123: Entrance to the Demon Kingdom

“Now, it's your turn to die.”

Lin Jingyu's icy voice, like the whisper of the Grim Reaper, instantly shattered the remaining psychological defenses of the residual Demon Army.

“Run!”

“He's a monster!!”

Screams of terror and howls of despair replaced the previous bloodthirsty roars. The Demon Army, having lost its commander, completely collapsed, scattering like ants scalded by boiling water, abandoning their armor and fleeing wildly in all directions!

“Leave none alive.”

Lin Jingyu's voice was calm, yet carried the undeniable weight of judgment.

His body remained still; he simply raised his right fist casually and punched through the air toward the densest area of the scattering Demon Army!

There was no brilliant light, only “power” refined to the absolute extreme!

Boom!

The air in front was instantly compressed and collapsed, forming a visible, distorted, transparent fist-print channel!

The torrent of savage power was like an invisible millstone; wherever it passed, dozens of fleeing Demon Soldiers didn't even have time to scream before being instantly crushed, exploding into a sky full of bloody mist and gore! Broken limbs and remnants were scattered like trash!

“Kill them! Avenge our fallen brothers!” Witnessing this devastating scene, the surviving Black Prison Institute experts erupted with long-suppressed grief, indignation, and killing intent!

Led by several Prison Directors, they charged fiercely at the demoralized Demon Army like fierce tigers released from a cage!

A brutal chase unfolded across the ruins of the Demon Suppression Division, but this was no longer a battle—it was a unilateral slaughter!

Lin Jingyu did not strike again.

These small fry were not worth his effort.

His gaze fell upon Kui Mu, the Lizard Demon General, who was heavily injured with a severed arm, his internal organs shattered by the force of the punch, now slumped on the ground.

Kui Mu's dark green scales were dull and lifeless, and foul blood mixed with fragments of internal organs continuously gushed from his mouth. His single remaining eye was filled with the terror of death and an intense, burning hatred for Lin Jingyu.

“Who... who exactly... are you? Dare to ruin my Master's... great plan... The Abyss... will not forgive you...” he hissed hoarsely, his voice like a broken bellows.

Lin Jingyu was expressionless as he stepped up to Kui Mu. His massive shadow enveloped the dying Demon General.

“The Abyss?” Lin Jingyu curled his lips into a cold arc. “Perfect, I need evolution points.”

He raised his foot, and the divine radiance of the Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Body faintly appeared on the sole.

“No—!” Kui Mu let out a final, desperate shriek.

Bang!

It was like crushing a rotten watermelon!

Kui Mu's hideous lizard head, along with the chest cavity beneath it, was stomped into paste by Lin Jingyu's foot! Dark green Demon Blood and pulverized bone fragments splattered everywhere!

[System Panel]

[evolution points]: 0 → 18500 (Killed Kui Mu, the Lizard Demon General of the Fifth Heaven of Dharma Manifestation Realm! Killed a large number of Demon Army forces!)

A torrent of heat, far purer and vaster than before, surged into Lin Jingyu's body, instantly absorbed and converted by the Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Body and the Primordial Creation Scripture, nourishing his newly achieved Breakthrough Physical Body and the rules he grasped. 18,500 points!

The reward for killing a Demon General at the Peak of the Fifth Heaven of Dharma Manifestation Realm far exceeded expectations!

“Di... Division Head Lin!” Qin Shanhe staggered over, supported by two Prison Directors.

His face was still pale, and his breath was shallow, but his spirit was clearly much revived.

He looked at the filth of Kui Mu beneath Lin Jingyu's feet, then at the muscular figure before him, whose aura was deep as the Abyss and whose Evil Qi had not yet dissipated. The shock in his heart was immense.

Returning from the Abyss, at the Fourth Heaven of Dharma Aspect Realm, he effortlessly suppressed and killed a Fifth Heaven Demon General! This rate of growth was simply terrifying!

“Director Qin, how are your injuries?” Lin Jingyu retracted the external Evil Qi and looked at Qin Shanhe.

“My internal organs were shaken, and my Dharma Aspect was damaged. I need time to recover, but I won't die.”

Qin Shanhe shook his head with a wry smile, then his expression turned solemn, pointing toward the Demon Suppression Tower deep within the Demon Suppression Division Headquarters, which was now only half-standing and covered in cracks. “Division Head Lin, the source of the demonic disaster is deep beneath that tower!”

Lin Jingyu followed the direction of the pointer.

His Eye of Annihilation flickered slightly, penetrating layers of ruins. He clearly “saw” that beneath the foundation of the collapsed Demon Suppression Tower, instead of soil and rock, there was a distorted, writhing darkness emitting intense spatial fluctuations!

These spatial fluctuations were extremely stable, distinctly different from the chaotic Devilish Qi fissures above the Imperial Capital. They looked more like a... gateway that had been forcefully stabilized!

“Entrance to the Demon Kingdom?” A cold light flashed in Lin Jingyu's eyes. This was exactly the source of the spatial fluctuations he had sensed earlier.

“Exactly!”

Qin Shanhe's tone was heavy. “That wicked Seventh Prince Zhao Yin colluded with the Abyssal Fiends, using the Dragon Vein of the Imperial Capital as a guide and the Demon Suppression Tower as the formation eye, forcefully opening a passage connecting to the 'Nine Nether Demon Kingdom' beneath the Imperial Capital! The Demon Kingdom's Grand Army is pouring out continuously! Kui Mu was merely one of their vanguard generals! Deep within the Demon Kingdom, there must be even more terrifying existences presiding!”

He took a breath, his eyes filled with determination: “Division Head Lin, this old man is incompetent, heavily wounded, and unable to fight further. But it is the duty of the Demon Suppression Division—this passage must be destroyed! Otherwise, the Imperial Capital will surely fall, and the Great Yin will be in peril! This old man implores...”

“Say no more.”

Lin Jingyu interrupted him, his gaze fixed on the dark gateway buried deep underground. The quiescent blood in his body seemed to faintly boil, sensing a more powerful prey. “I will close the passage. I will kill what's inside.”

His tone was flat, yet contained undeniable confidence and murderous intent!

Hearing this, a great weight lifted from Qin Shanhe's heart. His tired face showed sincere gratitude mixed with a hint of worry: “Division Head Lin, please be extremely careful! The Nine Nether Demon Kingdom is fraught with extreme danger. Its Dominator is rumored to be a terrifying Devil Head above the Fifth Heaven of Dharma Manifestation Realm! If it proves impossible...”

“There is nothing impossible.”

Lin Jingyu turned and strode toward the ruins of the Demon Suppression Tower. “When I emerge, the Demon Kingdom shall perish.”

His figure, silhouetted against the blood-red sky interwoven with the setting sun and demonic flames, appeared extraordinarily tall and solitary, like a War God-Devil marching toward Hell!

Along the way, the Black Prison Institute personnel who were cleaning the battlefield and collecting the bodies of their comrades all looked upon Lin Jingyu with solemn respect, spontaneously clearing a path, their eyes filled with awe and hope.

Lin Jingyu arrived before the foundation of the collapsed Demon Suppression Tower. Demonic fire was still burning at the fracture of the massive tower body.

Ignoring the residual flames, he stomped down hard on the cracked ground below, which shimmered with demonic runes!

Boom!

The earth violently trembled! The already precarious tower foundation, along with dozens of yards of surrounding ground, suddenly collapsed! Smoke and shattered stones shot into the sky!

A massive, bottomless pit was exposed! At the bottom of the pit, instead of soil, was a slowly rotating, viscous, ink-like dark vortex!

The center of the vortex emitted chilling, chaotic, and foul Devilish Qi that made hearts palpitate!

Vaguely, it seemed countless Demons and Monsters could be heard roaring from the depths of the vortex!

And powerful Demonic Intentions, like tentacles, stretched out from the vortex, greedily scanning the world above!

This was the gateway leading to the Nine Nether Demon Kingdom!

The moment Lin Jingyu stared at the dark vortex, the quiescent yin prison token hanging from his waist began to vibrate violently without warning!

The strand of deep gray light at the core of the token suddenly flared up, like the eye of an awakened Vicious Beast!

It was no longer coldly silent, but emitted a scorching aura of extreme desire, extreme greed, and even a hint of... excitement!

Buzz!

The gray light circulated, actually forming several twisted, blood-colored patterns on the token's surface, looking like living things!

An intent of death and annihilation, older and purer than the foul blood of the Abyssal Dominator, faintly seeped out from the token, aimed directly at the depths of the dark vortex!

“Hmm?” Lin Jingyu frowned slightly, his hand pressing on the scorching yin prison token.

The token's unusual movement was more intense than when he previously fought the Abyssal Dominator's Projection!

It seemed to have an instinctive desire to devour whatever was behind the Demon Kingdom's gateway?

“It looks like this token and this Demon Kingdom have a history.” A sharp glint flashed in Lin Jingyu's eyes.

No matter what the token wanted to devour, it couldn't stop his determination to kill his way in and obtain evolution points!

He hesitated no longer. The Primordial Violet Qi slightly circulated around him, and the Indestructible Divine Radiance of the Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Body formed an imperceptible membrane on his skin, isolating the foul Devilish Qi trying to erode him.

“evolution points, here I come.”

Whispering softly, Lin Jingyu leaped. His massive figure plunged into the bottomless dark vortex without hesitation, like a meteor falling into the Abyss!

The moment his figure vanished!

At the edge of the vortex, space slightly twisted, and two hideous weapons silently crossed and stabbed out, carrying cunning and malicious Demonic Glow, aiming straight for Lin Jingyu's vital point in the back!

They were two Chained Scimitars, pieced together like the spinal segments of a giant centipede. The blades were covered in barbs and suckers, and dark green poisonous mucus flowed from the edges, emitting a sinister aura specifically designed to break Protective Aura!

They were the Elite Demon Guards stationed inside the Demon Kingdom's entrance! Their strength had astonishingly reached the Peak of the Divine Treasure Realm!

However, Lin Jingyu acted as if he had eyes in the back of his head, not even turning around.

Puff! Puff!

The two sinister Demon Blades violently struck his back!

The expected scene of flesh being torn open did not occur! The blades struck as if hitting Ten-thousand-year Divine Metal, emitting a grating sound of metal friction! Sparks flew everywhere!

The poisonous mucus, potent enough to corrode the Protective Aura of a Dharma Aspect Realm cultivator, made a soft “sizzle” when it touched Lin Jingyu's skin, instantly being evaporated and purified by the circulating Primordial Violet Qi and the Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Divine Radiance beneath his skin, leaving not a trace behind!

“What?!” Two shocked demonic voices came from the depths of the vortex.

Lin Jingyu's figure had already completely submerged into the darkness and disappeared. Only his cold voice remained, like a chilling wind sweeping across the entrance to Hell:

“Small fry, don't block the way.”

Immediately afterward, two brief, utterly agonizing screams from the Demon Creatures abruptly ceased!