The moment that malevolent power surged forth, Su Yu's mind, which had just relaxed, suddenly tensed up like a fully drawn bow!
It was neither an energy fluctuation nor a soul impact.
It was a more essential, more fundamental kind of "evil," cold and lifeless, as if it were the ultimate opposite of all laws, life, and even light and darkness—pure "nothingness."
For the first time, Su Yu's expression underwent a dramatic change.
At this moment, the Heavenly Dragon Sacred Power, the Indestructible Vajra Bones, and even the Purple-Gold Divine Embryo within his body began to operate autonomously without obedience, emitting a low, alert hum.
This is the instinctive defense that living organisms have etched deep within their bodies when facing natural enemies!
This aura... originates from the same source as the gray mist that devoured the King Realm expert in Liu Sheng's fragmented memories!
"What's wrong?"
Luo Yuan, who was standing nearby, noticed Su Yu's unusual behavior.
She saw Su Yu's body tense up in an instant, and his eyes, which had been as calm as a deep pool just moments before, now seemed to reflect mountains of corpses and seas of blood, bursting with an unprecedented solemnity and killing intent.
She followed Su Yu's gaze to the stone tablet whose light had dimmed, but when she swept it with her divine sense, it was empty and she could not sense anything.
But her intuition, honed from years of teetering on the edge of life and death, made her heart clench.
She gripped the spear tightly, her protective spiritual energy instantly filling her entire body as she warily surveyed her surroundings.
What could make this monster so wary was definitely beyond her comprehension.
"It has found me."
Only this one cold thought remained in Su Yu's mind.
As he analyzed Liu Sheng's memories and shattered that terrifying illusion, as he received the inheritance and his divine sense deeply linked with the Heavenly Stele, he was already "branded" by the being behind that gray mist.
The malevolent aura flashed within the stone tablet, arriving abruptly and departing just as strangely.
It was as if a cold gaze, spanning endless time and space, had confirmed the location of its prey before quietly disappearing.
However, it was this "disappearance" that made Su Yu's heart slowly sink.
An unknown enemy is not scary; what is scary is when the enemy already knows where you are, and you know nothing about it.
"They've been targeted by some powerful figure or organization."
"Trouble."
Just as Su Yu's mind raced as he considered how to deal with the situation...
An aged, weary, yet tinged with a hint of relief thought resounded directly in his mind.
It was not a sound exchange, but a pure communication of divine thoughts.
"Young man, there's no need to panic."
It was Thunder Suppression King Liu Sheng! He still retained a last shred of willpower.
"That thing... we call it ' Taboo.' It has no physical form, cannot be named, and is the true 'ominous' omen of this God-Burial Land. I perished at its hands."
Liu Sheng's thoughts were filled with deep apprehension.
"You shattered the pollution of its will left in my memory, and inherited my lineage, so naturally it will 'remember' you. This is both a tribulation and a kind of 'qualification'."
Su Yu's mind stirred, and he asked in his sea of consciousness, "Qualifications?"
Only those who are worthy of being 'watched' by it are worthy of exploring the ultimate truth of this world. However, that is still too far away for you right now.
Liu Sheng's thoughts became serious.
"Listen to my final piece of advice. First, the God-Burial Land is far more complicated than you imagine."
The central region still has some vitality, but the core area has been completely polluted by the ' Taboo '.
Before your Body Refinement, Qi Refinement, and Spirit Refinement have all reached the Heaven Realm Ninth Level Peak, absolutely do not step into the core area! Remember this!
Su Yu silently made a note of it.
The Heaven Realm Ninth Level is the pinnacle of the Grandmaster realm, just one step away from the King Realm.
"Second..." Liu Sheng paused, a complex emotion welling up inside him.
I am a citizen of the Great Qian Dynasty. If one day you are able to leave this place, I hope that, for the sake of the bond we share today, you will take care of the descendants of my Liu Clan.
"They are in the capital of the Great Qian Kingdom."
After saying these two sentences, Liu Sheng's last remaining will, like a candle flickering in the wind, quickly weakened and eventually dissipated completely.
"Senior?"
Su Yu called out in his mind, but there was no response.
The Thunder-Subduing King, a powerful King Realm who dominated his era, finally perished, his soul completely erased from this world.
Su Yu slowly exhaled a breath of stale air and opened his eyes.
He glanced at Luo Yuan beside him, whose face was full of tension, and then at the Heavenly Stele of Inheritance that had been completely turned into ordinary stone. His eyes returned to their usual calm.
But beneath this calm lies a far more turbulent undercurrent.
The Taboo gaze of the gray fog, the core area accessible only to those at the Heaven Realm Ninth Level, the last wish of the Liu family of the Great Qian Dynasty...
There was a lot of information, but Su Yu quickly sorted it out.
"Thinking too much is useless; the root of everything is still strength."
"As long as I improve fast enough, trouble won't be able to catch up with me."
On a whim, he brought up his system panel.
[Host: Su Yu ]
[Cultivation Level: Qi Refinement Heaven Realm Third Level, Spirit Refinement Earth Realm Ninth Level, Body Refinement Heaven Realm Third Level ]
[Cultivation Techniques: Eightfold Heavenly Dragon Prison (Supreme Heaven Realm, Great Completion), Nine Heavens Thunder Control True Art (Supreme Heaven Realm, Unentered), Scarlet Baleful Intent Wisdom King Body (Low Heaven Realm, Great Completion)...]
[Laws: Law of the Saber (Mastery), Law of Thunder) ]
[ Slaughter Points: 135000]
Looking at the remaining 100,000+ Slaughter Points and the unawareness of the Nine Heavens Thunder Control True Art, Su Yu frowned slightly.
Slaughter Points are severely insufficient.
Although that " Taboo " has remained silent for the time being, no one knows when it will strike.
We must transform the newly acquired legacy into real combat power as soon as possible!
His biggest weakness is that his Spirit Refinement refinement has not yet broken through to the Heaven Realm.
"Shall we go?"
Seeing that Su Yu had come to his senses, Luo Yuan asked cautiously.
In her view, the inheritance was already in her hands, and she should leave immediately as she could not stay here any longer.
Su Yu shook his head.
He turned around, his gaze piercing through the isolated space and looking out at the vast and boundless Thunder Marsh.
There, a large number of the Heaven Realm demons who feed on lightning also live.
In his perception, there were even several auras that were no weaker than those of the Black Baleful Intent Scaled Lion and Thunderhorn Rhinoceros from before.
"I just acquired the ' Nine Heavens Thunder Control True Art,' and I'm just lacking some nourishment to get started."
"It's time to replenish our Slaughter Points."
A cold smile curled at the corners of Su Yu's lips.
He looked at Luo Yuan and spoke calmly.
"I'm not leaving."
"I just got new gear, so I need to find some targets to test it out."