Chapter 601: Cross-Domain Grand Formation

"Then I’ll have to trouble you, Brother Jin Lin." The Silver Wolf Emperor’s eyes welled with tears, his heart overwhelmed with emotion. ’Where else could one find a brother this good?’

With its Demon Race way of thinking, it naturally saw no problem with what Jin Lin had said.

After sending the Silver Wolf Emperor off, Jin Lin continued his sweep. He didn’t miss a single corner of the entire Profound Mystery Sect.

He even ransacked the private grotto-residences of the Profound Mystery Sect’s disciples and Supreme Elders, leaving no stone unturned and taking every last scrap.

After plundering every location, Jin Lin didn’t stop. Instead, he started examining the entire grounds of the Profound Mystery Sect’s mountain gate, looking here and there, seemingly pondering something.

By now, the disciples of the Profound Mystery Sect had suffered heavy casualties, with very few survivors. Many of the Demon Kings watched Jin Lin’s actions, completely bewildered.

They were all thoroughly confused, unable to understand what Lord Jin Lin was doing. Even the Silver Wolf Emperor was beginning to have doubts again. ’The Human Race’s resources have been cleaned out, so what is Brother Jin Lin still looking for?’

Suddenly, Jin Lin’s expression changed, and a look of joy appeared on his face. "I found it," he said.

All the demons present were experts, but they didn’t understand what he meant by "I found it." They all stared with wide eyes.

With an excited expression, Jin Lin instantly appeared in the sky above the Profound Mystery Sect, revealing his resplendent golden true form. Countless runes flickered within his eyes as streams of mysterious golden light continuously rained down from his body, falling into the mountains of the Profound Mystery Sect.

At the same time, his hooves and claws moved against each other, seemingly forming one Claw Skill after another, which he continuously drove into the Profound Mystery Sect’s mountain gate.

BOOM!

With a world-shaking bang, the entire Profound Mystery Sect mountain gate began to tremble violently. Mountain peaks collapsed, and countless tiles and rubble tumbled down. Fissures, each over a thousand meters long and bottomlessly deep, suddenly split the ground open.

The next moment, faint blue Profound Qi surged out from the endless fissures. It grew thicker and thicker, forming long dragons that swirled in the sky.

Many of the heavily injured and screaming disciples of the Profound Mystery Sect, swept by these dragons of Profound Qi, felt their internal Profound Power surge wildly, filling them with strength.

"This is..."

The many Demon Kings all stared with wide eyes.

Jin Lin shouted loudly, "Brother Yilang, my brothers! What are you all waiting for? This is the Profound Qi from the Profound Vein buried beneath the Profound Mystery Sect! Why are you just standing there? Start absorbing it!"

"Profound Vein Profound Qi?"

All the Demon Kings grew excited. Although they couldn’t use the treasures of the Human Race, the cultivation of the Demon Race, like that of humans, relied on absorbing Heaven and Earth Profound Qi. Dense Profound Qi was also greatly beneficial to the cultivation of the Demon Race.

Lord Jin Lin had actually drawn out the subterranean Profound Qi of the Profound Mystery Sect! This opportunity instantly thrilled the countless Demon Kings.

And so, a shocking scene unfolded. Over a hundred Demon Kings flew into the sky above the Profound Mystery Sect, opened their massive mouths, and began to devour the liquid-like Heaven and Earth Profound Qi with abandon.

Many of the Demon Kings had expressions of pure enjoyment, incredibly excited. Under the baptism of the Heaven and Earth Profound Qi, every cell in their bodies cheered with joy.

Among them, some Demon Kings who had been stuck at a bottleneck felt as if they were on the verge of a breakthrough while frantically absorbing the Heaven and Earth Profound Qi.

「In the distant forest.」

Chen Kang and several other Martial Kings from the Profound Mystery Sect who had narrowly escaped were currently covered in blood, watching their sect from afar.

Sensing the scene unfolding there, Chen Kang and the others stared in horror and screamed in terror, "Damn it! Damn those demons! How dare they touch our Profound Mystery Sect’s foundational Profound Vein! Damn them all!"

The foundational Profound Vein was the very bedrock of any sect. Once the Profound Vein was drained, the sect was essentially finished.

Without dense Heaven and Earth Profound Qi, the cultivation speed of the sect’s experts and disciples would be drastically reduced.

「Above the Profound Mystery Sect.」

The dense Heaven and Earth Profound Qi quickly poured into the body of every Demon King. Even the Silver Wolf Emperor was absorbing the Heaven and Earth Profound Qi to his heart’s content, filled with enjoyment.

Jin Lin was no exception, of course. He absorbed it in great gulps as countless streams of Heaven and Earth Profound Qi poured into his body. If any of the Demon Kings had been observing him closely at that moment, they would have been shocked to discover that the speed at which Jin Lin absorbed Profound Qi was much faster than even the Tier Eight Silver Wolf Emperor.

After an unknown amount of time, Jin Lin suddenly furrowed his brows. "There’s too much Heaven and Earth Profound Qi in this subterranean Profound Vein. Just absorbing it won’t be enough."

The dissatisfied look on his face nearly made the chests of the heavily injured, dying Profound Mystery Sect disciples below explode with rage.

"How much can I take just by absorbing it? I might as well just take the whole thing," Jin Lin muttered.

’Take the whole thing?’

Everyone stared with wide eyes, wondering what other heaven-defying act he was about to commit.

Jin Lin stopped absorbing, and an even denser golden light suddenly emerged from his body.

The countless Demon Kings in the sky also stopped absorbing and looked at Jin Lin in astonishment. After absorbing for so long, they were all bloated, their meridians pushed to the limit, almost unable to take in any more.

The golden light sprinkled down into the fissures below. RUMBLE RUMBLE. The entire Profound Mystery Sect mountain gate began to tremble once more.

A huge roar came from all directions, and the entire earth seemed as if it would be overturned. The ground shook, the mountains swayed, and the sun and moon were blotted out.

"What on earth are these demons trying to do?"

In the distance, Chen Kang and the others channeled power into their eyes to see as far as they could, each of them shocked, furious, and horrified.

Before their horrified eyes—

BOOM!

The entire Profound Mystery Sect collapsed in on itself, instantly turning into a field of rubble and broken walls.

A massive chasm appeared before everyone.

RUSH!

From that chasm, a massive river of Profound Stones flowed into the storage bag in Jin Lin’s hand.

"Haha, there are so many! So many Profound Stones!"

Jin Lin laughed heartily. One storage bag was quickly filled, so he took out another and began to fill it excitedly.

"Damn it! That demon is trying to empty out our Profound Mystery Sect’s entire subterranean Profound Vein!"

"PUH!"

Overcome with rage, Chen Kang spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted on the spot.

The handful of surviving Supreme Elders were also dumbfounded. They would never have dared to imagine such a scene even in their wildest dreams, yet it was happening right before their eyes. The feeling was more surreal than any dream.

In the thousand-plus years since its founding, the Profound Mystery Sect had endured several calamities, but this was the first time in all those years that someone had emptied out its subterranean Profound Vein.

Just as Jin Lin had filled nearly ten storage bags and was preparing to continue his plunder...

Suddenly—

BOOM!

From one of the Profound Mystery Sect’s mountain peaks, a dense aura suddenly erupted. Powerful runes and patterns appeared in the sky, sealing off the surrounding space.

The frantic river of Profound Stones was immediately suppressed. The countless streams of dense Heaven and Earth Profound Qi were quelled by the runes and forced back underground.

Chen Kang, who had just regained consciousness, was jolted and cried out, "Supreme Profound Peak! Isn’t that where the group of experts from the Profound Domain were staying a few days ago? What on earth is in that place?"

By now, most of the peaks in the entire Profound Mystery Sect had collapsed. Only Supreme Profound Peak had somehow remained intact.

"This is..."

Jin Lin’s gaze also grew solemn. From the runes and array patterns filling the sky, he sensed an extremely potent aura.

"Lord Jin Lin, what is this thing? Allow this subordinate to smash it for you."

A relatively perceptive Demon King volunteered, seizing the opportunity to suck up. With a roar, he charged toward the runes above Supreme Profound Peak.

BOOM!

The Demon King’s claw slammed into them. The runes filling the sky, as if suddenly alive, violently rebounded with an even more terrifying power, transforming into a stream of runic light that struck the Demon King.

BANG!

With a loud bang, the Demon King was blasted into smithereens by the runic light before it could even scream, dissolving into a bloody mist.

All the Demon Kings were startled, and then killing intent filled their eyes.

Several Demon Kings roared furiously and were about to charge forward again.

"All of you, stop." Jin Lin suddenly shouted, halting their actions. "If you go up there, you’re just looking for death."

The Silver Wolf Emperor frowned and said in a low voice, "Brother Jin Lin, what is this?"

Jin Lin observed it carefully for a long while before saying gravely, "If I’m not mistaken, this should be a human Array, a Cross-Domain Array."

A Cross-Domain Array?

The demons were all baffled; they didn’t know much about human things.

"This Cross-Domain Array is a type of Teleportation Array designed by human Array Masters. It can transport powerful humans directly from one region to another; it’s extremely powerful," Jin Lin said gravely. "However, a Cross-Domain Array itself has no offensive power; it’s merely for teleportation. That earlier attack must have come from an offensive array attached to it."

"Each teleportation of a Cross-Domain Array consumes a massive amount of energy. This array must have been built directly on top of the Profound Mystery Sect’s subterranean Profound Vein. When I was drawing power from the Profound Vein just now, I must have reached the critical threshold required by this Cross-Domain Array, which is why it activated directly to prevent the Profound Vein from being further drained."

The Silver Wolf Emperor frowned. "So how powerful is this Cross-Domain Array?"

Jin Lin shook his head. "It’s not clear yet. But from what I know, even the weakest Cross-Domain Array among humans is at least close to Eighth-Level. This one in front of us can’t be much worse, or the power it unleashed wouldn’t have been able to kill Kata in an instant."

"Eighth-Level? Then I, this Emperor, will destroy it."

The Silver Wolf Emperor let out a cold shout and swiped a claw toward Supreme Profound Peak.

BUZZ!

Just as the Silver Wolf Emperor’s attack was about to land, the runes and array patterns filling the sky suddenly burst with an intense white light, and a dense, oppressive aura spread out from within.

Just a wisp of this aura was enough to make all the Demon Kings present feel insignificant, as if beneath this power, they—the mighty Demon Kings who ruled the mountains—were as weak as ants.

"Not good, a human expert has arrived! This power... It’s a human Martial Emperor!"

After sensing this power, a look of horror flashed in Jin Lin’s eyes. He shouted in shock and anger, "Run! All Demon Kings, run!"

"Brother Yilang, go!"

With no time for more words, Jin Lin instantly transformed into a streak of golden light and was the first to shoot up, rocketing toward the horizon.