94: Hidden Demon Valley

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Lin Jingyu's figure transformed into a dark-gold meteor tearing through the sky. Every time he pushed off the ground, he left behind deep pits and deafening sonic booms!

He traveled in a straight line, splitting mountains and trampling through forests! The vast wilderness between the Prefecture and the Imperial Capital became his testing ground for the Peak power of Divine Treasury Realm Stage Eight!

The primeval power brought by the Eight Desolations and Six Harmonies, Only I Am Supreme Art surged through his muscles, bones, and flesh, and the Bottleneck of the Chaos Heaven Opening Art was on the verge of breaking under the violent impact!

Days later, a huge valley shrouded in gray-black miasma appeared at the end of the horizon.

The valley entrance was lined with grotesque rocks, shaped like the gaping maw of a demon, exuding a chilling coldness and deathly silence that made one's heart palpitate.

The air was filled with a strong stench and a faint scent of blood.

"Hidden Demon Valley..." Lin Jingyu stopped, his gaze like lightning, piercing through the thin miasma.

This was the dangerous land he had heard about in the Drunken Immortal Inn! A Dharma Aspect Realm Great Demon was entrenched here, devouring merchant caravans!

Roar—!!!

As if sensing the approach of a powerful being, a heaven-shaking roar suddenly erupted from deep within the valley!

The sound waves rolled, shaking loose rocks from the valley walls!

The gray-black miasma surged violently, sweeping towards Lin Jingyu like a living entity!

Wherever the miasma passed, plants instantly withered and turned black, and the ground emitted a "sizzling" corrosive sound!

"Hmph! Playing tricks!" Lin Jingyu snorted coldly, dark-gold divine light circulating on his body, Eight Desolations runes faintly visible.

The highly poisonous miasma was forcefully pushed away and purified by an invisible, vast Qi and blood force within three zhang of his body, unable to get close at all!

Rumble!

The earth violently shook! A colossal, suffocating shadow broke through the churning miasma and appeared at the valley entrance!

It was a giant snake! Its entire body was covered in bowl-sized, pitch-black scales, shimmering with a metallic, cold luster. Its body was as thick as a water vat, and its raised head was dozens of zhang off the ground, its scarlet vertical pupils like two blood moons, coldly looking down at the tiny Lin Jingyu below.

Its tongue flicked out, spraying dark-green poisonous mist, which even corroded and distorted the air!

A terrifying demon might, far exceeding the Divine Treasury Realm, pressed down like a tangible mountain!

Dharma Idol Realm Demon King! Black Water Profound Serpent!

"Human Race... flesh and blood... powerful... delicious!" A hoarse, low, and greedy Divine Thought fluctuation directly impacted Lin Jingyu's mind.

"You beast! You're courting death!" Battle Intent boiled in Lin Jingyu's eyes! Dharma Aspect Realm! It's finally here! Instead of retreating, he took a step forward!

Boom!

The ground exploded! He shot into the sky like a cannonball!

His dark-gold fist tore through the air, carrying an extremely pure and savage force, smashing towards the huge snake head without any fancy moves!

Where the fist passed, space hummed under the unbearable pressure!

"ant!" A human-like hint of disdain flashed in the Black Water Profound Serpent's eyes.

It didn't even bother to dodge, simply opening its huge mouth and spraying a viscous, inky, foul-smelling torrent of venom!

This venom contained its innate demon poison; anyone below the Dharma Aspect Realm would die upon contact, and even Magic Treasures would be corroded!

Facing the torrent of venom capable of melting metal, Lin Jingyu neither dodged nor retreated!

Buzz!

A hazy halo, shimmering with the eight primeval Origin colors, instantly covered his entire body! Eight Desolations Battle Body! Activated!

Strength, defense, and Qi and blood instantly tripled! The dark-gold divine light on his body surged, like burning golden flames!

Chichichichi—!

The torrent of venom violently crashed against the protective halo formed by the Eight Desolations Battle Body, emitting a piercing corrosive sound!

But that seemingly fragile eight-colored halo was exceptionally tough, fluctuating violently, forcefully blocking the terrifying torrent of venom and preventing it from invading in the slightest!

Only a few drops of venom splashed onto the ground, instantly corroding pits several zhang deep!

"What?!" The Black Water Profound Serpent's scarlet vertical pupils suddenly constricted! A Human Race from the Divine Treasury Realm could actually withstand its innate venom?!

In its moment of astonishment, Lin Jingyu's fist arrived!

This punch condensed the primeval immense power of Divine Treasury Realm Stage Eight Peak, the triple burst of the Eight Desolations Battle Body, and even contained the Heaven-Opening Fist Intent of Chaos — Annihilation!

Around the fist's edge, Chaos Qi Flow entwined, and space twisted and collapsed!

Boom—!!!!

It squarely smashed into the Black Water Profound Serpent's huge lower jaw!

Crack!

A bone-chilling crack echoed! The lower jaw, covered in hard scales, instantly caved in a large section! Dark-green snake blood mixed with shattered teeth sprayed out wildly!

"Roar—!!!" The Black Water Profound Serpent let out a painful and furious roar!

Its enormous snake body twisted wildly, its thick tail, carrying ten thousand jun of force, tore through the air like a pitch-black mountain range, fiercely lashing out at Lin Jingyu in mid-air!

Its speed was extreme!

A sharp glint flashed in Lin Jingyu's eyes; he didn't try to meet it head-on! He stomped fiercely on the Void Realm beneath his feet!

Buzz!

The air exploded! He unleashed Shrinking the Ground to an Inch, his figure instantly vanishing!

Rumble!!!

The snake tail fiercely struck empty air, directly blasting apart a small hill dozens of zhang high below! Crushed rocks shot into the sky!

The next instant, Lin Jingyu's figure appeared ghost-like above the middle section of the Black Water Profound Serpent's massive body!

"Break for me!" He roared, his arm muscles bulging like ancient Dragon demons, dark-gold divine light and the radiance of the Eight Desolations Battle Body intertwined. His hands, like two Heaven-Opening divine axes, fiercely gripped a relatively weaker gap in the snake's scales!

Rip—!!!

A terrifying, scalp-numbing tearing sound echoed through the sky!

Lin Jingyu's arms erupted with the primeval power to tear apart the heavens and earth! The snake's body, covered in tough scales, was actually ripped open by him, creating a huge wound several zhang long!

Dark-green snake blood poured down like a waterfall! Revealing the wriggling internal organs!

"Roar!!!" The Black Water Profound Serpent was almost driven mad by the pain! The intense pain ignited its ferocity! It suddenly turned its head, its scarlet vertical pupils locking onto Lin Jingyu, and a dark-green demon core, emitting terrifying energy fluctuations, instantly condensed in its mouth!

This was its trump card — the innate venom core strike!

It contained its thousand years of cultivation and innate virulent poison; even a Dharma Aspect Realm Middle Stage would not dare to take it head-on!

Before the venom core even shot out, the destructive Aura already made Lin Jingyu's skin tingle!

"Trying to fight to the death?" Lin Jingyu's eyes showed no fear; instead, his Battle Intent burned even brighter! His mind raced, and twenty thousand evolution points instantly burned!

"System! Enhance the Heart Fire Burns the Heavens Divine Ability!"

[Ding! Consumed 20,000 evolution points! The Heart Fire Burns the Heavens Divine Ability has been upgraded to Major Achievement Peak! The power of burning evil is doubled!]

A terrifying surge of intensely yang and unyielding heat, capable of burning away all evil, instantly coursed through his entire body from his heart's Divine Treasury!

Golden heart fire divine flames erupted from Lin Jingyu's body, many times more intense than before!

He seemed to have transformed into a human sun!

Just as the Black Water Profound Serpent's venom core was about to be spat out!

Lin Jingyu suddenly opened his mouth!

"Burn—!!!"

A golden pillar of fire, condensed to the extreme, like molten gold, erupted from his mouth!

Its speed was even faster! It arrived first, striking fiercely upon the dark-green venom core that had just left its mouth!

Chii—!!!!

Like a red-hot branding iron plunged into ice!

The ultimate yang heart fire and the ultimate yin demon poison violently clashed and annihilated each other!

The dark-green light on the surface of the venom core visibly dimmed and melted away! Extreme terror appeared in the Black Water Profound Serpent's eyes!

Boom!!!

Finally, that venom core, containing terrifying energy, was actually ignited and detonated by the Major Achievement Peak power of Heart Fire Burns the Heavens!

Bang—!!!!

A huge explosion sounded in the air! Dark-green poisonous fire mixed with golden heart fire swept out!

The Black Water Profound Serpent bore the brunt, its massive snake head blasted into a bloody mess, scales charred and falling off, letting out an extremely tragic wail!

Strike while the iron is hot!

Lin Jingyu's figure was like lightning, instantly appearing above the snake's head!

The power of the Eight Desolations Battle Body was pushed to its limit, his dark-gold giant fist enveloped in raging heart fire, like a falling star, carrying an Aura of destroying everything, fiercely smashing towards the bloody snake head!

"Die!"

Boom—!!!

Like a watermelon exploding! The Black Water Profound Serpent's massive head, under extreme power and heart fire, instantly shattered!

Red, white, and green mixed together, splashing everywhere!

The headless, enormous snake body twisted and convulsed for a moment, then heavily crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust!

[Ding! Slain Dharma Aspect Realm Stage One Demon King, Black Water Profound Serpent! Gained evolution points: 100,000 points!]

[Current evolution points: 0 → 100,000 points!]

Lin Jingyu landed on the ground, the golden heart fire on his body slowly receding, and the Eight Desolations Battle Body halo disappearing.

He panted slightly, looking at the mountain-like snake corpse on the ground, his eyes filled only with cold killing intent and the satisfaction of his harvest.

One hundred thousand points! It was worth him coming all this way!

He walked to the snake corpse, inserted a hand into the tough snake body, and fiercely pulled!

Pfft!

A fist-sized demon core, entirely dark-green with black water patterns flowing on its surface, emitting astonishing demonic power and poisonous fluctuations, was dug out by him! It felt cold and heavy in his hand, containing vast energy!

"Demon King Core!" Lin Jingyu's eyes lit up slightly. The energy contained in this thing, perhaps the System could convert it? At worst, it was still a top-grade Material!

He put away the demon core, just about to leave.

Suddenly!

"Hiss... hiss hiss..." An extremely faint hissing sound, full of malice and summoning, came from deeper within the valley, vaguely carrying a hint of... an even more terrifying Aura!

Lin Jingyu paused, his gaze like a knife, shooting towards the miasma-filled depths of the valley.