173: Turbulent Hunt

The spatial turbulence—cold, chaotic, and filled with endless destructive energy—was a place of certain death for ordinary Heavenly Gods.

But for Lin Jingyu, it was merely like a slightly choppy ocean.

Having achieved Minor Achievement in the Chaos Divine Body, the strength of his Physical Body was already close to that of a Medium Grade Divine Artifact. The chaotic energy and spatial fragments that could tear apart ordinary Heavenly Gods mostly only sparked tiny flashes of fire upon hitting him, leaving shallow white marks before disappearing.

He was like a fierce fish perfectly adapted to the deep sea, maintaining his speed completely unimpeded within the violent turbulence.

Running the Myriad Heavens Star Evasion to its extreme, his figure transformed into an elusive, subtle star-light. Every flash accurately avoided the convergence points of massive spatial rifts, and he pressed forward resolutely, following the faint coordinate guidance provided by Qing Li.

"System, pull up the panel," he thought.

[Lin Jingyu—Current Status]

Realm: True God Realm Ninth Level (Peak) [Bottleneck is loosening!]

Core Law: Rule of Strength 58% ↑3% [Currently refining...]

Divine Body: Chaos Divine Body (Minor Achievement) [Slowly tempering in the spatial turbulence!]

origin points: 27,120,000

Held: power law fragment (Pure) x1 [Refinement progress 35%], myriad tribulations divine stone x1, Divine Crystals 3,050,000... Combat Power Assessment: ... Physical Body strength is nearing the threshold of a Medium Grade Divine Artifact!

"My comprehension of the Rule of Strength is almost sixty percent..."

Lin Jingyu felt the increasingly surging power within him and gained a clearer perception of the spatial turbulence. A sharp light flashed in his eyes. "This turbulence is actually a good place for tempering."

Not only did he not deliberately avoid the especially violent energy vortices, but he occasionally adjusted his direction to skim past their edges, using the terrifying tearing force to further refine his Physical Body and accelerate the absorption of the power law fragment.

While he was traveling, violent energy fluctuations came from an exceptionally chaotic area ahead, mixed with several exasperated roars and the rumbling collision of Divine Power.

"Damn it! Why are the Void Beasts in this cursed place so troublesome!"

"Be careful! Don't get dragged into that large rift!"

"Form the array! Quickly set up a defensive array!"

Lin Jingyu's gaze narrowed slightly. The speed of Myriad Heavens Star Evasion decreased, and he approached silently.

Ahead, three Cultivators, wearing standardized Silver Divine Armor and whose cultivation levels ranged from Lower Heaven God to Middle Celestial God, were standing back-to-back, forming a makeshift Three Talents Battle Array, struggling to hold on.

Their Divine Armor was damaged in several places, and their auras were chaotic. They were clearly at the end of their rope.

Surrounding them were seven or eight strange-looking "Void Predators," entirely condensed from spatial turbulence energy and fragments.

These monsters had no fixed form, sometimes appearing as twisted giant pythons, and sometimes as multi-tentacled octopuses. Their attack methods were bizarre; they could easily traverse space and emit shrieks that tore at the Divine Soul.

Not far from the three Cultivators, two ruined corpses floated, being slowly consumed by the turbulence. Judging by their clothing, they were their comrades.

"That's the standardized Divine Armor of the Sky Patrol Guard..." Lin Jingyu recognized the origin of the Silver Divine Armor.

The Sky Patrol Guard is one of the subordinate forces under Heavenly Punishment God King, responsible for maintaining order and pursuing major criminals within the God King Domain.

It seems the orders from Black Punishment God King were issued extremely quickly; these lackeys have already started searching for him deep within the turbulence zone.

"Captain! I can't hold on! We sent out the distress signal ages ago!" A younger Lower Heaven God was filled with terror, his Divine Power output already unstable.

"Hold on even if you can't! Lord Black Punishment gave a death order. If we don't find that Lower Realm bumpkin, we'll all be unlucky!"

The leading Middle Celestial God Captain gritted his teeth, slashing apart an incoming energy tentacle, but the shock sent his Qi and blood churning. "Damn Lin Jingyu! Don't let this old man catch you..."

Before he could finish.

A subtle stream of starlight, almost merged with the turbulence, cut into the battlefield like a ghost without any warning!

The speed was extreme!

The Middle Celestial God Captain only felt a blur before his eyes, and a terrifying sense of crisis that made his Divine Soul tremble suddenly descended!

He didn't even see clearly what was coming, only managing to activate his Divine Power shield to its maximum!

Bang!!!

An extremely muffled, massive sound erupted!

The sturdy Silver Divine Armor shield, which could withstand the full force strike of a Middle Celestial God, along with the chest beneath the Divine Armor, was effortlessly pierced by a bronze-colored fist covered in faint Chaos Qi Flow, as easily as punching through a sheet of paper.

The fist emerged from the back of the Middle Celestial God Captain, clutching a heart that was still faintly beating and stained with golden blood.

The ferocity on the Middle Celestial God Captain's face instantly froze, turning into utter confusion and disbelief. He looked down at the large hole in his chest, then struggled to look up, finally seeing the face that was as cold as ten thousand years of ice.

"Lin... Jing..." A rattling sound escaped his throat, and the last syllable was forever stuck.

Lin Jingyu's eyes were indifferent, and he abruptly clenched his five fingers!

Pfft!

The heart burst! Along with the core of the Godhead contained within, it was crushed into the most primitive energy particles!

[Ding! Killed Middle Celestial God (Sky Patrol Guard Captain)! Obtained origin points 1,200,000!]

The other two Sky Patrol Guards were completely terrified. Their attack movements froze mid-air as they watched their strongest Captain instantly killed like a chick, without even his Divine Soul managing to escape!

"M-monster! He is Lin Jingyu!" The remaining Lower Heaven God let out a shrill scream and turned, intending to burn his Godhead and flee.

The other Middle Celestial God reacted slightly faster. In despair, he roared, injecting all his Divine Power into the Divine Sword in his hand, stabbing recklessly toward Lin Jingyu's back! He was attempting to attack the enemy's ally to save his own forces!

Lin Jingyu didn't even turn his head.

His left hand casually grabbed backward, accurately seizing the blade of the incoming Medium Grade Divine Sword, which was flashing with dazzling Divine Light!

Crack!

The Middle Celestial God felt an irresistible, terrifying force transmit from the sword body. His Medium Grade Divine Sword, which he valued as his life, was actually snapped by the opponent's bare hands!

Immediately afterward, that hand followed through, reaching forward and easily plunging into his forehead as if tearing a thin piece of paper!

Plop!

Red and white matter splattered!

[Ding! Killed Middle Celestial God (Sky Patrol Guard)! Obtained origin points 1,000,000!]

The last Lower Heaven God attempting to flee hadn't even rushed a hundred meters before he was caught by a stream of Starlight Finger Energy that arrived later but faster, instantly vaporizing him from head to toe, leaving nothing behind.

[Ding! Killed Lower Heaven God (Sky Patrol Guard)! Obtained origin points 800,000!]

From the start of the fight to the end, less than three breaths of time passed.

The three ruined corpses were quickly swallowed by the spatial turbulence, while Lin Jingyu casually collected their Divine Armor, weapons, and Storage Rings, throwing them into the System Space.

origin points soared by another three million!

"Trash." Lin Jingyu shook off the non-existent bloodstains from his hands, his expression completely unfazed.

These Sky Patrol Guards were just appetizers.

He continued forward, his Divine Sense acting like invisible radar, meticulously scanning the chaotic turbulence.

Sure enough, the closer he got to the Burial God Abyss coordinates provided by Qing Li, the more Sky Patrol Guard squads he encountered.

These squads were mostly led by Middle Celestial Gods, accompanied by several Lower Heaven Gods, forming Battle Arrays to search arduously within the turbulence.

They became Lin Jingyu's best hunting targets and origin points supply packages.

He stopped blindly rushing forward, instead transforming into the most elite hunter, using the mysteriousness of Myriad Heavens Star Evasion and his own preliminary adaptation to the turbulent environment to appear and disappear unpredictably!

Sometimes, he would strike out like a phantom from the shadow of a massive spatial fragment, smashing the entire squad, men and array alike, into pieces with a single punch!

Sometimes, he deliberately leaked a trace of his aura, luring the squad into pursuit and guiding them to the edge of extremely dangerous destructive energy storms, using the power of natural disaster to easily reap them!

Sometimes, he didn't even bother to show himself, launching the Star Shattering Finger from across the Void. The finger energy, condensed from the Rule of Strength to its maximum, crossed the turbulence and accurately pierced the heads or Godheads of the Sky Patrol Guards!

Slaughter! Highly efficient slaughter!

These Sky Patrol Guards, who had acted tyrannically within the God King Domain and whom ordinary Heavenly Gods dared not provoke, had become lambs waiting to be slaughtered in this chaotic Void Realm.

They didn't even have time to send out a complete distress signal before being instantly destroyed by absolute power!

Lin Jingyu's reserve of origin points climbed wildly at an unprecedented rate!

The refinement speed of the power law fragment also accelerated significantly, and his comprehension of the Rule of Strength steadily advanced toward 60%.

Finally, after casually crushing another unlucky three-person patrol team, the chaotic scene of turbulence ahead suddenly changed!

The outline of an immensely vast, Shattered Continent, seemingly eternal and stretching across the endless Void Realm, appeared at the edge of his perception.

That continent was deathly silent and desolate, emitting a heart-palpitating sense of ancientness, decay, and a bloody resentment so thick it couldn't be dissolved!

Countless massive skeletons and broken Divine Weapon Remnants were scattered across it like mountain ranges. Space was twisted into various bizarre forms there, and hair-raising roars and energy explosions occasionally emanated from deep within the continent.

Merely sensing it from afar caused the Divine Soul to tremble, as if it were a forbidden zone for life, the graveyard of deities!

Burial God Abyss! He finally arrived!

In the Void Realm surrounding the Shattered Continent, dozens of powerful Heavenly God auras flickered, forming Visible and Invisible Sentry Posts, blocking all relatively safe entry paths.

Several of these auras were exceptionally powerful, reaching the Upper Heavenly God level!

This was clearly the elite blockade force sent by Black Punishment God King.

Lin Jingyu stopped in the shadow of a massive, slowly moving spatial rift. His Chaos Qi was perfectly concealed, and his cold gaze swept over the blockade line ahead.

"The defense line is quite dense," he said, clenching his fist, his knuckles cracking loudly. A cruel smile curled up at the corner of his mouth. "I just wonder how many punches it can withstand."