A terrifying aura, capable of annihilating heaven and earth, suddenly surged towards Lin Xiao, enveloping him in an overwhelmingly dreadful pressure.
In an instant, Lin Xiao felt as if his entire being was about to be obliterated. The pressure was far too terrifying.
“Will I perish here?” Lin Xiao’s heart trembled with fear, questioning whether this was truly a place for passing down treasures and techniques.
At that moment, a stream of consciousness suddenly flooded into his mind.
The terrifying pressure on his body instantly dissipated, and the apocalyptic aura vanished completely.
Only then did Lin Xiao’s heart relax.
It was merely the transmission of a technique or skill, not some great terror.
“What kind of technique is this?” Lin Xiao was both shocked and delighted. For a mere stream of technique consciousness to produce such a terrifying aura, this technique or skill must be extraordinarily formidable.
The more terrifying it was, the greater his gain.
“Heavenly Demon Palm!”
As he probed the consciousness, a flood of information poured into his mind.
This martial skill was a demonic cultivation technique, mysterious and unpredictable, with immense power and an indeterminate level.
It consisted of only two forms: the first, World Extinction, a single palm strike that could destroy the world and devastate all life; the second, Heaven Annihilation, capable of obliterating heaven and earth.
The description alone was terrifying.
Moreover, the moment he probed the skill, the Heavenly Demon Palm began to manifest in his mind involuntarily. In his mental world, a black palm took shape, resembling the hand of a heavenly demon. With one strike, the heavens shook, and boundless darkness enveloped the world, as if the apocalypse had descended. Endless demonic energy, like a vast ocean, shrouded all directions.
The imagery in his mind was pitch black, as dark as the interior of Sheng City Observatory, where nothing could be seen, and all living things seemed to be annihilated in the darkness.
Lin Xiao’s heart trembled. That black palm was too terrifying, truly resembling a world-ending strike, boundlessly fearsome!
What shocked him even more was that after the palm manifested in his mind, his body seemed to be controlled.
Torrents of demonic energy surged from his body, and the You Tian Demon Technique began operating on its own.
The demonic essence from the first level of the You Tian Demon Technique surged to the third level.
Then, the demonic essence continued to surge.
The fourth level of the You Tian Demon Technique, which he hadn’t yet mastered, was broken through in that moment, as if he had passively cultivated it successfully.
It didn’t stop there. The fifth level of the You Tian Demon Technique was also passively mastered in the next moment.
“Chi!”
At that instant, Lin Xiao’s dantian refined an eighth layer of chaos, and his cultivation broke through from the seventh-tier Martial Venerable to the eighth-tier Martial Venerable realm.
The demonic essence of the fifth level of the You Tian Demon Technique, powered by his eighth-tier Martial Venerable cultivation, reached an unimaginable magnitude. This demonic essence was involuntarily mobilized, following the mysterious pathways of the Heavenly Demon Palm technique in his body, coursing through countless meridians and converging in his left palm.
Then, he struck forward with a palm.
“Boom!”
Though his surroundings were pitch black, Lin Xiao felt the entire space tremble, as if the apocalypse had arrived. A terrifying force shot forward, enveloped in boundless demonic energy.
This palm was strikingly similar to the one in his mind, but the darkness of the Sheng City Observatory space prevented him from seeing the scene ahead.
One thing was certain: all the demonic essence from the fifth level of the You Tian Demon Technique, powered by his eighth-tier Martial Venerable cultivation, was completely drained. His body instantly went limp, devoid of strength.
Not only that, the severe drain caused a backlash, injuring his body.
A mouthful of blood sprayed from his mouth, and he sustained significant injuries.
Without spiritual power to sustain him, Lin Xiao felt he might collapse right there in the observatory.
In that moment, his heart was filled with shock.
Sheng City Observatory was too mysterious. Not only could the technique it granted manifest in his mind, but it could also drive his body to execute the move, enabling him to successfully perform it once.
This was equivalent to helping him master the Heavenly Demon Palm.
Moreover, executing this palm required such a terrifying amount of demonic essence that it drove the You Tian Demon Technique to produce more.
His third-level demonic essence wasn’t enough, so the fourth and fifth levels of the technique were forcibly activated in his mind.
His cultivation also broke through by successfully activating the fifth level of the You Tian Demon Technique.
The fifth-level demonic essence, barely sufficient to execute the Heavenly Demon Palm, was completely drained after the strike, leaving him slightly short and causing the backlash injury.
One could imagine the immense power of this palm.
“Heavenly Demon Palm, first form: World Extinction!” Lin Xiao was utterly shocked. This was only one of the two forms. He couldn’t even fathom how terrifying the second form, Heaven Annihilation, would be.
He didn’t dare probe the information about the second form.
He feared triggering it.
If he were forced to execute the second form, his body absolutely couldn’t withstand it.
“Pfft!”
Ultimately, Lin Xiao couldn’t hold on. His vision darkened, and he fainted.
Meanwhile, outside Sheng City Observatory.
“Rumble!”
The ground trembled, and the observatory before everyone’s eyes began to shake.
“What’s happening?”
Everyone was shocked. The observatory shaking was unprecedented.
Had something gone wrong inside?
Sheng Xu and the Sheng family members frowned. They had never heard of such a phenomenon.
“Could someone have received a world-shaking inheritance? Or perhaps obtained an earth-shattering treasure?” Sheng Nan speculated.
Sheng Xu shook his head, unsure, but he harboured the same guess.
Hearing Sheng Nan, the onlookers buzzed with discussion, some even showing fervent gazes.
If it was a supreme treasure, the most likely recipient would be Lin Xiao.
If they were to rob, their target would be clear.
Even if it was an inheritance or technique, they were equally tempted.
Though the techniques in Sheng City Observatory were granted based on personal talent, making them difficult for others to cultivate or master fully, who wouldn’t want to try a powerful technique?
Inside Sheng City Observatory.
In the dark void, a youth with a naturally melancholic face stood calmly, his eyes seemingly piercing through the entire place.
This was none other than Li Renchou.
“Sheng City Observatory is my father’s legacy. Today, I can reap a great harvest!” Li Renchou sighed softly, a faint glint in his eyes. “From now on, my strength will soar.”
Then, a cold gleam flashed in his gaze. “Don’t let me find out who destroyed my property and ruined Sheng City’s Wall, or I’ll make them pay double.”
With that, his body flickered in the darkness, moving towards the core of Sheng City Observatory.
If other youths saw that he could move, they would be utterly shocked.
