Edge of the Apocalypse
Chapter 1234: Fall Asleep

The subspace was between the void and the physical world. This place was also filled with Origin Energy. However, the Origin Energy in the subspace had no attributes at all. They were chaotic and violent. As soon as any substance entered the subspace, it would be crushed into powder by the energy storms inside. The energy forms inside would change irregularly, completely irregular. Sometimes it was like a mountain, sometimes it was as thin as rain, sometimes it was like lightning, sometimes it was as straight as a copper mountain iron pillar.

This was a strange world.

Stark's Abyss Body was a spatial rift. When Alan was pulled into his body by his light, he fell into the subspace. As soon as he entered the subspace, Alan could feel the terrifying pressure. The disordered energy storms in the subspace came crushing towards him from all directions. No wonder any substance would be destroyed and annihilated the moment it entered this special space. Fortunately, the layer of dark mist and fire under the Dark King's stance neutralized part of the spatial Origin Energy. Alan released the decaying mist of the death hymn to the greatest extent possible. The dark mist enveloped Alan like a defensive barrier. All the spatial Origin Energy that had passed through the decaying mist quickly disappeared. After the Dark King's second neutralization, the spatial Origin Energy's damage to Alan was minimal.

However, this state would not last for long. Whether it was the decaying mist or the Dark King's mist fire, they were consumed much faster in the subspace than in the physical world. If Alan was unable to return to the physical world before both of them were exhausted, then even the Dark King's physical strength would not be able to withstand the devastation of the sub-spatial storms.

He quickly scanned his surroundings and his gaze landed on the multicolored lights in the subspace through two different types of fog. This place was like a giant nebula in space, but those seemingly beautiful lights were just fatal existences.

In this space filled with various colored spots of light, Alan finally caught sight of an incomparably brilliant light. It was like a spatial rift that stretched into the distance. Alan narrowed his eyes. Perhaps it was the exit of the subspace. In other words, it was something that connected Stark's body.

He raised his head and saw that the crystal between his forehead and eyebrows gradually lit up. When the red light overflowed, a bright red beam of light shot out, piercing through space and landing on the light, immediately causing a series of explosions. The entire space was flushed red by the flames. However, after the flames were quickly neutralized by the spatial Origin Energy, the flames did not change at all.

However, this was not the case. In Alan's perception, the light seemed to be protected by an invisible cocoon. Just now, Destruction's gaze swept past, only destroying a layer of the invisible giant cocoon's cocoon wall to the point where it touched that ray of light. At this moment, the color of the light began to dim, and Alan's heart sank.

Stark's closing the exit!

He didn't dare to neglect it. The Origin Energy within his body surged wildly. The crystal stone in front of his forehead lit up once again. A second ray of red light shot out, and his destructive gaze swept across the invisible cocoon wall once again. This time, Alan continuously destroyed the Origin Energy within his body. The destructive rays forcefully shook the invisible cocoon wall and continued to penetrate deeper. As the layers of cocoon walls were destroyed, the subspace was already filled with raging heavenly flames.

The Void Heavenly Fire was indeed the most tyrannical type of Void Origin Energy. Even the berserk energy in the subspace was slightly inferior. As the destructive gaze continued to sweep out, the ball of Heavenly Flame spread out, gradually occupying a corner of the space. The chaotic Origin Energy in the subspace was annihilated by the Heavenly Fire, and Allen's pressure was greatly reduced. After countless layers of cocoon walls were washed away, the light at the entrance of the space shone brightly. The entire subspace began to tremble. Numerous flickering lines continuously extended out from the edge of the light at the entrance of the space and extended in all directions, as if the entire subspace was about to be torn apart.

At this moment, Alan remembered that Horn had once said that the energy the spatial rift could withstand was not endless. This was similar to the principle that once the energy in the physical space exceeded the upper limit of the energy in the space within the range, a spatial rift would appear. On the other hand, once the energy within a certain range of the subspace reaches a critical point, the subspace will also tear apart. In this way, apart from Stark's body serving as an exit, Alan could even tear out another exit from the inside.

Thinking of this, Allen did not hold back his Origin Energy and exported it with all his might. The energy shockwaves in the subspace would also be transmitted to Stark, causing him to suffer a backlash of Origin Energy. In fact, the wrestling with the Origin Energy in the subspace was precisely fighting Stark on another level.

Something in his perception emitted violent fluctuations that shook Alan's will. However, after experiencing the erosion of the endless source liquid in the lava well, Allen's will was already indestructible. This kind of shock might have done him a great deal of damage in the past, but now it was merely attracting his attention. He looked towards the source of the shock. It turned out that something was gradually appearing in the light of the exit.

Alan's pupils contracted and his vision narrowed, so he saw an irregular crystal. It was dark purple, with countless silver lines. The crystal had many facades, and it was constantly shrinking and changing, as if it didn't have a specific shape. More importantly, Alan sensed Stark's aura. Suddenly, he realized that it was Stark's crystal core!

Stark's Body of the Abyss transformed his physical body into an invisible shell in the form of energy. Just like Stark said, in such a posture, the shape was meaningless to him. However, just as an invisible and qualitative electric current needed a generator to start, Stark's Abyss Body also needed some kind of core to start and restrain his Origin Energy. Otherwise, when he transformed into an invisible energy form, Stark's Origin Energy and Will would probably dissipate completely.

Now Alan was in Stark's body, and the invisible cocoon wall that was destroyed by the Destruction Gaze was the Origin Energy that protected the crystal core. Now that Stark's crystal core had appeared in front of Alan, destroying it was equivalent to destroying Stark. Allen's eyes lit up with flames, and the rays formed from his destructive gaze became even more intense.

At this moment, the rays suddenly interrupted and disappeared.

Alan felt a huge sense of emptiness. The Heavenly Fire Origin Energy in his body had been almost drained by him. Not to mention that the Destruction Gaze was unable to maintain, even the Dark King's state was gradually disappearing. The layer of dark mist dissipated first, and then the crystal between his eyebrows shrank in. Alan's crimson complexion also began to turn white. He couldn't help but smile bitterly. He had actually used up all of his Origin Energy at this moment. Speaking of which, if it weren't for Stachla entering the subspace, he would have been able to replenish his Void Origin Energy. Originally, for experts above Level 30, it was rare for them to run out of Origin Energy.

But now, in the subspace, Allen couldn't get the Void Skyfire to replenish him. He watched as Stark's crystal core was right in front of him, but it couldn't be destroyed. That helplessness couldn't be described in words.

"We can only fight him!" Ellen gritted his teeth, wanting to reconstruct the decaying mist into a death hymn, and then slash the crystal stone with the black blade. However, without the protection of the decaying mist and the Dark King's mist fire, he probably wouldn't even be able to withstand a single round of spatial Origin Energy. But now, he had no choice. If he couldn't destroy the crystal core and kill Stark, it would only be a matter of time before he died in the subspace.

At this moment, a familiar aura suddenly appeared in his perception.

That was the aura of the White Emperor Sword!

In the sky, the black hole suddenly became extremely unstable. On the surface of the black hole, dots of white fireflies continuously appeared. Every time a dot of white fireflies appeared, the black hole would shrink by a fraction. In the end, the black hole shrank like a leaking balloon, and tens of thousands of white fireflies floated in the sky. Suddenly, the white firefly was pulled by something and whistled down after spinning once in mid-air.

From the ground, it looked like a pale heavenly river descending from the sky. The pale fireflies converged and closed together to form a ten-meter-long white sword. The flames on both sides of the giant sword's edge scattered as it pointed at Stark with a domineering aura.

Stark raised his head in horror. He hated that he was using his Origin Energy to neutralize Alan's attack. He saw that the giant sword descended like a mountain, but it could no longer dodge like before. He let out a furious roar, but his body, which was flickering with a strong light, was pierced through by the giant sword in the blink of an eye.

In the subspace, Alan saw a white blade appear out of thin air.

The blade of the sword was pale and as thin as paper, but it brushed past the crystal core.

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

In the physical world, Stark let out an earth-shattering shout. His body released a strong light, and then his chest began to collapse and shrink. At first, he could barely maintain his human form, but very quickly, Stark had already turned into a ball of twisted light. The ball of light continued to shrink towards the center point, eventually shrinking into a small amount of light, then shattering into a few pieces of stardust, disappearing into the air.

The battlefield was strangely quiet.

The last sword slave was also killed by Hubble, while Diego was completely suppressed by the Eye of Primordial Sin and the Blade of Primordial Chaos. Laura and Belmord were speechless as they watched Stark disappear. Not only did the Pirate Emperor's aura disappear, even Alan's aura could not be sensed.

"Hey, that brat shouldn't" Hubble raised his axe and gestured towards the empty sky.

Laura shook her head and said, "Alan will be fine. Don't forget that we are his followers. If anything happens to him, can we still stand here?"

Belmord nodded in agreement. At this moment, an aura quietly appeared on the battlefield. It did not show any strength, but it was vast and magnificent. It was like a person facing the ocean abyss, unfathomable. An invisible oppressive feeling arose spontaneously. Suddenly, a bright red light flickered, and it came from midair. It was as if space had left a wound on something. The red light spread to both sides, creating an oval-shaped space. The flames of the world within roared, and there were even waves of flames that rushed out of space from time to time, boiling and stirring.

A figure gradually appeared in the world of flames. Laura and the others looked at each other and saw the agitation in each other's hearts. They were still standing there, and the identity of that figure was on the verge of being revealed.

A moment later, Alan walked out of the world of fire. He looked very tired and retreated from the Dark King's posture, but his eyes shone brightly. The intense light gradually faded from his eyes before returning to his usual bright red pupils.

Alan looked at the space behind him and snapped his fingers. The space closed and disappeared. However, the temperature nearby was still frighteningly high. Smoke rose from the flat ground and the scenery distorted slightly.

He raised his head and saw Laura and the others on the other side of the battlefield. A smile appeared on Alan's face. He lifted his foot and arrived at Laura's side when he landed.

One step spanned several hundred meters!

"Young Master, how are you?" Belmord asked.

Alan exhaled, "I'm tired, but I feel good." Then he looked at Diego and Alan waved his hand. Belmord understood and removed the Eye of Primordial Sin and the Blade of Primordial Chaos. Alan walked over to Diego and said, "What else do you have to say?"

Diego half knelt on the ground, his body still stained with negative energy, his aura weak. Instead of standing up, he held his gun and asked, "Where's Stark? Did you kill him?"

"Can you still feel his aura?" Allen asked, "He is indeed a terrifying opponent, and the Body of the Abyss is an incomparably special weapon. But as you can see, he disappeared. I destroyed his core, lost control of it, and his Origin Energy devoured him."

"Looks like that's true." Diego laughed and buried his head on the ground. "I didn't expect the result to be like this."

"From the moment you used me to return to Earth and help Stark lay the groundwork, you should have thought that the knot between us would only get tighter and tighter until now." Ellen said coldly, "If you hadn't interfered in Stark's affairs, perhaps I could have let you off. Unfortunately, you made me unable to find any reason to let you off. Diego, if it weren't for you, Grandpa wouldn't have gone to Iron Hell, and there wouldn't have been any aftermath …"

"Don't be naive, okay?" Diego sneered, "Even without me, Stark would have another plan. I just don't know why he's so obsessed with killing you. But I don't care. As long as he can give me what I want, it doesn't matter who he wants to kill."

'"I'm from a wealthy family. I'm one of the candidates for the Grant Clan's successor. I have an extremely enviable identity and status. From the moment I became sensible, I had almost everything I wanted. But who knows, in the eyes of my brothers and sisters, and even in the eyes of my father, I'm no better than those untouchables on the ground!"

"Why? Because I'm just an illegitimate child, my father brought me back to the clan not because of family ties, but because he didn't want me to embarrass the clan outside. I have the qualifications to be the successor, but I know that position will never be mine. The so-called successor candidate is only a false name. No matter how hard I try, I will never have the chance to take over the position of Patriarch … "

'"I'm not willing! I'm not willing. If Stark kills you, then the family will be mine very soon. He promised me, yes, that's what he wanted me to do. But he died. He died at your hands, so in the end, he's just trash. But I'm different …" Diego's momentum suddenly surged. "I'm not trash!"

He suddenly stood up, his spear piercing Allen's chest with a cold gleam.

Allen didn't even turn around, he just bent his finger and flicked it on Diego's gun.

Diego's movements immediately stopped.

A red dot appeared at the tip of the spear.

Red Fireflies stretched up and down, slashing down the spear. A red line also appeared on Diego's chest. The red line extended, separating Diego from the center. Diego suddenly smiled. Then, his body and his spear split into two. The broken section was charred, and strands of flames flashed, as if they had been cut by a high-temperature beam of light.

If Stark was still alive, he would definitely feel that this scene was extremely familiar. Diego's death was as if it had been cut through by his spatial rift. In fact, this was one of Alan's new abilities that he had inherited from the bloodline. It was also a spatial rift, but the spatial dimension that Alan grasped was a level higher than Stark's.

It was a void crack. Alan opened the crack that led to the void of Heavenly Fire. Its power was no less than Stark's spatial crack.

Diego's corpse was turning into ashes. It was cut through by a crack in the void of the Heavenly Flame. The residual power of the Void Heavenly Flame remained on the corpse. It directly skipped the burning process. The Void Heavenly Flame directly destroyed the substance into ashes. Even Diego's spear melted into iron liquid. The iron liquid flowed through the ground, producing wisps of green smoke.

When Alan turned around, the only trace Diego left in the world was the two human-shaped shadows on the ground. He walked back to Laura and the others, nodded to Belmord and Hubble, and looked at Laura again. "Stark is dead," he said, smiling as he scratched Laura's cheek. "I got something from him, and it takes me some time to digest it. And I'm going to fall asleep soon for the transformation."

"Transformation!" Belmord's face was filled with excitement. Ellen on Heaven Star was dumbfounded and forced to jump to the next level, but after breaking through to Level 30, he did not experience any transformation. However, he didn't expect that in today's battle with Stark, he would actually win a chance to undergo a metamorphosis.

No matter how mediocre an expert's aptitude was, once he broke through the 30th level and ushered in an opportunity to undergo a transformation, his life form would undergo a major change after the transformation. Experts at the same level as Russen and Horn had undergone a transformation. Life forms after metamorphosis varied from person to person, but in general, their lives were greatly prolonged. If they are not affected by external factors, they can usually live for a long time.

Of course, those who were able to break through the Level 30 barrier were very limited no matter how mediocre their aptitude was. Allen's talent and potential were even more astonishing. No one knew what kind of new life he would receive after a transformation.

Hubble asked in a deep voice, "How long before you fall asleep?"

"Very quickly." "I don't know how long I'm going to sleep, but you guys can protect me during this period of sleep. However, you can use this time to get to the interstellar defense line as much as possible. With Sirius and my teacher protecting me, I'll be safer. And in the Federation, I can only trust my teacher now," Allen said with a smile.

Laura nodded and said, "Don't worry, even if I risk my life, I will still protect you."

Ellen shook his head and gently covered her mouth with his hand. "Don't say that. I've lost a lot. I can't lose any of you anymore. No matter what, don't risk your lives."

Then he yawned and slowly closed his eyes. "I'm really sleepy. I'm going to sleep first."

Just as she finished speaking, she fell onto Laura. Laura hurriedly hugged him, and Belmord and Hubble looked at each other. The latter squeezed out a sentence after a long time, "You really sleep as you say."