131: Figure in the temple

Lin Feng's pressure suddenly lightened!

He seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, unleashing a punch that shattered several skeletons in front of him into dust, then swiftly retreated, rejoining the Riftwing Blade, his gaze fixed with uncertainty on the continuously shaking temple.

What was happening?

Was the imprisoned entity within the temple about to break free?

In this moment of utter silence, with all skeletal creatures momentarily stunned by the temple's anomaly... Lin Feng's gaze, as if drawn by a magnet, pierced through the chaotic battlefield, through the dense, pervasive death qi, and locked onto the massive stone gate of the temple—a gate riddled with cracks and constantly spewing black mist!

Through the heavy door seams, which opened and closed intermittently with the violent shaking... he saw it!

The interior of the temple was not as empty or piled with bones as he had imagined!

In the center of that profound, dark space, shrouded by an impenetrable black mist of death, as deep as the abyss of the universe... there seemed to be... a figure sitting cross-legged!

An extremely blurry, extremely faint silhouette!

The figure seemed to have its head bowed, unmoving, like a sculpture that had existed since time immemorial.

He couldn't discern its face, its clothing, or even whether it was male or female.

There was only an indescribable sense of desolation and antiquity, as if it had merged with the entire world of death, pouring through the door crack like an icy tide, instantly engulfing Lin Feng's mind!

What chilled Lin Feng's soul even more was that the source of the pure, overbearing essence of death-rule energy, which permeated the entire temple and even this world of yellow sand... seemed to be a faint, almost imperceptible... lingering aura... emanating from this blurry figure?!

It was as if this entire skeletal desert, these countless death rules, were merely... the unconscious emanations of... the aura of this figure during its slumber?!

This thought, like the most terrifying thunderclap, exploded in Lin Feng's mind!

An unprecedented chill instantly shot from the soles of his feet straight to the crown of his head!

Could it be... that the purpose of these skeletal legions, possessing extraordinary strength and fearless of death, was not autonomous slaughter, but rather... guardianship?

They were like the most loyal guards, protecting this temple, guarding the deep reaches of the temple... this slumbering... entity, whose mere wisp of aura could evolve into a realm of death?!

Just as Lin Feng's mind reeled, almost losing his composure from the shock of this fleeting glimpse... another anomaly occurred!

The temple's vibrations seemed to reach a critical point!

Boom!!!

A dull roar, as if from the deepest abyss or the endless cosmos, suddenly erupted from within the temple!

That massive stone gate, riddled with cracks and carved from a single colossal stone, after a heart-wrenching groan, slammed inward... opening a sliver!

Though it was only an insignificant crack!

But in the instant the stone gate opened... Buzz!!!

An indescribable wave of the most primal and pure death will, as if from the very beginning of the universe, like a dead star dormant for billions of years suddenly erupting, carrying the ultimate meaning of annihilation that extinguished all life, swept out like an invisible tsunami from the sliver of a crack in the temple, instantly engulfing the entire yellow sand world!

Crack!

Crackle, crackle!

The hundreds of skeletal creatures closest to the temple, in the instant this pure death will swept over them, turned into the finest bone dust, scattering silently like sand sculptures in a strong wind, without even a chance to scream!

Lin Feng was not spared!

He felt as if his soul was savagely clutched by an invisible hand, then thrown into a hell of absolute zero ice!

Thought froze!

Blood congealed!

Even the operation of rule power within his 'inner self' experienced a momentary stagnation!

A deep fear and despair, originating from the instinct of life, instantly coiled around his heart like a cold viper!

"Pfft!"

Lin Feng was struck as if by a heavy blow, his face instantly turning deathly pale, and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood rich with vital essence!

His body flew backward like a kite with a broken string!

"Hiss-roar!!!"

The Lie Kong Blade Wing Alien let out a distorted, agonizing shriek!

Its massive body trembled violently, the dark silver metallic sheen covering its entire body instantly dimmed, and the spatial power flowing on its blade-wings flickered like a candle in the wind, almost completely extinguishing!

Its cold and powerful aura, in the face of this pure death will, was as insignificant as an ant!

The entire skeletal battlefield fell into a deathly silence!

All skeletal creatures, regardless of distance, seemed to have been paused, maintaining stiff postures, their heads bowed deeply, as if prostrating before their supreme ruler!

The countless soul fires flickered wildly, conveying the utmost reverence and... fear!

And just as Lin Feng was sent flying by the impact of this death will, his consciousness blurred and vision wavering... the corner of his eye seemed to catch a glimpse of... an unusual color?

In the depths of the impenetrable black death mist spewing from within the temple, next to the outline of that blurry figure... there seemed to be... an extremely faint, extremely dim, yet soft... light... that was utterly out of place with the surrounding dead darkness and death?

The light was too faint, like a firefly in a vast dead sea, flashing and gone in an instant, so quickly that Lin Feng almost thought it was a hallucination caused by his severe injuries.

Was it a delusion?

Or... Before Lin Feng's thoughts could even turn slightly... "Roar—!!!"

A terrifying roar, filled with endless brutality and destructive desire, as if from the deepest reaches of the Nine Nether Purgatory, suddenly erupted from within the temple's slightly opened crack!

This roar was not a physical sound wave, but a terrifying impact that directly affected the soul!

It pierced through the stone gate, through the dense death qi, and violently slammed into the minds of Lin Feng and the Riftwing Blade!

"Ugh ah...!"

Lin Feng groaned, his barely re-coalesced consciousness shattered again, his vision darkening in waves, with only the world-destroying roar echoing madly in his ears!

The Riftwing Blade was in a worse state; it let out a painful wail, its massive body shaking violently in the air, almost plummeting!

With this roar, what spewed from the sliver of a door crack in the temple was no longer mere black death qi, but... an extremely dense, viscous, blood-like... dark red energy!

This dark red energy carried a nauseatingly sweet stench, as if refined from the grievances and despair of billions of living beings; the moment it appeared, it reacted violently with the pervasive death-rule power outside!

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!

The dark red energy and the black death qi corroded and devoured each other, emitting a terrible sound like strong acid eating away at something!

The space around the temple intensely twisted and fluctuated under the collision of these two terrifying forces, forming a chaotic energy turbulence!

And just on the edge of this chaotic turbulence, beneath a sand dune not far from the direction Lin Feng was sent flying... Boom!

A pale white giant claw, almost identical to the bone claw that had ambushed Lin Feng earlier, but thicker and wrapped in denser black death qi, suddenly tore through the sand and burst forth!

Carrying a soul-freezing, chilling death qi, like a venomous snake that had been lurking for a long time, it fiercely clawed at Lin Feng, who was severely injured and flying backward, almost devoid of resistance!

The timing... precise!

Vicious!

Lethal!