Chapter 2030: Deep Abyss Qilin Beast

The next instant a faint light flared, and a colossal dark figure lunged suddenly at Yun Che, accompanied by a terrifying roar that shook the vast misty sea.

What is the most difficult thing in the world to control and resist?

It is instinct! If he were facing a Divine Master Realm profound practitioner, or even a peerless True God, Yun Che would be powerless to resist, but he could at least try various methods to feign compliance and negotiate with words. After all, he possessed far too many things that could stun people speechless.

But the only thing that could be called "consciousness" in an Abyssal Beast was its destructive instinct towards the aura of life!

Before it launched an attack, there would be no hint of caution or hesitation. After arriving in the Abyss, Yun Che had yet to truly engage with a Divine Extinction Realm opponent, yet now, he was suddenly attacked by a Divine Master Abyssal Beast... As that destructive power enveloped him, the pressure and despair it brought Yun Che felt as if the entire misty sea, the entire Abyss, was bearing down on him.

The dark figure, carrying the power of a nightmare, closed in instantly... Yun Che's vision could only vaguely discern a hundred-zhang shadow rapidly filling his pupils.

*Klak!* A heavy, bone-splitting sound came from Yun Che's grinding teeth. He raised his arm horizontally, the Heaven Smiting Devil Slayer Sword appearing in his hand. His arms forcibly resisted the pressure, heavy as ten thousand mountains, as he swung the sword, unleashing the defiant Heretic God power, and smashed it fiercely towards the descending dark figure.

Moon-Smiting Starfall!

BOOM――――

The enormous disparity in power still could not overcome the Heretic God's power of reversed judgment!

A colossal, earth-shattering roar echoed through the misty sea. The Divine Master Realm's destructive power was instantly repelled the moment it touched the Heaven Smiting Devil Slayer Sword, striking directly back at the Divine Master Abyssal Beast's body.

*ROOOAAARRR――――*

The Divine Master Abyssal Beast's roar instantly distorted. The dark figure that had been descending was violently thrown back by its own immense power and instantly sent flying hundreds of miles away.

Although repelled in an instant, a bit of the residual power still touched Yun Che's body. He was also heavily thrown back, the Heaven Smiting Devil Slayer Sword dragging along the ground for several miles before finally stopping.

The moment he stopped, blood was already seeping from his seven orifices, and his entire body's bones were excruciatingly painful, as if about to shatter.

Facing this Divine Master Abyssal Beast, which utterly lacked reason, Moon-Smiting Starfall was his only means of resistance. But the cost was enormous, and he couldn't use it again in a short period. Whether he could escape this time depended solely on fate!

He instantly annihilated all scattered bloodstains and completely reined in his aura. But instead of using Broken Moon Scutter Shadow to conceal himself, he drew the surrounding Abyssal Dust to cover his body.

Under the sudden backlash, the Divine Master Abyssal Beast's power and spiritual perception would briefly dissipate, causing it to lose its target for a few moments. During this time, by concealing his presence with Abyssal Dust, there was a chance he wouldn't be discovered again.

BOOM! The Divine Master Abyssal Beast, which had been knocked over, righted itself. It seemed to still possess the emotion of anger, emitting a roar noticeably several times more violent than before... But for Yun Che, the terrifying, body-shattering pressure abruptly vanished.

Yun Che's heart suddenly lightened. Indeed, concealed by the Abyssal Dust, the opponent could no longer find his presence.

Without a target to destroy, its unprovoked destructive instinct would cause it to quickly quiet down.

But Yun Che's moment of respite lasted only an instant; a dangerous aura that pierced his soul suddenly reached him from hundreds of miles away.

The enraged Divine Master Abyssal Beast gathered its unreleased malevolent energy in its front claws, then fiercely smashed them down onto the misty ground below.

Even from hundreds of miles away, the threat of death almost instantly pierced through the top of his skull.

How could he still bother with concealing his aura? The Starflow in his profound veins cosmos was madly activated with all his might, fully released, causing a dense profound light, like luminous yellow jade, to radiate from his body.

Qilin Sacred Temple!

A palace shimmering like gold was instantly erected around Yun Che.

Compared to the colossal palace built by the Qilin God in the Qilin God Realm, this Qilin Sacred Temple was far too small, less than ten zhang in size. But it was the ultimate defense Yun Che could erect in such haste.

The Qilin Sacred Temple's defensive and isolative capabilities were undoubtedly immensely powerful. When activated by the Qilin God's blood, its defensive capability alone completely surpassed the Cloud-Sealing Sun-Locking Barrier of the Burning Heart Realm.

After all... the Heretic God was not adept at defense.

However, for Yun Che, the Qilin Sacred Temple had a flaw that greatly bothered him: when it activated, the profound light was too intense.

A profound light palace standing there was simply too conspicuous.

Therefore, he had recently been trying to combine the Cloud-Sealing Sun-Locking Barrier with the Qilin Sacred Temple, to create a protective barrier with ultimate defense and structure, like the Qilin God's Sacred Temple, yet also formless, colorless, and instantly deployable, like the Cloud-Sealing Sun-Locking Barrier.

It was just not yet complete, and he had already encountered a deadly predicament.

*BOOOOOMMMM――――*

The world-annihilating blast of air swallowed Yun Che's hearing... The Qilin Sacred Temple, erected just an instant before, suddenly dimmed under the blast and completely collapsed after barely resisting for a tenth of a breath, turning into faint yellow residual light.

Although the Qilin Sacred Temple had offered resistance, the residual force that impacted Yun Che was still terrifying, like a world-destroying divine hammer. He was sent flying like a withered leaf caught in a hurricane, and his consciousness directly plunged into a blank void amidst the roar.

When Yun Che's consciousness finally recovered with difficulty, he was already sprawled on the ground, and behind him was a deep gully of unknown length.

An omnipresent, intense pain flooded almost every nerve in his body. The bloody torrent still gushing from his mouth told him how severe his internal injuries were.

This was the power of the Divine Master Realm; even if it was merely residual power from hundreds of miles away, it was still terrifying to this extent.

He had been careful enough, but he could never have imagined that a Divine Master Abyssal Beast would inhabit this place.

"It seems like a death trap."

Li Sa's voice was as calm as ever, without a ripple: "No matter how severe your injuries, I can heal them. But I cannot bring you back from the dead, I'm sorry."

"..." Yun Che gritted his teeth, struggling to get up. "I'm not so easily... killed."

Before his upper body was fully propped up, he suddenly collapsed again.

Because that irresistible, terrifying pressure had once again enveloped his body.

As his gaze shifted... that colossal dark figure was now less than a hundred zhang away from him.

In his soul sea, Li Sa's questioning voice suddenly resounded: "Why has its aura changed so drastically from before?"

"?" Yun Che, who was desperately thinking of how to escape this death trap, immediately turned his head upon hearing this and was astonished to find that the Divine Master Abyssal Beast, now so close, was merely standing there quietly, without moving any closer.

Its aura was still terrifying, but... it no longer seemed to be the purely violent destructive aura from before. Instead, it displayed an incredibly strange, and at least, utterly unfitting for an Abyssal Beast... confusion?

A pair of terrifying eyes stared in his direction, but the strange light in those pupils, eroded by Abyssal Dust, was inexplicably trembling, like a dim flame flickering in a chaotic wind.

It did not move, and Yun Che dared not move rashly for a moment... It was only then that he finally saw the terrifying Abyssal Beast's full form.

Abyssal Dust covered its body, but its outline was still clearly discernible. Its body resembled a deer, its tail a dragon's, its head a lion's, and on its forehead was a colossal single horn...

This outline was clearly that of a Qilin!

Yun Che's spirit violently trembled, his gaze fixed on its eyes. Just now, amidst the perilous death trap, he had vaguely felt an inexplicable familiarity with these eyes. Now, looking closely... even with its pupils distorted by Abyssal Dust erosion, it was still enough for Yun Che to recognize that the outline of these colossal eyes distinctly resembled the Qilin God's eyes in the Qilin God Realm.

Could it be...?

Yun Che suddenly thought of something and lowered his gaze to his own body.

Just now, in his haste to activate the Qilin Sacred Temple, he had pushed the Qilin power to its absolute limit. Now, a faint yellow Qilin light still flowed around his body.

Yun Che slowly stood up. The moment he stood upright, the Divine Master Abyssal Beast made no other movements; only its gray, fire-like pupils seemed to tremble even more intensely, as if struggling to break free from something.

After standing, Yun Che did not cautiously retreat. After a series of changes in his expression, he suddenly began to slowly walk in its direction, step by step, deliberately approaching this terrifying Abyssal Beast that could destroy him in an instant.

"You..." Li Sa uttered a soft sound, then suppressed the rest of her words.

Yun Che raised his arm, enduring his injuries, as the Qilin God's blood circulated throughout his body, releasing an increasingly dense Qilin God aura.

The Qilin light covering his body also gradually grew denser. As Yun Che approached step by step, it became increasingly clear in those constantly trembling, dim pupils.

Ten steps... a hundred steps...

The Divine Master Abyssal Beast still did not move. In fact, the deathly threat emanating from it was gradually fading.

At this moment, Yun Che suddenly spoke: "Do you still have consciousness?"

"..." The Abyssal Beast did not react.

Yun Che continued: "On my body is the power of the Qilin God, bestowed by your descendant. He has always worried about you and felt guilt towards you. Even his last wish and entrustment in life was to save you."

That's right. Its appearance, its pupils, its strange reaction to the Qilin light on his body, all indicated that this terrifying Divine Master Abyssal Beast before him was very likely the one that transformed into an Abyssal Beast, as mentioned by the Qilin God...

The Ancestral Qilin God!

In response to Yun Che's repeated verbal probes, its mutated Qilin God pupils remained unresponsive.

At this point, Yun Che had already confirmed that its unusual reaction to the Qilin light was not due to any remnant of its original consciousness.

Hundreds of thousands of years ago, its body and soul had already been completely corroded by Abyssal Dust. How could any of its original consciousness still remain?

Perhaps it could only be explained as Abyssal Dust having corroded its original consciousness and occupied its soul, yet being unable to annihilate... the fundamental instinct inscribed with the words "Qilin God," inscribed in its very bloodline?

A protective instinct towards its kin's Qilin light, a protective instinct towards its descendant, surpassing even its destructive instinct after becoming an Abyssal Beast!?

There was no time to think too much now. Yun Che concentrated all his focus, and as he extended his arm, a gentle Qilin light shot straight up, touching the forehead of the Abyssal Qilin Beast.

This Qilin light was not offensive, but it carried his soul power... The moment it touched its brow, his soul power directly penetrated its body.

The Abyssal Qilin Beast remained motionless. It could have destroyed Yun Che into mere ashes with just a raised claw, yet it simply stared fixedly at the Qilin light on him, as if it had fallen into a dream from which it did not wish to awaken.

Li Sa suddenly realized what Yun Che intended to do.

His actions were extremely dangerous, almost insane.

Li Sa did not speak to stop him, nor did she seize the opportunity to heal him with the Miracle of Life. This was because the profound light of life might provoke this suddenly quiet, terrifying Abyssal Beast.

Finally, Yun Che located its Abyssal Core, and his soul power directly pierced into it.

The Ancestral Qilin God was once a True God Beast of the Abyss. According to the Qilin God, its former power surpassed even the current Six Nations and Seven Gods.

The Abyssal Dust that had completely corroded it... its vastness was imaginable.

When his consciousness entered its Abyssal Core, the density and profoundness of the Abyssal Dust contained within were simply indescribable. Its level of profundity also surpassed all Abyssal Dust Yun Che had encountered so far.

That's right. Abyssal Dust, as the original power of extinction, also had distinctions in power levels, just like profound energy. The Abyssal Dust present in the living lands was basically the lowest level. And the highest level... was undoubtedly the original Abyssal Dust from back then, powerful enough to instantly devour even True Gods.