Assassination!

Yan Ning flipped his palm, and a dark gold battle armor materialized, its surface covered in ancient patterns, radiating a suffocatingly heavy aura—the high-grade defensive treasure, "Desolation-Destroying Armor"!

"Defensive treasures—the more, the better!"

He tapped his fingertip lightly, and crimson-gold Divine Power surged into the armor.

"Woom—"

The Desolation-Destroying Armor instantly disassembled, turning into countless dark gold particles that covered his entire body, merging perfectly with his skin.

Yan Ning could clearly sense his Divine Body's defense skyrocketing by several tiers!

"Not bad. Physical defense with the Desolation-Destroying Armor, soul defense with the Chaos Bell and Thousand Illusion Pearl, and escape with the Moon Wheel Palace."

He nodded in satisfaction, then took out a pair of radiant wings—the high-grade flight treasure, "Sky Roc Wings"!

"Shua!"

The wings spread open, a full hundred meters wide, each feather shimmering with the fluctuations of space laws.

Shua!

Yan Ning's figure flickered—Divine Kingdom Teleportation!

When he reappeared, he was already in an unknown stretch of space.

"Let's test the speed!"

With a thought from Yan Ning, the Sky Roc Wings gave a light flap.

"Boom!"

The very space of the entire starry sky trembled!

"So fast!"

Yan Ning's eyes lit up. With these Sky Roc Wings paired with the Moon Wheel Palace, even if a Universe Overlord came in person, they'd never catch him!

Finally, he took out a section of emerald-green vine—the high-grade special treasure, "World-Devouring Vine"!

"This one's quite peculiar."

Yan Ning infused it with Divine Power, and the World-Devouring Vine instantly came to life, coiling around his arm like a spirit snake.

Through the recognition information, he learned that this vine could devour an enemy's Divine Power to nourish its owner—a perfect tool for prolonged battles!

It could also transform into a battle armor to wrap around him, like a plant life-form, while being used in combat.

A treasure akin to a plant-type life-form!

"Perfect!"

Yan Ning let out a long breath. At this moment, he was armed to the teeth:

Attack: Space-Breaking Blade (high-grade attack treasure)

Defense: Desolation-Destroying Armor (high-grade defense treasure)

Soul: Chaos Bell + Thousand Illusion Pearl (high-grade soul treasure)

Flight: Sky Roc Wings (high-grade flight treasure)

Domain: Star Sea (high-grade domain treasure)

Palace: Moon Wheel Palace (high-grade palace treasure)

Special: World-Devouring Vine (high-grade special treasure)

"Right now,"

Yan Ning clenched his fist, battle intent boiling in his eyes.

"Even facing a Universe Overlord, I have the strength to fight!"

Yan Ning once again used Divine Kingdom Teleportation to return to Redbud Island.

He continued to study the Beast God Inheritance.

At the same time, he kept fighting in the Glory World, accumulating experience, taking the essence and discarding the dross—needless to say.

Most of those who had reached the fourth level of inheritance were Universe Venerables, so he couldn't just sweep through them like he did at the third level.

But he didn't care. If he couldn't win, he'd stop for now.

He still had plenty of Glory Points left from before.

Enough to continue receiving the inheritance.

He'd come back to fight once he'd comprehended more of the fourth-level inheritance.

Redbud Island, Yan Ning's residence.

Five hundred years flowed by like water.

Yan Ning, seated cross-legged at the center of the cultivation chamber, slowly opened his eyes. Within his pupils, countless worlds of flame seemed to be born and extinguished.

"Whoosh—"

He let out a long breath, and the Fire Void Law secret patterns flowing around him gradually receded.

"The inheritance I received last time has been mostly digested."

Yan Ning stood up, stretching his limbs. Over these five hundred years, he had fully integrated the last inheritance into himself, elevating his comprehension of the Fire-Void Fusion Law to a higher level.

"It's time to receive the inheritance again."

Yan Ning strode toward the mansion's gate.

"Creak—"

The door, sealed for five hundred years, slowly swung open.

Wulong Venerable sat like a stone statue for five hundred years, the soul secret patterns around him flowing slowly like living things.

Suddenly.

"Crack."

A faint sound reached his ears.

Wulong Venerable's eyes snapped open, a fierce cold light surging within them!

"The door... is open!"

Every muscle in his body tensed instantly, soul secret patterns churning wildly, the very space in the room beginning to warp.

The killing intent that had lain dormant for five hundred years erupted in that moment!

"Hum—"

The Ten Thousand Souls Heart-Erosion secret art had long been primed, a deep purple soul force condensing at his fingertip into a single point of blinding brilliance.

"One step... two steps..."

Wulong Venerable stared fixedly at Yan Ning's advancing footsteps, calculating the perfect moment.

The instant Yan Ning's entire form stepped completely out of the mansion.

"Now, strike!"

"Boom!!!"

A beam of deep purple light, less than a millimeter in diameter yet condensed to its utmost limit, tore through the air! Where it passed, space crumbled inch by inch, time itself seeming to freeze.

This strike embodied Wulong Venerable's lifelong mastery of the soul!

It carried the Zerg Clan's most supreme soul secret art!

And it was a fatal ambush five hundred years in the making!

The beam pierced Yan Ning's brow in an instant, plunging straight into his sea of consciousness!

"Success!"

A flash of wild joy crossed Wulong Venerable's eyes.

This strike was so fast that even the Five-Colored Aurora Lake had no time to react, and Yan Ning's soul would surely be enslaved by this terrifying soul attack, then reduced to ashes!

But the next second.

"Clang—!!!"

A bell toll, as if from the primordial chaos, rang through his mind!

The Thousand Illusion Pearl also blazed with light!!

Wulong Venerable's attack was utterly annihilated and blocked before it could even approach Yan Ning's soul origin!

"What?! He has a soul-type treasure!!"

Wulong Venerable's pupils contracted sharply, an expression of disbelief spreading across his face.

"How is this possible?! A high-level soul-type treasure?!"

His attack had been completely ineffective—at the very least, it was a high-level soul-type treasure!

His whole body trembled, bloodshot veins threading through his eyes. As a Universe Venerable who had mastered the path of the soul, he knew all too well what this meant—this assassination had already failed!

"No! I won't accept this!"

Wulong Venerable's face twisted in fury as he frantically channeled his Divine Power, preparing to launch another attack.

But just then—

"Rumble!"

The sky over all of Redbud Island suddenly changed color, countless streaks of five-colored aurora cascading down like an inverted heavenly river, pouring toward him!

"Five-Colored Aurora Lake!"

Wulong Venerable's face turned deathly pale, but the madness in his eyes only intensified.

"Burn my Divine Body! Ten Thousand Souls Heart-Erosion!"

"Boom!"

A beam of condensed dark purple light, even more refined than before, shot toward Yan Ning once more—and at the same time—

"Shua shua shua!"

Countless streaks of five-colored aurora had already engulfed him completely!

"Ah!!"

Wulong Venerable's Divine Body disintegrated inch by inch within the aurora, but the last thing he saw was that dark purple beam, the moment it touched Yan Ning's brow, vanishing like a mud ox sinking into the sea, without stirring even a single ripple!

"Im...pos...si...ble..."

In the final instant before his Divine Body was utterly annihilated, Wulong Venerable's eyes still held a lingering, incredulous shock.

And at this moment, Yan Ning merely watched coldly, a mocking curl at the corner of his mouth: "That's it?"

The Chaos Bell gave a gentle tremor within his sea of consciousness, grinding even the last vestiges of soul ripples into nothing.

With the Chaos Bell standing guard, he had zero fear of soul attacks. A mere Universe Venerable—what could they do to him?

The entire Redbud Island fell into dead silence in an instant.

Those alien powerhouses secretly spying were all dumbstruck, their faces pale as sheets.

"M...my heavens!"

A Sealed King of the Mechanical Clan trembled all over.

"Wulong Venerable's soul attack was completely ineffective?!"

"A soul-type supreme treasure! It has to be a soul-type supreme treasure!"