95: Run? Let's go!

[Some reader-daddies suggested that the cross-Realm combat span is too large. After this article, it will be reduced, but the protagonist will still be invincible at the same Rank, and the major Realm span will be reduced. Please rest assured! Thank you for your support!]

"Hiss... hiss hiss..."

The resentful and summoning hiss came from the grayish-black miasma deep within the Hidden Demon Valley, like a cold viper drilling into the eardrums.

Lin Jingyu's footsteps paused, his gaze, like two cold, tempered blades, fixed firmly on the source of the sound.

The Black Water Profound Serpent's Demonic Core still emitted a chilling energy fluctuation in his hand, but at this moment, a wave of Demonic Qi far more ancient, profound, and terrifying than that Demonic King spread out, like an ancient giant beast awakening from slumber!

Rumble—!!!

The entire Hidden Demon Valley trembled violently! Rocks from the mountain walls on both sides rolled down like rain!

The dense grayish-black miasma within the valley was frantically stirred and devoured by an invisible force, rapidly thinning!

The outline of a colossal creature slowly appeared in the depths of the valley floor where the miasma had dispersed!

That was not a living thing!

Instead, it was a gigantic, suffocating skeleton!

The entire skeleton was pitch black, like the deepest night, gleaming with a metallic, cold luster.

Just a section of its exposed spine was thicker than the Black Water Profound Serpent's entire body!

Its massive skull was like a small mountain, and in its hollow eye sockets burned two clusters of eerie green Soul flames, flickering with endless resentment and greed!

The Demonic might emanating from this skeleton descended with a deafening roar, like a tangible pressure weighing millions of tons!

The air became as viscous as mercury!

The dark golden divine light on Lin Jingyu's body fluctuated violently, and the hard ground beneath his feet cracked inch by inch!

He grunted, feeling his internal organs being squeezed by the immense force!

Dharma Aspect Realm Peak! No, even... stronger! Far surpassing the Black Water Profound Serpent!

"ant... killed my offspring... offer... flesh and blood!" An even colder, grander Divine Thought, seemingly from the abyssal depths of the Nine Netherworlds, directly impacted Lin Jingyu's Divine Soul!

It was the lingering will of this skeleton! It actually regarded the Black Water Profound Serpent as its offspring!

The giant skeletal mouth suddenly opened, devoid of flesh, only stark white bones!

But an indescribably terrifying suction force emerged out of thin air! Like a massive black hole forming in front of Lin Jingyu!

The scattered stones on the ground, the withered vegetation, and even the Black Water Profound Serpent's massive corpse were instantly pulled by this suction force towards the black hole-like giant mouth, swallowed and annihilated in an instant!

Lin Jingyu's pupils contracted sharply!

The strength of this suction was far beyond what the Black Water Profound Serpent could muster!

His body was like being gripped by an invisible giant hand, uncontrollably dragged towards that deadly giant mouth!

The Eight Desolations Battle Body automatically activated, eight-colored halos swirling, erupting with primeval power, desperately resisting this suction force!

Two deep ravines were plowed into the ground beneath his feet!

"Want to devour me? Dream on!" Lin Jingyu roared, his internal power erupting wildly!

The Chaos Heaven Opening Art circulated to its extreme, Chaos Qi Flow surging and roaring through his Meridians! He stomped his foot violently!

Boom!

The earth exploded like a drumhead! Relying on the recoil force, he forcibly stabilized his body!

But that terrifying suction force continued relentlessly, like millions of invisible ropes binding him tightly!

The eerie green Soul flame in the skeletal skull's eye sockets flickered violently, seemingly surprised that Lin Jingyu could resist its devouring power, followed by even deeper rage!

Buzz!

A more violent, chaotic mental impact, like millions of invisible steel needles, fiercely pierced Lin Jingyu's Sea of Consciousness!

At the same time, the giant skeletal right claw slowly lifted, pressing down on Lin Jingyu from afar!

Space seemed to solidify!

An invisible, terrifying pressure containing the Law of decay and annihilation, like the collapse of the heavens, crashed down!

Crack-crack-crack!

The eight-colored halo on Lin Jingyu's body flickered violently, emitting a groan of unbearable strain!

The ground beneath his feet instantly collapsed several meters! A trace of pale golden blood spilled from the corner of his mouth!

Dharma Aspect Realm Peak's will and Law suppression! They were not on the same level at all!

"System! Scan!" Lin Jingyu urgently roared in his mind, while desperately urging the Eight Desolations Battle Body and Chaos Heaven Opening Art to resist, trying to find a way out!

Fighting head-on was courting death! He had to escape!

[Ding! Target detected: Ancient Demonic Saint · Black Water Xuanming (remains/will projection)! Status: Extremely weak! Energy Rank: Dharma Aspect Realm Ninth Level (residual power)! Contains special energy: Ancient Demonic Saint Origin Shard! Extremely dangerous! Suggest immediate escape!]

The cold notification sound gave the answer!

Dharma Aspect Realm Ninth Level! Even if it was just a remnant will, it was enough to crush him now!

Escape!

Lin Jingyu did not hesitate! One hundred thousand evolution points instantly burned away!

"System! Extreme strengthen Shrinking the Ground to an Inch! Direction—Imperial Capital!"

[Ding! Consumed 100,000 evolution points! Shrinking the Ground to an Inch increased to Major Achievement Peak! Spatial displacement distance and speed greatly increased!]

A massive amount of evolution points poured in, and the Profound Truths of spatial displacement instantly surged into his mind!

Lin Jingyu's perception and control over space skyrocketed!

"Open for me—!" Lin Jingyu's eyes were crimson gold, and with a roar, he violently plunged his hands into the Void Realm in front of him!

Tear—!

Like tearing cloth!

The space in front of him was actually torn open into a pitch-black spatial rift by his brute force and new comprehension of spatial Profound Truths!

Violent spatial turbulence surged out from within!

Just as the skeletal giant claw was about to fully press down!

Lin Jingyu's figure transformed into a dark golden stream of light, unhesitatingly plunging headfirst into that pitch-black spatial rift!

Boom—!!!

Almost at the same instant he disappeared, the giant claw's phantom, imbued with the Law of annihilation, slammed fiercely onto the spot where he had just been!

The earth silently collapsed dozens of meters downward!

Forming an incredibly regular, giant palm-print crater!

The crater walls were smooth as a mirror, residual with an aura of deathly stillness!

"Roar—!!!" The skeletal skull let out an angry and unwilling roar, its eerie green Soul flame flickering wildly!

It seemed unable to leave the depths of the valley floor, only able to watch Lin Jingyu escape into the spatial rift!

The spatial rift quickly closed after Lin Jingyu entered.

Hundreds of miles away from Hidden Demon Valley, above a desolate wilderness.

Tear!

Space was forcibly torn apart! A dark golden figure, covered in blood and with chaotic Qi, stumbled out in a sorry state—it was Lin Jingyu!

Pfft!

As soon as he landed, he violently spat out a large mouthful of pale golden blood, his face ashen.

The dark golden luster on his body had dimmed considerably, and the Eight Desolations Battle Body's halo had long since vanished.

Enduring the mental impact and Law suppression of a Dharma Aspect Realm Sixth Level, and then forcibly tearing space to escape, had cost him dearly!

If not for the formidable Physical Body brought by the Eight Desolations Six Harmonies Art and the Shrinking the Ground to an Inch upgraded at the last moment, he would have surely died!

"Cough cough..." Lin Jingyu gasped violently, but in his eyes burned a cold fire and lingering fear.

Dharma Aspect Realm Ninth Level! The gap was too vast!

If that skeleton hadn't been unable to leave the valley floor, he would have been in grave danger today!

He quickly examined himself. His internal organs were shaken, and there were slight cracks in his Meridians, but his Foundation was unharmed.

With the Foundation of the Star Body Tempering Method and the Eight Desolations Six Harmonies Art, recovery was only a matter of time.

What pained him most was that the hundred thousand evolution points he had just acquired, still warm in his grasp, instantly reset to zero!

[Ding! host has suffered severe injuries! Life signs decreasing!]

[Current evolution points: 0! Unable to perform rapid repair!]

"Damn it!"

Lin Jingyu cursed under his breath, wiping away the blood from his lips. He looked towards Hidden Demon Valley, his eyes filled with killing intent: "Old bones, just wait! Next time I return, I'll definitely dismantle you for soup!"

He dared not linger. Forcing a breath, he once again used Shrinking the Ground to an Inch, his figure flickering as he rapidly sped towards the Imperial Capital, moving faster than before, but his aura was noticeably weaker.

Not long after Lin Jingyu's hasty escape from Hidden Demon Valley.

Dozens of miles away from Hidden Demon Valley, atop a desolate mountain, space rippled like water, and two figures silently appeared.

One was clad in gray robes, with a withered face and sunken eye sockets, like a zombie crawled out of a grave, exuding a cold, deathly aura.

The other was shrouded in a wide black robe, their face obscured, with only a pair of eerie green glowing eyes visible, like a venomous snake preying on humans.

Their auras were obscure, but the faint pressure they exuded had both reached the Dharma Aspect Realm!

"Hehehe... What a powerful Physical Body! What terrifying strength! To actually escape from the remnants of Old Ghost Xuanming!"

The Gray-Robed Old Man let out a strange, screeching laugh like a night owl, his voice dry and harsh, "Eunuch Wei's 'great gift' is indeed potent!"

The Black-Robed Man's eerie green gaze stared in the direction Lin Jingyu had disappeared, his voice hoarse like metal grinding: "This child... has boundless potential. If we can capture him, extract his Bloodline, and refine his Divine Soul, it will surely help us break through our shackles! Alas, he escaped."

"Escaped?" The Gray-Robed Old Man gave a sinister laugh, "He's severely injured, he won't get far! The Imperial Capital is just ahead, and he'll eventually enter it. Once he's in the Imperial Capital, that's our territory! The old fellows in the Heavenly Prison haven't encountered such high-grade Materials in a long time! Send word down, keep a close eye on all the gates of the Imperial Capital! Don't let even a fly get past!"

"Yes, Corpse Demon Lord!" The Black-Robed Man respectfully responded, his figure slowly merging into the shadows and disappearing.

The Gray-Robed Old Man—Corpse Demon—remained in place, a greedy and cruel smile on his withered face, as he looked towards the majestic outline of the Imperial Capital, as if he already saw his prey caught in the net.