108: Pierce through the abyss! Qin Shan, all you have left is your head?

The monster, stitched together from flesh and resentful Souls, let out a distorted sound.

Several different human faces rose and fell beneath its skin, their mouths opening and closing silently, as if narrating endless suffering.

The dominant face was still Qin Shan's.

Only now, this face was filled with nothing but malice and madness.

It seemed to want to say something more.

Perhaps a victor's declaration, or perhaps a cat-and-mouse taunt.

However.

Lin Yuan gave it no such opportunity.

"Boom—!"

An Abyssal Tribulation Thunder, without the slightest warning, burst forth from Lin Yuan's Palm Thunder!

Strike first to gain the advantage!

The black-purple lightning struck Qin Shan's massive body!

"Sizzle crackle crackle—!"

Electric light exploded!

Tiny electric snakes darted across the monster's surface, scorching its flesh and emitting a burnt stench.

"Roar... Ah ah ah ah—!!!"

Screams erupted from within the monster's body.

It wasn't the voice of one person.

But the wails of hundreds, even thousands, of Souls crying out simultaneously!

This strike was effective!

Lin Yuan's heart filled with joy.

However, before he could rejoice for more than a second.

"Die—!!!"

Qin Shan's dominant consciousness suppressed all other noises and let out a roar.

The demonized arm belonging to Qin Feng, on its body, suddenly swung forward!

"Whoosh—!"

A pitch-black claw shadow tore through the air, grabbing towards Lin Yuan's head!

Its speed far exceeded Lin Yuan's expectations!

"Damn it!"

Lin Yuan's expression changed, and the Thunder Falcon Wings on his back vibrated, narrowly avoiding the attack by moving sideways!

"Rumble!"

The claw shadow missed, savagely striking the rock wall behind the platform.

"Rip—!"

With a loud crash, five deepravines, several meters deep, were torn into the rock!

The entire cavern shook violently, andgravel tumbled down.

Lin Yuan's scalp tingled with dread.

"Hehehe..."

The monster let out a strange laugh, and the severed limbs stitched onto its body began to dance wildly.

The next second.

Its bloated body, in a completely illogical manner, charged towards Lin Yuan!

Like a mass of living rotten flesh, rolling and writhing on the ground!

"Damn it, is this Cthulhu or something?"

Lin Yuan couldn't help but curse inwardly, activating his Lightning Step to its limit, constantly flashing and maneuvering within the space.

He dared not meet it head-on.

He could only rely on his speed advantage to continuously evade.

"Boom!"

"Bang!"

"Swoosh—"

The monster's attacks were chaotic yet extremely violent.

Sometimes sharp bone spurs, sometimes corrosive slime, and sometimes heavy, fleshy tentacles.

The entire platform was smashed to pieces.

Lin Yuan's figure, amidst the storm-like attacks, was like a small boat, always on the verge of capsizing.

[divine body electricity level: 45%]

[divine body electricity level: 44%]

...The electricity level was rapidly dropping!

Every use of Lightning Step, every time Palm Thunder was condensed for a counterattack, was a huge consumption.

And his attacks, landing on the monster, apart from eliciting waves of painful howls, could not inflict fatal damage at all.

The monster's regenerative ability was abnormally strong!

Flesh scorched by lightning would be almost instantly replenished by the surging Abyssal energy from the surroundings.

With this constant drain and replenishment, defeat was only a matter of time.

"No..."

Lin Yuan rolled sideways, dodging a bone spur that shot out from the ground, his expression becoming extremely grave.

"I can't remain this passive any longer!"

He stared intently at the monster that was getting closer and closer.

He noticed that while this monster was powerful, its movements seemed somewhat sluggish and chaotic.

Moreover, its reliance on Abyssal energy had reached a pathological degree.

Every attack, every recovery, required drawing a large amount of Abyssal energy from the surrounding environment.

What if... what if he could cut off its "power supply"?

A terrifying light flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes.

He'd gamble everything!

He no longer simply dodged, but suddenly stopped, turned, and faced the surging flesh monster head-on!

"Good, bring it on!"

Lin Yuan took a deep breath, and the Abyssal Tribulation Thunder within his body erupted without reservation!

This time, he did not shoot out the lightning.

Instead, he gathered all his power onto his own body surface.

"Buzz—!"

Black-purple lightning formed a lightning armor!

[Primordial Thunder God Body] activated!

[Abyssal Affinity] activated!

He was going to... take it head-on!

"Seeking death!"

Such a thought was conveyed from the monster's chaotic consciousness.

It opened its massive mouth, stitched together from countless mouths, and swallowed towards Lin Yuan!

Lin Yuan looked at the surging Abyssal maw, without the slightest fear on his face.

His eyes, at this moment, lit up with brilliant lightning!

Just as that giant mouth was about to close.

Lin Yuan moved.

He did not retreat; instead, he stepped forward, pressing his right hand firmly onto the monster's "chin"!

He wasn't attacking.

But rather... borrowing!

"Don't you like energy?"

Lin Yuan's voice, due to the immense pressure he was under, became somewhat hoarse.

"I'll show you..."

"Who the real 'power bank' is!"

The [Primordial Thunder God Body] within him, like a black hole, began to operate madly!

He wasn't absorbing the monster.

Instead, by coming into contact with the monster, he was transforming himself into a "signal amplifier"!

He used his faint [Abyssal Affinity] as a fulcrum to leverage everything.

"Come!"

He let out a roar towards the surrounding darkness!

"Buzz—!!!"

The entire Abyssal space trembled violently!

The Abyssal energy, which had originally flowed unconsciously, seemed to hear the call of a monarch and became violent!

They transformed into black torrents, converging from all directions towards Lin Yuan's location!

Qin Shan, who was devouring Lin Yuan, paused.

"No... impossible..."

Its chaotic consciousness was filled with confusion and horror.

And Lin Yuan, at this moment, was enduring unimaginable pain.

He did not absorb these energies into his body.

That would be equivalent to suicide.

He merely used his [Abyssal Affinity] as a primer and the [Primordial Thunder God Body] as a core.

Forcibly gathering these violent energies in front of him!

His body was like the center of an energy vortex!

On the surface of his skin, black Devilish Qi patterns appeared uncontrollably, only to be forcibly suppressed by the lightning on his body.

The conflict of the two powers made his body unbearable.

"Ah ah ah ah—!!!"

Lin Yuan let out a long roar, and traces of blood seeped from his seven orifices.

But he did not stop!

"Don't you like the power of the Abyss?"

Lin Yuan raised his head, his bloodshot eyes staring intently at Qin Shan, who was within arm's reach.

A mad smile appeared on his face.

"Then I'll let you... eat your fill!"

Lin Yuan used his last bit of strength to push forward the black sphere, which had been compressed to its limit, in front of him!

Qin Shan felt a deadly threat!

It roared, gathering all its flesh and Devilish Qi in front of it, attempting to resist!

However, the moment the black sphere touched it, it silently sank into its body.

Qin Shan's body suddenly stiffened, and all its movements ceased.

"No... impossible..."

Countless faces simultaneously let out terrified and confused roars.

Before the words finished, deep black lights burst forth from within its body!

"Boom—!!!!!"

The rampaging energy, having lost its target, rushed directly upwards towards the Abyssal exit without any pause!

"Boom—!!!"

The pillar of light violently struck the invisible barrier!

"Crack... crackle—!"

Lin Yuan looked up and heard a sound like shattering glass coming from the ceiling.

The cage that sealed this Abyssal realm was, in this explosion, forcibly blasted open, creating a gap!

The thick, undiluted Abyssal Qi, as if finding a vent, surged madly out of the gap, pouring back into the world above.

The surroundings were still pitch black, but the bone-chilling cold and profoundness that threatened to freeze one's Soul quickly faded as the Qi dissipated.

Lin Yuan collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, completely exhausted.

"It should be over now..."

At the center of the explosion, the stitched monster composed of resentful Souls and flesh had long since disintegrated.

But Qin Shan was not yet completely dead.

A head with only half a face remaining floated in mid-air, enveloped by a thin wisp of Devilish Qi, barely clinging to life.

His eyes no longer held their previous frenzy, only extreme fanaticism and unwillingness.

"My... my... new world..." He spoke intermittently, as if recounting his grand vision to someone, "The strong... live... the weak... die... This is the true... Heavenly Dao... I... am not wrong..."

His murmuring stopped abruptly, and the head suddenly turned towards Lin Yuan, who was sprawled on the ground, the last vestiges of madness erupting from his sole remaining eye.

"You... little... beast..."

"Even if I die... I'll drag you... down with me!"

Before he finished speaking, the Devilish Qi enveloping the head began to burn, attempting to condense into a final, mutually destructive strike!

Lin Yuan's pupils contracted violently, and the shadow of death loomed over him.

He gritted his teeth, preparing to squeeze out the last of his divine body electricity level to forcefully withstand this blow.

However, just as that power was about to take shape, hundreds of resentful voices echoed around him.

The resentful Souls that had been stripped from Qin Shan twisted and swirled in the air, transforming into pained human faces.

They did not give Qin Shan a chance to complete his revenge, shrieking as they swarmed forward, pouncing on the head that was gathering energy!

"Give... it back to us..."

"You... deserve to die..."

"Father... why..."

They did not give Qin Shan a chance to complete his revenge.

The black resentment surged forward, tearing at the burning Devilish Qi, forcibly dispersing it and interrupting Qin Shan's final attack.

"No—!!!"

The head was submerged by the resentful Souls, and Qin Shan's unwilling roar, along with his unfinished attack, was completely devoured by the sins he had personally created.