162: "Scavengers"

"Boom—! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !"

That Chaos Divine Thunder, thick as a water bucket and condensed from the purest power of World Origin, descended like a divine punishment of annihilation, carrying supreme Heavenly Dao might capable of instantly blasting a Realm Lord (God Emperor) to dust, striking directly at that beautiful figure who, without hesitation, bravely met it… striking down!

"No!!!"

Lin Ye's eyes were about to split open! How could he watch her… Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering?!

A roar, filled with endless dominance and resolve, suddenly burst from his mouth!

He forcefully pulled that delicate body, which had been filled with a sense of resolute sacrifice, behind him!

"Myriad Realms Furnace! Devour for me!!!"

Lin Ye roared to the sky. Not only did he not dodge, but he actively welcomed that world-destroying Chaos Divine Thunder!

His seemingly ordinary, fair and slender right hand suddenly reached forward!

"Om—!!!"

The enormous, dark golden furnace phantom, which had long merged with his Divine Soul, unexpectedly appeared in his palm without any warning!

The furnace mouth, like a black hole capable of devouring all heavens, emitted a terrifying suction force that could make all Laws submit!

"Chi la la la—"

The once arrogant Chaos Divine Thunder, the moment it touched that ancient furnace, was as if it had met its nemesis!

That violent, all-destroying power of World Origin couldn't even last for a single breath before it was uncontrollably and frantically… devoured by the dark furnace mouth, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea!

"Rumble!!!"

Lin Ye only felt as if his entire Divine Soul had been instantly ignited!

An indescribable, immensely pure and powerful energy, like a breached Nine Heavens galaxy, wildly crashed and raged within his body!

"Ding!"

"High-purity power of World Origin detected… currently being refined…"

"Refinement successful! Congratulations, host, you have gained [Origin Points] * ten thousand points!"

"Puff!"

A mouthful of hot, purplish-gold divine blood, containing a trace of Chaos Qi, suddenly gushed from his mouth!

Clearly, with his current cultivation as an early-stage Realm Lord, trying to forcibly devour such "Heavenly Dao might" was still… too strenuous!

However, it was at this moment!

Above the firmament, that pale golden giant eye, which had been filled with endless majesty and indifference, suddenly… trembled!

It deeply gazed at the tiny ant below, who, despite bleeding from all seven orifices, had eyes filled with endless provocation and madness.

Ultimately, it did not send down a second divine thunder.

Instead, it slowly… receded like a tide.

The once turbulent river of Law returned to tranquility.

It was as if that world-destroying divine punishment, capable of annihilating everything, had never… happened… "Hoo… hoo… hoo…"

On the reception platform, Lin Ye knelt on the ground, gasping for breath.

"Lin Ye!"

Su Qingyue's clear, cold voice, filled with lingering fear and worry, rang in his ears. She quickly stepped forward and supported his slightly trembling body.

"I… I'm fine." Lin Ye struggled to pull at the corners of his mouth, revealing a smile uglier than crying, "Cough cough… It seems the Heavenly Dao of this world is… not very friendly either."

The two exchanged glances, seeing a hint of… post-calamity relief in each other's eyes.

"Hurry up," Lin Ye forcibly suppressed the surging Qi and blood within him, speaking in a hoarse voice, "This place… is not suitable for long stays! We must stabilize our Realm as soon as possible!"

Su Qingyue nodded heavily.

The two dared not slack off in the slightest, immediately sat cross-legged, with their five hearts facing the sky, and began to frantically absorb the extremely dense "Divine Spirit Qi" in this world, calming the chaotic Qi within their bodies caused by forced Breakthrough and Law collisions.

Under the nourishment of this pure energy, their Divine Cores slowly stabilized.

The brand new early-stage Realm Lord (God Emperor) Realm they had just broken through to finally began to… thoroughly consolidate!

However, they did not know.

Just as they were immersed in this wonderful feeling of rapidly increasing strength.

At the edge of that unimaginably vast grey-green platform, beneath the shadows of the nine thousand-zhang-tall giant stone pillars.

Several eerie figures, which had been like statues, merged with the darkness, slowly opened their eyes, which were filled with endless greed and… mockery.

"Jie jie jie…"

A hoarse, chilling laugh, like a night owl's, softly echoed among them.

"Boss, good luck." A gaunt figure completely shrouded in a grey cloak greedily licked his already cracked lips, "Just sent off those old farts, the 'Guides', and two… freshly baked 'newbies' arrived!"

"And…" Another burly man, built like an iron tower and exuding a violent aura, had eyes as big as copper bells filled with undisguised desire, fixed intently on Su Qingyue's exquisite figure, "…there's even a… top-grade one?!"

"Shut up!"

A bone-chilling low growl suddenly rang out!

Only to see the leading man, with a hideous knife scar on his face and an unfathomably deep aura, slowly emerge from the shadow of the stone pillar.

He was the… leader of this Scavenger squad!

Compared to blood butcher, Huo Shan, who Lin Ye had killed with a single punch back then, this man's aura was… ten times more terrifying!

His sharp, hawk-like eyes flickered with the absolute calmness that came from countless battles and years of tempering.

He was, astonishingly, a… genuine, veteran expert at the Middle Stage of the Realm Lord (God Emperor) Realm!

He ignored the "trash" behind him, whose minds were already clouded by greed. His sharp eyes were fixed only on the two tiny figures in the distance, who were "struggling" to stabilize their Qi.

A cruel and… mocking arc slowly formed at the corner of his mouth.

"Two… newbies who just underwent 'Origin baptism' and are in their weakest state?"

"Heh…"

"Truly… perfect sacrifices."

He slowly raised his calloused right hand, which seemed to be stained with the blood of billions of living beings.

"Remember, this is the Center of the Myriad Realms Divine Domain."

"Here, there is no fairness, no mercy."

His hoarse voice, like a death god's pronouncement, echoed in everyone's ears.

"Here, there are only… hunters."

"And, prey!"

Before his words faded!

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The four or five Scavenger figures, who had been lurking in the shadows, instantly transformed into five streaks of light filled with endless killing intent and greed, as if receiving a signal, rushing from five different angles towards the two figures who were still sitting cross-legged, seemingly "unprepared" for all of this, frantically… pouncing to kill!

They wanted to seize these two freshly formed "Realm Cores" (Divine Cores) completely… before the opponents could fully stabilize their Realm!

"Kill the male and take his core!"

"As for the female…" The scar-faced leader's eyes flashed with a cold, lecherous glint, "…keep her alive! Such a top-grade item will surely fetch a good price… on the black market!"

However, just as those five streaks of destructive light were about to touch the two individuals' bodies!

The young man, Lin Ye, who should have been in his weakest state and completely defenseless against the outside world, suddenly… opened his tightly closed eyes!