143: Violent breaking of the rules! Nobody gets to eat alone in front of me!

Bones lay white and bare as mist permeated the area.

The Void Realm within the Five Elements Illusory Realm took on an extremely eerie dark purple hue due to enduring five thousand times gravity; even light rays here exhibited noticeable bending.

With every step Gu Yang took forward, dense circles of cracks were stamped into the surface of the spinal bones beneath his feet. That sense of heaviness didn't just act upon his flesh; it was like countless tiny steel needles drilling through his pores into his bone marrow.

"Ergou, the flavor of this 'sauce' is still too bland."

Gu Yang patted Ergou in his arms. The fellow also looked a bit strained at this moment; its originally fluffy fur was pressed tightly against its skin by the gravity, making it look like a silver loach just pulled out of the water.

"Awoo..." Ergou let out a whimpering grunt in protest.

Although it had awakened a space attribute, under this extreme physical pressure, even the void had become as solid as pig iron, and its teleportation ability was weakened to the limit... The further up the skeleton they went, the more competitors appeared around them.

In addition to the Holy Land descendants who were already running rampant in the Central Continent, there were also many hidden geniuses from the remote regions of the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.

A thousand meters ahead, a brilliant sea of Sword Qi blocked the path.

Over a thousand Flying Swords emitting a piercing cold light were interwoven in mid-air to form a massive sword Formation. Every Flying Sword was wrapped in heavy Earth Laws. Due to the enhancement of gravity, the falling force of these swords was magnified thousands of times; every sword that fell was enough to make an ordinary Soul Transformation Cultivator's body and Soul perish on the spot.

"The Ten Thousand Swords Sect is conducting business! Those who are not allies of our sect and step within ten feet of this realm—shall die!"

A young man dressed in white with three long swords strapped to his back spoke with cold arrogance.

He was the current head Disciple of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect—Sword Matchless.

At this moment, he was sitting cross-legged in front of a massive hole in the skeleton, using the pressure of the sword Formation to forcibly guide the dark red marrow essence gushing out of the hole into his natal long sword.

Around him, dozens of Ten Thousand Swords Sect Disciples worked together to maintain the Formation, occupying this 'marrow spring' with a death grip... "Tsk, what a fragrant smell."

Gu Yang's nose twitched. He could feel that the purity of the energy gushing from that spring was at least ten thousand times higher than those waste pills from the outside world.

That ancient, violent, and life-filled aura made every cell in his body start screaming like crazy.

"Hey, you with the swords on your back."

Gu Yang took heavy steps and stopped at the edge of the sword Formation, revealing his signature honest smile.

"I have a big appetite. This spring of yours looks pretty rich; how about sharing half with me? I'll trade you a fragment of a Demon Suppressing Stone I just picked up."

Upon hearing this, the Loose Cultivators around who were tensely resisting the gravity all looked at him as if he were a madman.

Asking the Ten Thousand Swords Sect for marrow? And wanting half?

Just which deep mountain or old forest did this barbarian crawl out of?

..."Scram."

Sword Matchless didn't even lift his head. Responding to Gu Yang were three gravity sword auras falling in a triangular Formation.

Under the 5000G gravity boost, these three swords reached a speed that the naked eye couldn't track, even rubbing against the atmosphere to create blinding sparks.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Three deafening sounds of impact rang out.

The expected scene of a body being torn to pieces did not happen.

Gu Yang simply waved his sleeve casually. Those three sword auras, capable of shredding a Low Grade ancient treasure, actually made the sound of striking ten-thousand-year refined iron when they hit his dark golden skin, then powerlessly shattered into countless points of light.

"My dad said that people who speak rudely have very stiff mouths."

Gu Yang's gaze turned cold, and his originally honest face was instantly covered with a terrifying ferocity.

"Since you won't share, then I'll take it all!"

...Boom!!

Gu Yang's figure exploded into a cloud of white mist where he stood.

He didn't use any movement techniques; it was merely the rebound force generated by pure muscle contraction.

That body, heavy as a mountain, forcibly pulled out a pitch-black vacuum path in the gravity field, instantly crashing into the 'Heavy Water Sword Formation' that the Ten Thousand Swords Sect was so proud of.

"Release the arrows! No... release the swords!"

Sword Matchless's expression changed drastically. He felt an irresistible suppression of material hierarchy from that rampaging body.

Over a hundred Flying Swords shot out like raindrops.

Gu Yang grinned ferociously as his right hand's five fingers suddenly clenched into a heavy fist.

"Extreme Dao—Gravitational Collapse!"

After he merged with the Extreme Dao fragment, a tiny gravitational vortex seemed to form at the center of his fist.

Bang!!

Gu Yang punched the foremost high-grade Flying Sword.

That spiritual sword, forged from ten-thousand-year profound iron and containing Law Formations, actually snapped inch by inch like a withered branch before Gu Yang's unreasonable brute force.

Gu Yang's momentum didn't decrease. His figure, like a heavy tank, physically smashed through a dozen Disciples maintaining the Formation and stood directly before the marrow spring gushing with red light... "You... just what is your body density?!"

Sword Matchless retreated in horror. He discovered that when his natal Sword Intent came within three feet of Gu Yang, it was actually forcibly distorted by the powerful physical field radiating from the other man's body.

This was force field suppression brought about by pure mass!

"Feeding such high-quality goods to swords is too wasteful."

Gu Yang ignored the Ten Thousand Swords Sect Disciples completely. He looked at the bubbling spring emitting red light and let out a greedy grunt from his throat.

He directly bent down, his two large hands digging fiercely into the bony barrier at the edge of the spring, and his arms suddenly exerted force.

"Rise!"

Creak—Crack!

Amidst the tremors of the ten-thousand-fathom skeleton, Gu Yang actually forcibly pried off that three-fathom-long 'spring bone plate'.

Dark red marrow, so thick it was almost liquid, erupted like a fountain.

Without a word, Gu Yang opened his mouth wide and began to crazily devour the violent energy torrent!

[Devouring Ancient War God Skeleton Essence!] [High-purity 'Primordial Blood Qi' detected...] [energy points +100,000! +200,000! +500,000!] [Divine Demon Golden Body Third Turn analysis progress: 48%... 55%... 62%!]

The violent energy rampaged within Gu Yang's body.

Golden sweat began to seep from the surface of his skin. Under the washing of that dark red energy, his originally smooth bones began to develop a dense layer of battle markings.

These battle markings were completely different from a Spell Cultivator's runes; they had no so-called Formation structure and were purely a physical reorganization of muscle and bone fibers to withstand higher gravity.

"Refreshing! This is the kind of wine a man should drink!"

Gu Yang laughed loudly while the elite Disciples of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect around him all looked at him as if he were a monster.

The energy in that spring was enough to make a Late-stage Spirit Transformation Spell Cultivator explode hundreds of times, yet this man before them not only didn't explode, but his skin became brighter and brighter, and even his hair began to take on a dark golden luster... "Madman... this is definitely a monster that escaped from the Primordial Era!"

Sword Matchless grit his teeth; he knew he couldn't stop this barbarian at all.

"Retreat! To the top of the spine! There are Extreme Dao Imperial Seal fragments there. As long as the Young Lord gets the Imperial Seal and activates the power of the Great Sacrifice, he will surely be able to suppress and kill this beast!"

The people from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect ran extremely fast.

Gu Yang, however, had no interest in chasing them.

He wiped the red liquid from his mouth, feeling the erupting power within his body that almost shattered space, and cast his gaze toward the deepest part of the skeleton.

There, eighteen Sky-reaching Dharma Pillars were like vampires, continuously extracting essence from the skeleton.

"Young Lord? Great Sacrifice?"

Gu Yang snorted coldly, picked up Ergou, and tossed him onto his shoulder.

"Daring to snatch meat from my bowl—even if the Heavenly King himself comes, he'll have to break his teeth on me."

...Half an hour later.

Gu Yang passed through the long forest of ribs and finally reached the shoulder blade area of the ten-thousand-fathom skeleton.

The scene here was already completely different.

The originally white bone ground had actually turned deep black, emitting a suffocating Imperial Might.

Ahead was a vast altar plain. In the center of the plain, a bronze fragment only the size of a palm, yet causing the surrounding void to constantly produce spatial cracks, was floating quietly in mid-air.

Extreme Dao Imperial Seal Fragment.

That was a Sacred Object forged by the Ancient War God, who forcibly intercepted a corner of heaven and earth to suppress the Laws of this realm.

At this moment, besides Tuoba Sheng, there were three other young talents with extremely terrifying auras standing at the four corners.

They were respectively the Saint of the Grand Void Holy Land, 'Taiyi'; the Dragon Girl of the True Dragon Nest, 'Ao Xue'; and the mysterious descendant of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect...

"Five Elements transformation, Imperial Might return to position!"

Tuoba Sheng formed seals with his hands. The five-colored divine light behind him turned into a giant hand that covered the sky, attempting to slowly close around that Imperial Seal fragment. The surrounding space was collapsing frantically; this collapse produced an extremely terrifying 'micro-gravity' that even the three top Saints could only struggle to endure, not daring to approach the core.

"As long as I merge with this Imperial Seal, this Young Lord can use the Imperial Might to recast my Physical Body and step into that legendary Perfect Void Refining Realm..."

Tuoba Sheng's eyes were full of fanaticism.

But just as his giant hand was only three feet away from the Imperial Seal fragment.

Thump—!!

A dull footstep, as if a heavy hydraulic press had pierced through a steel plate, came from the edge of the altar...

"That... let me interrupt for a moment."

Gu Yang was bare-chested and covered in battle markings. Every step he took left a footprint half a foot deep on the black bone surface. He braved the spatial collapse force that was enough to crush a Low Grade Spiritual Artifact into powder, walking slowly to the center of the altar as if strolling in his own courtyard.

"Hey, little brother in the fancy clothes, I watched for a while just now. This hand of yours... doesn't seem to have enough strength."

Gu Yang pointed at Tuoba Sheng's slightly trembling giant hand of magic power and revealed an extremely 'kind' and honest smile.

"How about I give you a hand?"

"By the way, I want to try... if this copper piece is crunchy to chew on."

...The entire field fell into that deathly silence once again.

The pupils of the Grand Void Saint Taiyi suddenly shrank to the size of needle tips.

He knew exactly how much pressure there was in that core area. It wasn't just physical gravity; it was the Soul crushing brought by the Imperial Might!

This barbarian... could actually resist the Imperial Might with his Physical Body and walk to within ten steps of the Imperial Seal?

"Tie Niu! You dare to cause trouble during the Holy Land's Great Sacrifice?!"

Tuoba Sheng was beyond furious. His originally refined face was now hideously distorted.

"Get out! Otherwise, this Young Lord will surely grind your bones to ashes!"

..."Grind my bones to ashes?"

Gu Yang tilted his neck, and the bones throughout his body let out thunderous cracks.

His gaze gradually shifted from honest to an extreme frenzy.

"My dad said a good dog doesn't block the way. Your family's Great Sacrifice is your business; my stomach being hungry is my business."

"Since you want to block my path..."

Gu Yang's right hand suddenly grabbed at the void, and the five-hundred-thousand-catty myriad poison star shattering hammer crashed into his hand.

"Then I'll grind you first, and then eat this foundation!"

Boom————!!

Gu Yang swung the hammer.

The terrifying physical mass triggered a small-scale spatial storm at that moment.

Under the horrified gazes of those three Saints, Gu Yang actually braved the repulsive force of the Imperial Seal and smashed head-on toward that inviolable ancient Sacred Object.

[Current Cultivation: Divine Demon Golden Body Second Turn Perfection (About to break through the critical point)] [Locked Target: Extreme Dao Imperial Seal Fragment—Energy Feedback Rank: Legendary!]