Lawful Tyrant

Chapter 344 Death at First Sight

"what?"

Upon hearing Lin Qing's words, the woman in the silver-white dress immediately changed her expression.

The group of pursuers dressed in black robes were also slightly taken aback.

"You've already taken my soul fire, why won't you help me?" the woman in the silver dress said urgently through telepathy. "Just tell me what other conditions you want, and I'll do my best to fulfill them! My master, Lord Xinglian, will also help you."

Lin Qing glanced at her, but instead of using telepathy, she spoke directly, "I haven't even transcended yet, how can I help you?"

He looked at the group of men in black robes and said, "I have nothing to do with her. Don't drag me into this. She claims to be a disciple of Xinglian Hou, but I have no idea who Xinglian Hou is."

"Oh?" A glint flashed in the black-robed man's eyes as he said, "Alright, as long as you don't interfere, we won't make a move against you."

He didn't know the origin of this little guy who hadn't yet transcended, but he could remain calm in the face of a group of chaotic beings and clearly rejected the woman's temptation. Either he was calm enough not to get involved, or he was strong enough to protect himself and didn't care about them.

However, he felt that the former was more likely.

He's just a nobody at the Void level, how strong could he possibly be?

"Do it!"

The black-robed man at the head of the group gave a cold shout, and immediately an invisible wave spread out, with ripples covering the sky, the ground, and all directions, instantly covering the cave completely!

The next moment, figures in black robes suddenly attacked, unleashing terrifying power!

"boom!"

At the same time, a crystal bead as dazzling as a star appeared in the silver-clad woman's hand. It shattered instantly, transforming into a layer of starlight barrier that distorted spacetime, directly enveloping both her and Lin Qing within it.

In an instant, terrifying power struck the seemingly thin starlight barrier, but the barrier only trembled slightly and did not break.

"Star Source Lock?"

Seeing this, the black-robed man at the head remained calm and sneered, "Although the Star Source Lock is an external object with amazing defense, it cannot be moved. It's just a tortoise shell. Keep attacking! Once we exhaust its power, we can break it!"

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, the group of black-robed figures immediately resumed their all-out attack, depleting the layer of starlight.

The countless points of starlight that made up the barrier began to dwindle at a visible rate, and it was clear that it would collapse soon.

Inside the starlight barrier.

"This is my last chance, are you really not going to help me?"

The woman in the silver-white dress looked at Lin Qing, her beautiful face filled with pleading, and there was a hint of tears in her eyes, making her look even more pitiful and arousing a protective instinct in people who saw her.

She bit her lip and said, "Their frenzied attack clearly indicates they intend to kill you as well. I've already saved you, so why aren't you willing to help me?"

Lin Qing simply looked at her expressionlessly and said, "If you hadn't stopped me, that ripple-like domain technique should have kept me out. Is this what you call saving me?"

The woman in the silver dress paused for a moment, then the pleading on her face and the tears in her eyes vanished instantly, replaced by an icy expression.

"What a waste."

The woman in the silver-white dress said coldly, "You're just a Void-level nobody, yet the Mirror of Seeking Gods considers you my opportunity? It seems you possess some kind of precious life-saving treasure, even more valuable than the conditions I just offered?"

Lin Qing glanced at her as if she were a madwoman, and simply asked, "Not pretending anymore?"

The woman in the silver dress sneered, "I originally thought you might be from a prominent family on Jueying Star, but how could the higher-ups on Jueying Star not even know Xinglian Hou? It seems you're just a lucky person who's had some kind of special adventure?"

She looked at Lin Qing with an icy expression, "Very well... Use your treasure to get me out of here right now, or I'll kill you right here!"

Lin chuckled: "Is that so? Then if I use the 'life-saving treasure' you mentioned now to defend myself against you, what's the point of your threat?"

Do you think I wouldn't know?

The woman in the silver dress sneered, "Do you really think I gave you a part of my soul just to acknowledge you as my master?"

She stared intently at Lin Qing and sneered, "If you dare to absorb my soul fire into your body, you're courting death. If you dare to make a move, I can instantly burn your soul to nothingness with my soul fire!"

"Soul techniques?" Lin Qing glanced at her.

As the starlight grew weaker and weaker, half the time had already passed, but the woman in the silver dress still kept her eyes fixed on Lin Qing.

This Soul Fire is a secret soul technique she cultivates. She often disguises herself as a part of her soul, pretending to gain the trust of others by using a portion of her soul.

Once she integrates the Soul Fire into her body, she can control it at any time and attack the opponent's soul at any time, which is equivalent to actively putting her blade to her own neck!
In this way, the other party will have to obey her orders.

"I'll teach you a lesson you won't forget."

Upon seeing this, the woman in the silver-white dress turned icy cold. She immediately activated the soul fire within Lin Qing's body, separating a wisp to burn Lin Qing's soul, attempting to force Lin Qing to submit through the pain of soul refining.

however--

Lin Qing remained expressionless as she looked at her, shaking her head and saying, "Is this all there is to the so-called soul secret technique?"

He was too lazy to waste any more words and casually slapped the woman in the silver dress!
In an instant, a dark golden light appeared on Lin Qing's palm, and a terrifying aura of power also erupted.

"Hmm? This power..."

The woman in the silver dress instantly changed her expression, realizing that she was not facing a weakling who had not yet transcended, but a terrifying being on the same level as her!
She immediately used her mind to frantically activate the soul fire within Lin Qing's body, and at the same time, a pair of gray gloves appeared on her hands.

"boom!"

In an instant, a terrifying aura that distorted space and time erupted.

A cosmic treasure!

Her genetic index has long reached the upper limit of the universe, and the divine skills she created have been completely integrated into the spacetime rules she has mastered. In addition, with this pair of universe treasure gloves, she is definitely a top powerhouse among the lower chaotic beings!
however--

"A cosmic treasure? It does have some power." Lin Qing slightly raised his eyes and glanced at her indifferently.

Just a glance!
In an instant, an incomparably terrifying will burst forth, and at the same time this will erupted, a great river that seemed to traverse all time and space seemed to vaguely emerge.

"This will... impossible!" The woman in the silver dress looked horrified.

How could a little fellow who hasn't even transcended yet possess such a terrifying will? Let alone her, even among the higher chaotic beings, only a small number of powerful individuals possess such a will!
In that instant, that terrifying will transformed into a vast and illusory world, crashing down upon her as if the heavens and earth were collapsing!
Before the woman in the silver dress could do anything, she felt her consciousness being crushed and utterly shattered in an instant by this terrifying illusory world.

In an instant, the woman in the silver-white dress lost consciousness, her soul dissipated, leaving only her physical body to fall helplessly to the ground.

"They actually wanted to kill me..."

Lin Qing glanced at the corpse and couldn't help but shake her head slightly.

From the very beginning, he sensed from the decrease in the social hierarchy that the woman in the silver dress harbored ill intentions towards him, and naturally remained on guard.

However, this woman was just a lowly chaotic being and posed no threat to him.

The will of a lowly chaotic being is only at the threshold of the True Transformation stage. With his will, he doesn't even need to take action. He can simply activate the Great Extinction of the Illusionary World with a single thought to obliterate it from the level of consciousness!

Unless the other party has also cultivated a secret art of willpower, and their consciousness can be protected, it is possible to avoid the outcome of having one's consciousness directly erased.

Otherwise, no matter how strong the lower chaotic beings are, they could never be his match.

As for the woman's soul fire?

Aside from secret techniques and special artifacts, the main means of resisting soul-related issues rely on personal will and soul. Although his soul level is not as high as those of these lower chaotic beings, his will is far beyond the norm, and his natal universe treasure also has the ability to guard the soul, so there is nothing to worry about.

This so-called Soul Fire Secret Technique isn't even a Supreme Secret Technique, so how could it pose a threat to him?
"besides……"

Lin Qing looked at the woman's hands in the silver-white dress.

Her corpse was wearing gloves of the highest cosmic treasure level, and one could sense the presence of a consciousness on the gloves.

At this moment, the pair of cosmic treasure gloves also detached from the hands of the woman in the silver-white dress, and then floated to Lin Qing's front.

Immediately, a girl in a pink dress emerged from the cosmic treasure glove, looking at Lin Qing with curiosity and awe, and respectfully said, "Greetings, new master."

"The new owner?"

Lin chuckled, "Your treasure is quite self-aware."

The most precious treasures of the universe possess spirituality and can cultivate self-aware spirits, allowing the treasures to activate themselves, much like powerful beings. Each spirit has its own unique personality.

Some artifact spirits have eccentric personalities and would rather die than submit, so the artifact spirit must be erased.

The spirit of this cosmic treasure is clearly quite pragmatic.

The spirit of the girl in the pink dress immediately said, "You have such terrifying strength even before you have transcended, you will surely be extraordinary in the future. It is my luck that I can follow you, Master."

"Good eye." Lin Qing smiled and casually said, "You can explain for me later."

Then, he glanced at the woman in the silver dress lying on the ground and collected all the treasures she had left behind.

As for the inner world of chaotic beings?
Once a being reaches the stage of understanding the rules of spacetime, the inner world of a chaotic being becomes the source of its power. It cannot hold external objects and can only use artifacts or cosmic treasures that contain storage space.

At this moment, the starlight barrier that had enveloped the surrounding area shattered and dissipated.

The powerful attacks unleashed by the black-robed pursuers, breaking through the starlight barrier, also sent residual shockwaves flying towards Lin Qing.

Before Lin Qing could do anything, the cosmic treasure glove floating beside her flew out on its own. The pink-skirted girl spirit wore the treasure glove and her hands turned into afterimages as she continuously struck out. With the change of space and time, she instantly dissolved all the aftershocks.

Lin Qing simply stood there, quietly watching the group of men in black robes.

"Ok?"

The black-robed man at the head of the group immediately noticed the woman in the silver dress lying on the ground. A look of horror flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but look at Lin Qing. He then immediately shouted in a low voice, "Stop!"

The figures in black robes immediately stopped, staring in astonishment at the woman in the silver dress lying on the ground, then at Lin Qing, their eyes filled with shock.

They had just broken through the Star Source Lock's defenses and hadn't even really exchanged blows yet, and their opponent was already dead?
"This……"

The black-robed man at the head of the group looked at Lin Qing, then glanced at the corpse on the ground, and couldn't help but ask, "Did you kill this witch?"

"A witch?" Lin said casually, "She wanted to kill me, so I had to use a treasure that my master gave me."

"treasure?"

The man in the black robes who was leading the group thought it made sense.

He had also heard of Void Clerics who had not yet transcended the mortal realm, whose strength was absurdly high. Not only were their genes strong, but they also possessed cosmic treasures, making them powerful enough to crush weaker, lower-level chaotic beings, and even potentially kill them.

But this witch is no ordinary low-level chaotic being. Not only has her genetic index reached the upper limit of the universe, but her divine skills have also been integrated with the rules of spacetime. She has even mastered several of the origin-level secret techniques to a minor degree!
The key is that it also possesses a supreme cosmic treasure, which is definitely among the top level of lower chaotic beings.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have had to personally lead the law enforcement team to hunt them down.

With such power, even those Void Clerics who only exist in legends would be unlikely to have the strength to kill a witch!

Therefore, when he heard the mysterious young man opposite him say that he had killed the other party with a treasure bestowed by his master, he naturally believed it immediately.

"I see……"

The leading man in black robes nodded in realization and said softly, "May I ask who your master is...?"

"My master has given me orders that I cannot disclose this information," Lin Qing said directly.

The black-robed man at the head of the group immediately nodded and said, "I understand."

However, he also had some vague suspicions in his mind.

The witch claimed to be a disciple of Xinglian Hou, but the mysterious young man remained unconcerned and acted so calmly, suggesting that his background was no less impressive than Xinglian Hou's.

The Star Refining Marquis, as a marquis of the Frozen Empire, is an eternal being!
This entire province of the empire, encompassing thousands of first-magnitude stars, is the territory of the Star Refining Marquis.

Take ten thousand steps back.

Even if the mysterious young man realized that the witch was lying and did not regard her as a disciple of an eternal being, judging from the fact that the witch died by soul-based methods, the treasure used by the mysterious young man must have been extremely precious.

Moreover, after incorporating power into an external treasure, the power will decrease by a significant level.

"This witch is ranked quite high on the bounty list. Would you like to come back with us to claim your reward?" the black-robed man asked with a smile.

(End of this chapter)