174: Breaking the ban with one punch

Qing Li's warning made Lin Jingyu's heart slightly tremble, but the fierce light in his eyes grew even stronger.

Strange?

The Burial God Abyss was strange everywhere; what difference did one more strange spot make? Strength was the nemesis of all strangeness!

Taking a deep breath, the Chaos Qi Flow around him completely retracted. His muscle fibers subtly adjusted like the most precise bowstrings, absorbing all aura, sound, and even light onto his body surface.

The Myriad Heavens Star Evasion Mind-Cultivation Technique rapidly circulated in his Sea of Consciousness, locking onto a subtle fluctuating point in the southeast corner that appeared identical to other areas, but was actually caused by the shifting of the Formation nodes.

His gaze pierced through the chaotic energy currents, like the most patient cheetah, fixated on the patrol team currently executing the shift change procedure.

Five Sky Patrol Guards, led by one Middle Celestial God, and four Lower Heaven Gods.

The team arriving for the handover had the same configuration.

The two small teams met in the designated area for a brief handover of Runic Tokens and exchange of intelligence.

Now!

A nearly imperceptible stagnation occurred in the Formation's operation due to the authority transfer. The Sealing Light Barrier in that area dimmed by one hundred millionth of its brightness, lasting for—Three Breaths!

First breath!

Lin Jingyu moved!

Instead of charging directly into the gap, he suddenly smashed his fist into a massive, slowly drifting, dark Meteorite beside him!

Boom!

The Meteorite silently turned into dust, but the terrifyingly pure power did not dissipate. Instead, Lin Jingyu compressed it with extremely subtle control into an invisible, space-distorting Torrent of Force, which roared like an untamed Primordial Vicious Beast toward the flank of the blockade line—an utterly unprepared patrol team!

“Enemy attack!!!”

The flank patrol team didn't even see where the attack came from, only feeling a sudden, deathly threat capable of crushing stars descend upon them!

The captain only managed to let out a shrill alarm before the entire team, along with the area they occupied, was completely submerged and annihilated by the invisible Torrent of Force! Not even dust remained!

[Ding! Killed 1 Middle Celestial God and 4 Lower Heaven Gods! Gained 2,000,000 origin points!]

The massive explosion and energy fluctuation instantly drew the attention of almost all the guards along the blockade line!

“Over there!” “What happened?” “Quick! Reinforce Sector B Seven!”

Cries of alarm, roars of fury, and the sounds of Divine Power erupting instantly burst forth!

The entire defensive Formation in the southeast corner experienced a flicker of commotion and confusion due to the sudden flank attack!

Second breath!

The instant all attention was drawn to the flank explosion, Lin Jingyu's main body moved!

Pushing Myriad Heavens Star Evasion to the extreme, he transformed into a Chaos Star Ray finer than a strand of hair. Instead of a straight dash, he used a twisted, illogical refractive trajectory to precisely slice into the Formation gap that had slightly widened due to the commotion and was currently at its most vulnerable point during the authority handover!

Fast! Extremely fast! It even surpassed the limits of Divine Sense detection for most Heavenly Gods!

But just as he was about to completely pass through the light barrier, an unexpected change suddenly occurred!

The Void Realm in the gap suddenly twisted, and a massive, indistinct Ghost Face, entirely condensed from Malevolent Evil Qi and ancient Laws, silently appeared!

This Ghost Face had no eyes, only a constantly rotating, pitch-black maw that devoured everything, emitting a terrifying suction force aimed directly at the Origin of the Divine Soul!

The strangeness Qing Li spoke of!

This Great Sealing Formation had actually incorporated the Ancient Resentment and Remnant Formations emanating from the Burial God Abyss itself, forming this bizarre, autonomous defense mechanism!

It did not target energy or physical attacks; it specialized in devouring Divine Souls!

Any attempted Transmigrator, without special Divine Soul protection methods or a sufficiently powerful Divine Soul Essence, would instantly have their Divine Soul sucked away, becoming nourishment for this Ghost Face!

This sudden change occurred in a flash of lightning, leaving no time to evade!

The suction generated by the Ghost Face's maw caused the Star Ray Lin Jingyu had transformed into to suddenly halt, and a violent tearing sensation came from his Divine Soul, as if it were about to be pulled out of his body!

“Scram!”

Cold light burst from Lin Jingyu's eyes. Instead of activating any Divine Soul defense technique, he slightly vibrated the illusory image of the Pangu Dharma Appearance in his Sea of Consciousness—the one that was 75% materialized and contained a trace of the Will to Create the Heavens!

It wasn't a release, merely a trace of Origin aura leaking out!

Boom!

A terrifying Pressure of Will—vast, tyrannical, supreme, capable of stabilizing earth, water, fire, and wind, and reopening the Primordial Universe—suddenly spread out from Lin Jingyu like an invisible tide!

The malevolent Ghost Face was like a natural enemy encountering its nemesis. It let out a silent yet incredibly shrill scream; the Evil Qi and Laws forming the face instantly became highly unstable, and the all-devouring maw violently twisted, as if struck hard by an invisible giant fist, collapsing on the spot with a bang!

Even the light barrier in that area flickered violently and dimmed significantly!

The Pangu Dharma Appearance, being the condensation of the Law of Power and the Will to Create the Heavens, is supremely rigid and Yang, supremely strong and dominant—how could mere Residual Resentment and Divine Souls possibly erode it?!

Third breath!

Obstacle cleared! The Chaos Star Ray that Lin Jingyu had become was no longer obstructed. Its speed instantly recovered to its Peak, even accelerating slightly!

With a “swoosh,” he completely penetrated the fragile light barrier and truly entered the outer regions of the Burial God Abyss!

Not until he had vanished did the third patrol team, which had just completed the handover and been startled by the flank explosion, vaguely shift their attention back to their original posts, yet they found nothing.

They only felt a fleeting, extremely faint breeze that nonetheless made their hearts palpitate.

“Did... something just pass by?” a Lower Heaven God muttered doubtfully.

“Must be an illusion? Probably residual shockwaves from the Sector B Seven explosion. Damn, that was terrifying just now. Who was behind that?” another Heavenly God said, still shaken.

The leading captain frowned and carefully scanned the area several times with his Divine Sense, confirming the Sealing Light Barrier was intact (the momentary collapse was too fast and subtle, and the Formation was already self-repairing). He could only suppress his doubt: “Increase vigilance! It might be a Feint! Everyone keep your eyes peeled!”

...Passing through the Sealing Light Barrier was like stepping into a completely different world.

The violent energy of the external Spatial Currents became relatively “gentle” here, yet it was far more bizarre and... polluted.

The air was filled with a rich, palpable stench of blood and a stagnant, Deathly Resentment that had settled for countless eons. A single breath made one's Divine Soul uncomfortable and made Divine Power circulation sluggish.

The ground was dark red, as if it had been saturated with countless drops of Divine Blood and dried out billions of times.

Gigantic, ferocious skeletons, large as mountain ranges, were visible everywhere. Some maintained the posture of their final death throes, while others were impaled by massive Divine Weapons, nailed to the ground.

Broken Battle Chariots, Banners, and Magic Treasure fragments were scattered everywhere, emitting faint yet persistent Divine Fluctuations.

The sky was hazy gray, and the distorted light cast down, making all scenery appear warped and unreal.

Faint, spine-chilling roars and chewing sounds came from afar, along with intermittent weeping and shouting echoing in the wind, disturbing one's mind.

The Space Laws here were extremely unstable, sometimes solidifying like divine iron, and sometimes fragile like glass. In some areas, even the Flow of Time seemed to have undergone subtle changes.

Dense Evil Qi, resentment power, Death Qi, and various chaotic law fragments intertwined, forming an omnipresent, terrifying pressure that frantically eroded the Physical Bodies and Divine Souls of all intruders.

An ordinary Lower Heaven God here would likely not last for An Hour, being either eroded into a slaughter-crazed lunatic or devoured by some hidden danger lurking in the shadows.

“What a great place!”

Lin Jingyu took a deep breath. The negative energy, enough to drive a Heavenly God mad, rushed into his body but was roughly drawn into the Illusory Furnace in his Dantian by the Great Dao Furnace Art. With a rotation of the Chaos Qi Flow, it was refined into the purest energy, nourishing his Physical Body. This instantly replenished the slight exhaustion from crossing the blockade, and his Physical Body strength subtly increased again!

The Chaos Divine Body: impervious to all Laws, easily avoided by all evils!

The Burial God Abyss was a Dead End for others, but for him, it was a Blessed Land for tempering his Physical Body and accelerating his Cultivation!

His gaze swept across the desolate, deathly silent ground, looking toward the deeper area that was darker and emitted a more terrifying aura.

Qing Li had only guided him in, without specifying where to meet, or where exactly the “Source Seed of Strength” was located in the Core Region.

“I need to grab a tongue and ask for directions...” Lin Jingyu licked his lips, a trace of bloodlust flashing in his eyes.

He sensed several faint but greedy and violent auras not far to his front-side, lurking behind a massive Beast Skeleton like hyenas waiting for prey.

They were not Sky Patrol Guards; they were more like “Natives” or Desperadoes who had lived in the Burial God Abyss for a long time.

You guys it is!

His figure flickered, merging into the shadows like a phantom, as he silently stalked toward those auras.

The hunt, inside the Burial God Abyss, had begun.