Wu Dong: I, Lin Langtian, will not play a supporting role

The moment Xiao Qingyu swallowed the black bead in his hand, his eyes turned bloodshot almost instantly.

As the blood vessels crawled across his forehead, the veins on his forehead writhed like earthworms, looking extremely terrifying.

"Oh, so he can also devour other people's thoughts and turn them into his own?" Lin Langtian narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw Xiao Qingyu's methods.

"However, although his will has become stronger, it has become somewhat chaotic and violent. This method will inevitably have aftereffects on him," Lin Langtian murmured as he saw Xiao Qingyu's frenzied appearance.

There is no power in this world that comes out of thin air. Although Xiao Qingyu's methods are strange and powerful, the price he will probably pay will not be small.

Because the power of will is different from spiritual power, will contains a person's strong will. If this is easily swallowed and absorbed, it will only cause one consequence: the will will be difficult to integrate, eventually leading to a split and directly causing the mind to break down.

The reason Lin Langtian dared to devour the will of others was because he possessed the Battle Intent Demon Heart as a 'refining tool' and cultivated the Devouring Will Demon Heart Visualization Method inherited from the Devouring Will Demon Emperor.

Even so, Lin Langtian did not dare to devour the thoughts of others as recklessly as Xiao Qingyu.

"Jie Jie"

Veins throbbed on Xiao Qingyu's forehead, but he twisted his face and grinned menacingly at Lin Langtian, whose expression was solemn in the distance. The violent thoughts in his mind seemed to want to shatter his head.

This is the consequence of using such methods.

No matter the cost, he will kill Lin Langtian here today.

Only by seizing Lin Langtian's will can he minimize this cost to the greatest extent possible.

"Today, you must die!"

Xiao Qingyu's voice was filled with an extremely strong killing intent.

He has already paid such a heavy price to win this battle, so he must win no matter what.

boom!
Xiao Qingyu stomped his foot, and a vast battle intent surged violently into the sky behind him, like a curtain of heaven, its momentum terrifying.

"Die to me!"

With a low roar, the dark, violent battle intent transformed into countless streaks of battle intent that swept outwards.

In an instant, these streaks of light condensed in mid-air, forming huge, dark spears covered with dense battle patterns.

At this moment, Xiao Qingyu's attack was undoubtedly much more powerful than before.

Such an offensive sent chills down the spines of many powerful figures.

call out!call out!
A barrage of spears swept across the sky like a rain of arrows, engulfing the area where Lin Langtian was located. The space there became somewhat distorted due to the impending terrifying attack.

Lin Langtian's expression also tightened slightly, and his hands formed a seal with lightning speed. Immediately, a powerful battle intent roared out from behind him.

Buzz!

A powerful fighting spirit surged forth, finally coalescing like lightning in the space in front of Lin Langtian.

In just a few breaths, it transformed into a massive magic shield thousands of feet long.

boom! boom! boom!
As the magic shield coalesced, the overwhelming offensive came with tremendous force.

Instantly, a thunderous roar resounded throughout the heavens and earth, and countless spears rained down like a storm, slamming heavily into the massive, pitch-black magic shield.

Each bombardment sounded like a thunderclap.

The rampaging battle intent directly shook the space, causing cracks to extend from the distorted areas.

At the same time, powerful figures from all sides in the world watched in utter shock as the earth-shattering clash took place in the sky.

Boom!

The fierce clashes continued relentlessly, but everyone could see that the magic shield in front of Lin Langtian was gradually twisting, clearly unable to withstand Xiao Qingyu's terrifying attacks.

At this moment, Xiao Qingyu was clearly much more ferocious than before.

"Crush it for me!"

Xiao Qingyu's sinister laughter suddenly rang out, and the rain of spears that came rushing in became even more rapid. The last spears actually pierced through the thick magic shield.

boom!
The enormous battle shield finally shattered at this moment.

puff!

Behind them, among the five armies, many soldiers had pale faces and coughed up blood, clearly affected by the impact of their fighting spirit.

Further back, the kings of the Qiankun Sect were also shocked by this scene, and their expressions became extremely solemn and tense.

The dramatic and unpredictable nature of the battle clearly made it impossible for even them to remain calm.

Lin Langtian was also knocked back, but he quickly regained his balance. He glanced at the injured Wu Jun and his eyes turned cold.

"My next move will wipe out every last one of your troops!" Xiao Qingyu's face twisted in a ferocious grin. He then raised his hand and swung it down with a fierce blow.

boom!
Behind them, above the tens of thousands of troops, a dark battle intent roared up, converging like black pillars of light.

In just a dozen breaths, an enormous dark skull was formed once again.

However, this time the dark skull that was condensed was not only twice the size of the previous one, but the number of battle runes flashing on it was also much larger and more dazzling.

When this dark skull appeared, the eyes of the powerful figures from all sides of the world couldn't help but twitch, as they all sensed its level of danger.

Previously, the battle spirit that Xiao Qingyu had condensed had only a little over ten thousand battle patterns, but now, it has increased by almost half again, reaching fifteen thousand.

If the battle spirit that condensed this battle pattern were to launch an attack, even a powerhouse who had reached the peak of the sixth-grade supreme realm would face a near-certain death!
It seems Xiao Qingyu is indeed planning to kill him outright.

"Jie Jie"

A gigantic, dark skull, like a dark mountain, hovered behind Xiao Qingyu.

Compared to the skull, his figure was extremely small, but the violent aura emanating from his body was something no one dared to ignore.

His bloodshot eyes stared at Lin Langtian, whose face was icy cold in the distance, and he let out a strange laugh that seemed to be avenging his previous humiliation. "Lin Langtian, turn to dust!"

He thrust his palms forward with a sudden burst of power, and the dark skull behind him, which blotted out the sky, suddenly let out a silent roar. The eerie light in its empty eye sockets condensed and transformed into two black beams of light that tore through the heavens and earth, heading straight for Lin Langtian!

Within the pillar of light, not only was the immense fighting spirit of tens of thousands of troops contained, but also countless chaotic thoughts that had been brutally devoured by Xiao Qingyu and were not yet digested. It was filled with pain, resentment, and frenzied screams, as if the gates of a hell of vengeful spirits had been opened.

The expressions of the kings of the Qiankun Sect changed drastically. The evil and ferocity of this power far exceeded that of ordinary battles.

Faced with this filthy and terrifying attack, even the most resolute soldiers instinctively felt their souls tremble.

However, Lin Langtian, who was at the center of the storm, faced with this evil torrent that was enough to corrupt and destroy the minds of ordinary strongmen, slowly curled up a cold smile.

In that arc, there was no fear, no mercy, only an indifference that looked down into the abyss and knew that it too originated from the abyss.

"Plundering the will to fight? Utterly disgusting." He murmured, his voice soft, yet carrying a metallic quality.

"Let me show you what real...devouring is."

Before he finished speaking, the gentle black eyes deep within Lin Langtian's eyes suddenly collapsed, turning into two bottomless, pitch-black vortexes that seemed to absorb all light!

"Devouring the Demonic Heart, Solution!"

"Devouring Vortex, open!"

boom!
A completely different, yet more profound, domineering, and soul-chilling aura erupted from Lin Langtian's body!
His heart was instantly replaced by pure darkness.

The 'Devouring Heart of Thought' spun wildly, its shape changed, and countless intricate and ferocious dark gold demonic patterns appeared on its surface, as if an ancient demon god's heart was beating again!

This is the core demonic art that truly belongs to the 'Devouring Demon Emperor's' lineage, which plunders the essence of all things' will. It is being displayed without reservation for the first time under Lin Langtian's active command!

A pitch-black vortex, no more than ten feet in diameter, yet seemingly connected to endless nothingness, appeared out of thin air in front of him.

The vortex slowly rotated, and in just a moment, with the support of the five armies' fighting spirit, it reached 17,000 battle runes, making everyone who was watching it feel the terror of their souls being sucked away and devoured!
Xiao Qingyu's two dark beams of light, which were a fusion of violent battle intent and countless distracting thoughts, crashed into the pitch-black vortex that was about ten feet in size.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no stalemate where the forces canceled each other out.

Like all rivers flowing into the sea, or like ice and snow meeting boiling water!

The terrifying pillar of dark light, upon touching the pitch-black vortex, seemed to have encountered its nemesis. It wailed and struggled even faster than it had come, and was brutally and completely swallowed up by the small vortex!

The vortex accepts all comers, greedily drawing in pure fighting spirit and chaotic resentment into its unfathomable darkness.

"What?!" Xiao Qingyu's sinister smile froze completely, turning into boundless horror and fear.

He felt that the connection between himself and that huge dark skull, and even with all the mental power he had devoured and stored, was being frantically seized and stripped away by an irresistible and terrifying suction force!
He tried to cut off contact, but found himself like an insect stuck in a spider web, unable to break free!

"No! This is my power! Give it back to me!!" Xiao Qingyu screamed shrilly, and more black blood began to spill from his seven orifices, the backlash from his power being forcibly extracted.

The dark skull behind him trembled violently, its battle markings flickering, and its size began to shrink and dim at a visible rate.

Lin Langtian hovered behind the dark vortex, his face eerily calm, except for his eyes, which had turned into abysses, which gleamed with a cold and ruthless light.

He felt a massive, chaotic, and powerful surge of mental energy flooding into the Devouring Demon Heart like a torrent. The Devouring Demon Vortex inside the Demon Heart trembled with pleasure, crushing, decomposing, and purifying these foreign thoughts at a speed ten or even a hundred times faster than the visualization method.

The impurities, resentments, and fragments of memory left behind by Xiao Qingyu's brutal devouring were easily crushed and transformed into nourishment for the demonic vortex, just like clay chickens and earthenware dogs, before the higher-level Devouring Demonic Art.

The purest essence of battle intent and soul energy was rapidly transformed and fed back to Lin Langtian himself.

His aura began to rise at an astonishing speed, right before everyone's eyes!
His spiritual power surged, and his control over the fighting spirit of the five armies below became effortless. Even the flow of spiritual energy in the surrounding world became tamed with a single thought!

This is not gentle refining; this is blatant plunder!
It is the ultimate manifestation of the demonic path!
"Impossible! What kind of evil technique is this?! You..." Xiao Qingyu was filled with shock and anger, looking at Lin Langtian with fear, as if he were seeing this opponent for the first time.

His supposed trump card was nothing but a joke in the face of the opponent's terrifying devouring ability.

"Evil techniques?" Lin Langtian finally spoke, his voice coming through the devouring storm of his mind, carrying a kind of indifferent sarcasm.

"What distinction is there between good and evil in power? It's just that your devouring is that of a bloodthirsty beast, while my devouring is that of a sovereign who rules and refines. If even your devouring is so inefficient and painful, how dare you claim to be my enemy?"

As he spoke, he stretched out a hand and made a grasping motion in mid-air toward the shrinking, illusory dark skull in the distance, and behind it, Xiao Qingyu's distorted face.

"The demonic vortex surges back, devouring the heavens and the earth!"

The dark vortex in front of him suddenly reversed, and a terrifying suction force several times stronger than before erupted!
This time, it wasn't just Xiao Qingyu who launched the attack.

Even the battle intent that Xiao Qingyu himself and his tens of thousands of troops had gathered in the sky but had not yet been unleashed, and even the original source of his will that he had devoured and stored in his body, all surged uncontrollably toward Lin Langtian like water bursting its banks!

"Ahhh!"

Xiao Qingyu let out a non-human scream. He felt his soul being torn apart, his memories were fading, and his power was rapidly draining away.

He struggled desperately, burning his life essence, but he couldn't stop the devouring process at all. The more cruel and pleasurable he was when devouring others, the more desperate and painful he felt when being devoured.

Below, tens of thousands of soldiers under Xiao Qingyu's command also groaned in unison, their faces pale, and many of them collapsed to their knees.

They felt their fighting spirit, morale, and even a portion of their vitality being forcibly drawn away by an invisible and terrifying force and merged into that dark vortex.

In contrast, the five armies behind Lin Langtian not only quickly recovered their damaged fighting spirit, but also became extremely excited and focused because they felt the commander's domineering and terrifying will that devoured heaven and earth. Their fighting spirit soared into the sky, faintly echoing the dark vortex, as if they were cheering for the birth of the Demon Lord.

In just a dozen breaths, the enormous dark skull completely vanished into thin air.

Xiao Qingyu fell helplessly from the sky like a sack of air, crashing heavily to the ground. His aura was extremely weak, his eyes were unfocused, and his cultivation level had visibly plummeted.

More importantly, his soul was severely damaged, and his original will was almost completely plundered, leaving him a cripple, or even mentally impaired.

The dark vortex in front of Lin Langtian slowly stopped spinning, eventually transforming into a wisp of pure dark air, which he inhaled through his nose.

He closed his eyes, quietly sensing the surging and turbulent thoughts within his body. The dark gold demonic patterns on the Devouring Demon Heart glowed slightly, appearing even more profound and eerie.

His face was slightly flushed, a sign of the instant absorption of mental energy, but deep in his eyes, a fleeting glimpse of barely perceptible chaos and violence vanished.

Fortunately, when he opened his eyes again, the dark vortex in them had disappeared, replaced by their usual depth and tranquility… (End of Chapter)