Chapter 428: Long Panzi self-destructs, destroying the Cultivation Alliance

Lin Che's blood-red robe billowed without wind, and the spiritual energy around him solidified into blood-red patterns, coiling around his limbs and bones like swimming dragons.

With a light stomp of his foot, the floor tiles of the entire Cultivation Alliance Palace instantly cracked, and countless shattered stones floated up, trembling under the immense pressure.

"Seek justice?"

Long Panzi suppressed the terror in his heart, and the coiled dragon patterns on his golden Daoist robe suddenly lit up. As he formed hand seals, golden spiritual energy condensed into a ten-foot-long coiled dragon spear, its tip pointing directly at Lin Che.

"What happened back then was merely the law of the jungle in the cultivation world. Your master was inferior in skill; you can't blame others! Today, I will let you know that the power of an Ethereal Peak expert is something you, a mere youth, cannot contend with!"

Before he finished speaking, Long Panzi leaped up, and the coiled dragon spear, carrying a sharp whistle that tore through the air, thrust towards Lin Che.

A cold glint flashed in Lin Che's eyes. He neither dodged nor evaded. He clenched his right hand in the air, and a blood-red longsword appeared out of nowhere. The sword was covered in ancient god runes, and he swung it to meet the coiled dragon spear.

"Clang—"

The deafening clang of metal on metal echoed as two terrifying energies collided, forming a visible shockwave that shattered the glazed tiles on the palace roof.

Long Panzi felt a massive force transmit through the spear shaft. His arm went numb, and he was sent flying backward, crashing heavily against a white jade pillar outside the hall. A mouthful of fresh blood spurted out.

"Impossible! How can your physical body be so powerful!"

Long Panzi clutched his chest, his eyes filled with horror.

His Ethereal Peak spiritual energy, infused into the coiled dragon spear, was met head-on by Lin Che's physical strength. This completely exceeded his understanding.

Lin Che, holding the blood-red longsword, slowly walked towards Long Panzi. Each step seemed to tread on everyone's heart: "How dare you underestimate the Ancient God's physique? When you tortured my master back then, did you ever consider today's outcome?"

"Form the array! Quickly form the array and kill him!"

Long Panzi roared, ordering the Cultivation Alliance experts inside the hall.

The cultivators, who had been as quiet as cicadas in winter, woke up as if from a dream. They all summoned their magic treasures, and various spiritual energies intertwined, forming a massive defensive light screen. Simultaneously, dozens of attacks blasted towards Lin Che.

A cold smile played on Lin Che's lips. He raised his left hand, and blood-red spiritual energy condensed into a massive Ancient God Shield, blocking all the attacks.

Then, he leaped up, his blood-red longsword drawing a brilliant arc in the air. Sword qi poured down like a waterfall, instantly splitting the defensive light screen in half.

Seeing these cultivators stirring, Lin Che's lips curved into an arc, and then he spoke with a voice like thunder: "Within three breaths, whoever remains here, dies!"

"One breath."

"Two breaths."

Lin Che's voice was bone-chillingly cold, echoing in everyone's ears like a Rakshasa.

Finally, someone couldn't withstand the fear in their heart and turned to flee into the distance.

The experts in the field looked at each other, sensing that the newcomer was extraordinary, and turned to leave the place. However, Lin Che snorted coldly, "Now you want to leave? Too late!"

However, many cultivators still frantically shot towards Lin Che's position, but in front of him…

Lin Che raised a finger, and a blood-red azure thunderbolt crashed down, transforming into countless dense electrical nets that freely weaved through the crowd, harvesting the lives of the cultivators present.

In just a fleeting moment, the newly reacted Nirvana and Pure Nirvana experts were struck by the azure thunder. The tearing pain gave them no time to react, or even to speak, and their souls scattered and nascent souls perished on the spot.

Under the gaze of the other experts, the cultivators in the air fell from the sky like dumplings, their souls all forcibly extracted by Lin Che and absorbed into his Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

"Ah—"

Screams rose and fell. Those cultivators at the Ascendant and Pure Nirvana realms had no power to resist under Lin Che's sword qi. Their bodies were instantly torn apart, and blood stained the plaza in front of the palace.

In just a few breaths, more than half of the densely packed Alliance experts had fallen, leaving only a few terrified individuals paralyzed on the ground, without even the courage to flee.

Long Panzi looked at the tragic scene before him, his pupils constricting, his heart filled only with despair. He knew in his heart that he was no match for Lin Che, and today, the Cultivation Alliance was likely to be destroyed by his hand.

"Lin Che! Don't get too smug!"

A hint of madness flashed in Long Panzi's eyes. He slammed his hands onto his dantian, and the golden spiritual energy around him began to surge wildly, even showing unstable fluctuations.

"Even if I die, I'll drag you down with me!"

He was going to self-destruct!

Lin Che's expression changed slightly. He hadn't expected Long Panzi to be so ruthless. The self-destruction of an Ethereal Peak cultivator had immense power. If detonated in the heart of the Cultivation Alliance, the entire star domain would likely be affected.

"Do you think self-destruction can harm me?"

Lin Che snorted coldly. He held his sword in his right hand and quickly formed hand seals with his left. Blood-red spiritual energy condensed into a massive Ancient God Cage in front of him, enveloping Long Panzi.

"Today, I will make you unable to live, and unable to die!"

Long Panzi felt the increasingly violent spiritual energy within his dantian and looked at the continuously shrinking Ancient God Cage, his eyes filled with unwillingness: "Lin Che! I won't let you off even as a ghost!"

The spiritual energy fluctuations became more and more intense. Long Panzi's body began to swell, and a golden light illuminated the entire cage.

Lin Che's gaze sharpened. The blood-red longsword in his hand slashed out again, and a sword qi imbued with the power of an ancient god pierced directly towards Long Panzi's dantian, attempting to stop him from self-destructing.

Long Panzi slammed his right hand heavily onto his chest. Seeing that it was impossible to stop him, Lin Che retreated helplessly, immediately tearing through space and instantly disappearing from his original spot.

Boom—!

Just as Lin Che left, Long Panzi's self-destruction echoed throughout the cosmos. Golden spiritual energy exploded like a tsunami. The Ancient God Cage shattered inch by inch under this terrifying force, and blood-red patterns splattered everywhere.

The violent energy shockwave, centered on the palace, swept outwards in a ring. Wherever it passed, the void was torn into dark cracks, as if heaven and earth were about to be crushed.

The Cultivation Alliance Palace bore the brunt. Glazed tiles and white jade pillars instantly turned into dust. The entire magnificent building collapsed in the energy torrent. Shattered stones and broken wood were swept into the air, then ground into finer dust.

The few remaining cultivators in the plaza didn't even have time to scream before they were swallowed by the golden energy. Their bodies and souls dissipated together, leaving only a few wisps of smoke that vanished in the wind.

The energy shockwave did not stop, continuing to spread deep into the Cultivation Alliance star domain.

The cities and sect strongholds along the way were as fragile as paper. The mountain-protecting arrays couldn't even last a breath against the power of the self-destruction. The moment the light screen shattered, the entire mountain gate was razed to the ground.

Countless low-level cultivators were swept away by the energy torrent in their sleep, without even a chance to react, becoming sacrifices to the destruction of the star domain.