Senior Xiao's Fierce Protection, the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda Shows Its Might

“Die!” Looking at Old Zhao, whose eyes were filled with ruthlessness, Ye Lin did not waste any words. He stepped forward and threw a fierce punch.

There was no suspense. Old Zhao, who was only at the great perfection of the Foundation Establishment Stage, wouldn't have been able to withstand a single punch from Ye Lin even at his peak, let alone now when he was heavily injured.

The so-called Foundation Establishment Stage spiritual energy shield around his body was like paper in the face of six hundred million jin of colossal strength, completely useless.

Thus, with the blast of Ye Lin's punch, Old Zhao instantly exploded into a bloody mist.

【Ding! You have killed two Foundation Establishment Stage human cultivators. Your Luck Value has increased by 20 points, and you have picked up a high-grade water Spiritual Root and an Earth-grade wood Spiritual Root. Your Power of Heaven's Punishment has increased by two wisps. The Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda has automatically gathered the blood vitality, and the Soaring Fairy Visualization Chart has captured and refined their souls...】

The moment Old Zhao was killed, the game notification rang in Ye Lin's ears.

However, because they were humans, the trait 【The Strictest Father of Other Races】 did not trigger, so he did not obtain any lifespan.

But since killing these two could grant him Luck Value rewarded by the Heavenly Dao of this world, it meant that they were not good people to begin with. They were wicked individuals recognized as such even by the Heavenly Dao.

As Ye Lin killed the three of them—Chu Yu'er and her companions—with thunderous momentum, all the Demon Suppressing Guards present fell into an unbelievable, dazed silence.

They were shocked by Ye Lin's strength, and even more shocked by his overbearing nature and sheer audacity.

But there was one thing they couldn't wrap their heads around: Ye Lin clearly had a mid-grade mixed Spiritual Root. Even if a seven-element Spiritual Root possessed strong combat power among mid-grade talents, no matter how strong it was, it absolutely shouldn't be this fierce.

Slaying a great perfection Foundation Establishment cultivator with a single punch while only at the Qi Condensation Stage... even a genius with a Saint-grade talent probably couldn't achieve this, right?

“I didn't expect that your killing intent would be even heavier than this old man's. Indeed, every generation brings forth new talents. The human race's Demon Suppressing Division sorely needs young people like you.

“Do whatever you want to do. As for the Chu family and the royal family, this old man will block them for you for a month. After a month, I will head to the Demon Abyss once again to guard it, and then everything will depend on yourself.”

Just as the entire courtyard fell so silent that a pin drop could be heard due to Ye Lin's powerful, decisive, and heaven-defying combat strength, an old voice suddenly echoed from the registration office.

Immediately after, two terrifying sword lights shot directly into the sky. One flew toward the royal family's direction, while the other flew toward the Chu family's direction.

In the courtyard of the Demon Suppressing Division, the Demon Suppressing Guards, who were still in shock, couldn't help but gasp in unison upon seeing this scene.

“That senior actually... made an exception for Ye Lin?” Everyone felt as if they were dreaming.

One had to know that among the geniuses who had been favored by this senior in the past, except for a few who had fallen, almost all of them had been transferred to higher-level Demon Suppressing Divisions to serve.

Their futures were truly limitless and highly enviable.

In the Demon Suppressing Division, who hadn't fantasized about receiving a bit of favor from this senior?

However, after that battle back then, this senior, who used to be easygoing, had never shown even a shred of special favor to any junior again.

But today, at this very moment, the senior had actually made an exception for a newcomer like Ye Lin? How could this not shock, evoke envy, and spark jealousy in everyone?

But once they thought about Ye Lin's heaven-defying combat power and his decisively murderous personality, everyone came to terms with it.

If it were them, even if they had such combat power, they wouldn't have dared to kill Chu Yu'er. Ye Lin had this kind of audacity, so he well and truly deserved Old Xiao's favor.

Meanwhile, Ye Lin, who was at the center of the incident, was also quite surprised by Old Xiao's sudden protection.

After all, this was a fantasy world where strength reigned supreme and benefits were paramount.

From the moment he saw Chu Yu'er daring to lead people to barge into the Demon Suppressing Division to attack him without anyone stopping them, he knew that the Demon Suppressing Division was also a place of mutual benefit. He wasn't particularly disappointed by this.

Because he had also come to the Demon Suppressing Division with a purpose: to obtain more information on evil spirits, slay more of them, and thereby accumulate more blood vitality and luck.

Thus, when he dared to directly execute Chu Yu'er and the others, he hadn't expected anyone to help him.

Yet, he hadn't expected an unrelated senior to step forward and protect him.

“Thank you for your favor, Senior.” Ye Lin cupped his hands toward the registration office, his expression calm.

Although he wasn't afraid of any pursuit from the Chu family or the royal family—since he held many trump cards and was guaranteed to survive at the very least—

since a senior superior had dared to step up and fiercely protect him at such a time, he wasn't an ungrateful person. He would keep this favor in mind and repay it in the future.

When traveling the world, if you lend me a hand, I will lend you one in return. This was only natural.

Under the envious or reverent gazes of the crowd, he collected Old Zhao's storage ring, turned around, and walked toward the Merit Exchange Hall of the Demon Suppressing Division.

After all, he still had quite a few demon-slaying points obtained from killing evil spirits during the newcomer trial.

Before taking on tasks to slay evil spirits, he wanted to exchange these demon-slaying points for truly useful items.

Although the prerequisite task for his breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Stage had not yet refreshed, he could take this opportunity to prepare the spiritual materials needed for the breakthrough in advance.

Foundation Establishment, as the name implied, was about building the foundation of one's Dao. Naturally, building something required materials, just like bricks and tiles were needed to construct a house.

In the cultivation world, the objects used to forge a Dao foundation were called spiritual materials.

It could be a scripture, a sword, or a strange stone.

However, it wasn't that the higher the grade of the spiritual material, the better. Rather, the higher the compatibility with one's own cultivated Dao, the better.

For example, if an alchemist used a high-quality sword to establish their foundation, the resulting effect might not even match that of using an ordinary spiritual pill.

Therefore, compatibility came first, followed by the grade of the spiritual material.

Combining these two points, Ye Lin definitely required spiritual materials with high compatibility and extremely high quality. After all, his foundation was too strong; ordinary spiritual materials simply couldn't support his 'Dao'.

However, this branch in the Tianyuan Dynasty was only of the lowest Yellow-grade, so the items in the exchange hall might not be very precious. His hopes of obtaining the desired spiritual materials here were likely slim.

But as the saying goes, since he was already here!

Since the opportunity was right before his eyes, he had to try his luck. Even if he couldn't find the ideal spiritual material, converting these demon-slaying points into other useful items was better than letting them gather dust in his token.

In any case, he still had the 【Seeking Wealth in Danger】 trait as a fallback. Worst case, he could just activate it directly and take a risk for the sake of the spiritual materials.

Just as he entered the exchange hall to try his luck, on an unknown island in the Southern Domain, a beautiful, black-robed woman who was imprisoned by countless chains suddenly opened her bloodshot eyes.

“Damn it! One of the children of fortune that this Empress spent thousands of years nurturing has actually fallen?”

Sensing that one of the marks she had left in the world had vanished, intense killing intent instantly flashed in the beautiful, black-robed woman's eyes.

Every one of her children was blessed with luck, and they were the key to her seizing the foundation of immortality in the upcoming golden age of rising geniuses.

Now that one had actually fallen, she was naturally furious.

“This Empress wants to see who has the audacity to ruin my grand plans!”

Without any hesitation, the black-robed woman immediately formed hand seals. Soon, a pale blue light screen condensed in front of her.

A faint power of time flowed across the light screen, and a scene quickly materialized.

But to her bewilderment, the light screen only showed the scene of Lu Chen turning into a bloody mist, with absolutely no trace of Ye Lin's figure.

It was obvious that the 'Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda' had concealed all of Ye Lin's aura and heavenly secrets.

Let alone this woman who wasn't even an immortal yet; even if a supreme powerhouse surpassing immortals entered the actual river of time, they still wouldn't be able to find Ye Lin's figure.

“How is this possible?” Seeing that she couldn't even trace back the killer's aura and appearance, the beautiful, black-robed woman was completely shocked.

“Could it be that some old fellow who, like this Empress, is plotting for an opportunity to achieve immortality has taken action?” The black-robed woman frowned.

On this Heavenly Desolation Continent, there were quite a few old fellows like her who were infinitely close to becoming immortals but refused to stop there.

“But even if it's a powerhouse of the same level as me, so what? This Empress has already completely refined that damaged immortal treasure. Combined with the naturally powerful physical body of my Dragon Clan, few in the same realm can match me.

“Furthermore, with the protection of the damaged immortal treasure, this Empress will not be detected by the heavenly tribulation within an hour of leaving Dragon Burial Island.”

With this thought, the beautiful, black-robed woman shattered all the chains on her body. She immediately transformed into a green dragon and soared into the sky.

On the other side, after Ye Lin walked into the exchange hall, he began wandering around the treasure collection area on his own.

However, after a full lap, the 'Eternal Stellar Plate' inside his body showed no reaction whatsoever. This meant that none of the treasures here were anything rare.

“Junior Brother Ye, you've stayed in the spiritual material area for so long. Surely it's for your upcoming Foundation Establishment?”

Just as he was about to casually exchange his points for some knowledge handbooks on alchemy or weapon-refining—essentially intending to convert his demon-slaying points into something useful anyway—a familiar voice suddenly came from the side.

Looking up, it was indeed the burly man, Lin Kuo, the captain whose mentality had collapsed during the newcomer trial.

He was in the Foundation Establishment Stage and an academy veteran, so Ye Lin naturally didn't mind being called "Junior Brother."

“Long time no see, Senior Brother Lin. Do you have any recommendations?”

After nodding calmly at Lin Kuo, Ye Lin immediately asked.

“Of course! What's displayed here are all very common Foundation Establishment spiritual materials. The truly good stuff is all in the second-floor treasury.

“But while the spiritual materials in there are good, they cost quite a lot of demon-slaying points.”

Seeing Ye Lin ask, Lin Kuo patted his chest and said.

Hiring this, Ye Lin glanced at the nearly thirty thousand demon-slaying points in his disciple token. He still felt he was somewhat wealthy.

Thus, he had Lin Kuo lead him toward the second-floor treasury.