82: Destroy Xiaoyao
The calm outside the Secret Realm did not last long.
Boom—!
A roar filled with violence and pain erupted from within the Secret Realm's golden gate. Immediately following it, a figure whose Devilish Qi was scattering, chest was caved in, and left arm was missing, was violently flung out like a broken sack, smashing heavily onto the barren desert and kicking up dust everywhere!
Everyone stared intently, simultaneously drawing a sharp breath!
That ragged, barely breathing person was none other than the Demon Son of the Boundless Demon Domain—Fierce Heaven Demon, who had previously been arrogant and radiating monstrous demonic might!
At this moment, he retained not a shred of the demeanor of a Demonic Path magnate's successor. His face was pale as paper, demon blood stained his shattered demonic armor, and his eyes were filled with pain, resentment, and a trace of lingering terror!
“Demon Son!”
“Young Lord!”
The Boundless Demon Domain's camp instantly erupted!
Several powerful demonic figures soared into the sky. Leading them was an old man wearing a black demonic robe, whose face was withered and whose eye sockets flickered with eerie green soul fire. His aura was vast as an abyss; he was clearly a great Devil Head at the Samsara Realm Peak—the Third Elder of the Boundless Demon Domain, Nightmare Bone Demon Venerable!
Nightmare Bone Demon Venerable instantly appeared beside Fierce Heaven Demon, channeling a stream of pure demonic essence into his body to stabilize his injuries, while sternly demanding: “Tianmo! What happened? Who injured you like this?!”
Fierce Heaven Demon struggled to raise his intact right hand, pointing towards the Secret Realm gate, his voice hoarse and filled with bitter hatred: “It's... it's the Lin Clan! It's that bastard named Ye Chen!
He... he stole the 'Ten Thousand Demons Blood Lotus' I discovered, and... and crippled half my demonic bones with one punch! Revered Master! You must kill him!”
The Lin Clan!
Ye Chen!
These two names struck like thunder, shaking the entire crowd once more!
Countless gazes instantly focused on Lin Dao!
No one expected that a member of the Lin Clan would be so ruthless, directly crippling the Demon Son of the Boundless Demon Domain!
This was an irreconcilable, life-and-death enmity!
Nightmare Bone Demon Venerable suddenly turned his head, his eyes flickering with soul fire locking onto Lin Dao. Monstrous killing intent mixed with the terrifying demonic might of a Samsara Realm Peak expert crushed down upon Lin Dao like a tangible tsunami!
The surrounding space groaned under this demonic might, and the temperature plummeted, as if it had instantly transformed into the Nine Nether Demon Domain!
“Lin! Dao!”
Nightmare Bone Demon Venerable's voice was hoarse, like the wailing of ten thousand ghosts, “Allowing your Disciple to commit violence and cripple my Demon Domain successor! Today, this Old Man shall take your life to pay tribute to the majesty of my Demon Domain!”
A hand, withered like a ghost's claw, shot out, instantly transforming into a gigantic demonic claw that blotted out the sky. It was entwined with countless wailing vengeful spirits and Devilish Qi that corroded Law, grabbing down towards Lin Dao's head!
This claw contained Nightmare Bone Demon Venerable's lifelong cultivation base, enough to easily crush stars and annihilate a Small World!
He intended to crush Lin Dao and the space he occupied together, establishing his might with the most brutal means!
“Nightmare Bone Devil Head has made his move!”
“An enraged strike from a Samsara Realm Peak expert! Lin Dao is finished!”
“Hmph, the Lin Clan is too rampant; they deserve this calamity!”
Many people had such thoughts flash through their minds, and some Factions who either held grudges against the Lin Clan or were jealous of their rapid rise showed schadenfreude in their eyes.
However, facing this terrifying strike, which was enough to make any Samsara Realm powerhouse change expression, Lin Dao didn't even lift an eyelid.
Just as that sky-blotting demonic claw was about to reach him—
“Noisy.”
Lin Dao finally spoke, uttering only two ordinary syllables.
Buzz—!
An invisible, intangible power, yet one that transcended all things and surpassed the Reincarnation Concept, silently spread out with Lin Dao at the center!
The gigantic claw, which blotted out the sky and surged with Devilish Qi, was cast into boundless Chaos when it was still a hundred zhang above Lin Dao's head. All the Devilish Qi, vengeful spirits, and Law power dissolved at a visible speed, reverting to nothingness!
In just a single breath, that world-destroying demonic claw vanished completely!
As for Nightmare Bone Demon Venerable, it was as if an invisible giant hammer had smashed heavily into his chest!
“Pfft—!”
He violently spat out a large mouthful of demonic blood containing his Origin, his body shaking violently as he stumbled backward. The Devilish Qi around him instantly dimmed, and his Samsara Realm Peak aura rapidly plummeted like a deflating balloon!
He looked at Lin Dao in terror, his eyes filled with disbelief and extreme fear!
“You... you... Xiaoyao Realm?! Impossible!!!”
He shrieked hoarsely, his voice cracking.
Xiaoyao Realm!
These three words seemed to possess magic, instantly plunging the entire area outside the Secret Realm into dead silence!
Everyone's expressions froze, their pupils contracted violently, and their minds went blank!
Xiaoyao Realm!
A supreme existence that transcends the shackles of this world and roams the Myriad Heavens and Myriad Realms!
How many tens of thousands of years had passed since a new Xiaoyao Realm expert was born on the Nine Provinces Continent!
Lin Dao... is actually a Xiaoyao Realm expert?!
Those who had previously shown schadenfreude and thought the Lin Clan was doomed now felt a chill shoot straight from their soles to the crown of their heads, leaving them completely cold!
The chariots of the Emperor-level Factions shook violently, and the aura fluctuations emanating from within showed the extreme turmoil in their owners' hearts!
“Xiaoyao...”
Inside the Zixiao Heaven chariot, the indifferent voice carried a trace of unprecedented solemnity.
“In this world... someone actually managed to take this step?”
In the Nine Nether Mansion chariot, a cold voice was filled with disbelief.
Lin Dao indifferently glanced at Nightmare Bone Demon Venerable, whose face was ashen and whose Dao Foundation was damaged, treating him like an ant: “Scram. Dare to be impudent again, and your body and spirit will be destroyed.”
Nightmare Bone Demon Venerable acted as if he had received a great pardon, daring not to linger for a moment or even utter a threat. He grabbed the dying Fierce Heaven Demon from the ground, burned his essence blood, tore open the Void Realm, and instantly fled without a trace!
Just as everyone was still reeling from the shock that Lin Dao was a Xiaoyao Realm expert—
“Hmph! So what if you are in the Xiaoyao Realm? Injuring my Demon Domain successor and destroying the Dao Foundation of my Demon Domain Elder, Lin Dao, do you truly think my Boundless Demon Domain has no one?!”
A grand, cold, terrifying voice, seemingly originating from the deepest layer of the Nine Nether, suddenly resounded between heaven and earth!
Immediately after, the Void Realm above the Secret Realm was forcibly torn open by an indescribable power, and a vague, indistinct demonic figure, radiating a terror a thousand times greater than Nightmare Bone Demon Venerable, slowly materialized!
This demonic figure was not a physical entity, merely a projection, but the pressure it emitted made all Samsara Realm powerhouses present feel suffocated, as if they were facing an ancient Demon God wielding destruction!
The projection of the Boundless Demon Domain's supreme powerhouse—Heaven Demon Old Ancestor!
A genuine Xiaoyao Realm Devil Head!
He actually did not hesitate to pay a huge price to project himself across realms!
“It's the Old Ancestor!”
“The Old Ancestor's projection has descended! Lin Dao is dead for sure!”
The remaining Disciples of the Boundless Demon Domain shouted hysterically.
The Heaven Demon Old Ancestor's projection locked its cold eyes onto Lin Dao, filled with endless demonic might and killing intent: “Lin Dao, kneel and accept death, and this Venerable one might grant you a swift end!”
Facing the oppressive might of this Xiaoyao Realm Devil Head's projection, Lin Dao finally slowly raised his eyes.
“A mere projection dares to bark?”
He didn't even bother to raise his hand; he merely exhaled a gentle puff of air towards the Heaven Demon Old Ancestor's projection.
Whoosh—!
However, the moment this breath left his mouth, the Laws of Heaven and Earth changed because of it!
That breath transformed into an invisible breeze, containing the Concept of the initial formation of Chaos and the destruction of all Laws, sweeping towards the Heaven Demon Old Ancestor's projection.
Under the terrified gazes of everyone present, the Heaven Demon Old Ancestor's projection, which radiated monstrous demonic might and was enough to make a Samsara Realm Peak expert tremble, instantly collapsed the moment it was touched by the breeze, like a soap bubble in the sun. Without even a hint of struggle, it emitted a short, startled muffled sound, and then—
Poof!
It completely shattered, annihilated, and vanished without a trace!
Everyone was petrified, their minds completely shutting down.
With one breath... he blew away a Xiaoyao Realm Devil Head's projection?!
What kind of power is this?!
Is this truly something someone who just stepped into the Xiaoyao Realm can achieve?!
The curtains on the chariots of those Emperor-level Factions completely dropped, their auras retracted to the extreme, even faintly revealing a trace of awe.