Honghuang: My understanding is beyond belief. I am the first immortal of Jiejiao.

If his deceased friend were alive today, he would surely be comforted and at peace to see this scene!

A strange sense of emotion welled up in the heart of the Styx Patriarch. The look in his eyes as he looked at Lin Zhu was less scheming and wary than before, and more sincere admiration and... sympathy.
"Little friend Lin..."

The Styx Patriarch's voice softened considerably, even carrying a hint of respect.

"I never imagined this thing had such a history. You... please accept my condolences. Your friend has sacrificed so much for the righteous path of the Three Realms; he is truly admirable! Rest assured, once this Ksitigarbha Dharma Formation is broken, I, the patriarch, will certainly not treat you unfairly!"

"The Asura Annihilation Mirror, and other treasures from my Blood Sea Treasury, are yours to choose from, as compensation!"

Lin Zhu covered his face with his hands at the opportune moment, his shoulders trembling slightly as if he were trying his best to suppress his "grief," and responded in a muffled voice.

"Thank you... Patriarch... my friend... he will surely understand..."

Upon seeing this, the Styx Patriarch was filled with even greater respect, feeling that although Lin Zhu acted eccentrically, he was a man of deep affection and loyalty, a true person of genuine character!

He nodded solemnly and said in a deep voice.

"it is good!

Then let us, along with the spirit of your friend in heaven, witness the arrival of this new era in the underworld!

Lin Zhu slowly lowered his hand, took a deep breath, as if he had transformed all his "sorrow" into strength, and his eyes became sharp and firm again. He gripped the Heavenly Yuan Demon Stone tightly and slowly brought it close to the humming and vibrating God-Slaying Spear.

"So... now, let's break through this eyesore of a tortoise shell!"

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Without further hesitation, Lin Zhu's eyes flashed, and he pressed the Heavenly Origin Demon Stone in his hand, which exuded a pure aura of destruction, against the humming, trembling, and bloodthirsty God-Slaying Spear!
“Buzz——!!!”

The instant the two made contact, it was like dry tinder meeting a raging fire! The vast, destructive energy within the Heavenly Origin Demon Stone, as if finding an outlet, surged wildly into the God-Slaying Spear! The spear's jet-black shaft instantly glowed with countless dark red, pulsating demonic patterns, like veins. At the spear tip, a point of extreme black light condensed, then erupted with a dazzling black-red radiance that was impossible to look directly at! A killing intent several times more terrifying than before soared into the sky, as if a slumbering Chaos God had fully awakened, ready to drag this world back to the bloody era before the dawn of creation!
At this moment, the Blood River Formation was still raging. The Buddha light barrier had reached its limit, its light had dimmed to the extreme, and its surface was covered with fine cracks, as if it would collapse completely at any moment.

Meanwhile, the Di Ting, the six great envoys, and all the Ksitigarbha beings inside the Ksitigarbha Dharma Formation were also at their limit, their magical power exhausted and their faces pale.

When they saw the God-Slaying Spear in Lin Zhu's hand, which was radiating a deadly black and red light and whose aura was ten times more terrifying than when he executed Tan Tuo Di Zang, all their persistence and wishful thinking vanished in an instant!

"Stop! Lin Zhu! Stop right now!!"

"Let's talk this out! We can discuss it! Everything is negotiable!!"

"Treasure Goddess! Dantuo Ksitigarbha! I can give them to you! Quickly put away that gun!"

Di Ting turned green with fright, his voice shrill as he roared. He no longer cared about dignity or position, only wanting Lin Zhu to stop the destructive attack that was about to be launched.

The six ambassadors and other Ksitigarbha Bodhisattvas also cried out in terror, trying to exchange compromise for their lives.

However, Lin Zhu ignored their pleas, his face showing only cold killing intent and the resolute determination to carry out the law.

His arms bulged with muscles as he poured all his magical power, along with the immense destructive energy provided by the Heavenly Origin Demon Stone, into the God-Slaying Spear!

"You wicked Ksitigarbha, protecting criminals and defying the Heavenly Laws! Today, I will use your blood to uphold the order of the Three Realms!"

Before he finished speaking, he thrust the God-Slaying Spear forward!

"BOOM—!!!!!"

This shot seemed to drain all the light and sound from the surroundings! In the world, only that black and red pillar of destructive light, tearing everything apart, remained!
It is silent, yet more terrifying than a multitude of thunderclaps; it devours light, and wherever it passes, the void twists and the laws groan, as if even the concept of "existence" is to be erased!
The black and red beam of light struck the already crumbling Ksitigarbha Dharma Formation with a speed beyond comprehension!

"Do not--!!!"

Di Ting and the six envoys let out desperate cries. They could clearly feel that the last bit of power maintaining the magic array was melting away as quickly as ice and snow under the sun in the face of that destructive pillar of light!
"Crack... Crack... Thud!!!!!"

First came a series of dense sounds, like ice shattering. On the cracked Buddhist light barrier, spiderweb-like patterns instantly expanded and spread to every corner! Then, under everyone's shocked gaze, the Ksitigarbha Dharma Formation, which had protected the power of Ksitigarbha for countless years and withstood countless impacts from the River Styx and the Sea of ​​Blood, finally let out a mournful cry of unbearable strain, and then... collapsed with a deafening roar!
Like a glass cup shattered by a tremendous force, the towering barrier of Buddha's light exploded into countless tiny golden specks, falling like a beautiful, poignant golden rain, reflecting on the faces of Di Ting, the Six Ambassadors, and all the members of the Ksitigarbha camp, which were filled with disbelief and despair.

"It's broken...it's broken..."

"The Ksitigarbha Dharma Formation... it's actually... broken?"

"We...lost? Lost to...a Heavenly Prison God?"

At this moment, the endless Asura race of the Styx River and Blood Sea erupted in a thunderous, frenzied cheer, their morale soaring to its peak! Meanwhile, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's side fell into a deathly silence and bone-chilling cold!

They couldn't accept the fact that the magic array, which was considered an absolute barrier, had actually been breached! And it was by a "mere" Three Realms Law Enforcement Prison God, whom they hadn't taken too seriously before, who had shattered it head-on in such a tyrannical, domineering, and unreasonable way!

The backlash from the shattering of the magic array caused Di Ting, who was in charge of the array, the six envoys, and many Ksitigarbha Bodhisattvas to all cough up blood, their auras instantly weakening by more than half! More importantly, they lost the most crucial barrier to resist the Blood River Array, which pressed down like a blood-red sky, and there was no longer any obstruction!

However, Lin Zhu's offensive did not stop because the magic array was broken!
The black and red pillar of destruction formed by the God-Slaying Spear, after easily tearing apart the Earth Treasury Formation, only slowed down slightly. It still carried an overwhelming killing intent, like a venomous python locking onto its prey. It changed direction and shot straight at the six ambassadors in the formation, who were pale and terrified. Its core target was the Treasure Goddess who had broken into the Heavenly Prison to rescue the prisoner!
"No--!!"

The Treasure Goddess watched helplessly as the pillar of death hurtled toward her, her mouth agape in terror, yet she could not utter a single effective scream.

She knew all too well the power of the God-Slaying Spear! Even an existence like the Buddha of the East had almost perished under this spear, and she was only at the half-step Quasi-Saint realm. If she were hit head-on by this spear, there would be absolutely no chance of survival. Her soul would instantly be scattered, and she wouldn't even have the chance to enter reincarnation!

"You wicked creature, how dare you!!" At this critical moment, Di Ting, suffering from the backlash and bleeding from the corner of his mouth, mustered his strength and let out an angry roar!

It knew the importance of the Treasure Goddess and absolutely could not allow her to perish!
It suddenly swung out a claw, and a huge dark golden claw shadow, which had condensed its quasi-saint cultivation and contained endless rage and Buddhist demon-subduing power, tore through space and arrived first, accurately blocking the black and red light pillar!
The Di Ting's strength is indeed formidable, perhaps even surpassing that of the previous Buddha of the East! And Lin Zhu's spear, after breaking through the Earth Treasury Formation, was indeed significantly weakened in power. Logically, with the Di Ting's Quasi-Saint cultivation, intercepting this weakened spear should have been no problem.

However, Lin Zhu had already anticipated this move!
"I knew you'd come and get in the way!"

A cold glint flashed in Lin Zhu's eyes, and with a slight thought, the Heavenly Origin Demon Stone attached to the God-Slaying Spear suddenly lit up again, and another extremely pure destructive energy was instantly extracted and injected!
"Buzz!"

With the support of this new power, the black and red pillar of light, which had previously weakened, seemed to have been injected with a stimulant, instantly expanding, thickening, and shining brightly again! Its fierce and violent aura was even stronger than when it broke through the magic array earlier!
"What?!!"

Di Ting's pupils shrank sharply, his face filled with extreme shock and disbelief!

It never expected that Lin Zhu could unleash such power!

"laugh--!"

Like a red-hot iron cutting into butter, the God-Slaying Spear beam, which grew even thicker and fiercer, tore through and pierced through the hastily thrown intercepting claw shadow of Di Ting almost without any hindrance!
The claw shadow shattered, turning into countless points of light!
The beam of light from the God-Slaying Spear, undiminished in its momentum, carrying Lin Zhu's icy killing intent and the majesty of law enforcement, had already approached the Treasure Goddess, who had nowhere to escape and whose face had turned deathly pale!

"No! You can't kill me! Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva will not let you get away with this!!"

The Treasure Goddess let out a desperate and shrill roar, attempting a final struggle in the name of a Bodhisattva.

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhu's sinister smile deepened. He suddenly thrust his arm forward, activating the God-Slaying Spear, and delivered his final verdict with righteous indignation.

"Heavenly Maiden of Treasures! You have forcibly entered the Heavenly Prison, robbed a serious criminal, and shown utter contempt for the might of Heaven. Your crimes are unforgivable! I hereby sentence you to death! Execute immediately!"

In the reflection of the Treasure Goddess's wide-open pupils, filled with endless fear, the God-Slaying Spear, exuding an aura of destruction, suddenly thrust forward at a speed she could not even react to!
"Pfft——!"

A sickening, muffled thud, like a sharp object piercing flesh, clearly echoed across the battlefield, which had suddenly fallen into deathly silence!

The cold, black-and-red demonic tip of the God-Slaying Spear, with unparalleled precision and brutality, pierced into the Treasure Goddess's gaping mouth, which was agape in horror!

It pierced through the back of her head! Bringing out a spray of blood, a tragic mix of golden Buddha's blood and brain matter!
"Uh……"

The Treasure Goddess's body stiffened abruptly, and all the light in her eyes dimmed and vanished instantly, leaving only emptiness and deathly stillness.

Her immense vitality, that of a half-step quasi-saint, was instantly and completely annihilated by the terrifying power of the God-Slaying Spear, which was specifically designed to kill gods and demons!

Lin Zhu flicked his wrist, and the God-Slaying Spear was withdrawn.

The body of the Treasure Goddess fell softly downwards like a puppet with its strings cut. Before it even hit the chaotic void below, it was already being eroded by the destructive aura left by the God-Slaying Spear. It began to disintegrate and dissipate inch by inch, eventually turning into the finest dust. Its soul was scattered and it completely disappeared into the world!

quiet!
Deathly silence!

Whether it was the ecstatic Asuras of the Blood Sea, the despairing Ksitigarbha camp, or the law enforcers of the Three Realms watching from afar, they were all frozen in place, staring dumbfounded at this scene.

Lin Zhu, a Great Luo Golden Immortal at the peak of his cultivation...

With unstoppable momentum, they directly shattered the Ksitigarbha Dharma Formation!

They fiercely repelled the all-out interception of the Quasi-Saint Di Ting!

In front of countless powerful figures from both sides, in the most domineering and cruel way, Treasure Goddess, one of the six envoys under Ksitigarbha and a half-step quasi-saint, was killed on the spot, her body and soul destroyed!
This...how is this possible? !
How could a Great Luo Golden Immortal possibly kill a Half-Step Quasi-Saint while being blocked by a Quasi-Saint?!

This completely overturned their understanding of realm and strength!
On the Ksitigarbha side, the grief was even more profound, a bone-chilling coldness rising from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads! The Six Great Ambassadors were the strongest fighting force under Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, besides the Bodhisattva himself and Di Ting, and were the core pillars for resisting the sea of ​​blood and saving sentient beings!

Now, someone was brutally killed right in front of everyone!
The missing hexagon means that there is a huge gap in the top-level force they rely on to resist!
Everyone, including the Styx Patriarch, clearly realized that the impact of this battle would be far-reaching and immeasurable! The power that Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had cultivated for countless eons had suffered an unprecedented blow today!
The Styx Patriarch witnessed Lin Zhu shatter the Earth Treasury Formation with overwhelming force, and even forcibly killed the Treasure Goddess despite being intercepted by Di Ting. The pent-up anger in his heart seemed to be released in an instant, and he couldn't help but look up at the sky and let out a deafening laugh.

"Hahahaha! Good! Well done! Young friend Lin! You truly keep your word! A promising young man indeed! A truly promising young man!!"

His gaze towards Lin Zhu was filled with undisguised admiration, and even... a hint of awe. This young man's ferocity, ruthlessness, and rapid growth were simply beyond imagination!
His Asura clan and those alluring yet menacing Asura beauties erupted in a thunderous cheer!

"The God of Hell is mighty!!"

"Lord Prison God is invincible!!"

"Good for them! Let these bald monks know what's what!"

Even more outrageous and bold Asura female demons cried out in sweet voices.

"Lord Prison God! Now that this matter is settled, may I visit my Blood Sea? I will certainly welcome you with open arms and properly 'thank' you for your kindness today!"

This drew a burst of ambiguous laughter from those around him, seemingly diluting the bloodshed and grim atmosphere of the battlefield.

In the center of the battlefield, Lin Zhu held the God-Slaying Spear, which was still buzzing and exuding a terrifying demonic power. His expression was arrogant, and his clothes fluttered in the aftershocks of energy, making him look like a war god descending upon the world.

He could feel the God-Slaying Spear instinctively drawing upon the life essence and energy from the remaining corpse of the Treasure Celestial Maiden. That once magnificent body was visibly withering and decaying, eventually turning to ash. (End of Chapter)