Chapter 2391: The Ruins
Lin Feng's gaze fell upon Giant God Yan. Although this member of the Giant God Clan was powerful, he was ultimately only a Half-step Saint and posed no real threat. When Lin Feng had first entered the Dominion Realm and become a Saint, he had easily killed a Saint-level figure from the Flame Temple. Now, his strength had grown far greater than back then, and he had a vast array of Saint techniques and attack abilities at his disposal.
"Make your move," Lin Feng said to Giant God Yan, his tone calm and indifferent, his expression showing not a trace of disturbance.
"Boom!" Giant God Yan stomped his foot, his body slowly rising into the air, hovering aloft. Countless stars swirled around him like a stellar dharma manifestation, starlight pouring onto his body. Crackling sounds rang out as his body seemed to grow even larger, transforming into a true giant with a mountain-like heaviness, as if he could easily trample Lin Feng underfoot.
Giant God Yan took a step forward, and a giant foot directly stamped down toward Lin Feng's position. It was immensely heavy and terrifyingly fast.
Lin Feng looked up at that fearsome foot. Instead of retreating, he stepped forward. Dominion power gathered in his palm, and he slashed directly forward. A tearing sound rang out as the giant foot was split apart and shattered. Giant God Yan's expression tightened. Such strong attack power—able to directly break through his strike!
His hand trembled, and Giant God Yan's terrifying palm, wrapped in endless starlight, reached out to grab Lin Feng. The explosive force was incredibly fearsome.
"It seems this is a powerful Saint technique of the Giant God Clan, and they all cultivate it," Lin Feng thought to himself. Suddenly, with him at the center, the flow of space seemed to slow down. The trajectories of the Heavenly Dao itself appeared to decelerate, and so did his opponent's attack.
As speed decreased, naturally, the momentum declined. An arrow shot at you with incredible speed carries immense power, but if it merely touches you gently, it has no effect.
Of course, Giant God Yan's attack was not a slowed arrow. It still possessed terrifying power, as if trying to break free from the constraints of the Heavenly Dao's intent. Rumbling, explosive sounds rang out. The force of that blast made the void wildly chaotic, exploding violently, and the speed increased again.
"Indeed, when attack power reaches a certain level and the Heavenly Dao might infused into the attack is strong, even slowing it can only do so much. If it were a Great Accomplishment Saint King, my slowing ability would probably be almost useless," Lin Feng thought, his expression turning serious. Giant God Yan's attack was so powerful that it could already affect his slowing intent. He was no ordinary Half-step Saint. Like Lin Feng, he had the strength to fight above his level and could defeat many Minor Accomplishment Saint Kings. With such power, and even stronger beings protecting him, Lin Feng didn't know how long he had been here. If it had been a long time, he might have plundered far more merits than Lin Feng.
This time, Lin Feng did not summon his Sacred King weapon. With the Dominion Sword or the Great Desolate Demon Halberd, he had killed many Minor Accomplishment Saint Kings. But now, he wanted to rely on his own strength to fight Giant God Yan.
Seeing Giant God Yan's attack, Lin Feng felt that his own methods were numerous and powerful. Because of his Dominion power, he could use various abilities endlessly, and some of them were extremely formidable. But at this moment, he felt that his Saint techniques had not yet been perfected to a supreme level. Giant God Yan's attack was about pushing offense to its extreme.
"Extreme. Senior Weapon Forger forged Sacred King weapons by pursuing the extreme. When he helped me forge the Dominion Sword, he pursued five extremes. Even without the Sacred King weapon, I should achieve that," Lin Feng thought. At that moment, a dazzling sword light suddenly burst forth from his body, tearing everything apart, unrivaled and unmatched.
The sword was dominion. Heaven and earth could all be broken. Everything before the sword would be destroyed, annihilated.
Lin Feng had once created the Dominion Sword Strike, but now he felt that the Dominion Sword needed to be elevated. It should not be a sword that blended various powers. The sword did not distinguish between powers. All the powers mixed into the sword should have no attributes. Their original attribute should belong only to the sword.
"Who says the sword cannot become the Dao? The Dominion Sword—my heart is only the sword. All powers take the sword as their root, their origin. The sword is dominion, is the Dao!" On Lin Feng's body, a peerless, sharp aura pierced through the void, continuously stabbing toward that heaven-seizing palm print. The power was endless, producing a constant hissing sound. That sharp aura had reached an extreme point—it was only the sword, with no other power visible. Only the sword.
The sword seemed to be the very origin of the Heavenly Dao. All the power of the Heavenly Dao had transformed into sword energy.
"This is the true Dominion Sword," Lin Feng realized. He stepped forward, and a peerless sword light slashed out from his palm. Not only was it sharp, but it was also fast. Speed could be an aid to the sword. A supremely sharp sword, infused with the trajectory of speed—how powerful would it be?
"Tear, tear..." Lin Feng's hand began to cut. Billions of stars were sliced in two. His palm-sword collided with the giant palm. A tearing sound rang out as it directly split through the middle and continued forward, lunging straight at Giant God Yan. At this moment, Lin Feng himself had become a sword.
Giant God Yan's expression tightened. So fast, so sharp! The power Lin Feng had just unleashed shocked him.
"In close combat, the Giant God Clan has never been defeated," Giant God Yan said coldly. In an instant, the billions of stars in the sky seemed to be borne on his back. He was the stellar sovereign, his massive body like a god or demon. He roared, and endless stars converged. He threw a punch. In that moment, his fist merged with endless stars, transforming into a meteor, blasting through heaven and earth with a roaring boom. That power caused the void for ten thousand miles to change color, enveloped in this oppressive force. People continuously looked up in this direction. Whose battle was causing such terrifying fluctuations?
"Meteor Fall Strike!" Giant God Yan roared. Lin Feng's sword stabbed into the meteor fist, point to point. A tearing sound rang out as the meteor shattered. The sword continued forward, but the fearsome star power continuously slammed into Lin Feng's body, shaking him violently. But this strike was enough. His sword was still just as fast.
"Tear!"
The meteor was cut apart. Lin Feng's sword stabbed toward Giant God Yan's position. But at that moment, Giant God Yan's body had vanished. Giant God Kuishan had made his move, pulling him to his side. Lin Feng's sword struck empty air. But Giant God Yan, now beside Giant God Kuishan, stood frozen, cold sweat on his forehead.
"My Meteor Fall Strike was actually broken by his sword," Giant God Yan said, feeling ashamed.
"There is always a sky beyond the sky. It's nothing major. This person's obsession with the sword is admirable; otherwise, he couldn't have produced such a strike. It's as if this sword has no origin power—the sword itself is the origin," Giant God Kuishan said calmly. "Besides, the Meteor Fall Strike you cultivate is not yet powerful enough. If one day you can achieve Heavenly Star Annihilation, making billions of meteors explode for you, that power would make even gods and demons tremble in fear."
"Mm," Giant God Yan nodded. Then he looked at Lin Feng and said, "You are very strong. I admit I am inferior."
"Your attack was already powerful enough. It helped me comprehend this sword," Lin Feng said with a casual smile, the sword intent on his body fading away, returning him to an ordinary state. If he hadn't comprehended this upgraded version of the Dominion Sword, defeating Giant God Yan would have taken some more effort.
"Just comprehended it?" Giant God Yan's expression tightened. "Impressive. Your comprehension is far stronger than mine. I have cultivated my Saint techniques and divine abilities countless times, tempered them through a thousand hammers and a hundred refinements. You just comprehended it, and it already broke my attack."
"Lucky," Lin Feng said with a smile, a mutual respect growing between them. The people around watched the two of them, speechless. Both of them were equally terrifying.
Just as they were speaking, a terrifying pressure suddenly appeared in the void, descending from above, as if from ancient times.
"Oh?" Giant God Kuishan's expression tightened. He looked up. In the sky, endless stars suddenly appeared, magnificent and dazzling, incredibly brilliant. They were constantly moving, like a beautiful starry painting.
"So beautiful. What's happening?" Lin Feng's expression tightened. This starry painting was too gorgeous. He felt as if he himself was standing in the endless starry sky. The surrounding scenery seemed to be changing.
"What's going on? Where are we?" Voices suddenly rang out. Their hearts were violently shaken. It had changed. They found themselves now standing in the starry sky, surrounded by brilliant stars. The mountains from before seemed to have vanished.
"The ruins! The ruins! We've really encountered them. The divine ruins have appeared!" A shocking voice pierced into the ears of the crowd.
"It's the ruins. It must be the ruins of a god. So vast—has it enveloped the entire Divine Tomb? Only a god could have such a grand scale. The entire Divine Tomb is a divine ruin."
Lin Feng's heart shook. Had the divine ruins truly appeared? At this moment, the starry sky was like a painting, and he was standing within it. Everything ahead was deep and unfathomable. The entire Divine Tomb was a vast, endless ruin.
"This is the starry sky, symbolizing a starry sky god. It means that the Starry Sky Domain has accumulated enough merits, causing the Starry Sky Ruins to appear. The other ruins have not appeared."
"It seems the Starry Sky Domain has won. They've finally accumulated enough merits. Indeed, the mysterious and unfathomable power of the starry sky is still very formidable. The experts of the Fate Temple all come from the Starry Sky Domain." Many voices sounded within the starry painting. Some people had even gone mad. Among them, a madman with disheveled long hair roared up at the sky: "Finally, the great divine ruins have appeared! I have been trapped here for one hundred and eighty thousand years. Without enough opponents of the same level to kill, I could never accumulate personal merits and could never leave. Now, you have finally appeared!"
This voice shook heaven and earth. Lin Feng heard it too. His gaze tightened. This was probably a supreme expert, a peerless Saint King. Because his strength was too great and there were few at his level, he couldn't plunder merits. From his words, it seemed that as long as one accumulated enough personal merits, there was a chance to leave. But he had never had that opportunity. He could only wait for the great ruins to appear!