144: Supreme-level Origin Dharma Form

"Roar—!"

The dozen or so Corpse Dogs and several Earth-boring Demon Insects nearby were immediately attracted by this lone "prey." They let out excited roars and abandoned their other targets, pouncing toward Lin Yuan from different directions like sharks sensing blood! Their sharp claws and drill-like mouthparts glinted with a cold light.

Lin Yuan's gaze was indifferent; he didn't even look at these low-tier Exotic Beasts pouncing toward him.

Buzz—!

A vast and ancient pressure, seemingly containing the aura of Chaos from the dawn of creation, erupted violently with him as the center without any warning!

Origin Dharma Body!

Behind him, the Void Realm distorted, and a vast and boundless, grey phantom of the Origin world suddenly unfolded! This phantom was not static but slowly rotated and flowed as if it possessed life. In the center of that Origin world, a blurry yet infinitely majestic phantom of a giant loomed.

The Supreme-level Dharma Body, accompanied by Lin Yuan's pressure of up to 12.7 million combat power, descended with a crash!

The Corpse Dogs and Earth-boring Demon Insects that pounced within a range of several thousand meters in front of Lin Yuan didn't even have time to wail. Under this pure and majestic Dharma Body pressure, they were like snowflakes thrown into lava, instantly vaporizing and annihilating! Not even a trace of residue was left behind!

This was merely the beginning.

With a slight thought, Lin Yuan moved.

Behind him, the sky-blotting phantom of the Origin Dharma Body raised a giant palm composed of Chaos currents, covering an area of several thousand meters, and gently pressed it down toward the area where the beast tide was most dense!

There was no flashy light from Spells, nor any earth-shattering energy explosions. There was only a pure, crushing power!

Boom—!!!

The earth trembled violently, as if a small earthquake had occurred! Within the range of the palm, whether it was the roaring Corpse Dogs, the hard Earth-boring Demon Insects, or the Scythe Demons waving their bone blades, even some of the affected ruins and debris were completely crushed into the most primitive dust the moment that giant Chaos palm fell! A massive palm print several thousand meters in diameter was clearly branded onto the scorched earth. Within the palm print, there was only nothingness, leaving behind only churning Chaos currents!

The bronze bracelet on Lin Yuan's wrist refreshed and soared frantically, with [Kill Count] and [merit points] cascading like a waterfall! With just this one palm strike, the number of Exotic Beasts killed numbered in the tens of thousands! Most were first or second-tier, but there were also many third-tier Scythe Demons!

This scene caused everyone inside and outside the Light Screen who saw it to gasp! The gazes of those top Prodigies also became more solemn. Such a large-scale display of pure crushing power was something they could not do so easily and casually, even if they were capable of it!

But this was just an appetizer for Lin Yuan.

Clang!

A clear sword cry resounded through the battlefield.

In Lin Yuan's hand, the ancient longsword—chaos heavenly extreme sword—was already unsheathed! The sword's body was grey and seemingly unremarkable, yet it emitted an Origin aura that could sever Laws and destroy all things.

He did not perform any Origin Spells; he simply gripped the sword and swung it horizontally toward the surging beast tide ahead!

Swish—!

A wisp of grey Sword Qi, condensed to the extreme, swept out silently like a fine line cutting through heaven and earth. Wherever the Sword Qi passed, space seemed like cloth being slit open, leaving a thin but persistent black crack.

There was no obstruction!

Wherever the Sword Qi passed, whether it was groups of Corpse Dogs, thick-shelled Earth-boring Demon Insects, or those Soul-Devouring Bats hovering at low altitudes and trying to dive, their bodies, shells, and wings were all instantly sliced in half like tofu cut by the sharpest blade! Severed limbs, shattered shells, and bat wings mixed with foul blood fell in patches like harvested wheat! Another fan-shaped area was cleared!

As the Soul-Devouring Bats were slain, Lin Yuan's merit points saw another small jump.

"The quantity is indeed a problem." Lin Yuan frowned slightly as he looked at the seemingly endless beast tide before him and the more dark shadows in the distant ruins that were being disturbed and were continuously arriving. This level of small fry posed no threat to him, but if the consumption continued endlessly, even he would feel annoyed.

"heaven swallowing pagoda!"

Lin Yuan's mind moved again.

A phantom of a simple small pagoda, emitting the aura of Devouring Origin, flashed above his head.

Buzz!

An invisible yet mountain-heavy force field instantly enveloped a range of nearly ten thousand meters in front of Lin Yuan!

heaven swallowing pagoda Special Effect 1: Binding Imprisonment!

The moment the force field descended, the movements of all Exotic Beasts within the range—whether they were charging, jumping, crawling, or flying—became incredibly sluggish! It was as if they had fallen into the most viscous swamp! The Corpse Dogs' running turned into slow motion, the Earth-boring Demon Insects' drill-like mouthparts turned with difficulty, the Scythe Demons' speed in waving their bone blades slowed several times over, and the Soul-Devouring Bats in the air were like they were stuck to an invisible spiderweb, making it extremely difficult to flap their wings!

This sudden powerful control caused the originally fierce beast tide's offensive to stall!

Lin Yuan's gaze was icy. The Origin Dharma Body condensed once again!

This time, the giant Dharma Body palm was no longer a strike but like a massive millstone, ruthlessly crushing those densely packed, imprisoned Exotic Beasts within the heaven swallowing pagoda's binding force field!

Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff!

It was like countless balloons filled with water were being stepped on and popped at the same time! Within the force field's range, the bound Exotic Beasts had no way to evade. Under the crushing of the giant Dharma Body palm, they were like they were being passed through an invisible millstone, instantly turning into blood and flesh dust that exploded into the sky! The scene was bloody and cruel!

This crush of the giant Dharma Body palm not only contained Lin Yuan's own 12.7 million Yu of strength but also added the 12.7 million Yu total combat power bonus brought by another special effect of the heaven swallowing pagoda! This was equivalent to a terrifying power of 25.4 million Yu pouring into the bound group of Exotic Beasts, the highest of which were only fourth-tier!

The result was complete, crushing destruction!

The kill count and merit points on Lin Yuan's bracelet saw another terrifying surge! The merit points accumulated in an instant had already reached a number that most top Prodigies would find hard to attain!

However, Lin Yuan's brow did not relax. He looked toward the depths of the ruins, where the purple-black vines wriggled even more violently, and further away, at those shadows emitting even stronger and more chaotic auras.

Outside the Light Screen was a true sea of despair. And this cleanup had only just begun.

Lin Yuan's gaze turned toward the directions in the depths of the ruins that faintly emitted stronger energy fluctuations. That was where the target lay—the Exotic Beast Nest! The key to obtaining Honor Points!

Lin Yuan looked back at the other Trialists who were constantly releasing Origin Spells to slay Exotic Beasts. He no longer lingered. With a movement of his body, ignoring the low-level beast tide that was still continuously pouncing around him, he used his Origin Dharma Body as protection and sped toward the deeper, darker core of the Thousand Absolute Star City ruins like a grey meteor!