[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er":3,"chapter-high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-chapter-976":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","High Martial World: Getting Strong by Grinding Er Lang Shen's Talent",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2331343,4558,"Chapter 976: Reduced to Ashes (Request Monthly Votes)","high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-chapter-976",976,"\u003Cp>【Countdown: …3, 2, 1】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Countdown ended. Trial of the Original Tower’s 14th Level has officially begun!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Star Spirit’s voice rang out, and the trial officially commenced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shhh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nih, clad in golden armor, transformed into a streak of golden light and rose into the sky, hovering above to observe the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Vigu, clad in silver armor, began releasing his aura in wild surges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three types of law forces—purple, gold, and silver—spilled forth from his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His towering frame stood four meters tall, muscles bulging, tendons snapping taut, radiating overwhelming pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Whoosh! Whoosh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His blood surged through his veins like a vast ocean river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Emitting a heavy aura, an invisible, terrifying domain force erupted from his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On his massive battle-axe, three types of law runes glowed, the sharp blade trembling and humming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fierce wind stirred across the barren ground beneath his feet, swirling around his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hum!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, his body vanished from its original spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, he appeared behind Lin Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Lin Qi, clad in Dark Radiance Battle Armor, remained calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His deep eyes flared with golden light; within them, the world underwent transmutation—air currents, laws, source energy, and the changes of life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the shifts of spatial nodes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his eyes, Vigu’s attack was far too easy to predict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this point, he was vastly inferior to Yi Ang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter’s teleportation was faster, his law manipulation more refined, harder to detect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vigu’s was crude—likely because his body was merely average for a Star Domain genius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, he hadn’t awakened spatial abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing this, silver runes also surfaced on Lin Qi’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spatial law energy circled him; the runes activated, space itself twisted—behind him, space was instantly sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vigu, just appearing, was trapped by Lin Qi’s [Spatial Sealing].\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The space around him had become an invisible prison, rendering him unable to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vigu’s face darkened—he had barely appeared, and the sealing followed instantly, with less than 0.1 seconds between them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too fast!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had Lin Qi anticipated his move all along?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How was that possible?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had multiple possible positions to teleport to—how could Lin Qi predict with such precision that he’d appear behind him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To achieve this, one must lock onto the space behind in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the judgment were wrong,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the opponent’s strike would come too swiftly to block.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Lin Qi did exactly that—only someone with absolute confidence could act this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, he had succeeded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was now sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Powerful law forces erupted from him; spatial law energy exploded like waves, crashing against the surrounding space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his face turned pale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt the sealing weakening—but to break free, he needed far greater power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sealing was several levels stronger than during their previous battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Breaking free instantly was impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that instant, Lin Qi moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He swung his Golden Thunder Great Spear; his source core unleashed source energy, and the power of the world erupted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His entire body surged with power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hundreds of billions of cells had already evolved into a new realm, each cell like a colossal entity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mobilized, their power converged into a single mass, fused with Gangjin .\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His blood, gold-red, surged like a tidal wave; veins bulged across his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Muscles swelled, air pressure shifted drastically, the atmosphere compressed to its limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So suffocating, one could barely breathe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three types of Gangjin  merged, their overwhelming force nearly solidifying the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground beneath his feet could no longer bear Lin Qi’s power—it cracked with countless fissures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then shattered by the wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crack! Crack!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fissures widened; the barren land around trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi swung his Golden Thunder Great Spear, the spearhead swirling with fourteen True Meanings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not use a killing technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a simple thrust—the spear shaft vibrated, countless purple-gold spear wheels materialized, then exploded forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ssssh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blinding purple-gold light pierced through space, tearing it open, revealing black fissures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cutting force merged into the purple-gold light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vigu, still sealed, turned pale, his body trembling involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a lifeform created by the Supreme Beings, built in human form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He possessed all the reactions a human would have.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body instinctively trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt fear—this spear thrust, he could not block.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could not teleport.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no choice but to endure it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He swung his massive battle-axe and slashed downward!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom!!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, their Gangjin  clashed violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a deafening roar, the barren land around them was torn apart, the shockwave covering a hundred kilometers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire region became a basin hundreds of meters deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This single strike altered the terrain over hundreds of kilometers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two at the epicenter, locked in Gangjin  collision, generated a shockwave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Vigu’s force was instantly drowned out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body vanished into the purple-gold light,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>reduced to fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Armor, axe, and towering frame—all shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His formidable body, in Lin Qi’s attack, turned to dust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the moment of impact, Vigu felt searing pain surge through his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His battle-axe shattered instantly, scattered by the wind—then it was his turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could no longer speak—he was already dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the shockwave faded, the barren land fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Battle Ended!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Member Lin Qi, congratulations! You have successfully defeated the trial opponent, Vigu!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【You have received 100 million cultivation points as a reward!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【You have received 3 opportunities to observe Chaotic Artifacts!】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Proceed to Original Tower’s 15th Level trial? Yes\u002FNo?】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Star Spirit’s voice echoed from the sky, declaring Lin Qi the victor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most crucially, rewards began to increase dramatically from the 14th Level onward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qi shook his head; honestly, the reward was too small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only one hundred million cultivation points.\u003C\u002Fp>",948,"2026-06-20T20:27:49.107Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","90534761108020105e1f950674ca4d448d21251305822715e2c8c8dc4c8fa660","high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-chapter-977","high-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-chapter-975",992,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhigh-martial-world-getting-strong-by-grinding-er-cover.jpg"]