69: Ramming and crashing, demons howled

The towering stench of blood beside the lava pool had yet to dissipate when Lin Jingyu's figure vanished using Shrinking the Ground to an Inch!

"Swoosh!"

Spatial ripples spread out, and he appeared atop a hill formed by massive piles of skeletal remains.

Beneath his feet were cold, grayish-white bones, exuding an Aura of decay and death.

"Hiss—!"

Three gusts of foul wind suddenly assailed him from different directions!

Three demonic creatures, shaped like giant lizards but covered entirely in pale bone armor, with eyes burning with ghostly green Soul fire, burst out from the gaps in the skeletons like three flashes of pale lightning, launching a surprise attack!

Bone claws tore through the air, carrying the chilling Death Qi capable of piercing metal, aiming straight for Lin Jingyu's vital points! They were all clearly at the Divine Treasury Realm, Second Level!

"Bone Demon Lizards!" Cunning, vicious, lurking, and hunting!

"Seeking death!" A cold light burst forth from Lin Jingyu's eyes! He didn't even move his feet!

With a thought!

"Buzz!"

The primordial divine demon dharma idol phantom, fifteen zhang tall and solid as if cast from divine metal, suddenly manifested behind him!

Chaos Qi Flow surged like Dragons, and Heaven Burning Divine Fire wrapped around its body!

The terrifying pressure, like a physical tsunami, instantly enveloped the three pouncing Bone Lizards!

"Roar—!!!"

The primordial divine magic aspect let out a roar! Invisible sound waves, carrying the power of Chaos and Divine Fire, slammed violently into the three Bone Lizards!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three muffled thuds!

The hard bone armor that the Bone Demon Lizards prided themselves on cracked inch by inch, like inferior porcelain, under the impact of this roar imbued with the will of a god and a demon!

Their charge was abruptly halted, and they let out painful shrieks! The ghostly green Soul fire flickered violently!

"Shatter!"

Lin Jingyu and the dharma aspect roared in unison! The massive primordial divine magic aspect raised its arms, and its two giant palms, wrapped in Chaos Qi Flow, slammed together like swatting flies, crushing the two Bone Lizards on either side that had been stunned by the sound wave!

"Crack! Crack! Boom!"

The bone-crushing sound was spine-chilling!

The two Bone Demon Lizards at the Divine Treasury Realm, Second Level, were unable to even scream before they were crushed in mid-air by the two giant divine and demonic palms, like two eggs being smashed, turning into bone dust and fragments of Soul fire that scattered everywhere! Filthy energy splattered!

[Ding! Killed Divine Treasury Realm, Second Level (Bone Demon Lizard) x2! Gained evolution points: 24,000 points!]

The remaining Bone Lizard's Soul fire jumped wildly; the sight of its companions' instant, horrific deaths had completely terrified it!

It twisted its body abruptly, its bone tail whipping through the air, trying to burrow back into the depths of the Skeletal Hill and escape!

"Think you can escape?" Lin Jingyu's eyes were icy cold, yet he didn't move an inch!

The massive hand of the divine demon dharma idol phantom opened its five fingers and grabbed toward the fleeing Bone Lizard in mid-air!

"Divine Demon Grasping Hand!"

Space seemed to be bound by an invisible, massive force!

The fleeing Bone Lizard instantly froze, as if trapped in solidified amber!

Immediately afterward, an irresistible, terrifying suction force erupted from the dharma aspect's palm!

"Swoosh—!"

The Bone Lizard's massive body was forcibly sucked backward!

The dharma aspect's giant palm violently clamped shut!

"Pfft!"

It was like crushing a wineskin full of filthy blood!

The last Bone Demon Lizard was reduced to dust in the divine and demonic palm!

[Ding! Killed Divine Treasury Realm, Second Level (Bone Demon Lizard)! Gained evolution points: 12,000 points!]

Three Divine Treasury Realm, Second Level demonic creatures were all instantly obliterated in a single encounter!

The Chaos Qi Flow swept forth, devouring the scattered Demonic Malice Energy.

[Ding! Bone Lizard extermination on the Skeletal Hill complete! Total evolution points gained: 36,000 points!]

[Current evolution points: 74,000 points!] (Original 38,000 points + New 36,000 points)

The cold numbers flickered, bringing a tangible sense of power! Seventy-four thousand points!

Lin Jingyu's gaze was like a torch, sweeping toward the deeper parts of the Secret Realm.

There, Devilish Qi rolled and roared like boiling black clouds!

Vaguely visible was the outline of a cluster of ruined palaces shrouded in dense black-purple Devilish Clouds—the Ancient Demon Palace!

A profound, tyrannical, and terrifying pressure, seemingly capable of freezing the Soul, was spreading out from the depths of the Demon Palace, growing stronger and stronger!

"Stronger demonic creatures... are right there!" The Battle Intent in Lin Jingyu's eyes burned even brighter! He ignored the heart-stopping pressure, viewing it instead as the perfect whetstone!

"System!" He communicated telepathically instantly, "Spend 74,000 evolution points! Breakthrough Realm—Shenzang Realm, Third Level! Activate Spleen Divine Treasury: Power of Thick Earth!"

[Ding! Spent 74,000 evolution points!]

[Realm Breakthrough in progress... Divine Treasury Realm, Second Level → Shenzang Realm, Third Level!]

[Activated: Spleen Divine Treasury: Power of Thick Earth!]

[Remaining evolution points: 0 points!]

Boom—!!!

A torrent of power, far more immense and profound than the Source of Vitality, instantly erupted from Lin Jingyu's body!

His muscles, bones, and even every inch of his skin seemed to be infused with the Origin of the earth!

A heavy, stable, earth-yellow Divine Light, capable of bearing all things, pierced out from the location of his spleen and merged into the divine demon dharma idol phantom behind him!

"Roar—!!!"

The divine demon dharma idol phantom, now infused with the Power of Thick Earth, let out a roar that shook heaven and earth!

The phantom solidified and grew taller again, reaching twenty zhang! The Chaos Qi Flow became heavier and more surging, and the Heaven Burning Divine Fire grew fiercer!

Furthermore, a massive, unshakable Gravity Field, like a towering mountain, violently spread out centered on the dharma aspect!

The massive Skeletal Hill beneath his feet groaned and shattered under the immense pressure, and countless bones were crushed into powder!

"Strength! Defense! Stability! Complete qualitative change! My strength has broken the 200 million jin mark!"

"Good!" Feeling the explosive power within him, Lin Jingyu let out a long cry that shook the surroundings!

"Ancient Demon Palace! I have arrived!"

He no longer lingered; his figure flashed!

"Shrinking the Ground to an Inch!"

Space compressed and folded beneath his feet, and with an unstoppable, determined Aura, he charged violently toward the core area shrouded by the terrifying Devilish Clouds, like a burning meteor!

Wherever he passed, the earth roared, and bones turned to dust!

His savage Aura was like a hurricane, directly crushing the weaker demonic creatures along the way!

In the most barbaric manner, he tore through the Secret Realm's bloody sky curtain and charged straight into the core of the Demon Nest!

Deep within the Ancient Demon Palace.

Above the Altar, dark red Demonic Blood, thick as pitch, began to seep out from the cracks in the jet-black Demon Armor covering the ten-zhang tall Ancient Demon General's corpse!

The tightly shut massive Demonic Eyes trembled violently, and the eyelids struggled to lift, revealing a slit!

Two beams of light, blood-red and filled with endless tyranny and murderous desire, pierced the dense Devilish Qi inside the hall like searchlights!

"Roar—!!!"

A low, hoarse roar, as if originating from the Nine Nethers Hell, was emitted from the Demon General's mouth!

The entire Ancient Demon Palace shook violently!

The ancient Demonic Runes around the Altar shone brightly with blood-red light, frantically drawing Demonic Malice Energy from the Secret Realm and injecting it into this terrifying, awakening corpse!

"It's working! The Demon General's Corpse can indeed be activated!"

Below the Altar, the Divine Treasury Realm, Third Level Elder of the Xuan Yin Sect (Yin Jiuyou) had a ghostly gleam of ecstasy and greed in his eyes, "Quick! Inject the prepared Blood Soul Essence into the core of the Demonic Runes! Help it fully revive! As long as we control this Demon Corpse, the Secret Realm's greatest treasure will belong to our Xuan Yin Sect!"

Several Xuan Yin Sect Disciples were pale, but they dared not delay. They cut their wrists and sprinkled their Essence Soul-mixed blood onto the Altar's Demonic Runes!

"Roar!!!" The Demon General's roar became clearer, and its struggles grew more violent!

The terrifying pressure, like a physical tsunami, slammed into everyone present!

"This is bad! The Demon Corpse is reviving too fast! The pressure is too strong! The Control Formation is about to collapse!" A Xuan Yin Sect Disciple controlling a Formation Flag screamed in terror, and the Formation Flag in his hand shattered with a "crack!"

"Useless!" Yin Jiuyou's expression changed, and he was about to personally intervene to reinforce the Formation.

Suddenly!

Boom—!!!

The massive, extremely heavy gate of the Ancient Demon Palace, forged from unknown metal, was violently smashed open from the outside by an indescribably terrifying force!

No, not just smashed open!

It was directly blasted into a sky full of twisted metal fragments! As if struck head-on by a meteor!

Savage air currents, carrying metal fragments, rushed into the great hall!

Amidst the spreading dust and smoke, a figure as massive as a mountain, bathed in Chaos Qi Flow and earth-yellow Divine Light, stepped into this Devilish Qi-filled great hall!

Behind him, the twenty-zhang tall primordial divine demon dharma idol phantom stood firm between heaven and earth, exuding supreme majesty that suppressed all heavens, forcibly tearing open a gap in the terrifying Demonic Might filling the hall!

It was Lin Jingyu!

His gaze instantly locked onto the Demon General's Corpse on the Altar—the one awakening and emitting a terrifying Aura far surpassing the Divine Treasury Realm. Not only did he show no fear, but his eyes burned with monstrous Battle Intent and... excitement!

"Divine Treasury Peak? No, an Aura close to the Dharma Aspect? Good! A great catch!"

He ignored the terrified Xuan Yin Sect members below, took a step, and used Shrinking the Ground to an Inch!

His figure instantly appeared above the Altar, level with the head of the awakening Demon General!

The massive fist of the divine demon dharma idol phantom, wrapped in the triple mighty power of Chaos, Divine Fire, and Thick Earth, carrying the will to crush stars, violently smashed down toward the Demon General's blood-red Demonic Eye, which had just opened a slit!

"Chaos Heaven Opening Fist! Ultimate Profound Truth—Creating Heaven and Earth!"

"Now scram—and go back to sleep!!!"