Lin Chen stood atop the Karma Fire Red Lotus, while the Yuantu Abi Twin Swords circled him like loyal guards.
The bloodlust surging skyward dyed the heavens a strange, murky red.
His indifferent gaze swept over the five high-ranking Dou Venerates ahead, who were so terrified they could not move.
He looked at them like pebbles by the roadside, without the slightest interest in lifting a finger.
His Five-Star Dou Venerate cultivation spread without restraint.
Yet bolstered by the Red Lotus Karma Fire and the Yuantu Abi Twin Swords, his aura radiated a lethal pressure that made even Seven-Star Dou Venerates tremble.
However, Lin Chen's gaze did not linger on them.
His eyes seemed to pierce the void, settling on a seemingly ordinary point in space to the left.
His soul power, nourished by the Blood Scripture and the remnant souls of the Twin Sages, had already reached the peak of the Spirit Realm.
With keen perception, he detected two concealed, chilly, obscure auras there, carrying that familiar, nauseating stench unique to the Soul Hall.
"Creeping around like rats, too afraid to show your faces."
Lin Chen's voice was quiet and cold, yet it rang clearly across heaven and earth.
He joined his fingers like a sword and, without even using the Yuantu Abi themselves, casually slashed at that patch of empty space.
"Riiip—!"
A dark-red sword beam, honed to the utmost and imbued with the intent of slaughter and Nirvana Extinction, appeared out of nowhere.
Like a hot knife through butter, it effortlessly tore a gaping hole in space.
"Bang!"
Space shattered, and two figures cloaked in black robes tumbled out of the void, caught completely off guard and in a wretched state.
One of them reacted a fraction too slowly. The sword beam's shockwave swept across his shoulder,