100: Chapter 100 Peerless Divine Skill, the Profound Meaning of Slaughter

"Ding! After a long period of slaughter, you have successfully comprehended the Peerless Divine Skill 'Killing Life Creation Art'. Current Realm: Novice (0/1000)."

[Killing Life Creation Art] (Purple)

Quality: Peerless

Realm: Novice (0/1000)

Effect: Comprehend the Essence of Slaughter. Every time you slay a living being, you can extract a wisp of Essence, Qi, and Spirit to feed back into yourself. The stronger the target's strength, the higher the extraction ratio. Currently, you can extract a maximum of 10% of the target's attributes.

"Hiss—"

Lin Ye couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air.

Holy crap!

He actually comprehended a Peerless Divine Skill on his own!

At the same time, he felt something extra in the depths of his Soul.

It was a crimson mark, which could be called the Essence of Slaughter!

Without this mark, even if others learned the Killing Life Creation Art, they wouldn't have the ability to extract others' attributes for their own use.

Opening his eyes, Lin Ye activated the mark with a thought.

In the next second, the scene before his eyes changed instantly.

The world was covered in a faint layer of blood-light. Every living being in his eyes turned into a moving point of light. The stronger the being, the deeper the color of the point.

Most wild beasts were light red, some elite individuals were pale red, and as for the strange beasts hidden in the beast tide, most were deep red.

In the depths of the beast tide, Lin Ye vaguely saw a black light, which appeared particularly jarring against the blood-colored background.

"Is that the Strange Beast King?"

Lin Ye murmured softly.

Judging from that color which was so red it looked black, the strength of this king among strange beasts was terrifying. At least, it wasn't something Lin Ye could mess with at his current stage.

He scanned the beast tide again but found no points of light with a deeper color.

Suddenly, Lin Ye's expression changed. He felt an intense desire to slaughter surging from the depths of his Soul, crashing against his mind like a tide.

Kill, kill, kill!

Kill every living being in sight!

As the saying goes: with one thought of killing intent, ten thousand spirits are sacrificed in blood!

Lin Ye was currently in a state similar to that.

Suddenly, a Black Ape appeared before Lin Ye's eyes. It was the Heart Ape he had been visualizing all along.

He saw the Heart Ape snap its eyes open, two beams of sharp light shooting from its pupils.

In the next second, the killing thoughts running wild in Lin Ye's mind were frozen, as if a binding spell had been cast on them.

The desire to slaughter still existed, but it was like a fierce beast locked in a cage; no matter how it roared and struggled, it was suppressed in the depths of his Sea of Consciousness and couldn't get out.

Lin Ye came back to his senses, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

This technique was indeed powerful, but it was also terrifyingly sinister.

Fortunately, his spirit attribute was high enough to suppress this killing intent; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

It was the same old saying: eat only as much as your bowl can hold. If your strength isn't up to standard, forcibly practicing an Advanced Cultivation Technique is just seeking your own death!

The experience just now also made Lin Ye realize one thing: he must not kill for the sake of killing.

As the saying goes: killing is to protect life, to sever karma is not to sever the person.

If one slaughters innocent beings just to become stronger, even if they become invincible in the world, they would be nothing more than a Puppet without self-will.

That was not the ending Lin Ye wanted.

If he was to do it, he would be the master of power, not its Puppet!

After steadying his mind, Lin Ye gripped the black iron heavy staff in his hand.

This time, he no longer deliberately suppressed that Essence of Slaughter, letting it spread out.

The black iron heavy staff shook violently, letting out a low hum.

At that moment, a wild boar charged from the left, tusks forward, heading straight for his waist and ribs.

Lin Ye didn't even turn his head. He pulled the end of the staff back, smashing it heavily onto the wild boar's head. The sound of the skull shattering was exceptionally crisp.

Immediately after, a gray wolf lunged from behind.

In response, Lin Ye simply circulated his Thunder Tiger Vajra Body and tanked the hit.

The gray wolf was shocked into a fit of convulsions, and a moment later, it turned into a charred corpse.

"Proficiency +58"

"Proficiency +58"

"Proficiency +58"

...

As Lin Ye slaughtered frantically, the proficiency of his various techniques began to skyrocket.

Whether it was the Basic Staff Technique, Basic Breathing Method, or Thunder Tiger Vajra Body, they all became more exquisite in battle.

"Kill!"

Boom!

With one sweep of the staff, the bodies of several wild beasts exploded in mid-air, blood and minced meat falling like rain.

Bathed in the rain of blood, Lin Ye didn't feel disgusted; instead, he felt an indescribable pleasure.

Looking at the beast swarms that kept charging, Lin Ye unconsciously licked his lips.

Clearly, although he had suppressed the killing intent with his powerful Mental Energy, he was still partially affected.

At the same time, a series of System notification sounds rang in his ears.

"Ding! Essence +0.3"

"Ding! Essence +0.2"

"Ding! Essence +0.1"

...

The garrison on the city wall looked at the figure below that was like a god of slaughter, and every one of them couldn't help but gape.

Good heavens, is he even human?

However, how could they know that every time Lin Ye killed a wild beast, a faint stream of energy would enter his body.

Granted, because the attribute gap between the two sides was too large, the extraction ratio wasn't high, only around 1%.

Moreover, what was extracted was mainly the essence attribute. There were also qi and spirit attributes, but they were so weak that the System didn't even bother to mention them.

But as the saying goes, what is lacking in quality is made up for in quantity.

The attributes provided by each wild beast might be negligible, but when accumulated, it was a significant amount.

Lin Ye fought with increasing vigor. Without realizing it, he had already fought his way out of the city gate, carving out a piece of pure land in the midst of the beast tide.

He alone was an unbridgeable chasm!

Lin Ye had completely transformed into a battlefield meat grinder. Every time he swept his staff, several beasts would fall, and then new ones would take their place.

If it were anyone else, even a Seventh-Grade Martial Artist, they wouldn't be able to last long against this kind of recurring and continuous offensive.

After all, Martial Artists are human too. Once their stamina is exhausted, a mere Physical Body can't withstand the biting of wild beasts.

This was also why Eighth-Grade Martial Artists like Lei Hu and Hall Master Han Lin had still not made a move even now.

They needed to keep their spirits up to deal with the strange beasts in the tide and couldn't afford to waste their energy on these ordinary wild beasts.

However, just as Lin Ye was fighting with gusto, a roar like muffled thunder suddenly came from the distance, making people's eardrums ache.

Lin Ye looked toward the sound and saw a massive creature sprinting toward him through the beast tide.

It was a black bear, more than twice the size of an ordinary black bear. Its shoulder height exceeded two zhang, and when its four legs were on the ground, it was like a heavy tank.

With every step it took, the ground shook violently.

Some wild beasts blocking the black bear's path didn't have time to dodge and were directly sent flying or crushed by it, leaving a bloody path behind it.

"Finally, something worth looking at."

Lin Ye looked at the black bear with interest. In his vision, this black bear's life aura appeared deep red.

Activating the Qi Observation Technique, Lin Ye obtained the relevant information about this strange beast.