36: Chapter 36 He laughed, and he laughed too.

Jiang Han stood by the great cauldron, watching Lin Tian disappear into the depths of the hall.

He turned around, looking at Su Ningyu and Liu Qingcheng beside him.

"You two stay here for now."

"Check if there are any hidden secret rooms in the surroundings."

"I will go ahead; you can follow later."

Su Ningyu nodded.

"Be careful, Senior Brother. This place is strange."

Liu Qingcheng took a small step forward, her red lips parting slightly.

"Your Highness, Holy Son..."

Jiang Han did not turn around, merely waving his hand.

His figure flickered, turning into a stream of light, and vanished from the spot.

Lin Tian, at this moment, rushed into a dim passageway.

The deeper he went, the higher the surrounding temperature became.

This left Lin Tian's forehead covered in sweat.

He could not spare the time to wipe it, running desperately forward.

Elder Xiu continued to guide the way in the sea of consciousness.

"Turn left!"

"Move forward!"

"We are almost there; the fortuitous encounter is right ahead!"

Lin Tian rushed out of the passageway, and the view before him suddenly opened up.

In the center was a high platform.

Suspended above the high platform was a ball of light.

The throbbing sensation of a bloodline connection came precisely from this ball of light.

Lin Tian's breathing became rapid.

He strode forward, preparing to rush towards the high platform.

At this moment, two rays of divine light ignited within a shadow.

They were like two scorching suns piercing through the air.

A massive creature slowly straightened its body.

It was a strange beast several zhang long.

It looked like a lion and a tiger, covered in scales.

Between the gaps of the scales, clusters of flames flickered.

This was a strange beast possessing the bloodline of an ancient divine beast.

The strange beast opened its large mouth, and a mass of white heat was exhaled.

The pressure, unique to the Sufa Realm, instantly swept over like a tsunami.

Lin Tian was forced to retreat repeatedly by this pressure.

"A Sufa Realm demonic beast?!"

Lin Tian's face turned as pale as paper.

His legs trembled uncontrollably.

He currently had no cultivation base at all and was completely unable to contend with such an existence.

Elder Xiu's voice rang out in the sea of consciousness.

"We are in trouble."

"This beast is guarding the inheritance."

"If you don't kill it, you cannot get what is on the platform."

Lin Tian gritted his teeth.

"Then what should we do?"

Just at this moment, a figure appeared beside Lin Tian.

It was none other than Jiang Han.

"Leave this demonic beast to me."

"You go ahead and retrieve the treasure."

Lin Tian was stunned.

He stared at Jiang Han's profile.

Why would he follow?

And he wants to block this demonic beast for me?

Regardless of his motives, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Jiang Han did not care about Lin Tian's reaction.

He raised his hand, channeling the Taixu Thousand Autumns Scripture.

A brilliant ray of light slashed out from his fingertips, heading straight for the strange beast's head.

The strange beast roared.

Its massive body turned into a fireball, crashing directly toward Jiang Han.

Jiang Han did not retreat but advanced.

He slapped his palm toward the strange beast's forehead.

"Kid!"

"Don't hesitate, go!"

Elder Xiu roared in the sea of consciousness.

Lin Tian snapped back to reality.

He exerted force with his legs, hugging the wall to bypass the center of the battle.

He headed straight for the ball of light in the center.

However, the strange beast possessed extremely high intelligence.

It sensed Lin Tian's movements.

After taking Jiang Han's palm head-on, the strange beast plowed four deep furrows into the ground with its claws, forcibly stabilizing its body.

It turned its head, opened its bloodthirsty maw, and a mass of highly condensed golden flames formed in its mouth.

Ignoring Jiang Han's pursuit, the strange beast spat the golden flames at Lin Tian's back.

"Damn it!"

Lin Tian felt the terrifying heat coming from behind.

The speed was too fast; he had no way to avoid it.

"Elder Xiu, help me!"

Elder Xiu held nothing back.

Soul power surged wildly from between Lin Tian's brows.

It transformed into a blurry phantom about a zhang high behind Lin Tian.

The phantom crossed its arms, blocking the golden flames head-on.

The two forces collided.

The golden flames exploded, turning into a rain of fire across the sky.

The phantom distorted as a result, becoming extremely dim.

The resulting shockwave sent Lin Tian flying directly.

Lin Tian tumbled through the air, crashing heavily onto the stone slab a dozen zhang away.

The stone slab instantly shattered into countless pieces.

Lin Tian spat out a large mouthful of blood.

The clothes on his back were reduced to ashes, his skin and flesh torn and mangled, a bloody mess.

Jiang Han stood to the side.

Spiritual power coiled around his fingertips, but he did not immediately step forward to stop the strange beast.

He looked at Lin Tian, who had collapsed in a pool of blood.

Not enough.

It needs to be even more miserable.

If I don't squeeze this Son of Destiny dry, how can I be worthy of the rewards given by the system?

Seeing that it had failed to kill Lin Tian with one strike, the strange beast became even more irritable.

It kicked the ground with its hind legs, leaping into mid-air.

Its two front claws, burning with raging flames, swiped straight at Lin Tian's head.

Jiang Han flipped his wrist.

Several strands of spiritual power turned into chains, entangling the strange beast's hind legs.

He pulled with force.

The strange beast lost its balance in mid-air, deviating from its trajectory.

It crashed onto the ground two zhang away from Lin Tian's side.

The strange beast broke the chains, roaring repeatedly.

Its tail, carrying a mass of flames, swept out like a steel whip.

Jiang Han's figure flashed.

He appeared on the other side of the strange beast and pointed a finger, piercing through the strange beast's scales.

The strange beast felt the pain, and the speed of its tail sweep increased.

Jiang Han retreated half a step.

The tail grazed the corner of Jiang Han's clothes and struck Lin Tian directly in the chest.

Lin Tian was stunned, flying out once again.

This time, he crashed directly into the stone pillar holding the floating ball of light.

He slid to the ground. Lin Tian was bleeding from his seven orifices.

His chest had collapsed inward by a large chunk.

But strangely, he felt no pain at this moment.

His vision was filled with blood-red, and his breathing was extremely weak.

Elder Xiu's phantom was already extremely dim and could dissipate at any moment.

"Stand up!" Elder Xiu roared.

Lin Tian propped his hands on the ground, pushing his upper body up bit by bit.

"I cannot die!"

He had yet to uncover the truth!

He had yet to trample those who framed him under his feet!

An astonishing willpower erupted from within Lin Tian's body.

From his dried-up Qi sea, a drop of source essence blood, hidden extremely deep, was forcibly squeezed out.

This drop of essence blood merged into the manifestation.

The eyes of the manifestation opened.

It smashed a fist toward the incoming strange beast.

The strange beast was stopped in its tracks by this punch, and a gap appeared in the column of golden flames.

Lin Tian seized this fleeting opportunity.

He used all his strength to squeeze through that gap.

He rolled continuously on the ground, dodging the strange beast's descending claws.

Lin Tian was covered in blood at this moment, large patches of flesh exposed to the air.

His appearance could be described as heartbreaking to those who heard it and tear-jerking to those who saw it.

But he did not stop.

He grabbed the edge of the stone platform with his hands, once again propping himself up bit by bit.

He stood up shakily.

He was only one last step away from the ball of light.

Lin Tian stretched out his arm, about to reach into the ball of light.

The distance was only three feet.

Two feet.

One foot.

Until Lin Tian grabbed the thing inside.

The ten thousand zhang of divine radiance transformed from the ball of light instantly spread across his entire body along his arm.

A gentle force surged into his body along his palm.

Lin Tian looked at his blood-soaked hand and grinned, laughing for a moment.

He had done it.

He had truly done it.

This massive fortuitous encounter had been seized by him.

But he did not see.

Jiang Han, standing behind him, also smiled as he watched his back while he grabbed the ball of light.