lines. These lines, as if possessing a life of their own, actively coiled and wove themselves around the fingers and palm of the azure giant hand. Far from causing any harm, they seemed to drape the hand in a magnificent yet tamed glove of fire patterns. The destructive lightning, capable of annihilating all things, vanished as if it were a mud ox sinking into the sea when it entered the grasping space. The lightning's violent and destructive nature was instantly stripped away and transformed. The golden lightning lost its ferocity, transforming into a gentle and soft pale golden light, like a babbling brook, slowly flowing and permeating along the palm lines and veins of the azure hand, ultimately being completely absorbed by the hand. This added a restrained and sacred golden radiance to the azure light.

As for the combined attack of the other two god-kings—the freezing cold tide that froze time and space and the spatial blade that shredded everything—it felt more like a gentle spring breeze when it touched the surface of that palm woven from wind and fire and flowing with lightning.

The cold wave dissipated on its own, turning into moist, life-giving water vapor.

The spatial blade quietly disintegrated, reverting to the most basic spatial particles, which were easily captured and controlled by the palm.

Everything happened silently, yet it was deeply moving.

Absolute control and transformation!

It was as if the combined attack launched by these four second-level God Kings with the help of the formation, which was enough to plunge a region into an apocalyptic state, was nothing more than a harmless firework waved by a child in front of God King Zongfu, which he caught with ease.

"This... how is this possible?!" The Wind Flame God King was dumbfounded. He felt his connection with the Wind Flame Purgatory being severed. The effortless control he felt, as if all things in the world were extensions of himself, made his soul tremble.

"Control at the Emperor level... no, even more than an ordinary Emperor..." The Golden Thunder God King was also shocked and speechless.

After effortlessly neutralizing this powerful combined attack, the giant azure hand didn't pause for a moment. Its five fingers spread out, as if brushing away dust, and gently pushed forward.

There were no raging gales, no blinding divine light.

Only a powerful and unstoppable torrent of energy spread outwards in a fan shape from the center of the blue palm.

Wherever it passed—

Those violently swarming chains of law shattered with a deafening roar!

Even more domineering than the God King Yufu!

The calm voice of the God-King Zongfu resounded within the sea of ​​consciousness enveloped by the blue palm: "Go."

Yu Fu, the God-King, grinned, carrying his battle axe, and swaggered behind him as if taking a stroll. He secretly transmitted his voice: "Zong Fu, your methods are getting more and more impressive. If I didn't know you well, I would have thought you had really broken through to the ultimate realm."

On both sides of the passage, the Wind Flame God King and the others stood frozen in place, not because they didn't want to stop them, but because they dared not and could not stop them!

The casual grasp and push of the God-King Zongfu demonstrated absolute control over energy and rules, which completely exceeded their understanding of the "Second Realm of God-King".

That's absolutely the ultimate level of skill and realm!
Those of them who had reached the second level of the formation and relied on its power were probably no different from ants in the eyes of the enemy, except that they were just a little stronger.

Forcibly stopping it is like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

"Pfft—" The Wind Flame God King's face turned pale, and he spat out a mouthful of golden blood. It was not because he was injured, but because his mind suffered a huge shock and his divine power went out of control and backfired.

The other three, all at the second level of cultivation, also had disordered auras and looked terrified.

They could only watch helplessly as the azure light carrying the seven people disappeared into the void at the entrance to the dream realm, as easily as if it were returning home.

Then, the void slowly closed up.

Outside the Ancient Abyss of Illusions, only the piercing echoes of alarms, chaotic energy currents, and a group of stunned and apprehensive guardian god-kings remained.

"Report it." The Wind Flame God King wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and sighed, "We can't stop an Emperor-level being."

The other God-Kings nodded in agreement, without refuting it. In the entire Origin Continent, there were only a handful of Emperor-level beings.

Unlike the Infinite Space, which requires a token to enter, the Dream Realm, a treasure left behind by Yuan, is accessible to everyone.

In order to occupy the territory, the two ancient kingdoms set up a great formation at the entrance, not to stop the emperor, but to stop the vast majority of the second-level and first-level god kings.

Want to stop the Emperor?

Unless the emperors of two ancient kingdoms happen to be stationed here, the emperors of other forces will eventually be allowed in.

Without exception.

This is also an unwritten rule; otherwise, the emperor-level combat forces of the two ancient countries would probably join forces to cause a great disturbance!

……

Within the dream realm, in the shallower area.

The blue light dissipated, and the figures of seven people appeared.

King Zongfu remained calm, dressed in his simple black robe, as if the overwhelming and stunning scene just now was merely a casual occurrence, not worth mentioning.

King Yu Fu tied the axe back to his back and laughed heartily, "See that? This is Brother Zong Fu's method. No matter how fancy your attacks are, they'll all turn into obedient babies in Brother's hands! Back when those old guys from the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom ganged up on us, Brother did the same thing..."

"Yu Fu." King Zong Fu interrupted calmly, his gaze sweeping over the still-shocked crowd. "Hurry up and get moving."

Gu You composed himself and suppressed the turmoil in his heart.

Having witnessed the methods of the God-King Zongfu firsthand, he truly understood the terrifying nature of this "overlord" who could rival an emperor. It wasn't just simple brute force, but an absolute crushing of their cultivation levels.

Although he is currently at the second level of the realm, he is afraid that this body will not last more than a few rounds against the God King Zongfu.

"I've chosen this direction."

"Then I'll go this way."

"Take care of yourself."

"good luck."

One by one, everyone chose a direction to leave. Whether it was the shallow layer, the deep layer, or the core, the dream realm was essentially a series of empty bubbles, and each empty bubble was a space.

It could be an opportunity, or it could be a crisis; wealth and life hang in the balance. (End of Chapter)