108: A hero saving a beautiful girl? No, it's a precise scam!

Su Meier's heart-wrenching Divine Thought, like an ice needle, pierced into Lin Gou's boiling Sea of Consciousness.

"Be careful!"

"They have a killer weapon specifically targeting 'Outsiders'!"

"That thing can truly erase our Foundation!"

Erase the Foundation.

These four words made Lin Gou's heart, which was filled with killing intent, suddenly sink.

The savagery and demonic Aura on his face did not fade; instead, they burned even more fiercely, like a trapped beast thoroughly enraged.

But beneath this mask of madness, his Divine Sense, like an invisible and precise net, probed frantically towards the three black-clad men opposite him with unprecedented vigilance.

He "saw" it.

What flowed within those three bodies was not the Spiritual Qi familiar to the Cultivators of this world.

It was a more fundamental, colder power.

It was as if lines of commands, granted execution authority, were directly invoked from the Void Realm, bypassing the Dantian and Meridians, driving their Physical Bodies and Magic Treasures.

Invocation, not arduous cultivation.

Lin Gou instantly understood the weight of Su Meier's warning.

These people were a species entirely different from this world.

"Analysis complete."

The leading Scavengers emitted a mechanical sound.

"Target 'Newly Promoted Anomaly' possesses high physical resistance, composite energy form, threat Rank elevated."

"Initiate Capture Protocol Three."

The moment the words fell, the three moved.

There was no pre-battle roar, no surge of Aura, only programmatic, perfectly synchronized action.

The Scavengers on the left spread his five fingers, and a pitch-black stone tablet flew out from his palm, expanding rapidly in the wind. The tablet was covered in runes of order, pressing down on Lin Gou's head.

The Scavengers on the right formed hand seals, and gray chains shot out from the shadows beneath his feet, coiling silently around Lin Gou's legs like lurking vipers.

The leader in front raised a finger, and a pure, destructive beam of light capable of piercing mountains condensed at his fingertip.

Blocking above, restraining below, a frontal killing blow.

A perfect, flawless three-dimensional offensive.

Lin Gou advanced instead of retreating, letting out a deafening roar!

The roar was filled with the madness of being pushed to the brink.

He abandoned all flashy spells, pushing the Godfiend Undying Body and the Bloodline Power of the Demon King to their limits.

Dark golden demon patterns crawled over every inch of his skin, his bulging muscles like cast steel.

He charged like a mad beast, actively meeting the black stone tablet that was suppressing him.

"Boom!"

Fist and stone tablet collided solidly.

A terrifying wave of Qi transformed into a white circular shockwave, pulverizing all the black reefs on the island.

That black stone tablet, comparable to a High Grade Magic Treasure, was sent flying back by his punch, and even a faint crack appeared on its surface.

But Lin Gou's fist was also torn open, revealing the dark golden shimmering bones beneath.

At the same time.

The gray chains had already wrapped around his ankles.

They were not physical entities, but a materialized Law, carrying the power of sluggishness and confinement, making him feel as if his body had sunk into a quagmire of ten thousand years.

The destructive beam from the front also arrived at this moment, with unparalleled precision.

Pfft.

The beam effortlessly pierced through Lin Gou's shoulder blade, leaving a terrifying wound that was transparent from front to back, its edges constantly corroded by gray energy.

No blood flowed out.

The flesh at the wound was being rapidly decomposed and annihilated by that alien energy.

"A bit interesting."

The leading Scavengers looked at Lin Gou, who withstood a round of attacks and still stood unyielding, making an emotionless judgment.

"Physical Body strength has reached the peak of 'Body Refining Nascent Soul' in this world."

"Data model is rare."

Su Meier watched from afar, her heart pounding, almost leaping out of her throat for Lin Gou.

She had never seen such a bizarre fighting style.

These three people were like three perfectly coordinated killing machines; every action pointed to the final outcome, without a trace of superfluous emotion or wasted energy.

"Again!"

Lin Gou roared, like a wounded beast, launching a charge.

He ignored the wound on his shoulder, forcibly shattered the Law chains on his feet, and transformed into a golden afterimage, rushing directly towards the Scavengers on the right.

The battle entered a fierce stage.

Lin Gou turned himself into the most violent weapon.

His fists, his feet, his knees, every part of his body carried the terrifying power to tear apart Divine Abilities and directly confront Magic Treasures.

The entire Black Stone Island continuously sank and disintegrated during their exchange.

Seawater poured in, and giant waves surged.

The attacks of the three Scavengers were precise and deadly, each time leaving new wounds on Lin Gou's body.

But Lin Gou's recovery ability was also extremely abnormal.

His pierced shoulder, flesh wriggling, healed in a few breaths.

His shattered fist bones, bathed in dark golden light, were instantly restored to their original state.

The might of the Godfiend Undying Body, combined with the vitality brought by the Sky-Devouring Toad Bloodline, turned him into an unkillable monster.

The three Scavengers, for the first time, showed a "delay" beyond their data.

They had never seen a "new player" with such a solid Foundation and such an abnormal Physical Body.

This did not conform to logic.

"Warning."

"Target's regeneration capability exceeds threshold."

"Capture Protocol failure rate, ninety percent."

The data streams in the eyes of the leading Scavengers flickered wildly; finally, he seemed to issue a new command.

He lost all patience.

"Protocol changed to, purge."

He slowly took out an artifact from his storage space.

It was a gray awl, about three inches long.

It seemed to be polished from the purest Chaos rough stone, with no luster or runes on its surface.

But the moment it appeared, the Laws of the entire world seemed to freeze.

The wind stopped.

The waves calmed.

Even the Spiritual Qi floating in the air fled in fear.

[Foundation Eradication Awl].

"Game over, rookie."

The leading Scavengers let out his first truly emotional, sinister laugh.

He aimed the gray awl at Lin Gou, who was in the midst of a fierce battle.

In the distance.

The moment Su Meier saw the awl, her pupils contracted to the extreme!

The blood instantly drained from her enchanting face, turning it deathly pale.

An unspeakable fear, originating from the deepest part of her Soul, gripped her heart.

"No!"

She screamed, her voice sharp and distorted due to extreme fear.

"Get out of the way!"

She knew the terror of that thing better than anyone.

It attacked not the Physical Body, nor the Divine Soul.

It attacked the innate, core imprint of Outsiders like her and Lin Gou.

It was the System.

It was the Golden Finger.

It was their "Foundation" for Transmigration and existence!

Once hit, it meant true death.

It was a complete erasure in the sense of existence.

There wouldn't even be a chance to revive!

However.

At the same time Su Meier let out her desperate cry.

In Lin Gou's Sea of Consciousness.

The System panel, without warning, popped up a brand new, blood-red notification.

[WARNING! DETECTED HIGH-THREAT 'Law-Rank' WEAPON!]

[JUDGMENT: IF 'ERASED' BY THIS WEAPON, THE HOST HAS AN EXTREMELY LOW PROBABILITY OF OBTAINING A 'Law-Rank' DEATH REWARD!]

Lin Gou's movements paused for a split second.

The madness and savagery in his eyes receded like a tide.

In their place was a light more greedy than the Scavengers, more insane than demons.

Law-Rank reward!

The risk was complete annihilation.

The gain was the possibility of touching the Law!

This was not a multiple-choice question at all.

This was the ultimate gamble, tailor-made for a death-seeking maniac like him!

Lin Gou's heart pounded violently.

Not because of fear.

But because of an unprecedented, extreme excitement!

"Die."

The Scavengers coldly uttered two words.

He activated the [Foundation Eradication Awl].

Buzz.

The gray awl trembled lightly and disappeared from the Scavengers' palm.

The next instant, it had already appeared in front of Lin Gou's chest.

Ignoring space.

Ignoring time.

Ignoring all obstacles.

This was an unavoidable strike.

This was the ultimate killing move of the Law.

A moment of crisis.

A blink of life and death.

Just at this moment when everyone thought Lin Gou was surely dead.

Lin Gou made a move that no one present could fully comprehend.

He suddenly turned around.

Not to dodge.

But to reach out and forcefully push away Su Meier, who was not far from his side.

The force was so great that it sent Su Meier stumbling and falling far away.

And he himself.

He used his back, his unguarded back, to fully and precisely meet that gray light of death.

A posture of a hero saving the beauty.

A resolute back.

Time, at this moment, seemed to be infinitely stretched.

In Su Meier's peach blossom eyes, wide with disbelief.

In the bewildered gazes of the other two Scavengers.

Pfft.

A soft sound.

The gray light, without suspense, pierced through Lin Gou's body.

No explosion.

No blood mist.

Lin Gou's body just froze in mid-air.

Immediately after.

The most bizarre scene occurred.

His body, starting from the back of his heart where the gray light struck, began to turn transparent, like a code infected by a virus and being deleted.

Rapidly, it became transparent.

Virtualized.

His feet turned into countless shimmering data streams, dissipating into the air.

His arms, his torso, his head.

All were being erased from this world, bit by bit, in an incomprehensible way.

As if he, this person, had never left any trace in this world.

Finally, as the last wisp of hair turned into nothingness.

Lin Gou completely disappeared.

In his place, only the gray [Foundation Eradication Awl] remained, quietly suspended.

Dead silence.

Su Meier's mind went blank; she slumped to the ground, staring blankly at the spot where Lin Gou had disappeared.

That man.

Died to save her?

Erased from this world in the most thorough and decisive way.

A hot tear, uncontrollably, slipped from the corner of her eye.

The three Scavengers were also stunned.

Their minds could not process the "unreasonable" scene that had just occurred.

But the result was good.

"Target, purged."

"Foundation signal, completely gone."

The leading Scavengers issued the judgment of mission success, his tone even carrying a hint of ecstasy.

Purging an "anomaly" of such a high Rank was an S-Rank meritorious deed!

He reached out, preparing to retrieve the priceless [Foundation Eradication Awl].

Suddenly.

A hand.

A warm, flesh-and-blood hand.

Without warning, it emerged from the Void Realm behind him.

That hand gently rested on his shoulder.

"You all..."

A cold voice, with a hint of playfulness, whispered close to his ear.

"Aren't you celebrating too early?"