# Chapter 35 â The Eyeâs Fear
# Sun City â Inner Defensive Zone
The heavens remained silent after Xu Yuan spoke.
Not ordinary silence.
The kind that came after something impossible happened.
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Fragments of shattered crimson light still drifted across the sky while the giant eye above the eastern mountains trembled faintly.
And below itâ
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 became unstable briefly.
Using that power clearly came with a price.
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Beside himâ
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.
âSoâŠâ
He pointed toward the sky carefully.
ââŠdid you just threaten heaven?â
Xu Yuan calmly answered:
âI would prefer if we described it differently.â
âThat feels difficult.â
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Several nearby guards almost laughed from sheer stress.
Almost.
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Meanwhileâ
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 something ancient inside it could not understand Xu Yuanâs existence.
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The Observe ability activated automatically.
> Ancient entity suppression successful
>
> Physique resonance stabilizing
>
> External corruption weakened temporarily
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Xu Yuan frowned slightly.
Again the system mentioned 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:
âThat physiqueâŠâ
âIt resonates with the gate itself.â
The second elder nodded slowly.
âPerhaps itâs some incomplete ancient body.â
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Good.
That misunderstanding was far safer.
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Then suddenlyâ
BOOOOOOM!
The giant crimson eye pulsed violently once more.
But this timeâ
instead of attackingâ
the eye slowly began retreating.
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Crimson clouds twisted across the heavens while massive cracks spread around the eyeâs edges.
Something beyond the gate was pulling back temporarily.
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Several cultivators immediately noticed.
âThe pressure is weakening!â
âThe eye is retreating!â
âDid we survive?!â
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 momentsâ
nobody spoke.
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Then Zhao Tianhe finally said calmly:
âThe city is not safe yet.â
Everyone immediately focused again.
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âThe gate remains open.â
âThe corruption remains active.â
âAnd that thingââ
He looked toward the kneeling giant entity.
ââstill exists.â
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 suddenlyâ
the kneeling giant entity slowly raised its head again.
Several cultivators immediately became tense.
But instead of attackingâ
it looked toward Xu Yuan one final time.
Its ancient voice echoed softly across the ruined district.
> âThe gate⊠remembersâŠâ
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Thenâ
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.
Thenâ
it vanished completely.
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Silence returned again.
This time truly.
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The corrupted creatures throughout the city suddenly collapsed lifelessly one after another.
Without the giant entityâs influenceâ
their bodies rapidly turned into black crystal ash.
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Several cultivators nearly fell from exhaustion immediately afterward.
The battle had lasted too long.
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Lin Hao directly sat on broken rubble.
âIâm officially retiring.â
Xu Yuan glanced sideways.
âYou say that every battle.â
âOne day Iâll mean it.â
âYou cultivate for excitement.â
âI cultivate for survival.â
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Even Xia Yu quietly shook her head slightly beside them.
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Thenâ
far above the eastern mountainsâ
the giant crimson eye finally disappeared completely behind closing crimson clouds.
But before vanishingâ
it looked toward Xu Yuan one last time.
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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 time in daysâ
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 himâ
he felt something had changed tonight.
Not power.
Something else.
Like the gate had finally noticed him completely.
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Then suddenlyâ
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.