39: He bravely confronted the sorcery and smashed the head with a single punch!

"A century of accumulation... is nothing more than this!"

Lin Jingyu's cold words echoed like a final death knell above the crumbling Hill of Corpses.

He strode through the filthy torrent gushing from the hill's massive wound. Immortal Golden Light circulated around his body, purifying and annihilating all approaching Corpse Fiend Yin Qi and filth. His steps were steady, as if walking on flat ground, as he pressed toward the colossal demonic body that was painfully twitching from its core wound!

"No—!!!"

At the summit of the hill, the massive rotten head let out a sharp, distorted shriek!

The faint green Soul Flame flickered wildly, conveying bone-deep fear and hysterical madness!

It sensed a fatal threat!

This human not only possessed unparalleled defense, but his strength was terrifying, able to directly shatter the core node it had condensed for a century!

Even more frighteningly, the opponent's golden pupils were locked onto the purest Origin of the Corpse Fiend Yin Vein, deep within the mud beneath it!

That was the Foundation of its existence! The source of its power! It absolutely could not lose it!

"ant! You force me... to perish together!!!" The overlapping consciousness was filled with the resolve to drag everything down with it!

"Boom—!!!"

The entire precarious Hill of Corpses suddenly erupted with an unprecedented dark-green light!

The light was viscous and filthy, carrying a chill that could freeze the Soul and a maliciousness that sought to destroy everything!

On the surface of the hill, all remaining bones, decaying flesh, and moss instantly ignited, transforming into rolling dark-green Corpse Fiend Evil Flames!

Several broken limbs plunged into the mud below, frantically drawing the Origin from the Corpse Fiend Yin Vein beneath, like water pumps!

The pitch-black mud visibly turned grayish-white and dry!

A heart-stopping, terrifying energy, seemingly capable of piercing the Nine Netherworlds and annihilating all vitality, rapidly converged within the massive rotten head's mouth!

The faint green Soul Flame, like fuel, was poured entirely into it!

The icy moss on the surface of the head peeled away inch by inch, revealing a more decayed, festering, and terrifying face beneath!

Its aura was rapidly weakening, but the constantly compressed dark-green energy sphere in its mouth emitted destructive fluctuations that made even Lin Jingyu's skin tingle slightly!

"Nine Netherworlds... Corpse Fiend... Annihilation... Light!!!" The Ancient Demon's consciousness was like a final curse, filled with boundless malice and despair!

"Hiss—!!!"

A dark-green beam, condensed to the extreme and only as thick as an arm, shot out from the Ancient Demon's mouth without warning!

Wherever the beam passed, space seemed to be frozen and simultaneously corroded!

Utterly silent!

The speed surpassed the limits of visual perception!

The target—Lin Jingyu, who had rushed close to the hill and was preparing to deliver the final blow!

This was the Ancient Demon's final strike, unleashed by burning its century-old accumulated Corpse Fiend Origin and overdrawing its Soul Fire core!

It was the ultimate killing Move of a Peak Tendon Changing Realm demon!

It contained not only devastating physical impact but also the Origin of Extreme Evil Corpse Fiend, capable of freezing Souls and eroding everything!

[Warning! Ultra-high concentration destructive energy lock detected! Threat Level: Fatal!]

[Target attack contains 'Extreme Evil Corpse Fiend' and 'Soul Freezing' characteristics at the Proto-Rule Level! Indestructible Vajra Divine Art (Mastered) passively triggers ultimate defense!]

The cold System warning flashed wildly with dazzling red light in Lin Jingyu's consciousness!

A moment between life and death!

Lin Jingyu's golden pupils suddenly contracted to pinpricks!

The beam was too fast!

Too condensed!

The aura of destruction and erosion it contained far surpassed any previous attack!

Dodge? There was no time!

The Corpse Fiend Yin Qi at the core of the Rotting Bone Forest was thick as substance, greatly suppressing the speed of Phantom Step!

There was only one option... a direct confrontation!

"Indestructible Vajra! Hold the line!" Lin Jingyu roared internally, pushing his Mastered Immortal Golden Body to an unprecedented extreme!

"Buzz—!"

The pure Immortal Golden Light flowing across his body instantly became like solidified liquid gold!

Dark-gold patterns clearly emerged beneath his skin, and billions of particles vibrated wildly, emitting a low hum that seemed capable of suppressing all evil!

His entire being seemed to transform into a true Vajra Deity cast from Immortal Divine Gold!

"Pfft!"

The dark-green Annihilation Light beam, without any flourish, struck the dead center of Lin Jingyu's chest with absolute precision!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only heart-stopping erosion and annihilation!

Hiss, hiss, hiss—!!!

The grating sound of corrosion was like billions of venomous insects frantically gnawing away!

On Lin Jingyu's chest, the Immortal Golden Light, condensed like liquid gold, fiercely clashed with the dark-green Annihilation Light beam!

The Golden Light was constantly being eroded and dissolved, while the dark-green beam was continuously being purified and annihilated!

Ripples of energy, mixed dark-gold and dark-green, spread wildly from the point of impact, silently turning everything around them—be it gushing filth, remaining bones, or viscous miasma—into nothingness!

Lin Jingyu's body violently shook!

An unimaginable immense force, mixed with the Soul-freezing chill and the Corpse Fiend that eroded all things, violently impacted his Golden Body!

The iron-hard ground beneath his feet silently collapsed, and his legs sank deep into it up to his knees!

The Immortal Golden Light on his surface fluctuated violently, flickering erratically, as if it might collapse at any moment!

Excruciating pain and bone-chilling cold radiated from his chest, as if billions of ice needles were frantically piercing his flesh, blood, tendons, and bones!

[Warning! Indestructible Vajra Divine Art defense layer suffering ultra-high intensity erosion! Defense effectiveness dropped to 65%! Continuing to decline!]

[Warning! host is suffering impact from 'Extreme Evil Corpse Fiend' and 'Soul Freezing' proto-rule characteristics! Immortal Golden Body characteristics activated! Purifying... Resisting...]

"Ugh!" Lin Jingyu let out a muffled groan from his throat, and a trickle of dark-gold blood spilled from the corner of his mouth!

But the ferocity and Battle Intent in his eyes erupted like a volcano being ignited!

"You want to freeze me? To erode me?" he roared, every word clanging like metal striking metal, "Break... open for me!"

The Dragon-Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength within him circulated frantically!

Dark-gold Qi and blood, thick as mercury, surged and roared through his Meridians like raging Dragons!

His bones emitted a clangorous sound, strained yet incredibly tough!

The specks of starlight drawn by the Star Body Tempering Method flickered stubbornly deep within the Golden Light, providing an endless stream of vitality and purification power!

More importantly, there was the Mastered Indestructible Vajra Will! Indestructible through Ten Thousand Tribulations! Immune to Ten Thousand Laws!

"Boom!"

Lin Jingyu endured the continuously spraying dark-green Annihilation Light beam, and forcefully took one step! One step! Forward!

With every step, a deep crater exploded beneath his feet!

The Golden Light on his body solidified by one degree!

The eroded and dissolved Golden Light on his chest stubbornly regenerated and resisted!

"Impossible! Impossible!!!" The Ancient Demon's consciousness was filled with utter despair and disbelief!

Its desperate strike, burning its Origin and overdrawing its Soul Fire, was actually unable to instantly destroy this human?!

The opponent was even... advancing against the beam?!

Three steps! Only three steps!

Lin Jingyu, enduring the Annihilation Light beam that was enough to kill an ordinary Peak Tendon Changing Realm cultivator, had bravely charged directly beneath the massive rotten head of the Hill of Corpses!

At this moment, the beam from the head's mouth had not yet stopped, but the light was clearly dim, and the Soul Flame was as faint as a candle in the wind!

The Ancient Demon's aura had plummeted, reaching a state of exhaustion where the oil had run out and the lamp was dry!

"Old thing... your light... is extinguished!" Golden radiance burst from Lin Jingyu's eyes, like two burning miniature suns!

He clenched his right fist, and pure Immortal Golden Light mixed with Dragon-Elephant Giant Strength and Star Power, all converged at his fist tip!

There were no fancy Moves, only the most primitive and violent release of power!

"Roar—!"

The Battle Roar shook the heavens!

Lin Jingyu's fist, like a brilliant golden comet tearing through the darkness, carried the absolute will to crush all obstacles. Ignoring the final weak beam being expelled, he fiercely smashed it into the core weak point directly beneath the massive rotten head—the connection between the throat and the chest cavity!

"Bang—!!!!"

An indescribably heavy muffled sound!

Time seemed to freeze.

At the point of impact, the neck area, covered in thick decaying flesh and icy moss, suddenly caved inward like fragile ice struck by a massive stone!

Immediately after—

"Crack! Rumble!!!"

A skull-splitting sound of bone shattering and flesh tearing violently erupted!

Centered on Lin Jingyu's fist, countless massive cracks instantly spread, covering the entire gigantic rotten head!

Viscous, foul-smelling pus and blood, shattered decaying flesh, ghastly white bone fragments, along with the two faint green but dimmed Soul Flames... all sprayed and burst outward in every direction like a detonated bomb!

"Awoo... ugh..." A short, abruptly terminated wail.

The gigantic, hill-like rotten head, along with the broken chest cavity that had barely managed to condense below, was forcefully... smashed into fragments of filthy debris flying across the sky by Lin Jingyu's single punch, which contained the power of Mastered Indestructible Vajra and Dragon-Elephant Giant Strength!

The Centuries-Old Dominator of the Rotting Bone Forest, a Peak Tendon Changing Realm Ancient Demon... deceased!

[Ding! Successfully killed 'Corpse Fiend Aggregate/Centuries-Old Great Demon' (Peak Tendon Changing Realm)! Gained evolution points +50000!]

[Ding! Corpse Fiend Core Node completely destroyed! Corpse Fiend Yin Qi in the Rotting Bone Forest core area is beginning to dissipate!]

[Current evolution points: 22311 + 50000 = 72311!]

The cold prompt tone brought an unprecedentedly rich reward!

Lin Jingyu stood amidst the scattered filthy blood rain and bone fragments, the Immortal Golden Light circulating across his body, pristine and unstained.

He slowly withdrew his fist, his golden pupils coldly sweeping over the massive hill below, which was rapidly collapsing into ordinary mud and withered bones after losing its core.

"Perish together? You... are unworthy."

His gaze lowered, falling upon a pitch-black, bottomless pit several zhang in diameter that had been revealed after the hill collapsed.

Corpse Fiend Yin Qi, so rich it was almost tangible and incredibly pure, surged out of the hole, carrying an ancient, chilling, yet immensely powerful aura.

The Yin Corpse Sect Token in his embrace was no longer pulsing with greed; instead, it emitted a frantic, wolf-like hum and tremor! An intensely strong desire to devour was transmitted from it!

"This is... the Origin of the Corpse Fiend Yin Vein?" A sharp light flashed in Lin Jingyu's eyes as he felt the immense energy, then glanced at the System panel showing 72311 evolution points.

The ninety thousand points required to Break through to the ninth layer of the Bone Forging Realm were right before him! And this Yin Vein Origin... might even cause unexpected changes to this mysterious token!