117: Demolish the government and eliminate eunuchs

Above the ruins of the Listening to Waves Studio, the cold air had yet to dissipate.

The faint stirring of the yin prison token at Lin Jingyu's waist, like ice water dripping onto a calm lake, was instantly frozen into deeper coldness by the news brought by Qin Shanhe.

The Soul Lamp is tainted by the Devil!

The Third Prince Yinfeng, a descendant of the Dragon and Phoenix of the Great Yin, was actually entangled with Devilish Qi!

Combined with the strange and sinister spatial portal he last used, and the obviously evil heavy water power of Venerable Minghai, the Protector of Xuanming Island, a chilling clue had emerged.

"The source of the Devilish Qi?" Lin Jingyu's voice was low. Primordial Violet Qi faintly appeared on his body, silently dissolving the residual Xuanming cold Qi around him.

"It's still unclear!"

Qin Shanhe's message was urgent. "The palace has blocked the news, but the anomaly of the Soul Lamp cannot be hidden from Your Majesty! Your Majesty is furious and has ordered a thorough investigation of the Third Prince's residence and all of Xuanming Island's strongholds in the Imperial Capital! However..."

He paused, his tone solemn. "That Grand Eunuch Wei in the palace... acted faster! His adopted son, Wang Zhen, the Deputy Commander of the Internal Affairs Bureau, has already brought the Eastern Depot agents to surround the Third Prince's residence, claiming to 'investigate rebels and secure the scene'! That Old Eunuch dog is probably trying to use this opportunity to cause trouble and frame you!"

The Grand Eunuch! Wang Zhen!

Chaos Divine Fire flashed in Lin Jingyu's eyes. When he refused the recruitment in the Prefecture earlier, the Old Eunuch held a grudge. Now that he had seized an opportunity, how could he let it go?

"He wants to frame me?" Lin Jingyu's lips curled into an icy arc. "Then let's see if he has the life to handle it!"

"Brother Lin! Don't be rash! Wang Zhen himself is at the Peak of Dharma Idol Realm Third Heaven, and the 'Nine Yin Bone Penetrating Needles' he carries are extremely vicious, specifically designed to break Protective Aura! Furthermore, they have the 'Nine Nether Soul Locking Formation' composed of Eastern Depot secret guards! Although you are strong, rushing in alone might lead you into their trap! Wait until this old man finishes dealing with His Majesty's side..."

Before Qin Shanhe could finish his warning, Lin Jingyu cut off the connection.

Wait? He didn't have that habit.

If trouble came knocking, he would simply crush it! Moreover, the Third Prince's residence might hold clues about the Devilish Qi! It was a good opportunity to clean it all up!

Boom!

A circle of white waves exploded in the air where he stood!

Lin Jingyu's figure had already vanished, leaving behind only a deep footprint and pervasive Grandmist Qi. His speed far surpassed before!

The Third Prince's residence.

The vermilion gates and high walls, adorned with carved beams and painted rafters, were now enveloped in a cold, deadly silence.

Hundreds of Eastern Depot agents, dressed in dark black robes embroidered with gold Flying Fish, pale-faced and beardless, held strangely shaped hooks, chains, and curved knives. Their aura was sinister, surrounding the residence as impenetrably as ghosts.

Furthermore, nine secret guards with extraordinarily deep auras, holding pitch-black funeral maces and wearing pale lanterns at their waists, occupied the Nine Palaces positions, subtly forming a Formation that emitted a heart-stopping binding force.

In front of the residence gate, a middle-aged eunuch with a fair complexion and eyes as sinister as a viper stood with his hands behind his back.

He wore a scarlet python robe, his ten fingernails sharp and black. He was none other than Wang Zhen, the Deputy Commander of the Internal Affairs Bureau and adopted son of The Grand Eunuch!

His cold aura, characteristic of the Peak of Dharma Idol Realm Third Heaven, was completely undisguised, with wisps of grey-black air currents swirling around him.

"Search carefully for this family!"

Wang Zhen's voice was sharp and grating, like a night owl. "Don't miss any trace of collusion with the rebel Lin Jingyu or involvement with demonic creatures! Especially the 'stolen goods' that Lin Jingyu might have hidden! Whoever finds them will be heavily rewarded!"

He deliberately emphasized the word "stolen goods," a malicious smile playing on his lips. As long as the "evidence" was in hand, confirming Lin Jingyu's crime of colluding with the Demon Race and assassinating the Prince, no matter how strong his Physical Body was, he would not escape the combined siege of the entire nation!

"Yes, Commander!" The agents responded in unison, preparing to force the door open.

Just at this moment—

RUMBLE!!!

A deafening roar sounded, as if the sky had collapsed!

The two heavy vermilion lacquer gates of the Third Prince's residence, which were reinforced by a Formation and capable of withstanding Dharma Aspect Realm attacks, instantly exploded into countless fragments burning with purple sparks, shooting inward like a storm of rain, as if struck head-on by an Ancient Divine Mountain.

Dozens of agents guarding the door didn't even have time to scream before they were riddled like sieves by the torrent of fragments, their flesh and blood flying everywhere!

A violent surge of air, carrying Grandmist Qi, swept out from the broken doorway like a tsunami!

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

The Eastern Depot agents on the periphery were sent flying back in swathes, like straw swept by a gale, their tendons snapped and bones broken!

The "Nine Nether Soul Locking Formation" formed by the nine secret guards had just lit up with pale white light before it was violently scattered by this incomparably brutal shockwave!

All nine men groaned simultaneously, their faces ashen, and the Formation was instantly broken!

Amidst the pervasive smoke, dust, and rubble, a towering figure wreathed in noble Primordial Violet Qi, like a god or devil tearing through space to descend, stepped into the residence's front courtyard!

"Lin Jingyu!" Wang Zhen's pupils contracted sharply. He shrieked, startled and enraged! He hadn't expected the opponent to arrive so quickly and so dominantly!

"Eunuch dog, are you looking for me?" Lin Jingyu's gaze, like ten thousand years of cold ice, instantly locked onto Wang Zhen.

The killing intent in that gaze caused even a ruthless individual like Wang Zhen to feel a stinging pain in his Soul!

"Audacious rebel! Attacking the Prince first, then destroying the Prince's residence, and now daring to trespass into a Forbidden Ground! Seize him for this family! Alive or dead, it matters not!" Wang Zhen shrieked fiercely, and his Dharma Aspect power surged!

He dared not be complacent in the slightest, unleashing a killing move immediately! He violently flung his hands forward!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Nine streaks of black light, fine as ox hair, dark as ink, and trailing strange grey smoke, silently and faster than lightning, tore through the air, shooting straight toward the nine major vital points on Lin Jingyu's body!

These were precisely the extremely vicious "Nine Yin Bone Penetrating Needles"!

The nine types of sinister Evil Qi contained in the needles specialized in tainting Dharma Aspects and corroding bones and Souls! Even a powerhouse at the Fifth Heaven of Dharma Manifestation Realm would suffer a great loss if struck!

At the same time, the nine scattered secret guards forcefully suppressed their injuries and simultaneously spat a mouthful of vital blood onto the pale lanterns in their hands!

"Nine Nether Soul Lock! Seal!"

The nine lanterns burst forth with ghostly light, and nine pale white beams, like chains from Hell, ignored spatial distance and instantly wrapped around Lin Jingyu's limbs, neck, and torso!

A powerful and sinister binding force erupted, attempting to restrict his movements and drag away his Divine Soul!

A malicious grin appeared on Wang Zhen's face. Nine needles locking the body, Nine Nether locking the Soul! Even a powerhouse at the Dharma Aspect Realm Fourth Heaven would not escape death!

He seemed to already see Lin Jingyu's miserable appearance, pierced through the Divine Soul and collapsing to the ground.

Facing this sinister and deadly dual strangulation, Lin Jingyu's eyes showed no fluctuation, only a hint of cold mockery.

"Trifles."

He didn't even raise his hand. The Primordial Violet Qi flowing over his body suddenly brightened for an instant!

Buzz!

The nine "Nine Yin Bone Penetrating Needles," capable of piercing mountains and tainting Dharma Aspects, hit an invisible, intangible, yet indestructible Grandmist Barrier three feet away from Lin Jingyu's body!

The malicious Evil Qi contained in the needles was instantly purified and annihilated, like snow meeting boiling soup!

The nine fine needles themselves emitted an unbearable "wail," snapping inch by inch and turning into flying ash!

The nine pale Soul-locking beams wrapped around him, under the circulation and washing of the Primordial Violet Qi, made a "sizzle" sound as they melted like snow meeting the blazing sun, instantly breaking and dissipating!

The nine secret guards suffered a heavy backlash. The lanterns in their hands burst with a "poof," and they all screamed as they were sent flying backward, bleeding from their seven orifices, their Divine Souls severely damaged!

"What?!" The malicious grin on Wang Zhen's face instantly froze, turning into boundless shock and terror!

His ultimate killing move couldn't even break through the opponent's Protective Aura?! This... how was this possible?!

Fear instantly consumed him! Without hesitation, his figure transformed into a grey-black ghostly shadow, and he attempted to flee into the depths of the residence! He needed to activate the emergency Teleportation Formation inside the mansion!

"Die."

Lin Jingyu uttered a single word. Still without complex movements, he simply struck out with a palm through the air toward the direction Wang Zhen was fleeing!

The palm struck, the Grandmist opened!

A massive phantom palm, condensed from pure Primordial Violet Qi, instantly formed above Wang Zhen's head!

Under the coverage of the massive palm, space solidified, and Laws retreated!

"No—! Adoptive Father, save me!!" Wang Zhen let out a desperate shriek, frantically mobilizing his Dharma Aspect, throwing out life-saving Magical Artifacts as if they were worthless, forming layers of grey-black light shields above his head!

BOOM!!!

The Grandmist massive palm descended!

Poof! Poof! Poof!

Those light shields and Magical Artifacts shattered layer by layer like paper toys, unable to block the attack for even an instant! The massive palm, unstoppable, slammed heavily onto Wang Zhen's body!

Time seemed to stand still for a moment.

The next moment.

Wang Zhen's body, along with the scarlet python robe he wore, his terrified and twisted face, and his incomplete scream, silently melted, vaporized, and annihilated within the Primordial Violet Qi, which contained the dual great powers of creation and final destruction, like a wax figure thrown into an incinerator!

Not even a speck of ash remained!

Absolute erasure! Overwhelming to the point of suffocation!

The entire front courtyard of the Third Prince's residence was dead silent. The Eastern Depot agents who miraculously survived collapsed on the ground, their trousers soaked, trembling like chaff as they looked at the figure resembling a god or devil.

Lin Jingyu didn't even glance at those ants, his gaze directed toward the depths of the residence.

With the circulation of Primordial Violet Qi, his perception, like an invisible tide, instantly covered the entire residence.

The residual Xuanming Island aura, Yinfeng's living traces... and a trace of residual Devilish Qi, extremely faint, yet colder and stickier than Xuanming Heavy Water, carrying the meaning of Chaos and degradation!

This trace of Devilish Qi was coming from the direction of the secret chamber deep within the residence!

Just as he was preparing to investigate further—

RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!!!

The entire land of the Imperial Capital suddenly trembled violently! Like a sleeping giant beast turning over!

Immediately afterward, an indescribable aura of terror, full of Chaos, madness, bloodlust, and endless malice, shot up into the sky like an erupting volcano from the center of the Imperial Capital—directly beneath the Imperial Palace! It instantly swept across nearly half of the Imperial Capital!

The sky suddenly darkened. Thick Devil Clouds, churning with filthy blood color, condensed out of thin air, pressing low over the Imperial Palace!

Countless Mortals and even low-level Martial Artists instantly collapsed and fainted under this aura, their Souls feeling as if they were being torn apart!

"Roar—!" "Howl—!"... Indistinctly, countless roars of demons and monsters, seemingly from the Nine Nether Hell, penetrated the earth's crust and echoed deep within everyone's Soul!

Lin Jingyu suddenly looked up, his gaze piercing through layers of palaces, toward the Imperial Palace. Chaos Divine Fire and Primordial Stars wildly pulsed in his eyes!

The yin prison token at his waist, which had been quiescent, was now trembling violently like a red-hot branding iron!

A cold, ancient fluctuation, carrying endless stillness and a sense of summoning, surged out from the depths of the token, pointing clearly toward the source of the Devilish Qi explosion—directly beneath the Imperial Palace!

"The Demon Kingdom entrance... has opened?"

Qin Shanhe's message, filled with shock and anger, forcefully arrived again. "No! This aura... is older! More terrifying than the Demon Kingdom! It's something deeper! Yin Prison?! Brother Lin! Be careful! That old dog The Grand Eunuch... he probably deliberately lured you to the Third Prince's residence! His real goal... was to make sure you couldn't stop the Devil Den from erupting! He wants the entire Imperial Capital... no, the entire Great Yin... to be buried with his ambition!!"

[ System Interface ]

[host]: Lin Jingyu

[Realm]: Dharma Idol Realm Third Heaven Peak! (Grandmist Body Tempering! Prototype of the Rule of Strength!)

[Cultivation Technique]:

Primordial Creation Scripture (Prototype) (Great Power of Creation! Source of Ten Thousand Laws!)

Star Body Tempering Method (Limit) (Merged with Grandmist!)

Great Void Teleportation (Major Achievement) (Space Folding!)

Star Shattering Finger (Perfection) (Finger Shattering Stars!)

[Dharma Aspect]: Primordial Heaven Opening Manifestation (Prototype) (Chaos Primordial Opening, Origin of Strength!)

[Divine Ability]: Eye of Annihilation (Sublimation! Left: Chaos Divine Fire! Right: Primordial Stars!)

[Item]: yin prison token *1 (Violent Resonance! Coordinates Locked!), blood fiend division master token *1

[Status]: Grandmist Empowered! Killing Intent Boiling!

[evolution points]: 92000 points → 95000 points (Slaying Wang Zhen +3000 points)

(System Notification: Absorbed trace amounts of 'Nine Yin Evil Qi' and 'Soul Locking Power'. Primordial Creation Scripture (Prototype) analysis progress increased!)

The Primordial Violet Qi around Lin Jingyu was like boiling magma! The violent resonance of the yin prison token and the terrifying Devilish Aura surging into the sky acted like two keys, instantly opening the floodgates of Battle Intent in his heart!

The Grand Eunuch? Buried with him?

Lin Jingyu's lips curled into an extremely cold arc.

"Trying to stop me with demonic creatures?"

"Perfect. It saves me the trouble of hunting them down one by one!"

Boom!

The ground beneath his feet exploded! His figure transformed into a streak of primordial violet lightning tearing through space, aiming directly for—

The source of the Devilish Qi eruption, directly beneath the Imperial Palace! The Abyss Entrance locked onto by the yin prison token!