Sect inner disciples arrived, hundreds in matching cyan robes, forming the "Heaven's Mystery Battle Array" in the air. Spiritual power merged, creating a hundred-zhang phantom black tortoise covered in flowing runes, its aura threatening. A mid-Nascent Soul elder hovered at the tortoise's head, holding a cyan longsword, shouting: "Form up! Activate Heaven's Mystery Grand Array! Today we bury this fiend and avenge our fallen brothers!"
Hundreds of disciples replied in unison, voice shaking the clouds. With the array's boost, their combined aura could rival Deity Transformation.
Lin Che swept his gaze over them, killing intent intensifying. He could see the terror and rage on their faces, smell the blood in the air, hear distant alarm bells, feel the sorrow of slain guardian beasts.
"Today, Heaven's Mystery Sect falls," he declared softly, yet it reached every ear like Death's judgment.
He held nothing back. With a thought, the Blood Terror Dragon spat a blood fiend storm. Hundred-zhang diameter. Dark red core. Outer ring of black wind blades. Where it passed, space tore into black void rifts.
"AAHHHH—!"
Disciples fell in waves, bodies ground to meat paste. Some Golden Core cultivators unleashed their life-bound treasures, only to be shredded instantly along with flesh and soul. Lin Che moved like lightning through the storm. Each Lightning Pattern dagger swing sent purple arcs precisely harvesting lives. Like the Grim Reaper, where he passed, lives fell like wheat.
Blood rained. Limbs flew. The stench of gore and scorched flesh filled the air. The once-immortal mountain gate had become a hellscape.
[Killed Golden Core ×156, Nascent Soul ×47. Overdraft being offset...].
[Current Overdraft: -2100/4000].
[Keep going! Just 2100 points to clear the debt! This System's customer service, Little Kill, at your service Also detecting Host's mood improving. Suggest maintaining this positive attitude].
Lin Che reached the main hall, each step squelching through ankle-deep blood paste mixed with shredded flesh and bone fragments. Drenched in gore, his black hair stained dark red, clinging to his forehead. Yet his gaze grew colder, like the abyss.
The Sect Master's Hall stood on a floating spiritual mountain. Three hundred zhang tall, carved from a single meteoric jade slab, spiritual energy so thick it nearly liquefied. The hall was magnificent, roofed with glazed gold tiles refracting myriad rainbow lights. Seventy-two dragon-carved gold pillars supported the structure, each requiring a hundred men to encircle. Over the gate hung a thousand-year spirit wood plaque reading "Righteousness Eternal," the calligraphy sharp and profound—clearly a Great Ascension master's work.
Lin Che looked at the plaque and laughed. The laughter grew to a mad cackle echoing across the square: "Righteousness? What a joke! When your sect massacred merchants at Blackwind Pass, stealing countless treasures, did you think of righteousness? When your disciples bullied and slaughtered innocents, did you think of righteousness? Today, I turn your 'righteousness' to dust!"
He kicked out with pure physical power, no spiritual energy.
"BOOM—!"
The million-pound spirit wood doors exploded into dust. Inside, dozens of Nascent Soul elders shot to their feet, terrifying auras erupting, creating a tempest in the hall. Behind them—mountains of spirit stones, treasures, and manuals. Clearly discussing important matters.
The white-haired elder in the lead was Grand Elder Zhao Wuji—peak Deity Transformation, imposing even when furious. He roared: "Lin Che! You fiend dare slaughter our disciples! Today you pay in blood!"
"Blood debt?" Lin Che entered, lightning crackling beneath his feet, leaving scorch marks. "Your sect's debt can't be repaid even by annihilating your entire clan!"
The Blood Terror Dragon stormed in, its three-hundred-zhang body coiling under the ceiling. Its dragon might crushed the entire hall. Nascent Soul elders couldn't move, legs trembling, faces ashen. Several weaker ones vomited blood on the spot.
Zhao Wuji's face changed drastically: "Deity Transformation dragon?! How can you possibly—"
Lin Che said nothing more. His figure flickered like a ghost. The Lightning Pattern dagger became a purple lightning bolt. Each swing, a head flew. Blood sprayed like fountains, staining the magnificent hall. Once-almighty Nascent Soul elders were now helpless lambs to slaughter.
[Killed Nascent Soul elders ×8. Slaughter Points +4000. Overdraft cleared!].
[Current Slaughter Points: 1900/6000].
[Congrats on clearing debt! System rewards you with a "Next Overdraft Interest-Free" coupon. Use before expiration].
The last white-haired elder was Zhao Wuji. He collapsed, the stench of urine filling the air: "Mercy... I'll give you everything! Spirit stones, treasures, manuals...! I was wrong..."
"Too late." Lin Che slowly crouched, palm pressing against Zhao Wuji's crown. "Heaven's Mystery falls. And you lose even reincarnation's qualification."
"No—! You can't—!" Zhao Wuji realized what was happening, pupils shrinking in frantic struggle.
Lin Che's expression didn't change. "Godslayer Domain: Soul Devour!" activated. A black vortex appeared in his palm, terrifying suction targeting souls directly.
[System Notification: Deity Transformation Sect Master ×1 detected].
[Devouring... 25%... 50%... 75%... 100%!].
[Impurity detected: 67% (heart demon杂念, karmic entanglement). Purifying... Complete!].
[Obtained pure soul power: 5000 points!].
"AAAHHHH—!!!"
Zhao Wuji's soul was forcibly ripped from his body—a three-inch white figure, face twisted, screaming in ultimate agony. No matter how he struggled, he couldn't escape the suction. The soul was shredded inch by inch, refined into pure soul power flooding into Lin Che.
[Ding! Hidden quest triggered: Reclaim Spirit Root! Reward: Slaughter Points cap +10,000. Unlock God of War: Zhu Yuanzhang, the Tyrant Slaughter God!].
Zhao Wuji's body, bereft of soul, instantly withered to ash. A generation's Deity Transformation Grand Elder left no corpse—completely annihilated, forever erased.
Lin Che stood, killing intent solidifying into visible black fiend aura around him: "Yun Xiyue... I'll find you soon. What you owe my Lin family, I'll collect a hundredfold."
He raised a hand. The dragon understood, spewing scorching dragon breath. Dark red. Ten thousand degrees temperature. Where it passed, space melted. The entire Sect Master's Hall vaporized in moments, leaving only a thousand-zhang-wide scorched crater. The meteoric jade mountain had half-melted.
[Ding! Main quest complete: Annihilate Heaven's Mystery Sect!].
[Evaluation: SSS-Rank! Host is a sect-destroying prodigy!].
[Reward 1: Slaughter Points +5,000, cap +5,000. Current: 6900/11000!].
[Reward 2: Unlock Huang Chao, the Asura Slaughter God in complete form! Skill "City Adorned in Golden Armor" MAX power!].
[Reward 3: Gain full ownership of Heaven's Mystery Sect's resources!].
[Reward 4: Righteous faction reputation -10,000. Demonic faction reputation +5,000. Title "Sect-Destroying Fiend" activated!].
Lin Che stood atop the ruins, breathing deeply, feeling the abundant slaughter power within.
Time to collect the loot.
[Chapter 24 Complete]