Under the searing pain.
In an instant, Jian Shaowu was forced out of the God Trapping Space.
"Ah!"
Jian Shaowu let out a miserable shriek. His only remaining left leg jumped, but it was too lateâa palm gleaming with faint golden light reached right into his dantian and ripped out his Golden Core.
"No!"
Jian Shaowu stared at the cultivator who had just appeared before him, disbelief filling his eyes. Wasnât this the Foundation Establishment Third Layer "bug" he looked down on?
Heâd actually been killed by a bug!
At this moment, Jian Shaowu felt his magical power draining away rapidly, weakness flooding every inch of his body.
His consciousness grew dim, eyes wide open in unwillingness as he died!
"Fuck yeah!"
Lin Changâsheng snatched the storage bag from Jian Shaowuâs waist. He instantly took three steps, dragging Jian Shaowuâs corpse, and re-entered the God Trapping Space.
With a wave of his hand, Lin Changâsheng brought out the Myriad Soul Banner, shook it at Jian Shaowuâs corpse, and a phantom rose from the bodyâit was his soul, which Lin Changâsheng took into the Myriad Soul Banner.
The next moment.
Lin Changâsheng stowed away Jian Shaowuâs corpse. This was prime material for refining a Golden Corpse; it absolutely couldnât be wasted.
Stamping the ground, Lin Changâsheng appeared in the section of the God Trapping Space where Lu Chang was.
"Why is there an array here?"
Lu Chang gazed down at White Stone Mountain beneath his feet, confusion in his eyes, his giant axe treasure circling warily at his side.
Just thenâ
A powerful sense of danger flared up behind him. Startled, Lu Chang swung his giant axe backward, sending a fifty-zhang arc cleaving through the air.
But it was already too late!
Lu Chang felt a sharp pain in his belly, and then an emptinessâas if something vital inside him had been torn away.
In a flash.
The hallucination in the sky vanished. He lowered his head, staring at his abdomen to see a gaping hole as wide as a bowl. His magical power rushed away at once, weakness surging through him.
"You...."
"Impossible!"
He slowly looked up at Lin Changâsheng three zhang away, fury and reluctance mingled in his gaze. Heâd never expected that a Golden Core Early Stage cultivator like himself would die at the hands of a Foundation Establishment Third Layer "bug."
Lu Changâs eyes bulged wide as he crashed to the ground.
"Another Golden Corpse. And of course, the soul canât be wasted either."
Lin Changâsheng stepped forward. The array activated instantly, and Lin Changâsheng and Lu Changâs corpse vanished from sight.
Within the array.
Lin Changâsheng waved out the Myriad Soul Banner. With one shake, a phantom with Lu Changâs exact features rose from his corpse and was instantly taken into the Myriad Soul Banner.
Lin Changâsheng stashed Lu Changâs corpse and left the Grand God Trapping Array.
All this sounds lengthy, yet it all happened in a flash.
Meanwhileâ
The Cold Jade Snow Python broke out of the crevice, charging at Lin Changâsheng, while the Black Armored Profound Turtle circled restlessly below the cliff.
Butâ
Lin Changâsheng didnât budge. With the grand array at his back, no matter how fierce this beast wasâas a Tier Five Demon Beast with strength equal to the Golden Core Early Stageâonce it entered the formation, its mind would be stunned, and he would kill it with ease.
Just as Lin Changâsheng expected, the Cold Jade Snow Python slithered right into the grand array and instantly froze in place.
Lin Changâsheng unleashed Three Thousand Thunder Moves. The Immortal Slaying Saber appeared in his gripâa flash of golden light, as he slashed straight at the serpentâs weak spot!
"Puchi!"
A dull, sickening sound rang out. The saber rose and fell in Lin Changâshengâs hands, severing the Snow Pythonâs head as his body soared into the sky.
Right then, the massive python body kept twitching and struggling, its huge tail sweeping wildly and smashing rocks on the mountain, debris flying everywhere. It only stopped after some time!
Lin Changâsheng strode forward, used the Immortal Slaying Saber to pry out the Snow Pythonâs demon core, and put it into his storage bag.
This was a Tier Five demon coreâperfect for alchemy.
"My god! Who is this man? Heâs that terrifyingâusing only Foundation Establishment Third Layer cultivation to kill two Golden Core Early Stage cultivators and a Tier Five Demon Beast! Itâs unbelievable!"
"Heâs insane! No wonder he dared to snatch the Jade Spirit Marrowâheâs got real skills!"
"Did you guys notice? Though heâs only at Foundation Establishment Third Layer, his physical strength is comparable to Golden Core. And when he killed those two Golden Cores just now, he was even proficient in array formations!"
"Exactly! He seemed to have set up an illusionary array in an instant, making the two Golden Cores sluggish and letting him butcher them on the spot!"
"......"
Seeing Lin Changâsheng wipe out two Golden Cores and a Cold Jade Snow Pythonâeach as strong as a Golden Coreâusing Foundation Establishment Third Layer cultivation, all the cultivators present were utterly stunned.
"Heâs only at Foundation Establishment Third Layer, yet so fearsome? If I ended up in his array, Iâd probably meet the same fate!"
Bai Yufen, standing over ten li away with Gao Ziyue, stared at Lin Changâsheng perched atop the distant peakâeyes filled with awe!
"Insane... Foundation Establishment Third Layer, yet heâs slain two Golden Core Early Stages and a Tier Five Cold Jade Snow Python!"
"Killing Golden Core with Foundation Establishment cultivationâa feat worthy to be compared with Jiang Yukun, the top Golden Core of three centuries ago!"
"Iâm three realms higher than him at Foundation Establishment, yet I wouldnât dare claim I could even kill a single Golden Core... Compared to him, I feel utterly useless!"
"........"
Zhuo Yijian, Zhang Aoxue, Jianghai, and Fu Qingyu all stared at Lin Changâsheng on the distant mountain, shock painted on their faces.
Only Consort Ling watched that lone figure silently, but the awe in her eyes was impossible to hide.