Chapter 566: Great Saint’s Methods

With a single grab, it tore open the Chaos, tore apart time and space, and reached out toward Nine Mystic Venerable.

"This is?" Nine Mystic Venerable inexplicably felt fear.

Even when facing the collapse and destruction of a radius of tens of millions of light-years earlier, Nine Mystic Venerable had never produced such fear originating from the mental will level.

He would be torn open.

He would be torn to pieces.

Such thoughts surged into the mind of Nine Mystic Venerable.

Immediately followed by doubt.

Who is it?

Who is attacking him?

At the moment this grab reached toward Nine Mystic Venerable, Nine Mystic Venerable formed a Karma connection with its source.

In the dark, Nine Mystic Venerable saw a scene——

Beyond layers of time and space.

A young man was slowly retracting his right hand, and five ultimate Tear of the Heavens forces still lingered in the Void Realm.

Beside the young man stood Cang Yulong, and at this moment, this Stone People Clan member was staring blankly at the former.

Nine Mystic Venerable paid no attention to Cang Yulong at all. Through the brief Karma connection, he stared at the young man who had executed the Tear of the Heavens grab.

"It is you?"

Nine Mystic Venerable immediately confirmed that the young man who attacked him was also Lin Yuan, as their Karma came from the same source.

"The one fighting me turned out not to be your true main body?"

Nine Mystic Venerable found it hard to believe.

He could sense that the young man standing beside Cang Yulong at this moment, whether in terms of Physical Body physique or mental oppression,

exceeded the Taiji Primordial Spirit that had been fighting him just moments ago.

The next moment.

The Tear of the Heavens grab descended.

"Rip."

The ultimate Tear of the Heavens force easily tore open the time and space barriers around Nine Mystic Venerable,

and then the skin, flesh, bones, and Internal World.

Everything about Nine Mystic Venerable, his Physical Body, Soul, and even mental will,

were torn open and shattered under this ultimate Tear of the Heavens grab, without any ability to block it,

unable to even barely delay the time it took to be torn apart.

"Swish."

The instant his Physical Body and Soul were torn apart, vibrant vitality surged within Nine Mystic Venerable's body, quickly beginning to recover.

But just as it recovered a little, it was torn apart again by the remaining Tear of the Heavens force.

Repeating like this, amidst the despair and unwillingness of Nine Mystic Venerable, his Physical Body, Soul, and Internal World were finally completely shattered.

Not far away.

The Taiji Primordial Spirit quietly watched this scene.

"When the main body drives the Tear of the Heavens grab with full force, its might indeed exceeds detonating the 'World' Divine Ability."

Lin Yuan thought silently in his heart,

the Divine Ability 'World' and the Divine Ability 'Tear of the Heavens' could both be considered offensive Divine Abilities,

but the Divine Ability 'Tear of the Heavens' was much purer.

The Divine Ability 'World' also had suppression-like effects, but the Divine Ability 'Tear of the Heavens' did not.

Moreover, when the Divine Ability 'World' was detonated, the erupted destructive force was dispersed across tens of millions of light-years,

so in terms of might, it naturally could not compare to 'Tear of the Heavens'.

The might of 'Tear of the Heavens' was entirely concentrated within that single grab.

"Hum hum hum."

Just after Nine Mystic Venerable's Physical Body, Soul, and Internal World were shattered, nine auras condensed again nearby.

The nine auras converged, forming the figure of Nine Mystic Venerable.

However, compared to the Nine Mystic Venerable from just a moment ago,

whether in terms of aura or oppression, this Nine Mystic Venerable plummeted by a huge margin.

This kind of plummet was not like the temporary plummet after Lin Yuan detonated the 'World' Divine Ability,

but rather required a long, long time to recover.

"Not dead?"

Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow, not feeling any surprise.

The life-saving methods of Chaos Venerables could not be underestimated. After all, Lin Yuan was only at the Dao Realm, and driving the Divine Ability 'Tear of the Heavens' could at most severely injure a Venerable.

As for killing? It was probably a stretch, and this was still Nine Mystic Venerable, a newly advanced Chaos Realm.

If Lin Yuan stepped into the Chaos Realm and drove the Divine Ability Tear of the Heavens under the same level,

let alone Nine Mystic Venerable, even those Peak Chaos Venerables would die thoroughly.

In fact, there was no need for the Chaos Realm. As long as Lin Yuan stepped into the Sovereign Realm and his life essence improved,

with his numerous methods and Legacy Cultivation in place, under the Tear of the Heavens grab, Nine Mystic Venerable would basically die without a doubt,

at least the Physical Body before him would die beyond a doubt.

"Then let's come again."

Lin Yuan's Taiji Primordial Spirit took a step forward,

after a brief rest, he had basically recovered,

and the consumption after detonating 'World' was completely restored, bringing his battle power back to its Peak state.

"You?"

Nine Mystic Venerable's aura was weak, his face slightly pale, and he immediately said, "No need to spar anymore, I admit defeat."

Currently, Nine Mystic Venerable was already severely injured. Continuing to fight would no longer be a spar, but a life-or-death struggle,

a desperate fight exhausting all trump cards and methods.

A life-or-death struggle?

To fight for a Great Saint-Grade Legacy space and engage in a life-or-death struggle with a Venerable of the same level,

Nine Mystic Venerable would naturally consider it carefully, let alone given the current situation.

Even if he was willing to risk his life, he would most likely lose in the end.

Just this Taiji Primordial Spirit of Lin Yuan made him use nearly all his strength, not to mention the even stronger true main body lurking and ready to strike at any time.

Nine Mystic Venerable considered the hope of winning to be exceptionally slim.

Although even if he lost the life-or-death fight in the end, Nine Mystic Venerable would not completely die,

as he had prepared many life-or-death backup plans in other secret locations, and once his true main body fell, he would 'resurrect' among those backups.

But all the investments in this true main body, as well as his close-combat weapons, treasures, rare items, and so on, would truly be lost.

Lin Yuan certainly would not return all these treasures to him.

"Admit defeat?"

Lin Yuan immediately stopped his hand. He was not willing to completely drive a Chaos Venerable to desperation either; goodness knows what other methods the opponent had yet to use.

Most importantly, in this Myriad Forms Void Domain, there were other Chaos Venerables, and at this moment, the gazes of most Chaos Venerables were focused on this battle between them.

If it were merely a spar where neither side suffered much injury, those Chaos Venerables naturally would not have any ideas.

But what if Lin Yuan was severely injured?

As an external Venerable? Lin Yuan could not guarantee that those native Void Domain Venerables would not make a Move.

Moreover, Lin Yuan dared not be sure whether Nine Mystic Venerable had other Venerable friends; what if the other party saw Nine Mystic Venerable fighting Lin Yuan to the death and joined in as well?

One-on-one, with all trump cards revealed and both the true main body and Primordial Spirit coming out, Lin Yuan was confident he could suppress Nine Mystic Venerable, this newly advanced Venerable.

But two-on-one?

There would be too many variables.

Therefore.

The moment Nine Mystic Venerable admitted defeat, Lin Yuan had no intention of continuing to attack.

His purpose for this battle had also been achieved—he had completely subdued Nine Mystic Venerable.

Afterwards, no matter how unwilling Nine Mystic Venerable was, he would have to consider whether he was a match for Lin Yuan.

"Admitted defeat?"

Beyond layers of time and space, Lin Yuan's true main body directly left.

For the Twelfth Order top-grade rare item, chaos tree, and a Great Saint-Grade Legacy space,

after careful consideration, Lin Yuan felt that dispatching only the Taiji Primordial Spirit was still somewhat insecure.

Therefore, the true main body also followed over, hiding in the dark to observe.

Seeing that Nine Mystic Venerable survived the detonation of the 'World' Divine Ability, the true main body took the Opportunity to strike,

executing the 'Tear of the Heavens' grab.

Having both the true main body and Primordial Spirit make a Move indeed increased the risk somewhat,

but after determining the value of that Legacy space, Lin Yuan still did so.

Now that it was confirmed the spar was over, the true main body naturally had no need to continue staying here.

"Interesting."

Lin Yuan glanced at Cang Yulong one last time.

With the true main body personally arriving, Lin Yuan finally completely captured the other fluctuation of consciousness hidden within Cang Yulong's body.

"Is it a backup plan prepared by some Great Saint?"

Lin Yuan associated this with that mysterious Legacy space.

That space clearly came from the hands of a Great Saint, and Cang Yulong had entered it before,

so he probably had some kind of Opportunity.

Until Lin Yuan's true main body completely vanished.

Cang Yulong's muddled thoughts finally slowly recovered.

"Was the one just now also a Senior?"

Cang Yulong steadied his mind and subconsciously asked in his heart.

The appearance of Lin Yuan's true main body brought too much pressure to Cang Yulong,

especially that Tear of the Heavens grab; even though its might was completely restrained and it did not target Cang Yulong in the slightest,

Cang Yulong still felt his mind tremble. Just looking at it gave him the illusion that everything about himself was being torn to pieces.

"Nonsense."

Until this time, the childish voice that had been silent just now continued to speak: "Brat, what kind of great fortune did your Stone People Clan run into, to actually have a connection with such an Expert."

The childish voice was quite emotional. Although it did not dare to speak earlier for fear of being noticed by Lin Yuan, it had also seen that Tear of the Heavens grab.

That ultimate purity of destructive power startled even the childish voice itself.

"This kind of method is not a Move, but more similar to an Innate Divine Ability or the like. Could this Expert be a wondrous lifeform nurtured by the Chaos Void? Born mastering such slaughter methods?"

The childish voice thought to itself,

the profound mysteries involved in the Tear of the Heavens grab were difficult for even a Great Saint to replicate.

Lin Yuan's strength clearly had not reached the Great Saint level, yet he had mastered such a Move,

which could only be explained by an Innate Divine Ability.

The so-called Innate Divine Ability was an ability brought along from birth.

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You simply cannot understand the underlying reasons or how the rules operate and combine, yet you just know how to use it.

"Such a Miraculous Lifeform so skilled in offense… once it steps into the Domain of Great Saints, it will likely become another Peerless Great Saint."

The childish voice thought.

Both Chaotic Great Saints and Peerless Great Saints are at Chaos Realm Perfection,

with the difference being that a Peerless Great Saint's offensive methods are significantly stronger than those of a Chaotic Great Saint.

"Ah?"

"I don't know either,"

Cang Yulong said truthfully.

At the Peak of the Stone People Clan, they had only produced a single ancestor of the Sovereign Realm,

but that ancestor had been missing for over ten cosmic eras, and the Soul lamp left in the clan had already gone out.

As for having ties to a certain Venerable?

If Cang Yulong didn't believe that Lin Yuan wouldn't lie about such a thing, he wouldn't have believed it at all.

"By the way, how did Senior's spar with Nine Mystic Venerable turn out?"

Cang Yulong seemed to suddenly remember something.

Just now, he had been completely overwhelmed by the pressure of Lin Yuan's true body,

so much so that he had even forgotten to ask about the sparring battle between the two Venerables outside the Nine Profound Secret Realm.

Cang Yulong remembered that the last update from the childish voice

was that Nine Mystic Venerable had weathered one of Lin Yuan's killer Moves and was about to counterattack.

"Sparring?"

The childish voice sounded slightly surprised. "What do you think your clan's Senior appeared in his true body just now to do?"

"Ah?"

Cang Yulong blinked.

He only remembered Lin Yuan's true body reaching across from afar toward the battlefield with a single claw strike, and then turning around to leave.

"It's already over. Nine Mystic Venerable was heavily injured and likely conceded,"

the childish voice said directly. It hadn't heard Nine Mystic Venerable explicitly concede,

but seeing Lin Yuan's true body leave and the absence of combat ripples outside the Nine Profound Secret Realm,

it had deduced the outcome.

"Senior's strike just now directly forced Nine Mystic to concede?"

Cang Yulong took a deep breath, finding it somewhat unbelievable.

He indeed felt that the aura emanating from Lin Yuan's true body was overly terrifying, but to Cang Yulong, a Venerable and a Great Saint made no real difference—both were entities he could not look directly upon.

"Your Realm and your strength are still too low. You simply cannot perceive the power represented by that strike."

The childish voice sighed with emotion. "Though this is also a good thing."

"A good thing?"

Cang Yulong thought about it and faintly understood.

Throughout the Myriad Forms Void Domain, inside each Chaos Continent and high-tier Secret Realm,

numerous Chaotic Venerables were gravely watching the battlefield outside the Nine Profound Secret Realm.

"Nine Mystic conceded?"

"The power of that claw strike was indeed terrifying."

"If Nine Mystic hadn't conceded, he would have truly had to fight for his life, and would most likely still die."

The Venerables communicated with one another. As Venerables sharing a single Void Domain, they naturally had means to contact each other in real-time.

Some Venerables could even communicate across tens or hundreds of Void Domains,

though the farther the distance, the greater the cost of a single communication.

Within a single Void Domain, however, they could basically communicate at will.

"Nine Mystic should still have some trump cards left unused, but there was no need to keep fighting, and the same goes for that mysterious Venerable."

"Indeed. This mysterious Venerable is formidable. Even if it were me facing that claw strike, I could only take it head-on; dodging it would be impossible."

"Heh, if it were me, I would merge into the surrounding space-time to vastly dilute that strike. Even if I got injured, it wouldn't be as severe as Nine Mystic's."

"Hahaha, Nine Mystic excels at offense, but his defense and life-preservation aspects are still a bit weak and lack flexibility."

The Venerables began reviewing the battle, putting themselves in Nine Mystic Venerable's shoes to ponder how they would face Lin Yuan's Tear of the Heavens claw strike.

Fights between Venerables were rare, and even in spars, none would reveal their trump cards.

If trump cards were brought out often for everyone to know, could they still be called trump cards?

Now, Nine Mystic Venerable and Lin Yuan had clearly fought with real fury,

approaching the brink of a desperate life-and-death struggle as various trump cards were unleashed,

which gave the Chaotic Venerables a truly satisfying spectacle.

In particular, Lin Yuan's Tear of the Heavens claw strike was a Move they had never seen before,

so they naturally discussed how they would defend against it if they were in his place.

Of course, what none of the Venerables knew was that all their methods for dealing with Tear of the Heavens were entirely meaningless.

Because Lin Yuan, who executed Tear of the Heavens, was not at all a Chaos Venerable at their level, but a Dao Realm lifeform.

The Divine Ability 'Tear of the Heavens' represented the pinnacle of offensive power, even at the Dao Realm.

Once he stepped into the Dominator Realm or even Chaos, blocking this tear would likely require one to be at the Chaotic Realm Peak or simply a Great Saint.

If one's Realm and strength failed to reach that level, all tactics were mere empty talk.

"Mm, the spar is over. Nine Mystic conceded, and that mysterious Venerable has left."

"Ah, the show is over."

"Nine Mystic suffered a major setback this time. The injuries he sustained will likely take one or two cosmic eras to recover from."

The Chaotic Venerables cast one last look at the Nine Profound Secret Realm region before shifting their gazes away one after another.

They didn't have any designs on Lin Yuan. As for detaining Lin Yuan?

The one who unleashed the final Tear of the Heavens claw strike was clearly Lin Yuan's true body Clone.

None of the Venerables could lock onto Lin Yuan's true body Clone, so what would be the point of keeping his Taiji Primordial Spirit behind?

Unless Lin Yuan actually engaged in a life-and-death battle with Nine Mystic Venerable, these Venerables in the same Void Domain might have intervened.

But for a simple spar that Nine Mystic Venerable himself agreed to, no Venerable would make a fool of themselves by meddling.

"I lost."

Outside the Nine Profound Secret Realm, Nine Mystic Venerable watched Lin Yuan's figure vanish, looking somewhat melancholy.

He had conceded voluntarily, so Nine Mystic Venerable was completely convinced. Lin Yuan's final claw strike had truly made him feel the threat of death.

If he hadn't conceded, he really would have died.

"I can be said to have suffered heavy losses in this spar." Nine Mystic Venerable began taking stock of his gains and losses.

First, the mysterious Legacy space was gone. Even if he had defeated Lin Yuan, he could only have obtained the replicable Legacies within the mysterious Legacy space.

But having something was better than having nothing.

Now, there was no hope left for these Legacies at all.

Second, because the combat power wasn't controlled well during the spar, the surrounding area of tens of millions of light-years had suffered severe destruction,

to the point where even the outer perimeter of Nine Mystic Venerable's lair, the Nine Profound Secret Realm, was left tattered and ruined.

Lastly, there were his own injuries; under the Tear of the Heavens strike, he would need an immense amount of time to recover.

As a newly ascended Venerable, advancing from the Sovereign Realm to the Chaos Realm had greatly elevated Nine Mystic Venerable's status and strength.

He had been at the height of his pride and satisfaction,

coupled with his chance encounter with the Opportunity of the mysterious Legacy space.

He originally thought his path would continue to be smooth sailing,

leading straight into the Domain of Great Saints.

But the result turned out to be like this.

"Forget it, forget it."

"A loss is a loss. They were merely some Great Saint-level Legacies; even if I got them, it would still be difficult to become a Great Saint."

Nine Mystic Venerable calmed his emotions. After all, no matter how many Great Saint Legacies one had, it was hard to guarantee they could nurture a Great Saint.

If that were truly the case, ancient Saint-Grade factions wouldn't go into decline.

To become a Great Saint, one ultimately had to rely on oneself; external aid was essentially useless.

Even if a Great Saint gave guidance day and night, it wouldn't offer much help for a Venerable breaking through to a Great Saint.

Great Saints and Venerables were both fundamentally at the Chaos Realm, so guidance didn't have much effect.

"Through this battle, I can feel that my killer Move secret techniques still possess many flaws."

Nine Mystic Venerable reflected, and then a trace of fighting spirit flared in his eyes:

"Once I mend these flaws, when we spar and fight again, who wins and who loses won't be so certain."

Battle Intent surged in Nine Mystic Venerable's heart. Although he still didn't know Lin Yuan's identity or which Void Domain's Venerable he was,

such an expert definitely wouldn't remain obscure. Even if he didn't know his identity now, he would surely find out in the future, and then he could just head over to challenge him directly.

Deep within layers of space-time.

Cang Yulong stood respectfully.

Lin Yuan's Taiji Primordial Spirit appeared, standing with his hands behind his back as he looked at Cang Yulong.

"Thank you, Senior."

Cang Yulong said immediately in trembling gratitude.

Although Lin Yuan hadn't taken action for free,

in the end, there was no need at all for him to spar with Nine Mystic Venerable just to save the entire Stone People Clan.

He could have simply claimed they couldn't be saved; Cang Yulong hadn't demanded that Lin Yuan save the Stone People Clan no matter what.

"Mm."

Lin Yuan nodded, and then uttered words that caused Cang Yulong's expression to change drastically:

"How much longer do you intend to hide?"