34: The power of the realm lord, undercurrents surge.

Lin Fan's initiative to charge toward Shadow Nightmare was like dropping cold water into a boiling pot of oil, completely igniting the entire battlefield!

“Seeking death!” Shadow Nightmare roared in fury. The overwhelming dark tide instantly condensed, transforming into countless dark spears entwined with wailing resentful Souls, shooting toward Lin Fan like a torrential rain! Each spear contained terrifying power capable of piercing the Void Realm and extinguishing life, sealing off all his space to dodge.

Facing an attack sufficient to make any Purple Mansion Realm Cultivator perish instantly, Lin Fan's gaze was sharp as a blade. The strand of Innate Chaos Qi within him surged at an unprecedented speed! He no longer merely attached the Chaos Qi to his fists; instead, he attempted to completely fuse it with his own vast blood energy, condensed Star Sword Intent, and Unyielding War Soul Imprint!

“Buzz!” An indescribable, magnificent Aura erupted from Lin Fan's body! Behind him, a blurred phantom of the primordial Chaos seemed to appear, with Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind floating within it, and stars being born and extinguished! That was no longer a simple stacking of power, but an essential sublimation, a preliminary integration and manifestation of his own “Dao”!

He still threw a punch, but this punch had already transcended the shackles of the Indestructible Divine King Fist, containing all his understanding of eternity, stars, Reincarnation, and Chaos! The fist force was no longer hazy Chaos but transformed into a grey torrent that seemed capable of both creating and ending worlds!

“Chaos Returns to Source, My Body is the Realm!” Along with the realization and roar in his heart, the torrent of fist force collided violently with the sky full of dark spears!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a more heart-palpitating “annihilation”! Like snowflakes thrown into a furnace, the dark spears silently melted and decomposed the moment they touched the Chaos torrent, turning into the most primitive dark particles, which were then swept up and swallowed by the Chaos torrent!

The torrent of fist force continued unabated, like a grey Chaos Dragon, roaring as it charged toward Shadow Nightmare's main body!

“What?!” Shadow Nightmare's expression finally changed. He felt his power being “assimilated” and “swallowed” by the opponent in a way he could not understand! This level of power completely exceeded his cognition! He abruptly shrank his shadowy silhouette, laying down layer upon layer of dark barriers in front of him in an attempt to resist.

“Boom!” The Chaos torrent struck the dark barriers. The barriers distorted violently, emitting the sound of cracking under an unbearable burden! Although it failed to break through completely in the end, the counter-shock force still caused Shadow Nightmare's shadowy silhouette to shake, and his Aura became momentarily disordered!

Lin Fan, with his Mid-stage Purple Mansion Realm cultivation, had shaken the unfathomably powerful Darkness God Child with a single punch!

This scene caused the hearts of Mo Yuan, Su Zhiqing, and all the other Prodigies—who were fiercely battling the dark chains and Shadow Nightmare's Clones—to shake violently!

“dao rhyme of the Realm Lord level?!” Mo Yuan's eyes erupted with terrifying brilliance. As a Demon Son, he was widely experienced and instantly recognized that what was contained in Lin Fan's punch was no longer the power of the Purple Mansion Realm, but a supreme Concept that had touched the threshold of a “Realm Lord,” preliminarily integrating his own Great Dao and forming the embryonic form of a Domain! Although his Realm had not yet reached it, his “Dao” had begun to sublimate!

Su Zhiqing's cold eyes were also filled with disbelief. Possessing Sword Heart Illumination, she could better feel the terrifying potential within Lin Fan's punch—all-encompassing and pointing directly to the Origin!

“He actually reached this step?!” Zi Linger and Ethereal Moon were both shocked and delighted. They had fought alongside Lin Fan the longest and could clearly feel the transformation of Lin Fan's Aura at this moment.

“Impossible! How can you touch the Domain of the ‘Realm’!” Shadow Nightmare was both shocked and furious, a hint of exasperation appearing in his voice for the first time. A Realm Lord was a true hegemon of a region, starting to wield their own rules and existing as long as heaven and earth! Even just touching the threshold meant the opponent possessed the qualification to threaten his main body!

Lin Fan floated in mid-air, surrounded by Chaos Aura, looking like a newly born world Dominator. He felt the unprecedented sense of power within him, as well as a clearer perception of the surrounding worldly Origin Qi and even Law fragments. The punch he threw just now, born from a moment of inspiration, allowed him to preliminarily melt all his powers into one furnace under the unification of Chaos Qi. Although there was still a long way to go before reaching the true Realm Lord level, the direction was clear, and the path had been laid out!

He looked at the unstable Shadow Nightmare, his gaze cold. “Your darkness, before my Chaos, is nothing but rootless duckweed!”

“Arrogant!” Shadow Nightmare was completely enraged. His shadowy silhouette expanded abruptly, no longer holding back as the terrifying power belonging to the Darkness God Child erupted in full! The sky over the entire basin seemed to be swallowed by darkness, leaving only his pair of crimson, tyrannical eyes! “So what if you've touched the threshold? Before becoming a Realm Lord, you are ultimately an ant! Annihilation Dark Tide, Devouring Heaven and Earth!”

Even more vast and pure dark energy surged out like a tsunami, even interspersed with strands of “Annihilation” Concept that froze the Soul! This was his true strength, already surpassing the ordinary Purple Mansion Realm Peak and infinitely approaching a Realm Lord!

“Everyone, if we don't act now, then when!” Lin Fan let out a long cry that shook the surroundings. He knew that by himself, even if he had preliminarily integrated his own Dao, it would be difficult to resist the full explosion of Shadow Nightmare alone.

“Demon Descends Upon the World!” Mo Yuan roared. Behind him, a demonic shadow towered over the sky, and a demonic blade entwined with destructive lightning slashed out, the blade light tearing through the darkness!

“Glazed Pure World!” Su Zhiqing merged with her sword, transforming into a pillar of glazed sword light that reached from heaven to earth, its purifying power washing away the filth!

“Vajra Subduing Demons!” The Buddha Son of the Lesser Leiyin Temple looked solemn and dignified. A giant golden Buddha palm covered the sky and the sun, pressing down!

“Natural Punishment!” The Elf Race Woman channeled the remaining natural energy of the battlefield, transforming thousands of vines and brilliance into whips that lashed toward the darkness!

“War Blood Boiling!” The Giant Clan Warrior roared toward the sky, his blood energy transforming into a physical battle-axe that split the waves!

Zi Linger's Nine Tails scorched the heavens, and Ethereal Moon's Reincarnation Domain unfolded. All the top Prodigies at this moment cast aside their previous grudges, gathering their power into a torrent. Along with Lin Fan's world-opening Chaos Fist Intent, they together faced Shadow Nightmare's Annihilation Dark Tide!

“Rumble!!!” An unprecedentedly terrifying collision erupted in the center of the basin! An energy storm swept in all directions, causing the dilapidated stone hall to shake as if it would collapse, and deep gullies split open in the earth! Light and darkness swallowed and annihilated each other, and Law fragments exploded like fireworks!

In this ultimate collision, Lin Fan bore the brunt of it. He pushed his Chaos Qi to the limit, transforming himself into a miniature Chaos vortex, frantically swallowing and converting the impacting dark annihilation power. This power far exceeded any attack he had previously endured. Even with Chaos Qi protecting his body, he felt as if his Meridians were about to burst, his Divine Soul was shaken, and a trace of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth.

But his gaze remained firm. Under this pressure, his understanding of the Dao of Chaos became even deeper! He felt the star pagoda in his Sea of Consciousness vibrating slightly as if responding to his preliminarily integrated “Realm Lord” Concept.

Finally, with the combined power of all the top Prodigies and the swallowing and conversion of Lin Fan's special Chaos Qi, that terrifying Annihilation Dark Tide was forcibly resisted and crushed!

The energy storm slowly subsided, leaving the center of the basin in a mess. Shadow Nightmare's massive shadowy silhouette had dimmed significantly, and his Aura was clearly weakened; he had obviously suffered a considerable loss in the collision just now. He stared fixedly at Lin Fan, who was being faintly protected in the center by the others, and though injured, his Aura was even stronger. Shadow Nightmare's crimson eyes were filled with endless malice and a hint of wariness!

“Good, you all are very good!” Shadow Nightmare's voice was like a cold wind from the Nine Netherworlds. “But this is only the beginning! The Myriad Worlds Battlefield will be your grave! Let's go!”

As his voice fell, his shadowy silhouette abruptly exploded, turning into countless wisps of black smoke. As if possessed of life, they instantly bored into the ground or merged into the surrounding energy turbulence that had not yet subsided, vanishing without a trace. Along with them, the remaining dark chains and Clones also dissipated.

The crisis was temporarily resolved.

At the edge of the basin, the Prodigies who had survived the disaster sighed in relief, but there was little joy on their faces; instead, they became even more solemn. Shadow Nightmare's strength and eeriness had exceeded many people's expectations. Had Lin Fan not touched the dao rhyme of the Realm Lord at the critical moment and integrated everyone's power, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Everyone's eyes involuntarily focused on Lin Fan as he slowly landed.

At this moment, although Lin Fan's clothes were somewhat torn and there was blood at the corner of his mouth, his eyes were brighter than the stars. The faint Chaos Aura around him made him seem even more in harmony with this world. Standing there, he naturally became the core of the group.

Mo Yuan took a deep look at Lin Fan and said in a heavy voice, “You have stepped ahead.”

Su Zhiqing also nodded slightly, her cold eyes carrying recognition.

After this battle, by virtue of his performance in turning the tide and his potential in touching the dao rhyme of the Realm Lord, Lin Fan was already publicly recognized as the most charismatic and threatening existence among the Prodigies of the Human Race and even the Six Realms on this Ancient Road journey!

Lin Fan calmed his churning blood energy, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and scanned the dilapidated stone hall and the messy battlefield with his gaze, not relaxing in the slightest.

Although Shadow Nightmare had retreated, the schemes of the dark forces were certainly not limited to this. This Myriad Worlds Battlefield was merely the prelude to a larger storm.

His Dao had only just begun. And his enemies would surely become even more terrifying.

But what was there to fear? He clenched his fist, feeling the strand of Innate Chaos Qi that was increasingly fusing with himself, as well as the preliminarily formed “Realm Lord” Concept, his eyes burning with unprecedented confidence and Battle Intent.

The road ahead is long and obstructed, but by moving forward, one will eventually arrive!