187: Breaking the ban by force

Lin Jingyu forcefully stopped, halting merely an inch away from the deadly entrance.

The obscure yet destructive energy fluctuations, powerful enough to severely injure an Upper God King, made the hairs on his body stand on end.

"What an insidious trap!" His eyes were cold; Heavenly Punishment God King's vicious calculations exceeded his expectations.

If not for the System's warning, he might have fallen into the trap just now.

He slowly retreated a few steps, his sharp gaze sweeping over the ancient runes around the entrance that were almost integrated with space.

The self-destructing Restriction formed by these runes was extremely complex and sophisticated; violent destruction would likely cause it to explode instantly.

"System, analyze the Restriction's structure and find a safe way to break it."

[Ding! Consuming origin points 50,000,000! Starting analysis of the ancient self-destructing Restriction... Analyzing...]

[Warning! This Restriction contains a trace of God Lord-level Law, deeply bound to the Heavenly Punishment Bloodline. Conventional Cracking success rate is below 0.1%! Forcibly breaking it will trigger a maximum power explosion!]

"God Lord-level trace?" Lin Jingyu frowned deeply.

Could this Heavenly Punishment God King be involved with a God Lord-level existence? Or was this Restriction a remnant from an older era, utilized by him?

"Am I really going to return empty-handed?" He was somewhat unwilling.

After expending so much effort, eliminating so many ambushers, the treasure vault was right in front of him, yet he couldn't enter?

No! Absolutely not!

His eyes sharpened, and he resolved in his heart: "If conventional methods don't work, then use unconventional ones! System, calculate the survival rate if I unleash a full-power 'Chaos Strike' and forcibly rush in, utilizing the explosion's impact and Chaos characteristics at the moment the Restriction detonates!"

[Ding! Calculating... Based on the host's current Chaos Supreme Divine Body strength and Chaos Strike characteristics... Survival rate: 32.7%! Severe injury rate: 100%!]

The System provided cold data.

A 30% survival rate, with guaranteed severe injuries!

The risk was enormous!

But Lin Jingyu merely pondered for a moment before making a decision.

"Thirty percent is enough!" The madness in his bones was completely ignited. "Seek wealth in danger! System, be prepared to consume all origin points to heal my injuries at any time!"

He took a deep breath, the Rule of Strength within him surged, the Chaos Supreme Divine Body rumbled, and the wisp of Chaos Qi Flow in his spine was fully activated, converging on his right fist!

This time, he didn't want to defeat it, but to utilize it!

Just as he was about to unleash a desperate strike, his gaze inadvertently swept over an inconspicuous black token that had dropped after he killed the Middle God King.

The token was made of special material, with an ancient ' punishment' (Xing) character carved on it; he hadn't paid attention to it before.

[Ding! Detected special token 'Heavenly Punishment Token' (Incomplete)! Contains a faint trace of Heavenly Punishment Bloodline aura and specific identification runes! Can greatly reduce the Restriction's trigger sensitivity! Combined with the host's 99% Rule of Strength for extreme precision in energy control, a 'micro-incision' Cracking can be attempted! Success rate: 85%!]

The System suddenly transmitted a new analysis result!

Lin Jingyu's eyes instantly lit up!

"Heavenly Punishment Token? There's such a thing!" He immediately grabbed the black token into his hand from a distance.

Just when he thought all hope was lost, a new path appeared!

He immediately changed his strategy. He held the Heavenly Punishment Token in his left hand, slightly activating it, allowing a faint but pure Heavenly Punishment Bloodline aura to diffuse. His right hand formed a blade with his fingers, concentrating highly compressed and precisely controlled Rule of Strength energy at his fingertip, like the most precise surgical scalpel.

He carefully extended his fingertip towards the Restriction runes at the entrance. The aura of the Heavenly Punishment Token made the violent Restriction slightly more peaceful.

Now!

His fingertip moved slightly, and the Rule of Strength energy precisely cut into several key rune nodes!

Chichichichi!

Amidst subtle sounds, those few nodes were temporarily isolated and nullified without triggering a chain explosion! The deadly fluctuations at the entrance instantly weakened by more than half!

"Success!" Lin Jingyu rejoiced in his heart, his movements ceaseless, his fingertips tapping continuously, like a butterfly flitting through flowers, swiftly and precisely destroying the core structure of the Restriction!

[Restriction Cracking 35%...65%...90%...]

Finally!

Buzz!

The last crucial rune dimmed, and the entire self-destructing Restriction was completely disarmed!

A flash of light at the entrance revealed a stably rotating spatial vortex, with no more dangerous aura emanating from it!

"Phew!" Lin Jingyu slightly relaxed, fine beads of sweat seeping from his temples.

The operation just now demanded extremely high mental and control power, no less than a major battle.

Without hesitation, he stepped into the spatial vortex.

The scene before him shifted, and he appeared in a not-so-spacious stone chamber.

The stone chamber was simply arranged, with only a stone platform in the center. On the stone platform floated a dark red crystal fragment and a seemingly ordinary gray-white bone fragment.

There were no mountains of divine crystals or treasures as imagined.

However, Lin Jingyu's gaze was instantly drawn to the dark red crystal fragment!

From that fragment, he felt an incredibly familiar, homologous, yet even more vast and majestic aura of the Rule of Strength Origin!

Its purity far exceeded the trace he had absorbed in the Burial God Abyss!

"This is... a crystallization of the Rule of Strength?!" His heart pounded.

At the same time, the chaos bone fragment within him, obtained from the giant skeleton in the Burial God Abyss, unexpectedly began to heat up uncontrollably, resonating strongly with the gray-white bone fragment on the stone platform!

Buzz!

The gray-white bone fragment on the stone platform suddenly flew up, transforming into a streak of light, and instantly merged with the chaos bone fragment within him!

Boom!

More Chaos mysteries surged into his Sea of Consciousness!

The merged bone fragment became even more profound, and the patterns on its surface became much more complex.

[Ding! Obtained 'Source Fragment of the Rule of Strength' (Advanced)!]

[Ding! 'chaos bone fragment' completion degree increased to 40%! More Chaos information unlocked!]

[Ding! Hidden quest triggered: Collect scattered Rule of Strength Origin and chaos bone fragments. Quest reward: Unknown.]

Lin Jingyu suppressed the excitement in his heart and reached out to grab the dark red Source Fragment of the Rule of Strength.

The moment his fingertip touched the fragment—

Buzz!

The fragment suddenly burst into dazzling light, and a blurry phantom, imbued with endless majesty and unwillingness, emerged. The appearance of the phantom bore some resemblance to Qing Li!

"Latercomer..."

The phantom emitted a faint but clear voice, "That you could reach this place proves that Heavenly Punishment has betrayed... This object is the essence of the Rule of Strength that I comprehended throughout my life, condensed to assist you... Be careful... God Lord..."

Before the words finished, the phantom dissipated as if its energy was exhausted.

Lin Jingyu instantly understood that this phantom was likely the last trace of Qing Li's father's will!

This Heavenly Punishment God King was not only a traitor, but he also seemed to be involved with an even more terrifying God Lord-level existence behind him!

He clenched the warm Source Fragment of the Rule of Strength in his hand, his eyes chilling to the bone.

"Old Dog Tian Xing, and your master behind you, your lives are mine!"

Without hesitation, he directly pressed the fragment into his chest!

Boom!!!

An energy burst a thousand times more intense than in the Burial God Abyss instantly erupted!

[Ding! Absorbed Source Fragment of the Rule of Strength (Advanced)! Rule of Strength comprehension has broken through 100%! Beginning Perfection!]

[Realm barrier shattered! Beginning Breakthrough to Upper Heavenly God!]

[Chaos Supreme Divine Body absorbing Origin, beginning evolution to Intermediate!]

A terrifying energy storm instantly engulfed Lin Jingyu!

Almost simultaneously, the System alarm sounded again!

[Warning! Detecting an extremely powerful Divine Thought forcibly prying into this space! Strength judgment: Heavenly Punishment God King (Upper God King)! Has been alarmed! Locating position!]