Battle Through the Heavens: Obtaining the Extraction System at the Start

As Xiao Ling ventured deeper into this Stele Space, the violent lightning in the heavens seemed to have finally realized it could do nothing to him. Its rampage gradually subsided, streak after streak of purple-gold lightning withdrawing into the clouds before vanishing completely within the chaotic Heavenly Curtain. Yet at the instant the last trace of lightning faded, the clouds above his head suddenly churned and transformed. Their lead-gray color receded entirely, replaced by a thick, amber-like dark yellow cloud layer. Within it, vast energy fluctuations faintly gathered, carrying an ancient, desolate pressure.

"Rip—"

Before Xiao Ling could examine it closely, an overwhelmingly powerful gale suddenly tore through heaven and earth. The dark yellow clouds split open with a thunderous crash, and a massive dark yellow finger that blotted out the sky shot forth. Ancient runes covered the giant finger, each one flowing with mysterious light. Wherever its fingertip passed, space collapsed inch by inch, forming black fissures. Its terrifying pressure descended upon Xiao Ling like a mountain pressing down from above.

"Yellow Springs Finger. It seems the real trial has begun."

Xiao Ling paused slightly and raised his head. Looking at the enormous finger tearing through heaven and earth as it dove toward him with unmatched force, a trace of gravity flickered in his black eyes, though an even sharper eagerness to fight filled them. He knew that the Yellow Springs Finger was a low-level Heavenly Rank Dou Skill, as well as one of the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's signature techniques. It was far beyond the earlier lightning strikes. The power and comprehension of laws contained within it were enough to make ordinary Dou Saints recoil in fear.

But Xiao Ling feared nothing less than this sort of head-on trial!

As thoughts raced through his mind, a dazzling silver-white