107: eerie

*Hiss—!*

The condensed, substance-like pale green beam—the Eye of Decay—tore through the air, carrying the terrifying curse of decaying all things and withering Souls, instantly shooting toward Lin Jingyu's glabella!

Simultaneously, the massive Bone Heavy Shield, several zhang thick, covered in savage bone spurs, oozing black death liquid, and empowered by the wailing of countless Resentful Souls, stood firmly before the Ghost King like a wall of despair!

Combining offense and defense! A deadly checkmate!

On the edge of the demonic mist behind them, Tu Gang and the others' hearts stopped!

The aura of Soul decay emanating from the pale green beam caused their Divine Souls to tremble!

The heavy Death Qi of the Bone Heavy Shield made them feel despairing suffocation!

Lin Jingyu's eyes were as cold as ten thousand years of ice; facing the double fatal strike, he showed no hesitation.

His right arm, with fingers pressed together like a sword, was as steady as a mountain. The Dark Golden Starlight at his fingertip suddenly erupted with terrifying sharpness capable of piercing the Void Realm!

"Shatter!"

A low roar, like the sound of judgment!

His right arm stabbed out like lightning!

The Dark Golden Starlight at his fingertip, condensed with the Mighty Power of Annihilating Stars, transformed into a Golden Finger Beam, fine as a hair but dazzling to the extreme. Ignoring spatial distance, it struck late but arrived first, precisely tapping the tip of the pale green beam aimed at his glabella!

There was no earth-shattering explosion.

Only a faint, almost inaudible “pop,” like a bubble bursting.

The Soul Curse beam, powerful enough to curse and kill a Dharma Aspect of the same rank, instantly melted and vanished before the Star Shattering Finger beam, which contained a higher level of Annihilation Power, like snow meeting the blazing sun! Not even a ripple was stirred!

The finger beam's momentum did not decrease!

*Whoosh!*

The subtle sound of piercing the air seemed to pierce through space and time!

The dark golden finger beam, condensed from Lin Jingyu's Essence, Qi, and Spirit, the power of the Star Annihilation Manifestation, and the full might of the newly advanced Star Shattering Finger, fiercely stabbed into the gigantic Bone Heavy Shield, which was formed from countless bones and Resentful Souls and permeated with Ghastly Qi, all under the Ghost King's suddenly widening, terrified “gaze” from its eerie green eye!

*Hiss—!*

This time, it was no longer melting, but an overwhelming penetration!

The instant the finger beam touched the shield's surface, the powerful Mental Barrier formed by the wailing Resentful Souls on the shield's surface was torn apart like paper!

Countless distorted Resentful Soul faces let out silent shrieks and instantly scattered!

The Bone Heavy Shield, several zhang thick and condensed with the Ghost King's massive Power of Death, was as fragile as tofu before the Star Shattering Finger beam!

The finger beam penetrated the layers of compressed bones and the viscous black death liquid without resistance, leaving a hole as fine as a strand of hair, with edges as smooth as a mirror!

The finger beam passed through the heavy shield, its momentum completely undiminished!

In the instant the Ghost King had no time to react, the beam accurately shot into the huge eyeball burning with eerie green flames, located in the center of its Skull Crown!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

The Ghost King's massive Skeletal Body suddenly stiffened! The Skull Crown suspended on its neck bone trembled violently!

The huge eerie green eyeball first violently caved inward, like a lake surface hit by a stone, and then—

*Boom!!!*

An indescribably brilliant dark golden light burst forth from inside the eyeball! It was as if billions of miniature stars had simultaneously annihilated within its “eye socket”!

The terrifying Annihilating Star Power instantly swept through and tore apart the core of the eyeball, which was condensed from pure Death Qi and the Origin of the Resentful Souls!

"No!!!" A silent Soul shriek, filled with extreme terror and unwillingness, exploded in everyone's minds!

*Rumble!!!*

The huge eerie green eyeball exploded violently, like a balloon being overinflated!

Viscous, foul-smelling dark green fluid and shattered Origin of the Resentful Souls, mixed with the rampant Annihilating Star Power, surged out wildly like a bursting flood!

It instantly submerged and completely destroyed the Ghost King's Skull Crown and even its entire massive head region!

The Ghost King's massive Skeletal Body stood frozen in place, as if all strength had been drained, its arms hanging limply.

The area above its neck bone, along with the Skull Crown symbolizing its power, had completely vanished, leaving only a huge wound continuously spouting viscous green fluid and Death Qi!

The Dharma Aspect Realm Ghost King's aura was extinguished!

Silence!

Deathly silence!

Only the “pat” sound of viscous green fluid dripping onto the Bone Mountain, and the sizzling residual sound of the Annihilating Star Power remained.

Tu Gang, Lei Zhuanghan, Chaplain Yin, and all the Demon Suppression Division elites were dumbfounded, like clay sculptures or wooden carvings!

They stared blankly at the massive headless Skeletal Body still standing on the Bone Mountain Throne, then looked at the burly figure in front who had withdrawn his finger and whose expression was as calm as still water. Their minds were blank.

Instant... Instant kill?

That was a Dharma Aspect Realm Second Stage Peak Ghost King!

And that seemingly indestructible Bone Heavy Shield... was actually pierced through the head by a single finger?

This... this was no longer challenging a higher rank; this was utter crushing! This was the judgment of a Deity upon an ant!

Lin Jingyu withdrew his finger, and the Dark Golden Sharpness at its tip slowly subsided.

He frowned slightly, sensing the considerable consumption of Dharma Aspect Power within him. "The Star Shattering Finger's power is decent, but the consumption is also high. It still needs improvement."

He calculated mentally, but his gaze was already fixed on the Ghost King's massive headless Skeletal Body, especially the chest area, where a fist-sized Ghost King Origin Pearl, resembling a beating black heart, remained!

And the Core of the Eerie Green Eyeball, suspended among the shattered crown fragments, dull but still emitting a chilling aura!

A massive amount of evolution points!

He took a step forward, ignoring the flowing foul-smelling fluid, ready to collect the spoils.

Just then!

An unexpected change suddenly occurred!

Inside Lin Jingyu's Storage Ring, the broken yin prison token, which had been cold and silent, suddenly erupted with an unprecedented bone-chilling coldness the moment the Ghost King fell and its Origin Pearl and eyeball core were exposed!

A powerful, almost greedy suction force emanated from the token, aimed directly at the Core of the Eerie Green Eyeball!

*Buzz!*

The dull eyeball core seemed to be pulled by an invisible force; it automatically flew up, turned into a faint green light, and instantly disappeared into Lin Jingyu's Storage Ring!

"Hmm?" Lin Jingyu paused, sinking his consciousness into the Storage Ring.

He saw the broken yin prison token suspended within the storage space, emitting a faint black light.

The flying eyeball core, like fuel thrown into a furnace, rapidly melted and decomposed, turning into streams of incomparably pure, Chilling Energy, which the yin prison token greedily absorbed!

As the energy was injected, the savage character inscription “Prison” on the surface of the yin prison token seemed to become slightly clearer, and the aura it emitted became more ancient, profound, and cold!

"It's related, just as I thought!" Lin Jingyu understood in his heart.

This Heavenly Prison Token could actually actively absorb the Ghost King Origin of the same source!

This Ghost King, or rather the source of its power, had a profound connection with the mysterious Heavenly Prison!

He no longer hesitated, reaching out to grab the Ghost King Origin Pearl on the Ghost King's chest, which contained immense Power of Death, and drew it into his hand!

It felt heavy and chilling in his hand, as if he were holding Ten Thousand Years of Profound Ice.

"System, convert!"

[Ding! Converting Dharma Aspect Realm Second Stage Peak Ghost King Origin Pearl! Gaining evolution points: 500,000 points!]

With a flash of black light, the Origin Pearl vanished.

A massive amount of evolution points were credited! A hint of satisfaction flashed in Lin Jingyu's eyes. Slaying the Ghost King yielded a huge harvest!

His gaze swept over the Ghost King's massive headless Skeletal Body, then looked down at the collapsing Bone Mountain.

Where would the Physical Body Senior's Remains mentioned by Qin Shanhe be?

Just then, the Bone Throne and the huge Bone Mountain, deprived of the Ghost King's power support, began to groan under the strain, and large chunks of bone collapsed!

*Rumble!*

The Bone Mountain completely collapsed! Smoke and dust mixed with Death Qi soared into the sky!

In the original core location of the Bone Mountain, the smoke and dust slightly dispersed, revealing a relatively flat Dark Red Rocky Ground. In the center of the rocky ground, a tall humanoid figure was seated!

That figure was not skeletal; it was a Mummy forged like gold and iron!

The muscles were shriveled but tightly adhered to the thick bones, exhibiting a dark golden metallic luster. As if having endured millions of years of weathering, it still emitted an immortal and inexhaustible majestic pressure!

The Mummy wore fragments of a Dark Golden Battle Armor that had long since rotted and torn, but the exposed skin flowed with a faint, lava-like crimson light!

A pure, vast, and terrifying Power of Vital Blood and Qi, capable of burning the heavens and boiling the seas, faintly seeped out from the Mummy's surface, even after the passage of long ages, like a slumbering volcano!

"This is... the Physical Body Senior who Passed Away in Meditation?!"

Tu Gang and the others finally recovered from their shock, looking at the dark golden Mummy and feeling the silent yet majestic Vital Blood Pressure, they couldn't help but cry out in alarm.

Lin Jingyu's gaze was instantly drawn to the Mummy!

His heart—no, the blood throughout his entire body—involuntarily accelerated its flow the moment it sensed the silent Power of Vital Blood and Qi, emitting a low roar!

A desire stemming from primal life instinct spontaneously arose!

The Essence of Vital Blood and Qi contained within these Remains was a great tonic for him! It was the key to advancing further!

He took a step, about to go forward and claim this Unexpected Boon.

Suddenly!

Deep within the collapsed Bone Mountain ruins, a terrifying aura, more subtle, deeper, and more wicked than the Ghost King's, suddenly awakened, like a slumbering Primordial Vicious Beast being startled!

A cold, deathly silent will, seemingly capable of freezing space and time, instantly swept across the entire Cavern like an invisible tide!

*Boom!*

The entire underground Cavern shook violently! Countless huge Stalactites broke off the ceiling and crashed down!

The ground cracked open into bottomless ravines, spewing out even denser and more viscous nine nether death qi!

The purity and terror of this Death Qi surpassed the previous Silent Demonic Mist by more than tenfold!

"Not good! It's... it's the thing under the Seal that has been disturbed!"

Chaplain Li, holding his Trident, turned as pale as paper, his voice trembling with despair, "It's more terrifying than the Ghost King... it's... the aura of a Demon Kingdom Great General!"

The hope that Tu Gang and the others had just raised was instantly extinguished, as if they had fallen into an ice cave!

Lin Jingyu paused his steps and abruptly turned his head to look at the massive fissure deep within the Bone Mountain ruins that was spewing nine nether death qi!

He felt a strong threat! The owner of that aura definitely surpassed the Dharma Aspect Realm Third Stage!