120: Chapter 120 Remote Curse Kill? I'll follow the internet cable and give you a good beating!
Central Continent, Zhuxian City, deep within Taihe Hall.
Outside the hall, an army of one hundred thousand and three thousand newly advanced Nascent Soul Cultivators were greedily refining the Immortal Blood Rain within their bodies, while the Spiritual Qi above the entire plain rolled like boiling water.
Inside the hall, however, it was so quiet it seemed as if it were isolated from the world.
Lin Que sat cross-legged on a couch covered with the hide of a ninth-rank Yao Beast.
He did not breathe in the external Spiritual Qi, because for him, it had already become meaningless.
At this moment, his Divine Sense was immersed within his own Dantian.
The original Dantian Qi Sea had completely vanished, replaced by a chaotic Inner Heaven and Earth Prototype that spanned no more than a hundred miles.
In the center of this inner heaven and earth, a three-foot-tall world tree sapling was quietly emitting a light interwoven with purple-gold and Chaos.
Three leaves—gray representing space, emerald green representing vitality, and dark silver representing time—were moving without any wind.
“Half-step Divine Transformation Extreme Realm...”
Lin Que opened his eyes, a flicker of thought passing through his deep, heterochromatic pupils.
Ordinary Cultivators breaking through to Soul Transformation fuse their Nascent Soul with the world, borrowing the external Laws of Heaven and Earth for their own use.
But Lin Que was different.
He had not only cultivated the Demon God Body to the Realm of Major Achievement, but he had also planted the World Tree within his body.
The path he wanted to take was not to borrow from the external world, but to create a world of his own within his body! To be his own Heavenly Dao!
“With my current foundation, I could forcibly break through to Soul Transformation at any time. But if this inner heaven and earth is only a hundred miles in size, it would just be an oversized storage space.”
Lin Que rubbed his chin.
“To truly allow the inner heaven and earth to transform into a complete Small World, it needs an extremely massive amount of ‘World Origin’ for nourishment.”
“And ninety percent of the World Origin of this Central Continent...”
Lin Que looked up, his gaze seemingly piercing through the many palace walls, looking toward the very center of the Central Continent.
“My Lord.”
Su Qingyu and the Chen Family Old Ancestor walked lightly into the main hall and bowed respectfully.
“How is the army's reorganization going?”
Lin Que withdrew his thoughts and leaned lazily against the couch.
“Reporting to My Lord, the three-day period has reached its final half-day. The army of one hundred thousand has completely refined the Immortal Blood, and the Formation drills have been completed. They are ready to set out at any time!”
Su Qingyu’s tone carried an irrepressible excitement.
“Old Chen, tell me about that Ascension Platform.”
Lin Que casually tossed a top-grade spiritual fruit that could extend Lifespan to the Chen Family Old Ancestor.
The Chen Family Old Ancestor caught it, overwhelmed by the favor, and his expression immediately became incredibly solemn:
“My Lord, the Ascension Platform is located at the summit of the ‘Zhongtian Divine Peak’ at the very core of the Central Continent. For ten thousand years, it has been revered as a Holy Land. Legend has it that as long as one reaches the top, they can bathe in immortal light and undergo Ascension to the Upper Realm.”
“But looking at it now, that is not a Holy Land at all! It is a ‘straw’ that the Upper Realm has inserted into the heart of our Central Continent! The ten thousand dragon veins beneath the Central Continent are all converging their Origin there!”
The Chen Family Old Ancestor said through gritted teeth:
“Moreover, that place is not unguarded. On the Zhongtian Divine Peak, there is a hidden Sect called the ‘Heavenly Secret Pavilion’. Within the pavilion, there are twelve ‘Guiding Envoys’.”
“These twelve people are all Soul Transformation Stage monsters from various generations of the Central Continent who were incredibly talented! In order to cling to life and obtain a sliver of Immortal Qi bestowed by the Upper Realm, they voluntarily gave up their dignity, cut their own cultivation, and became the Upper Realm's watchdogs! Although they are only at the Half-step Spirit Transformation Realm now, they have been nourished by Immortal Qi for years, and their methods are extremely bizarre!”
“Just a bunch of begging watchdogs.”
Lin Que sneered, not caring at all.
He had even eaten the remnant Soul of a True Immortal like it was jelly; why would he fear a few security guards from the Lower Realm?
However, just as Lin Que finished speaking.
“Buzz—”
Inside Taihe Hall, the originally calm space suddenly twisted without any warning!
Immediately after, an extremely cold, blood-colored light carrying a thick aura of death ignored the great Formation outside the imperial city and even the defenses of Taihe Hall, drilling directly out from the Void Realm!
This blood light transformed in mid-air into a red Karma Line that was almost invisible to the naked eye. Carrying a hair-raising sense of Law locking, it lunged straight toward Lin Que's brow like a venomous snake!
“What is that?! My Lord, be careful!!”
The Chen Family Old Ancestor was horrified. As a Nascent Soul Perfection expert, he actually felt his Soul tremble before this red line! This thing was simply impossible to defend against!
“Karma Killing Technique?”
Lin Que sat on the couch and didn't even dodge, letting the red line stab to within an inch of his brow.
But just as it was about to pierce into his Sea of Consciousness, it was forcibly stopped in mid-air by the blood-qi of Lin Que's protective Major Achievement Demon God Body, emitting a "sizzling" sound of corrosion.
At the same time, the System's cold notification sounded in his mind.
【Warning! High-risk Law attack detected: Million-Mile Karma Life-Taking Curse!】
【Analysis: The enemy (located a million miles away) is attempting to directly obliterate the Host's Divine Soul by sacrificing Origin and utilizing the Law of Karma!】
【This attack ignores physical defense and spatial distance!】
“A million miles away? It seems the watchdogs on the Ascension Platform noticed their master's eye was blinded and are eager to show their loyalty from afar.”
Looking at the red line trying to drill into his brain, Lin Que not only didn't panic, but his lips curled into an extremely arrogant arc.
“System, since they called from so far away, it would be impolite not to answer.”
“Activate ‘Reverse Tracking and Physical Network Cable’ mode for me!”
【Instruction received! Logic reorganization initiated!】
【Operation 1: Intercept Karma Curse Killing instruction! Forcibly strip its ‘lethal attribute’!】
【Operation 2: Concept Tampering! Forcibly modify the underlying Laws of this ‘Karma Line’ into a ‘bi-directional fiber optic cable capable of transmitting physical and energy damage’!】
【Operation 3: Reverse lock enemy IP (Caster coordinates successfully located)!】
“Alright then.”
Under the gazes of the Chen Family Old Ancestor and Su Qingyu, who were looking at him as if he were a god.
Lin Que actually slowly reached out his right hand and grabbed that ethereal “Karma Red Line,” which represented the Law of death, as if he were grabbing a hemp rope, clutching it tightly in his hand!
“Since the network cable is all set up, don't blame me for following it to deliver a package.”
The purple-gold light in Lin Que's eyes exploded! The four-colored divine demon nascent soul within his body let out a heaven-shaking roar!
Purple, white, red, gold!
Four types of extremely violent Exotic Fires instantly merged in Lin Que's palm.
Immediately after, Lin Que mobilized that dark silver leaf in his inner heaven and earth that represented “Years”! Time Law (Time Acceleration)!
“Go... OVER THERE!!!”
Lin Que gripped the Karma Red Line and blasted the four-colored fire lotus, which was fused with the Time Law, back along the line in an extremely arrogant and overbearing manner!
...
Meanwhile, a million miles away, at the Zhongtian Divine Peak's Ascension Platform.
On an ancient and eerie altar sat a straw doll covered in Talismans.
Lin Que's birth date and time (obtained through deduction) were written on the straw doll.
Twelve “Guiding Envoys” wearing black and white Yin-Yang Daoist robes were sitting around the altar, chanting incantations. Each of them had forced out a drop of their lifeblood essence to maintain that terrifying curse technique.
“Great Pavilion Master, this technique is the 【Seven-Day Soul-Nailing Curse】 bestowed by the Immortal Envoy of the Upper Realm.”
One Guiding Envoy looked at the center of the altar with a sinister grin:
“Although that Lin Que could use demonic arts to injure the Heavenly Eye projection, under this kind of Karma killing tribulation that ignores defense, even if he is at the Soul Transformation Stage, his Divine Soul will dissipate within half an hour, and he will die silently!”
The leading Great Pavilion Master snorted coldly:
“Blame this child for being too arrogant. He destroyed the Heavenly Eye, and the Upper Realm is furious. If we don't curse him to death in advance, when the Immortal Realm settles accounts in three years, we will all be buried with him! Increase your magical power, make sure he—”
Before he could finish his sentence.
The straw doll in the center of the altar representing Lin Que suddenly stopped trembling without warning.
Immediately after, the red Karma Line on the straw doll that connected to the distance suddenly vibrated at an extremely bizarre frequency, as if it had turned into a high-voltage power cable!
“Eh? What's going on? Why is the Karma Line sending energy in reverse?!”
The Great Pavilion Master's face changed drastically, and an unprecedented sense of life-and-death crisis instantly enveloped his heart.
Before he could even react.
“BOOM—!!!!!!”
A terrifying energy, fused with Four-Colored Exotic Fires and accelerated to the limit by the 【Time Law】, sprayed out wildly from the straw doll's crown along the Karma Line!
This was not a Spell backlash at all; it was a physical big slap that had crossed a million miles!
“No!!!”
The Great Pavilion Master's eyes nearly burst, and he only had time to let out a desperate scream.
That Time Exotic Fire Lotus exploded violently in the center of the altar!
Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!
Purple fire burned bones, white fire froze Souls!
Even more terrifying was that dark silver Time Law!
Wherever the explosion passed, the space around the altar instantly experienced a thousand years of weathering!
The three closest Guiding Envoys didn't even have time to sacrifice their protective Magic Treasures before their physical bodies withered and their Lifespans were exhausted under the wash of the Time Law, instantly turning into three charred, foul-smelling skeletons!
“Pfft—!!”
The remaining nine people, including the Great Pavilion Master, were sent flying by the violent shockwave, coughing up blood. Their Half-step Spirit Transformation Realm cultivation was nearly knocked back down to the Nascent Soul Stage by this single blow!
“Madman!! What kind of monster is that!! He actually attacked back along the Karma Line?!!”
The Great Pavilion Master lay in the ruins, looking at the altar that had been blown into a huge deep pit. He was scared out of his wits and didn't even dare to continue the Spell, desperately cutting off the remaining Karma connection.
...
Zhuxian City, Taihe Hall.
“Snap.”
The red line in Lin Que's hand snapped like a burnt fuse, dissipating into specks of red light.
“Can't even take a single hit.”
Lin Que patted the dust off his hands and lazily stretched.
The destructive power of the Four-Colored Exotic Fire fused with the Time Law was something even he found ridiculous.
After that blow, even if the other side didn't die, they would probably be left with serious psychological shadows.
“My... My Lord... You just now...”
The Chen Family Old Ancestor swallowed with great difficulty.
Attacking someone in reverse along the Karma Line of a curse? This operation was likely something even the person who wrote the technique wouldn't understand if they were resurrected!
“Just said hello to someone.”
Lin Que stood up and stepped down from the couch.
His laziness gradually faded, replaced by an unparalleled sharpness that shot straight into the clouds!
Because the three-day period had arrived.
Lin Que pushed open the doors of Taihe Hall, and sunlight poured onto his snow-white clothes. His gaze pierced through the distant horizon.
“Qingyu, pass my command.”
Lin Que took a deep breath. Although his voice wasn't loud, under the power of his Half-step Divine Transformation Extreme Realm cultivation, it resounded like thunder throughout the eight-hundred-mile encampment of Zhuxian City!
“Army, set out!”
“Target, Ascension Platform!”
RUMBLE—!!!
With Lin Que's command, the army of one hundred thousand on the plain outside the city let out a roar loud enough to shatter the sky!
Three hundred thousand-foot-long sky-covering Spirit Boats rose from the ground, blotting out the sun.
Three thousand newly advanced Nascent Soul powerhouses took to the air on their swords, like a black torrent of steel. Carrying a bloodthirsty aura that could bury everything, they followed the Nine-Dragon Flagship at the very front, grandly crushing their way toward the heart of the Central Continent!
This departure was not only to reclaim the final territory of the Central Continent.
It was also to sever that straw through which the Upper Realm had been sucking the Lower Realm dry for ten thousand years! The first battle of the rebellion against the Nine Heavens had finally, completely begun!