304: Burned to death by the fire of karma, rewarded with merit from heaven!

Crimson Flame Star.

Facing the meteor shower of Karma Fire that poured down like a heavenly punishment, Lin Fan's face did not show fear; instead, it revealed a hint of intoxication.

"Yes, this is the exact force."

He even offered a critique.

Rumble—!!!

In the next second, endless dark red fireballs completely submerged his tiny figure.

Hiss, hiss, hiss—

There were no screams, only the eerie sound of flesh and blood being instantly evaporated and annihilated by the power of the Law.

Lin Fan clearly felt his "Indestructible Overlord Body" being disintegrated at an unprecedented speed.

Every inch of skin, every Meridian, every bone was being erased bit by bit in this terrifying Karma Fire, from the material level, and even from the conceptual level.

It was a burning pain that penetrated deep into the Soul, a hundred times more intense than any previous death!

However, accompanying this extreme pain, the "Indestructible" Origin within his body was like a Vicious Beast that had been starving for billions of years, frantically analyzing and devouring the Law fragments of this "Heavenly Dao Karma Fire"!

Awesome! Painful yet happy!

"The heat is not bad... it's just that dying is a bit slow..."

In the moment before his consciousness completely dissipated, such a thought even flashed through Lin Fan's mind.

The next instant.

[Ding! You have completely died under the "Heavenly Dao Karma Fire."]

[Death Quality Assessment: Excellent.]

[Death Sensation Level: None. (No life forms observing in the current area)]

[Starting to calculate rewards...]

[Congratulations Host, you have obtained a special reward—Heavenly Dao Karma (a sliver)!]

On the dead-silent Crimson Flame Star, space twisted slightly.

Lin Fan's figure quietly condensed in place, unscathed, as if the person who had just been burned into nothingness was merely an illusion.

He subconsciously looked inward.

He saw that on his Divine Soul Origin, at some unknown point, a faint golden light, imperceptible but radiating a supreme and holy aura, had appeared.

That was... Heavenly Dao Karma?

This thing, according to legend, is something only a Saint can possess! Its uses are infinite; it can not only offset all Karma, but also refine the Divine Soul, ward off all Laws, and even... make the Heavenly Dao look at you differently!

Lin Fan's heart began to beat wildly uncontrollably. He struck it rich! He really struck it rich this time!

Courted death in a "Dao-Grade" disaster, and sure enough, it could drop a "Dao-Grade" reward!

"Not enough." Lin Fan licked his lips, his eyes erupting with unprecedented fanaticism. "Only a sliver, too little, didn't die thoroughly enough!"

He looked up at the Karma Fire rain, which had begun to show signs of weakening after completing one "punishment," and his face revealed extreme dissatisfaction.

"Hey! Didn't you eat? Is this all the ability you have?"

His voice turned into a Divine Thought, soaring into the sky, wantonly provoking the Universe will in the dark.

"Can you come up with something professional? That last hit wasn't even enough to scratch an itch!"

Boom—!!! As if in response to his clamoring, the sky of the entire Crimson Flame Star, that dark red canopy, suddenly shrank inward!

All the Karma Fire that had not yet fallen, as well as the Law fragments permeating heaven and earth, were forcibly gathered by an invisible force in this instant! They compressed, twisted, and reorganized!

Under Lin Fan's surprised gaze, a flame giant, ten thousand feet tall, composed entirely of the purest dark red Karma Fire, with no facial features and only a humanoid outline, slowly "squeezed" out from the canopy.

It had no aura of life, no fluctuations of a Soul. It was like a System with a set program. And Lin Fan was the stubborn virus it had to completely eliminate!

"Oh?" Lin Fan raised an eyebrow, his face showing no sense of crisis, but instead revealing an interested expression. "Angry from embarrassment, starting to summon help?"

"A Karma Fire Spirit, huh... This time, the death quality should be able to go up a level."

That Karma Fire Spirit seemed to "hear" his whisper, and its empty head slowly turned toward him. The next moment, it raised its giant arm composed of flames and pointed at Lin Fan from afar.

There was no earth-shattering momentum. No world-destroying energy fluctuations. A dark red ray, thinner than a hair and almost invisible, shot out from its fingertip, instantly crossing the distance of space and landing on the center of Lin Fan's brow.

Lin Fan's body suddenly stiffened. The playful smile on his face also solidified for the first time.

Pain! Not the pain of the flesh, nor the pain of the Divine Soul! But rather... a terrifying pain originating from the most fundamental concept, as "existence" itself was being erased!

[Warning! Unknown "erasure" conceptual attack detected!]

["Indestructible Overlord Body" trait suppressed! Repair speed reduced by 99%!]

[Warning! Host's true spirit spark is being eroded!]

Lin Fan discovered in horror that his body was starting from his fingertips, bit by bit, turning into the smallest particles, not dissipating into the air, but directly... vanishing! Just like a character in a painting being erased bit by bit by an eraser!

This Karma Fire Spirit actually possessed the terrifying ability to erase concepts! If this continued, he might still resurrect, but with each resurrection, the true spirit Origin would be eroded by a sliver. Over time, even if he could perform Infinite Resurrection, his "existence" itself would be completely erased, disappearing from this Universe forever!

"Did I overplay it?" Lin Fan's brain began to operate at an unprecedented high speed. Resisting head-on was definitely not going to work. Escape? Even more impossible; this thing was clearly a manifestation of the heavenly dao will, where could he escape to?

The only way was to complete a... higher-quality death before being completely erased by it!

Seeing that half of his body had already been "erased," a flash of madness crossed Lin Fan's eyes. Fight!

He forcibly mobilized the "Indestructible" Divine Power within his body, which had become incredibly sluggish, not to repair his body, but to pour it all into his Divine Thought!

[Law Simulation!]

Hum! A strange Law, completely opposite to the "Purification" and "Punishment" attributes of the Karma Fire, filled with the aura of depravity, corruption, and pollution, was forcibly simulated by Lin Fan!

That was a sliver of [Divine Blood Pollution] belonging to a fallen deity, which he had analyzed in the "Divine Silence Ruins"!

"Come, taste this!" Lin Fan used his last bit of strength to turn this simulated Law into a gray mark and slammed it fiercely at the Karma Fire Spirit!

Pure Purification versus extreme pollution! Two completely opposite, mutually antagonistic supreme Laws collided violently, like matter and antimatter!

No sound. No light. Time and space lost all meaning in this moment. Centered on Lin Fan and the Karma Fire Spirit, an absolute Domain of "Nothingness" suddenly erupted!

This "Nothingness" devoured everything. It devoured the Karma Fire, devoured the Laws, and devoured the land and sky of the Crimson Flame Star!

In the last moment before being completely engulfed by this "Nothingness," a triumphant arc curled at the corners of Lin Fan's mouth. He heard that most wonderful notification sound from the System.

[Ding! You have successfully died from "Law Counter-Collision Annihilation"...]

[Death Quality Assessment: Legendary!]

[...Calculating rewards...]

[Congratulations Host, you have obtained a special reward—Heavenly Dao Karma (a wisp)!]

A few breaths later. At the Origin point on the Crimson Flame Star, where a large piece had been forcibly erased to form a huge spherical void, Lin Fan's figure condensed once again.

He felt the golden light of Karma in his Divine Soul, which had changed from "a sliver" to "a wisp," and the sense of satisfaction was even more refreshing than drinking nectar.

However, the System's next notification left him completely stunned.

["Heavenly Dao Karma" detected. This is one of the supreme energies of the Universe, which can be used to offset Karma, refine the Divine Soul, forge Karma supreme treasures... or, it can be used as a core Materials for System upgrades.]

[Do you wish to consume "a wisp of Heavenly Dao Karma" to perform a System 2.0 version upgrade?]

Lin Fan looked at the "System upgrade" option, then at the wisp of Karma he had struggled so hard to save in his Divine Soul, and his breathing instantly became rapid.

Upgrade? His gaze involuntarily fell back onto that ancient star map. The "heavenly punishment" of Crimson Flame Star was just... an appetizer on this Great Calamity menu.