Chapter 976: Reduced to Ashes (Request Monthly Votes)

【Countdown: …3, 2, 1】

【Countdown ended. Trial of the Original Tower’s 14th Level has officially begun!】

…

The Star Spirit’s voice rang out, and the trial officially commenced.

“Shhh!”

Nih, clad in golden armor, transformed into a streak of golden light and rose into the sky, hovering above to observe the battle.

Meanwhile, Vigu, clad in silver armor, began releasing his aura in wild surges.

Three types of law forces—purple, gold, and silver—spilled forth from his body.

His towering frame stood four meters tall, muscles bulging, tendons snapping taut, radiating overwhelming pressure.

“Whoosh! Whoosh!”

His blood surged through his veins like a vast ocean river.

Emitting a heavy aura, an invisible, terrifying domain force erupted from his body.

On his massive battle-axe, three types of law runes glowed, the sharp blade trembling and humming.

A fierce wind stirred across the barren ground beneath his feet, swirling around his body.

“Hum!”

In an instant, his body vanished from its original spot.

The next moment, he appeared behind Lin Qi.

Seeing this, Lin Qi, clad in Dark Radiance Battle Armor, remained calm.

His deep eyes flared with golden light; within them, the world underwent transmutation—air currents, laws, source energy, and the changes of life.

And the shifts of spatial nodes.

In his eyes, Vigu’s attack was far too easy to predict.

On this point, he was vastly inferior to Yi Ang.

The latter’s teleportation was faster, his law manipulation more refined, harder to detect.

Vigu’s was crude—likely because his body was merely average for a Star Domain genius.

Plus, he hadn’t awakened spatial abilities.

Facing this, silver runes also surfaced on Lin Qi’s body.

Spatial law energy circled him; the runes activated, space itself twisted—behind him, space was instantly sealed.

Vigu, just appearing, was trapped by Lin Qi’s [Spatial Sealing].

The space around him had become an invisible prison, rendering him unable to escape.

Vigu’s face darkened—he had barely appeared, and the sealing followed instantly, with less than 0.1 seconds between them.

Too fast!

Had Lin Qi anticipated his move all along?

How was that possible?

He had multiple possible positions to teleport to—how could Lin Qi predict with such precision that he’d appear behind him?

To achieve this, one must lock onto the space behind in advance.

If the judgment were wrong,

the opponent’s strike would come too swiftly to block.

Yet Lin Qi did exactly that—only someone with absolute confidence could act this way.

And now, he had succeeded.

He was now sealed.

“Boom!!”

Powerful law forces erupted from him; spatial law energy exploded like waves, crashing against the surrounding space.

But his face turned pale.

He felt the sealing weakening—but to break free, he needed far greater power.

This sealing was several levels stronger than during their previous battle.

Breaking free instantly was impossible.

In that instant, Lin Qi moved.

He swung his Golden Thunder Great Spear; his source core unleashed source energy, and the power of the world erupted.

His entire body surged with power.

His hundreds of billions of cells had already evolved into a new realm, each cell like a colossal entity.

Mobilized, their power converged into a single mass, fused with Gangjin .

His blood, gold-red, surged like a tidal wave; veins bulged across his body.

Muscles swelled, air pressure shifted drastically, the atmosphere compressed to its limit.

So suffocating, one could barely breathe.

Three types of Gangjin merged, their overwhelming force nearly solidifying the air.

The ground beneath his feet could no longer bear Lin Qi’s power—it cracked with countless fissures.

Then shattered by the wind.

“Crack! Crack!”

The fissures widened; the barren land around trembled.

Lin Qi swung his Golden Thunder Great Spear, the spearhead swirling with fourteen True Meanings.

He did not use a killing technique.

Just a simple thrust—the spear shaft vibrated, countless purple-gold spear wheels materialized, then exploded forward.

“Ssssh!”

Blinding purple-gold light pierced through space, tearing it open, revealing black fissures.

The cutting force merged into the purple-gold light.

“Boom!!”

Vigu, still sealed, turned pale, his body trembling involuntarily.

He was a lifeform created by the Supreme Beings, built in human form.

He possessed all the reactions a human would have.

His body instinctively trembled.

He felt fear—this spear thrust, he could not block.

But it was too late.

He could not teleport.

He had no choice but to endure it.

He swung his massive battle-axe and slashed downward!

“Boom!!!”

In an instant, their Gangjin clashed violently.

With a deafening roar, the barren land around them was torn apart, the shockwave covering a hundred kilometers.

The entire region became a basin hundreds of meters deep.

This single strike altered the terrain over hundreds of kilometers.

The two at the epicenter, locked in Gangjin collision, generated a shockwave.

But Vigu’s force was instantly drowned out.

His body vanished into the purple-gold light,

reduced to fragments.

Armor, axe, and towering frame—all shattered.

His formidable body, in Lin Qi’s attack, turned to dust.

In the moment of impact, Vigu felt searing pain surge through his body.

His battle-axe shattered instantly, scattered by the wind—then it was his turn.

“This…”

He could no longer speak—he was already dead.

After the shockwave faded, the barren land fell silent.

【Battle Ended!】

【Member Lin Qi, congratulations! You have successfully defeated the trial opponent, Vigu!】

【You have received 100 million cultivation points as a reward!】

【You have received 3 opportunities to observe Chaotic Artifacts!】

【Proceed to Original Tower’s 15th Level trial? Yes/No?】

…

The Star Spirit’s voice echoed from the sky, declaring Lin Qi the victor.

Most crucially, rewards began to increase dramatically from the 14th Level onward.

Lin Qi shook his head; honestly, the reward was too small.

Only one hundred million cultivation points.