If I let you practice martial arts, you'll compress your vital energy ten thousand times?

The working-class neighborhood.

Inside the old tenement building.

Lin Yuan put down his chopsticks.

The sound wasn't loud.

But Lin Xiaoya still keenly sensed something.

She looked up and asked softly:

"Brother, what's wrong?"

Lin Yuan did not answer immediately.

Outside the window, the night remained quiet.

However, in his perception, the seven black gate array patterns had already completely closed.

The ultimate blood shadow has been locked up.

It's not an ordinary chain.

That lock was specifically designed for clones, projections, and blood-energy incarnations.

The seven peak disciples of the town general were never there to kill.

They are bait.

He used his own death to nail down seven key points of the formation.

Then, using seven array points, they trapped Blood Shadow on the outskirts of the civilian area.

Lin Yuan's eyes turned slightly cold.

"Have some brains."

Lin Xiaoya couldn't understand.

She only noticed that her brother's expression was much colder than before.

"elder brother……"

Lin Yuan raised his hand and gently pressed it on her head.

"Close your eyes."

Lin Xiaoya was taken aback.

This wasn't the first time she'd heard those words.

Every time my brother said that, it meant that danger was really coming.

She is very obedient.

Put down your chopsticks immediately and close your eyes.

Lin Yuan gently touched her forehead with his fingertip.

A wisp of dark golden blood silently entered her brow.

Then.

Lin Yuan slowly stood up.

The lights in the room suddenly dimmed for a moment.

It's not a power outage.

Rather, it was because his qi and blood were too heavy, making the surrounding air seem to freeze.

A black robe silently spread out from behind him.

A blood-red mask covered the face inch by inch.

In the blink of an eye.

The boy who wore an old school uniform and sat at the dining table eating with his younger sister has disappeared.

Instead, a man in black robes and a blood-red face appeared.

Lin Xiaoya closed her eyes, but seemed to sense something.

She whispered:

"Brother, can I open my eyes?"

Lin Yuan's voice was low and deep.

"no."

"Don't open your eyes before you finish eating."

Lin Xiaoya nodded obediently.

"Um."

……

On the outskirts of the civilian district.

Blood Shadow was tightly bound by the seven dark blue locks.

Each door lock originates from the black door array patterns in different directions.

They do not oppress the physical body.

Do not suppress your true energy.

Instead, they were like cold nails, driven into the core of that drop of ultimate true blood within Blood Shadow's body.

The crimson lotus fire patterns on Blood Shadow's body flickered continuously.

The ground beneath our feet is collapsing inch by inch.

It is still struggling.

However, it is impossible to break free in the short term.

In the shadow of tall buildings.

As Gu Changye watched this scene, his eyes grew brighter and brighter.

"I see."

The adjutant's face turned pale.

"My lord, Senior Bloodface is trapped, what about Lin Xiaoya...?"

Gu Changye did not answer.

He simply looked deeper into the civilian district.

There.

The streets where Lin Xiaoya lived suddenly began to blur.

One by one, the streetlights went out.

The edges of the building seemed to be covered by a layer of dark blue mist.

Subsequently, the outline of the entire neighborhood began to peel away from reality.

The adjutant's expression changed drastically.

"Spatial isolation!"

Gu Changye said in a low voice:

"The second layer of the trap has arrived."

……

Three blocks away from the working-class area.

Su Qinghan and the Su family guards had just arrived at the outer perimeter.

But as she was about to rush in, the street in front of her suddenly began to twist like the surface of water.

A series of dark blue doors appeared along both sides of the street.

boom!

An invisible barrier descended.

Su Qinghan was so shocked that she took half a step back.

Her expression changed.

"Damn it!"

"They cut off the entire block!"

The Su family guards stepped forward and bombarded the barrier with all their might.

The attack landed on the azure barrier, only creating ripples.

It's impossible to break through.

Su Qinghan gritted her teeth and drew her longsword.

The sword light fell.

The azure barrier remained completely still.

She looked up into the depths of the block, her eyes filled with anxiety.

Lin Xiaoya is still inside.

Lin Yuan was also inside.

Meanwhile, Senior Blood was locked in by the Shadow Sealing Formation.

At that moment, she finally understood how ruthless the Black Gate's plan was.

First, open the seven doors to force the senior to bleed.

Then, by killing the seven peak disciples of the town, they locked it down.

Finally, the entire neighborhood where Lin Xiaoya lived was quarantined.

This is not reckless behavior.

This was a pre-planned trap.

……

Within the half-gate domain.

The streets have completely changed.

The old residential building now seems to have been pulled into a dark blue space.

There was no moon in the sky.

The ground is no longer real.

A series of illusory black doors appeared at the end of the street.

There was the sound of door hinges turning in the air.

squeak-

squeak-

It gives you goosebumps.

A tall figure stood in the air above the street.

It was draped in a black robe with door patterns, and its arms seemed to be wrapped in layers of spatial rifts.

The fifth disciple.

The goalkeeper was split up.

Mid-stage Commander Realm.

It looked down at the old, dilapidated tenement building below, its voice cold:

"The Blood-Faced Clone has been sealed."

"External support has been cut off."

"The neighborhood has already entered half of the gate area."

"The gate of purity is the gate of return."

As its voice faded.

The space around the tenement building began to slowly fold.

The shadows of doors appeared one after another, emerging from the corridors, windows, and walls.

They didn't rush in immediately.

It is contracting.

Like a net slowly closing in.

Another, even colder voice rang out from the other side of the sky.

"The dream portal has also been connected."

The sixth disciple.

Dream Goalkeeper.

Mid-stage Commander Realm.

Its figure wasn't as real as the Cracked Gatekeeper; instead, it was half-hidden behind a black door in a dream.

"Those who follow the path of purity have not yet awakened."

"Her location coordinates are easy to determine."

The gatekeeper sneered:

"The Blood-Faced Clone has been locked."

"Now, who will save her?"

The voice just fell.

At the end of the street.

A calm voice came from behind.

"I."

The goalkeeper's voice abruptly stopped.

It slowly turned its head.

At the end of the dark blue street.

A man in black robes and a blood-red face is walking towards them step by step.

He walked slowly.

It was even quite calm.

But with each step, the ground beneath their feet would sink slightly.

The shadowy blue doors in the air seemed to sense something extremely heavy and began to sway gently.

The crack in the door caused the pupils to constrict slightly.

"Blood face?"

The next moment, it looked into the distance again.

The Fengying Sect formation is still intact.

The Blood Shadow Clone was still locked on the outside.

But then, another bloody face appeared before them.

The gatekeeper quickly understood.

Its voice deepened.

"Original body?"

The Dream Gatekeeper also cast his gaze from behind the black door of the dream.

"Finally out."

The gatekeeper stared at Lin Yuan, his voice carrying a hint of probing, and also a hint of greed:

"It seems that even with your clone locked up, you finally couldn't resist."

"Blood-faced Ancient Cultivator"

"How many more times can your main body fight now?"

Lin Yuan stopped in his tracks.

Beneath the blood-red mask, there was only a pair of eyes that were calm to the point of being cold.

"You can give it a try."

The gatekeeper let out a cold laugh.

"Then let's give it a try."

boom!

It has its arms outstretched.

Dozens of spatial rift doors opened simultaneously on both sides of the street.

Each crack in the door was as thin as a knife edge.

They do not have the shockwaves of a normal attack.

Only extremely sharp spatial cutting.

Swish!Swish!Swish!

Dozens of cracks slashed towards Lin Yuan from different directions.

Even a peak-level warrior of the town general level would be cut into pieces if he stood here.

Lin Yuan simply took one step forward.

The cracked doors had barely come within three feet of him when they seemed to collide with some kind of unshakeable physical mass.

Click.

The first crack in the door twisted.

The second crack door shattered.

Before the third cracked door could even get close, it was crushed into a ghostly blue light by an invisible pressure.

The gatekeeper's expression changed drastically.

"Your injury..."

Lin Yuan raised his hand.

Five fingers clenched in the air.

boom!

He crushed a cracked door that was not yet closed in mid-air.

It's like crushing a piece of thin ice.

Lin Yuan said calmly:

"Who told you I was injured?"

The goalkeeper finally realized something was wrong.

The aura of the blood-faced entity before them was completely different from what they had predicted.

There is no weakness.

There were no serious injuries.

It was many times heavier than the clone above the civilian area.

The gatekeeper let out a low shout:

"Dream Gate, make your move!"

The black door behind Meng Men immediately trembled.

A dreamlike, ethereal light silently seeped into the interior of the tenement building.

It intends to take advantage of the moment when the Cracked Gate General is holding back the Blood Face's true form to directly enter Lin Xiaoya's dream and seize the coordinates of the gate's core.

But just as that eerie light was about to disappear into the building...

Lin Yuan suddenly looked up.

On the forehead of the blood-red mask, the crimson lotus fire pattern glowed faintly.

boom!

That dreamlike, ethereal light was actually repelled by a surge of dark golden blood energy.

The goalkeeper let out a muffled groan.

The black door behind them shook slightly.

The gatekeeper's face darkened completely.

"It seems that I really can't take her away without dealing with you first."

Its aura, that of a mid-stage Commander, suddenly erupted.

The entire semi-gate region began to shake violently.

Countless spatial rifts opened one after another, surrounding Lin Yuan in the center.

Behind each door, there are cutting forces from different directions.

The doorman's voice was chilling:

"So what if you have a strong physical body through body cultivation?"

"You can block a door."

"Can it block a hundred doors?"

Lin Yuan did not answer.

His black robe slowly billowed up.

Deep within his skin, dark gold battle patterns emerged.

Phase 1.

Ultimate Battle Body.

The lockdown has been lifted.

Click!

The ground beneath his feet cracked instantly.

The goalkeeper's eyes narrowed.

next moment.

Lin Yuan took a step forward.

All the cracked doors blocking his way were smashed to pieces at the same time.

It wasn't broken.

It was smashed.

With pure physical mass, it forcefully smashed through the spatial rift.

The goalkeeper finally retreated.

"Damn it!"

It suddenly clasped its hands together.

Hundreds of cracked gates overlapped, transforming into a massive cleaving gate that crashed down upon Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan looked up.

Behind him, six additional dark gold arms slowly unfolded.

second stage.

The Eightfold Asura Body.

The lockdown has been lifted.

Rumble—!

Eight arms stretched across the sky.

The terrifying physical pressure was like an ancient demon god squeezing into this half-gate domain.

The gate, composed of hundreds of split gates, began to twist inch by inch even before it landed.

Terrification finally surfaced in the goalkeeper's eyes.

"Eight arms..."

"This is the form you took when you slayed the demonic dragon!"

Lin Yuan raised one hand.

On the edge of the fist, the extreme qi and blood collapsed wildly.

The sound disappeared.

The light disappeared.

Even the black doors within the half-gate domain seemed to be forcibly dragged toward his fist.

"The Great Wilderness is Desolate."

boom--!!!!!!

A punch landed.

The massive gate collapsed instantly.

The man with the split-door technique frantically opened the door, attempting to redirect the force of his punch.

But that punch was too heavy.

It was so heavy that the door it opened couldn't bear it.

The first door shattered.

The second door broke.

The third door shattered.

Nineteen spatial rifts collapsed in quick succession.

Finally, the force of the punch landed on the goalkeeper's chest.

"No--"

The body of the Rift Gatekeeper was forcibly pressed into the depths of the half-gate domain.

Then.

The entire isolation zone collapsed with a deafening roar.

The fifth disciple, the gatekeeper.

dead.

A system notification appeared before Lin Yuan's eyes.

[Mid-stage Commander Realm Core Detected]

[In the process of removing contaminants and impurities from the abyss]

[Extracting compressible energy]

[Physical compression of Qi and blood is underway]

[Current number of physical compressions of Qi and Blood: 430000]

Lin Yuan withdrew his fist.

The eight-armed phantom slowly receded.

The black robe fell down again.

Beneath the blood-red mask, his eyes remained completely still.

It was as if the person they had just killed was not a mid-stage Commander Realm disciple.

It was a bug blocking the way.

But just as the cracked gate was about to completely collapse...

Deep within its apex, a tiny, dark blue mark suddenly detached itself.

Lin Yuan raised his hand, intending to crush it.

But the mark seemed to have a pre-set path, instantly disappearing into the depths of the black gate.

Lin Yuan's eyes turned slightly cold.

This is not a regular message.

It is transmitting power along a path.

It sent that punch back to me.

Deep within the Black Gate.

Yan Xiao slowly opened his eyes.

Nine locks swayed gently behind him.

He saw it.

I saw the footage that Rift Gate transmitted before he died.

I saw the blood-faced body.

They also witnessed how that punch shattered the spatial rift.

In Yan Xiao's eyes, two small, dark blue doors slowly rotated.

"I've finally waited for you."

at the same time.

Within the half-gate domain.

The voice of the Dream Gatekeeper echoed faintly from behind the black door of the dream.

"Liemen is dead."

"But the coordinates..."

"I'll get it soon."

Lin Yuan slowly turned his head.

Beyond the black gate in the dream.

Lin Xiaoya's dream is being unfolding.