135: Su Qingyue went into seclusion

A chilling wind, carrying the unique dust of the desolate wilderness, filled with violent and decaying aura, howled past.

Lin Ye stood quietly among the jagged rocks that had just experienced a brief and bloody conflict, looking at the five rhomboid divine spark fragments suspended silently in mid-air, emitting a faint silver lightning glow. However, there was no joy of victory in his dark eyes.

Only a bottomless solemnity remained.

That battle just now seemed like he had crushed the opponent with the force of lightning, sweeping away all obstacles.

But only he knew how much danger was contained within it!

If it weren't for his Physical Body of the God-Demon Prison Suppressing Body, which had long since entered the Demigod Realm and condensed the prison suppressing divine spark, having a natural resistance to the repulsive force of the Divine Realm Laws, preventing his Physical Body strength from being too suppressed... if it weren't for the opponent's overconfidence, completely disregarding him, a "Wild God" with a weak aura, and not even using their true trump cards... the outcome of that battle just now would probably have been a completely different... tragic scene!

"This place... is ten thousand times more dangerous than I imagined!"

Lin Ye slowly exhaled a turbid breath. He turned around and looked at the white figure who had always stood quietly behind him, her exquisite face also filled with solemnity and lingering fear.

Su Qingyue.

Although she had also used the power of the divine source crystal to elevate her Cultivation to the Peak of the Dharma Body Realm, she was only one step away from the Demigod Realm.

However, this one step, under the cruel suppression of the Divine Realm Laws, was like... an insurmountable chasm!

In that brief conflict just now, merely a trace of Demigod Divine Might inadvertently emitted by the scar-faced captain had caused her Qi and blood to surge, almost injuring her on the spot! If they had truly started fighting... Lin Ye dared not imagine the consequences.

He knew that he could no longer take her to continue "wandering" in this Desolate God Domain, filled with unknown dangers.

He must find an absolutely safe place as soon as possible!

A haven where she could safely Breakthrough and truly possess the power to protect herself in this world!

"Let's go."

Lin Ye said no more. With a thought, he put the five precious divine spark fragments into his Storage Ring. Then, he took Su Qingyue's cold, soft, boneless slender hand, and his figure flickered, like two phantoms merging into the darkness, silently disappearing at the end of this wilderness filled with blood and death... The Desolate God Domain was vast and boundless, fraught with peril.

Here, there were no sun, moon, or stars, only the eternal, oppressive gray sky, and giant spatial rifts like hideous scars.

Violent Chaos winds, like the sharpest blades, poured down madly from those rifts!

The land was also covered with various natural Jedi (deadly places) filled with fatal dangers. There was the "Ghost Weeping Plain" where Dark blue ghost fire (eerie blue nether flames) burned all year round, the "Weak Water River" where water flowed that could corrode all things, and even the legendary "Fallen God Swamp" which even Demigod powerhouses dared not easily set foot in!

Lin Ye and Su Qingyue, like two small boats floating in an endless sea of suffering, carefully traversed this deadly region filled with the aura of death.

Lin Ye pushed his Basic Reconnaissance Technique to its limit! His Divine Thought, like invisible tentacles, spread out in all directions, vigilantly probing every rustle within a thousand li radius!

And Su Qingyue always followed closely behind him, her clear, cold eyes filled with absolute trust.

Finally, after three full days of heart-pounding trekking, a completely different scene appeared before their eyes!

It was a continuous range of low, bluish-black (dark green/black) mountains. Among the mountains, a miracle had occurred, with some twisted but tenacious black vegetation growing!

And in the deepest part of that mountain range, a very secluded, tranquil valley, shrouded in dense gray mist, was hidden!

"This is it!"

A hint of joy flashed in Lin Ye's eyes!

He could clearly feel that although the spiritual Qi within the valley was far less dense than outside, it was exceptionally... peaceful! It was as if an invisible force had isolated most of the violent Law power from the outside world!

This was simply a natural haven!

Without the slightest hesitation, the two figures flickered, like ghosts merging into the mist, silently sneaking into the mysterious valley.

Inside the valley, there was a world of its own.

A clear stream, visible to the bottom, meandered through the valley. In the stream, some strange aquatic plants emitting a faint fluorescent glow were actually growing. On both banks of the stream, a black bamboo forest, though not tall, was exceptionally dense.

The air was filled with a faint, fresh scent, a mixture of moisture and the fragrance of grass, a stark contrast to the harsh environment outside, which was filled with sulfur and death!

"This place... actually has such vitality?" Su Qingyue looked at the scene before her, like a paradise, and a hint of surprise appeared in her clear, cold eyes.

Lin Ye quickly scanned the terrain of the entire valley.

Finally, his gaze settled on the seemingly unremarkable, moss-covered steep stone wall in the deepest part of the valley.

"Array, rise!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Lin Ye fiercely formed an ancient hand seal in front of his chest, filled with endless profoundness and ancient aura!

Buzz—!!!

A terrifying storm, indescribable in words, suddenly erupted with him at its center!

His Nine Heavens Star Array was activated to its extreme at this moment, without any reservation!

In the Void Realm, a vast and boundless, ethereal starry sky, composed of countless brilliant stars, suddenly appeared without warning!

Eighty-one stellar light pillars, emitting endless Divine Might, plummeted from the starry sky, like the strongest cage, and also like the most perfect barrier, instantly enveloping the entire tranquil valley!

The dense gray mist that originally shrouded the valley outside, under this terrifying stellar power, seemed to have met its nemesis, emitting an unbearable "sizzling" sound as it was madly... purified and dissolved!

In its place was an even more concealed, and even more... indestructible invisible barrier!

After doing all this, Lin Ye let out a long sigh of relief, a trace of fatigue on his face.

Simultaneously setting up such a large-scale concealment and defensive array, even with his current Early Stage Demigod Cultivation, he felt a bit strained.

"Alright." He turned around, looking at the exquisite figure who was already stunned by the miraculous scene before her, and a gentle smile appeared on his face, "From now on, this place will be our... temporary home."

Home... Hearing this word, Su Qingyue's heart, which had long been frozen, suddenly trembled for no reason.

She looked at the young man before her, whose aura was still a bit weak, but whose eyes were filled with an endless sense of security. A hint of inexplicable... complexity flashed in her clear, cold eyes.

Lin Ye said no more.

From his embrace, he carefully took out the divine source crystal, which was the size of a baby's fist, dark gold in color, and covered with countless profound Dao patterns! He gently placed it in Su Qingyue's cold, soft, boneless palm.

"Qingyue," his voice was gentler than ever before.

He looked at her clear, cold eyes, filled with confusion, and said word by word:

"Use it to Breakthrough... to Demigod!"

"I will be your Protector."

"Wh-what?!" Su Qingyue recoiled sharply, as if struck by lightning, her exquisite face filled with disbelief, "This... this is too precious! I can't..."

"Take it." Lin Ye's voice was undeniable, "Only when both of us have the power to protect ourselves can we truly... survive in this cruel Divine Realm!"

"But..."

"No buts." Lin Ye looked at her calmly, "Trust me."

Su Qingyue looked at his dark eyes, filled with endless trust and determination. Thousands of words ultimately transformed into a... heavy nod... After settling Su Qingyue, Lin Ye, with a thought, took out the five Storage Rings he had seized from the Thunder Cloud Clan patrol team, one by one.

His Divine Sense probed them, carefully searching through them.

Although the assets of these "natives" were far less abundant than those of the Demonic Cultivator (Demon Cultivators) who had already fallen, they could still be considered... a small harvest.

Aside from a few hundred scattered Low Grade Divine Stones (the common currency of the Divine Realm, containing pure spiritual Qi), and some low-quality Medicinal Pills and Artifact Refining Materials, Lin Ye's gaze was soon drawn to a tattered, incomplete Cultivation Technique Secret Manual, made of unknown beast hide, in the corner of one of the rings.

Curiously, he took it out and probed it with his Divine Sense.

The next instant, a brilliant light burst forth from his dark eyes!

【Cultivation Technique Name: "Lightning Light Shadow Evasion" (Incomplete) (Low Grade Divine Tier?)】

【Cultivation Technique Effect: This is a supreme evasion technique created by an ancient Thunder God! Cultivating this method requires drawing Nine Heavens divine lightning into the body to temper the Physical Body and Meridians! Once successful, one can transform into lightning light, evading without a trace, with a speed fast enough to... traverse time and space?! (Subsequent parts are incomplete, cannot be deduced)】

【Remarks: The Cultivation conditions for this Cultivation Technique are extremely harsh and exceptionally dangerous. For those who are not of a Thunder Spirit Body or possess great Luck, forced Cultivation will inevitably lead to backlash from heavenly lightning, resulting in the destruction of both body and spirit!】

Divine Tier evasion technique?!

Traversing time and space?!

Lin Ye never expected that he would find such a... Heaven-Defying item among these "junk"!

Although it was only an incomplete fragment.

Although the Cultivation conditions were extremely harsh.

But... he lowered his head and looked at his Demigod body, which had long been tempered to be indestructible by the God-Demon Prison Suppressing Body, and could even faintly resonate with the Laws of heaven and earth!

He also thought of the prison suppressing divine spark within his Dantian Qi Sea, half sacred and half evil demon, as if it could suppress all the myriad Dao of the heavens!

"Thunder Spirit Body? Great Luck?"

Lin Ye's lips slowly curved into an arc filled with endless confidence and... domineeringness.

"I'm sorry."

"I want it all!"

"System!"

He no longer hesitated!

"Enter new Cultivation Technique!"

【Ding! Detecting unknown incomplete Cultivation Technique... Analyzing...】

【Analysis successful! Cultivation Technique Name: "Lightning Light Shadow Evasion" (Low Grade Divine Tier) (Incomplete)】

【Warning! This Cultivation Technique carries extremely high Cultivation risks! Are you sure you want to enter it?】

"Confirm!"

【Cultivation Technique entry successful!】

"Add it to the AFK list!"

【Command confirmed! "Lightning Light Shadow Evasion" has been added to the AFK list!】

After doing all this, Lin Ye let out a long sigh of relief.

He glanced at the other side of the stone wall, the area where Su Qingyue was in seclusion, already shrouded by a dense ice-blue light curtain.

He then looked at his refreshed System panel.

"A new journey..."