In that instant, Gu Jianlin drew the blood-red ghost knife, his right hand gripping the sword scabbard tightly.
"Be careful, sothing's happening."
He stepped back half a step and said in a low voice, "The thing inside the coffin is about to wake up!"
In truth, the warning was redundant, as the black stone coffin was already trembling. The eight iron chains binding the coffin were frantically shaking and snapping apart, while the lid was covered with terrifying, jagged cracks.
"Aunt Zijin, hurry up!"
Su Youzhu was just about to activate the evolutionary state of the Candle Dragon Clan but had second thoughts since they were within the Heavenly Person Realm. Instead, she abandoned the idea, pulling out the Demon Extermination Sword from her back and holding it in front of her.
Lu Zijin used telekinesis to extract the bone that resembled jade and handed it to the boy in front of her, speaking calmly, "If my guess is correct, whatever we get here should be taken out. Xiao Gu, keep it safe. This thing is of no use to us—it's only suitable for disasters of your teacher's level."
To everyone's surprise, the urgency and greed previously visible weren't for herself.
The bone, crystal-clear like jade, emanated a srizing fragrance, as if it were the world's purest gemstone.
Gu Jianlin tucked the Eternal Bone into his pocket, while the shadow behind him silently condensed.
Boom!
The lid of the black stone coffin shattered abruptly, releasing endless dark energy in a mist-like burst!
Though Gu Jianlin reacted swiftly, summoning the Skeleton Giant for defense at once, he was still blown away by the raging dark energy. The two girls behind him were swept off their feet as well, tossed like leaves in a violent storm.
It was the first ti he had ever encountered such ferocious dark energy!
This was the power of the Divine Path.
No, more accurately, it was the power of the Qilin Clan!
Suddenly, he spat out a mouthful of blood, feeling his body rapidly deteriorating and vitality draining away!
Even his shadow was affected, trembling wildly.
It was a curse!
Ghost Curse Technique!
Legend had it that the combat instincts of the Ancient God Clan were terrifying.
The opponent had targeted the strongest among them first for the assault!
At the critical mont, Lu Zijin's superiority in the Heavenly Master Path erged. She unleashed a terrifying psychic force, forcibly negating the impact of the explosion, stabilizing herself mid-air, and even counterattacking with a punch!
"Follow !"
She shouted.
As the blade humd, Su Youzhu streaked forward like a fractured shadow and slashed, tearing through the void!
Crack!
Suddenly, a blood-red Qilin Spirit Body materialized out of thin air, forcefully resisting the slash. The sound of its body shattering—like golden stone breaking—was terrifying, followed by a burst of dense black light and a thunderous roar!
"Youzhu, watch out!"
Too late.
With a deafening boom, Su Youzhu's platinum hair fluttered as a horrible blood hole pierced through her heart. Her petite and delicate body seed partially destroyed upon first glance, spraying blood everywhere.
Her eyes were hollow and pale, her expression frozen in despair as she fell like a butterfly.
For a brief mont, Lu Zijin felt a chill run through her veins.
Gu Jianlin could almost hear the sound of the world collapsing. Though a shred of rationality reminded him that the girl before him was rely a clone, uncontrollable rage ignited in the depths of his heart, blazing like thunder caught among dark clouds.
At that critical juncture, space and ti warped, dinsions misaligned, and everything spun violently!
"Focus on , I'm fine!"
A cold, indifferent voice called out from above.
Su Youzhu stood unhard where she was, the Demon Extermination Sword in her hand trembling faintly. It emitted countless ghostly cries like anguished wails from hell, interfering with the enemy's spiritual fluctuations in madness.
It was as though it wasn't her who had charged forward earlier.
The blood-red Qilin Spirit Body hadn't shattered either; rather, it was amassing terrifying dark energy.
In a strange turn of events, it seed as though ti had been reversed.
Lu Zijin was dumbfounded—what had just occurred before her eyes was nothing short of a miracle.
No, it wasn't a miracle.
Gu Jianlin vaguely sensed sothing, for as space-ti twisted, he heard a faint song.
A song—or perhaps a dragon's chant!
It reverberated like a deity softly humming at the edge of ti.
Ti reversed, and karma changed accordingly!
This was... the Candle Dragon Forbidden Curse!
Beautifully executed!
Throughout the history of human Ascenders, those who could grasp Original Forbidden Curses were incredibly rare. Such individuals without exception were disaster-level—chosen ones, provided they didn't perish prematurely.
Of course, this was no ti for celebration.
As the black mist spread, the Ancient God within the coffin had awakened, now hovering mid-air.
The blood-red Qilin radiated black light, on the brink of collapse!
Luckily, the shadow's preparations were complete.
In an instant, the shadow grabbed a broken tachi from the ground and darted forward like an ethereal ghost. Its long-prepared Dinsion Slash rippled through the void, rcilessly delivering a strike!
Boom!
The void shattered like a mirror, collapsing into whorls that swallowed the nearly-exploded blood-red Qilin, obliterating it completely.
Gu Jianlin had been conserving his strength all along, dark energy flickering at his fingertips like flas yearning to extinguish.
But suddenly, a terrifying gust of wind rushed toward him.
A black shadow lunged from the mist, swinging a punch directly toward his chest!
Its speed was beyond comprehension!
Bam!
The Skeleton Giant, known for its resilience, was punched through. Gu Jianlin felt as though his chest had been struck by a siege hamr, launching him like a cannonball into the tomb wall, burying him beneath falling debris.
"Xiao Gu!"
Lu Zijin's beautiful eyes trembled, and she decisively summoned her Golden Core.
A streak of black light pierced through, striking her Golden Core head-on, and exploded!
With a loud boom, she spewed blood, hurtling back.
The shadow in the mist turned, its eerie blood-red pupils brimming with a bloodthirsty killing intent.
In that instant, Su Youzhu felt locked in freezing terror as its gaze fell on her.
The mysterious Ancestor didn't opt for close combat; instead, it clasped its hands tightly. Towering dark energy erupted like detonating explosives, shaking the entire tomb chamber and spraying cracks everywhere, threatening collapse.
The tsunami-like shockwaves roared thunderously as they rolled forward!
Even as Su Youzhu blocked with her blade, she was still sent flying, her lungs rattled, blood dripping from the corners of her lips.
Such was the power of an Ancestor-level Ancient God evolved to the Primordial stage!
The true combat prowess of the Ancient God Clan!
Before anyone could react, only the shadow remained in the fray.
But as it finally saw the figure's appearance clearly, it froze.
Because it was a nude girl, with blood-red Dragon Horns growing from her head, an armor-like dark-red bone mask, her body covered in crimson Dragon Scales, sharp, curved nails on both hands, and a red dragon tail protruding behind her!
Through the profile, her flickering phantom shadow could be discerned.
One mont, she appeared as half-human.
The next, she'd transform into the blood-red Qilin.
Her evolution was still ongoing, faintly resembling an Original State!
So that's what it was—this Ancestor was evidently newly awakened, not likely to recover much power. Still, her overwhelming dominance was apparent because she had undergone Ancient God Transformation and was striving for Primordial Return!
How could this be? Within the Heavenly Person Realm, how was she able to wield such formidable Ancient God Power?
But in an instant, Gu Jianlin understood what was happening.
Because his Life Perception told him.
This Ancestor's life was burning furiously, marching toward death from the mont she revived.
But that wasn't her true ans of evading the realm's suppression.
When Gu Jianlin gazed at her, he saw two faces forcibly stitched together—a haunting sight.
The left side showed the serene sleeping face of a human girl; the right side held the solemn and majestic visage of an Ancient God.
This was the sa eerie visage Tang Yun once bore.
This, too, was an artificial Ancestor, created with thods identical to those of Lishan Tiyan Pavilion!
"I understand now."
Gu Jianlin finally realized why, since the Ancient God Realm's challenges began, no Qilin Clan had been encountered.
They must have all been buried here, transford into experintal subjects.
Whether it was Qilins or Candle Dragons trying out experints, these Ancient God Clans were ultimately left here.
"So it's not just Lishan Tiyan Pavilion conducting such tests—the Ancient God Clan has been seeking ways to break through the Heavenly Person Realm barriers. No wonder Senior Ji once remarked on evolving the Heavenly Person's Wedge, and my teacher sought the Evolution Path as well." Gu Jianlin thought to himself, this suicidal thod of breaking through the Heavenly Person Realm was far too terrifying—it was not a path he could replicate.
In a flash, this Ancestor leapt up, crashing down like a teor toward him, dark energy accumulated like a bomb!
If he took this blow head-on, it would surely kill him.
Gu Jianlin's spirituality surged wildly, and the Skeleton Giant condensed again, its four Ghost Hands intertwined!
Bang!
The tomb's floor was smashed through. Gu Jianlin's vision fell into darkness, his ears drowning in a sharp buzzing. It felt like an asteroid had slamd into him, shattering his bones and leaving his lungs bleeding internally.
He felt disoriented as if his soul had been jolted out of his body.
The Ancestor-level Ancient God before him was likely above Fifth Rank. After Ancient God Transformation, the overwhelming strength it unleashed was unparalleled.
Gu Jianlin felt utterly frustrated.
Frustrated like never before.
How dare you beat your ancestor like this.
It was only because at this mont, he couldn't undergo Ancient God Transformation.
But suddenly, he felt sothing in his pocket trembling, emanating a radiant glow.
It was the Golden Phoenix Feather!
The Golden Phoenix Feather given to him by the President.
The Golden Phoenix Feather modified by Senior Ji!
In an instant, Gu Jianlin felt the suppression of the Heavenly Person Realm vanish completely!
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