304: First Kill

The fury in Daniel's eyes was extinguished.

His full-power strike, combined with a divine artifact, only left a bloodied hole on Lin Ye.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! That was a Faith God artifact! Did he just take it head-on?"

But the facts told him that it was indeed so.

The sluggish space told him that time was short; if he didn't defeat Lin Ye, he wouldn't even be able to escape.

Daniel took out three divine artifacts: a shield, a skull, and a canine tooth.

"Invincible Shield, Death Corrosion, Desolate Beast, activate them all!"

Under Daniel's desperate efforts, the three Faith God artifacts were activated.

The shield erupted with light, protecting Daniel; the skull grew larger, burning with blood-flames, flying towards Lin Ye; and the tooth transformed into a giant Desolate Beast roaring skyward.

Lin Ye didn't dare to be careless either; the Ice Shield and the Seven Kill Spear were taken out.

He held the shield in one hand and the spear in the other.

The two Faith God artifacts erupted; he used the shield to block the skull's corrosion and fought fiercely with the Desolate Beast using his spear.

The Ice Shield and the Seven Kill Spear did not perfectly match his attributes, but compared to Daniel, whose attributes matched, the amplification was much smaller.

However, Lin Ye was stronger than Daniel; with a burst of power, he still managed to suppress Daniel.

Collapsing Star Force shone brilliantly; the reason he could achieve such a heaven-defying battle record with mismatched artifacts was largely due to Collapsing Star Force.

Collapsing Star Force was a skill created after the Fusion of the four great laws, its power directly comparable to Dragon God Claw; its advantage was that it could be used in any form.

As a Martial Artist, Lin Ye didn't have much time to create suitable moves before, so he created Dragon God Claw based on the Fusion of Little White and himself.

And now, with sufficient time, the first skill he created had such terrifying power.

The more Daniel fought, the more afraid he became; the consumption of artifacts was immense, and simultaneously using three artifacts, he simply couldn't sustain it—it was like a tractor, burning fuel, but also requiring him to use Star Power when operating it.

But Lin Ye seemed to consume no Star Power, continuously fighting.

Even the wounds he had initially inflicted gradually healed.

"I can't be dragged down, explode!" A earth-shattering explosion rang out.

The skull directly exploded, creating a storm of flames.

Daniel took advantage of the explosion, riding the Desolate Beast and holding the shield, ready to flee.

"What? Boss ran away?" The two younger brothers were bewildered.

But if they didn't run now, when would they? The two of them also ran without a word.

"Where do you think you're going?" After defending against the explosion, Lin Ye flapped his Dragon Wings, soared across a stretch of starry sky, and charged towards Daniel.

"You should spare others when you can; don't go too far!" Daniel roared angrily.

"I want not only the black hole, but also you." Lin Ye was not unharmed in the explosion, but that did not affect his performance in the slightest.

The Seven Kill Spear, imbued with terrifying Collapsing Star Force, struck Daniel so hard that he couldn't retaliate.

"Explode again!" Daniel endured the pain and exploded the shield.

Lin Ye was furious; those were his spoils of war! How could Daniel be so wasteful?

But the explosion engulfed him, and he could only continue to defend.

Daniel rode the Desolate Beast, at this moment only regretting that his parents hadn't given him two more legs.

When he had crossed several starfields, he was initially relieved, but suddenly, another figure crossed over from behind.

"How is this possible?" Daniel looked at Lin Ye in disbelief.

Lin Ye had experienced two artifact explosions but was still largely unharmed.

"Give it to me!" Lin Ye condensed a Dragon Claw, imbued with powerful restraining force—Dragon God Claw—Forbidden Grip.

Daniel was instantly grabbed from the Desolate Beast; Forbidden Grip immediately severed his connection with the Desolate Beast.

The Desolate Beast transformed back into the tooth artifact.

Lin Ye put it into his spatial storage and breathed a sigh of relief; ultimately, he hadn't let this prodigal son squander all of his spoils of war.

Daniel, caught by Forbidden Grip, struggled violently, but Lin Ye showed no mercy.

After some handling, he collected all the valuable items on him into his spatial storage and then sent him to his Death.

A generation's War God Clan prodigy thus fell; only in the brief moment of his dying resurgence did he erupt with terrifying struggles, almost breaking free from his restraints.

"This War God Clan's Death throes are truly formidable," Lin Ye thought.

When Daniel struggled, he felt his overall strength increase by more than tenfold.

Fortunately, no other unexpected situations occurred.

A black celestial body gradually emerged from Daniel's body; slowly, the celestial body turned from black to white—a white hole.

Lin Ye saw a white hole for the first time; its dazzling, intense light and continuously spewing matter seemed to be returning to their roots.

Lin Ye naturally wouldn't let it waste energy; with a wave of his hand, the white hole was swallowed into the Original Universe.

"Indeed, a white hole works too." Lin Ye sensed the changes within his body and found that the Original Universe's operation had accelerated significantly.

He glanced at Daniel's corpse, "Let's take it back as a battle achievement."

Lin Ye was tired of his battle achievements being questioned; now, if anyone questioned him again, he would throw Daniel in their face.

Upon returning to the black hole, Lin Ye found that Jingshan and An Qi were already waiting for him.

"How are the other two?" Lin Ye asked.

"They ran away. The War God Clan's Death throes are very troublesome; An Qi and I chased for a while and then came back. What about the one you chased?" Jingshan asked.

Lin Ye threw out Daniel, whose battle achievement was verifiable.

"What? You killed him?" Both of them exclaimed in unison.

"Yes, a piece of cake," Lin Ye said casually.

Although he had suffered considerable injuries, they had all recovered; looking at him, Lin Ye truly seemed as if he hadn't been injured at all.

Jingshan and An Qi exchanged glances, disbelieving; they had underestimated Lin Ye too much.

"Lin Ye, it seems we underestimated you," An Qi said with a wry smile.

"Yes, I didn't expect you to be so valiant," Jingshan also said.

"We can talk about these things later; let's divide the spoils first," Lin Ye said.

This was a Rank 4 black hole, even more precious than a typical Faith God artifact.

The two looked at each other, and An Qi said, "This victory is largely thanks to you; let's give the first black hole to you."

"I agree," Jingshan said, "If we encounter more later, we'll divide them then."

Lin Ye nodded.

Under the shocked gazes of the two, Lin Ye absorbed the Rank 4 black hole into his Original Universe.

"You can directly absorb black holes?" Jingshan exclaimed.

"That's right," Lin Ye said.

"Then you absolutely don't need to act with us," An Qi said with a complex expression.

Lin Ye had speed and the ability to instantly absorb; this Star River Hunting Ground was like his backyard to him.

Lin Ye's eyes were complicated, "This is what I wanted to say too; thank you both for your help.

These are the spoils of war I just acquired, two Faith God artifacts; after giving them to you two, I will act alone."

Lin Ye handed the spear and the beast tooth artifact to the two.

The reason he had teamed up was actually just to adapt to the pace earlier.

Abandoning teammates midway was indeed not very honorable, but fortunately, there were artifacts as compensation.

"Hahaha, it's fine; in the end, An Qi and I still profited," Jingshan said.

"That's right; we were planning to go to the gathering place to take a look anyway," An Qi said.