8: Chapter 8: Divine Bone Changes Hands, Xiao Fan Collapses!

How could it be him!

How could he possibly find this place!

He was just showing off at the First Peak a moment ago.

At this moment, he should be in his Immortal Cave consolidating his Physique!

Why!

Why would he appear here!

"Run! Fan'er, run quickly!!"

Inside the ring, the Old Grandpa's voice carried endless horror.

He could feel Lin Yi's current terrifying nature even more than Xiao Fan could.

Beneath that seemingly calm body...

...lay dormant a supreme power capable of overturning heaven and earth and restarting the Grandmist.

Before this power, the master and disciple pair were as insignificant as dust.

However.

Extreme fear birthed extreme madness.

Xiao Fan's eyes instantly became bloodshot, filled with terrifying veins.

His face, twisted with agitation, became exceptionally hideous.

"Lin Yi!"

A roar that didn't sound human erupted from his throat.

He abandoned the supreme bone that was within reach and suddenly turned around.

He poured all his malice and unwillingness into his palms.

"Heaven Burning Palm!"

Boom!

Crimson flames soared into the sky as he pushed the Origin power of the Burning Dao Holy Body to its limit.

The scorching palm print, carrying the might to burn mountains and boil seas, struck toward Lin Yi.

This was his strongest strike.

It was also a desperate counterattack where he gambled everything!

"Noisy."

Two indifferent words spat from Lin Yi's mouth.

The next moment.

A supreme Domain quietly unfolded with him as the center.

Buzz!

There was no world-shaking explosion, nor any world-destroying fluctuations.

The entire cave, and even the space within a hundred feet around it...

...fell into an eerie stagnation at this instant.

Space, Spiritual Qi, Laws...

Everything seemed to be gripped by an invisible giant hand, completely surrendering.

The moment Xiao Fan's violent Heaven Burning Palm print entered this Domain...

...it melted silently, like snow under a scorching sun.

Immediately following.

A terrifying pressure, like billions of divine mountains, crashed down upon Xiao Fan.

“Pfft!”

Xiao Fan's knees buckled, and he fell to the ground with a thud.

His knees smashed two deep pits into the hard rock floor.

He wanted to struggle, wanted to stand up.

But he found that even moving a single finger had become an extravagant hope.

That pressure was too terrifying.

It was as if the entire Universe was pressing down on his spine.

It forced him to kneel before Lin Yi in the most humiliating posture.

Despair.

Endless despair instantly swallowed his mind.

Is this Lin Yi's true strength?

Is this the power behind that Grandmist Vision?

The gap.

It was like the difference between clouds and mud!

Lin Yi paced forward, not looking at the kneeling Xiao Fan.

Instead, he walked straight to that piece of supreme bone.

The supreme bone also seemed to sense the threat.

The divine runes on the bone flashed violently, trying to escape into the Void Realm.

Lin Yi merely gave it an indifferent glance.

A tiny trace of the Hongmeng Chaos Body's aura leaked out.

Buzz!

The supreme bone instantly quieted down, its brilliance retracting, as obedient as a child.

Lin Yi reached out and grasped it in his palm with ease.

A pure and vast divine power surged through his palm.

"The quality is not bad!"

Lin Yi nodded with satisfaction.

Then, he turned around.

He looked down from above at Xiao Fan, who was kneeling on the ground, trembling all over.

"Junior Brother Xiao, thank you for finding this item for me."

"As a reward, I won't kill you."

"After all..."

Lin Yi paused slightly, the smile on his face becoming playful.

"A treasure-hunting rat is more useful alive."

"Don't you agree?"

Boom!

These two casual sentences...

...were like a bolt of lightning, striking hard against Xiao Fan's heart.

A treasure-hunting rat!

He actually called me a treasure-hunting rat!

At this moment, Xiao Fan felt the world spinning, and his vision went dark.

An unprecedented sense of humiliation instantly eroded all his rationality.

"Crack!"

A crisp sound of shattering echoed from the depths of his Divine Soul.

His Dao Heart...

...had cracked!

“Pfft!”

Xiao Fan suddenly spat out a mouthful of lifeblood, and his aura instantly withered.

His eyes lost all their brilliance, leaving only malice and numbness.

"Lin Yi!"

"I want you dead..."

"I want you dead!"

Xiao Fan slumped on the ground, roaring incessantly.

"Fan'er! As long as the green mountains remain, there is no fear of having no firewood!"

"Go! We must go!"

Inside the ring, the Old Grandpa screamed desperately, trying to wake him up.

Buzz!

That ancient ring erupted with an unprecedented light at this moment.

A determined aura of burning Origin essence diffused from it.

"Junior! This day's humiliation, we master and disciple shall remember!"

"In the future, it shall be repaid a hundredfold!"

Accompanied by a malicious roar.

The ring turned into a streak of light, sweeping up the limp Xiao Fan and frantically smashing into the cave wall.

Boom!

The rock wall shattered.

The person and the ring fled into the darkness in such a miserable state.

Leaving only a malicious roar echoing in the gorge for a long time.

"Lin Yi!"

"I, Xiao Fan, swear to the heavens!"

"In this life and eternity, I will kill you, ahhh!"

"Jumped off a cliff?"

"Interesting..."

Lin Yi watched the direction Xiao Fan disappeared, the smile on his lips growing colder.

"Before long, we will meet again!"

He looked down at the crystal-clear supreme bone in his hand.

On the bone, divine runes flowed endlessly, full of mystery.

As expected of the Child of Destiny's Opportunity; it truly is a good thing.

Only now, it was his.

"This item shares the same Origin as Yu Xi's Innate Dao Fetus!"

"If she refines it, not only can it complete her Foundation, but it can also take her Physique a step further."

"Even more terrifying, if I give away the supreme bone, what will be returned..."

Lin Yi had a plan in mind.

He naturally wouldn't use this bone himself.

Gifting it to Su Yuxi to trigger the System's return reward...

...that would maximize the benefits!

And.

He could already imagine, at the Holy Son Trial seven days later...

...when Xiao Fan sees the supreme bone that should have belonged to him...

...appearing on Su Yuxi, what a sight that face will be.

To kill someone...

...one must first destroy their heart!

Playing with the Child of Destiny in the palm of his hand.

This feeling was extremely comfortable!

Putting away the supreme bone.

Lin Yi's figure flickered, silently blending into the night.

...

On the other side.

At the bottom of the God-Falling Gorge, the cold pool was bone-chilling.

Xiao Fan fell into it and was instantly enveloped by that bone-piercing chill.

The dual agony of body and soul made him almost faint.

The trauma of a shattered Dao Heart was more fatal than any physical injury.

He could feel his life force being frantically swallowed by the pool water.

"Fan'er! Hold on! You must not give up!"

"Although this cold pool can erode life force, it also contains a trace of Extreme Cold Origin."

If you can endure it, it will be of great benefit to your Burning Dao Holy Body!"

Inside the ring, the Old Grandpa's weak voice sounded.

To bring Xiao Fan to safety, he had burned a large amount of his Divine Soul Origin.

He was now like a candle in the wind, liable to go out at any moment.

"Teacher... I... I am unwilling!"

Xiao Fan roared loudly, blood-tears streaming from his eyes.