“Bang…”
At this moment, the palace collapsed, and the sky was filled with dust, obscuring the fallen palace and concealing the situation inside.
“Crack…”
At this moment, a chilling sound echoed from the ruins. Lin Fan tightly gripped the Eternal Axe, anticipating a tough battle ahead.
“Boom…”
In an instant, a column of black light erupted from the ruins, piercing through any obstacles as it shot straight up into the sky.
Outside the Sea-Burying Demon Land, elders from the Six Sects, the head of the Yao Clan, King Qin, and others had been waiting.
When this black light appeared again, everyone’s expressions changed.
They didn’t know exactly what was happening below, but they assumed someone must have obtained a great treasure, though they couldn’t tell who.
As for the wandering cultivators, they had already laid a tight net, ready to suppress anyone emerging from the forbidden area and seize everything they had.
They had visited this forbidden area of the Sea-Burying Demon Land before.
Inside, there were great opportunities, but they were rare. Considering their current status, these treasures were decent enough.
But now, the situation had changed. This unusual phenomenon, never seen before in the Sea-Burying Demon Land, had occurred, indicating only one thing—it was about to produce a heaven-defying treasure.
King Qin stood there with deep concern. He had a bad premonition, though he couldn’t quite articulate it. He could only hope his royal son was safe.
He had researched the Seven Sage Treasure in ancient texts. Indeed, there had once been a mighty cultivator from a distant era. His son had gone down there, and he didn’t know whether he had obtained it.
But in King Qin’s mind, he must have succeeded, because his son had the treasure map.
What King Qin didn’t know was that nearly everyone inside the Sea-Burying Demon Land had a copy of that map.
And the reason the treasure map had spread so widely was precisely the work of his dear royal son.
Underground.
Lin Fan shielded his eyes. This black light gave him a very uneasy feeling. It seemed the black light pillar that had lasted for a day and night originated from here.
The black light pillar didn’t last long before gradually dissipating.
At this moment, Lin Fan saw a stone coffin standing amidst the ruins. The coffin was ancient and mysterious, carved with densely packed talisman markings. However, these markings were dim and lifeless, devoid of any spiritual energy.
Wrapped around the surface of the coffin was a chain, but like the talisman markings, it had long since lost its power.
Lin Fan was deeply alarmed. What kind of monster was sealed inside? Layer after layer of seals—could it be an ancient demon of immense power?
Facing such a high-level force, Lin Fan felt uneasy.
He was used to minor skirmishes. Now, facing a real challenge, his heart was filled with tension.
He silently prayed, hoping it wasn’t too monstrous. It could be a little powerful, but please, not an overwhelming existence.
“Hu…”
A breath echoed from within the coffin, chilling and terrifying, as if signaling an awakening and instilling fear from the very beginning.
“Hu…”
Another breath.
“Boom…”
At this moment, Lin Fan lifted his head. Suddenly, a swirling mass of dark clouds gathered above, crackling with lightning and howling with wind. Instantly, countless ghosts emerged from the surrounding cliffs, roaring in fury.
These ghosts lived within the stone walls, but the moment the dark clouds appeared, they flew into the swirling mass above, their faces twisted with malice.
Lin Fan took a few steps back, his eyes flashing with alarm. Damn it, strike while the iron is hot! This phenomenon must be a prelude to breaking the seal. He had to destroy it first.
In an instant, Lin Fan radiated a brilliant glow. His previously carefree gaze turned deadly serious.
“One Finger of Annihilation!”
“Heaven’s Sword!”
…
In a flash, the void collapsed repeatedly. Two sword auras spun rapidly, trailing long tails that stirred the entire space.
“Bang…”
To Lin Fan’s disbelief, the swirling mass of dark clouds remained completely unaffected, still gathering its final power.
“Useless?” Lin Fan panicked.
“Boom…”
The long-accumulated dark clouds condensed into a single point. In the blink of an eye, silently and swiftly, they vanished into the stone coffin, leaving behind an eerie stillness.
Black mist swirled around the upright coffin, forming grotesque faces of vengeful spirits, sneering mockingly at everything.
At this moment, the coffin lid suddenly flew open. Filled with black mist, an inky-black arm stretched out. The hand was pitch-black, its nails a dark green.
As the hand emerged, the black mist within the coffin condensed, eventually seeping into the arm.
Lin Fan saw clearly now, his heart pounding in alarm. This was just an arm—an arm without a body.
The black arm shimmered with a chilling gleam, and coiled around it were golden, tadpole-like inscriptions. Though he couldn’t decipher them, these ancient characters exuded a primordial aura.
In an instant, the arm trembled slightly, and tiny scales emerged, covering its surface. The golden inscriptions, now severed from their source, floated aimlessly in the air.
Lin Fan swallowed hard. To say he wasn’t nervous would be a lie. The little chicken hiding nearby, witnessing this scene, was so frightened it tucked its head beneath its wings, its small body trembling violently.
The fingers of the black arm slowly spread open, then clenched shut, emitting a creaking sound.
As if it had been sealed for too long, its movements were stiff after its release.
Lin Fan quickly used his system to check the arm’s cultivation level.
“???”
But those three question marks stunned Lin Fan instantly.
They either meant the system couldn’t identify the opponent’s power, or the opponent was so strong that even the system couldn’t recognize it.
Lin Fan preferred the former, unwilling to believe a single arm could possess unfathomable might.
At this moment, the arm sensed Lin Fan’s presence. The five fingers spread wide, and five unstoppable beams of light, like scythes, shot forth, aiming to reap his life.
“Heaven’s Sword!”
Startled, Lin Fan unleashed an ultimate sword intent, crashing toward the five beams of darkness.
Yet, to his shock, the mighty sword intent shattered piece by piece, utterly unable to resist.
“Bang…”
The five beams of black light collided with the Eternal Axe, the immense force sending Lin Fan flying backward for hundreds of meters.
Now, Lin Fan stared in terror at the terrifying arm. His physical body had reached the peak of the Small Heaven Realm, yet just blocking with the Eternal Axe had left his hands trembling uncontrollably.
So powerful…
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