135: Heart fire burns the sky

The palace's solemn vermilion gate closed heavily behind him, isolating the scent of decaying ambergris and the Aura of gloomy schemes.

Lin Jingyu stood in the massive shadow cast by the palace wall, his two-meter-tall body like a silent volcano, his bronze muscles gleaming with a metallic luster in the faint light.

'Ancient God Burial Ground... core exploration rights...' He chewed on the "reward" given by the Human Emperor Ji Xuan, a trace of cold mockery hanging on his lips. Behind this "generosity," there must be the calculations of the Zhao Imperial Clan.

However, ruins meant the unknown, and also meant a massive amount of special energy that the System might require!

The two Dominator Demon Cores in his embrace were slightly hot, and the Aura of the Abyss surrounding them became increasingly active under the continuous stimulation of the Dragon Qi from the Imperial Palace, like bone-marrow parasites, bringing waves of chilling erosion.

The two severed claws were also restless, dark gold demonic patterns flickering with faint light, their greedy will like a venomous snake flicking its tongue.

"Hmph!" Inside Lin Jingyu's body, the Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Body circulated, pale golden vital blood surging, and Chaos-colored light flashed beneath his skin, forcefully suppressing the restlessness of the Demon Cores and severed claws.

But the feeling of being spied upon lingered like a dark cloud.

Just then, a sudden change occurred!

RUMBLE—!!!

In the northeast corner of the Imperial Capital, near the slums, a world-shattering boom suddenly rang out!

The earth trembled violently, as if an earth Dragon had turned over!

Immediately afterward, pitch-black Devilish Qi, so thick it couldn't be dispersed, carrying the pungent smell of blood and sulfur, erupted like volcanic lava, mixed with the shrieks of countless mournful vengeful Souls, soaring into the sky!

Instantly staining the sky above that area a desperate, inky black!

"Jie jie jie—!!!"

"Kill! Kill all this blood food! Welcome the descent of our Master!"

"Revenge! For Lord Bone Yama! For Lord Red Slaughter!"

Roars of Chaos, tyranny, and destructive desire mixed with the growls of fiends and demons, sweeping over them like a tsunami!

A visible tide of Devilish Qi, carrying densely packed low-level demonic creatures, twisted vengeful Souls, and even a few massive demonic figures emitting the pressure of the Dharma Aspect Realm, was surging madly out of the giant fissure torn open in the ground, rushing toward the nearest living creature gathering area!

The counterattack of the Demon Kingdom! It had begun! And it came so swiftly, so violently!

"This is bad! It's the City East Earth Vein Node! It has been forcibly torn open!" The terrified warning gong of a Demon Suppression Division Night Patrol Guard came from afar, instantly drowned out by the roars of the demonic tide.

Cold light burst forth in Lin Jingyu's eyes! That soaring vengeful Soul Devilish Qi, that familiar Abyss scent... they were evolution points delivered right to his doorstep!

Without any hesitation, his imposing physique suddenly blurred!

Buzz!

Great Void Teleportation activated!

With a single step, he instantly crossed half the distance of the Imperial Capital, appearing above the core area of the Devilish Qi outbreak as if teleporting!

The scene before him was shocking!

The earth was torn open by a massive, bottomless wound several hundred zhang long, and Devilish Qi as thick as asphalt mixed with filthy groundwater gushed out.

Along the edge of the fissure, sturdy bluestone houses collapsed like paper, and countless civilians were eroded by the Devilish Qi in their sleep, instantly turning into walking corpses or being torn to shreds by the surging low-level demonic creatures! Crying, screaming, and desperate wails intertwined into a symphony of Hell.

Above the fissure, three figures with exceptionally ferocious Auras were suspended!

To the left, a gaunt figure shrouded in rolling black mist held a black banner with a white bone staff, wrapped with countless suffering human faces! It was the "ten thousand souls banner"!

As he waved it, the black banner flapped fiercely, and countless vengeful Souls transformed into ferocious ghost claws, tearing through the air and slaughtering the fleeing creatures below. Wherever they passed, life was extinguished. This was "Soul Summoner Yin Jiuyou"! Sixth Heaven of Dharma Manifestation Realm!

To the right, a bull-headed giant demon clad in blood-red heavy armor, wielding two serrated "Earth Splitting Demon Axes" the size of doors, was roaring and swinging the giant axes. Every chop brought forth dark red destructive axe light, smashing the obstructing houses and the Demon Suppression Division squad attempting to form a defensive array into dust! He was "Bone Shattering Demon General Savage Slaughter"! Eighth Heaven of Dharma Manifestation Realm!

In the center was a woman of extraordinary allure, clad only in black gauze.

She was barefoot, suspended above the Devilish Qi, toying with a strangely shaped sword in her hand, which seemed to be strung together from nine infant skulls—the "Nine Mother-Child Soul Sword."

Black Qi coiled around the blade, emitting bursts of infant cries that unsettled the mind.

Her scarlet tongue licked her lips, her gaze greedily sweeping over the terrified crowd below. She was "Heart Devouring Demoness Meigu"! Peak of the Ninth Heaven of Dharma Manifestation Realm!

Her Aura was even more sinister and bizarre than the other two!

"Hahaha! Humans! Fear! Despair! Your flesh and Souls will be the most delicious sacrifices to welcome the descent of our Master!" Meigu let out a sharp, grating laugh. With a wave of the Nine Mother-Child Soul Sword in her hand, nine black Sword Lights, coiled with dense resentment, shot out like venomous snakes toward a temporary shelter below where a large number of women and children had gathered!

"Vile creature! Do not act so brazenly!" A furious shout rang out!

The figure of Demon Suppression Division deputy commander Wei Wuya arrived in time, bringing several Directors with him!

Wei Wuya's hair and beard bristled, and the Aura of the Fifth Heaven of Dharma Manifestation Realm erupted. He unleashed a punch, and the fist energy transformed into a roaring blood-colored giant tiger, meeting the nine sinister Sword Lights!

Boom!

The blood-colored giant tiger collided with the nine Sword Lights, erupting in dazzling light and violent energy shockwaves!

Wei Wuya let out a muffled groan, his body swaying slightly. The giant tiger formed by his fist energy was mostly shredded by the Sword Lights, but the remaining sinister Sword Qi still plunged downwards!

Clearly, in his haste, he could not completely block Meigu's prepared strike!

The women and children in the shelter below let out desperate screams!

At this critical moment!

An even more domineering and ferocious Aura, like a falling star descending from the sky, slammed down heavily in front of the shelter!

Lin Jingyu had arrived!

Facing the remaining sinister Sword Qi, which was enough to kill a Divine Treasury Realm Cultivator, Lin Jingyu didn't even bother to raise his hand.

His eyes were cold as he looked at the alluring Meigu in the air, treating her like a dead person.

"Noise!"

Before his voice faded, an intensely blazing golden-red light suddenly erupted from the position of his heart!

Boom!

A terrifying heatwave capable of burning the eight directions and purifying all evil spirits violently spread out, centered on Lin Jingyu!

That was not ordinary flame, but the Heaven Burning Divine Fire, pure to the extreme, originating from the Divine Treasury of the Heart!

Heart Fire Burns the Heavens!

The golden-red Divine Fire radiance instantly swept over the nine remaining sinister Sword Qi strands!

Sizzle—!!!

Like a searing hot iron pressed onto snow!

The Sword Qi, coiled with dense resentment and capable of corroding Dharma Aspects, let out a piercing shriek the moment it touched the Heart Fire radiance, instantly being evaporated and purified completely!

Not even a trace of black Qi remained!

"Ah!!" Meigu in the air seemed to suffer a heavy blow, emitting a painful, sharp scream!

The Nine Mother-Child Soul Sword in her hand trembled violently, and the nine infant skulls emitted even more mournful cries, as if their Origin had been scorched by the Divine Fire!

Her gaze toward Lin Jingyu was filled with terror and malice. "Divine Fire of the Heart?! Specifically counters Soul bodies! Damn it!"

"Specifically counters Soul bodies? Then I'll start with you!" Lin Jingyu's eyes sharpened, his killing intent locked onto Meigu! He stomped his right foot fiercely on the ground!

Boom!

The ground for dozens of zhang around violently surged and cracked like waves!

His entire being was like a Chaos cannonball fired from a barrel, disregarding spatial distance and instantly appearing before Meigu!

The speed was so fast that both Soul Summoner Yin Jiuyou and Bone Shattering Demon General Savage Slaughter only saw a blurry afterimage!

"Die!" Lin Jingyu clenched his right fist. Without any fancy moves, pure power, augmented by the Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Body, condensed to the extreme!

The muscles of his entire arm bulged, Chaos Qi Flow coiled around it, and the air in front of his fist was compressed to the limit, letting out an ear-splitting sonic boom!

He punched out, striking straight toward Meigu's face!

Where the punch wind reached, even the pervasive Devilish Qi was forcibly pushed away, forming a vacuum!

"Don't even think about it!" Meigu was utterly horrified, shrieking as she fully activated the Nine Mother-Child Soul Sword!

The nine infant skulls detached from the sword, expanding in the wind to become nine massive skulls burning with black Soul Fire. They opened their large, fang-filled mouths, spitting out nine streams of "Nine Nether Soul Corroding Demonic Light," thick as ink and radiating endless malice and curses, weaving a gigantic net of destruction to block Lin Jingyu's fist!

At the same time, her figure rapidly retreated, attempting to widen the distance.

"Petty tricks!" The golden-red divine fire in Lin Jingyu's eyes intensified! His fist strike showed no reduce, slamming into the viscous, venomous Soul-Corroding Demonic Light!

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—!!!

Like a red-hot iron rod plunged into a pot of oil! Golden-red Heart Fire divine light erupted from Lin Jingyu's fist!

The utterly domineering purifying power and the supremely firm and masculine Chaos Qi and blood instantly ignited and incinerated the viscous Soul-Corroding Demonic Light!

The nine massive, venomous skull heads let out unbearable wails, their surface Soul fires rapidly dimming and riddled with cracks!

Boom!!!

Lin Jingyu's fist, carrying power that crushed everything, fiercely smashed through the crumbling demonic light net, firmly landing on Meigu's arms, which she had hastily crossed to block her chest!

Crack! Splat!

The teeth-grating sound of bones cracking and flesh exploding rang out simultaneously!

Meigu's arms, which were strong enough to withstand divine weapons, shattered inch by inch like rotten wood the moment they touched the fist! The violent power poured into her chest without any obstruction!

"No—!!" Meigu let out a desperate shriek, her alluring face instantly twisting and deforming!

Her entire upper body exploded like a watermelon struck by a heavy hammer!

Flesh mixed with shattered bones and internal organs was directly vaporized into the finest particles under the dual effect of the Chaos Fist Aura and Heart Fire divine light!

Even the Nine Sons Mother Yin Soul Sword in her hand was shattered into fragments of black mist by the lingering power of the Fist Aura amidst its wails!

One punch! Just one punch!

The Peak of Dharma Aspect Realm Nine Heavens, Heart-Devouring Demoness Meigu, along with her Natal Demonic Artifact, was utterly annihilated by Lin Jingyu in the most brutal and direct manner! Both her form and spirit were extinguished!

[Ding! You have slain a Peak Dharma Aspect Realm Nine Heavens demon (Heart-Devouring Demoness Meigu), gaining evolution points: 85,000 points!]

The System's cold prompt sounded.

Silence!

A deathly silence enveloped this chaotic battlefield!

Whether it was the frantically surging demonic beasts, the Demon Suppression Division members fighting desperately, or even the Soul Caller Yin Jiuyou and the Bone Shattering Demonic General Savage Slaughter in the air, their movements all froze for an instant!

One punch! To blast apart a Peak Dharma Aspect Realm Nine Heavens! What kind of ferocious power was this?!

That Heart Fire divine light, which suppressed all evil demons, made Yin Jiuyou feel a fear originating from the depths of his Soul!

"Roar!! Damn human! Pay for Meigu's life!" Savage Slaughter was the first to react, his huge ox eyes instantly turning blood-red!

He roared, and the two Earth-Splitting Demonic Axes in his hands erupted with monstrous demonic flames, like two burning demonic mountains, bearing a destructive Aura capable of splitting heaven and earth, fiercely chopping down towards Lin Jingyu's back!

The axe light tore through the sky, and space itself twisted!

Yin Jiuyou also reacted, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes, and his ten thousand souls banner shook wildly!

Countless vengeful spirits shrieked and converged, forming a gigantic ghostly claw that covered the sky and sun, made of countless tormented faces, with Soul-devouring black Qi swirling around its fingertips, fiercely grabbing at Lin Jingyu's head!

It was his killing move—"Myriad Souls Devouring Heart Claw"!

Facing the enraged pincer attack from the two great Dharma Aspect Demonic Generals, Lin Jingyu didn't even turn his head.

His right fist, which had just blasted Meigu, casually swung backward, fingers spread open, waving it out as if swatting a fly!

Rumble!

The palm wrapped in Chaos Qi Flow, carrying the terrifying power of Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Body, defiantly met the sky-covering Myriad Souls Ghost Claw!

Hiss—!!!!

Like a scorching sun melting snow! Heart Fire divine light erupted from Lin Jingyu's palm, instantly igniting and purifying the black Qi of vengeful spirits entwined around the ghost claw!

Countless tormented faces let out cries of liberation in the divine fire, instantly dissipating! The massive ghost claw was struck through and shattered by the Chaos palm like paper!

The ten thousand souls banner trembled violently, and Yin Jiuyou was struck as if by a heavy blow, spitting out a mouthful of black blood, his Aura instantly wilting!

At the same time!

Lin Jingyu's left leg, like a Dragon wagging its tail, made a tearing roar through the air, arriving later but striking first, fiercely sweeping towards Savage Slaughter's cleaving axes!

Clang!!!!

An ear-splitting roar, as if divine metal had collided, exploded! A visible shockwave swept out in a ring, instantly shattering dozens of demonic beasts below into blood mist!

Savage Slaughter felt an irresistible, terrifying immense force transmit through the axe handles!

His proud arms, capable of splitting mountains and cracking the earth, instantly tore their muscles, and his bones groaned under the unbearable strain!

The two heavy Earth-Splitting Demonic Axes flew out of his hands, spinning into the distant demonic tide, crushing a large number of demonic beasts!

And Lin Jingyu's leg, its momentum undiminished, like a Chaos divine whip, fiercely lashed Savage Slaughter's massive, heavily armored chest!

Bang—Crack-crack-crack!

The steel-forged demonic armor instantly dented and shattered!

Savage Slaughter's demonic body, which was even larger than Lin Jingyu's, flew backward faster than he came, like a broken sack struck by an ancient giant elephant!

Blood mixed with fragments of internal organs gushed from his mouth, his chest completely caved in, clearly beyond saving!

[Ding! You have slain a Dharma Aspect Realm Eighth Heaven demon (Bone Shattering Demonic General Savage Slaughter), gaining evolution points: 68,000 points!]

"Impossible!!" Yin Jiuyou's Soul fled in terror, looking at Savage Slaughter, who was instantly killed, and then at Lin Jingyu, who had turned around like a Chaos Demon God, his cold gaze fixed on him. Fear completely engulfed him!

He let out a strange cry, no longer caring about anything else, and fiercely spat a mouthful of Origin essence blood onto the ten thousand souls banner, causing the banner's surface to glow brightly with blood-red light!

"Myriad Souls Escape!"

Countless vengeful spirits enveloped him, transforming into an extremely fast blood-red light, fleeing frantically towards the depths of the underground crack without looking back!

"Escape?" Lin Jingyu's eyes were cold, and the light of Primordial Stars flashed in his right eye!

A star-light, condensed to the extreme, as if it could penetrate a galaxy, instantly shot out!

Star Shattering Finger · Starfall!

Splat!

Yin Jiuyou's body in the blood-red light suddenly stiffened! He looked down, disbelievingly at the bowl-sized transparent hole in his chest, clear through from front to back!

At the edge of the hole, the power of the stars was still frantically annihilating the vitality of his demonic body!

"Uh..." The light in his eyes rapidly dimmed, and along with the ten thousand souls banner, he fell from the sky, instantly swallowed by the surging Devilish Qi below.

[Ding! You have slain a Dharma Aspect Realm Sixth Heaven demon (Soul Caller Yin Jiuyou), gaining evolution points: 55,000 points!]

The three great Dharma Aspect Demonic Generals could not last three breaths under Lin Jingyu's hands! All were executed!

The chaotic battlefield below fell into a brief dead silence. Both demonic beasts and humans were so shocked by this devastating slaughter that they forgot to move.

Lin Jingyu, however, did not stop.

His gaze swept over the dense, leaderless low-level demonic beasts and vengeful spirits below, with no trace of mercy in his eyes, only a craving for evolution points.

"Perfect, let's use you to test the range of the Heart Fire!" With a thought, the Heart Divine Treasury in his chest once again erupted with ten thousand feet of golden-red divine light!

"Heart Fire Burns the Heavens · Prairie Fire!"

Boom—!!!

With Lin Jingyu at the center, a golden-red wave of divine fire swept down like a tsunami! Wherever the divine fire passed, low-level demonic beasts couldn't even let out a scream, instantly vaporizing!

Vengeful spirits, as if encountering their nemesis, were purified into wisps of green smoke amidst their shrill screams! The viscous Devilish Qi rapidly melted and dispersed like snow encountering boiling water!

In just a few breaths, within several miles centered around the earth vein crack, all demonic beasts and vengeful spirits were cleared out!

The ground was scorched black, with lingering purified Qi.

The lucky surviving Demon Suppression Division Cultivators and some civilians stared blankly at Lin Jingyu, who was like a god of fire descending, their eyes filled with awe and fanaticism.

Lin Jingyu floated in mid-air, his body enveloped in steaming Chaos Qi and blood, and the golden-red Heart Fire slowly receded.

He felt the surging power within him and the skyrocketing evolution points, his eyes sharp as blades, looking towards the depths of the underground crack where Devilish Qi still churned.

When the Heart Fire purified just now, he clearly perceived a deeper, more violent demonic thought, carrying Domain Realm fluctuations, flash and disappear deep within the crack, filled with venom and apprehension!

"Scum of the Demon Kingdom, wash your necks and wait!"

Lin Jingyu's cold voice, like thunder, echoed into the depths of the crack, "Whether it's your Demon Lord or your Dominator, if you dare to show your face, I'll kill you without hesitation! I'll take those evolution points!"