Chapter 257: Seven-Colored Divine Artifact

"Oh?"

Lin Qing raised an eyebrow slightly. "You want me to act, yet you must choose first?"

The dark giant serpent, while binding and coiling around the Divine Artifact Palace, said, "I see your divine technique should be purely defensive. You only need to block his attacks for a while; leave the rest to me. You only need to exert a small part of your strength, and I only want one thing from him. Isn't that enough?"

Lin Qing said calmly, "Without you, he is still my prey."

The dark giant serpent was stunned and said, "Without my help, do you think you can deal with him alone?"

"Just watch."

Lin Qing said no more, simply taking a step toward the struggling Divine Artifact Palace, and immediately after—

"Boom!!!"

Endless dazzling golden light suddenly exploded in the sky, as if transforming into a magnificent great sun; even the drifting eerie mist was forced to scatter and retreat, and a terrifying aura instantly spread out.

Seeing this, the dark giant serpent coiling around the palace could not help but shrink its pupils: "This is..."

Merely sensing the majesty radiating from this great sun, it understood what level of power it contained, immediately retracted its tail, and decisively chose to withdraw.

In an instant, a towering giant hand that blocked the sky and earth suddenly extended from within that golden great sun.

Then, it grabbed the Divine Artifact Palace that had just regained its freedom!

That Divine Artifact Palace, comparable to a mountain peak, was like a small toy within this enormous giant hand; it had absolutely no power to resist, and no matter how frantically it trembled and struggled, it could not break free.

"This... what is this?"

"The Divine Lord's temple has actually been captured?"

"How is this possible? The Lord is an existence comparable to a Void Sovereign, how could he..."

"Isn't that person a Void Being?"

Pirate experts one by one watched this scene from a distance, their eyes filled with disbelief.

In their eyes, this leader, as the master of this endless eerie mist, was a legendary existence, and among the Void Beings, an invincible existence!

And now, he was being casually manipulated by another Void Being, held in hand like a toy?

"This fellow..."

The Master of the Eerie Mist, his pupils tightly contracted, watched the towering giant hand outside the hall with eyes full of shock: "Even the Tianzong Hall could not resist; could it be... a Seven-Colored Set of Divine Artifacts? Where on earth did this fellow come from..."

His Divine Artifact Palace was a Six-Colored Divine Artifact; with the support of the Eerie Mist Source, it was enough to rival him wielding a Seven-Colored Divine Artifact.

But in the other's hand, it had absolutely no power to resist?

The Master of the Eerie Mist stared fixedly at the figure deep within the endless golden light, then looked at the giant hand grasping the palace. "Could this giant hand be the Divine Artifact? Why do I sense no aura of a Divine Artifact? Has it been deliberately suppressed?"

Regardless, at this moment, he had to admit that even though he claimed to be invincible beneath the Void Sovereigns, he was far inferior to the other.

"Who are you?" the Master of the Eerie Mist transmitted his voice with a grim face. "We have met for the first time, right? No grievances, no hatred; why attack me? If you are willing to give me this face, I..."

"No grievances, no hatred?"

Within the endless golden light, Lin Qing stood suspended in mid-air, a mocking smile appearing at the corner of his mouth. "Aren't you a Void Pirate? Those adventurers had no grievances with you either, yet didn't you also plunder and kill at will?"

The Master of the Eerie Mist's face grew even grimmer, and he spoke coldly, "Your strength is strong, but I am inside the Divine Artifact Palace; I want to see how you kill me."

In terms of survival, the Divine Artifact Palace was undoubtedly the strongest among all types of Divine Artifacts.

As long as he hid inside the Divine Artifact Palace and activated the support of the endless Eerie Mist Source, even if the enemy possessed a Seven-Colored Divine Artifact, even if they were ten times stronger than him, it would be difficult to forcibly break through the Divine Artifact Palace's defense.

At most, they could forcibly suppress the Divine Artifact Palace, making him dare not go out.

But during this time, as long as he was willing to pay the price, he could completely hire someone to save him; for instance, a truly terrifying Void Sovereign could easily rescue him.

It was just... he only knew one such powerful being, and the price to be paid was also very high.

Forced to this step, he could only do this.

"Oh?"

Lin Qing squinted his eyes slightly. "Quite confident, aren't you?"

At this moment, he had not truly condensed the complete form of the World God; after all, the consumption of the complete form was also extremely staggering, so he had merely formed one arm.

The next moment—

The massive energy cluster gathered around him, resembling the sun, began to surge wildly, and in an instant, another arm condensed once again.

"Two arms?" The Master of the Eerie Mist's face was grim, and he no longer had much confidence.

"Boom!!!"

The newly condensed arm immediately clenched into a fist; accompanied by the heavy undulation of space, it immediately smashed a punch onto the Divine Artifact Palace held by the other giant hand!

The protective light on the surface of the Divine Artifact Palace shook violently, and the originally stable and dense Void structure also began to tremble wildly, as if it would collapse at any moment.

But... it ultimately held.

"What terrifying strength..."

The Master of the Eerie Mist also felt a bit of fear and a racing heart, slowly letting out a breath. "Fortunately, it ultimately withstood it..."

After all, this was the Divine Artifact Palace with the strongest defensive capability.

Even if it was only Six-Colored, most Void Sovereigns could not break it open with bare hands.

"Quite sturdy."

Lin Qing smiled. "No wonder it is a Divine Artifact Palace; it really is a turtle shell."

These two arms had already exerted about forty percent of the World God's power; ordinary Void Sovereigns would not dare to resist head-on.

Yet this Master of the Eerie Mist, relying on the Divine Artifact Palace plus the support of the Eerie Mist Source, stubbornly held it.

"It should be fine now..." The Master of the Eerie Mist secretly relaxed, and at the same time sent a message through the Second Universe Network: "Liu Xu Sovereign, I accept your request; come save me."

Meanwhile, the dark giant serpent coiling around the blue-skinned woman looked at Lin Qing and transmitted his voice: "Your strength is indeed terrifying, but it is still lacking; this kind of pure power suppression is difficult to directly break the Divine Artifact Palace's protection; shall I do it?"

His vision was far higher than that of the Master of the Eerie Mist.

The Master of the Eerie Mist still suspected Lin Qing had suppressed the aura of the Divine Artifact, but he could see at a glance that this person was not using a Divine Artifact at all!

Relying on no external objects, exerting such incredible strength solely on personal power; among the Void Beings he had seen in his life, this was also considered the top tier!

So, his originally somewhat haughty mindset was completely gone, and his tone now carried a greater measure of respect.

"No need."

Lin Qing said calmly, "Merely a six-colored Divine Artifact cannot stop me."

In the next instant, streams of flowing light flew out from his body surface, rapidly winding and condensing on the surface of that towering giant hand, circulating according to strange rhythms and rules.

In the blink of an eye, it turned into endless silence and darkness; whether the void, the source energy, or that drifting eerie mist, once contacted, they were directly swallowed and annihilated, turning into nothingness!

"This..." that Dark Giant Python was even more shocked. "Another terrifying Divine Skill? A Perfect Combination Divine Skill?"

Lin Qing was too lazy to release the World God's complete form; he directly controlled one arm of the World God, raised a single finger, let that darkness that annihilates everything coil around the fingertip, and then quietly poked the Divine Artifact Palace.

Silently and without a sound—

"Voom..."

The protective power on the surface of the Divine Artifact Palace instantly collapsed and disintegrated; under the surging void, a tall figure about ten meters high was shaken out.

It was none other than the Lord of the Eerie Mist!

"Impossible... Damn it!"

The Lord of the Eerie Mist trembled all over, grabbed out an equally huge dark-golden giant hammer, and crazily smashed it toward Lin Qing.

Lin Qing did not dodge; the endless golden light condensed around his body instantly formed a skin-like membrane resembling a world barrier, easily blocking the other party's hammer strike.

Then, the World God's giant hand casually grabbed, as if catching a small insect, and easily seized the Lord of the Eerie Mist in its grasp.

Accompanied by massive power pressing down, the endless silence and darkness also enveloped the opponent.

In an instant, the Lord of the Eerie Mist was completely annihilated and vanished.

Only the inner void remained, cracked and collapsing, exploding with a massive amount of items, but all of them were also grabbed by Lin Qing's World God giant hand and stored away.

Including that damaged Divine Artifact Palace, it was also stored away by him.

The pirate experts around stared blankly at this scene, almost unable to believe their eyes.

Dominating the Eerie Mist Sea for tens of millions of years, the near-legendary Lord of the Eerie Mist, the leader they dared not disobey, was just dead like this?

"Flee!!"

The spatial seal brought by the Divine Artifact Palace vanished; one by one, the pirate experts immediately scattered and fled, trying to find a way out.

Before Lin Qing could act, the shadow of the Dark Giant Python suddenly opened its huge mouth; only then did invisible power distort the void, instantly forming an astonishing sucking force.

And one by one, the pirate experts had not fled far; in the blink of an eye, they were completely swallowed by the Dark Giant Python, turning into nothingness.

The endless golden light dissipated; Lin Qing turned his head to look at the Dark Giant Python and said, "These pirates were wanted by the Universe Star Patrol Alliance, counting as some points; you just stole them like this?"

The Dark Giant Python was slightly stunned and couldn't help but say, "With your strength, do you still care about this little bit?"

"That's not so certain."

Lin Qing looked at it, "Now only I know of your existence; don't you want to silence me too?"

The Dark Giant Python sighed and said, "A void creature as terrifying as you must be absolute high-level leadership in the Three Sacred Lands, right? Do you think I dare kill you?"

"What is your origin?" Lin Qing asked casually.

"Just a survivor seeking revenge by luck." The shadow of the Dark Giant Python coiled around that blue-skinned woman, its body slowly swimming. "This is the successor I chose; what do you think?"

"Even this wisp of your remnant soul has such power; it seems your enemies were very strong." Lin Qing glanced at it. "Can you cultivate a successor stronger than yourself?"

He could see that this python-like remnant soul was likely a Void-level Divine Official before its death.

But...

How could a powerful being of this level be cultivated so easily?

"Just to help me restore my strength." The shadow of the Dark Giant Python gazed at Lin Qing and said, "If she can be as excellent as you, I wouldn't need to worry too much."

It fell silent for a moment, then said, "Since you have obtained everything belonging to the Lord of the Eerie Mist, I want to make a deal with you."

"Oh?" Lin Qing looked at it.

"I want the source treasure that the Lord of the Eerie Mist used to control this Eerie Mist." The shadow of the Dark Giant Python said, "Are you willing to sell it to me?"

Lin Qing probed with his will and indeed discovered a strange gray gemstone resembling a skull head; within it, gray misty energy surged, and it emitted an aura identical to the Eerie Mist.

Once refined, one could sense this endless Eerie Mist and receive endless support from the Eerie Mist source, increasing combat power several times within the Eerie Mist range.

However, this was of no use to Lin Qing.

As the Lord of a Secret Realm, with the space-time power of the Mountain and Sea Realm plus the Void Great Tomb, he was truly invincible; having this Eerie Mist source was of no use.

"What do you want it for?" Lin Qing asked. "Is this Eerie Mist source of great use to you?"

"Yes."

The Dark Giant Python did not hide it, or rather felt no need to hide it, and said frankly, "My divine official position before death could fuse with living souls; one of the living souls I fused was a special life form born alongside this Eerie Mist, so this Eerie Mist is of great help to me."

While speaking, the shadow of the Dark Giant Python turned into a cloak shrouded in dark shadows, within which only two pupil-like red lights were visible, its aura almost merging with this Eerie Mist.

"Oh?"

Lin Qing sized it up and suddenly said, "So this is your method to lure the Lord of the Eerie Mist?"

"Yes." Immediately, the other party restored the shadow of the Dark Giant Python again and said, "Now only the soul of this 'Void-Swallowing Giant Python' has recovered a little strength; originally I planned to ambush after the Lord of the Eerie Mist left the Divine Artifact Palace; I didn't expect you to be here too, which made things easier for me."

Lin Qing nodded in realization.

However, for a powerful existence like a Void Divine Official, he could not truly believe the other party had only this much strength left.

A starved camel is bigger than a horse.

Who knows what other tricks the other party had; they probably just discovered his strength was too great and his background extremely vast, so they dared not act to forcibly snatch, but chose a sincere deal instead.

"A deal is possible."

Lin Qing said casually, "What do you plan to exchange?"

"A Divine Artifact, or Divine Artifact materials, how about that?" the Dark Giant Python said in a low voice.

"What grade?" Lin Qing asked.

"Naturally, a seven-colored Divine Artifact." The Dark Giant Python said slowly, "Or a main material sufficient to refine a Chaos Divine Artifact."

"Seven-Colored Divine Artifact?" Lin Qing couldn't help but glance at it. "You're willing to trade a Seven-Colored Divine Artifact for it?"

The Seven-Colored Divine Artifact is something even a Void Sovereign desperately covets.

This is because most Void Sovereigns merely create the Seven-Phase Divine Technique; it is only due to the special nature of the Space Divine Body and an even higher genetic index that their strength is so astonishing.

But if they possessed a Seven-Colored Divine Artifact, a Void Sovereign's strength could surge directly by an entire level!

In the Bai Ta world, there are quite a few Void Sovereigns, yet only the Seventy-Two Enfeoffed Marquises are special; this is because those Seventy-Two Enfeoffed Marquises possess Seven-Colored Inherited Divine Artifacts!

Such a divine artifact is sufficient to become a hereditary treasure that suppresses an entire family.

The Master of the Phantom Fog, despite his enormous reputation, actually possesses only two Six-Colored Divine Artifacts; it is only by relying on the support of the Phantom Fog Origin that he has such strength.

The other party is actually willing to pay with a Seven-Colored Divine Artifact?

"If it were someone else, I certainly wouldn't be willing."

The Dark Giant Python looked at Lin Qing. "But in my entire life, I rarely meet a legendary heavenly prodigy like you. Let's just consider it making a friend, how about it?"

(End of this chapter)