Chapter 462: The Master Severely Injured by Lin Che

The Master roared, his killing intent almost solidifying in his eyes. The eight black light bands around his body suddenly swelled, and four of the already refined Outer Realm Cores within them shone brightly.

Black primordial power surged like a tide towards his right hand, coalescing into a black giant axe several zhang long.

The axe body was covered in twisted runes, and each swing could cleave space, leaving dense black cracks as if to swallow the entire Black Wind Abyss.

"Today, I shall use this 'World-Shattering Axe' to turn you and your Ancient Dao legacy into dust!"

The Master gripped the axe with both hands and fiercely brought it down on Lin Che.

The black giant axe, carrying the force of world destruction, cut everything in its path—space, rocks, and fierce winds—in half. A black axe-blade several zhang wide shot straight towards Lin Che.

Under the powerful shockwave, even the ground was split open into a bottomless chasm. Black mist spewed out from the chasm, emanating a terrifying aura of death.

Lin Che felt a sweetness in his throat. That last arrow had exhausted ninety percent of his strength. Now, facing this lethal strike, the golden light of his Ancient Dao Undying Body was so faint it was almost invisible.

"The Ancient Dao legacy is not something you can covet!"

Lin Che formed hand seals and silently chanted an obscure Ancient Dao incantation.

The Li Guang Bow in the air suddenly burst into brilliant golden light. Dense Ancient Dao runes appeared on its body, resonating with the Ancient Dao power within him.

Immediately after, the bow began to decompose and reassemble, finally transforming into a set of golden armor that covered his entire body. The armor's surface was embossed with Ancient Dao divine beast patterns, and the single horn on the helmet pointed directly at the sky, giving rise to an aura of an ancient war god.

This was the Undying Battle Armor from the Ancient Dao legacy. It required a Natal Magical Treasure as a catalyst and the burning of one's own essence blood to activate. Its power was boundless, but it also caused immense backlash to the cultivator.

At this moment, Lin Che's skin beneath the armor had begun to bleed, but he was completely oblivious. He raised his hand and clenched it in the air, and a golden spear, condensed from Ancient Dao power, appeared in his hand.

"Take one spear from me, then you'll know if your World-Shattering Axe can truly shatter worlds!"

Lin Che took a step forward, and the golden spear thrust out.

The moment the spear tip collided with the black axe-blade, the entire Black Wind Abyss seemed to be put on pause. Immediately after, a violent energy shockwave spread wildly outwards from the center of their battle.

The black axe-blade shattered inch by inch, while the golden spear-light, undiminished, pierced towards the Master's heart.

The Master's expression changed drastically. In a hurry, he could only block the remaining four unrefined Outer Realm Cores in front of him.

"Boom!"

The four Outer Realm Cores simultaneously erupted with black light, yet they were still pierced through by the golden spear-light. The spear tip finally stopped an inch from the Master's heart, and the scorching sensation from the spear-light already made his skin tingle.

The Master looked at the golden spear tip so close, his eyes filled with disbelief and horror.

"How is this possible? How can you, a mere child, possess such terrifying strength…"

The Master had never imagined that he would be forced into such a predicament by a cultivator who hadn't even reached the Void Profound Realm, nor had he expected the power of the Ancient Dao legacy to be so terrifying that it could contend with the primordial power of the Outer Realm.

Lin Che wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and stood up with difficulty. At the same time, energy surged around him, and his originally white hair had now transformed into blood-red.

Not only that, the space within a hundred zhang radius around him was forcibly torn apart. Vast energy, like surging waves, continuously spread outwards. Wherever it passed, the void on both sides had no resistance, instantly shattering and revealing endless stars.

Seeing Lin Che's aura rapidly increasing, the Master instinctively stopped his movements, narrowed his eyes, and said, "This is… an Eight-Star Ancient God. I didn't expect you to have broken through to an Eight-Star Ancient God. No wonder you dared to come here and act so presumptuously!"

"My Natal, Blood God Sword, appear!"

Following Lin Che's low roar, a blood-red slit suddenly appeared on his glabella, and a crimson longsword slowly flew out from the slit.

A viscous, blood-like sheen flowed over the sword body. Three blood-colored skull heads hung from the sword tassel, each skull's eyes flickering with eerie green ghost fire, exuding a chillingly fierce aura that made one's scalp tingle.

This was Lin Che's ultimate Natal Magical Treasure, the Blood God Sword, and it was a Void Nirvana Magical Treasure that even cultivators of the third step couldn't produce!

This sword was forged using Lin Che's essence blood, condensed from countless bloody battles, as a catalyst, and refined with the living souls of a million cultivators. The sword would always draw blood upon appearance, and it grew stronger with each drop of blood it drank.

Looking at the Void Nirvana Magical Treasure before him, the Master also narrowed his eyes, unable to believe that a mere child of the Void Spirit Realm possessed such immense strength and a magical treasure.

No wonder he was able to survive until now.

"The Ancient God's body is indeed formidable, but before me, you are nothing but an ant. Today, I shall destroy your soul and sever your path to becoming a Divine Venerable!"

Lin Che snorted disdainfully.

The strength of an Eight-Star Ancient God was equivalent to the late-stage Great Perfection of the Void Profound Realm, on par with the Master's strength. Unless the Master broke through to the Void Tribulation Realm at this moment, he would simply not be Lin Che's opponent.

The Master placed one hand behind his back, his gaze coldly fixed on Lin Che. At the same time, he raised his right hand, and an even more powerful palm print condensed from the heavens and earth, suddenly forming.

At this moment, the Master was holding nothing back. All he wanted now was to kill Lin Che here at all costs, otherwise, if Lin Che broke through to the Void Profound Realm in the future, he would surely die.

As the palm print descended from the sky, the fierce winds of the Black Wind Abyss were actually compressed into a solid form, turning into black ice crystals that fell rustling.

Above the palm print, four already refined Outer Realm Cores hung at the four corners. Black primordial power spread like a spiderweb, dyeing the entire sky in an ink-like hue.

Even the rotating God-Slaying Array in the distance rumbled in response. Countless black runes detached from the array and converged towards the palm print, increasing its power by another third.

Lin Che, however, did not retreat a single step. He raised his hand and gripped the hilt of the Blood God Sword, his fingertip's essence blood seeping into the sword body along the sword patterns.

In an instant, the three blood-colored skull heads on the sword tassel suddenly opened their eerie green ghost eyes. The mournful wails of a million living souls erupted from the sword, transforming into a blood-red torrent that coiled around the sword body.

Lin Che stepped into the air, fully releasing the pressure of an Eight-Star Ancient God. Within the shattered void around him, countless Ancient God phantoms appeared, holding giant axes and long spears, striking a slashing pose with him.

"World-Shattering Slash!"

Lin Che let out a low roar, and the Blood God Sword cut through the sky. The blood-red sword qi, like a river pouring down from the heavens, carrying the grievances of a million living souls and the power of an Ancient God, slashed directly towards the palm print.

Wherever the sword qi passed, the black ice crystals instantly melted, and even the spatial confinement set by the Master was torn apart, revealing a blood-red裂痕 that stretched to the sky.

The Master's face changed drastically. He hadn't expected Lin Che to unleash such terrifying power after breaking through to an Eight-Star Ancient God.

In a hurry, he sacrificed all eight black light bands, blocking the four unrefined Outer Realm Cores in front of him, attempting to withstand the sword qi with the primordial power of the Outer Realm.