194: Ancient God Burial Site

Lin Jingyu tore through the Void Realm, traveling towards the “Ancient God Burial Ground” deep within the God Realm, following the star map coordinates provided by Qing Li.

Having achieved the God King Rank, his mastery of the Law of Space was even more proficient, and his speed far surpassed his past self.

Wrapped in Chaos Qi Flow, he easily pushed aside spatial turbulence, like a dark golden meteor streaking across the God Realm's Star Domain.

Along the way, he occasionally sensed patrol teams or explorers from various God Realm forces, but upon feeling the faint yet terrifying and heart-palpitating pressure emanating from him (Lin Jingyu had slightly restrained it, but residual power remained), they all fled far away, not daring to approach even an inch.

"Is that the ruthless person rumored recently to have killed Heavenly Punishment God King?"

"Hiss... such terrifying aura! It feels even more frightening than our family's Upper God King Old Ancestor!"

"Quick, let's go! Don't bring trouble upon ourselves!"

Some whispers faintly drifted through the Void Realm, but Lin Jingyu ignored them, his objective clear.

Several days later, the scene in the Star Domain ahead began to grow strange.

Normal stars gradually became sparse, replaced by fragments of shattered continents, twisted spatial rifts, and gray mist permeating the Void Realm, emitting an ancient, deathly, yet dangerous aura.

This was already the recognized edge of the God Realm's forbidden zone.

"Ancient God Burial Ground... we're here." Lin Jingyu stopped, his gaze sharp as he scanned the desolate Star Domain ahead.

Even from a distance, he could feel an unsettling sense of oppression emanating from that area, as if some great terror slumbered within.

He didn't venture in rashly, but instead flew around the outer region, carefully probing inward with his Divine Sense.

[Ding! High-intensity chaotic Law force field detected! Contains time fragments, spatial rifts, Death Qi, residual divine resentment... Danger Level: High! Suggests host proceed with caution!]

[Ding! Special energy fluctuation detected, partially consistent with 'power god crystal' description. Location being calculated...]

The System's prompts rang out one after another.

Sure enough, there's something here! Lin Jingyu's spirits lifted, and he cautiously advanced, following the direction calculated by the System.

The further he flew inward, the harsher the environment became.

Spatial rifts often appeared without warning, slicing through everything; sometimes he would fall into areas with abnormal time flow; he even encountered strange specters formed by dense Death Qi and divine resentment, emitting ear-piercing shrieks that corroded the Divine Soul.

But for the current Lin Jingyu, these posed no great threat.

His Chaos Divine Body trembled slightly, and the Rule of Strength Domain spread, preventing spatial rifts from approaching. Time anomalies were forcibly twisted back to normal, and as for the resentful specters, they were directly dispersed and annihilated by the supremely firm and potent Rule of Strength and Chaos blood Qi.

[Ding! Annihilated divine resentment collective x3, gained 5,000,000 origin points!]

Even mosquito legs are still meat, Lin Jingyu accepted it all.

Suddenly, he frowned and stopped.

Ahead, on a floating, massive continental fragment, energy fluctuations from a battle were coming, and it seemed to be quite large in scale.

"People are fighting in a place like this?" He concealed his aura and quietly approached.

On that shattered continent, a siege was unfolding.

One side consisted of five or six well-trained Gods wearing unified divine armor, led by two Lower God Kings, with the rest being Peak Upper Heavenly Gods. They formed a battle formation, tightly protecting an elder in the center who seemed to be severely injured and whose aura was weak.

The other side consisted of more than ten bandits, dressed in various attire and exuding a fierce, bloody aura. Among them were three Lower God Kings, and the rest were also in the Heavenly God Realm.

Their attacks were frenzied, with various sinister divine techniques and Divine Artifacts constantly bombarding the opposing battle formation, clearly intending to kill and seize treasures.

"Nether Skull Bandit Group! How dare you touch the goods of my Star Source Merchant Guild! Aren't you afraid of my Merchant Guild's Supreme chasing after you?!" A God King from the defending side roared while struggling to maintain the battle formation.

"Hehehe! Star Source Merchant Guild? If you die in this Ancient God Burial Ground, who will know it was us? Hand over that 'Nine Nether Soul-Returning Grass' obediently, and perhaps we'll leave you a complete corpse!" The bandit leader, a Middle God King with a skull tattoo on his face, sneered coldly.

"Delusional!"

"Then die! Break through their turtle shell!"

The battle intensified, and the light of the defending battle formation flickered violently, on the verge of collapsing.

Lin Jingyu remained hidden in the shadows, watching expressionlessly.

Merchant Guild? Bandits? A battle between rogues? He had no interest in these things.

His gaze fell upon a jade box held by the elder protected in the center.

The System sent a faint sensation; the item in the jade box (Nine Nether Soul-Returning Grass) seemed to have miraculous effects on repairing the Divine Soul and strengthening Divine Sense, making it a decent treasure.

But that was all; it wasn't his target.

He was about to bypass them and not get involved in this mess.

Suddenly, the bandit leader seemed to grow impatient from the prolonged attack, and he abruptly conjured a black bone banner!

The bone banner was covered in evil runes, and as soon as it appeared, it emitted monstrous resentment and... a trace of familiar aura that made Lin Jingyu frown slightly!

That aura was from the same Origin as the God Lord's curse he had previously obliterated!

"It is your honor to die under master's 'ten thousand souls banner'!" The bandit leader snarled, waving the bone banner. Instantly, ten thousand ghosts wailed, and a filthy, evil black light shot towards the defending battle formation!

"Not good! It's that power!" The defending God King's face showed despair.

Just as the black light was about to hit the battle formation.

A figure, like a phantom, silently appeared in front of the battle formation.

It was naturally Lin Jingyu.

He could ignore a fight between rogues, but if this evil thing with a God Lord's aura actively attacked near him, then he wouldn't be blamed for casually cleaning it up.

Facing the evil black light that was enough to severely injure a Middle God King, he simply extended a single finger.

At his fingertip, the Rule of Strength condensed.

A gentle tap.

Puff!

The grand and evil black light, like a burst bubble, instantly annihilated and vanished, without even a ripple.

"What?!" The entire scene instantly fell silent!

Both the bandits and the merchant guild members were dumbfounded, staring in disbelief at the figure who had suddenly appeared and resolved the terrifying attack with just one finger.

The bandit leader's pupils constricted even further, his face pale with terror: "You... who are you?!"

Lin Jingyu didn't bother to answer, his gaze falling on the ten thousand souls banner, confirming the source of that unpleasant aura.

"An eyesore."

He said indifferently, then, from a distance, he casually slapped towards the bandit leader and the ten thousand souls banner.

There was no magnificent divine light, only pure, extreme power crushing the Void Realm!

Slap!

The bandit leader, along with the ten thousand souls banner in his hand, and the two bandit God Kings near him, had no chance to react. They were like being struck by an invisible giant mountain, instantly exploding into three pools of blood mist! Their Divine Souls were completely destroyed!

[Ding! Killed Middle God King x1, Lower God King x2! Gained 450,000,000 origin points!]

The remaining bandit Heavenly Gods were scared Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, screaming and scattering in all directions.

Lin Jingyu didn't even look at them, merely reaching out and grabbing the damaged ten thousand souls banner. Chaos Qi Flow surged in his palm, instantly refining it into a wisp of pure dark energy, which he then casually dispersed.

Having done all this, he turned to leave.

"Senior! Please wait!" The God King from the merchant guild quickly withdrew the battle formation and called out respectfully, his voice trembling.

To annihilate three God Kings with a wave of his hand, what kind of terrifying existence was this?!

Lin Jingyu paused, glanced at him sideways, his eyes indifferent.

The God King felt a chill run through him from that gaze and quickly bowed, saying, "Many thanks, Senior, for saving our lives! My Star Source Merchant Guild will surely repay you handsomely! May I ask your esteemed name..."

"No need." Lin Jingyu interrupted him, his gaze sweeping over the jade box in the elder's arms, "That grass is good. Make good use of it."

With that, without waiting for a response, he took a step, and his figure vanished from the spot, heading deeper into the Ancient God Burial Ground, leaving behind a group of merchant guild members who had survived the ordeal and were looking at each other in bewilderment.

"This Senior... is too terrifying..." "He seemed to mention the Nine Nether Soul-Returning Grass only casually, not caring at all..." "Quick! Immediately contact headquarters! A mysterious powerhouse suspected to be a Divine Venerable has appeared in the Ancient God Burial Ground!"

...Meanwhile, Lin Jingyu had already delved deep into the Burial Ground.

He opened his palm, and a faint black thread struggled and twisted in his palm—it was the purest trace of God Lord aura extracted from the ten thousand souls banner earlier.

"System, analyze this aura and track its source location."

[Ding! Analyzing... Aura is from the same Origin as the curse, originating from the same God Lord (determined to be: Netherworld God Lord). Location calculation... points to the core region of the Ancient God Burial Ground (partially overlaps with the potential area of the power god crystal)!]

A cold light flashed in Lin Jingyu's eyes.

"Netherworld God Lord? Hiding in the core of the Burial Ground? Perfect, I'll take them all out in one go!"

His speed increased again as he rushed towards the most perilous depths of the Burial Ground.

At the same time, in the deepest core of the Ancient God Burial Ground, within an ancient divine hall shrouded in endless death mist and shattered Laws.

A pair of ancient, cold eyes, wreathed in netherworld ghost fire, slowly opened, piercing through the boundless Void Realm, seemingly "seeing" Lin Jingyu rapidly approaching.

"Another... ant coming to die, perhaps... Hmm? It seems... a bit interesting..."

A low, hoarse murmur echoed in the silent divine hall.