Chapter 340 - 339: Defeating Sha Luo

A faint smile appeared on Bai Qingyue’s face, and she gently pressed one of her hands against his chest. "You should be careful when praising me, Yuan. If you continue, I might begin to expect such compliments every time we fight together."

Lin Yuan laughed softly.

"That would be a reasonable expectation."

The exchange lasted only a few breaths, but it was enough to ease the tension that had gathered around them. Ku Ming approached from the side, his golden Buddhist aura gradually fading as he examined the battlefield, and his expression revealed both relief and admiration at the way the two had coordinated their techniques.

"Benefactor Lin, Lady Bai, your cooperation was remarkable," the monk said. "You did not attempt to overpower the Demon King through sheer force, and neither of you interfered with the other’s technique. Instead, you identified the part of the domain that could be restrained and used that opening to disrupt its foundation."

He paused and looked toward Sha Luo.

"However, we should not assume that the danger has passed. This Demon King is still alive, and even though her domain has collapsed, her understanding of spatial laws remains profound. If she has another technique prepared, we may still need to fight."

Lin Yuan nodded.

"That is true. Destroying her domain does not mean that we have destroyed her cultivation foundation, and I have no intention of underestimating her simply because I found a weakness in one of her techniques."

He turned toward Sha Luo.

The eldest of the Four Spatial Calamities had remained silent throughout the exchange, her crimson eyes fixed upon Lin Yuan with an expression that was difficult to interpret. The spatial pressure around her body had weakened considerably, but it had not disappeared, and faint silver ripples continued to move across the air around her arms.

Sha Luo slowly raised her right hand.

Lin Yuan’s expression became serious again.

Yet instead of attacking, Sha Luo looked down at her palm, where a small silver ring had appeared between her fingers. The ring was much smaller than the ones she had used to construct her domain, and its surface contained a series of intricate markings that seemed to shift whenever the surrounding light touched them.

"I see now," she said quietly.

She closed her fingers around the ring.

"With your Dao Fruit, and your Dao Companion, who possesses a technique capable of interfering with the stability of those relationships, giving you the time you need to act. Together, the two of you can overcome opponents whose individual abilities would otherwise be extremely difficult to counter."

Lin Yuan did not deny her assessment.

Sha Luo slowly raised her head.

"But there is something you have misunderstood."

The surrounding air became cold.

"The Four Spatial Calamities were not feared merely because of our individual abilities. We were feared because our techniques were connected to the ancient spatial structure of the Hollow Beyond, and the same principles that allow us to travel between different regions also allow us to maintain connections that ordinary cultivators cannot perceive."

Lin Yuan’s gaze sharpened.

Sha Luo’s lips curved into a faint, humorless smile.

"My three younger brothers are dead, and I have no intention of pretending that their deaths are insignificant. However, their defeat has revealed something that I needed to know. You are not simply a powerful cultivator who has entered the Sacred Grounds to accelerate your cultivation, Lin Yuan. You possess the potential to understand structures that have remained beyond the reach of countless experts for generations."

Her crimson eyes became colder.

"That makes you dangerous."

The silver ring in her hand suddenly shattered.

A powerful spatial fluctuation erupted from the fragments, spreading across the battlefield before vanishing into the distant mountains. Lin Yuan immediately extended his spiritual sense, attempting to determine whether Sha Luo was preparing another attack, but the fluctuation did not resemble the techniques she had used earlier.

It was a transmission.

The moment the silver fragments disappeared, Sha Luo’s aura began to recede.

Lin Yuan’s expression changed.

"You’re trying to escape."

Sha Luo looked at him calmly.

"No, Lin Yuan. I am returning to the Hollow Beyond to report that you have slain my siblings."

She raised her hand, and a narrow silver passage appeared behind her. Unlike the unstable fissures created by Xie Luo, the passage aligned itself with the existing spatial structure of the Sacred Grounds, forming a stable connection that did not place excessive pressure upon the surrounding laws.

She stepped backward into the void, a thin spatial barrier shifting into place to stall any pursuit.

Lin Yuan’s deep purple eyes turned utterly frigid.

"You may send your warning, Sha Luo," Lin Yuan decreed, his voice vibrating. "But you will not deliver it yourself."

His Dao Fruit of Three Rebirths spinning within his Primordial Spirit blazed with blinding brilliance.

Wooooom!

The sky conceptually bowed. Golden-purple thunder, silver-blue rain, and the crimson, black, and white light of reincarnation erupted from his body simultaneously. From his back, a colossal, god-like avatar materialized. However, because it was now perfectly fused with the crystallized comprehension of his Dao Fruit, the Six Arms of Reincarnation pulsed with a newfound tangible authority.

The six massive arms stretched into the void. They did not strike the thin spatial barrier Sha Luo had erected; instead, the colossal hands grasped the foundational laws that held the barrier in place. With a sickening cosmic tear, the avatar ripped the spatial barrier apart as if shredding a piece of fragile silk.

Sha Luo’s crimson eyes widened in sheer terror. The absolute spatial laws she relied upon were crumbling under the crushing grip of the Origin.

Before her figure could fully fade into the silver passage, two of the colossal palms plunged directly into the void and seized her.

"No—!" she shrieked, desperately igniting her remaining demonic essence to force a spatial displacement.

"The cycle is closed," Lin Yuan stated coldly.

The colossal palms clapped together.

BOOM!

The impact generated a shockwave that instantly obliterated the silver passage. Caught perfectly between the glowing palms, Sha Luo, the eldest and most powerful of the Four Spatial Calamities, was entirely eradicated.

Her indestructible carapace, her spatial rings, and her demonic core detonated simultaneously beneath the crushing weight of the Dao Fruit’s authority, reducing her entirely to a fine, bloody mist that drifted harmlessly to the broken earth.

Lin Yuan slowly lowered his hands, the colossal avatar dissolving back into wisps of tri-colored light that retreated seamlessly into his Primordial Spirit. He stared at the settling crimson mist, his expression an icy mask of sovereign resolve.

The transmission had successfully escaped into the Hollow Beyond, but the messenger had been completely destroyed. All four siblings were dead.