52: He withstood divine power head-on; his physical body was unparalleled!

"Roar—!!!"

The Nine Nether Demon Chi's roar shattered the underground rock layers!

It sensed a fatal threat! The bone-bladed giant claw, heavily injured by Lin Jingyu, rapidly retracted and frantically overlapped with its other intact bone claw across its chest!

Countless pale bone spikes erupted from its massive body, instantly interweaving into a colossal, grotesque bone shield, dripping with viscous black blood!

On the shield's surface, countless twisted specter phantoms wailed, emitting an aura of despair that could freeze the Soul!

[Warning! Target has activated its innate defensive Divine Ability: "Nine Nether Bone Barrier"! Contains nascent Netherworld rules! Defense Rank: Peak of the Divine Treasure Realm!]

The System's alarm blared urgently.

Almost simultaneously!

Lin Jingyu's figure tore through space, appearing directly in front of the Bone Barrier! The immense power of his Marrow Cleansing Realm Breakthrough surged and roared within him. With his right fist clenched, he didn't use any Martial Skill, just the purest, most primal million-jin brute force from his Physical Body's Breakthrough, condensed at his fist's edge!

"Boom!!!"

The dark-golden iron fist, like a falling Archaic star, slammed violently onto the Bone Barrier covered in resentful spirits!

"Crack-crackle-crackle—!!!"

A skull-splitting sound of shattering instantly erupted!

At the point of impact, the Bone Barrier, capable of withstanding Peak Divine Treasure Realm attacks, seemed to have met its natural enemy! The hard bone spikes snapped inch by inch! The flowing black blood was instantly vaporized by the violent force! Countless resentful spirits let out shrill screams, annihilating like foam!

Spiderweb-like cracks spread wildly across the entire barrier, centered on his fist!

"Bang!!!"

After only a moment of stalemate!

The massive Bone Barrier was actually blasted through by this pure, extreme brute force, leaving a terrifying hole about a zhang wide! Shattered bone fragments shot backward like a rainstorm!

"Ow—!" The Nine Nether Demon Chi let out an agonizing shriek! The backlash from the destruction of its Bone Barrier caused its massive body to tremble violently, and its Divine Soul to shake! For the first time, its scarlet vertical pupils were completely filled with boundless fear!

This was not a Marrow Cleansing Realm cultivator at all! This was an ancient Vicious Beast in human skin!

Lin Jingyu's eyes were cold. He stepped out, passing through the flying bone fragments and dust!

Movement Technique!

Space rippled, and he instantly appeared directly in front of the Demon Chi's head, which was contorted in agony!

"Second punch!"

Still a straightforward, unadorned punch!

Target: The scarlet vertical pupil burning with madness and fear in the center of the Demon Chi's brow!

The punch shot out!

The air was compressed into a solid white Qi cone! The dark-golden fist, in the Demon Chi's rapidly enlarging vertical pupil, was like the brand of death!

"Roar!" The Demon Chi was scared out of its wits! It twisted its head desperately, its fanged maw suddenly opening. A pitch-black demonic orb, condensed to the extreme, as if countless resentful spirits were frantically spinning within it, carrying an aura of annihilating everything, sprayed at Lin Jingyu from close range! This was the last of its Origin demon core power!

"Rumble!"

The demonic orb and the fist collided violently at close quarters!

Pitch-black annihilation demonic light and dark-golden vital Qi burst forth! A destructive energy shockwave swept in all directions, expanding the underground space several times over!

Amidst the smoke and shattered rocks, a figure flew backward!

It was the Nine Nether Demon Chi!

Its massive head was slammed backward by the punch, and a large section of its hard skull collapsed again. Although the vertical pupil on its brow wasn't directly hit, the terrifying punch wind grazed it, tearing open the tough eyelid and leaving a bone-deep wound, from which foul black blood gushed like a waterfall!

That Origin demonic orb was actually deflected by the force of the punch, grazing Lin Jingyu's body and slamming into the distant rock wall, exploding into a bottomless giant pit!

Lin Jingyu's figure was as stable as a mountain! The dark-golden Protective Aura circulating around his body subtly fluctuated, completely isolating the scattered annihilation Devilish Qi, leaving him completely unharmed!

"Death throes..." Lin Jingyu's voice was like ten thousand years of cold ice. He stepped out, traversing space once more!

"Third punch!"

Target: The Demon Chi's throat, completely exposed by its tilted head, covered by relatively weaker bone scales!

This punch condensed all his power and killing intent after his Marrow Cleansing Realm Breakthrough!

Above his fist, the vital Qi smoke vaguely materialized, with phantoms of Dragon Elephants roaring and galloping!

The punch shot out!

Like the creation of heaven and earth!

The light of the entire underground space seemed to be swallowed by this punch! Only that dark-golden trajectory tearing through the darkness remained!

"No—!!!" The Nine Nether Demon Chi let out a desperate shriek, sensing the arrival of death! It frantically twisted its body, attempting to dodge, but the severe pain in its head and the backlash to its Divine Soul slowed its movements!

"Pfft—!!!"

The dark-golden fist, like a red-hot blade piercing solidified grease, effortlessly penetrated the tough bone scales, tore through the thick windpipe, and pierced the neck bones supporting the head!

The fist emerged from the back of the Demon Chi's neck! It brought forth a fountain of foulness mixed with shattered bones and black blood!

The Nine Nether Demon Chi's massive body's struggles abruptly ceased.

Its scarlet vertical pupils instantly lost all their luster, leaving only solidified, boundless fear and disbelief.

Rumble!

Like a collapsing mountain, its massive body, with its throat pierced, slammed heavily to the ground, kicking up a sky full of dust. The underground demonic cave violently shook, as if performing a funeral for this Vicious Beast sealed for ten thousand years.

[Ding! "Nine Nether Demon Chi (Peak of the Divine Treasure Realm)" slain, gained evolution points: 50,000 points!]

[Current evolution points: 5750 + 50000 = 55750 points!]

The cold notification sound announced the rich spoils of war!

"Peak of the Divine Treasure Realm, nothing more." Lin Jingyu flicked off the black blood clinging to his fist, feeling the surging power within him, and his gaze fell upon the massive demon corpse. "System, absorb!"

[Ding! Detected high-purity Divine Treasure Realm demon essence! Beginning absorption and conversion!]

[Conversion successful! Obtained special energy crystal: "nine nether demon core (Divine Treasure Rank)" x1! Contains pure Netherworld energy, can provide evolution points or be used for Cultivation Technique evolution!]

[Absorbed residual Devilish Qi, gained evolution points: 3000 points!]

[Current evolution points: 55750 + 3000 = 58750 points!]

A fist-sized, entirely black crystal core, with an abyssal vortex seemingly slowly rotating within it, and a pile of faintly glowing bone-blade fragments, were swept up by an invisible force and landed in Lin Jingyu's hand.

A huge harvest!

A hint of satisfaction flashed in Lin Jingyu's eyes. He was about to leave this collapsing demonic cave.

[Warning! Detected several powerful auras rapidly approaching Black Fiend Mountain Range! Energy reaction: Shenzang Realm, Third Level (1 person), Shenzang Realm, First Level (2 people)! Identity speculation: Ziyang Sect Inner Sect Law Enforcement Elder (Venerable Lieyang) and his accompanying Elders! Target locked: host!]

The System's piercing alarm suddenly blared!

At the same time, a terrifying pressure, far more scorching and overbearing than Zhao Yuangang's, like a blazing sun, carrying the wrath of incinerating all directions, brutally swept across the entire Black Fiend Mountain Range, instantly locking onto the demonic cave's location!

"Evil spawn! You killed my Ziyang Elders, slaughtered my disciples, and destroyed my demonic cave Seal! Today, I will surely grind your bones to dust and annihilate your Divine Soul!" An ancient voice, like rolling thunder, filled with sky-burning rage, rumbled forth, shaking the mountains!

It was none other than the Ziyang Sect Inner Sect Law Enforcement Elder, Venerable Lieyang!

Three streams of terrifying light, like three burning meteors, tore through the sky and violently plummeted towards the demonic cave!

The true storm had arrived!

Lin Jingyu looked up, gazing at the massive hole above the demonic cave that his vital Qi smoke had broken through during his Breakthrough, his gaze penetrating layers of rock, as if he saw the three rapidly enlarging figures.

"Shenzang Realm, Third Level?" A cold and wild arc curved at his lips. Far from showing fear, his eyes burned with an even more intense Battle Intent.

He lowered his head to look at the nine nether demon core in his hand, which contained terrifying energy, and then glanced at the System panel's 58,750 evolution points.

"Perfect," Lin Jingyu slowly tightened his fingers around the icy-cold demonic core, feeling the surging power within it, and an unprecedented sense of power filled his entire body. "Let's see if this newly acquired demonic core is tough enough!"

He took a step, his figure merging into the spatial ripples, not fleeing, but instead boldly heading towards the source of the three terrifying pressures above the demonic cave!

[System Interface]:

[host]: Lin Jingyu

[Realm]: Marrow Cleansing Realm, First Level *Strength: Five million jin!

[evolution points]: 58750

[Cultivation Technique]:

- Star Body Tempering Method (Major Achievement) → Archaic God-Demon Visualization Chart (Unlocked)

- Primordial Unity Qi Art (Minor Achievement)

- Indestructible Vajra Divine Art (Perfection)

- Movement Technique (Beginner)

[Martial Skill]:

- Sky-Piercing Finger (Major Achievement)

- Dragon Elephant Suppressing Prison Technique (Perfection)

[Items]:

- nine nether demon core (Divine Treasure Rank) x1 Contains Netherworld power!