Invincible Under Heaven, Enemies from Above

Lin Hanzhou naturally sensed the instantaneous shift in the expression on his opponent's face.

He knew that the other party was definitely trying to hide something.

Since that was the case, he prepared to use some methods to drag them back for the Great Gan Dynasty's penal department to interrogate.

For now, he would personally head to the imperial palace to see if he could find any clues.

However, right at that moment, he suddenly sensed an unusual aura emerge behind him.

A thin, blood-colored needle filled with eerie crimson light emerged silently from the void behind his back.

This attack appeared too suddenly and too bizarrely.

By the time Lin Hanzhou noticed it, the attack was already inches away, leaving him completely unable to dodge.

"Puchi!"

A flash of blood-red light streaked past!

Lin Hanzhou's protective qi, which rivaled a top-tier third-grade divine weapon, was pierced through in a mere instant.

After penetrating his protective qi, the blood-colored needle showed no signs of slowing, easily stabbing into his chest.

A terrifying, corrosive power erupted violently within his body.

"Pfft—!"

Lin Hanzhou braced himself against the ground with one hand while clutching his chest with the other, blood spraying wildly from his mouth.

At this moment, his face was filled with shock; he never imagined he would be heavily wounded by a single strike.

Just as Lin Hanzhou was reeling in shock, he saw a stunningly beautiful woman with a seductive figure and alluring eyes slowly stepping out from the distorted void before him.

She wore a revealing blood-red dress, her snow-white legs exposed, adding to her charm.

She licked her scarlet lips, eyeing Lin Hanzhou with the keen interest of a predator sizing up its prey.

"Not bad at all, hehe..."

She let out a bell-like giggle, a sound that made one's blood run cold.

"I didn't expect this low-level secret realm to produce a martial arts genius with such a solid foundation like you."

"If I were to capture you and refine you into my Blood God Child puppet, that would be simply perfect..."

As she spoke, she arrived before Lin Hanzhou, gently caressing his handsome face with her hand.

She looked as if she were appraising a perfect work of art.

Meanwhile, Lin Hanzhou endured the pain in his body while also sizing up the beautiful woman before him.

The moment he saw her appear, his heart sank to the bottom of a valley.

The aura emanating from her was unfathomable; he couldn't see through it at all!

There was only one possibility for this situation: her cultivation level far exceeded his own.

She was at least a fourth-grade expert, and likely a high-level fourth-grade, or perhaps even... fifth-grade or higher!

"Who... are you?"

Lin Hanzhou endured the bizarre blood-colored energy currently eroding his qi sea and asked in a hoarse voice.

Unprecedented waves of shock surged through his heart.

He understood everything in an instant!

The secret of the Great Qing was not some heaven-sent treasure or ancient ruin.

It was this terrifying woman who had come from who knows where.

Those ten Grandmasters were certainly her handiwork, and the spiritual energy environment here was undoubtedly related to her as well.

"Little one, don't look at me with such hostile eyes."

The beautiful woman covered her mouth and giggled, her stunning face radiating charm.

"This Seat is Feng Xiaotian, a cultivator of the Blood Demon Sect from the Heavenly Profound Realm in the Upper Realm."

"As for my cultivation, I am at the ninth level of the Nascent Soul Realm. It doesn't matter if you don't understand; the point is that I can crush you with a single finger."

"I was able to come here by using some minor tricks to forcibly descend."

"My goal, naturally, is to collect some puppet materials like you in this undeveloped secret realm."

Heavenly Profound Realm? Blood Demon Sect? Nascent Soul Realm?

These unfamiliar terms slammed into Lin Hanzhou's mind, making him realize exactly what kind of existence he was facing.

Good grief, what "Upper Realm Heavenly Profound Realm"?

I just became invincible in this world, and now an enemy from the heavens arrives?

As for the Nascent Soul Realm, he was not unfamiliar with that level.

It was a realm from a different cultivation system—the immortal cultivation system—entirely separate from the martial path.

He did not understand this cultivation system well; he had only heard of it in passing.

But he knew that according to the cultivation hierarchy—Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and so on—the order was clear.

A powerhouse at the Nascent Soul Realm possessed a level of life and strength equivalent to the fourth-tier True Origin Realm in the martial arts system.

And the ninth level of the Nascent Soul Realm was roughly equal to the ninth level of the fourth-tier True Origin Realm.

If it were merely an early-stage fourth-tier opponent, Lin Hanzhou might have had a chance to slay them, relying on his own exceptionally profound foundation and various methods.

But his opponent was equivalent to a ninth-level fourth-tier expert, a chasm he could never hope to cross.

Moreover, he had been ambushed and was now severely wounded.

This was a hopeless, desperate situation.

Lin Hanzhou knew that he would almost certainly die today.

Since the opponent intended to refine him into a puppet, she would undoubtedly erase his consciousness.

Yet, he would never simply sit back and wait for his capture.

And he would certainly not give her the chance to wreak havoc upon this world.

One could only imagine the human tragedy that would unfold if this enchantress from the Blood Demon Sect were to enter the Great Gan Dynasty to collect materials for her puppets.

His final score for this dream-transmigration would undoubtedly plummet as a result.

"So that's how it is. I never imagined this world was so vast; there truly are countless heroes under the heavens."

Lin Hanzhou slowly raised his head to meet the gaze of Feng Xiaotian before him, all the shock and fear in his eyes fading away.

In their place was a calm and sense of relief, as if he had already accepted his fate.

"Hehehe, I admire you, truly. It is a pity that as a Blood God Child puppet, I must erase your consciousness."

As she spoke, Feng Xiaotian could not help but feel a sense of regret for Lin Hanzhou.

Such a talent would surely be a great asset if taken as a servant.

Alas, for the moment, refining him into a Blood God Child puppet served her interests better.

"Heh, you want to refine me into a puppet? You'll have to live long enough to do it!"

As he said this, a flash of unprecedented resolve and madness crossed Lin Hanzhou's eyes.

He began to drive the golden sea of energy within his body in the most extreme, reverse manner.

Three Reverse Pulse Styles!

Third Style—God Fall!

"BOOM—!"

A terrifying energy, capable of destroying this very heaven and earth, began to accumulate frantically within his body.

His body, his sea of energy, and even his soul began to burn fiercely at this very moment!

"No! Is he actually self-destructing?!"

The playful smile on Feng Xiaotian's face froze completely.

For the first time, her charming eyes revealed emotions of shock and terror.

She could clearly sense how terrifying the energy within this ant before her truly was.

It was a power capable of threatening her Nascent Soul Realm cultivation.

She never dreamed that a native of this low-level secret realm would be so decisive.

Wait, didn't you just look like you had accepted your fate?

Why are you self-destructing without a word? Are you fucking insane?

Feng Xiaotian cursed Lin Hanzhou countless times in her heart; she wanted to flee, but it was already too late.

Lin Hanzhou had already gripped her tightly, locking her in a lethal embrace.

With her cultivation, breaking free would normally take only an instant, but his self-destruction was also a matter of an instant.

"Heh, let's head out together, beauty."

A gentle, spring-breeze smile appeared on Lin Hanzhou's face, devoid of any fear of death.

"Madman! You damned native madman, let go!"

Feng Xiaotian let out a shrill scream, losing all of her previous composure and allure.

She frantically channeled the spiritual energy within her, attempting to flee to safety.

But it was all in vain; Lin Hanzhou's self-destruction had already been triggered at point-blank range.

In his mind, he saw the Great Gan world, the young girl sitting on the dragon throne with determined eyes;

He also saw the many vivid, real faces of this world.

The next moment.

BOOM—!!!

A massive mushroom cloud rose slowly above Hertu, the capital of the Great Qing.

An indescribable, blinding light and heatwave instantly swallowed everything in the vicinity.

The entire Great Qing imperial city, along with the bloody altar hidden deep underground, was engulfed by the explosion in a single instant.

The land for hundreds of miles around was razed to the ground in that very moment.

Mountains collapsed and rivers flowed backward, as if the apocalypse had arrived right then and there.

No one could survive such a terrifying explosion.

Even a Nascent Soul Cultivator, caught off guard by a point-blank blast of this magnitude, would undoubtedly perish.

Had Feng Xiaotian taken even the slightest precaution, Lin Hanzhou's self-detonation would never have harmed her, given her cultivation at the ninth level of the Nascent Soul Realm.

Unfortunately, there are no "ifs," and this great cultivator of the ninth level of the Nascent Soul Realm died in such a stifling manner.

This must be the most pathetic death for a Nascent Soul Cultivator—dying at the hands of her own arrogance.