# Chapter 35 — The Eye’s Fear
# Sun City — Inner Defensive Zone
The heavens remained silent after Xu Yuan spoke.
Not ordinary silence.
The kind that ca after sothing impossible happened.
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Fragnts of shattered crimson light still drifted across the sky while the giant eye above the eastern mountains trembled faintly.
And below it—
millions of corrupted creatures throughout the city remained kneeling motionless.
Fearfully.
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Xu Yuan slowly lowered his hand.
The strange authority flowing through his body faded gradually afterward, leaving behind only exhaustion and a splitting headache.
His breathing beca unstable briefly.
Using that power clearly ca with a price.
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Beside him—
Xia Yu quietly supported his arm without speaking.
Silver spiritual energy subtly flowed into him while stabilizing the violent fluctuations inside his body.
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Lin Hao stared upward blankly for several seconds.
Then finally spoke.
“So…”
He pointed toward the sky carefully.
“…did you just threaten heaven?”
Xu Yuan calmly answered:
“I would prefer if we described it differently.”
“That feels difficult.”
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Several nearby guards almost laughed from sheer stress.
Almost.
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anwhile—
the giant chained entity still knelt within the ruined district.
But now its countless crimson eyes no longer carried madness.
Only fear and confusion.
Like sothing ancient inside it could not understand Xu Yuan’s existence.
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The Observe ability activated automatically.
> Ancient entity suppression successful
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> Physique resonance stabilizing
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> External corruption weakened temporarily
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Xu Yuan frowned slightly.
Again the system ntioned physique resonance.
At least that explanation sounded more normal than everything else happening lately.
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Nearby elders finally began moving carefully again.
None approached Xu Yuan directly.
But many secretly observed him now.
Cautiously.
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One elder quietly whispered to another:
“That physique…”
“It resonates with the gate itself.”
The second elder nodded slowly.
“Perhaps it’s so incomplete ancient body.”
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Good.
That misunderstanding was far safer.
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Then suddenly—
BOOOOOOM!
The giant crimson eye pulsed violently once more.
But this ti—
instead of attacking—
the eye slowly began retreating.
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Crimson clouds twisted across the heavens while massive cracks spread around the eye’s edges.
Sothing beyond the gate was pulling back temporarily.
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Several cultivators imdiately noticed.
“The pressure is weakening!”
“The eye is retreating!”
“Did we survive?!”
Hope slowly returned across the city.
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Zhao Tianhe descended onto the ruined battlefield heavily.
His crimson robes were torn and blood stained one arm now.
Yet his presence still stabilized everyone around him instantly.
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The city lord looked first toward the retreating eye.
Then toward Xu Yuan.
His expression remained unreadable.
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For several monts—
nobody spoke.
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Then Zhao Tianhe finally said calmly:
“The city is not safe yet.”
Everyone imdiately focused again.
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“The gate remains open.”
“The corruption remains active.”
“And that thing—”
He looked toward the kneeling giant entity.
“—still exists.”
The brief hope across the battlefield weakened slightly.
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Because he was correct.
The disaster was not over.
Only paused.
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Then suddenly—
the kneeling giant entity slowly raised its head again.
Several cultivators imdiately beca tense.
But instead of attacking—
it looked toward Xu Yuan one final ti.
Its ancient voice echoed softly across the ruined district.
> “The gate… rembers…”
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Then—
CRAAAAACK!
The chains around its body illuminated violently.
Countless sealing symbols spread across its flesh while crimson lightning erupted from the sky.
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The giant entity roared painfully.
Its body slowly began sinking backward toward the eastern mountains.
Like the gate itself was forcibly pulling it back.
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BOOOOOOOM!
The eastern earth shattered continuously while the creature disappeared deeper into crimson mist.
Its countless eyes remained fixed on Xu Yuan until the very end.
Then—
it vanished completely.
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Silence returned again.
This ti truly.
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The corrupted creatures throughout the city suddenly collapsed lifelessly one after another.
Without the giant entity’s influence—
their bodies rapidly turned into black crystal ash.
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Several cultivators nearly fell from exhaustion imdiately afterward.
The battle had lasted too long.
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Lin Hao directly sat on broken rubble.
“I’m officially retiring.”
Xu Yuan glanced sideways.
“You say that every battle.”
“One day I’ll an it.”
“You cultivate for excitent.”
“I cultivate for survival.”
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Even Xia Yu quietly shook her head slightly beside them.
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Then—
far above the eastern mountains—
the giant crimson eye finally disappeared completely behind closing crimson clouds.
But before vanishing—
it looked toward Xu Yuan one last ti.
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Not with anger anymore.
With recognition.
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The pressure over Sun City slowly faded afterward.
For the first ti in days—
the sky looked almost normal again.
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Almost.
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Xu Yuan quietly stared toward the distant gate in silence.
Because deep inside him—
he felt sothing had changed tonight.
Not power.
Sothing else.
Like the gate had finally noticed him completely.
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Then suddenly—
the system screen flickered softly before him.
> System initialization: 31%
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> New function unlocked:
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> Soul Sense
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Xu Yuan stared at the notification briefly.
Then sighed internally.
Another mysterious ability.
His life truly refused becoming peaceful again.
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