145: The Godslayer Pavilion's Ling Tian!!

At this moment, on the martial arts arena, the people from Lin Family Village remained in place.

After the people from the other villages had left, Lin Han knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.

His hands hung limply, and blood had already soaked through the bandages.

"What's the use of crying now?!" Lin Changyuan walked over with a cold face, "I warned you long ago to prepare Talismanic Incantations for self-defense. But you, good for nothing, were arrogant and thought you could run rampant with just a few shadow hounds."

He looked down at Lin Han, feeling both angry and disappointed, "Consider this a lesson for you!"

Lin Han raised his head, his face streaked with tears, but his eyes had become sinister: "I was wrong, Village Chief. From now on, in battle, I will use any means, at any cost. Winning is the only outcome!"

Lin Changyuan's expression softened slightly upon hearing this.

He reached out and patted Lin Han's shoulder, lowering his voice: "Don't worry, soon, I will be able to avenge you. Lu Family Village, I won't let you off easy!"

...Night fell, and Lu Family Village was brightly lit.

The villagers gathered in the open space in the center of the village, setting up bonfires, and the aroma of roasted meat filled the air.

Children chased and played, women prepared food, and men sat together, raising their cups and drinking heartily.

The entire village was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

"Xiaohua, you are truly blessed!" Aunt Wang Chunlan held Liu Xiaohua's hand, her face beaming with smiles, "You've raised Lu Chen so well. It's a pity I'm a bit old; if I were twenty years younger, I would definitely marry Lu Chen."

Iron Mountain Lu's face turned ashen: "Wang Chunlan, what nonsense are you talking about!!"

The other aunts nearby chuckled: "Brother Tieshan, it seems you can no longer satisfy Sister Chunlan, hahahaha!"

Liu Xiaohua's ears burned as she listened to the adults' jokes.

Village Chief Village Chief came over, raising his wine cup: "Liu Xiaohua, I toast you! Your Lu Chen really brought honor to our village today. I haven't seen Lin Family Village so deflated in many years!"

Liu Xiaohua was surrounded by everyone, a blush of happiness on her face.

She had never been praised by so many people in her life as she was today, and her heart felt as sweet as honey.

She secretly wiped the corners of her eyes, afraid others would see her tears.

Lu Chen watched all of this.

Laughter, clinking cups, children's playful shouts – it was so warm.

At this moment, he suddenly understood why Lin Fei would consider an alternate world his home.

This kind of genuine warmth indeed made one feel attached.

For a moment, Lu Chen even felt a sense of trance.

He thought, perhaps it wouldn't be bad to live out the rest of his life as an ordinary person in this small mountain village.

Working from sunrise to sunset, eating with his family, and toiling with the villagers every day.

But the next second, his eyes suddenly became clear.

Wake up! All of this is fake!

I am the Heavenly Dao! I am the Creator God! I am the Lord of All Things!

He could not be influenced by any emotions; he only had two tasks: to live and to Cultivate!

In the evening, back in the cozy little wooden house.

Liu Xiaohua still applied medicinal wine to Lu Chen as usual, though now it was not just medicinal wine, but also the water brought back from the Dragon Transformation Pool mixed with medicinal wine, which had an even better effect.

Liu Xiaohua's face reddened as she recalled the jokes the aunts made during the day. Lu Chen asked, "Auntie, are you alright?"

Liu Xiaohua quickly shook her head.

The medicinal wine flowed along the boy's rippling muscle lines. She leaned in close, looking at the injury on Lu Chen's chest, previously pierced by an Baleful Beast, and the wounds from today's battle, her heart aching.

Although the outsiders' praise made Liu Xiaohua very happy, she wished even more for Lu Chen to grow up healthy.

After applying the medicinal wine, Liu Xiaohua reluctantly said, "Little Chen'er, I can't sleep tonight. Can you stay with me?"

Uh!

Lu Chen nodded: "Of course, whenever Auntie needs me, I can be with you."

Liu Xiaohua held Lu Chen in her arms, just like when he was a child, and then revealed her secret: "Recently, I've been having nightmares, dreaming that the willow tree in Liu Family Village wants to eat me. I keep running, running, but no matter how I run, I can't escape, as if I'm an ant being played with by fate."

"I thought of how brave Little Chen'er is, so I couldn't be afraid. So I finally mustered up the courage to face the willow tree. I saw myself turn into a ball of flame, burning the entire willow tree to ashes. It was actually afraid of me! I finally overcame my childhood nightmare. Thank you, Little Chen'er, you gave me courage... Zzzzz!"

Lu Chen was snoring, having fallen asleep.

Liu Xiaohua smiled happily, "This child..." The God Slaying Pavilion is located above the Donghan Ten Thousand Fathom Abyss, within a fragmented Void Realm of independent and extremely unstable shattered space, torn apart by violent spatial turbulence.

Here, the fierce wind, like billions of invisible blades, cuts ceaselessly, and the gigantic god slaying sword piercing the Void Realm from the top of the pavilion suppresses this death forbidden zone.

At this moment, Pavilion Master Ling Tian was deep within the "Hall of Annihilation," the core of the God Slaying Pavilion.

He was bare-chested, sitting cross-legged and suspended in the Void Realm, enveloped by a violent and chaotic energy storm.

This storm was composed of four distinct Origin forces:

Metal of the Five Elements, Death of the eight gates, Rooster of the twelve zodiac signs, and Ghost Constellation of the twelve mansions.

The sharpness of Metal, the annihilation of Death, the dawn of Rooster, the harvest of Ghost—Ling Tian was actually fusing these four diametrically opposed forces into one, undertaking an unprecedented four-element Cultivation!

Even a slight mistake would lead to eternal damnation, body and spirit utterly destroyed!

Ling Tian, in the Late Foundation Establishment Stage, was in the final sprint to condense his Golden Core.

Ten ghostly figures stood silently in the absolute shadows inside the hall door. Their aura was restrained; they were the "Ten God Slaying Fiends" who made the Donghan Cultivation world tremble with fear.

Every member was a Foundation Establishment Old Ancestor who had traversed mountains of corpses and seas of blood, enduring countless killing tribulations. Any one of them stamping their foot could cause a storm of blood and gore in a region.

They willingly followed a mad master like Ling Tian, who was temperamental and wielded power over life and death, enduring his rage and capriciousness, for only one reason—the ethereal "Destiny's Number" that lingered around Ling Tian!

Standing near Ling Tian was like standing at the edge of a strange vortex in the long river of fate.

Without needing to deliberately absorb it, merely being at the edge of his violent and chaotic energy field, feeling the Heavenly Dao Law contained within that chaos, could loosen the Bottleneck of Cultivation that had long been stagnant.

Ding Xin, a woman codenamed "Heart-Burning Emissary," dressed in a dark red soft armor that tightly hugged her exquisite curves, bowed her head and spoke with a tense voice: "Pavilion Master, the Great Emperor Tianwu of the Tianwu Dynasty has sent an envoy to the 'Soul Shattering Bridge,' presenting a national letter, earnestly requesting an audience to discuss a grand alliance!"

Ling Tian's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened!

"Boom—!"

The Hall of Annihilation seemed to have a sun thrown into it! The four Origin forces, like ancient fierce spirits thoroughly enraged, instantly erupted with violent aura!

"Tell him—to get out!!!"

That single word, "out," blasted forth like a tangible sonic cannon, making the entire Hall of Annihilation hum.

Ding Xin felt her internal organs tremble, and a sweet, metallic taste rose in her throat. With immense willpower, she maintained her kneeling posture and spoke with difficulty: "Pavilion Master, please calm your anger! That Great Emperor Tianwu... is rumored to be in the Early Golden Core Stage Realm... Such a strong refusal... I fear... it will lead to endless troubles, merely adding another powerful enemy..."

"Early Golden Core Stage?!" Ling Tian suddenly laughed wildly, looking up at the sky, "A mere mortal Dynasty, daring to meddle in the Cultivation world!! Ignorant emperor! His imperial stratagems, which allow him to lord over mortals and herd billions of ants, make him truly believe he transcends the Nine Heavens?! Alliance? Is he worthy?!"

Ling Tian said coldly: "Tell that envoy who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth, and tell that frog-in-the-well emperor! If they dare to step half a pace into the God Slaying Pavilion again, I will personally cut off the Great Emperor Tianwu's dog head and grind his Golden Core into dust!!"

"Your subordinate... obeys!" Ding Xin kowtowed in assent and quickly left the Hall of Annihilation.

"Seal the Pavilion!" Ling Tian issued a cold decree, "I am going into seclusion for Cultivation; no one is allowed to step through the hall door!"

From the shadows of the hall door, ten low and murderous responses came: "We obey the Pavilion Master's command!"

Ling Tian didn't know why, despite his unique four-Cultivation Golden Core position, he was unable to Breakthrough.

Whenever it came to a critical moment, a woman's voice would inexplicably appear in his mind.

"Ling Tian, I've come to be with you! In the next life, I don't want to be an empress; I just want to be your woman!"

Damn it! Who exactly was this woman, and why did she appear in his mind, affecting his Cultivation!