Darkness permeated the surroundings, and finally, as Lin Yun opened his eyes, it receded like a tide.
As the darkness retreated, a desolate, rocky area appeared before him.
Not far ahead, Lin Yun immediately saw an ancient yellow stone tablet, about ten zhang tall.
The stone tablet was identical to the Great Barren Tablet outside.
However, on the surface of this stone tablet, some ancient runes could be seen.
Lin Yun's gaze slowly moved downwards, and then his pupils suddenly constricted.
At the very bottom of the stone tablet, he saw faint black lines crawling out.
These black lines, like the tentacles of a demon, were evil and cold, constantly eroding the stone tablet like a virus.
This Demonic Qi is even more severe than I imagined, Lin Yun thought to himself, staring at the stone tablet.
Buzz buzz!
As his words fell, the surface of the stone tablet slightly rippled, and then a blurry figure emerged from the tablet's surface.
Then, "its" gaze turned towards Lin Yun, and an ancient, hoarse voice that infected one's mind slowly sounded.
"You have so many strange things inside you."
"This thing is actually stronger than the Devouring Ancestral Symbol! And these Martial Arts, they all exceed the level of Heaven Martial Arts," the shadow of the stone tablet continued.
The corner of Lin Yun's mouth twitched slightly. Many things on his body were not from this world, so it was normal for the Tablet Spirit not to know.
"So many Martial Arts, and you've actually cultivated them to such a level..."
While the other party was observing him, he was also observing the other party.
"Senior, it seems you have some problems. These should be caused by Otherworldly Demon Qi, right?" Lin Yun glanced at the black lines at the base of the tablet.
The black lines seemed to be quietly wriggling, as if they possessed intelligence.
Buzz buzz!
Just as Lin Yun's words fell, the stone tablet suddenly trembled violently.
The black lines below seemed to come alive at this moment, countless black lines rising up and frantically crawling onto the stone tablet.
As these black lines crawled, faint wisps of black Qi emanated from them. Wherever the black Qi passed, it carried an evil and emotionless fluctuation. Some of the black Qi even rapidly shot towards Lin Yun.
Seeing this scene, Lin Yun was just about to circulate the Devouring Heaven Demonic Art within him.
Then he heard a low, cold snort, and the tablet body vibrated. Streams of ancient yellow light surged down, and an incomparably powerful force instantly spread out, fiercely suppressing the encroaching black lines back down.
"Hehehe..."
As the black lines were suppressed back, he heard an extremely sharp laugh, filled with an unusually cold evil.
"Senior, was that an Otherworldly Demon just now?"
Hearing Lin Yun's question, the stone tablet trembled violently, and then a burst of light erupted from the tablet's surface, transforming into a stone mirror.
On the mirror's surface, light waves surged, and then images appeared within.
It was a vast and endless land. There, Lin Yun saw an extremely massive stone tablet, which was precisely the Great Barren Tablet before him.
In the sky around the Great Barren Tablet, he could also see many people standing in the void. The aura on those people was undoubtedly that of the top powerhouses in this world.
At this moment, far ahead of the stone tablet and those top powerhouses, space seemed to have a rift, and monstrous black Qi surged out. At that instant, it seemed even heaven and earth let out a mournful cry.
Within the black mist, countless cold and evil lights shot out, and then the powerhouses standing between heaven and earth also suddenly attacked. Immediately, heaven and earth trembled.
Although the scene in the stone mirror was only a corner of the battlefield, it still caused Lin Yun's mind to tremble slightly.
The strength of anyone in that scene was stronger than the current Sect Leader of Dao Sect, Ying Xuanzi.
However, even so, Lin Yun saw them continuously falling in the battle between the two sides.
Those from the Otherworldly Demons possessed extremely terrifying power.
Is this the great catastrophe of heaven and earth? Lin Yun's pupils constricted slightly.
On the stone mirror, the light shifted, finally solidifying on one scene.
It was the Great Barren Tablet descending from the sky, monstrous ancient yellow light sweeping down, fiercely suppressing an extremely massive mass of black Qi. As the black Qi wriggled, it seemed to transform into a rather strange and blurry figure.
At the end of the scene, the earth closed, and a figure shot out from the Great Barren Tablet, letting out a light sigh, then turned around and rushed towards the massive spatial rift.
The scene ended there.
"You know of the existence of Otherworldly Demons?" The figure on the tablet's shadow condensed again, and the ancient, hoarse voice slowly sounded.
Lin Yun nodded slightly and said, "Yes."
"This King, I can only suppress him now, but I cannot kill him. I can only be constantly eroded by him like this."
"Before you, others have come, but in the end, not a single one returned," the Tablet Spirit slowly said.
Hearing this, Lin Yun said, "I have some power within me that can help you alleviate your current pain."
After speaking, he placed his palm on the Great Barren Tablet, circulating the Devouring Heaven Demonic Art to its limit.
The black lines beneath the stone tablet gradually receded under his absorption.
The ancient, hoarse voice of the Tablet Spirit sounded again, "What a mysterious power, it can actually make the Demonic Qi recede so much. It's somewhat like the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, but it seems to be even stronger than the Devouring Ancestral Symbol."
"But to erase a King, this power is still not enough."
Lin Yun nodded. He knew this.
To suppress and kill this King, at least the power of two Ancestral Symbols was needed. Although he was using the Devouring Heaven Demonic Art now and could absorb some Demonic Qi, it was far from enough to erase a King.
"I think we can make an agreement. I will give you this Great Desolate Scripture. In the future, you will help me eliminate it."
"However, time is running out. You have helped me alleviate some of the Demonic Qi, but at most, there are only four years left before that thing becomes difficult to suppress. If it breaks free and tears through the spatial rift, this world will face a disaster that no one can avoid."
"Senior, rest assured, I will do my best!" Lin Yun said solemnly, cupping his fists.
"Mysterious young man, I hope you can succeed. Otherwise, this world will be in chaos again." The voice of the stone tablet became very heavy towards the end.
"Whoosh!"
Lin Yun exhaled deeply, slowly nodding his head.
The figure on the tablet surface also seemed to nod. Then, the tablet surface vibrated, and the ancient characters on it actually detached themselves, finally transforming into four ancient, yellow characters that floated in front of Lin Yun. A thick, vast, and desolate aura permeated the air.
Great Desolate Scripture!
-----------
Machine Translation by: https:// randomtranslator.com/
Read 666+ original & fanfic translations in English, Español, Português, Deutsch, Français, or Русский at: https:// randomtranslator.com/
Join our Discord: https:// discord.gg/NSWvfN7vua
-----------