Lack of talent? I'll buy a year's worth of cultivation for one dollar!

In the distance, Qin Lengyue of the Guixu Realm came into view.

Qin Lengyue was still dressed in a smart military uniform, training new recruits on the training ground.

However, from Tuoba Shan's perspective, he could clearly sense the changes in Qin Lengyue.

She became even more silent.

Occasionally, a deep sense of unease and lingering fear would flash across that cold face.

Su Yu is wanted by the entire Dao Court, and his true combat strength is revealed.

Qin Lengyue was an instructor who had "guided" Su Yu in a practical assessment and even violated regulations by using the Law of Returning to Nothingness to force Su Yu to retreat.

He was naturally subjected to severe questioning by high-ranking military officials.

But she survived.

Moreover, they live more cautiously.

She looked at the new recruits in the Micro Dust and True Form Realm on the training ground, and deep in her eyes, she seemed to be searching for some kind of indescribable fear.

It was as if she feared that among these seemingly insignificant recruits might be a terrifying big shot who could easily crush her.

Su Yu skipped over the images of these old friends.

His divine sense searched deep within Tuoba Shan's memories for information about the "Xuanhuang Jiuli Locking Heaven Formation".

After a while.

Su Yu's brows furrowed slightly.

No.

Absolutely not.

In Tuoba Shan's memory, there was a blank regarding the array formation deep in the desolate wilderness.

"Your level of understanding is too low."

Su Yu sighed inwardly.

Peak of the Sea-Opening Realm.

He's a notable figure in the seventh defense zone.

However, within the vast system of the Xuanhuang Dao Court, it doesn't even qualify as a mid-level entity.

Guixu, Chaosheng, Wuliang, Yantian, Dongtian, Jieyuan, Zhenyu.

There are still seven major realms above that before one can even touch the threshold of the Primordial Realm.

Tuoba Shan's understanding was far from sufficient.

He only knew that the three generals—Ye Wuyai, Xiao Wangchuan, and Mu Cangsheng—were high and mighty gods.

As for what the gods are doing, he has no right to know.

"It seems we can't rely on him."

Su Yu prepared to disconnect.

But at that moment...

A top-secret transport list, found in the most superficial part of Tuoba Shan's memory, caught Su Yu's attention.

This is a route map that Tuoba Shan, as the local strongman, just drafted in cooperation with the military logistics department.

[The Demon-Slaying General, Xiao Wangchuan.]

Three days later, passing through the Meteorite Belt, they inspected the Seventh Defense Zone and escorted thirty-two Taiyi Gengjin Array Pillars to the desolate wasteland.

Su Yu's gaze froze instantly.

Xiao Wangchuan.

The Primordial Realm.

One of the three great generals.

Escort the array pillars to the desolate wasteland!

"Primordial Chaos Realm"

Su Yu pondered this realm in his heart.

Previously, this was a terrifying existence that he could only look up to and even had to use all his trump cards to outmaneuver.

But now.

A very faint smile appeared on Su Yu's lips.

"She's just the right person for you."

He has already stepped into the threshold of the Dao Court's high-level ranks at the Hongmeng Realm.

They must know the core secrets of the Heaven-Locking Array.

He might even possess the battle flags that Jianmu needs.

Su Yu did not hesitate.

His consciousness was instantly withdrawn from Tuoba Shan's true spirit.

The Seed of the Heavenly Demon fell silent once more.

"Meteorite Belt".

Su Yu confirmed the coordinates.

Take a step forward.

The Formless Calamity Light Escape technique was activated with a roar, and his figure transformed into a dark stream of light, tearing through space and disappearing from the spot.

........

Meteorite belt.

This is a desolate star field stretching to the edge of the seventh defense zone of the Xuanhuang Dao Court.

Countless massive stellar fragments, as if forcibly crushed by some indescribable force, transformed into countless meteorites that silently floated and collided in the void.

There is no light.

There is no underlying rule for the flow.

Only extreme cold and deathly silence.

Inside one of the giant meteorites.

The space was forcibly hollowed out, forming a dark stone chamber with a diameter of ten zhang (approximately 33 meters).

Two figures sat quietly cross-legged in the shadows of the stone chamber.

Lin Yan.

Cold and desolate.

Both of them were wearing tattered gray-black armor.

The armor was covered with marks from sword cuts and even dark red bloodstains that had seeped deep into the texture of the material.

His aura was restrained.

Not a single detail was leaked.

However, if one were to use one's divine sense to perceive carefully, one could vaguely sense that beneath these two seemingly calm physical bodies lay a terrifying power akin to that of an ancient volcano.

The peak of the Town Realm.

We are only half a step away from the Hongmeng Realm.

"Let's calculate the time."

Lin Yan slowly opened his eyes, a cold glint flashing in his deep gaze in the darkness.

"Xiao Wangchuan's fleet is almost here."

His voice was very low.

It exudes a restraint and calmness that comes from having gone through countless life-and-death battles.

Cang Han did not open his eyes, but simply nodded slightly.

"Thirty-two Taiyi Gengjin Array Pillars".

Cang Han's tone was calm.

"As long as we take down these array pillars and drain the Taiyi Gengjin Qi inside them..."

"We've finally gathered all the main materials for that ancient artifact."

Wilderness artifacts.

It transcends the laws of nature and is a top-tier weapon of destruction capable of bearing the underlying rules.

The two had been plotting for this ancient artifact for far too long.

Even if this time the target is one of the three generals of the Xuanhuang Dao Court.

General Xiao Wangchuan, the Demon Slayer.

A genuine early-stage Primordial Realm expert.

At the peak of the Zhenyu realm, an ambush was launched against a Hongmeng Realm expert.

In the common knowledge of the Hongmeng world, this is tantamount to an ant trying to shake a tree, courting death.

but.

There was no fear on either of their faces.

There is only one kind of composure that disregards life and death.

"It hasn't been long."

Lin Yan lowered his head and looked at his hands, which were covered with calluses and had large knuckles.

Clench your fists slightly.

The void emitted a faint cracking sound, as if it were about to collapse under the weight.

"We've actually reached the pinnacle of the town."

Lin Yan's tone was unusually tinged with a hint of emotion.

"This breakthrough speed..."

"Even I find it somewhat unreal."

Cang Han slowly opened his eyes.

A hint of vicissitude flashed in those eyes, which were as cold as ancient ice.

"Unreal?"

Cang Han countered with a question.

He shook his head.

"I think it couldn't be more real."

He raised his hand and pointed to the terrifying crack in his armor that almost pierced through his chest.

"Dark Blood Abyss, we are being hunted down by three corpse generals at the Extreme Bone Realm."

"You ignited your very essence, and I lost half my life."

"Only then did they turn the tables and kill them, extracting their very marrow."

Cang Han's voice was calm and even, without any emotional fluctuation, as if he were recounting someone else's story.

"The Shattered Star Sea, an ambush set by powerful demons from the Myriad Spirits Demon Abyss."

"We hid in the corpses of the Star Beasts, soaking in their putrid stomach filth, and lay dormant for seven whole days."

"Having found an opening, they struck a fatal blow and seized the Boundary Source."

Cang Han lowered his hand.

He looked at Lin Yan calmly.

"Secret Realm, Desperate Situation, Dead End."

How many times have we faced certain death?

"Every breakthrough was achieved by risking my life, crawling out of the abyss with my bare hands."

"This peak cultivation level in the town is what we deserve."

Lin Yan fell silent.

In my mind, those bloody, cruel, and suffocating images of fighting flashed by.

indeed.

Their achievements today are not due to talent, nor to chance.

It was achieved bit by bit through repeated trials on the brink of life and death, and through extreme restraint and forbearance.

"Too."

Lin Yan exhaled a breath of stale air.

His eyes regained their depth.

but.

Just then, a slightly thin but equally calm figure suddenly appeared in his mind.

He wore a coarse cloth long gown.

His eyes always carried a sense of world-weariness beyond his years.

Su Yu.