181: Chapter 181 The Real Arsenal

Before this gate, the Kunlun and the three major fleets were so minuscule they weren't even as significant as a single grain of sand.

The giant bronze gate did not open completely; it merely cracked open slowly, revealing a gap just wide enough for a fleet to pass through.

What emanated from within was a series of earth-shattering ancient battle songs!

"Fight! Fight! Fight!"

The sounds of battle were like thunder as a phantom figure slowly stepped out from the darkness of the gate's opening.

It was no mechanical creation, but an Ancient Heroic Spirit condensed entirely from pure "Golden Divine Blood"!

He stood ten thousand zhang tall, bare-chested, with knotted muscles covered in old scars from blades and axes.

In his hand, he held a giant axe capable of splitting stars, standing before the giant bronze gate like an undefeatable God of War spanning the ages.

The Heroic Spirit's pupil-less eyes pierced through the distant vacuum, locking onto Lin Yuan at the very front.

A divine voice, ancient and overbearing, having crossed tens of millions of years, exploded deep within Lin Yuan's mind:

"Pure-blooded descendant, if thou canst awaken the hundred thousand armaments, the outer items shall all belong to thee."

"The Arsenal's Inner City is the core inheritance land of our clan."

The Heroic Spirit raised the giant axe, its blade pointing directly at Lin Yuan's brow: "If thou desirest the core Divine Blood and to enter the Star-Shattering Realm, thou must step over the bodies of us Heroic Spirits!"

"Retreat, or die!"

The moment the word 'die' was uttered, a terrifying killing intent materialized into a blood-colored storm, sweeping toward the Yanhuang Fleet!

Dragon Battle and the twenty thousand Asura Army soldiers were suffocated by this ancestral aura, but the fighting spirit in everyone's eyes grew increasingly frenzied.

"Retreat?"

Lin Yuan stood at the very center of the storm. Not only did he not retreat a single step, but he slowly straightened his back, facing the ten-thousand-zhang-tall Ancient Heroic Spirit.

“Clang—!”

slaying abyss was unsheathed, pointing unyieldingly at the Ancient Heroic Spirit!

The long-suppressed fire of battle in Lin Yuan's eyes, upon hearing the words "Star-Shattering Realm," was like oil poured onto a raging fire, instantly soaring to the heavens!

The Star-Shattering Realm with a hundred thousand tons of pure force!

That was the peak he had dreamed of reaching!

"In my, Lin Yuan's, dictionary, there is no such word as 'retreat'!"

"Since the ancestor wishes to test this junior's martial skills, then please excuse my rudeness!"

"Yanhuang Army, take orders! Hundred thousand mechas, form ranks!"

Lin Yuan lowered his blade, pointing straight at the giant bronze gate: "Follow me and break through this Inner City!"

In the depths of the starry sky, battle songs thundered.

Facing the ten-thousand-zhang-tall Ancient Heroic Spirit, Lin Yuan strode toward the giant gate that was a hundred times larger than the sun.

Ten miles... fifty miles... a hundred miles!

“Buzz—!”

A tyrannical and unreasonable force, like a hundred thousand divine mountains, crashed down upon him.

The Astral Qi circulating on the surface of Lin Yuan's body instantly dissipated!

He tried to communicate with the system in his mind, only to find that the usually invincible system space, and even those demonically modified formations, were all frozen before this mighty force!

Storage rings could not be opened.

Law resonance was severed.

This place was an absolute "Forbidden Law Domain"!

"Ancient God-Demons prove their Dao through strength..."

Standing before the giant bronze gate, the Ancient Heroic Spirit slowly raised the giant axe dripping with the blood of Laws.

Those hollow eyes looked down at Lin Yuan, and the ancient divine voice emitted was like a great bell, making the entire Star Abyss tremble.

"Those who enter this gate are forbidden from all laws!"

"Only the physical body shall contend!"

There was no possibility of trickery; this was a test exclusively for the pure-blooded descendants of the Ancient ones.

Stripped of all your treasures, formations, and cheats, it only mattered how much weight and strength were hidden within your flesh and bone!

Feeling his empty meridians, Lin Yuan was momentarily stunned, then he suddenly threw his head back.

"Hahahahaha!"

"Forbidden from all laws? Ancestor, this rule of yours..." Lin Yuan flicked his wrist and stabbed slaying abyss into a nearby meteorite, "...is perfectly to my liking!"

"Come!"

Lin Yuan crouched slightly, empty-handed, and boldly leapt up to meet the ten-thousand-zhang giant axe swung by the Ancient Heroic Spirit!

“Boom!”

The power within Lin Yuan's body exploded without reservation!

Dark gold divine blood surged and roared, his fists like heavy cannons firing, meeting the bronze giant axe with raw, unadorned force!

One large, one small—flesh and blood against a ten-thousand-zhang axe.

Under the shocked gazes of the army, they collided!

“Thud!!!”

At the moment of impact, the surrounding universe actually rippled with visible sonic booms under the terrifying force!

The massive counter-shock surged into his body through his arms; hundreds of muscle fibers in Lin Yuan's arms instantly snapped, and his skin tore open.

The ten-thousand-zhang-tall Ancient Heroic Spirit was also shaken back half a step by this ten-thousand-ton force.

"Exhilarating! Again!"

The sharp pain in his arms did not make Lin Yuan retreat an inch. The fanaticism in his eyes reached its peak, and with a sonic boom against the void, he lunged forward again!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Fists against axe!

Flesh against flesh!

Lin Yuan completely abandoned defense, engaging the Ancient Heroic Spirit in close-quarters combat!

Every punch thrown was accompanied by the discharge of ten thousand tons of pure force!

This was an ultimate clash with no room for evasion.

Lin Yuan's fists shattered the Heroic Spirit's breastplate, and the back of the Heroic Spirit's axe broke Lin Yuan's ribs.

The two of them clashed for thousands of rounds before the bronze gate!

“Bang!”

The Ancient Heroic Spirit's giant axe, carrying the momentum to destroy stars, slammed heavily into Lin Yuan's chest.

A large portion of the bones in Lin Yuan's chest shattered, and he spat out a mouthful of divine blood.

But instead of being sent flying by the axe, he used the violent momentum to dive inward, cutting into the Heroic Spirit's inner reach!

"Ancestor, take this move!"

Lin Yuan's eyes were bloodshot, and blood sprayed from wounds all over his body. He frantically compressed all the power he could muster, concentrating it in his right shoulder and back.

His right foot stomped heavily on the void.

Waist and legs unified, his spine like a dragon!

Mountain-Leaning Lean!

“Rumble!!!!”

A ring of white air blasted outward, instantly turning countless distant floating meteorites into powder!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

“Crack... crack...”

Densely packed cracks suddenly spread across the Ancient Heroic Spirit's massive chest.

The cracks rapidly spread throughout his entire body.

This ancient God of War, condensed from Golden Divine Blood, showed no anger.

On the contrary, a wildly unrestrained smile slowly appeared on his dull face.

"Good!"

The Heroic Spirit laughed towards the sky, his voice filled with endless magnanimity and liberation: "A ten-thousand-ton prototype of pure force! The soul of our clan's body cultivators has not yet been severed!"

"Pure-blooded descendant, thou art qualified... to enter the Inner City!"

The moment the words fell, the Ancient Heroic Spirit's massive body turned into a rain of Golden Divine Blood light, dissipating into the cold vacuum.

The "Forbidden Law Domain" that had been suppressing Lin Yuan also vanished.

"Whew..."

Lin Yuan panted heavily, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth. His bones ached throughout his body, but his back remained ramrod straight.

“Rumble, rumble—!”

Ahead, the giant bronze gate, no longer guarded by the Heroic Spirit, finally began to slowly open to both sides.