139: Temple of the Goddess of Life

Hundreds of thousands of years ago, it was the branches of the Tree of Life that suppressed Samael beneath the Death Desert!

And now, it was happening again!

"Queen, seal it!"

Lin Feng roared in frustration.

With the Alien Queen's current power, she couldn't devour such pure Death Rule power, so she could only seal it for now and make plans for it later.

Buzz!

Upon receiving the order, the Alien Queen didn't hesitate for a moment. Her own Rule power, combined with the immense life aura emanating from the emerald-green branches, forcefully merged together!

A runic chain, half woven from emerald-green life light and half from dark-gold patterns, wrapped around the fiercely struggling and wailing Death Divinity like a living thing!

The emerald-green light, like tough vines, deeply constricted the Divinity's body, continuously purifying and eroding its Death Origin.

The dark-gold patterns, on the other hand, transformed into sturdy shackles, firmly locking its form and preventing any form of energy dispersion or Rule manifestation.

"No—!!"

"I am a Battle Angel of the Death Angel race, I... I refuse... to accept this..."

Samael let out his last, desperate, and unwilling shriek, then completely fell silent along with the 'Death Divinity'.

"It's done!"

Lin Feng carefully took the doubly sealed Death Divinity.

The cold touch, even through the seal, instinctively made him feel a slight discomfort.

"What a pity..."

Lin Feng looked at the sealed Divinity in his hand, feeling a hint of unwillingness.

"If it could be devoured, the Alien Queen might be able to advance another level! Becoming an Epic-grade or even a Legendary-grade existence..."

With a thought, Lin Feng placed the Divinity into his Spirit Beast Space.

The Death Desert returned to its dead silence, and the Alien Queen's massive body slowly began to shrink, eventually transforming into the form of a beautiful woman.

Although in human form, her face showed no expression, and her movements and demeanor were like a humanoid robot.

She walked to Lin Feng's side, her dark-gold eyes looking towards the dilapidated temple, faintly visible in the wind and sand in the distance.

Lin Feng also followed her gaze.

After the life-and-death battle with Samael and the dangerous sealing of the Divinity, the dilapidated temple, which had originally served only as a backdrop, now took on a mysterious and unfathomable color in his eyes.

"Let's go inside and take a look."

Clearly, the people previously sent by the Professional Association into the 'Secluded Valley Abyss' secret realm had not discovered this strange yellow desert, otherwise, with the attack power of the original 'Death Ancient Tree', no one would have been able to leave alive!

Moreover, what the Professional Association was looking for might be here... Stepping on the soft yellow sand, Lin Feng and the Alien Queen walked towards the dilapidated temple. The closer they got, the more they felt a desolate and ancient aura.

Most of the giant stone pillars were broken and collapsed, and the exquisite bas-reliefs were blurred by the erosion of wind and sand. Only the main structure of the temple, relying on some residual power, still stood stubbornly.

Stepping over the high threshold, half-buried in the sand, Lin Feng and the Alien Queen entered the temple.

The light suddenly dimmed, and the air was filled with dust and a musty smell, but unexpectedly, it wasn't as dilapidated as imagined.

The interior space of the temple was exceptionally tall and vast. Although the dome was somewhat damaged, traces of once inlaid star-like gems could still be seen.

The floor was paved with huge, neatly cut milky-white stone slabs, which, despite being dusty, still conveyed a sense of past splendor.

Traces of murals remained on the walls. The colors had long faded, and only some vague outlines could barely be discerned, seemingly depicting forests, rivers, and various strange creatures, full of vibrant vitality.

Numerous statues stood inside the temple, mostly humanoid, in various poses, some praying, some fighting, some serving.

They too had endured the wind and sand, many were incomplete, and some even collapsed and shattered.

The power of time had left a deep imprint here.

Lin Feng's gaze was involuntarily drawn to the deepest part of the temple.

There, behind the altar, stood a statue taller and more solemn and sacred than all the other statues.

It was a statue of a woman.

Her figure was graceful and upright, dressed in a classical long dress. Her face was somewhat blurred by the erosion of wind and sand, but one could still feel an unparalleled sanctity, compassion, and... an indescribable majesty.

She bowed her head slightly, her hands in front of her chest in a cupping gesture, as if cradling something most precious.

Even after hundreds of thousands of years, even if the statue itself was broken and dusty, when Lin Feng's gaze fell upon her, an indescribable feeling instantly seized him!

Intense!

A life aura thousands of times more intense than the emerald-green branch in his hand!

This aura was not violent, but rather like a bottomless ocean, like a vast and boundless forest, like a mother nurturing all things!

It was gentle, vast, all-encompassing, yet it contained an immense and mighty power capable of making even the gods tremble!

Just standing there, Lin Feng felt all the pores on his body expand, the spiritual power consumed in battle accelerating its recovery, and even his soul seemed to be cleansed, becoming clear and serene.

"This... this is..."

Lin Feng was incomparably shocked.

He finally understood who the "that woman" Samael spoke of was!

This temple enshrined a supreme goddess who wielded the authority of life!

That emerald-green branch must have been a fragment of a divine artifact she left behind!

It was she who sealed Samael, the Death Angel, in this place for hundreds of thousands of years!

What made Lin Feng even more agitated was that he felt the goddess statue... seemed to be "looking" at him?

An indescribable sense of summons, originating from the depths of his bloodline, emanated from the statue, becoming clearer and stronger!

It was as if something, deep within the statue, had waited for endless years, just for his arrival.

Involuntarily, Lin Feng took a step, then another, walking towards the solemn goddess statue.

In his eyes, there was only that statue. In his ears, he seemed to hear an ancient call, and his heart beat powerfully in his chest, resonating wonderfully with that immense life aura.

The Alien Queen stood quietly not far behind him, her dark-gold eyes vigilantly scanning her surroundings.

She also felt the vast and gentle life force emanating from the goddess statue. This power instinctively made her feel aversion, but she did not perceive any threat from it, so she did not stop Lin Feng from approaching the statue.

Finally, he reached the altar, standing at the foot of the goddess statue.

Lin Feng looked up, and the blurred face seemed to bear a compassionate smile.

The feeling of summons reached its peak, like a gentle tide, completely engulfing him.

He slowly, almost instinctively, extended his right hand, gently touching the cold and rough base of the statue.

Just as his fingertips touched the stone... Buzz!!!

The entire dilapidated temple seemed to be infused with infinite vitality!

The remaining lines of the murals suddenly glowed with a soft emerald-green light, starlight seemed to fall from the damaged parts of the dome, and the thick dust on the ground moved without wind, brushed away by an invisible force, revealing the warm, jade-like milky-white stone slabs beneath!

Everything in front of Lin Feng's eyes—the broken dome, the fractured stone pillars, the dusty ground, the Alien Queen beside him—like a reflection on a water surface disturbed by a pebble, instantly twisted, blurred, and then completely disappeared...