Chapter 260: A Grand Slaughter

"You!"

The green-skinned man's face changed; he felt an irresistible, terrifying power surge like a towering tsunami, and his entire body was involuntarily blasted backward like a cannonball.

The speed of this backward flight was far greater than when he unleashed his full power, so much so that he could not stop himself.

In the blink of an eye, after flying thousands of kilometers, he crashed with a boom into the ramparts of the towering Jin Zita in the distance!

Even though the green-skinned man was a Void creature, he was still battered until his flesh and blood were a mess; his head spun with dizziness, and only after falling to the ground did he react and begin to recover his injuries.

Immediately, he looked at Lin Qing in disbelief: "You actually dare to strike?"

Although his strength was mediocre and any powerful figure among the Void creatures could deal with him, as a formal employee of the Tianqi Lake Group and a direct descendant of a high-ranking Void Sovereign, even the peak experts among the Void creatures would show him a bit more respect.

He could work on this Void Star because during periods when certain challenge platforms had no clients booked, he could sneak in.

From this, one could see his status within the Tianqi Lake Group!

But... this fellow from who knows where actually dared to treat him this way?

"Honored guest."

The green-skinned man flew back to Lin Qing's front without changing his expression, maintaining a smile on his face, and bowed apologetically: "Perhaps I was somewhat rude just now; please forgive me. If you have any dissatisfaction or suggestions regarding the Tianqi Lake Group, we will consider them seriously. I am truly sorry."

Meanwhile, a portion of his consciousness was frantically sending distress messages across the Second Universe Network:

"Grandfather! Your grandson was almost killed! Come save me quickly! This person seems to have a grudge against our Tianqi Lake Group and struck me heavily the moment we disagreed!"

He simultaneously sent a simulated reconstruction of the on-site experience, while outwardly maintaining complete respect and humility, keeping his posture extremely low.

He understood that facing a powerhouse whose strength far exceeded his own, daring to be arrogant with his meager strength would be seeking death.

It was better to endure for a moment; once Grandfather's people arrived, he could take revenge however he pleased.

"A mere Void creature dares to be so arrogant... once Grandfather arrives, I will make you regret it..." The green-skinned man's heart was filled with anticipation for revenge, and his expression became even more respectful.

"Truly sorry?"

Lin Qing shook his head slightly and sighed softly: "Really, no one can save someone who seeks their own death..."

The green-skinned man was slightly stunned; what did that mean?

In the next moment, Lin Qing looked at him expressionlessly.

Suddenly, darkness that obliterated everything arose from the void out of nowhere, instantly swallowing him.

Annihilated into nothingness.

Lin Qing slowly shook his head, then turned and flew toward the stairs of the towering Jin Zita, ascending along the stairs to the summit.

Although he despised the Tianqi Lake Group, he originally had no intention of making things difficult for such a small figure; after all, the other party was merely an employee of the Tianqi Lake Group, and even though there was a hint of sarcasm directed at him, a casual punishment was enough.

How could the other party actually generate murderous intent?

No matter how perfectly one performed, they could not hide the change in Order Level.

"Really, I originally wanted to keep a low profile..."

Lin Qing's heart was very calm, with no waves: "However, some civilization factions that don't even have Void Divine Officials, just a group of Void Sovereigns bound together for profit... what's the harm in provoking such a faction?"

As the Master of the Secret Realm, with a clone as well, what was there to fear?

Facing something he genuinely despised, having the strength yet still being timid and hesitant, he himself could not accept that; let alone expecting his spiritual will to progress.

The three great civilizations of Tian Dun, Wu Qi River, and Beast Lake were merely relatively weak Level Two civilizations.

The three great civilizations couldn't even cultivate a single Star God!

Just a group of Void Sovereigns.

No matter what, they could at most force him to flee; they could not pose a real threat to him.

Moreover, it was just the Tianqi Lake Group.

At worst, I'll slaughter my way through!

Lin Qing was too lazy to think any further and immediately flew along the Jin Zita stairs to the top position.

At the summit of the Jin Zita, a massive crystal could be seen.

One could faintly sense a virtual space contained within it, along with the aura of a Void creature.

Lin Qing immediately infused power, and his consciousness merged into it, forming an avatar.

Inside a gray, misty world.

Lin Qing's avatar coalesced and took form here; compared to his real self, it merely lacked secret arts, external objects, and so on, while its life level, gene index, and Divine Official status were identical.

Perhaps because many secret arts require external treasures to be cultivated, which could add other means, their use was not allowed.

However, Lin Qing did not care.

Even without using various secret arts, relying solely on Divine Skills and gene index, he possessed the peak strength of the Sixteen Layers of Star Abyss!

Such strength was already stronger than many Void Sovereigns.

He was fully confident that he could plant soul imprints on one hundred thousand Void Stars in a single breath.

As long as he didn't have extremely bad luck and happened to encounter a challenge platform set by a powerful Void Sovereign, normally he would not lose.

In the next moment, the virtual space scene of this challenge platform suddenly transformed into an endless starry sky.

An avatar of a beautiful woman with white hair appeared in the starry sky.

The white-haired woman frowned slightly as she looked at Lin Qing and said: "What's going on? Wasn't this challenge platform's position not yet sold? The Group clearly agreed that it would be available for my use before it was sold... and who are you?"

Lin Qing said calmly: "You will know very soon."

He was too lazy to waste words; with a casual wave of his hand, a streak of light pierced through the other party's body, completely annihilating her avatar.

Although the opponent cast a Divine Skill in an attempt to resist, the gap between them was obviously too great.

"With such strength, you can occupy a challenge platform?"

Lin Qing shook his head slightly.

The Tianqi Lake Group had established branches in all three civilizations and could now be considered the strongest power in the hundreds of trillions of li of sea area surrounding the Strange Mist Sea.

At this moment, at the Jin Zita Group branch located in the Tian Dun civilization.

"How is this possible... Uros, my grandson..."

A silver-haired old man with a strange black pattern visible on his forehead stood before a lake, his eyes filled with tangible rage, the surrounding void seeming to boil and ripple with his anger.

Even though he had lived for nearly a hundred million years and had countless relatives, only a very few could transform into Void Beings.

Those he truly loved were even fewer.

And now, a grandson who had depended on him for millions of years had left him.

"Damn it..."

The silver-haired old man's eyes were full of killing intent, but the hundred million years that had taken away so many relatives allowed him to remain calm and not act impulsively; he was merely gathering all possible information on the other party with full effort.

"Hmph, nothing can be found. Hiding so shamelessly just for entering a Void Star, he probably has no background... perhaps it was revenge killing?"

The silver-haired old man narrowed his eyes slightly, pondering and considering constantly in his heart.

If there really was a background, such as a powerful Void Being from a civilization above level 2.5, just notifying the Jin Zita Group would suffice; the group giving a free Challenge Platform slot would be no big deal.

In an instant, he had already thought of multiple possibilities and plans in his heart.

"Feilu."

The silver-haired old man immediately sent a message via the Second Universe Network to his direct disciple: "You are on Void Star number 14777, correct? Uros has been killed. Take people to investigate immediately and be sure to capture the murderer."

At the same time, he himself directly left the Tian Dun civilization.

"I need not reveal myself for now; I will observe from the shadows. If that fellow has no background, I will then act to capture him alive and torture him for ten million years before deciding..."

"The mark of the first Void Star."

Lin Qing looked satisfied at the huge crystal atop this Jin Zita, a faint smile appearing on his face. "Ten thousand Void Stars seem difficult, but the actual difficulty is just like that."

For someone with sufficient strength, planting soul marks on ten thousand Void Stars is merely troublesome.

Mainly, the need to run to ten thousand Void Stars is the troublesome part.

"My soul mark is placed here; even if many Void Lords come, they cannot defeat my avatar."

Lin Qing felt no worry in his heart. "Moreover, after a thousand years, perhaps I will have improved again."

Within the virtual space of this Challenge Platform, avatars cannot use divine artifacts or anything similar; relying solely on one's own strength, the Void Lords capable of defeating him must either have extremely high genetic indices, create perfect seven-aspect combination divine techniques, or create divine techniques using complete spatial rules.

And all these situations are extremely rare.

A high genetic index requires obtaining bloodline treasures that are precious even in level 3 civilizations.

A group of Void Lords from weaker civilizations almost certainly would not have such opportunities.

As for combination divine techniques, the requirement for comprehension is even higher; whether single-aspect or seven-aspect, the difficulty of creating a combination divine technique is equally absurd.

Even if a Void Lord stands high and creates various seven-aspect divine techniques, it is very difficult to create a single-aspect combination divine technique!

This has nothing to do with the comprehension of spatial rules; the key lies in personal comprehension and spiritual nature.

Many Void Beings, even if they learned combination divine techniques during the Star stage, could not create combination divine techniques incorporating the mysteries of space when they reached the Void level.

As for creating divine techniques with complete spatial rules?

That is even rarer.

Because...

As far as Lin Qing knows, if a Void Lord can create a divine technique using complete spatial rules, then they are not far from achieving the Void Divine Office!

In the vast Void Sea, how many Void Lords do the various level 2 civilizations have?

And how many Void Divine Office holders are there?

Comparing the quantities of the two reveals how exaggerated the difficulty of creating divine techniques with complete Void rules is!

Therefore, Lin Qing was not worried.

If he encountered such a case even here, he would obediently admit defeat and flee.

"Time to go to the next Void Star."

Lin Qing did not linger, immediately flying down along the Jin Zita stairs.

Each Void Star can only have one soul mark planted; once successful, there is no need to waste time.

In a short while, he flew down from this Jin Zita.

At the foot of the Jin Zita, a large crowd of figures could be seen standing in mid-air, seemingly waiting for him.

Lin Qing did not stop at all, flying straight towards them.

Leading them was a tall, blonde woman with four arms, a huge heavy sword over three meters long tied to her back, staring at him coldly.

"You are the one who killed Uros?"

The blonde four-armed woman said coldly, "Who are you? Do you know that the person you killed is the close relative of a high-level member of our Jin Zita Group board of directors?"

Lin Qing said indifferently, "I just dislike your Jin Zita Group."

"Hm?" The blonde four-armed woman frowned slightly.

Seeing that Lin Qing refused to explain, she immediately transmitted a voice: "Act and capture him."

Just as she reached back to grab the giant heavy sword on her back—

"Boom!"

Invisible points of starlight suddenly appeared out of nowhere, completely covering tens of thousands of kilometers of void; in this moment, endless starlight seemed to transform into an endless river rolling out, instantly enveloping everyone within it!

"This is..."

The blonde four-armed woman's face changed. "A seven-color domain divine artifact?"

She could clearly sense the terrifying power contained within this domain, a power far surpassing her own!

Even though she had created several five-aspect divine techniques and possessed two five-color divine artifacts, making her a peak powerhouse among Void Beings, compared to this power, she was far behind!

She had witnessed her master's six-color divine artifact and could naturally make the comparison!

Lin Qing also had no patience for more words; he immediately activated this newly acquired Seven-Colored Domain Divine Artifact. The domain's power, like scattered starlight, coalesced into a long river, and in an instant, he unleashed the Seven-Phase Domain Divine Technique he had created: "Mother River Blood."

"No..."

"This is..."

"Boom!"

With merely a single impact, everyone except the golden-haired, four-armed woman was annihilated in that very moment, not even having time to cry for help.

Meanwhile, a glass-like armor surfaced on the golden-haired, four-armed woman's body. A hazy light shielded her, barely resisting the domain's impact.

"You actually possess a Seven-Colored Divine Artifact?"

The golden-haired, four-armed woman looked at Lin Qing in disbelief.

Relying on two Five-Colored Divine Artifacts, her strength was roughly at the peak of the fourteenth layer.

Yet the opponent's domain must be at least one major realm higher than hers to achieve such terrifying power!

Besides a Seven-Colored Divine Artifact, she could think of no other possibility.

"You have some skill."

Lin Qing's expression remained blank. While driving the domain, streams of flowing light continuously attacked the opponent, empowered by the domain's support.

He deliberately used only his self-created Seven-Phase Divine Technique, and employed only a tiny fraction of his strength, appearing to use less than half a percent.

Otherwise, he could have ended the battle in an instant. With a gap of two major realms, a single domain impact would have annihilated the opponent immediately.

"If I'm not mistaken, such a high danger level must be..."

Lin Qing narrowed his eyes, pretending to attack the golden-haired, four-armed woman frantically, while using the domain divine artifact to sense the surrounding void.

Suddenly—

"Boom!"

A terrifying fluctuation erupted abruptly from the void. Fearsome power descended suddenly, transforming into a dazzling flame no larger than a palm, yet as bright as the midday sun, flying directly toward Lin Qing!

"As expected, it's here!"

A glint suddenly appeared in Lin Qing's eyes. He whipped his head around and saw a silver-haired old man with a strange pattern on his forehead staring fiercely at him from a distance; those eyes were filled with greed and longing!

"A Seven-Colored Divine Artifact! A Void Creature actually possesses a Seven-Colored Divine Artifact?"

(End of this chapter)