30: Where fists and palms strike, demons are reduced to mud.

“Awooo—!!!”

The agonizing shriek of the Blood-Winged Demon General was heart-rending and echoed through the sky!

Two massive, bloody breaks on its back gushed like fountains, spewing dark green demonic gore mixed with shattered bone and sinew!

Having lost the balance provided by its Bone Wings, its enormous body shook violently in the air, like a giant bird whose wings had been severed. Its lava-like vertical pupils held nothing but primal agony and unbelievable terror!

It looked at the human standing in the rain of its own spurting gore, holding a massive, slightly twitching Bone Wing in each hand, his whole body flowing with Immortal Golden Light, as if looking at a Demon God that had crawled out of Hell!

“Monster... You are a monster!!” Only this thought remained in the Demon General's shattered consciousness.

Its speed and strength, which it had taken pride in, were ludicrously fragile before this human's unreasonable Physical Body defense and even more unreasonable brute force!

Lin Jingyu casually tossed the two enormous Bone Wings toward the base of the city wall like discarded trash, knocking over several unfortunate Low-Tier Demons.

He shook off the viscous gore on his hands, and his golden eyes coldly locked onto the tottering Demon General in the air.

“Roar! Human! I want you dead! Let's die together!” Extreme terror instantly transformed into suicidal madness!

Hysterical scarlet light burst forth from the Blood-Winged Demon General's sole remaining eye!

It suddenly opened its massive maw, and a fist-sized Demonic Core, dark red all over, covered in eerie Demonic Patterns, radiating terrifying high temperature and destructive fluctuations, shot out like a burning Bloody Meteor towards the golden-shining Lin Jingyu below, carrying all of its life essence and Demonic Power!

The Demonic Core leaving the body! This was the demon's final, desperate strike!

Its power far surpassed all of its previous attacks!

Where it passed, the air was scorched and distorted, emitting a piercing scream, and the ground was plowed into a charred, deep trench by the escaping high temperature!

The terrifying pressure caused Zhao Tianhao and the others, who were chasing the scattering Beast Horde in the distance, to feel suffocated!

“Lord Lin, look out!” Zhao Tianhao roared hoarsely, his heart in his throat! This strike was enough to severely wound or even kill an ordinary Tendon Changing Realm expert!

Facing this world-destroying Demonic Core bombardment, Lin Jingyu merely raised his arm, which shone with Immortal Golden Light.

There was no evasion, no defensive posture.

He simply and calmly, even with a hint of impatience, raised that golden palm.

“Death throes.”

Buzz!

The Indestructible Vajra Divine Art circulated to its maximum extent!

The golden light covering his entire arm and half his body instantly became more solid and heavy, as if cast from pure Divine Gold, radiating an eternal aura of Invincibility to All Calamities!

Boom—!!!

The Demonic Core, burning with Bloody Flames, slammed fiercely into the center of the raised golden palm!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

The earth-shattering explosion that everyone expected did not happen!

That terrifying Demonic Core, powerful enough to destroy mountains, struck the golden palm and vanished as if a clay ox had entered the sea!

The violent Blood Fiend Demonic Power and destructive high temperature, upon touching the Immortal Golden Light, instantly met their nemesis, emitting a sharp “sizzle” and were frantically dissolved and annihilated!

Lin Jingyu's arm didn't even tremble! He slightly tightened his five fingers, as if grasping a restless boulder!

“Shatter.”

The cold voice fell.

Crack—!!!

That Demonic Core, which contained the Demon General's life essence and was incredibly hard, let out a mournful groan under the grip of the golden palm. Its surface instantly became covered in spiderweb-like cracks, like fragile glass!

Poof!

The next moment, the Demonic Core completely burst apart!

It turned into countless dark red energy fragments and powder, which were instantly ground up by the Immortal Golden Light and completely vanished! Not even a ripple was stirred up!

[Ding! Successfully resisted and annihilated the Origin Demonic Core attack of a Tendon Changing Realm Peak Demon General! Indestructible Vajra Divine Art (Initiate) Proficiency +500! Defensive characteristic 'Invulnerability to All Methods' has initially manifested!]

[Ding! Killed Tendon Changing Realm Peak Blood-Winged Demon General, Scarlet Nightmare! evolution points +35000! Obtained 'chi yans essence blood (Rare)' ×1!]

“Im...pos...sible...” The Blood-Winged Demon General, Scarlet Nightmare, watched its last hope turn to dust in that golden palm. The madness in its sole eye was completely replaced by boundless despair and ashen resignation. Its massive body plummeted from the sky, accompanied by gushing fountains of blood, as if all its bones had been removed!

Lin Jingyu's eyes were cold. The instant the Demon General fell, his figure transformed into a golden bolt of lightning, arriving after the initial descent but reaching the target first!

He didn't use his fingers, nor his fist.

It was just the simplest, most direct Palm Strike!

The muscles in his arm bulged like a Dragon, dark golden light flowing! The edge of his palm tore through the air, creating a piercing shriek!

Slice—!!!

It was like a red-hot carving knife slicing into congealed fat!

The Palm Strike swept past Scarlet Nightmare's heavily scaled neck without any resistance!

A massive, ferocious lizard head, bearing an expression of frozen despair, shot into the sky! Dark green gore sprayed several zhang high like a fountain from the headless cavity!

[Ding! evolution points +35000!] The cold notification confirmed it again.

Rumble!

The massive, headless demonic body slammed heavily onto the ground, splashing dust and gore everywhere! The earth itself trembled!

[Ding! Detected that the host's evolution points meet the Breakthrough requirement! Current Realm: Bone Forging Realm Fourth Layer (38811/50000), evolution points: 53811! Do you wish to Break through to the Bone Forging Realm Fifth Layer?]

“Breakthrough!” Lin Jingyu muttered in his heart, stomping heavily down onto Scarlet Nightmare's still-twitching headless corpse!

Boom!!!

A warm current, more majestic and purer than before, rushed into his limbs and bones like a breached Stellar River!

This power violently scoured every inch of his bones, producing explosive crackling sounds, dense like popping beans or the clang of metal striking metal!

An invisible wave of Qi exploded around him, instantly pushing aside the dust and gore on the ground to form a massive circle!

The Demon General's corpse beneath his feet was actually cracked inch by inch by this surge of power!

[Ding! Realm Breakthrough! Current Realm: Bone Forging Realm Fifth Layer! (0/70000)]

[Physical Body strength greatly enhanced! Bone hardness and maximum strength capacity increased by 50%! Total Qi and Blood volume increased by 30%!]

Lin Jingyu clenched his fist, feeling the majestic power surging within him, hot like magma, and a satisfied curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Bone Forging Realm Fifth Layer! He was one step closer to the Tendon Changing Realm!

The Demon General's corpse beneath his feet had now become the best stepping stone and declaration!

On the city wall and below it, all the humans who witnessed this scene—whether the blood-soaked soldiers fighting fiercely or the civilians trembling behind the battlements—fell into a deathly silence.

Instantly killing an Earth-Shaking Rhinoceros, destroying a Swarm of Flying Ants with a single finger, tanking the Demon General's claws and bloody flames, evolving mid-battle, tearing off Bone Wings bare-handed, shattering the Demonic Core with his palm, beheading it with a Palm Strike... and finally achieving a Breakthrough right there while stepping on the headless Demon General's corpse!

These scenes, like something out of a mythological epic, completely shattered their understanding of Martial Arts and power!

“A God... a Heavenly God descended...” A Veteran's knife clattered to the ground as he muttered to himself.

“We won... We won! Lord Lin won!” After a brief period of dead silence, ecstatic cheers erupted like a mountain collapse and a tsunami! Tears of survival mixed with blood stains flowed down countless faces.

“Lin Jingyu! Lin Jingyu! Lin Jingyu!” No one knew who shouted the name first, but it quickly coalesced into a unified, deafening wave of sound that resonated throughout the entire Border Wasteland City! At this moment, he was no longer a mysterious expert, but the God of War who had saved the city!

Zhao Tianhao leaned on his sword, panting heavily, looking at the robust figure below the wall, standing on the Demon General's corpse, covered in blood but flowing with golden light. His expression was extremely complicated.

Awe? Fanaticism? And a trace of... deep apprehension.

He recalled the Scout's Secret Report describing the Rotting Bone Forest... This person is certainly no ordinary figure! The Border Wasteland City is likely about to see a drastic change! He must immediately... report to the Lord City Lord!

Lin Jingyu paid no attention to the cheers behind him.

He bent down and accurately retrieved a fist-sized dark red Crystal Core (Demonic Core Essence), still radiating high heat and dense Blood Fiend Qi, from Scarlet Nightmare's ruined corpse. He also extracted a mass of 'chi yans essence blood,' viscous and scalding like magma, forcibly stripped out and wrapped in dark golden Qi and Blood. These were all recognized good items by the System.

[Ding! Obtained 'chi yans essence blood (Rare)' ×1! Contains the life essence of a Tendon Changing Realm Peak demon, usable for Body Tempering or Alchemy.]

[Ding! Obtained 'Scarlet Nightmare Demonic Core (Damaged)' ×1! Contains pure Demonic Power and Blood Fiend, can be refined and absorbed (Purification required), high value.]

He casually put the two items away.

His gaze swept over the remaining Beast Tide below, which had completely collapsed and was scattering like headless flies. There was not a trace of pity in his eyes.

“The evolution points haven't all been collected yet!”

Boom!

He exerted force with his foot again, causing Scarlet Nightmare's massive headless corpse to sink deeper into the ground! He himself transformed into a Humanoid Weapon, leaving several golden afterimages as he violently crashed into the fleeing horde of demons!

There was no technique, only the most primal and savage release of power!

Bang!

He threw a punch! The three Shadow Blade Leopards fleeing side-by-side in front of him were hit as if by a high-speed Battering Ram. Their bodies instantly twisted and deformed, their bones and organs exploding into a cloud of blood mist!

[Ding! evolution points +240!]

Crunch!

A Whip Kick swept out! Like a giant golden steel pillar sweeping past! Four or five Bloodthirsty Tusks were severed at the waist, their upper bodies flying into the air amidst shrill howls!

[Ding! evolution points +180!]

Rip!

He grabbed the horn of an Earth-Shaking Rhinoceros that was frantically trying to counterattack. The muscles in his arms twisted like a Dragon Python, and dark golden Qi and Blood erupted!

He forcibly swung this behemoth over his head and smashed it fiercely into another group of demons! The sound of bones and flesh bursting echoed continuously!

[Ding! evolution points +950!]

He was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep—no, like a Prehistoric Tyrannosaurus breaking into a chicken coop!

Fists, palms, elbows, knees, shoulder charges, Headbutts... every part of his body turned into the most terrifying killing weapon! Wherever he passed, flesh and blood flew, bones snapped, and demons turned to mud!

Not a single demon could withstand even a casual strike from him!

He alone carved out a death channel through the entire fleeing Beast Tide, paved with minced meat and gore!

The soldiers followed behind, barely able to intervene, only numbly finishing off the wounded and clearing the battlefield. They watched the golden figure rampaging through the demon horde, stirring up a bloody storm, their expressions having changed from fanaticism to complete awe and... a trace of fear.

This wasn't a battle at all; it was a unilateral, efficient, and chilling slaughter!

[Ding! Killed... evolution points +...]

[Ding!...]

The cold notification sound was like the most beautiful symphony in Lin Jingyu's mind, scrolling madly across the screen! The number of evolution points soared!

When the last few demons howled and disappeared into the depths of the wasteland, Lin Jingyu finally stopped.

He stood in the center of the devastated battlefield, a thick layer of shredded demon corpses and viscous gore beneath his feet.

He slowly raised his hand, watching the demon gore clinging to his knuckles rapidly evaporate and dissipate under the golden light of the Indestructible Vajra Divine Art. His gaze was calm and unwavering.

“Trash, cleared out.”