102: That's too presumptuous. We should have waited until we met up...

Instead, he integrated the devouring properties of the Devouring Heaven Demonic Art into every single attack!

With a punch, he didn't just break the enemy; he devoured their Soulfire and Death Qi!

With a palm strike, he didn't just suppress them; he plundered their skeletal essence!

He even proactively deactivated part of the asura armor's Absolute Defense, allowing some attacks to land on him. Then, he circulated the Devouring Heaven Demonic Art to devour and refine the energy contained within those attacks as well!

The more he fought, the more courageous he became! The more he killed, the stronger he grew!

He was like a walking black hole in an ocean of skeletons. Wherever he passed, the Blackbone Clan fell in swathes, turning into his nourishment!

[Ding! Used Devouring Heaven Demonic Art to devour and kill enemies, intimidating the whole field. prestige value +4000!]

[Current prestige value: 30,570 points!]

On Qiongqi's side, it was even more bloody and violent.

It didn't defend at all, relying entirely on its powerful Physical Body and terrifying recovery speed to tank attacks. With one snap of its bloody maw, over a dozen Blackbone Warriors were crushed and swallowed!

The stomach of an ancient Vicious Beast could digest even spatial turbulence; mere skeletal Death Qi was nothing more than an appetizer!

It even specifically targeted those Skeleton Generals. After devouring them, the malevolent aura on its body grew visibly to the naked eye!

One man and one beast were like two tireless killing machines, carving a path paved with crushed bones through the tide of tens of thousands of skeletons!

The five hundred personal guards held their Formation and stood firm. Watching this made their blood boil, and their worship of Lin Fan almost reached its peak!

"My Lord... is too fierce!"

"Following Thousand-man Commander Lin, this battle is truly satisfying!"

"Kill! We can't lose face for the Lord! Operate the Formation, devour the Death Qi that leaks through, and replenish yourselves!"

They even began to try and control the Formation to actively absorb the energy dissipating on the battlefield. Although their efficiency was nowhere near Lin Fan's, it significantly reduced their consumption, making them more energetic as they fought!

Atop the city walls.

Three Blackbone Clan Commanders with powerful auras, clad in tattered bone armor and with deep blue Soulfire in their eye sockets, were coldly watching the dark purple killing machine below.

"A human... Martial King-level combat power... and an ancient Vicious Beast..."

The tallest Commander in the middle, holding a whip made of spinal vertebrae, had Soul fluctuations filled with gravity.

"We cannot let him keep killing... The sacrifice for the Soulfire Altar requires a massive amount of Souls and Death Qi..."

The Commander on the left, holding a bone shield and bone spear, let out a screech: "Let's go together and kill him! Devour his flesh and Soul, and we might be able to take another step forward!"

The slender Commander on the right, seemingly stitched together from countless tiny bones and holding two bone bows, had already drawn a bow. A gray arrow composed entirely of compressed Death Qi condensed on the string.

"I'll test his defenses first."

Swoosh!!!

The gray arrow pierced the air silently, yet it was faster than the eye could follow!

Wherever the arrow passed, a faint gray trail was left in space, emitting a terrifying aura that annihilated life!

This single arrow was enough to heavily injure an Early-stage Martial King!

Below, Lin Fan had just shattered over a dozen Blackbone Warriors with a punch and devoured their Soulfire.

A warning sign suddenly rose in his heart!

He abruptly looked up and saw the gray arrow already before him!

Too fast! Too stealthy!

It was too late to dodge!

The eye of judgment on the chest of the asura armor erupted with red light!

"Absolute Defense, open!"

"Devouring Heaven Demonic Art, devour for me!"

Lin Fan growled. He didn't plan to rely entirely on the armor's defense; instead, he circulated the Devouring Heaven Demonic Art to form a miniature devouring vortex on his chest, while simultaneously concentrating the armor's defense on a single point!

Puff!

The gray arrow struck his chest!

Hum!

The devouring vortex spun frantically, actually grinding, devouring, and refining that pure and poisonous Death Qi arrow!

Lin Fan's body shook violently as he took half a step back. A shallow pit appeared on the chest of his armor, but it was quickly repaired under the flow of energy.

Not only was he uninjured, but he felt that after the Devouring Heaven Demonic Art refined that Death Qi, his comprehension of the Law of Death had actually deepened by a sliver!

"Decent nourishment."

Lin Fan looked up at the three figures on the wall, his gaze locking onto the slender Commander with the bow. His voice came through the armor:

"Is there more?"

"Bring some more."

[Ding! Tanked a Martial King-level Death Qi arrow and retorted. prestige value +3000!]

[Current prestige value: 33,570 points!]

The Soulfire of the three Blackbone Clan Commanders on the wall flickered violently!

He blocked it?

And... he's provoking us?!

"You seek death!!!"

The Commander with the spinal vertebrae whip roared in rage and leaped down from the city wall!

The other two Commanders followed closely behind!

The three Blackbone Clan Commanders, equivalent to three Early-stage Martial Kings, formed a triangular Formation and surrounded Lin Fan in the center!

They wasted no more words and directly launched their strongest attacks!

"Soul Lash!" The whip Commander swung the spinal vertebrae whip. Whip shadows filled the sky, each one striking directly at the Soul, specifically designed to wound the Divine Soul!

"Skeletal Cage!" The shield-and-spear Commander thrust the bone spear into the ground. Countless pale bone spikes erupted frantically from beneath Lin Fan's feet, forming a massive Skeletal Cage that sealed the space!

"Death Qi Arrow Rain!" The archer Commander hovered in mid-air, the bone bows vibrating repeatedly as dozens of gray arrows poured down like a rainstorm, covering all of Lin Fan's dodging space!

The three Commanders coordinated perfectly, unleashing all their killing moves!

This was a lethal trap sufficient to surround and kill a Mid Martial King!

In the distance, Bloodblade and the other Thousand-man Commanders had already led their units to attack the other three gates. At this moment, they also sensed the terrifying energy fluctuations erupting from the West Gate and looked over one after another.

"Three Martial King-level Blackbone Commanders... Can Lin Fan hold them off?"

"He's too careless! He should have waited for us to regroup before..."

Before the sentence could be finished.

From the center of the West Gate battlefield came Lin Fan's cold and excited voice:

"Finally, something decent has arrived."

"Qiongqi, those two with the shield and the bows are yours."

"Within ten minutes, I want to see their Soulfire extinguished inside your stomach."

Roar!!!

Qiongqi roared in response, turning into a bolt of black lightning and pouncing directly at the shield-spear Commander and the archer Commander!

Taking on two at once, its ferocity was overwhelming!

As for Lin Fan himself, he turned and looked at the Commander with the spinal vertebrae whip, who had the strongest aura.

The asura purgatory halberd condensed in his palm.

The tip of the halberd pointed at the opponent.

"Your whip looks..."

"Very suitable for hanging yourself."

[Ding! Assigned tasks and domineeringly challenged to a duel. prestige value +2000!]

[Current prestige value: 35,570 points!]

The whip Commander's Soulfire boiled; it felt a naked insult!

"Human... you will pay the price... for your arrogance!!!"

It swung the long whip, and the sky-filling whip shadows turned into a massive Soul net, descending toward Lin Fan!

At the same time, it opened its mouth and spat out a thick cloud of grayish-white Death Qi. Within the Death Qi, countless vengeful Souls wailed, eroding the Physical Body and polluting the Divine Soul!

Facing this double attack.

Lin Fan made a move that left the whip Commander, as well as all the secret observers, dumbfounded.

He... proactively dismissed the faceplate of the asura armor.

Revealing his own face.

Then, he opened his mouth.

Facing the incoming Soul whip shadows and the vengeful Soul Death Qi.

He took a violent breath!

"Devouring Heaven and Earth!"