73: Demon General

Lin Jingyu's figure flickered across the blood-red wasteland, each instance of Shrinking the Ground to an Inch covering hundreds of zhang.

Upon his Breakthrough to the Divine Treasury Realm, Fourth Level, the Geng Metal Sharpness of his lung's Divine Treasury circulated ceaselessly, imbuing his already violent power with an indomitable sharpness.

The star rune demon core tightly held in his palm was slightly warm, the starlight power within it subtly resonating with the Geng Metal Sharpness, as if guiding his direction.

"Roar!"

"Hiss—!"

The demons encountered along the way, whether skeletal monsters shaped like giant lizards or elusive vengeful spirit phantoms, instinctively let out terrified hisses and scattered the moment they sensed the nascent, incomparably sharp and ferocious aura emanating from Lin Jingyu!

The oppressive power of the Divine Treasury Realm, Fourth Level, combined with the terrifying, tearing sensation of Geng Metal Sharpness, made these low-level demonic creatures feel as if they had encountered a natural predator!

Lin Jingyu couldn't be bothered to even glance at these minor foes. His target was the deepest part of the Secret Realm, the core area where the Devilish Qi was densest and the oppressive power heaviest!

"Whoosh!"

With a single step, space rippled.

The scene before him abruptly changed!

It was no longer a wasteland of bones, but a massive, dark-red basin, as if drenched in fresh blood!

In the center of the basin, a colossal altar, built from eerie white bones, stood tall!

Upon the altar, a massive body, ten zhang tall, was tightly bound and restrained by countless thick, black chains inscribed with bizarre demonic runes!

It was, astonishingly, the corpse of an Ancient Demon General!

The Demon General's corpse was covered in grotesque black bone armor, and even after unknown ages since its death, it still exuded a terrifying demonic might that made one's heart palpitate!

Its head hung low, its empty eye sockets like abysses, and the lingering tyrannical aura solidified the very air.

Dark-red light flowed along the chains, pulsating like blood vessels, seemingly drawing the demonic evil power of the entire Secret Realm into this dormant corpse.

Even more bizarrely, several figures were seated around the altar!

They wore the uniform black robes of the Xuan Yin Sect, and cold magical power surged around them as they continuously cast incantations into the altar's demonic runes.

The leading Elder, whose face was withered like a malevolent ghost, had an aura that had astonishingly reached the Shenzang Realm, Third Level!

It was none other than Xuan Yin Sect Elder, Yin Jiuyou!

"Soon... soon!"

Yin Jiuyou's eyes gleamed with fanaticism and greed, his voice hoarse like a night owl's: "With the demonic evil accumulated over ten thousand years in this Secret Realm as a guide, and my Xuan Yin secret methods as a key, I will surely awaken this ancient demonic corpse! At that time, it will be the supreme Sharp Weapon for my Xuan Yin Sect to sweep across the Prefecture! The Origin power within the demon core will also finally be mine! Haha... huh?!"

Yin Jiuyou's laughter abruptly ceased!

He suddenly looked up, his cloudy old eyes instantly locking onto the burly figure that had abruptly appeared at the edge of the basin!

The figure, over two meters tall, was like an iron tower. His bulging muscles contained explosive power, and the aura emanating from him... even made him, a Shenzang Realm, Third Level cultivator, feel a heart-pounding sharpness!

"Who are you?!" Yin Jiuyou roared, his withered, claw-like right hand instinctively pressing on a white bone banner at his waist.

The other Xuan Yin Sect Disciples also awoke in alarm, looking at Lin Jingyu with terrified expressions.

They had been setting up the formation here for many days and had long since cleared the area, with demonic creatures guarding the periphery. How could this person have silently intruded into the core?!

Lin Jingyu's gaze bypassed Yin Jiuyou and the others, who were facing him as a formidable enemy, and fixed firmly on the Demon General's corpse on the altar.

He could clearly sense that within the dormant corpse, a terrifying power that made his scalp tingle was slowly awakening, like a sleeping volcano, under the guidance of the Xuan Yin Sect's secret methods!

"Such dense Devilish Qi... such a powerful corpse!"

Lin Jingyu's eyes erupted with a brilliance even more dazzling than stars. It wasn't fear, but pure excitement at seeing prey! "Slaying this thing will definitely yield a massive amount of evolution points! And that core demon core..."

He licked his lips, ignoring Yin Jiuyou's challenge, and took a step forward!

Boom!

The ground cracked!

His figure instantly appeared above the altar!

"You seek death! Myriad Souls Corrode Bones!" Yin Jiuyou was both shocked and enraged; the opponent dared to disregard him so utterly!

He fiercely waved the white bone banner!

Countless twisted, wailing vengeful spirit faces converged into a filthy river of souls, carrying insidious power that corroded the Divine Soul, and surged directly towards Lin Jingyu in the air!

"Scram!"

Lin Jingyu didn't even turn his head, merely punched out with a backhand!

The fist wind howled, no longer the heavy weight of Chaos, but a dazzling white-gold sharpness!

"Geng Metal Sharpness: Indestructible!"

Pfft—!

That filthy river of souls was instantly torn apart, pierced through, and purified by the Geng Metal fist light, like rags cut by a red-hot Sharp Weapon!

Countless vengeful spirits vanished into thin air amidst ear-piercing shrieks!

The spiritual light of the white bone banner dimmed, Yin Jiuyou grunted, staggered backward, his withered face filled with disbelief!

"Such... such sharp power!" Yin Jiuyou was horrified. This person's Physical Body power had actually condensed such terrifying offensive characteristics?!

Just as Lin Jingyu defeated the river of souls and was about to land on the altar!

"Om—!!!"

The black chains entwined around the Demon General's corpse on the altar suddenly erupted with dazzling blood-red light!

An aura of terrifying demonic might, ten times denser and ten times more tyrannical than before, burst forth from the dormant Demon General's corpse like a world-ending flood breaking its dam!

"Roar—!!!"

A roar, not human-like, as if from the Nine Nethers of Hell, shook the entire white bone altar violently!

The huge, lowered Demon General's head suddenly lifted! In its empty eye sockets, two clumps of scarlet demonic flames, viscous as blood and burning with endless tyranny and bloodlust, suddenly ignited!

The Ancient Demon General's corpse, nourished by the Xuan Yin Sect's secret methods and the Secret Realm's demonic evil, had completely reanimated! It had awakened!

Peak of the Divine Treasure Realm! An aura infinitely close to a primordial divine magic aspect!

The terrifying demonic might swept across the entire dark-red basin like a tangible tsunami in an instant!

Several Xuan Yin Sect Disciples with weaker cultivation were directly crushed by this oppressive force, spitting blood, their bones shattering, as they screamed and collapsed to the ground!

Yin Jiuyou's face also turned pale. He hastily activated his protective Magical Artifact, struggling to hold on, his eyes filled with a complex mix of ecstasy and fear!

It worked! The demonic corpse really awakened!

But this oppressive power... far exceeded his expectations!

The control formation... can it still hold it?

The scarlet demonic flame eyes instantly locked onto its closest target—the human in mid-air who exuded a sharp aura that it instinctively loathed! Lin Jingyu!

"Ant... die!!!"

The newly awakened demonic corpse, filled with deep-seated hatred for the living, tore through the air with a giant demonic claw covered in grotesque bone spurs, slamming it down hard towards Lin Jingyu!

Space itself groaned under the unbearable pressure of this claw!

"Haha! Excellent!" Faced with this terrifying strike that could instantly crush an ordinary Peak of the Divine Treasure Realm cultivator, Lin Jingyu laughed instead of being surprised, his Battle Intent erupting like a volcano!

The Void Realm behind him violently twisted, and a twenty-five-zhang tall divine demon dharma idol phantom roared into manifestation!

Chaos Qi Flow surged, Heaven Burning Divine Fire entwined, and Thick Earth divine light stood firm like a mountain!

Moreover, a white-gold sharpness that pierced the sky pulsed erratically above the dharma idol's fist!

The divine demon dharma idol phantom met the sky-covering demonic claw, also punching out!

This time, it was no longer purely the Chaos Heaven Opening, but integrated with a nascent, indestructible will!

"Chaos Heaven Opening Fist: Geng Metal Annihilation!"

"Break for me—!!!"