Chapter 4776: Disappointment
The Undying Spirit Soldiers had not enjoyed such unrestrained slaughter for a very long time, and they crushed everything in their path, killing all they saw.
There were no innocents here.
Anything that could still move was something that could be killed.
Moreover, under the influence of the Great Annihilation of the universe, the mutated beings no longer possessed any intelligence and were driven almost purely by instinct.
When they saw the Undying Spirit Soldiers, they did not know that rushing forward meant certain death, and still flocked over, actively seeking their own end.
As Lin Moyu moved toward the center, he sensed the changes in the universe.
"The resentment of the child universe is dissipating."
The Hongmeng Stone said,
"That is understandable.
Back then, in order to return from the mother universe, those who had ascended slaughtered everyone in the entire child universe, and even then it was still not enough to hold them all, so of course the resentment and obsessions were terrifying."
Those ascended beings were powerful beyond measure and placed enormous pressure on the universe.
For each one who returned, who knew how many tens of billions of ordinary beings it would take just to exchange for a single spot.
Even if they had slaughtered every living being in the child universe back then, it still would not have been enough to contain them all, and in the end they even waged war among themselves, fighting over the few remaining spots.
Now, Lin Moyu was essentially cleaning house, ridding the child universe of all its parasites.
Unfortunately, the laws of the child universe were already damaged.
Otherwise, a deed like this would surely have earned Lin Moyu considerable rewards from the universe itself.
Once he exterminated all these mutated aberrations that were neither truly human nor beast, then killed the so called True Lord Ziyun, and finally shattered the last remnants of the laws in the child universe, the child universe would collapse and turn into remains.
Lin Moyu already understood universes extremely well and knew exactly what he needed to do.
The child universe was not large, and soon, following the laws, Lin Moyu arrived at the central region.
From a distance, he saw an expanse of violet cloud shrouding the void.
True Lord Ziyun had once been the strongest person of this child universe.
After ascending into the mother universe, he had still remained the strongest.
He had once come infinitely close to becoming a supreme, but because the laws of the mother universe were too powerful and restrictive, he had never been able to take that final step.
He bore half the responsibility for everything that had happened in the child universe.
Lin Moyu looked at the violet cloud and opened his Soul Eye, seeing countless soul flames.
True Lord Ziyun had dispersed his soul, turning the violet cloud into his body and spreading his soul throughout that entire body.
He could transform into billions of incarnations in an instant.
As long as even one incarnation did not die, he himself would be undying and indestructible.
This method was extremely high level and required the aid of the universal laws to complete.
Compared to the former so called "Path of Incarnation," it belonged to an even higher tier.
Countless soul flames pulsed in an orderly rhythm.
Lin Moyu smiled faintly and said,
"Very rhythmic.
He is the only one in this universe who still has any intelligence."
Through the soul flames and with the help of the universal laws, Lin Moyu could see that True Lord Ziyun still retained a long stretch of his past memories.
The Hongmeng Stone said,
"In general, only those who have become supremes dare to call themselves 'True Lord'.
This fellow is quite full of himself."
Lin Moyu said,
"That is normal.
After all, he is already very strong.
Even if those supremes came here in person, under the restrictions of these laws, they would only be about on par with him."
As the two conversed, the violet cloud suddenly surged.
One of the soul flames, wrapped in a small tuft of violet cloud, flew out and condensed into a human form.
This was an incarnation of True Lord Ziyun.
His gaze was icy as he looked at Lin Moyu.
"Who are you?
Why have you slaughtered this lord's subjects?"
Lin Moyu smiled.
"So you have taken yourself to be the lord of this universe?"
True Lord Ziyun spoke in a low voice.
"I am the lord of this universe.
All living beings within this universe are my subjects.
You barged in and started a massacre are you seeking death?"
His tone was domineering, as if he might act at any moment.
Lin Moyu sighed.
"You have some intelligence, but not much.
You have been overestimated."
Previously, he had thought that someone like True Lord Ziyun, who could split his soul into billions of incarnations and knew how to use the universal laws, would not be lacking in wisdom.
He had not expected that this man had still been heavily impacted by the Great Annihilation, and his intelligence had suffered a great decline.
He actually regarded himself as the lord of the universe and all the chaotic creatures within it as his subjects.
Just this was enough to show that this man's obsessions far outweighed his rationality.
In just a couple of sentences, Lin Moyu had already figured out his opponent's disposition, and he knew that saying more would be pointless.
It would be better to strike directly.
Whoosh.
The Wings of Heaven and Earth unfurled, and the full might of the Fate Technique was activated.
The wings of the universe vibrated violently, commanding the universal laws.
Lin Moyu's voice rang out like the word of the heavens themselves, making even the universe tremble.
The violet cloud rolled wildly, and the incarnation of True Lord Ziyun in front of Lin Moyu was destroyed on the spot.
In that instant, it was as if Lin Moyu had become the true lord of this universe.
The violet cloud heaved and surged as countless soul flames gathered together, forming a colossal violet giant.
"I am the lord of this universe.
Suppress!"
With a furious roar, the violet giant brought down a massive palm.
Lin Moyu snorted coldly and answered with a punch of his own.
He had not truly fought in a long time, and aside from supremes, there was no one left worthy of him personally making a move.
Now that he had finally come across someone infinitely close to the supreme level, Lin Moyu also wanted to test how far his own strength had reached.
This punch was wrapped in soul power on par with a supreme's, soul flames blazing furiously around his fist as it shattered the violet giant's palm and, its momentum unabated, smashed into the giant's body.
Boom.
The giant exploded, a miserable scream echoing out, and the soul flames that had gathered together scattered once more.
Lin Moyu's fused soul power, real and illusory as one, was stronger even than a supreme's soul type artifact, able to pierce through anything.
True Lord Ziyun was close to being a supreme, but in the end, he was not one.
Purely in terms of soul power, he was far inferior to Lin Moyu.
On this level, Lin Moyu could completely crush him.
From this single punch alone, Lin Moyu realized that there was a world of difference between the supreme realm and the realms below it.
If one did not become a supreme, one would never know just how vast that seemingly tiny gap truly was.
"Suppress and kill!"
The Wings of Heaven and Earth beat violently, working together with the Nine Heavens Fate Art to alter and suppress the universal laws.
The True Lord Ziyun who had just been blasted apart had his soul crushed again, and mayhem overtook it.
When his soul was in one place, the Wings of Heaven and Earth and the Nine Heavens Fate Art alone still found it difficult to completely suppress and kill him.
Once it scattered, even though billions of incarnations made him impossible to kill one by one, they also made him easier to destroy.
The Wings of Heaven and Earth excelled at wide area killing.
If Lin Moyu became just a bit stronger, he would even be able to assault an opponent across the entire range of a universe.
By then, no matter how many incarnations the enemy had, it would be useless.
So long as they had not left that universe, there would be nowhere for them to escape.
Now, with just one punch and a single sweeping strike of the Wings of Heaven and Earth, more than half of True Lord Ziyun's incarnations were already dead.
The violet cloud roiled as True Lord Ziyun actually tried to flee into the distance.
He had intelligence, even if only a little.
At the very least, he knew not to fight to the death once he realized he was no match.
In other words, he was afraid of dying.
There was a hint of disappointment in Lin Moyu's eyes.
"And here there was hope for a good fight, but he turned out to be this weak."
The Hongmeng Stone said,
"It is not that he is weak.
It is that Master is too strong."
Lin Moyu replied,
"If this were before the universe collapsed, within that mother universe, perhaps there would have been a fierce battle between him and me.
But now… this is tedious."
The Hongmeng Stone giggled.
"Now, as long as they are not supremes, there is probably no one left who can be Master's match."
Lin Moyu looked at the fleeing violet cloud in the distance and said softly,
"Useless.
You will not escape.
I am very disappointed in you."
With a thought, the Nine Heavens Fate Art ran at full capacity.
The universal laws shifted across a vast range, twisting into reverse and breaking apart, and the fleeing True Lord Ziyun was forcibly turned around and driven back.
Lin Moyu had rewritten the laws and reversed the direction.
The faster True Lord Ziyun tried to escape, the faster he returned.
The Wings of Heaven and Earth fluttered once again.
"Suppress and kill!"
On this second suppression and killing strike, the remainder of True Lord Ziyun's soul was slaughtered by more than half yet again.
Lin Moyu swept his hand, and the World Burning Flame flew out, reaping the rest of the soul.