98: Hunting ends

The Dharma Aspect split into three, generating the Past, Present, and Future Dharma Aspects with the help of the power of the Time Law. Each one possessed eighty percent of the main body's strength. The three figures rushed towards the three Overlords, and the Deep Sea instantly fell into a turbulent Law current.

Lin Yuan's True Body, primarily attacking the Myriad Law Coral, clasped his hands together in the air. The stuck Heavenly Extreme Sword suddenly flared with intense gray light. Dense Chaos Runes appeared on the sword body, spreading along the coral branches like living things.

"Explode!"

Following a fierce shout, countless gray light rays suddenly burst forth from inside the Myriad Law Coral. The coral branches eroded by the Chaos Runes exploded one after another, and seven-colored law essence surged out like a fountain.

"Roar—"

The Myriad Law Coral let out a mournful wail, and its massive body began to collapse. But Lin Yuan also paid a price—forcibly activating the Chaos Runes caused a trace of blood to spill from his lips, and his comprehension progress of the Chaos Origin even regressed from 2.8% to 2.75%.

In the other two battlefields, the two Dharma Aspect Clones had fallen into a disadvantage. The Clone fighting the Space Whale King was torn to shreds by countless spatial cracks; the Clone fighting the Blood Thunder Sea Emperor was riddled with holes by bloody lightning.

"Retrieve!"

Lin Yuan decisively recalled the Clones and quickly collected the scattered essence amidst the chaos caused by the Myriad Law Coral's death throes. The most precious among them were three Seven-colored Essences and one completely transparent “Heart of Law”—this was the core crystal of the Myriad Law Coral, containing the secrets of its dominion over multiple Laws.

"Retreat!"

Without lingering in the fight, Lin Yuan used the Chaos Escape Technique to quickly leave the battlefield. Without the restraint of the Myriad Law Coral, the remaining two Overlords immediately started fighting each other, which gave him a chance to escape.

Finding a hidden Sea Trench, Lin Yuan began healing his wounds and tallying his gains. Besides the three Seven-colored Essences, there were forty-eight high-grade single-attribute essences and that precious Heart of Law.

"First, heal the wounds..."

He grabbed a handful of Law Power Crystals, previously obtained on the first and second floors, from his Storage Ring. The pure Law Power quickly healed his injuries. After his injuries were fully recovered, Lin Yuan turned his attention to the Heart of Law.

"This is... a Secret Technique for Law Fusion?"

His Divine Sense probed into it, and Lin Yuan saw a shocking sight: multiple Laws of different attributes interlocked precisely like gears, forming a perfect cycle. This method of constructing complex Laws was much more exquisite than his previous simple and crude application of Laws.

"Perhaps I can comprehend a Secret Technique requiring the Fusion of multiple Laws from this, but I don't have that much time to comprehend it now. For now, I should hurry up and refine and absorb the law essence."

He then took out the three seven-colored law essences and forty-eight high-grade single-attribute law essences for restructuring, evolution, refining, and absorption. Lin Yuan entered a deep state of comprehending the Laws of Heaven and Earth. Three days passed in the blink of an eye. When he opened his eyes again, his comprehension level of the Chaos Origin had reached 2.9%! Although the numerical increase was small, his understanding and utilization of the power of the Chaos Origin had undergone a qualitative leap.

"Time to deal with the remaining trouble."

Leaving the Sea Trench, Lin Yuan found that the Deep Sea area was completely unrecognizable. The battle between the Space Whale King and the Blood Thunder Sea Emperor had leveled the seabed for hundreds of miles, and both Overlords were covered in injuries.

"Chaos - Three Life Aspects!"

This time, Lin Yuan did not act recklessly. The two Dharma Aspect Clones condensed in a completely new way—no longer a simple application of a single Time Law, but drawing upon the Fusion techniques recorded on the Heart of Law. One Clone specialized in space, one Clone specialized in thunder, while the main body remained hidden in the dark, waiting for an opportunity.

The battle lasted for half a day. Finally, when Lin Yuan's True Body plunged the Heavenly Extreme Sword into the Blood Thunder Sea Emperor's single eye, this shocking Battle of the Three Kings finally concluded.

"Hoo..."

Slumped on the seabed ruins, Lin Yuan tallied the spoils of war, feeling exhausted yet satisfied. Although he lacked Seven-colored Essence, the haul of one hundred and twenty-six high-grade essences still greatly pleased Lin Yuan. Most importantly, after spending 2 days refining and absorbing this essence, his comprehension level of the Chaos Origin Law finally Broke Through to 3.01%!

For the next 10 days, Lin Yuan continuously hunted and killed Law Spirits in the Sea of Laws, preparing to secure the first-place reward when submitting the law essence 10 days later!

Just as Lin Yuan killed another Law Spirit, the entire Sea of Laws suddenly shook violently. A grand voice rang out in the minds of all the Trial Participants:

"The 20 days are up."

"All Trial Participants, please teleport back to the Platform. Submit your law essence to confirm your ranking. The top hundred can enter the Fifth Floor and receive generous rewards."

A blood-red light pillar descended from the sky, enveloping Lin Yuan's figure.

A blood-red light pillar descended from the sky, and Lin Yuan's figure reappeared on the initial Crystal Platform. He looked around. Of the original fifteen thousand-plus Trial Participants, now less than five thousand remained. Many Soul Spirits carried severe injuries, their soul fires flickering weakly like candles in the wind.

"It seems the lethality of the Law Spirits is more terrifying than imagined..."

Lin Yuan pondered silently. Although mutual fighting was prohibited, those powerful Law Spirits still caused over ten thousand Soul Spirits to remain permanently in the Sea of Laws.

A massive Crystal Stele rose in the center of the Platform, with golden characters shimmering on its surface:

[Please Submit law essence]

The surviving Trial Participants began queuing up. Lin Yuan noticed that the remaining 4,000-plus Soul Spirits were mostly Third-Tier and Fourth-Tier Purple Soul Spirits. Second-Tier Purple Soul Spirits had either advanced by refining law essence in the Sea of Laws or were completely wiped out, so the remaining Soul Spirits all possessed formidable combat power. Most Purple Soul Spirits submitted over a hundred essences, primarily of low grade. Occasionally, a few outstanding Gold Soul Spirits who could produce fifty or sixty mid-grade law essences or one high-grade law essence would cause a burst of astonishment from the surroundings.

"Look! It's Golden Feather Emperor!"

A sudden commotion broke out at the front of the line. That Gold Soul Spirit, who had a pair of wings on his back, stepped forward proudly and poured out a small mountain of essence from his Storage Magical Artifact. The Crystal Stele shone brightly:

[Golden Feather Emperor: 12 High-Grade Essence, 89 Mid-Grade Essence, 215 Low-Grade Essence]

This result caused an uproar among the Soul Spirits present. Golden Feather Emperor smugly retreated to the side, looking provocatively in Lin Yuan's direction.

Next was Blood Emperor. He submitted slightly fewer essences, but the quality was higher:

[Blood Emperor: 18 High-Grade Essence, 76 Mid-Grade Essence, 190 Low-Grade Essence]

The results of the seven strongest high-grade Soul Spirits were all near the top. The score of the last Third-Tier Red Soul Spirit—Heaven Burning Supreme—was the most dazzling:

[Heaven Burning Supreme: 25 High-Grade Essence, 102 Mid-Grade Essence, 280 Low-Grade Essence]

This result caused the Crystal Stele to tremble slightly, and Heaven Burning Supreme showed a look of absolute certainty.

Finally, it was Lin Yuan's turn. Amidst the gazes of fear and doubt from the many Soul Spirits, he slowly stepped forward and lightly waved his sleeve—

"Crash!"

Essence poured out like a waterfall, instantly piling up into a small mountain, emanating suffocating fluctuations.

The Crystal Stele shook violently, and its light surged:

[Gloomy Net: 47 High-Grade Essence, 100 Mid-Grade Essence, 500 Low-Grade Essence]