Chapter 150: Annihilation Without End

Whether it is the Annihilation Death Ray, why don't you try it and find out for yourself! Hearing Li Ren's words, the Skeleton King remained unmoved and simply said faintly. With a flick of his wrist, he shot out the death ray that had been obediently winding around his fingertips.

The death ray vanished from his fingertips and silently sped toward Li Ren. The ray seemed to travel beyond normal space; suddenly slipping out of spatial dimensions right in front of the Skeleton King. Relying on his formidable perception, Li Ren could only faintly sense a streak of black thread rushing rapidly in his direction, while an aura of death enveloped his entire being.

The exceptionally bone-chilling aura made him unable to even twitch a muscle!

Li Ren suddenly raised his Purple-Gold Winged God in his hand and slashed directly at the fast-approaching beam of light.

With a soft hiss, akin to snow meeting a red-hot iron, the death ray vanished into nothingness the moment it touched the Purple-Gold Winged God.

Before Li Ren could even feel a trace of joy, a black line suddenly appeared on the shaft of the Purple-Gold Winged God. This line was unmistakably the suffocating Annihilation Death Ray unleashed by the Skeleton King!

At that moment, the Skeleton King's cold voice drifted over. It's useless. Although the Annihilation Death Ray is no longer what it used to be, neutralizing it is still no simple matter.

The black line that had manifested on the Purple-Gold Winged God radiated an intense aura of death, and a bone-chilling, frigid coldness surged rapidly along the weapon straight toward his hand.

However, the Purple-Gold Winged God had long since become like an extension of his own arm. Discarding it was practically impossible, and moreover, Li Ren had no desire to abandon his weapon.

Just as he hesitated for a fraction of a second, the Annihilation Death Ray had already transferred through the Purple-Gold Winged God directly into his own body.

Suddenly, an aura of utter extinction and profound silence emanated from Li Ren. It was decayed, ancient, freezing, and void, as if his entire being had plunged into the end of the world.

Now, you can depart in peace. Under the Annihilation Death Ray, no hope whatsoever remains. And I... the Skeleton King, once known as the Pluto, let out a solitary sigh.

Cold. Boundless, biting cold. It reminded Li Ren of the feeling he had experienced during the desolate, freezing winters of his childhood—a cold that completely transcended ordinary interpretations of chilliness.

It felt as though he had been placed in an ice vault and preserved for countless centuries, until he had grown moldy and rotten to the core. His entire body radiated an aura of death, leaving not a shred of evidence that he had ever existed.

The so-called life force had completely ceased to exist.

Just when even his soul seemed on the verge of freezing over, a speck of golden light emerged from the depths of his soul.

The golden radiance was extremely faint at first, but beneath that weak light, all the encroaching darkness crumbled like tofu. The golden light easily pierced through it, shattering the shadows into countless fragments.

Those freezing auras seemed to be the natural sustenance of the golden light. As the faint golden glow pierced through increasingly more of the black energy, it gradually grew stronger and stronger.

By the end, the golden radiance was actively hunting down those dark, freezing auras. Like a greedy predator, it devoured them relentlessly, continuously corralling the frigid energies as if they were its feast.

The icy aura retreated at first, until eventually only a small fraction remained, desperately fortifying its final territory, as if it could sense the intent of the golden light.

To continue this way would inevitably end in its own annihilation, an outcome the frigid aura seemed deeply unwilling to accept.

Abruptly, even colder fluctuations erupted from the remaining aura. Wherever it passed, everything was frozen by this frosty pulse, and even the void of space itself seemed unable to bear it, trembling uncontrollably beneath this newborn energy.

Although the icy aura appeared to be making a final, desperate struggle, the golden glow—having already devoured the greater part of it—remained entirely indifferent to the fierce counterattack.

Golden ripples swept outward from its form. Wherever they passed, everything covered by the freezing aura melted like snow under a blazing sun, quickly vanishing into nothingness, while the remaining residue was unceremoniously swallowed in one gulp by the golden light.

Having consumed the very last trace of the icy aura, the golden light began to slowly contract, ultimately forming a spherical droplet of fluid that constantly shimmered with golden ripples. It floated gently, radiating a soft undulation that illuminated the dark void.

And that void was none other than the domain of Li Ren's soul.

After the intense golden light expelled that sliver of the Annihilation Death Ray, Li Ren's soul, nourished by the golden radiance, began to expand at a terrifying speed.

Outside, having seen Li Ren slash out with his sword and reduce the thread of the Annihilation Death Ray to nothingness, the group had no time to rejoice before a new change befell him.

A layer of pitch-black ice scales successively emerged across his body, slowly creeping from his hands all over him until they completely encased him. The dense, pitch-black hue made it difficult for them to even make out Li Ren's appearance within.

Viewed from afar, the gigantic black ice crystal truly resembled a massive coffin, tightly sealing him inside and sending him drifting toward the boundless realm of emptiness.

The Skeleton King's gaze shifted away from Li Ren. From the moment Li Ren was covered by that black ice, the Skeleton King ceased to care about him altogether.

Though phrasing it quite like that might not be entirely accurate, at least the impression given when the Skeleton King looked away was that of a sigh welling up from the depths of his heart.

As for the reason behind the sigh, the onlookers neither understood nor cared to understand. Their primary focus remained Li Ren's current condition. Their original purpose in coming here had been to seek a glimmer of hope to save Li Ren, and since Li Ren was still alive, that was the best possible outcome.

Yet, just as everything should have reached its conclusion, the unexpected twist involving the Skeleton King had left them dizzy, rendering them momentarily incapable of calmly pondering the current state of affairs.

This world had come into being because of a faint possibility of reclaiming the Pluto, but the Skeleton King before them had now revealed the original aspect of the Pluto itself. This created a subtle shift in their previously held assumption that Li Ren might be able to replace this unknown entity.

Nevertheless, given how suddenly events had unfolded, none of them wished to witness misfortune befall either Li Ren or the Skeleton King, and they naturally felt deeply anxious about the perilous state in which Li Ren currently found himself.

What are you all doing? Just as the group remained entangled in their thoughts, Shadow finally woke up!