Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 884 - 879: Food 1

Chapter 884: Chapter 879: Food 1

Lin Xin extended his hands, continuously flicking out arcs of purplish-red lightning.

The electric flashes instantly fell onto the petals of the golden lotus, striking out layers of golden powder, which were quickly swallowed and absorbed by the surrounding blood light.

The golden lotus was indeed being weakened and shattered layer by layer, turning into golden powder and being devoured.

But the efficiency was very low.

Far less convenient than having the Evil God King imprisoned within the core of one’s body. Getting a hundred attribute points of golden powder in a month was considered good.

Lin Xin quietly stood in the center of the area, silently doing his own task.

It was unknown how long had passed when waves of vibrations came from the outside. The vibrations quickly faded away, ceased to transmit, and plunged into complete silence.

Gradually, streams of flowing light from jade slips flew and appeared in the void behind Lin Xin. They all floated silently, waiting for him to open by hand.

Time passed, and Lin Xin waited a little longer.

The commotion outside finally ceased completely.

The Nether Realm was his body, and he could feel that a massive energy reaction was gradually dissipating in front of the Nether Realm.

"It’s over."

Lin Xin sighed.

"The probing at Ancestor Level has ended, and yet Jiu Se still couldn’t come over. Fang Yu invested so much in me, and in the future, this karma will weigh even heavier."

To be honest, he no longer wanted to incur karmic debts, yet given the situation at hand, he had no choice but to owe more.

Gently extending his hand, a peculiar silver-white mask instantly appeared in Lin Xin’s hand. The mask, used by women, was silver-white on the upper face, and transparent on the lower half.

This strange mask could allow one to fix any world freely, and connect it with one’s original world, thus achieving the purpose of dimensional travel effortlessly, with very minimal consumption.

Wearing the mask, Lin Xin vanished from the spot with a casual swipe of his hand.

When he reappeared, his view was a grayish-white world area of uncertain location.

Nonetheless, Lin Xin remained composed and quickly took a seat on the spot, in the void, slowly closed his eyes to meditate, regulating his own state.

Since he had to invite the Evil God over, it was impolite for the host to be present physically, but leaving only the divine soul would make it different.

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BOOM!!

The massive golden head of Jiu Se opened its big mouth, spraying out torrents of golden rain, blanketing the sky and flying towards the black giant opposite.

Surrounded by a golden lotus and with a serene, unmoving expression, it exuded an aura of great freedom and peace.

If it weren’t for the golden Buddha head’s two ears and half of the nose bridge being torn and devoured, this visage would indeed evoke a sense of pious reverence.

The headless black giant wielded a giant halberd, swinging it at will, stirring up masses of black air, sweeping away the surrounding catastrophe energy.

Anyone who could peer into these black gases closely would find that they were entirely composed of countless currents of Fang Yu’s faces.

Behind the black giant, there was a small, sesame-sized earth-yellow light cluster, which was the Nether City of the Nether Realm.

"Shall we continue?" The giant stared at the golden head.

"You and I are far from the point of victory or defeat. Let’s end it here today."

Jiu Se’s voice resonated from within the golden head.

"All the better."

At their level, desiring a short-term conclusion was virtually impossible.

A clash at Ancestor Level takes at least a thousand years.

Because it was not merely a duel between two individuals, but a collision of world systems formed by two sets of ideologies.

Behind each of them were countless tens of billions of powerful creatures supporting them. These powerful beings exist with a worldview formed by either one of their systems.

"Have you reached the Galactic Realm as well?"

Jiu Se’s tone, although unchanged, already revealed a trace of resignation.

Galaxy, Star River, Nebula, Constellation.

These are the four stages representing Ancestor Levels.

Galaxy refers to many solar systems, aggregated according to a certain pattern to form a Galactic Core structure, which is also the foundational stage of achieving Ancestor.

Under normal circumstances, ascending to Ancestor Level equates to successfully transcending and transforming into a terrifying existence distinct from ordinary beings.

This is the evolution and leap of life.

Much like a human, transforming from an ordinary individual to an embodiment of collective human consciousness.

After entering the Galaxy stage, what Ancestors must do is to go to high-energy regions, massively devouring and absorbing enough power and material as the material and driving force for consolidation.

But with Jiu Se and Fang Yu, due to the past legacy of the Future Buddha — once the strongest Ancestor — the Buddha’s head represented wisdom, skill, and insight, and his body represented qi-blood and brute strength.

Thus, when Fang Yu underwent Ancestor transformation, he swiftly leapt over the Galaxy stage, reaching directly to the Star River.

This was key to his ability to hold back Jiu Se.

"You can help him once, but not for a lifetime." Jiu Se remarked coldly, showing no signs of disappointment from an unfulfilled plan.

"I only agreed to help him this once." Fang Yu responded indifferently.

"Once is enough." Jiu Se shook his head. "Time is running out."

The rotating lotus was not yet completely shattered, merely still exploding inch by inch from the outside in.

There remained lower layers of the abyss yet to be eroded.

Both were waiting, anticipating the arrival of the critical final moment.

Fang Yu spoke no more.

Now they were at the Ancestor layer, the current universe’s strongest stage.

He knew Jiu Se could not stay here indefinitely, but similarly, he could not guard this place perpetually.

Both sides need a turning point.

It’s unclear how much time has passed.

Finally, Jiu Se slowly exhaled a golden breath.

The golden Buddha’s head rapidly shrank, converged, and soon returned to its original size, shooting back into Jiu Se’s body.

Fang Yu’s black giant also contracted simultaneously, disappearing and fading, blending into the ocean of tribulation qi.

The two returned to their initial confrontation position.

"Then let’s see if you can make it next time," leaving these words, Jiu Se turned and leapt, disappearing into the tribulation qi.

Fang Yu silently looked in the direction of his departure, said nothing, and his figure instantly vanished in the tribulation qi.

Shortly after the two disappeared.

A shadow reappeared in this area.

The shadow revealed a face strikingly similar to Lin Xin’s.

"It seems Jiu Se has resolved to take action against me."

This shadow was a projection of Lin Xin’s avatar, who had been observing the battle from Fang Yu’s side.

"It’s just that I don’t know when he’ll try again next time. Time is pressing; I must hurry."

Lin Xin stared fixedly in the direction Jiu Se left.

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Jiu Se Divine Monarch and Shadow Demon Great Sage Fang Yu fought fiercely near Nether City in the Nether Realm.

This news, even with the barrier of tribulation qi, quickly spread to the surviving many Holy Lands.

Some Holy Land lords, Earth Immortals, or Heavenly Venerables who were almost unable to hold on, heard the news and rushed towards the Jiu Se Divine Domain with the core of their Land for God Worship.

The tribulation qi was becoming increasingly thin, seemingly brewing the next terrifying attack.

A large number of surviving cultivators faced the next dreadful choice.

Should they continue to endure alone, or choose to rely on a major force?

The answer to this was actually already clear.

Time flew in the tribulation qi.

Jiu Se had not easily taken action again, merely retreating into his own Divine Domain without any movement.

Fang Yu established a force named the Realm of Death, formally opposing the force of Jiu Se’s Divine Realm.

The forces on both sides snowballed, growing larger and stronger with the passage of time.

Jiu Se’s suppression of Nether City in the Nether Realm became increasingly evident.

In the thin tribulation qi’s situation, when people of the Divine Domain encountered those from Nether City, they would comprehensively suppress and hunt them.

This caused significant casualties for the forces of the Nether Realm in a short period.

In a blink, twenty years passed.

On the surface, there was a semblance of calm, but certain undercurrents began to gradually stir.

........

Plop... plop plop...

Three consecutive soft sounds.

Lin Xin sat with regret in the core area of the Nether Realm, watching as, within his Heart Core, three Evil God Kings were utterly annihilated, having their last trace of power devoured and perishing into nothingness.

This meant he had permanently lost three energy sources that continuously provided him with Attribute Points.

The core area of the Nether Realm was still blood-red, with a white light orb suspended in the center.

"In these twenty years, these three Evil God Kings maintained a support of one point per second. But in the later years, the Power of the Evil God seemed unable to sustain, with the pollution power becoming less and less, dwindling."

Lin Xin glanced at his current attribute status.

’Lin Sherie—Attack 41723441, Defense 43367166, Evasion 31275021, Constitution 41530021,

Free Attributes 1500002234.

Special Status: Unknown Original Bloodline, Sixteen Wings Chanting Star Clan, Blood Spirit Holy Light, Supreme Crystal Mirror Heart Core.

Jiuyue Divine Wind Sword: Third Layer, Sword of Sorrow.

Extremely Speed Sword Talisman: Practices any Sword technique, can forcibly permanently increase its Sword Speed by one realm. Regardless of cultivation.’

"Fifteen billion attribute points, huh..."

Twenty years of accumulation, the three Evil God Kings were ground to death, yielding a return of fifteen billion Free Attribute Points.

The Golden Lotus was still motionless, unable to be absorbed. Although a bit of insight was gained about the Taoist Ancestor Origin, the time was too short, for an opponent like Jiu Se, this was merely a drop in the bucket.

Although Jiu Se was constantly preparing for the competition for the Heaven-Crafting Disc, accumulating power along with Fang Yu, unable to break away.

However, at every moment, he released the light of the Divine Domain, enveloping the entire domain, with his own power and spiritual light, enhancing all the preparation processes of the Divine Domain.

Fang Yu’s Realm of Death was doing the same.

The difference between the spiritual light of a Taoist Ancestor and a Heavenly Venerable, Lin Xin had not encountered, but according to the Universal Heavenly Venerable and others’ introduction.

He knew that the Taoist Ancestor’s spiritual light could purify impurities, influencing creatures’ life to evolve towards a nature resembling that of a Taoist Ancestor.

Simply put, it’s to assimilate everything.

Once assimilated, all assimilated creatures would become part of the Taoist Ancestor’s power.

"Assimilation, isn’t that just another form of pollution?"

Lin Xin murmured.

"You’re right." The petite figure of Xia appeared behind Lin Xin in the blink of an eye.

This was not a physical manifestation, just a split consciousness projection used for their communication.