106: Break out of the abdomen and plunder the blood!

Inside the Yao King's belly was a sticky, scorching Hell.

The dark red flesh walls violently writhed, each contraction squeezing Lin Gou's bones, emitting a grating, bone-shattering sound.

Beneath his feet was churning green stomach acid, and his flesh and blood rapidly dissolved in this terrifying acid, turning into wisps of pure energy that were greedily absorbed by the surrounding flesh walls.

The dark blue Origin Demonic Flame, like maggots clinging to bone, scorched his Divine Soul.

Excruciating pain, pain like never before, like billions of red-hot steel needles, piercing every corner of his body and Soul.

His consciousness was dissolving, his vision collapsing.

Just before he completely sank into darkness, a cold, emotionless mechanical voice precisely sounded in his About to collapse Sea of Consciousness.

Ding!

Detecting that the Host is being refined.

Death method evaluation in progress...

Evaluation successful: Devoured and refined by a Late Golden Core Stage, ancient mutated Bloodline Yao King.

Death Rating: S-Class (Epic)!

This voice was an oracle in his desperate situation.

Lin Gou's scattered consciousness suddenly coalesced as if experiencing a final burst of lucidity.

Death Reward settlement in progress...

Congratulations, Host, you have received: 1. Special Ability: "Bloodline Power of the Yao King (Sky-Devouring Toad)", selectively activatable.

Congratulations, Host, you have received: 2. Host's Physique has greatly improved, "Godfiend Undying Body" proficiency +20%.

Congratulations, Host, you have received: 3. Free attribute points +300.

Congratulations, Host, you have received: 4. Additional Reward: Yao Beast Deterrence Aura (Passive, has absolute deterrent power over Yao Beasts below Golden Core Stage)!

A series of prompt sounds extinguished the Soul-burning Demonic Flame and soothed the bone-shattering pain.

Lin Gou smiled.

In this purgatory that was destroying him, he let out a silent, hearty laugh.

The light of resurrection should have been gentle, a prelude to reconstruction.

But this time, Lin Gou did not let it unfold on its own.

With his newly condensed will, with his undying Demonic Soul, he gripped this nascent, vast energy containing the Law of space, like a pair of invisible hands.

Compress.

Compress again!

He poured all his understanding of power from the "Godfiend Undying Body", all his comprehension of Law from the three-colored Golden Core, and all his experiences of death and rebirth into it.

Resurrection was no longer simple resurrection.

It transformed into a Law bomb, ignited by his own hands, with himself as its core.

Outside.

In the center of the Rotten Swamp, the gigantic flesh mountain stretched its body contentedly.

It could feel that the "divine medicine" in its belly was rapidly dissolving, turning into the purest Origin energy, nourishing its Yao Body.

Once fully digested, it could even touch the threshold of the Nascent Soul Stage.

However.

The next second.

Its movements suddenly froze.

A terrifying tremor that made its Yao Soul tremble, without warning, erupted from its belly, from its innermost stomach!

That was not the docile fluctuation of energy being refined.

That was a... nascent, violent, destructive, terrifying pulse carrying a hint of supreme Law that it could not comprehend!

The intensity of this power was climbing at an incredible, exponential rate!

One!

Ten!

One hundred!

One thousand!

The Sky-Devouring Toad's abyss-like giant pupils suddenly contracted to the size of pinpricks.

It felt as if a swelling sun had been stuffed into its belly.

No!

Escape!

This thought had just arisen in its sluggish mind.

It was too late.

Boom!!!

There was no sound.

At least at first, there was absolute silence.

A blinding white light burst forth from the Sky-Devouring Toad's abdomen, piercing through its body.

Immediately after.

Its massive, mountain-like body silently, extremely distortedly, expanded outwards.

The cracked rock-like patterns on its skin were stretched flat.

The tomb-like flesh tumors on its back were elongated.

Time, at this moment, seemed to slow down a thousandfold.

Then.

Boom — — — — — — !!!

The destruction, accumulated to its peak, finally turned into an earth-shattering roar.

The Sky-Devouring Toad's Physical Body, comparable to a Magic Treasure, exploded!

An unprecedented rain of flesh and blood swept in all directions.

The putrid Yao Blood dyed the sky dark red.

Shattered internal organs, like meteorites, crashed down, creating massive craters in the black swamp.

Demonic Qi soared to the heavens, and resentment boiled.

The entire Rotten Swamp looked as if it had been directly struck by an extraterrestrial meteorite.

And in the very center of this bloody storm.

Lin Gou's figure slowly ascended.

He was bare-chested, his skin as smooth as a newborn baby's, not stained with a single speck of blood.

The lingering energy of his resurrection formed an invisible barrier, isolating all defilement.

He bathed in the Yao King's blood rain, his expression calm, like a deity who had emerged from destruction.

He closed his eyes, feeling the surge of new power within his body.

The explosive increase in the proficiency of the "Godfiend Undying Body" made him feel that every inch of his flesh and blood, every bone, was filled with explosive power.

The three hundred free attribute points, moreover, made his Foundation incredibly profound.

The most crucial thing was that aura.

He didn't even need to actively do anything.

An invisible pressure, originating from a higher level of life, spread from him like ripples on water, throughout the entire Ten Thousand Mountains.

The Ten Thousand Mountains instantly fell silent.

All Yao Beasts below the Golden Core Stage, whether the fierce wolves in the forest or the evil dragons in the water, whether they were hunting or sleeping.

At this moment, in the depths of their Yao Souls, they all felt an irresistible fear originating from their Bloodline Origin.

They prostrated themselves on the ground, trembling, burying their heads deep in the mud, unable to even conceive of resistance.

It was as if their King had arrived.

Lin Gou slowly opened his eyes, his gaze sweeping over the ruined swamp below.

His sight fell upon the fragments of flesh and blood floating on the swamp, not yet fully submerged, still containing immense vital essence.

Special Ability: "Bloodline Power of the Yao King (Sky-Devouring Toad)", activate?

The System's prompt sounded at the right time.

"Activate."

Lin Gou murmured in his heart.

Buzz.

A violent power, originating from ancient primordial times, filled with the desire for devouring and hunger, roared awake within him.

On the surface of his skin, ancient and complex dark golden Demonic Runes quickly appeared, spreading throughout his body.

His pupils, at this moment, even took on a hint of inhuman, cold vertical pupil characteristics.

An indescribable sense of hunger emanated from every cell of his body.

That was not ordinary hunger.

That was a primal craving for energy, for flesh and blood, for all life Origin.

He needed to eat.

He needed to devour!

Lin Gou opened his mouth.

With a gentle inhale.

Whoosh — — — — !

Above the entire Rotten Swamp, the wind and clouds changed color.

A gigantic, invisible vortex, centered on his mouth, suddenly formed.

The power of devouring was utterly domineering.

All the blood mist containing the essence of the Sky-Devouring Toad, scattered in the air, and all the fragments of flesh and blood scattered in the swamp.

At this moment, they all seemed to be summoned by some irresistible force.

They were all stripped from the swamp, transforming into dark red torrents, surging back and wildly pouring into Lin Gou's seemingly not-so-large mouth.

The scene was bizarre and shocking.

It was as if the life essence of the entire swamp had been swallowed by him alone, in one gulp.

Violent energy exploded within his body a second time.

The "Godfiend Undying Body" operated frantically, refining these mixed flesh and blood essences into the purest life Origin, integrating them into his limbs and bones.

Although his Cultivation Realm did not immediately Breakthrough to the Middle Golden Core Stage.

But the three-colored Golden Core in his Dantian became even more condensed, its light brilliant, and the three breaths of Dao, Devil, and God flowing on it almost materialized.

His Physical Body strength surged again.

At this moment, if he were to face the Sky-Devouring Toad again, perhaps he would no longer need to scheme for death, but would have the power to fight.

He floated silently in mid-air, digesting this immense harvest.

He clenched his fist, feeling the overflowing power, but there was not much joy in his heart.

He needed power.

He needed more, stronger power.

Because that gaze, which had cast a fleeting glance after the heavenly tribulation, was like a poisonous thorn, deeply embedded in his heart.

Because the "Scavengers" that Su Meier mentioned were like a sharp sword hanging over his head, ready to fall at any time.

He thought of Zhao Linger.

He thought of the girl who, at the mountain gate, had bravely held back her tears and nodded vigorously at him.

He thought of the clumsily stitched brocade pouch she had sewn for him with her own hands.

He thought of that one sentence.

"You must come back."

His eyes softened for a moment, but soon, they were replaced by cold determination.

Protection requires power.

And his power came from death.

Just at this moment.

Lin Gou's body suddenly stiffened.

A terrifying sense of crisis that made his hair stand on end suddenly descended.

Not one.

But three!

Three indescribably powerful Divine Senses, as vast and boundless as heavenly might, descended from the deepest reaches of the Ten Thousand Mountains, instantly arriving here, spanning endless space.

These three Divine Senses, carrying monstrous anger and icy killing intent, pressed down firmly on Lin Gou like three invisible mountains.

Nascent Soul Stage!

And, they were ancient Yao Beasts, true Nascent Soul Great Yao!

The death of the Sky-Devouring Toad had, after all, alarmed the true masters of this Forbidden Ground.

Their Divine Senses locked firmly onto Lin Gou, the "culprit" who was bathing in Yao Blood and still carried the Sky-Devouring Toad's aura.

"Who is it!"

"How dare you kill my Yao Mountain's offspring!"

An ancient and angry thought exploded in Lin Gou's mind, causing his Divine Soul to ache.

The next second, Lin Gou could feel three even more terrifying auras rushing towards this place at an alarming speed.

Run!

However, there was no trace of panic on Lin Gou's face.

He sneered.

All of this was already within his expectations.

From the very beginning, he had no intention of facing the wrath of these old monsters himself.

Just before those Great Yao's true forms arrived.

His figure suddenly blurred.

A streak of light shot into the sky.

But at the moment of leaving, he grabbed a large piece of flesh that still contained the richest Origin aura of the Sky-Devouring Toad from the swamp.

Then, using his newly acquired devouring power, he enveloped this mass of flesh, concealed all his own aura, and threw it like a pebble in another direction.

That direction.

It was the direction in which the group of Qingyun Sect Disciples he had encountered earlier had fled.

Diverting disaster.

Framing others.

His actions were smooth and decisive, without any hesitation.

After doing all this, he didn't look back, transforming into a streak of light and completely disappearing into the horizon... Ten-odd breaths later.

Three terrifying figures, towering to the sky, descended upon the Rotten Swamp.

One was a colorful fierce tiger with two wings on its back.

One was a pitch-black giant python whose body coiled like a mountain range.

And another was a three-legged crow, its entire body burning with golden flames.

They looked at the devastated swamp below, the tragic sight of the Yao King's demise, and were all consumed by rage.

"The aura went that way!"

The three-legged Golden Crow spoke human words, its gaze like lightning, locking onto the aura of the mass of flesh that Lin Gou had thrown.

The three Nascent Soul Great Yao, without the slightest hesitation, pursued the sole aura with monstrous anger...

Dozens of miles away.

In a hidden mountain valley.

Liu Qingyan and several surviving Qingyun Sect Disciples were tending to their wounds, still shaken.

"Senior Sister Qingyan, what exactly was that explosion just now, and the aura of the Yao King's demise?"

A Disciple asked with lingering fear.

"I don't know either."

Liu Qingyan shook her head, her mind still replaying the mysterious and domineering fist wind that had saved them earlier.

This place was too strange.

Just at this moment.

The color drained from her face.

A terrifying Demonic Qi that made her unable to breathe swept in from the distant horizon like a tsunami.

Immediately after.

Three terrifying pressures belonging to Nascent Soul Great Yao, which froze her Divine Soul, firmly locked onto the mountain valley where they were located.

"Human Cultivators!"

"Hand over the culprit!"

"Otherwise, die!"

Cold and merciless roars echoed through the heavens and earth.

Liu Qingyan and the others were completely stunned, their eyes filled only with endless despair and confusion.

Culprit?

What culprit?

A huge, deadly misunderstanding had already descended.

As for the true instigator, Lin Gou.

He had already slipped out of the Ten Thousand Mountains.

He stood atop a mountain peak, gazing distantly in the direction the several Nascent Soul Great Yao had pursued, a cold arc forming at the corner of his lips.

From his Storage Pouch, he took out a special Jade Slip for transmitting messages.

This was a one-way communication token given to him by Su Meier.

Just at this moment.

The Jade Slip, without warning, lit up.

On it, a hurried and anxious line of blood-red small characters appeared.

"East Sea, Blackrock Island, come save me quickly!"

"They are 'Scavengers'!"

The arc on Lin Gou's face instantly froze.

His pupils suddenly contracted into dangerous pinpricks.

An even colder, purer killing intent than that of the three Nascent Soul Great Yao erupted from him.