The already heavily wounded, critically endangered Yan Su emitted an aura akin to a forbidden force, becoming the center of the heavens and earth, with everything around him dimming into obscurity.
"What... is happening?"
Not far away, Zuo Zhushan’s heart raced wildly, and his blood nearly froze.
The opponent actually had such a formidable trump card, and he had thought of dealing with Yan Su earlier.
The others were also taken aback, their bones chilled and hairs standing on end, not knowing what was happening.
"Kill!"
"Stop him."
The clown’s trio of puppets charged towards Yan Su, filled with murderous intent.
Meanwhile, the clown himself retreated backward.
"All of you, die!"Yan Su’s face was filled with malice, a layer of black cold light swirling around the index finger of his left hand, pointing forward.
In the next instant, a freezing power that could freeze everything spread out, the black ice freezing everything, even the void was frozen, cold and eerie.
Boom!
The puppet at the forefront turned into an ice sculpture and then shattered into ice shards in an instant.
Next, the second puppet, the third puppet, turned into ice shards.
The surrounding ground, walls, and corpses were all frozen, and then the next moment turned into powder.
The clown showed a rather exaggerated look of terror and retreated backward.
And that force that froze and shattered everything continued to spread forward, like an abyss of destruction, endlessly devouring.
The members of Heavenly Martial Sect and Frost Hall behind were all dumbfounded.
How terrifying this power was!
It seemed there was nothing that could stop Yan Su’s pitch-black finger, everyone was in awe, unable to speak.
Zuo Zhushan suddenly realized something and turned to flee.
Pan Peng, Lin Tianfeng also reacted, fleeing rapidly.
"I said, you all must die."
Yan Su’s chilling voice came through.
These people had discovered his secret, of course, they all had to die!
"Cough!"
Yan Su suddenly coughed, blood spattering, his already emaciated figure looked even more skeletal.
Obviously, using this powerful force had a tremendous backlash on his body.
"When I become stronger, strong enough to use this power at will, I won’t need to hide anymore."
Yan Su thought to himself.
He turned around and pointed at the fleeing disciples of Frost Hall and Heavenly Martial Sect, they all must die!
Boom!
The black light assaulted outward, freezing everything in front and then shattering into nothingness in an instant.
Zuo Zhushan, Pan Peng, and others were on the verge of being caught up by this destructive force.
They trembled in fright, terrified, but there was no way to stop this power, even showing signs of despair and unwillingness.
Yan Su’s lips curled up; this finger was his greatest secret.
Once the seal was lifted, his power released through this finger would be multiplied many times.
The power of this attack even approached the level of the Xuanming Realm!
Thump thump! Thump thump!
Suddenly, a faint pulsating sound echoed, reverberating in Yan Su’s mind.
For some reason, this heartbeat filled him with immense awe.
At the same time, the pitch-black index finger, which had always been insensitive, also began to feel this pulse.
"This..."
Yan Su was greatly shocked; this had never happened before.
What shocked him more was yet to come.
The mysterious forbidden aura emanating from his pitch-black finger actually drifted away, toward the source of the heartbeat.
Yan Su could feel that the power he was currently wielding was gradually weakening.
The force was being siphoned away.
"Damn it, what is going on?"
Yan Su’s face was full of terror.
Someone was actually absorbing energy from his finger, how was that possible?
But that was the reality.
Thump thump! Thump thump! Thump thump!
The pulsating sound became more pronounced, the enemy was drawing ever closer, and Yan Su couldn’t help but feel fear, as he sensed his finger was beyond his control, seemingly about to fly off.
Rumble!
Above, rocks and earth shattered, large boulders falling down.
This underground space was collapsing, ready to bury everything.
Yan Su quickly put the rusty ring back on his index finger, the black finger slowly returning to normal.
And with panic and suspicion, he fled swiftly.
He was too heavily injured at the moment, extremely weak, and if he did nothing, buried underground, he might even die.
...
Meanwhile, Chen Yu was hurrying towards the depths of the underground.
The mysterious heart seemed to ignite, burning incredibly hot, making Chen Yu anxious.
As he got close to the underground, a power that filled him with reverence yet felt familiar surged towards him, entering the mysterious heart.
It was like the mysterious heart absorbing the Blood Race bloodline but also somewhat different.
After absorbing that mysterious power, the surface of the heart shone resplendently, pulsing ever more powerfully.
Not just that.
The dreamlike brilliance permeated Chen Yu’s body, spreading through him entirely.
He found that the heart, after absorbing this mysterious power, not only changed itself but also influenced his body further.
All these changes were currently unknown.
Chen Yu felt his head aching, his body in intense pain, as if being gnawed by thousands of ants.
Zoom!
Enduring the severe pain, he approached the source of the powerful force, and the heart’s efficiency in absorbing energy increased.
But suddenly, massive stones above came crashing down; Chen Yu had nowhere to hide.
Rumble!
The underground trembled, and everything was buried.
Chen Yu, already enduring immense agony, was now completely buried, struggling to break free.
Gradually, the pain in his body and soul faded, and the heart slowly calmed, returning to normal.
"I don’t know if that mysterious power was fully absorbed by the mysterious heart or if the power has left..."
Chen Yu let out a low sigh.
If it were the former, he would feel regret for not seizing the opportunity.
But in reality, he had already reaped many benefits.
Thinking back at this moment, if he had really approached that forbidden power just now, it might have been dangerous.
Previously, he hadn’t considered these things because the desire from the mystical heart was too intense, like it was on fire, causing Chen Yu to become anxious.
"Could it be everyone else is dead?"
Zuo Zhushan, Lin Tianfeng, Yan Su, and others were all underground, their current life or death unknown.
Chen Yu couldn’t care for so much, he decided to leave here first.
A moment later.
He dug his way up from underground, seeing daylight again.
All around was yellow sand and stormy winds, with no one in sight.
This proved that what had happened here hadn’t attracted others yet.
Chen Yu wasn’t in a hurry to return to the Heavenly Martial Sect. .
The mysterious heart had just absorbed a strange power, and something surely had changed; he decided to study it first.
Swish!
He moved hundreds of miles away from this place and sat down randomly somewhere.
His consciousness entered the internal world of the mysterious heart, and nothing seemed to have changed; it remained exactly the same as before.
The size of the Light Silver Crystal Space had not changed either.
Swish!
Chen Yu shot out explosively, his form disappearing in a flash.
"The speed is a bit faster than before."
Chen Yu noticed this.
He also began to make some guesses in his mind.
Boom!
Chen Yu clenched his fist and struck out, pure power transformed into a gray-white violent force, smashing like a meteor on the distant ground.
Rumble!
The earth trembled, stones and sands flew wildly, the gale intensified, leaving a giant crater over a thousand feet wide in place.
"This strike is equivalent to a blow from a Four and a Half Star King, isn’t it?"
Chen Yu was momentarily stunned.
He hadn’t used the White Tiger Sacred Claw, primordial force, or the mysterious power in this strike, it was purely physical strength.
This proves that Chen Yu’s physical body reached the level of a Four Star King, able to unleash attacks equivalent to a Four Star King just through sheer bodily strength.
"If complemented with primordial force, profound meaning, and the White Tiger Sacred Claw, even a Five-star King might have difficulty resisting this strike."
Chen Yu chuckled.
After the heart absorbed the mysterious power, his life force physique ascended to a higher level directly.
This was the first discovery.
As to whether there were any other changes, Chen Yu needed to continue testing.
In the following moments, Chen Yu tried to activate the heart, but nothing changed.
Then he started practicing, hoping to find different points through the practice.
"Huh?"
Chen Yu immediately noticed something unusual.
The primordial Qi between heaven and earth rapidly surged towards him, and not only that, but other kinds of energy were also approaching and entering his body.
Under normal circumstances, Chen Yu could only rely on absorbing Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to advance his cultivation.
Some Ghost Cultivators or Demon Cultivators, by absorbing ghostly and demonic Qi, could also promote their cultivation.
Yet now, Chen Yu discovered that his efficiency in absorbing Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi had improved, and he could also absorb other types of energies, such as dead air, corpse gas, ghostly Qi, and so on, purifying them for his use.
"This is truly incredible; it must be some special physique."
Chen Yu was pleasantly surprised, speculating in his heart.
For instance, his medium-level Indestructible Body was unexpectedly born during the Food God feast in the Great Yu Realm.
And now, he seemed to have activated other physical traits.
Chen Yu hadn’t yet figured out what kind of physique it was, but he noticed his cultivation had reached a bottleneck and was about to break through.
He had long reached the Late-stage Star Condensation Realm Peak, just a step away from the Four Star King.
This opportunity had invisibly crossed that step, and now Chen Yu could break through his cultivation.
Just then.
A voice came from not far away: "Junior Brother Chen!"
Ending his practice, Chen Yu’s spiritual sense swept over to see a battered figure, Zuo Zhushan.
Zuo Zhushan was covered in blood, his face pale, completely lacking the elegance of top sixth on the Heavenly Martial List, the handsome prodigy of the Heavenly Martial Sect.
"It’s great to see you’re okay, Junior Brother Chen."
Zuo Zhushan approached Chen Yu, showing a gentle smile.
"Where are the others?"
"Not sure, my injuries were too severe so I crawled out to heal first, they might be dead or might have escaped too." Zuo Zhushan replied.
"What happened when I left?"
Chen Yu asked.
He was almost certain that the sudden eruption of forbidden aura came from where the Heavenly Martial Sect and Frost Hall disciples were located.
"It was Yan Su, I’m not quite sure either, but he is definitely not as simple as he appears."
Zuo Zhushan stated solemnly.
"So it was him."
Chen Yu wasn’t surprised.
Having seen Yan Su before, the mysterious heart seemed to crave something from him.
"Junior Brother Chen, let’s return to the sect first."
Zuo Zhushan suggested.
Chen Yu nodded and got up to move.
Calculating the time, he had been away from the Heavenly Martial Sect for eight years already.
But suddenly.
Heech!
A chillingly cold Green Mysterious Sword flash shot out, striking Chen Yu, piercing through his defense and cutting into his body.
The wound spread frantically from the shoulder, almost slicing Chen Yu’s body in half.
Zuo Zhushan’s lips curled up.
His sneak attack executed successfully, even a Five-star King would perish with regret.
No matter how strong Chen Yu’s defense was, he must die.
But in the next moment, an unbelievable scene occurred.