153: Hidden dangers of the dynasty

The Demon Burial Abyss.

Black and red Evil Qi, like viscous blood, perpetually shrouded this shattered land.

Twisted spatial rifts were visible everywhere, swallowing light and occasionally leaking a trace of heart-palpitating Chaos Qi Flow.

The ground was a mixture of solidified dark red blood plasma and pale white bone fragments, emitting a grating “kreech” sound when stepped upon.

The air was filled with the stench of sulfur, rotting flesh, and despair.

Lin Jingyu's figure appeared beneath a towering archway formed by the black ribs of some gigantic creature.

His aura was restrained, like a dormant Primordial Vicious Beast. Although the thousand-zhang range of his “Hongmeng Creation Force Domain” was not deployed, the pervasive Evil Qi and wicked thoughts silently dissolved and vanished within ten zhang of his body.

“This is the place.” His gaze pierced through the surging Evil Qi, locking onto a collapsed basin in the distance.

In the center of the basin stood an altar, far larger and more ancient than the one in the Eastern Market of the Imperial Capital!

The entire altar was constructed from gigantic stones, dark and dull like blood crystals, soaring a hundred zhang high!

Its surface was covered with twisted, dark red runes that seemed to writhe like living things, emanating filth and wickedness that made the Soul tremble!

The top of the altar was not a heart, but a broken, pitch-black spire that resembled the finger bone of some colossal creature!

The spire's surface was covered in spiral patterns, constantly exhaling black mist as viscous as ink, which corroded the surrounding space with sizzling sounds!

Just observing it from afar, a terrifying pressure, far surpassing that of the Bone Staff High Priest, assaulted him!

Domain level! And there was more than one!

“The Evil God Cult's main altar... truly a den of iniquity.” A cold light flashed in Lin Jingyu's eyes.

On the System panel, the clue for the “chaos tribulation lightning” pointed deep inside this altar!

He took a step, his figure like lightning, ignoring the low-level Corrupted Corpse Demons and Vengeful Spirits formed by condensed Evil Qi wandering along the way, and sped straight toward the altar!

“Roar!!”

“Hiss—!”

As soon as he stepped into the basin's range, piercing roars and shrieks sounded from all directions!

To the left, the earth cracked open, and three Demon Generals, five zhang tall, covered in magma-like dark red carapaces, and wielding great axes burning with black flames, burst out of the ground!

Their auras had clearly reached the Peak of the Dharma Aspect Realm!

The great axes struck fiercely at Lin Jingyu, carrying the might to tear space apart!

To the right, Evil Qi condensed, and five Evil God Priests appeared, dressed in tattered priestly robes and holding twisted bone staffs inlaid with pale white skulls!

They chanted blasphemous incantations, and as their bone staffs waved, countless wailing Vengeful Souls condensed into pitch-black chains, wrapped in vile Curse Power, shooting toward Lin Jingyu like vipers!

Directly ahead, at the foot of the altar, black mist churned, and a terrifying existence, the largest in size and whose aura had reached the First Heaven of the Domain Realm, slowly stood up!

It resembled a Giant Ape but possessed three twisted demon heads. Its six arms wielded a great hammer, a Bone Saber, a Human Skin Drum, a Filthy Blood Pot, a Spine Whip, and a ten thousand souls banner composed of countless tormented human faces!

Six blood-red eyes locked onto Lin Jingyu, filled with brutality and greed!

“Jie jie jie... Fresh flesh and blood! Powerful Soul! Perfect for sacrificing to Our Lord!”

The central head of the Blood Slaughter Demon Lord let out a hoarse, maniacal laugh. The ten thousand souls banner waved, and countless human faces shrieked miserably, forming a torrent of Sonic Waves that assaulted the Divine Soul!

At the same time, the weapons in its other five arms simultaneously shone with wicked light!

Magma great axes struck down! Soul-devouring Chains coiled!

Ten thousand Souls shriek impact! Domain-level Demonic Might suppression!

A deadly trap!

“Noisy.”

Lin Jingyu's eyes were icy cold; he didn't even bother to use his Domain. Facing the three-pronged attack, he simply raised his right fist.

Primordial Violet Qi flashed across the tip of his fist!

Boom!!!

No technique, just the ultimate burst of pure “Strength”!

One punch struck out!

The space in front instantly collapsed and shattered like a mirror struck by a heavy hammer!

The great axes wielded by the Magma Axe Demons, along with their massive bodies, were instantly reduced to dust, as if crushed by an invisible Chaos Millstone!

The Soul-devouring Chains and curses released by the five Evil God Priests snapped and vanished piece by piece in the collapsing Spatial Storm, like they were made of paper!

The five priests didn't even have time to scream; their bodies were torn into blood mist by Spatial Fragments!

[Ding! Killed 3 Peak Dharma Aspect Realm Magma Axe Demons, gained evolution points: 150,000 points!]

[Ding! Killed 5 Peak Divine Treasury Realm Evil God Priests, gained evolution points: 100,000 points!]

One punch! Instantaneous kill of eight powerful enemies! Clearing all the Cannon Fodder!

“What?!” The maniacal laughter on the Blood Slaughter Demon Lord's three heads instantly froze, and its six bloodshot eyes were filled with unbelievable terror!

It felt the terrifying power contained within that punch, far exceeding that of an ordinary Domain!

“Your turn.” Lin Jingyu's figure flickered, ignoring Spatial Distance, and instantly appeared before the Blood Slaughter Demon Lord's colossal body!

The speed was so fast that a slowly dissipating Afterimage was left behind!

“Roar! Ten Thousand Souls Devour the Heart!” The Blood Slaughter Demon Lord roared in shock and fury, furiously shaking the ten thousand souls banner!

Countless tormented human faces on the banner twisted and flew out, transforming into a sky-shrouding Torrent of Vengeful Souls, carrying Wicked Power that corroded the Divine Soul and defiled the Physical Body, shrieking as they lunged at Lin Jingyu!

Simultaneously, the weapons in its other five arms, carrying Domain-level power, tore through space and smashed down fiercely!

“Trifling tricks.”

Lin Jingyu finally deployed his Domain!

Buzz—!

A thousand-zhang range: The Hongmeng Creation Force Domain descended!

One Hundred Times Gravity slammed down! Space instantly solidified like Divine Iron!

The charging Torrent of Vengeful Souls seemed to hit an invisible Divine Mountain, their speed plummeted, and under the sweep of Five-colored Divine Light, they emitted sizzling sounds of burning, wailing and dissipating in large swathes!

The weapons smashed down by the Blood Slaughter Demon Lord also became sluggish and heavy under the dual suppression of One Hundred Times Gravity and Spatial Reinforcement!

“A Domain?! Such a powerful Domain!” The Blood Slaughter Demon Lord's three heads simultaneously let out roars of shock and rage, feeling as if they had sunk into an invisible swamp!

A sharp glint flashed in Lin Jingyu's eyes. His five fingers on his right hand formed a claw, entwined with Primordial Violet Qi and the Prototype of the Rule of Strength. Ignoring the sluggish weapon attacks, he grabbed directly toward the Crown of the Head of the Blood Slaughter Demon Lord's central head!

His speed within the Domain was as fast as lightning!

“Get lost!” The Blood Slaughter Demon Lord's left head suddenly spat out a mouthful of filthy Venomous Blood, while its right head shook the Human Skin Drum, emitting Demonic Sound that confused the mind!

However!

The Venomous Blood was evaporated by the Protective Primordial Violet Qi three chi before it reached Lin Jingyu's body!

The confusing Demonic Sound struck Lin Jingyu's will, which was as solid as Divine Iron, like a gentle breeze sweeping over a mountain ridge!

Lin Jingyu's claw, carrying the will to tear everything apart, clasped onto the Crown of the Head of the gigantic demon head without any hindrance!

“Soul Search!”

Overbearing Divine Thought, like a Sharp Blade Splitting the Heavens, brutally pierced into the Blood Slaughter Demon Lord's chaotic and violent Sea of Consciousness!

Extremely miserable shrieks erupted simultaneously from all three heads!

[Ding! Severely wounded the First Heaven of the Domain Realm Three-Headed Six-Armed Demonic Lord (Blood Slaughter), gained evolution points: 300,000 points!]

Rumble—!!!

Just at the critical moment of Lin Jingyu's Soul Search, an unexpected change occurred!

That hundred-zhang-high ancient altar, seemingly stimulated by Lin Jingyu's Domain power and the Blood Slaughter Demon Lord's death shrieks, suddenly erupted with dazzling dark red blood light!

The broken black spire at the top trembled frantically!

Crack!

The space above the altar, like fragile glass, was forcibly torn open by an indescribable, terrifying power originating from the Endless Abyss, creating a huge gap!

Inside the gap was not pure darkness, but Vile Energy churning, viscous as ink, emanating the aura of great destruction, great decay, and great chaos!

A terrifying will, transcending the Domain level and possessing characteristics of partial immortality, slowly awakened like a slumbering World-destroying Behemoth!

At the edge of the gap, an immense, sinister claw covered in dark golden scales, with Destructive Black Flames wrapped around its fingertips, was attempting to tear open the Spatial Barrier and forcibly reach into this world!

The true Evil God Projection! About to descend!

What shocked Lin Jingyu even more was that with the appearance of the vile gap, the Chaos Qi Flow around the altar suddenly became violent!

Countless gray, hazy Chaos Lightning Serpents, containing the destructive aura from the dawn of creation, frantically bred and gathered near the gap!

A devastating Thunderous Pressure instantly locked onto the altar, and also onto Lin Jingyu, who was performing the Soul Search!

The chaos tribulation lightning! It had been prematurely triggered by the aura of the Evil God's Descent!

“Hiss... Our Lord... is descending... You... are dead...” The Blood Slaughter Demon Lord, whose head was clasped by Lin Jingyu and whose Sea of Consciousness was brutally torn, bled from all seven orifices of its three heads, yet let out a venomous and fanatical roar.

Lin Jingyu's eyes were cold as Ten Thousand Years of Ice. Far from showing fear, his eyes erupted with unprecedented fervent Battle Intent when he sensed the aura of the chaos tribulation lightning locking onto him!

“Evil God? Tribulation Lightning?” The five fingers clutching the Blood Slaughter Demon Lord's head suddenly exerted force!

“Perfect! I'll Take Care of Them All at Once!”

Crack—Boom!!!

The Blood Slaughter Demon Lord's central gigantic demon head burst apart like an overripe watermelon under Lin Jingyu's Absolute Strength!

Red and white matter mixed with fragmented Soul Shards splattered everywhere!

[Ding! Killed the First Heaven of the Domain Realm Three-Headed Six-Armed Demonic Lord (Blood Slaughter), gained evolution points: 200,000 points!]

[Current evolution points: 750,000 points!]

Lin Jingyu shook off the filth from his hand, abruptly looked up at the Evil God's Claw tearing through space at the top of the altar and the frantically gathering chaos tribulation lightning. Primordial Violet Qi erupted around his body, and the dark golden light of the Myriad Tribulations Indestructible Body flowed beneath his skin!

“Come!” he roared, deliberately withdrawing part of his Protective Domain, releasing his aura without reservation, like a bright lamp in the dark night, provocatively drawing the chaos tribulation lightning that was about to strike!

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