331: The power of Mahayana! An invitation to fear!

That rune!

That Dark Gold Rune, engraved on the Centurion's breastplate, filled with death and chaos, yet containing the Aura of higher Laws!

It was capturing Lin Fan's entire attention!

Lin Fan had an extremely strong premonition: if he could be killed by an attack containing this level of power, the reward would definitely break through the heavens!

Even a Centurion has something this good! What about their General? What about their Commander-in-Chief?

Lin Fan's blood began to boil uncontrollably.

Just then, another change occurred.

Deep within the distant Star Domain, several top Sects renowned for their defense finally reacted in unison. Leading them was the Black Tortoise Holy Land, which boasted the “Immortal Array of Eternal Unbreaking.”

Boom!

A massive, tortoiseshell-shaped star, floating like a continent in the Void Realm, burst forth with an incomparably heavy, earth-yellow halo. A vast Immortal Array encompassing the entire star was activated to its limit, radiating an ancient and solid Aura capable of resisting the erosion of eons.

Over a dozen figures with overwhelmingly powerful Auras stood within the core of the array. They were all Body Integration Stage and Mahayana Old Ancestors who had been famous in the Spirit Realm for a long time!

They jointly activated a Sect-Guardian Immortal Artifact suspended above the great array—the Black Tortoise Heaven Suppressing Seal!

“You beasts! How dare you violate the heavenly might of my Spirit Realm!”

A furious roar spread across the star river via Divine Thought.

That Black Tortoise Great Seal swelled against the wind, growing to the size of a real star, carrying a terrifying might capable of suppressing everything, and smashed down fiercely toward a Bone Dragon Fleet that was currently cleansing the surrounding star systems!

This single strike, gathering the power of over a dozen top experts from the Spirit Realm, was enough to shatter a small star system into dust!

Countless Spirit Realm Cultivators watching in despair instantly felt a flicker of hope ignite in their hearts.

However, just as that Great Seal was about to descend.

The largest Bone Dragon Flagship, which had been quietly suspended before the Starry Sky Rift, finally reacted.

A cold, utterly emotionless will, like that of a higher-dimensional being looking down upon ants, instantly swept across the entire Star Domain.

In the face of this will, the combined Aura of the dozen Mahayana Old Ancestors became instantly insignificant, like a candle flame in a gale.

“Noise.”

A simple syllable resonated directly in the depths of every living being's Soul.

Immediately afterward, a gigantic hand, composed entirely of pure Dark Purple Law, slowly condensed from the Void Realm above the flagship.

The hand was boundless and massive, its five fingers long and slender, wrapped in a terrifying Aura of annihilation. Wherever it passed, the Laws of space wailed and crumbled, as if unable to bear a power that did not belong to this realm.

It crossed endless space, arriving later but striking first, pressing directly toward the Black Tortoise Immortal Array, which was hailed as the “Immortal Array of Eternal Unbreaking.”

Time seemed to slow down at this moment.

Countless Cultivators watched in horror as the Black Tortoise Heaven Suppressing Seal, powerful enough to suppress stars, disintegrated inch by inch the moment it touched the palm of the purple giant hand, turning into the most primitive Spiritual Qi light particles and vanishing without a trace.

Next was the Sect-protecting Immortal Array, known as the “Immortal Array of Eternal Unbreaking.”

Crack... A crisp sound, like an eggshell shattering, echoed throughout the entire Star Domain.

That incomparably heavy, earth-yellow light curtain couldn't even withstand a single breath under the purple giant hand before it shattered completely!

“Pfft—!”

Within the core of the array, the dozen or so Spirit Realm magnates were struck as if by lightning. They simultaneously spat out mouthfuls of blood containing their Origin, their Auras instantly weakening to the extreme, their eyes filled only with endless terror and despair.

One strike!

Just one strike!

A casual strike that crossed countless Star Domains!

It crushed the strongest resistance put up by the combined top forces of the Spirit Realm!

Having done all this, the purple giant hand slowly dissipated.

A blurred phantom figure appeared above the Bone Dragon Flagship. He was seated upon a grotesque bone throne, his face obscured, but the arrogance and cruelty of looking down upon all beings and viewing everything as dust were clearly transmitted to the senses of every living creature.

“Weak insects.”

His voice sounded again, cold and majestic.

“I am the Demon Leader, Commander of the Ninth Vanguard Fleet, under the God Lord.”

“The Cleansing is the supreme gift bestowed upon you low-level worlds by the God Lord. You should have knelt to welcome it, not resisted in vain.”

The Demon Leader's phantom figure tilted his head slightly, as if appreciating the countless Souls below in the Star Domain that were frozen by fear.

“However, the God Lord is merciful.”

“This General has decided to grant you interesting insects an opportunity.”

“Three days.”

“I give you three days' time.”

“All Cultivators in this realm who are Body Integration Stage or above must come to worship before my flagship, the 'immortal throne'.”

“This General will 'filter' out some sufficiently interesting 'seeds' from among you to dedicate to the great God Lord.”

“As for those who do not come, and those who are unqualified...”

A hint of cruel laughter entered the Demon Leader's voice.

“They will turn into the dust of the Universe, along with this barren world.”

As the words fell, the Demon Leader's phantom figure slowly dissipated.

The entire Star Domain fell into a dead silence.

Absolute, complete dead silence.

This was an invitation... wrapped in ultimate humiliation and death.

To go meant kneeling for mercy, allowing oneself to be slaughtered, gambling on the one-in-ten-thousand chance of being “chosen,” and subsequently becoming a plaything or slave to an unknown entity.

Not to go meant being completely wiped out, along with the entire world.

Despair.

Boundless despair, like an airtight black cloth, enveloped the entire Spirit Realm.

Inside the starship bridge.

Li Hanyue's hand, gripping her sword, trembled slightly. The color drained from her face, which had become even colder after her Breakthrough, leaving only a deathly gray pallor.

Mahayana Peak... No, that was definitely an existence that surpassed the Mahayana Peak of this realm!

That Law of annihilation was a higher-level power she had never witnessed before!

It's over.

Everything is over.

The confidence and heroism she had just ignited—that Sword Heart Clarity and leap to the heavens—were utterly crushed by reality at this moment.

However, amidst this suffocating atmosphere of despair.

An untimely sound broke the silence.

“Slap!”

A crisp sound of someone slapping their thigh.

Lin Fan sharply slapped his thigh, his eyes shining terrifyingly bright, and the ecstatic expression on his face was like a beggar who had starved for three days and three nights suddenly seeing a golden mountain piled high with delicacies!

Li Hanyue turned her head blankly and looked at him.

“The chance is here!”

Lin Fan didn't look at her at all. He rubbed his hands excitedly, pacing back and forth, muttering to himself, completely immersed in a state of manic excitement.

“Invitation! Worship! Filtering! Hahahaha!”

“I knew a professional team would be different!”

“What the hell is this, an invitation? This is clearly a VIP fast pass straight to the Final Boss!”

“A Mahayana Peak Commander! Three days later! Under the eyes of all!”

Lin Fan suddenly stopped, his eyes locked onto the Bone Dragon Flagship, massive as a star in the Void Realm, his breathing growing heavy.

In his mind, an unprecedented, perfect plan to seek death was rapidly taking shape.

“I've got it!”

He slapped his thigh again, his smile reaching its absolute Peak of brilliance.

“As long as I can stand out from all the experts at the highly anticipated worship ceremony, successfully enrage that guy called the Demon Leader, and make him personally blast me into oblivion with his strongest Law of annihilation, right in front of all the Spirit Realm masters...”

“The rating... SSS-rank? No! It must be the legendary EX-rank!”

Li Hanyue: “...”

She opened her mouth, unable to utter a single word, staring blankly at Lin Fan with the gaze one reserves for a monster, a lunatic, a completely hopeless psychopath.

Meanwhile, Lin Fan was completely immersed in the blueprint of his magnificent plan.

He stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, his eyes burning with the fierce flames of “dreams” and “KPI,” locked tightly onto the immortal throne.

“Listen to me say thank you...”

“Because of you, the four seasons are warm...”

He even started humming an off-key tune, unable to stop himself.