64: One punch and it'll blow you apart!

"Blast it apart!!!"

Lin Jingyu's roar exploded in the Dead Silent Ruin Realm, overpowering the whispers of the Evil God's Will!

Enduring the terrifying pressure that felt like a demonic mountain crushing down, he activated Shrinking the Ground to an Inch!

"Buzz!"

Space compressed and folded beneath his feet!

The core of the altar, which seemed distant and emitted monstrous evil fluctuations, instantly appeared right before him!

The sight before him caused Lin Jingyu's eyes to narrow.

This was a huge circular area that had been forcibly cleared. The ground was no longer cracked permafrost, but was covered in a thick, sticky, writhing dark-red flesh mycelium mat!

Countless thick, pulsating dark-red blood vessels extended from the mycelium mat, deeply embedding themselves into the walls of the surrounding ruined palace structures, like roots drawing nutrients.

The air was sickeningly sweet and foul, and the evil Qi, so dense it was almost tangible, nearly condensed into blood droplets.

In the center of the area, a massive altar, built from pale white skeletons and pitch-black demonic stones, emitted a terrifying, eerie glow!

At the top of the altar, a dark-red energy vortex constantly twisted, swelled, and contracted!

That chaotic, malicious, and terrifying will, imbued with divine majesty, was emanating precisely from the core of this vortex!

Below the vortex, embedded in the base of the altar, were three fist-sized dark-red crystals, pulsating like living hearts!

Vast Evil God energy continuously poured out of the crystals and into the vortex above!

"Blasphemer... Die!!!"

The overlapping sound of the Nine Netherworlds boomed once more!

The vortex suddenly paused, then churned violently!

A massive demonic claw, composed entirely of viscous dark-red evil energy, fiercely extended from the vortex, accompanied by a Soul-tearing shriek!

Before the demonic claw even arrived, the Dharma Aspect Realm evil might—powerful enough to freeze a Divine Treasury Realm Divine Soul and crush a Physical Body—had already locked onto Lin Jingyu like a tangible set of shackles!

Within the area covered by the demonic claw, space groaned under the strain, and the flesh mycelium mat below was instantly drained of its essence, turning to ash!

"Dharma Aspect pressure... through a spatial node, it's nothing special!" Battle Intent surged in Lin Jingyu's heart like a volcano!

The Heaven Burning Divine Fire in his Heart Divine Treasury erupted, forming an invisible flame barrier to protect his Sea of Consciousness, incinerating the evil thoughts that were eroding his Divine Soul!

The Chaos Qi Flow around his body spun wildly, resisting the tangible energy pressure!

"System!" Lin Jingyu's will was cold as iron. "Consume 18,000 evolution points! Deduce the Archaic God-Demon Visualization Chart to the Minor Achievement Realm!"

[Ding! Consuming 18,000 evolution points!]

[Cultivation Technique Archaic God-Demon Visualization Chart (Beginner) is being deduced... Realm: Beginner → Minor Achievement!]

[Remaining evolution points: 0 points!]

Boom—!!!

A massive sound, as if the heavens and earth were being split open, exploded within Lin Jingyu!

It was no longer a phantom, no longer a nascent form!

A primordial divine demon phantom, ten zhang tall and towering over the land, suddenly solidified behind him!

This phantom's muscles were coiled like mountain ranges, its face green with tusks, its head touching the sky, and its feet treading the Netherworld!

Primordial airflow from the beginning of Chaos wrapped around its body, emitting a terrifying will capable of suppressing all heavens and destroying all ages!

Merely the manifestation of the phantom caused the surrounding viscous evil Qi to hiss mournfully as if meeting its nemesis, being forcibly repelled and purified!

"Nascent primordial divine magic aspect!" Although not a complete Dharma Aspect, its fundamental standing was far superior to this heavily weakened Evil God Projection!

"Roar—!!!" The divine demon dharma idol phantom roared toward the sky! Invisible sound waves, like a world-ending tide, slammed violently into the incoming evil energy giant claw!

"Sizzle—!"

Like a searing brand plunged into ice water!

The seemingly irresistible evil energy giant claw emitted a grating sound of corrosion the moment it met the divine demon's roaring sound wave. Large swaths of dark-red evil energy were forcibly evaporated and purified!

The momentum of the giant claw suddenly stalled!

"What?!" A shriek of shock and fury, conveyed by Divine Thought, erupted from the altar vortex!

It clearly hadn't expected a Divine Treasury Realm human to be able to condense such a terrifying Dharma Aspect phantom, one whose standing subtly suppressed its own!

In the instant of the Evil God Projection's astonishment!

Lin Jingyu moved!

He was waiting precisely for this moment of delay!

"Shatter—!!!"

Lin Jingyu's movements were perfectly synchronized with the divine demon dharma idol phantom behind him!

He clenched his right fist, and his body's terrifying strength of ninety-eight million jin was entirely concentrated into a single point under the operation of the Chaos Heaven Opening Art!

Above his fist, the Chaos Qi Flow wildly compressed and spun, forming a miniature Chaos Origin Point that seemed capable of splitting heaven and earth!

The massive fist of the divine demon dharma idol phantom smashed out, carrying the will to crush stars!

Its target was precisely the evil energy giant claw, which had been weakened and stalled by the divine demon's roar!

"Chaos Heaven Opening Fist!"

The punch was thrown!

There were no dazzling light effects, only the explosion of the purest, most primal power!

"Boom—Crack!!!"

An indescribable massive sound!

It was as if two Archaic Divine Mountains had collided at supersonic speed!

The giant claw, condensed by the Dharma Aspect Realm Evil God Projection, shattered and disintegrated inch by inch, starting from the point of impact, like fragile glass the moment it met the Chaos Heaven Opening Fist!

The terrifying fist power was like a breaching Chaos torrent, spreading and destroying wildly up the length of the giant claw!

"No—!!!" The Evil God Projection's desperate shriek of terror, conveyed by Divine Thought, came from the vortex!

But it was too late!

The Chaos fist power was overwhelming!

The dark-red giant claw completely disintegrated within a thousandth of a second, turning into scattered, filthy evil energy filling the sky!

The remaining fist power did not diminish. Like a raging Chaos Dragon swimming against the current, it ruthlessly slammed into the core of the constantly twisting dark-red energy vortex atop the altar!

"Bang—!!!!!"

The entire Ruin Realm space violently shook!

The lead-gray sky was forcibly ripped open, revealing dark cracks!

The flesh mycelium mat below instantly evaporated and carbonized, like snow thrown into the scorching sun!

The dark-red vortex, which had been emitting terrifying pressure, burst open with a desperate wail, like a pierced balloon!

Countless strands of viscous dark-red evil energy sprayed out wildly in all directions and dissipated, like out-of-control giant pythons!

The Evil God Projection was blasted apart with one punch!

[Ding! Heavily injuring and dispersing a Dharma Aspect Realm (Evil God Projection, Weakened Version)! Gaining evolution points: 50,000 points!]

The cold notification sound was like heavenly music!

At the core of the exploded vortex atop the altar, a dark-golden crystal, pure to the extreme and emitting faint divine fluctuations, flashed and vanished within the chaotic energy flow. Lin Jingyu keenly caught it! The Chaos Qi Flow swept up, instantly drawing it into his hand!

[Ding! Gaining Special Item: **Fragmented Evil God Divinity Crystal x1** *Contains faint Divine Origin!*]

At the same time, the three dark-red crystals on the altar base, which supplied energy to the projection, rapidly dimmed and became covered in cracks the moment they lost the vortex's pull!

"Energy core?" A sharp light flashed in Lin Jingyu's eyes; how could he let them go!

"Shatter!"

His figure flashed, activating Shrinking the Ground to an Inch!

He instantly appeared next to the altar base!

Three lightning-fast whip kicks, accompanied by the shriek of tearing air, slammed violently onto the three cracked dark-red crystals!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three crisp sounds!

The crystals shattered instantly, turning into dust!

[Ding! Destroying Evil God Altar Energy Core x3! Gaining evolution points: 15,000 points!]

[Ding! Battle settlement complete!]

[Total evolution points gained: 65,000 points!]

[Current evolution points: 65,000 points!]

The cold numbers flashing brought with them the tangible feeling of power!

Sixty-five thousand points! An unprecedented fortune!

As the altar core was destroyed and the Evil God Projection completely dissipated, the shaking of the entire Ruin Realm slowly subsided.

The ubiquitous corrosive evil Qi also seemed to weaken slightly.

Lin Jingyu stood beside the ruined altar, the Chaos Qi Flow automatically isolating the filth. He looked down at the crystal in his hand, which emitted a faint dark-golden luster, felt warm to the touch, yet contained a hint of strange evil nature.

"Divinity Crystal... the System seems 'eager' for it?" Lin Jingyu could feel a subtle fluctuation of desire emanating from the System toward this crystal.

This item was probably even more valuable!

His gaze swept over the messy altar ruins.

The Evil God's power was temporarily expelled, but the token's guidance did not vanish; instead, it became clearer!

The source of the guidance was right beneath the altar ruins!

Lin Jingyu raised his foot and stomped down hard!

"Rumble!"

The altar base, already fragile from the evil energy erosion, along with the flesh mycelium mat below it, was directly stomped through by the immense force contained in his kick, revealing a deep, dark hole beneath!

An aura, far more ancient and desolate than the altar, yet carrying the rotten stench of evil Qi saturation, wafted out from the hole.

Lin Jingyu jumped down without hesitation!

The hole was not deep.

After landing, he found a small stone chamber before him.

In the center of the stone chamber stood a half-man-high, ancient stone stele.

The stele's material was neither gold nor jade, covered in marks of erosion from time. Its surface was inscribed with unrecognizable profound patterns, emitting faint spatial fluctuations—the very source of the token's sensory input!

However, at this moment, the stone stele was tightly wrapped and covered by countless dark-red, sinister patterns that pulsed like blood vessels!

These sinister patterns were like living creatures, constantly trying to drill into the stele's interior, polluting the ancient inscriptions and emitting sickening evil Qi.

Beside the base of the stone stele lay scattered several corpses that had long since decayed into white bones.

The corpses were in contorted poses, suggesting they had suffered immense pain before death.

The fingers of one of the corpses were still desperately clawing at a crack in the stele's base.

Lin Jingyu's gaze fell on the bottom of the stele, where several ancient characters, blurred and distorted but barely legible, seemed to be a warning carved with the last of the person's strength:

[Seal... Demon... Key... Do not... Touch... Evil... Contamination...]

Demon Sealing Key? Evil Contamination?

Lin Jingyu frowned slightly.

Was this ancient stele, eroded by the Evil God's power, the core of the "Ruin" Realm that the token sensed?

Was its original function... a Seal? A Key?

He tried to contact the stone stele with his Divine Thought.

"Buzz—!"

The dark-red sinister patterns on the stele suddenly lit up, like startled venomous snakes!

A corrosive force filled with malice fiercely counterattacked along his Divine Thought!

At the same time, the stele itself transmitted a faint yet tenacious power of resistance!

This stele inherently contained ancient power, but it had been deeply polluted by the Evil God's power! It had become an extremely dangerous energy hybrid!

Just as Lin Jingyu frowned, contemplating how to deal with this Evil Contaminated Ancient Stele.

"Buzz... Buzz... Buzz..."

The ancient token in his embrace suddenly began to tremble violently again! This time, the tremor was incredibly rapid!

The faint character "Ruin" erupted with unprecedented brilliant silver light!

An extremely strong mental fluctuation, filled with desire and urgency, transmitted through the token into Lin Jingyu's mind!

The token's target pointed directly at the Evil Contaminated Ancient Stele! Did it want to... devour it? Fuse with it? Or... purify it?