98: The rudiments of Dharma form

"ant! This King will grind you to dust!" The One-Horned Black Python Demon King's vertical pupils were crimson with rage.

For a mere Divine Treasury Realm ant to withstand its innate Divine Ability and not die was already a great humiliation!

Its massive demonic body, coiled in the air, suddenly contracted. An even more terrifying, viscous demonic power gathered on its single horn. The black light condensed ten times more than before, and the aura of destruction made the space of the entire Black Wind Ridge wail!

Lin Jingyu's arms were charred black and bleeding, the pain piercing his heart, yet his eyes shone frighteningly bright!

The Qi currents of the Chaos Heaven Opening Art within his body, under the extreme pressure of death, surged and roared like a lit powder keg!

The Chaos barrier that prevented him from entering the Major Achievement Realm let out an unbearable cracking sound under the stimulation of the Demon King's killing blow!

"Now!"

Lin Jingyu roared in his heart, "System! Lock onto the Law of Destruction contained within the Demon King's horn! Deduce the Dharma Aspect prototype—Star Annihilation Manifestation!"

[Ding! Consuming 0 evolution points (Special Deduction: Dying Epiphany State)! Beginning deduction of Dharma Aspect prototype! Target: One-Horned Black Python Demon King's horn Origin (contains fragments of Destruction and Devouring Laws)! Deduction direction: Star gravity combined with destructive power!]

No evolution points consumed!

This was an Epiphany at the brink of death, the System's ultimate response to the host's will!

A cold and profound torrent of information instantly rushed into Lin Jingyu's Sea of Consciousness. It was the supreme Profound Truth of star movement, gravitational tides, and annihilation collapse!

It instantly resonated with the Star Body Tempering Method, Chaos Heaven Opening Art, and Archaic God-Demon Visualization Chart he had painstakingly cultivated!

"Roar—!!!" The One-Horned Black Python Demon King completed its charge. The black light on its horn compressed to the extreme, forming a miniature black hole that devoured all light!

It let out a sky-rending roar, "Black Fiend Annihilation! Die!"

That miniature black hole shot out silently! Its speed surpassed perception!

Wherever it passed, space twisted and collapsed, leaving a pure void trajectory! Death was unavoidable!

At this critical moment!

Lin Jingyu suddenly looked up. In his eyes, there were no longer human pupils, but rather a rotating galaxy reflected!

A vast, ancient, terrifying aura, imbued with the meaning of annihilation and rebirth, burst forth from his ravaged body!

"Break—for me!!!"

He no longer defended, no longer parried! His charred arm muscles bulged to the limit, and pale golden blood shot out from his pores under the pressure!

He unleashed the strongest, most primal, most violent punch of his life at the incoming Annihilation Black Hole—Chaos Heaven Opening Fist! Sky-Rending Style!

The punch landed!

There was no earth-shattering bang, only a heart-palpitating "hum!"

The space in front of his fist shattered inch by inch, like a fragile glass mirror!

It was not shattered by demonic power, but forcibly torn apart and exploded by a new, incomparably savage "force" originating from Lin Jingyu's body!

In the shattered spatial rift, there was no void darkness, but... a dazzling, rotating miniature galaxy phantom!

Countless stars were born and destroyed within it. Terrifying gravity twisted light, and it contained a domineering will to tear, crush, and annihilate all things!

Star Dharma Aspect Prototype—manifest!

Boom!!!

The miniature galaxy phantom violently collided with the Annihilation Black Hole!

Time seemed to freeze for an instant.

Then came silent annihilation!

There was no blinding flash of explosion, no deafening sound waves.

Only circles of visible, extremely distorted spatial ripples spread wildly like water waves!

Wherever the ripples passed, the ground, rocks, air... all matter was silently decomposed, annihilated, turning into the most primitive particle dust!

"No!! This is impossible!!"

The One-Horned Black Python Demon King let out a shriek of utter terror!

It clearly felt its proud Annihilation Power being frantically devoured, disintegrated, and assimilated by that bizarre galaxy phantom!

The Law of Gravity contained within the galaxy phantom savagely tore at its demonic body, as if to drag it into an eternal stellar graveyard!

Crack!

A crisp cracking sound rang out!

The indestructible horn on the Demon King's head, which had condensed most of its Origin, actually snapped off a section under the tearing of stellar gravity and the counter-impact of the Annihilation Power!

"Ah—!" The Demon King shrieked in excruciating pain, its demonic power instantly chaotic! Its eyes finally showed fear, as if facing a natural enemy!

This human, under the pressure of its killing blow, had actually taken the step of condensing a Dharma Aspect prototype!

And it was such a terrifying Dharma Aspect, containing the power of stellar annihilation!

"It's my turn!"

Lin Jingyu's voice was as cold as the Nine Nether's chilling wind, carrying the nascent authority of controlling the stars!

He took a step, and the earth beneath his feet silently cracked!

His figure, enveloped by the faint force field of the Star Dharma Aspect prototype, surged in speed, instantly breaking the sound barrier and leaving a deafening sonic boom cloud!

He ignored the Demon King's haphazardly spewed venomous flames and demonic winds, aiming directly for the Demon King's vital seven-inch spot—that fatal weakness where its scales were ripped apart and its defense greatly reduced by the stellar gravity!

Chaos Heaven Opening Fist—Void-Shattering Style!

Above his fist, in the shattered spatial rift, the miniature galaxy phantom reappeared, gravity twisting, destruction concealed!

This punch carried his nascent Dharma Aspect power, carrying the will to kill!

"No! This King is unwilling!"

The One-Horned Black Python Demon King felt a fatal threat and frantically twisted its demonic body to dodge, but the stellar gravity's tearing delayed its movements!

Pfft!

The iron fist, covered in the star phantom, pierced through the Demon King's hard scales and tough muscles without hindrance, like a red-hot branding iron into butter, deeply embedding itself into its seven-inch vital spot!

"Roar—!!!" A tragic, despairing howl echoed through the sky! The Demon King's massive body twitched and thrashed wildly, smashing the surrounding hills to dust! But everything was futile!

Lin Jingyu's arm muscles suddenly bulged, his five fingers like hooks, fiercely grabbing inside the Demon King! Then he violently pulled it out!

Puff!

Blood gushed out like a waterfall!

In his blood-stained right hand, he tightly clutched a fist-sized, pitch-black, violently pulsating Demon King Core, its surface entwined with destructive black light!

The One-Horned Black Python Demon King's huge vertical pupils instantly lost all their luster, filled with endless unwillingness and disbelief.

Its massive demonic body, as if all its bones had been removed, crashed to the ground, kicking up a sky full of dust.

The earth trembled violently!

The Dharma Aspect Realm Third Heaven Demon King—fallen!

[Ding! Slaying Dharma Aspect Realm Third Heaven One-Horned Black Python Demon King! Gained evolution points: 300,000 points!]

The cold System prompt was like heavenly music!

Lin Jingyu stood alone above the dust, covered in blood, charred and pale gold intertwined, his aura like a drawn divine sword, incomparably sharp!

The Demon King Core in his hand emitted vast destructive energy.

Behind him, the faint star phantom in the shattered space slowly receded, but the nascent, vast pressure belonging to the Dharma Aspect Realm was already unstoppable, like the rising sun!

He looked down at the Demon King's massive corpse, and the broken, black-light-flowing horn in his hand, his eyes cold and greedy: "Dharma Aspect Realm... Demon Core... and this horn... good stuff!"

Several miles away, on a cliff shrouded in shadow.

The lean man, "Shadow Rat," who had reported to Corpse Demon in the teahouse earlier, now had a pale face, his body uncontrollably trembling slightly, cold sweat soaking his back.

A recording stone in his hand clearly documented the battle in the distance that had overturned his understanding.

"Divine Treasury... directly confronting Dharma Aspect Third Heaven... condensing a Dharma Aspect prototype in battle... punching out a core..."

His voice was dry, filled with unconcealed fear, "Monster! This is a monster! I must report to Lord Corpse Demon immediately!"

His figure flickered, like a rat merging into the shadows, disappearing from the spot at the fastest speed.

As soon as he left, the space at his original position subtly fluctuated, and a figure shrouded in a large black robe, revealing only a pair of eerie green eyes, quietly appeared. It was Corpse Demon's capable subordinate—"Ghost Hand."

Ghost Hand gazed in the direction of Black Wind Ridge, his eerie green eyes flickering with a mixture of greed and apprehension.

"Star Dharma Aspect prototype... such a strong Physical Body Foundation... Heh heh... such 'Materials,' the old monsters in the Heavenly Prison will probably fight over him..."

His figure also slowly faded, merging into the shadows, leaving only a chilling chuckle to dissipate in the wind.