391: Chapter 378 Ascension? No, it's smuggling!

"System, I... f... your... grand... father..."

This was the last sentence Lin Feng said before his consciousness blurred.

Accompanied by this intermittent string of profanity, he felt as if he had been thrown into a high-speed, high-power washing machine.

The purple spatial turbulence was like countless sharp steel blades, crazily slicing at his body.

If not for the fact that this newly recast "Great Dao Saint Physique" was tough enough, he would have long since turned into cosmic dust.

"Boom—!!!"

An earth-shattering boom broke the dead silence of this desolate world.

Like an out-of-control meteorite, Lin Feng trailed a long purple flame as he slammed fiercely into the ground.

The massive impact instantly triggered a small earthquake. The hard ground cracked like a spiderweb, countless gravel flew, and a mushroom cloud of dust rose up.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

After a long while, a series of violent coughs echoed from the bottom of the crater, which was dozens of meters deep.

Lin Feng struggled to climb up from the bottom of the crater and spat out a mouthful of saliva mixed with purple soil. He shook his slightly dizzy head and looked around, completely bewildered.

What met his eyes was a dim, oppressive world filled with an aura of despair.

The sky was not blue, but a strange dark purple, as if a giant bruise hung overhead, ready to collapse at any moment. There was no sun, only three moons emitting a pale light, coldly watching over the land.

There wasn't a trace of gentle Spiritual Qi in the air; instead, it was replaced by a type of extremely heavy, violent, and aggressive energy particle—Evil Qi of Grandmist.

The most lethal part was the gravity here.

"Damn... this gravity... is at least ten thousand times that of the Primordial World!"

Lin Feng had just tried to straighten his back when he heard a teeth-grinding "crack, crack" sound coming from his bones.

This feeling was as if a Mount Sumeru had suddenly been pressed onto his back. If an ordinary Saint of the Primordial World (such as the Primordial Heaven Lord before merging with the Dao) had fallen here, they would likely have been crushed into a meat patty by this terrifying gravity the moment they landed, and even their Primordial Spirit would have been pulverized.

Even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal could only crawl on the ground like a bug here.

But who was Lin Feng?

He was the man who had fused with fragments of the Pangu Axe, recast his "Great Dao Saint Physique", and devoured a portion of the authority of the Primordial World's Heavenly Dao.

"Get up... for me!"

Lin Feng let out a low roar, and the golden rune chains that had long since merged into his Bloodline instantly lit up. A domineering force erupted from the depths of his cells, forcefully resisting this terrifying gravity.

He slowly stood up straight, his spine as straight as a spear piercing the firmament.

"Whew... not bad, other than feeling like I'm wearing a lead-lined bodysuit, I can barely move."

Lin Feng brushed the dust off his body (his clothes had already turned into tattered rags) and began to assess his situation.

"This script isn't right."

Lin Feng frowned and muttered to himself, "According to the tropes of cultivation novels, shouldn't there be golden light, floating immortal music, and a group of beautiful fairies scattering flowers to welcome me after Ascension? At the very least, shouldn't there be an antique-style reception platform?"

"How does this place look like anything other than a... quarry?"

It was indeed a quarry. Or more accurately, a massive open-pit mine. The surroundings were all pitch-black rock walls, with dark purple crystal mineral veins exposed in many places.

"System... oh wait, I am the System now." Lin Feng patted his forehead. "Self-check: where is this?"

He closed his eyes, his vast Divine Thought attempting to extend outward, but he discovered he could only probe a range of a few hundred meters. The Law suppression in this world was too strong.

[Self-check complete.] [Current location: Hongmeng Realm · Black Fiend Mining Area.] [Identity determination: Illegal intruder (Smuggler).] [Reason: Failed to use the official reception channel, resulting in spatial coordinate deviation.]

"Smuggling?" Lin Feng's mouth twitched. "So I've become an undocumented immigrant?"

Just as Lin Feng was complaining about this ridiculous setting, a rush of hurried and noisy footsteps suddenly came from the distance, accompanied by a ferocious shout.

"Which blind dog thing is it! Daring to cause trouble in the Black Fiend Mining Area?!"

"Surround this pit for me!"

Immediately after, there was a sharp sound of something breaking through the air.

"Swish!"

A black shadow, like a venomous snake, came straight for Lin Feng's face with a whistling sound that tore through the air.

Lin Feng turned his head and saw a humanoid creature wearing hideous black armor, with a lizard head and a tail dragging behind it, charging over maliciously.

This guy was three meters tall, with knotted muscles, and was wielding a black whip covered in barbs that flashed with heart-stopping purple lightning.

This was a "Black Fiend Overseer", with strength equivalent to the Peak of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal in the Primordial World. In the Hongmeng Realm, this level of strength could only serve as a low-level lackey guarding the gate.

The Overseer was furious at this moment.

He had been drinking wine in his guard post, counting the "tribute" he had just collected today, when a sudden loud noise caused him to drop his wine cup. He ran out to see that a meteorite from who knows where had smashed a huge pit into the Ninth Mining Area!

Looking closely, there was actually a soft-skinned Human Race in the pit?

In the Hongmeng Realm, although the Human Race was numerous, because their Innate Physique was weak (compared to the descendants of Gods and Demons), they mostly occupied the bottom of society and were the best slaves and miners.

"A newly arrived pig, daring to stare directly at me? Kneel!"

Without another word, the Overseer's "Soul-Shattering Whip" whistled through the air, fiercely lashing toward Lin Feng's face.

If this whip connected, let alone a face, it could even crack a Low Grade Divine Artifact. The Overseer loved watching those newly arrived troublemakers end up with torn skin and flesh, weeping and crying under his whip.

Lin Feng stood on the spot, his hands in the pockets of his tattered pants, not moving at all, not even blinking an eyelid.

He just looked at the lizard-headed Overseer with the gaze one might use for a mentally challenged child.

"Snap!"

A crisp and loud impact sound.

The scene the Overseer expected—Lin Feng's skin tearing, blood splattering, and screaming for mercy—did not happen.

Instead, something occurred that severely violated common sense in physics and cultivation.

That Soul-Shattering Whip, which claimed to be able to shatter Divine Stones and was refined from the tendons of a Black Fiend Poison Dragon, the moment it touched Lin Feng's cheek, felt as if it had struck an indestructible super alloy steel plate that even possessed a damage-reflection attribute.

"Bang—!!!"

The whip exploded directly into dozens of fragments, flying everywhere.

The massive recoil force instantly traveled back along the whip handle, surging through the Overseer's arm like an electric current.

"Crack!"

That was the sound of bones shattering.

The Overseer's right hand, which had been holding the whip, had its web between thumb and index finger split open, dripping with blood, and the bones of his entire arm had been shaken into powder in that instant.

"Ah—!!!"

The Overseer let out a pig-like scream, staggered backward a few steps, and sat down on the ground. He clutched his ruined right hand, looking at the completely unscathed Lin Feng in terror.

Lin Feng touched his face, feeling like he had been bitten by a mosquito; it was slightly itchy.

"Is this how you test the cadres?"

Lin Feng pointed at the pile of whip fragments on the ground, his tone filled with mockery and disdain. "Is this the hospitality of the Hongmeng Realm? The quality is too poor; did you buy it on Pinduoduo?"

The Overseer was sweating profusely from the pain, but even more so from fear. Fear from the depths of his Soul.

This was a Low Grade Divine Artifact level whip! Even if it was to take the hit with their face, even a Body Cultivator at the Divine Being realm wouldn't dare to be so arrogant!

Just how thick is this kid's skin? Is he even human?

"You... you are a Body Cultivator?! Which Family did you escape from as a slave?! Or are you an abandoned disciple from some Sect?!" the Overseer roared, his voice fierce but his spirit weak. As he retreated, he tremblingly reached for the alarm on his waist.

Lin Feng did not answer, he just took a step forward.

This step was like stepping on the Overseer's heart, causing his breathing to hitch.

"I don't like being pointed at with a whip."