Chapter 509 Breakthrough to the Late Stage of Void Tribulation

Xu Kongzi stumbled as he turned around, staring intently at Lin Che, his eyes filled with unwillingness and fear: "You… who exactly are you? How can you possess such terrifying primordial power?"

"Who am I?" Lin Che's lips curved into a cold smile. "Someone you shouldn't provoke."

Lin Che took a step forward, his killing intent surging again, and he said calmly, "Are all Guiyi Sect disciples as arrogant as you?"

Xu Kongzi trembled all over. He knew he was doomed today, but as an elder of the Guiyi Sect, how could he willingly die like this?

Xu Kongzi suddenly looked up, a hint of madness flashing in his eyes. He rapidly formed hand seals, and the last of his Five Elements spiritual power surged around him. He roared, "Since I can't live, you won't have an easy time either! Five Elements Self-Destruct!"

As his voice fell, Xu Kongzi's body began to swell, and Five Elements spiritual power surged wildly, emitting a destructive aura.

Clearly, Xu Kongzi intended to detonate his cultivation and soul armor, taking Lin Che down with him!

Fan Shanmeng's face turned pale with fright, and she immediately turned to flee. She knew the power of a Mid-stage Empty Tribulation Realm cultivator's self-detonation was enough to destroy everything within a million li radius. Even Lin Che would likely struggle to escape unscathed.

Lin Che, however, remained calm. He watched the continuously expanding Xu Kongzi, his eyes showing no fear at all. Instead, he slowly raised his hand.

A stronger killing intent and power of annihilation condensed in Lin Che's palm. The two forces intertwined, forming a black and white pillar of light.

"Want to self-destruct? Did you ask me first?"

Lin Che let out a low roar and slammed the pillar of light forward.

The pillar of light instantly struck Xu Kongzi's body, piercing into his dantian like a sharp blade.

The expanding Xu Kongzi's body suddenly froze, and the momentum of his self-detonation was instantly suppressed.

"No… this is impossible, this is impossible…"

Xu Kongzi let out a desperate roar, but he was powerless to reverse the situation. His body stopped expanding, and his aura weakened at a visible speed, finally turning into a cloud of blood mist, completely dissipating between heaven and earth.

Only the nearly shattered Five Elements soul armor fell to the ground, emitting a dull thud.

Lin Che raised his hand, and the Five Elements soul armor flew into his grasp. He carefully examined the soul armor, sensing the residual spiritual power and runes within it, and a smile played on his lips.

"The Guiyi Sect's forging techniques are indeed well-deserved, but unfortunately, they fell into the hands of a waste."

"Congratulations to the host for successfully slaying a Mid-stage Empty Tribulation Realm expert, triggering the God-Slaying System, and rewarding the host with a cultivation level increase."

"Current: Late-stage Void Tribulation."

With Xu Kongzi's demise, the system's prompt sound appeared in Lin Che's mind. At the same time, energy surged around him, and his cultivation directly rose to the Late-stage Void Tribulation.

"System Name: God-Slaying."

"Host Name: Lin Che."

"Realm: Late-stage Void Tribulation."

"Magic Treasures: Empty-Clear Sword, Human Emperor Banner, Shadow Soul-Devouring Bell, Nine-Story Exquisite Pagoda, Silver Dragon Demonic Spear, Primordial Demonic Umbrella, blood god sword."

"Total Kills: 3,000,427,850 people."

"Total Demonic Beasts: 64,673,758."

"Slaughter Value: 89/100."

With his cultivation reaching the Late-stage Void Tribulation, he was now only half a step away from breaking through to the Golden Venerable Realm.

Lin Che turned around gracefully, putting the soul armor into his storage ring. He looked at Fan Shanmeng, whose face was pale not far away, and said calmly, "Let's go."

Fan Shanmeng finally came back to her senses. Looking at the messy battlefield and the dissipated blood mist, her fear of Lin Che deepened a few more points.

In the battle just now, Lin Che had appeared to be at ease from beginning to end. Killing an elder of the Guiyi Sect who was in the Mid-stage Empty Tribulation Realm was as simple as crushing an ant.

Fan Shanmeng nodded quickly and followed Lin Che's footsteps. At this moment, she clearly understood that following Lin Che was perhaps her only way to survive.

Anyone who provoked Lin Che, no matter how strong their cultivation, would ultimately meet their demise.

The figures of the two gradually faded into the distance, leaving behind only a messy battlefield and the lingering killing intent and scent of blood in the air.

In the distance, Guiyi Sect disciples, sensing the commotion, rushed over. Upon seeing the scene of the battlefield, their faces turned pale, and they trembled all over.

"Xu… Elder Xu Kongzi… has fallen?" A disciple's voice trembled, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"Who… who did this? Such terrifying strength, could it be a top expert from Tianniu Continent?"

The news spread throughout the Guiyi Sect as if it had grown wings.

Upon learning of Xu Kongzi's death, the Sect Master was furious and immediately ordered a thorough investigation of the matter.

The entire Guiyi Sect fell into a state of panic and anger. At the same time, they spared no expense in arranging for disciples to hunt down Lin Che… After leaving Tianniu Continent, Lin Che took out the map from Xu Kongzi's storage ring, looked at his current location, and said calmly, "It seems I can only go to the Immortal Clan Imperial City first."

"The Immortal Emperor of Zhongzhou, inheriting the Eight Extremes Dao of the Immortal Ancestor, is the Eight Extremes Great Celestial Venerable!

The Purple Sun Sect of Dongzhou, the strongest among the Nine Sects and Thirteen Gates, has the Twin Great Celestial Venerable within it.

The Dao One Sect of Nanzhou has one Great Celestial Venerable within it!

The Qiankun Dao of Beizhou has the Martial Sealing Great Celestial Venerable within it.

In Zhongzhou, besides the Immortal Emperor, there is also another Great Celestial Venerable, who is the Long Emperor Great Celestial Venerable!"

These are the five peerless experts, the five suns, the Great Celestial Venerables, in the seventy-two continents of the Immortal Clan's territory.

And in Lin Che's memory, the Heaven-Leaping Venerable cultivators were even rarer. In the entire Xian Gang Continent, there were only forty-eight Heaven-Leaping Venerable cultivators currently!!!

Of these forty-eight people, most were in seclusion, hidden in various places on the Xian Gang Continent. Less than 30% were taken in by a Great Celestial Venerable.

Such figures would be given a certain degree of respect even by a Great Celestial Venerable. After all, they were the strongest on the entire Xian Gang Continent, second only to the Great Celestial Venerables!

If they did not wish to follow a Great Celestial Venerable, then unless they challenged a Great Celestial Venerable like Luo Yunhai, the Great Celestial Venerable would not make things difficult for them or force them to follow.

However, once a Heaven-Leaping Venerable cultivator followed a certain Great Celestial Venerable, that Great Celestial Venerable would certainly consider them a confidant after assessment and investigation, and treat them with courtesy, because cultivators of this level were the best guardians for a Great Celestial Venerable during reincarnation!!

If such a Heaven-Leaping Venerable cultivator were killed by another Great Celestial Venerable, it would be one thing if they were alone. But once they were not alone, and had become a subordinate of another Great Celestial Venerable, then it would certainly not be tolerated!

This concerned reputation, the Great Celestial Venerable's future recruitment, and even important protection after reincarnation. No Great Celestial Venerable would stand idly by and watch their subordinate Heaven-Leaping Venerable cultivator die.

Heaven-Leaping Venerable cultivators are too few, too few!

Therefore, a Great Venerable like himself had almost no status in front of these experts; only top experts were not qualified to be on equal footing with this group of individuals.

However, for Lin Che, he didn't care. Within the Kong Jie (Void Tribulation Realm), those who could pose a threat to him were few and far between, unless a Heaven-Treading expert arrived!