192: God's Curse

That black rune was faster than thought, carrying a terrifying aura that annihilated the Divine Soul, instantly plunging into Lin Jingyu's glabella!

"Hahaha! You've been hit by Master's curse rune! You're dead! Your Divine Soul will be annihilated!" Seeing this, God King Heavenly Punishment emitted a crazy and venomous laugh, as if he had already seen Lin Jingyu's end.

However, his laughter stopped abruptly the next second.

The scene of Lin Jingyu clutching his head in agony and his Divine Soul dissipating, which he had expected, did not appear.

Lin Jingyu's body just trembled slightly, his brows furrowed as if enduring some immense pain, but his gaze remained sharp as a knife, even carrying a hint of... mockery?

"This is the extent of your master's methods? Nothing special!"

Lin Jingyu's cold voice rang out, carrying an indescribable dominance.

The moment the curse rune entered his Sea of Consciousness, it did indeed erupt with terrifying destructive energy, attempting to erode his Divine Soul. But his Sea of Consciousness was no longer what it used to be!

The 100% Perfection Rule of Strength did not just act on his Physical Body, it also protected his Divine Soul! His will itself was the strongest barrier, indestructible!

More importantly, the chaos bone fragment that had been silent all this time suddenly vibrated at this moment, emitting an ancient and chaotic aura, and actually, like a millstone, forcibly suppressed and ground down the rampaging power of the curse!

【Ding! Detected invasion of Divine Master-level curse power! Rule of Strength automatically protects the host! chaos bone fragment resonates! Beginning to grind down the curse!】

【Warning! The curse power is pure and vast, grinding it down will take time! During this period, it will continuously cause Divine Soul stabbing pain and interference to the host!】

The System's prompt made Lin Jingyu completely at ease.

As long as it can be ground down, it's fine! Just a bit of pain? To him, it was nothing at all!

"How is this possible?! You... how could you possibly withstand Master's curse?!" God King Heavenly Punishment's eyes were almost popping out, his worldview receiving an unprecedented impact. That was a method left behind by a Divine Master!

"A frog at the bottom of a well, how could you know the vastness of the world! Your master, I will meet him personally next time!"

Lin Jingyu endured the bursts of needle-like sharp pain coming from his Sea of Consciousness, his eyes flashing with murderous intent.

"Now, you go die first!"

He no longer gave God King Heavenly Punishment any chance, stepped out, and instantly appeared in front of him!

After breaking through to Half-Step God King, his speed was faster, and his power was stronger!

God King Heavenly Punishment was already severely injured with a severed arm, and because the curse failed, he had lost his composure, so he couldn't react in time!

"No..."

Puchi!

Lin Jingyu's palm, like the sharpest heavenly blade, covered in rich Rule of Strength and Chaos Qi Flow, directly pierced into God King Heavenly Punishment's chest, precisely grabbing that violently beating God King Core that was emitting vast energy!

"I'll take your Origin!"

He yanked it out!

"Ah—!!!"

God King Heavenly Punishment let out a final desperate and shrill scream, his eyes rapidly dimming, filled with endless regret and fear.

He would never have dreamed that he, a dignified Upper God King, would fall into the hands of a Lower Realm brat who had just broken through to Half-Step God King!

Lin Jingyu was expressionless, directly pulling out that God King Core containing massive energy and the Origins of the punishment and Destruction Law!

God King Heavenly Punishment's corpse fell powerlessly downwards.

【Ding! Killed Upper God King · Heavenly Punishment! Obtained 5,000,000,000 origin points! Obtained complete punishment Law Origin! Obtained complete Destruction Law Origin! Obtained fragmented memory shards of God King Heavenly Punishment! Obtained King-level Divine Artifact 'hammer of punishment' (damaged)!】

A massive 5 billion origin points poured in! An unprecedented huge sum!

A flood of harvest notifications flashed across the screen!

Lin Jingyu let out a long breath, the strong enemy was finally slain! He immediately put away God King Heavenly Punishment's core and the dropped items.

But the curse power in his Sea of Consciousness was still acting up, bringing continuous stabbing pain and interference.

"System, consume origin points, accelerate the grinding of this curse!"

【Ding! Consumed 1,000,000,000 origin points! Accelerated grinding of the Divine Master curse! Estimated remaining time: ten minutes!】

With one billion origin points spent, the chaos bone fragment in his Sea of Consciousness shone brightly, the grinding speed suddenly accelerated, and the sharp pain rapidly lessened.

Only then did Lin Jingyu have time to check his own changes.

Half-Step God King!

His power was several times stronger than before! He could feel that as long as he was willing, he could start condensing his own prototype divine kingdom at any time and formally step into the God King realm!

But he vaguely felt that the divine kingdom he could condense now was not perfect enough. His accumulation was too deep, and his Rule of Strength was at an unprecedented Great Perfection; he had extremely high requirements for his divine kingdom!

"Perhaps, I need a stronger Foundation..." His gaze turned towards the deeper parts of the Myriad Tribulations Divine Mountain, where there was a faint guidance coming from the chaos bone fragment.

He descended, and also collected God King Heavenly Punishment's corpse; this was good stuff, it couldn't be wasted.

Just then, a communication divine talisman in his bosom heated up slightly; it was Qing Li.

"Lin Jingyu? How is the situation on your side? I sensed extremely terrifying energy fluctuations there..." Qing Li's voice carried a hint of imperceptible concern and nervousness.

"Solved." Lin Jingyu was concise, "Old Dog Tian Xing has been slaughtered by me."

The communication talisman fell into a long silence, seemingly shocked speechless by this news.

After a while, Qing Li's voice sounded again, carrying unbelievable trembling: "You... you really... killed him? He is an Upper God King..."

"What if he is an Upper God King? If he blocks my path, I kill him regardless." Lin Jingyu's tone was flat, as if he were talking about a trivial matter.

"...I understand." Qing Li took a deep breath, trying to calm herself, "According to the agreement, I will tell you the clues my father left behind regarding the Divine Venerable realm and that treasure. However, that place is more dangerous than the Myriad Tribulations Divine Mountain, and might even involve... the Divine Master behind Heavenly Punishment."

"Divine Master?" Lin Jingyu narrowed his eyes, touching his glabella which was still slightly stinging, "Perfect, I also want to settle accounts with him."

Qing Li: "...You are really a monster. I will send you the clues via the communication talisman, take care of yourself. I... I need to digest this news."

The communication ended.

Soon, a stream of light containing information merged into Lin Jingyu's mind.

It was a fragmented star map pointing to a forbidden area deep in the Divine Domain called the "Ancient God Burial Ground", as well as vague information about a treasure called the "power god crystal", which was said to be formed after an ancient Divine Venerable who proved the Dao with strength fell, containing the ultimate mystery of the Rule of Strength.

At the same time, there was also a brief description and warning about the Divine Master realm.

"Ancient God Burial Ground... power god crystal..." Lin Jingyu's eyes flashed with brilliance, this was exactly what he needed!

But he didn't set off immediately.

The urgent matter was to completely grind down the curse in his Sea of Consciousness, and then find a place to digest this harvest!

Five billion origin points, two complete Law Origins, one Upper God King Core! Enough to take his strength to another huge level!

He swept his gaze over the devastated battlefield, his figure flashed, and he fled towards the deeper part of the Myriad Tribulations Divine Mountain, in the direction guided by the chaos bone fragment. It was relatively quiet there, suitable for closed-door cultivation.

This time, slaying Heavenly Punishment brought a huge harvest, but it also completely offended a mysterious Divine Master.

The road ahead was destined to be more dangerous, and also more exciting!