As the lightning dissipated, the gaping wound in the sky slowly healed, once again enveloped by an eternal gray-white mist.
Amidst the ruins, the half-collapsed clock tower still stands, but the last trace of resentment and ominousness belonging to the " Soul-Crying Infant " in the air has been completely purified.
It was as if it had never existed.
[Ding! Killed ' Soul-Crying Infant ' ( Heaven Realm Third Level Vengeful Soul Body), gained 100,000 Slaughter Points!]
[Current Slaughter Points Balance: 700,000!]
The system's cold, robotic voice echoed in Su Yu's mind.
Seven hundred thousand.
Su Yu's eyes remained unwavering; in his mind, this number quickly transformed into quantifiable combat power.
He glanced at Luo Yuan, who was leaning on a long spear and looking at him with the eyes of someone looking at a god, not far away.
"Rest in place."
He uttered four words, concise and to the point, as if issuing an unquestionable command.
Before he finished speaking, his figure had already turned into a blurry afterimage and disappeared from the spot, casually sitting cross-legged under a relatively intact broken wall a few dozen feet away.
[This man...]
Luo Yuan stared at that retreating figure, still reeling from the shock, when she was further taken aback by his matter-of-fact attitude.
But she quickly composed herself and a bitter smile appeared on her face.
That's fine.
Without hesitation, she immediately took out another pill from her bosom.
This time, she took out a pill that was entirely emerald green, with visible rings of life energy swirling around it.
A superior-grade earth-level medicine, the Bone-Growing Blood-Invigorating Pill.
Even for someone of her status, pills of this caliber are extremely rare, and each one is priceless.
But she didn't hesitate at all and swallowed it directly.
The elixir melted instantly upon entering the mouth, and a powerful current of life warmth instantly washed over the limbs and bones.
The deep, bone-revealing wounds on her body began to wriggle and heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.
She must recover her fighting strength as soon as possible, not for any other reason than to be more valuable as a "living map" next to this monster.
However, just as her injuries had almost completely healed, a sudden, overwhelming aura made her open her eyes abruptly!
She stared in horror in Su Yu's direction!
Where Su Yu was sitting, chaotic energy flames suddenly surged around him!
The flames were not intense, but incredibly heavy, as if each wisp carried the weight of an entire world.
Even more terrifying, within that radiant light, a completely new vortex of spiritual energy, entirely different from the previous one, was rapidly condensing and taking shape within his body!
He's... breaking through?!
[Here? Now?!]
Luo Yuan's mind went blank, as if something had gone wrong.
When a martial artist breaks through a barrier, especially to a higher realm, they always seek out an absolutely safe cave, set up multiple layers of formations, and make thorough preparations before daring to attempt it.
Like Su Yu, who broke through to a higher level in a forbidden area fraught with danger...
She had never heard of such a thing!
[A madman! A complete and utter madman!]
Meanwhile, in Su Yu's sea of consciousness...
[Consumed 700,000 Slaughter Points to deduce " Suppressing Prisons and Subduing Demons: Heaven Realm Scroll - Eightfold Heavenly Dragon Prison "!]
[Mastery of " Eightfold Heavenly Dragon Prison " has been improved to: Minor Success!]
boom!
As the numbers on the system panel cleared to zero, the Heavenly Dragon Sacred Power within Su Yu's body was completely awakened, like a dormant ancient dragon king!
Within his dantian, following the first spiritual energy vortex, a second spiritual energy vortex suddenly formed!
The two vortexes intertwined, and a force several times stronger than before surged and roared through his meridians like a celestial river pouring back!
Qi Refinement level – Heaven Realm Second Level!
It's done!
Su Yu slowly opened his eyes, a flash of chaotic divine light appearing and disappearing in them. The boiling flames around him also receded completely into his body, as if nothing had ever happened.
The transition from level one to level two took only a few minutes.
He felt the even more powerful force within him, and a look of satisfaction finally appeared on his calm face.
At the very instant he completed his breakthrough.
A hundred miles away.
A figure abruptly stopped, looked up, and those icy eyes, resembling those of a shark, precisely locked onto the direction where Su Yu was located.
[This aura... is the fluctuation caused by breaking through to the Heaven Realm Second Level.]
[But its strength far surpasses that of an ordinary Heaven Realm Second Level.]
On the Hei Sha's face, the gill slits twitched slightly.
[ Luo Yuan is at the Heaven Realm Second Level, as are the Blackwater Three Baleful Intents. At the ambush site, a fifth person at the Heaven Realm Second Level has appeared...]
[Is it you?]
He didn't think about it any further.
The next instant, his figure vanished from his spot, transforming into a pale gray streak of light that almost blended into the gray mist. Without making a sound, he Soundless swept towards the source of the aura fluctuations.
Amidst the ruins, Luo Yuan had just recovered from Su Yu's miraculous breakthrough and was about to say something when she saw Su Yu suddenly stand up and look in the direction behind her.
That gaze was cold and sharp, like a drawn sword.
Luo Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and she turned around abruptly.
A tall, silent figure could be seen standing in the gray mist dozens of feet away.
The newcomer had shark-like gill slits on his face, cold and ruthless eyes, and no aura emanated from him. He stood there quietly, yet he was like a giant beast lurking in the deep sea, giving people an immense sense of oppression.
Heaven Realm Fifth Level Peak!
Hei Sha!
Luo Yuan's pupils suddenly contracted, and the knuckles of her fingers gripping the spear turned white.
They're from the Blackwater Alliance! And they're the Blackwater Alliance's sharpest weapon!
Hei Sha's gaze first fell on Luo Yuan, confirming her condition, and then his emotionless eyes slowly turned to Su Yu.
He saw Su Yu.
They also sensed the newly stabilized aura emanating from Su Yu, which belonged to the Heaven Realm Second Level.
[So that's how it is. A greenhorn who just broke through ruined everything.]
Hei Sha made a judgment in his mind.
[The killer possesses unpredictable and dangerous abilities; proceed with extreme caution.]
The alliance leader's telepathic message echoed in his mind.
A hint of disdain flashed in Hei Sha's eyes.
No matter how strange it is, it's only at the Heaven Realm Second Level.
He didn't utter a single unnecessary word, nor did he make a single superfluous movement.
His body sank slightly, like a fully drawn bow, ready to become an arrow released from the bow in the next instant, completely annihilating the two targets before him.
However, just as he was about to make his move...
An aged, indifferent voice, seemingly devoid of any emotion, suddenly and without warning echoed slowly above the ruins.
The voice wasn't loud, but it clearly reached the ears of everyone present, carrying an unquestionable and authoritative authority.
"This place is the outer perimeter of the God-Burial Land."
"According to the rules, entry is prohibited for those above the Heaven Realm Fourth Level."
The voice paused, as if an invisible gaze had fallen upon Hei Sha.
"Sir, you have crossed the line."