93: The Nine Heavens Palace, Transforming Illusion into Reality

"Seeking death!" the Blood Soul King roared in fury. His blood-red cloak fluttered without wind, transforming into a blood curtain that blocked the sky and sun. Hundreds of Purple Soul Spirits were instantly drained of their Soul Power, turning into withered husks. However, even more Purple Soul Spirits rushed forward one after another, using self-destruction to blast openings in the blood curtain.

Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes; this resistance was even more intense than he had anticipated. He noticed that the tactics of several Purple Soul Spirit leaders were quite ingenious: they intentionally lured Gold Soul Spirits into specific areas and then detonated pre-arranged Soul Power traps. Although each time they could only cause minor damage, it accumulated over time, and already a dozen or so Gold Soul Spirits had sustained minor injuries.

"I underestimated these ants, after all." A Soul Spirit holding a golden longbow sneered. Suddenly, he drew his bow and nocked an arrow, a brilliant golden arrow condensing on the bowstring. "Let me show you the true gap!"

The moment the arrow left the string, the space was torn with fine cracks. Wherever the arrow passed, more than thirty Purple Soul Spirits exploded simultaneously, and the aftermath even caused hundreds of Soul Spirits behind them to have unstable soul bodies. The power of this single arrow directly cleared out the Purple Soul Spirits within a hundred-meter radius.

Watching the densely packed Soul Spirits fighting in a melee, Lin Yuan finally moved.

"The farce should end now."

He gently raised his hand, his Chaos Dharma Body faintly appearing behind him. A grey Sword Qi silently swept across the battlefield. The Gold Soul Spirit holding the bow suddenly froze, looking down at the bowl-sized hole in his chest, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"Who...?"

The roaring explosion of golden light rain caused the entire battlefield to fall silent. The floating golden Magic Power crystal was three times larger than ordinary purple Magic Power crystals, and the Law energy flowing within it was purely terrifying.

"It's that purple-robed Grim Reaper!" a Purple Soul Spirit shouted in terror. "He's the one who slaughtered at least hundreds of thousands of Soul Spirits on the first level!"

The Gold Soul Spirits finally became alert, but it was already too late. Lin Yuan's figure flashed like a ghost across the battlefield, and every appearance was accompanied by the fall of a Gold Soul Spirit and a large swath of Purple Soul Spirits. His movements were as elegant as if he were taking a walk, but every strike was terrifyingly powerful.

"Attack together! All Soul Spirits, attack him together!" King Jinhuang roared. The remaining Gold Soul Spirits and Purple Soul Spirits quickly unleashed their strongest output towards Lin Yuan, with densely packed Soul Power attacks heading his way. But looking at the gathered Soul Spirits, Lin Yuan just chuckled, and his Chaos Dharma Body fully manifested.

The eight-meter-tall dark golden Dharma Body stood between heaven and earth. In just a single breath, it drained the Soul Power within a ten-mile radius into a vacuum. The Dharma Body raised its hand and pressed down, and those Soul Power attacks shattered inch by inch like fragile glass.

"Chaos Tribulation Light!"

Following Lin Yuan's whisper, the Dharma Body pressed its palms together, and countless purple-golden rays of light descended from the sky, like light of judgment sent down by the heavens. Each ray of light precisely hit a Soul Spirit, piercing through their soul cores as they watched in terror, instantly weaving into a brilliant net of death. The Gold Soul Spirits were terrified to discover that their own soul cores were being disintegrated and annihilated by these rays of light.

"No! What is this?! Is this a human's Dharma Body? Why is a human mixed in here?"

"My soul core... is being decomposed!"

Amidst the screams, thousands of second-tier Gold Soul Spirits and over a hundred thousand Purple Soul Spirits exploded simultaneously. The resulting golden and purple light rain dyed the entire sky a brilliant purple-gold. Lin Yuan stood in the center of the light rain, his Divine Thought gathering all the Magic Power crystals dropped after the Soul Spirits died, continuously using his Dharma Body to refine these high-quality Magic Power crystals. The Eighth Nine Heavens Tower solidified at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even the phantom of the Ninth Nine Heavens Tower began to condense.

The remaining power of the Chaos Tribulation Light was still reverberating between heaven and earth, and the grey-black energy turbulence tore the entire plain into pieces. The originally arrogant Gold Soul Spirits were now like stray dogs, fleeing frantically.

"Run! Run quickly!"

"Flee separately! Don't let him catch up!"

The Gold Soul Spirits turned into streaks of light and fled in all directions; their proud combat power was simply vulnerable before this purple-robed demon. Those Purple Soul Spirits were even more terrified, their soul fires scattering as they ran around like headless flies on the broken ground.

Lin Yuan slowly retracted his Chaos Dharma Body, a glimmer of bloodlust flashing in his eyes.

"Want to escape?"

He gently stroked the sword body, and the chaos heavenly extreme sword emitted an excited hum. This divine weapon that had accompanied him in battle for a long time was now also craving more slaughter.

"Whoosh—"

A purple afterimage cut through the sky; Lin Yuan's speed was fast to the extreme, and in the blink of an eye, he caught up to a team of fleeing Gold Soul Spirits.

"No! Spare us! We can—"

The pleas for mercy came to an abrupt end. The grey Sword Qi swept across, and seven Gold Soul Spirits froze simultaneously. Fine cracks appeared on their soul bodies, and then they exploded like broken porcelain.

Lin Yuan flicked his sleeve, and three brilliant golden Magic Power crystals fell into his palm. He absorbed them without even looking, and the phantom of the Ninth Nine Heavens Tower solidified a bit more.

"Still not enough..."

He looked up into the distance, his Divine Thought spreading out like a tide. The entire heaven and earth were under his perception, and every fleeing Soul Spirit had nowhere to hide.

For the next two days and two nights, the second level became a true Shura field. Lin Yuan, like a tireless killing machine, carried his chaos heavenly extreme sword and hunted down every living Soul Spirit. On the grey plains, one could see panicked figures fleeing everywhere and the purple Grim Reaper following closely behind.

"Boom!"

A hundred-foot Sword Qi split the earth, and more than thirty Purple Soul Spirits who were forming a defensive Formation were instantly annihilated. Their defensive Formation was like paper in front of absolute power.

"Quick! Hide in the ground fissures!"

"He's here! He's here again!"

The Soul Spirits despairingly discovered that as time passed, the space of the second level was shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye. The originally vast plain now had less than a hundred miles of range remaining, which forced the surviving Soul Spirits to get closer and closer to each other.

Lin Yuan stood on a high ground, watching the chaotic scene below with cold eyes. After another day and night of pursuit, there were few Gold Soul Spirits left, and the number of Purple Soul Spirits had also plummeted to less than one hundred thousand.

"The efficiency is still too slow. Let's wait for the map to continue shrinking; then the killing efficiency will be high."

His Divine Sense scanned his storage space; the mountain of Law energy crystals emitted an alluring light, and the number had already reached a staggering four hundred thousand plus.

"Three days and three nights of hunting; it's time to refine the spoils."

He casually set up an isolation barrier and sat cross-legged. Lin Yuan took out more than 50,000 Law energy crystals; these crystals surrounded his body like a galaxy, emitting a brilliant light. As the Chaos Dharma Body operated, the crystals began to dissolve at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into the purest Law energy and pouring into the Nine Heavens Towers.

"Boom—"

A deafening roar came from his Sea of Consciousness, and the phantom of the Ninth Nine Heavens Tower solidified at an astonishing speed. When the last golden crystal was refined, the nine towers simultaneously bloomed with brilliant divine light, connecting with each other to form a perfect cycle, and Lin Yuan's aura climbed steadily.