184: Assassin

Middle section of the Emperors Road, Law Rift.

This was a colossal Void Realmcrack that spanned several Star Domains, not naturally formed.

Legend has it that it was left behind when two Great Emperors battled in ancient times, and the aftermath tore apart the Universe's Foundation.

Within the rift, fragmented Laws and chaotic spacetime currents abounded, making it extremely perilous, yet it also nurtured unique rare ores and Law crystals difficult to find elsewhere.

At this moment, a melee was taking place on a floating landmass at the edge of the rift.

On one side of the conflict were three Cultivators from different factions: two at Saint King Realm Sixth Heaven, and one at Saint King Realm Seventh Heaven.

On the other side, there was only one person—Lin Ziyan!

Violet Extreme Heavenly Fire blazed around her, dyeing half the sky purple.

The flames did not scatter wildly but condensed into various Divine Weapon forms—Flaming Long Spears, Violet Flame Giant Swords, Heaven-Burning Feather Fans... agile and astonishingly powerful.

The three Cultivators had clearly formed a temporary alliance, each employing different methods.

One controlled Profound Ice, attempting to freeze the purple fire.

One unleashed an Earth-Elemental Divine Ability, conjuring giant rocks for suppression.

The last one moved with an eerie agility, like a ghost, wielding a Poisoned Short Blade, waiting for an opportunity to ambush.

"Violet Flame Heaven-Burning Domain!"

Lin Ziyan let out a delicate cry, and the purple fire around her suddenly expanded, transforming into a flaming Domain covering a thousand zhang radius.

Within the Domain, the temperature soared, and space twisted.

The Profound Ice Divine Ability was evaporated before it could even get close.

The earth-elemental giant rocks rapidly melted upon entering the Domain.

The ambusher's figure was also exposed by the scorching flames, and his speed significantly decreased.

She seized the opportunity, and a Flaming Long Spear shot out like a Dragon from its cave, instantly piercing through the Saint King Sixth Heaven ambusher's protective divine light, incinerating him to ashes.

With a backhand Violet Flame Giant Palm, she slammed the Cultivator controlling the Profound Ice, along with his Divine Ability, into the churning magma below.

The last Saint King Seventh Heaven Cultivator's face turned pale, and he turned to flee.

"Stay."

Lin Ziyan's eyes were icy cold, and with a gentle wave of her Heaven-Burning Feather Fan, three purple fire lines arrived later but moved faster, coiling around him as if sentient.

The Cultivator struggled frantically, conjuring several protective Magic Treasures.

But before the domineering Violet Extreme Heavenly Fire, they all melted.

Amidst screams, he followed in his companions' footsteps.

The battle ended, Lin Ziyan slightly out of breath, and she retracted her flame Domain.

She walked to the edge of the rift, her gaze fixed on a dark red crystal emanating intense fluctuations deep within—it was a Sun Essence Gold, which would greatly benefit the evolution of her Violet Extreme Heavenly Fire Body.

She cautiously descended, avoiding several hidden spatial rifts, and collected it.

Nirvana Saber Tomb.

This place was even more desolate than the Burial Sword Star Domain.

There was no soaring Saber Intent, only endless desolation and... Death Qi.

The ground was black, filled with countless rusty, broken, or incomplete sabers.

Every saber had once drunk blood, now only desolation remained.

Lin Sha walked through the saber tomb.

His aura perfectly blended with the environment here, even deeper.

The wisp of Nirvana Saber Intent within him circulated autonomously, like a monarch inspecting his Domain.

Wherever he passed, the broken sabers trembled slightly, emitting a faint sense of submission.

He did not seek any Divine Weapons or Sharp Weapons.

Instead, he sat cross-legged before a black broken saber, only half its blade remaining, plunged into the ground.

This broken saber appeared ordinary, but the Nirvana Intent lingering on it was the purest and most ancient.

Lin Sha closed his eyes, his Divine Sense contacting the residual will of the broken saber.

In an instant, he seemed to see the saber's former wielder, a saber Cultivator who walked on the edge of life and death, proving his Dao through killing.

His saber would always draw blood, his Intent was solely for Nirvana!

Countless bloody, cruel, and cold battle scenes flooded his mind.

That pure Nirvana Saber Intent, which annihilated everything, violently impacted his mind.

His face instantly turned pale, and his body trembled slightly.

But his eyes grew brighter and brighter.

He was absorbing, comprehending.

He was integrating and refining this external Nirvana Saber Intent with his own Saber Intent.

After an unknown period, he suddenly opened his eyes.

His eyes were utterly desolate, as if all things had come to an end.

He pointed his fingers like a saber and lightly slashed at the Void Realm in front of him.

Swoosh—

A faint, almost invisible black saber mark flashed and disappeared.

Where the saber mark passed, space did not rupture.

Instead, the 'vitality' of that area was instantly stripped away.

Even the light dimmed.

Leaving a brief, absolute trajectory of desolation.

Nirvana Saber Intent, further advanced!

A life restricted zone somewhere, filled with poisonous miasma and strange plants.

Lin Yao carefully collected a plant that was entirely green, with a peculiar fruit at its top the size of a longan, constantly changing colors, and placed it in a specially made jade box.

"Seven-Colored Illusion God Fruit, one of the main ingredients for refining 'Barrier-Breaking Pills.' I didn't expect to find it here."

A satisfied smile appeared on his face.

For him, the various exotic flowers, rare herbs, divine medicines, and poisonous substances on this Emperors Road were the greatest Treasure Trove.

His Myriad Medicine Body thrived here.

He could not only easily distinguish the medicinal and toxic properties of various plants but also, to a certain extent, communicate with them, avoid dangers, and even guide them for his own use.

Suddenly, the colorful poisonous miasma in front of him churned violently.

A Seven-Colored Venomous Python, thick as a water bucket, with a single horn on its head and covered in vibrant scales, suddenly shot out.

Its crimson tongue flickered, carrying a dense, nauseatingly foul poisonous Qi.

This venomous python had a powerful aura, comparable to Saint King Realm Eighth Heaven, and was extremely poisonous.

Its venom could even corrode the protective divine light of a Quasi-Emperor.

Lin Yao, however, remained calm.

He took out an inconspicuous medicine pouch from hisHuai and lightly shook it.

Some pale yellow powder scattered out.

When the Seven-Colored Venomous Python smelled the powder, it reacted as if it had encountered a natural enemy.

Its massive body suddenly stiffened, and terror appeared in its eyes.

Immediately, it let out a hiss and darted back into the depths of the poisonous miasma without looking back, disappearing from sight.

"All things are interdependent and mutually restrictive."

Lin Yao put away his medicine pouch and continued his herb-gathering journey.

His combat style was distinctly different from the others in the Lin family, yet equally effective.

A certain node on the Emperors Road, Meteorite Arena.

This was a colossal platform, forcefully merged from countless star fragments, suspended in the Void Realm.

At this moment, a highly anticipated battle was taking place on the arena.

On one side of the combatants was the Young Imperial Lord from Primordial Imperial Mountain.

He wore Golden Battle Armor, his blood and Qi like a Dragon.

Every movement was accompanied by Imperial Dragon Qi, majestic and domineering.

On the other side was Gu Changge of the Longevity Gu Family!

Gu Changge's clothes fluttered, his expression calm.

He did not use any weapons, only occasionally raising his hand.

The Supreme Bone in his palm glowed, and streaks of runes containing supreme power flew out.

Some transformed into giant hands covering the sky to suppress.

Others evolved into Chaos Sword Qi to annihilate.

Constantly shattering the Young Imperial Lord's Imperial Dragon Qi.

"Gu Changge! Your Supreme Bone is destined to be mine today!"

The Young Imperial Lord let out a long cry, his Ancestral Imperial Bloodline boiling within him.

Behind him, a Golden Emperor's Phantom, towering to the heavens, appeared.

He unleashed a punch, like a falling imperial star, with overwhelming might!

Gu Changge's eyes narrowed slightly, finally getting serious.

The Supreme Bone in his chest erupted with unprecedented light.

A terrifying aura, transcending all beings, permeated the air.

"Upper Heaven Tribulation Light!"

A gray, indistinct beam of light, as if containing the Heavenly Dao's judgment will, shot out from the Supreme Bone.

Silent, yet it made the entire Meteorite Arena tremble!

The beam of light collided with the Golden Imperial Punch!

The incomparably powerful Golden Imperial Punch, before the gray beam of light, melted and disintegrated rapidly like snow in sunlight!

The beam of light continued unabated, directly piercing through the Young Imperial Lord's chest!

The Young Imperial Lord's body trembled violently, the light in his eyes rapidly dimming.

He looked down at the empty hole in his chest, his face filled with disbelief and despair.

His Golden Battle Armor shattered inch by inch.

The emperor's phantom behind him wailed and dissipated.

"I... am unwilling..."

Before he could finish his words, the Young Imperial Lord, who had been hidden for many years by Primordial Imperial Mountain, turned into flying ash and dissipated on the arena.

Gu Changge withdrew his gaze, his face slightly pale, clearly indicating that using the "Upper Heaven Tribulation Light" consumed a vast amount of energy.

He didn't even look at the relics left by the Young Imperial Lord, turning to leave the arena.

However, just as he turned, an unexpected change occurred!

An extremely hidden dark light, almost integrated with the Void Realm, shot out like a venomous snake from his blind spot behind him, aiming directly for the back of his head!

The speed of this dark light, the cunning timing, and the destructive power it contained far surpassed the Young Imperial Lord's previous attack!

The attacker was none other than an assassin who had been hiding in the shadows, waiting for the opportune moment!

His cultivation was actually at Quasi-Emperor First Heaven!

Feeling the deadly crisis behind him, Gu Changge's pupils constricted.

It was already too late to fully activate his Supreme Bone for defense!

At that critical moment—

Whoosh!

A faster, more condensed Chaos Finger-Light, coming from an unknown source, arrived later but moved faster, precisely striking the dark light!

Clink!

With a crisp sound, the dark light shattered instantly!

The assassin hidden in the dark let out a muffled groan, clearly not expecting someone to see through his stealth and intercept hisA fatal blow.

Gu Changge suddenly turned his head, looking in the direction from which the finger-light came.

He saw Lin Huan, who had appeared on a nearby star fragment at some unknown time, slowly retracting his finger, his expression calm.

"Lin Family, Lin Huan."

Gu Changge recognized him, his eyes complex.

He hadn't expected that the one to save him would be this rising star of the Lin family.

Lin Huan nodded slightly.

His gaze, however, was fixed on the void: "You who hide your head and show your tail, come out."

The Void Realm rippled.

A figure shrouded in distorted light and shadow, whose face was unclear, slowly emerged.

His aura was cold and powerful, precisely the Quasi-Emperor assassin.

He stared intently at Lin Huan, his voice hoarse: "Primal Origin Body... I didn't expect you to be here too. Good, I'll take care of you both!"

The battle escalated once again!

This time, it was Lin Huan and Gu Changge, facing a true Quasi-Emperor level assassin!