pjbooks Chapter 120 The Sect Master's First Thought, The Hidden War Begins
Chapter 120 The Sect Master's First Thought, The Hidden War Begins
The base of the White Pagoda.
Deep within the sealed well.
That enormous, dark blue eye finally opened.
It has not fully arrived.
It's not a crossover between different entities.
It was merely a wisp of will that cast a glance through the fragment of the King-level sect bone.
But it was in that instant that gaze fell upon him.
The entire sealed well seemed to be frozen.
One by one, the white ring-shaped runes went out.
The sealing chains on the well wall, which had been in place for twenty years, cracked with a sickening sound.
The afterimage of Experiment Subject One instantly became transparent.
She held her head in her hands and squatted painfully beside the well wall.
"Don't listen..."
"Don't look..."
"It will come in following your consciousness..."
But Lin Yuan did not close his eyes.
He stood in the center of the sealed well, one hand gripping a fragment of a king-level gate bone.
The old school uniforms fluttered in the dark blue storm.
The Extreme Dao Star Furnace within his body spun wildly.
Dark gold energy settled around him, like a star core compressed to its limit.
The sect leader's voice slowly came from the depths of that giant, dark blue eye.
"The Gate Swallower".
These three words were uttered.
All the eerie blue light within the sealed well pressed down on Lin Yuan simultaneously.
It wasn't a normal sound.
It wasn't a psychological attack either.
It's more like a judgment from a higher level.
It is confirming Lin Yuan's existence.
They confirmed the existence of the entity within Lin Yuan's body that could absorb and refine the Star Gate's source energy.
Lin Yuan looked up, his eyes cold.
"Are you calling me?"
The giant, deep blue eye slowly turned.
It was as if they were scrutinizing him.
"Within your body..."
"There are things that don't belong to this era."
"That's not martial arts."
"It's not qi and blood."
"Not an ancient body cultivator."
"It can swallow doors."
Lin Yuan's five fingers tightened slightly.
The fragment of a king-level sect bone beneath his palm emitted a piercing cracking sound.
"so?"
The sect leader's voice was deep.
"Return to the gate."
The words fell.
boom--!
The entire sealed well sank with a roar.
Countless dark blue lines burst forth from the fragments of the door bone, like thousands of tiny cracks in a door, simultaneously drilling into Lin Yuan's palms, arms, chest, and brow.
Those patterns are not simply pollution.
Each path contains fragments of the rules behind the door.
They attempted to label Lin Yuan's physical body as "part of the gate."
They attempted to transform his vital energy into a controllable channel behind the door.
They tried to synchronize his heartbeat, breathing, and bone vibrations with the sect leader's will.
Subject One's voice trembled:
"We can't let it leave a mark!"
"It will turn you into a door slave!"
Lin Yuan did not turn around.
"A door slave?"
He gave a cold laugh.
The Extreme Dao Star Furnace within his body suddenly trembled.
boom!
The azure patterns that had just entered his body were instantly held back by an extremely heavy dark gold blood energy.
Like countless venomous snakes, they were thrown into the furnace the moment they entered flesh and blood.
peel off.
compression.
Crush.
Swallowing and refining.
System notifications kept popping up.
[Residual power of the sect leader's will detected]
[Detected residual energy at the King-level gate bone]
High-intensity contamination detected behind the door.
[Contamination being removed]
[Physical compression of Qi and blood is underway]
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 660000]
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 663000]
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 666000]
Deep within Lin Yuan's bones, silver-white star patterns lit up one by one.
The star patterns that were originally just scattered connections are now being forced deeper under the pressure of the sect leader's will.
Within my bone marrow, it was as if a dark golden starry sky was slowly taking shape.
Each fragment of bone remnant that is devoured and refined will leave a deeper star mark on the inner wall of his bones.
pain.
It hurts.
It wasn't the pain of ordinary flesh being torn apart.
It is the pain of having one's bones, flesh, and soul repeatedly crushed by the rules behind the door.
But Lin Yuan's gaze remained unchanged.
Instead, he pressed his palm even deeper.
click-
Another fine crack appeared on the surface of the fragment of the King-level gate bone.
For the first time, the sect leader's will showed a significant fluctuation.
"You are swallowing up the traces I left behind."
Lin Yuandao:
"trace?"
"It's too bland."
"It's more like the real body would be more appropriate."
The sealed well trembled violently.
The afterimage of Experiment Subject No. 1 stared blankly at Lin Yuan.
She has been trapped here for twenty years.
Over the past twenty years, she has heard far too many stories of White Tower researchers fearing the sect leader.
I've heard too many people say that the sect leader is someone you can't look directly at.
I've heard far too many people have had their souls shattered just from hearing a whisper from the sect leader.
But this young man in front of me actually complained that the traces left by the sect leader were too faint.
It's like complaining that the rice isn't firm enough.
From the depths of the giant blue eye came an even deeper voice.
"arrogant."
Lin Yuan looked up.
"You do talk too much."
next moment.
The sect leader's will was completely suppressed.
The space inside the sealed well was as if it had been cut open by countless doors at the same time.
Around Lin Yuan, layers of door shadows appeared.
Behind each doorway lies a different scene.
There is a shattered star city.
There is a land of white bones.
There is a deep black abyss.
There were countless strange beasts kneeling and worshipping the gate.
There are enormous corpses floating in the void.
These images are not just illusions.
They carry the true scent of what's behind the door.
Each door's shadow seemed to be trying to drag Lin Yuan's consciousness into one of them.
If his mind wavers even for a moment.
The sect leader's will would tear open the cracks.
Subject One shouted desperately:
"Don't look!"
But Lin Yuan just stood there.
He glanced at the shadows of those doors.
"Too complicated."
boom!
The forbidden realm of the ultimate path unfolds.
Within a 30-meter radius, all the door shadows simultaneously sank.
It did not dissipate.
Instead, it was suppressed.
They were forcefully pushed back into the sealed well by that almost physical, heavy qi and blood.
Lin Yuan took a step forward.
The fragments of the King-level gate bone cracked again as he gripped them with his five fingers.
The system prompts continued to appear.
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 669000]
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 672000]
At the same time, the sect leader's will is also growing stronger.
A wisp of dark blue light pierced through the forbidden domain and directly entered Lin Yuan's brow.
The scene before Lin Yuan's eyes changed.
He saw Lin Xiaoya.
In her dream, Lin Xiaoya was locked in the center of a white corridor by a silver observation ring.
Countless people in white robes surrounded her.
The giant, deep blue eye behind the door slowly opened.
Lin Xiaoya cried and called out to her brother.
Lin Yuan's gaze remained unwavering.
"Fake."
The image is shattered.
The next instant, he saw the seventh safe zone being swallowed up by the black gate.
I saw the main gate of Longyuan Star collapse.
Seeing Luo Xingshuang, Su Qinghan, Song Li, and Ji Qinghe kneeling down in the pollution behind the door.
Seeing Lin Xiaoya standing in front of the door, he felt the observation ring pierce his forehead.
The sect leader's voice was deep:
You can't protect everyone.
Lin Yuandao:
"I didn't intend to protect everyone."
"I only kill those who harm her."
boom!
Dark gold energy bursts forth.
All illusions shattered on the spot.
The sect leader's will paused for a moment.
It seems like the first time I've realized that the person in front of me isn't sustained by good intentions.
It's not about protecting the common people.
It's not about justice.
His heart is cold.
So cold that even illusions cannot be shaken.
He cares about very few things.
But it is precisely because they are so few that they cannot be shaken.
……
Above the White Pagoda.
The open battlefield is becoming increasingly brutal.
Qin Xuanxiao's Mountain and River Marquisate was completely suppressed.
Blood Shadow's Extreme Dao Forbidden Domain was reduced to only three meters.
Six dark gold arms, two of which are covered in cracks.
Beneath the black robe, the red lotus flame patterns flickered uncertainly.
Each time the Blood Shadow unleashed its devastation upon the Great Wilderness, it caused the Mountain and River Marquis Domain to tremble briefly.
But in the next instant, the domain will close up again.
Qin Xuanxiao stood under the dim sunlight, his eyes growing colder and colder.
He's already figured it out.
Blood-faced Ancient Cultivator is very strong.
It is far stronger than when it was first granted the title of Marquis.
But it's incomplete.
Or rather, unlike those who were truly enfeoffed in the mid-stages of their reign, they did not possess a complete domain.
This energy is extremely strong, and the punches are extremely fierce.
However, it lacks a complete hierarchy capable of directly confronting the Mountain and River Marquis's domain.
Qin Xuanxiao said slowly:
"You won't last long."
Blood Shadow looked up.
"You can give it a try."
Qin Xuanxiao snorted coldly.
The field is under further pressure.
boom!
The ruins of the white tower beneath Blood Shadow's feet sank once more.
The forbidden area of the extreme path was compressed to two meters.
The onlookers were deathly silent.
"Senior Blood is really going to lose..."
"Qin Xuanxiao is too strong."
"Is this the realm of a mid-stage Marquis?"
"The Blood-Faced Ancient Cultivator killed Qin Yue and destroyed the White Pagoda, but now he has to pay the price."
Within the council of elders, several elders' eyes gleamed.
Someone whispered:
"That's about it."
"If Qin Xuanxiao can suppress him, Longyuan City will be free of a major threat."
"But that thing at the bottom of the White Pagoda..."
The other person said in a deep voice:
"It's not too late to deal with it after the Blood-Faced Ancient Cultivator is suppressed."
Marquis Zhenxing remained silent throughout.
His brow furrowed deeper and deeper.
Because the fluctuations at the bottom of the White Tower were no longer just the aura of the old gate.
Instead, a suppressed will was awakening within him, a will that even a powerful marquis like him felt.
He finally spoke:
"Do you really think the Blood-Faced Ancient Cultivator is the biggest problem tonight?"
Inside the council chamber, several elders were taken aback.
Before they could answer.
A muffled rumble suddenly came from the direction of the White Pagoda.
It did not come from Qin Xuanxiao.
It did not come from Blood Shadow.
Instead, it came from the bottom of the White Pagoda.
boom--
The entire ruins of the white pagoda trembled slightly.
A deep blue light shot out several feet from the crack at the bottom.
Qin Xuanxiao frowned.
He looked down at the crack.
"What's down there?"
Blood Shadow did not answer.
He simply used his six arms to support himself and continued to stubbornly resist the Marquis of Shanhe.
Qin Xuanxiao's eyes darkened.
"You were indeed procrastinating."
He raised his hand, and the dim, yellow sun fell again.
"Then I will subdue you first."
……
Inside the sealed well.
For the first time, blood seeped from Lin Yuan's palm.
That was not a common external injury.
Instead, it was the combined pressure of the residual energy of the King-level sect bone and the sect master's will that forcibly ground down and cracked the surface of his palm bone.
But as soon as the blood flowed out, it was swallowed back into the body by the Extreme Dao Star Furnace.
Within the dark gold blood, the silvery-white starlight grew increasingly dense.
A system notification appears.
[Current number of Qi and Blood Physical Compression Counts: 675000]
[The erosion of the sect leader's will intensifies]
[The residual energy of the King-level sect continues to leak out]
[Warning: Current energy level too high]
[The host is advised to consume and refine this product with caution.]
Lin Yuan looked at the prompt.
"cautious?"
He tightened his grip again.
With a snap, he forcefully pinched open an even larger crack in the broken door frame.
The pale blue light surged.
For the first time, the sect leader's anger became clear.
"Human race".
"You're asking for it."
Lin Yuan looked up.
"Didn't you want me to return to my family home?"
"The door is right here."
"I am coming."
The words fell.
He actually stepped into the deepest part of the sealed well.
Half of his arm was swallowed up by the eerie blue light of the gate.
Subject Number One's expression changed drastically.
"No!"
"Go any further in, and it will see everything!"
Lin Yuan did not back down.
The Extreme Dao Star Furnace within his body roared wildly.
The star-like patterns deep within the bones lit up one by one.
Within the flesh and blood, dark gold blood and silvery starlight intertwine.
What he wants is not security.
It is energy.
Before 700,000 cycles, there weren't enough stable resources.
The Star Source Pool is insufficient.
Ordinary star tides are not enough.
Even reaching the rank of Marquis might not be enough.
But this fragment of a King-level sect bone, combined with the sect leader's first wisp of will, is enough.
At least, it's worth taking the plunge.
The dark blue light from the door completely engulfed half of Lin Yuan's body.
next moment.
A huge, dark blue eye truly opened before him.
That's not an illusion.
It's not a projection.
Rather, it was the sect leader's first wisp of will that, through the fragments of the Fengwang Sect's bones, truly looked at reality.
The entire sealed well fell completely silent.
The sect leader's voice slowly rang out:
I see you.
Lin Yuan felt a sudden heaviness in his body.
The Ultimate Star Furnace was pushed to its limit.
He looked up at the giant eye.
"Then open your eyes wider."
"Look carefully."
boom!
Dark gold energy surged skyward.
Inside the sealed well, the ghostly blue light and the dark gold light collided completely.
The covert war has officially begun.