Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

As the crowd gradually approached, the cold fog in the sky became thicker and thicker. Grayish-white cotton-like objects drifted silently in the cold air like the whispers of some unknown life.

Each falling floc carries a suffocating feeling of oppression, as if personifying death, ominousness, and eternal silence.

Lin Yi looked towards the location of the Supreme Sanctuary. This building was in sharp contrast with the other buildings - if the danger of other buildings only came from the dangerous people that might exist in them, then the Supreme Sanctuary itself was a living terrifying existence.

Every brick and stone of it exudes a chilling aura, like an ancient ferocious beast lurking in the darkness.

As Lin Yi and Su Xiao continued to approach, an instinctive tremor swept through their bodies.

The huge door of the High Sanctuary made of unknown black metal was within reach, and the door was densely engraved with distorted runes.

Lin Yi suddenly felt a tingling and numb sensation at his fingertips, and the phantom of the coin of eternal life in his palm trembled uncontrollably, as if warning him - this was not a place for living people to set foot.

Lin Yi took out the [Supreme Sanctuary Opening Device]. As the device appeared, the twisted runes on the gate began to move and reorganize frantically like awakened snakes.

The metal door made a teeth-grinding friction sound, and countless runes finally converged into a huge round table pattern, with several completely different mysterious symbols engraved on the edge - each symbol exuded a heart-pounding pressure.

When the pattern was completed, the heavy black iron door made a dull roar and slowly cracked open.

In an instant, thick gray fog gushed out like a flood breaking through a dam.

As the fog rolled, countless twisted shadows squirmed in it, sometimes condensing into painful human figures, and sometimes disintegrating into screaming ghosts, as if they were vengeful spirits imprisoned here forever, silently venting endless despair.

A bitingly cold wind swept out like a tsunami, mixed with thousands of overlapping shrieks, as if countless dead souls were screaming at the same time.

The ground beneath their feet shook violently. The hard stone slabs cracked like fragile eggshells, with densely packed pale arms extending from the cracks. Those arms were as dry as tree bark, but their nails were as sharp as knives. They frantically grabbed at the ankles of the living, trying to drag them into the bottomless dark abyss.

Lin Yi retreated quickly, and a light golden force field barrier quickly unfolded around everyone.

The moment those ghost hands touched the barrier, the pale golden light curtain only lasted for a few seconds before it was covered with spider-web-like cracks.

Su Xiao took a step forward, and the Black King's arm guard burst into a faint light. Wherever the blade passed, those pale arms disintegrated and turned into ashes that floated into the sky.

However, the wriggling sounds coming from the depths of the sanctuary became more and more frequent, and more twisted black shadows poured out like a tide. They piled up in the passage layer by layer, as if the entire building was waking up and wanted to completely devour the invaders.

"We can't waste time here any longer!" Lin Yi gritted his teeth and said, "Charge in!"

Su Xiao did not answer, but his actions said it all.

The power of the Black King's arm guard formed a barrier around him, preventing the surrounding deathly force from eroding him.

As for Di Ya, he had already retreated to a safe distance.

The moment the door opened, she clearly felt a biting chill invading her bones.

Faced with this level of deadly erosion, all she could do was stay as far away from the danger zone as possible.

Lin Yi's power of the abyss and Su Xiao's power of the Blue Steel Shadow are both resistant to the power of death. Although Di Ya's special profession has given her unique combat capabilities, there has been no qualitative change in the essence of her energy.

The moment the door of the Supreme Sanctuary opened just now, if it were not for the effect of the Stone of Refuge, Di Ya would probably have been assimilated into the residents of the Dead City at that moment.

But even with the Stone of Protection, Di Ya could clearly feel that the energy of the Stone of Protection was being consumed rapidly, and the surface of the stone was already covered with spider-web-like cracks.

At this rate, it will probably shatter completely in just a few minutes.

So Di Ya chose to retreat without hesitation, and only stopped to observe the battle situation ahead when he retreated to a relatively safe distance.

Lin Yi and Su Xiao ignored this. The most important thing for the three of them right now was to enter the Supreme Sanctuary.

The moment Lin Yi entered the Supreme Sanctuary, the darkness in front of him was suddenly torn open like a curtain.

"Those who trespass into the sanctuary...will be condemned to eternal death."

A twelve-winged god appeared in front of Lin Yi, but the condition of this god was obviously not very good. At this moment, his appearance looked almost the same as the dead residents outside.

The body of the twelve-winged god was dry and decayed, and black cracks crawled all over the gray skin. The twelve wings that were once dazzling were now in tatters, and the broken feathers were covered with filthy mucus, hanging limply like a tattered shroud.

His eyes were cloudy, yet still revealed a distorted hint of divinity, like a fallen god who had fallen from the altar but was still struggling.

Lin Yi could feel that even though this god was on the verge of collapse, the remaining power in his body was still terrifying.

[The intelligence attributes of both sides are being compared... The comparison is completed. Our intelligence attributes are 1.13 times that of the enemy. Because the enemy's rank is too high, we only obtained 58% of the enemy's information. 】

The information is as follows
Name: Lord of the Sky, Regulus (Fallen God)

HP: 97.3% (the body is gradually disintegrating under the erosion of death)

Thunder Force: 36890/40000 points

Strength: 128 (True attribute, sealed)

Agility: 140 (real attribute, sealed)

Stamina: 123 (True attribute, sealed)

Intelligence: 98 (true attribute, sealed)

Charm: 86 (True attribute, sealed)

Skill 1: Lord of the Sky (Passive, Lv.65): Immune to wind/lightning damage, reduces physical damage by 50%. When suspended in the air, all attacks are accompanied by the "Dead Power" effect, causing continuous damage of 1.5% of the target's maximum health per second (can be stacked up to 3 layers).

技能2：雷霆战躯（被动，Lv.70）：受到致命伤害时自动消耗雷霆之力抵消，最低保留1点生命（冷却时间120秒）。每次攻击有10%概率触发「雷暴连锁」，对范围内所有敌人造成200%雷属性伤害。

Skill 3: ? ? ?
Skill 4: Speedy Thunder Shadow (Passive, Lv.40): Normal movement speed increases by 300%. When attacking, there is a chance to leave a "Thunder Shadow Afterimage", which explodes and causes area damage. You can enter the "Thunder Flash" state for a short time.

Skill 5: ? ? ?
Skill 6: Spear of Heavenly Punishment (Active, Lv. 45): Throw a spear condensed by the thunder of annihilation, causing thunder attribute penetration damage equal to Strength x 20 to a single target, and adding the "Death Mark". During the mark, all thunder damage received by the target is increased by 50%.

Skill 7: ? ? ?
???

Skill 12: Final Thunder Ring (ultimate ability, Lv.???): ???
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After seeing the attributes of Sky Lord Regulus, Lin Yi took a step back. This skill was on par with that of Black King, and even more difficult to deal with. After all, Black King could not fly, but Sky Lord Regulus could obviously fly.

The importance of air supremacy in a battle is self-evident, not to mention that the opponent is the main god who once held power in the sky.

"I am Regulus, the lord of the sky... the protector of the world..." His words were intermittent, as if he was in great pain with every word he spoke.

"Now, I am just... a prisoner of death..."

As the words of Regulus, the Lord of the Sky, fell, two figures that also exuded the aura of decay slowly walked out of the darkness - the divine radiance on their bodies had long been corroded by the power of death, and their once perfect faces were now covered with spider-web-like gray cracks.

The god on the left is wearing a robe of stars that should be dazzling, but at this moment the stars dotted on it have long been extinguished and turned into countless gray spots.

The eyes of the Lord of Dreams, Hillary, that once contained the entire starry sky, are now just two bottomless black holes, with a few strange purple lights flashing occasionally, like the last struggle of a dying star.

Her voice was no longer gentle, but echoed with a harsh sound like the friction of metal: "What a vivid dream."

The Dawn Lord Astraon on the right presented an even more horrifying sight.

The pattern of sunrise could still be vaguely seen on his tattered holy robe of light, but the golden threads had long since decayed and turned black.

The left half of his face retained the perfect outline of a god, and his golden eyes flickered with the last of the divine light, but the right half of his face had completely rotted away, with a few strands of rotten flesh hanging on the exposed bones, and the empty eye sockets were crawling with maggot-like black energy bodies.

The extreme contrast is more uncomfortable than pure horror, like looking at life and death at the same time.

"It seems that you have passed the test of the Black King." The voice of Lord of Dawn Astraon is still that of a normal person. It seems that unlike the Lord of Dreams and the Lord of the Sky, Lord of Dawn Astraon has not been completely eroded by the power of death and still retains some self-awareness.

"I have met the Lord of the Sky, the Lord of Dreams, and the Lord of the Dawn."

The moment the old charlatan saw the three ancient gods, he knelt on one knee without hesitation, with a respectful and pious attitude.

Although the Black Throne Continent had long since abandoned its belief in gods, these three beings still deserved his highest respect.

In the dark age before the birth of the Black King, it was these three gods who came to the Supreme Sanctuary and used themselves as a barrier to resist the erosion of the power of death and silence. If it weren't for their resistance, with the terrifying erosion speed of the power of death and silence, I'm afraid that long before the Black King appeared, the entire continent would have become a place of eternal death and silence.

“I see.” Lin Yi and Su Xiao had already figured out why the three of them were in their current state. “You used the Godhead as the cornerstone of the seal.”

The Lord of Dawn nodded slightly, and a few pieces of dark red flesh fell off the rotten half of his face. "For thousands of years, we took turns to maintain the seal. It was not until the Black King came and took on most of the erosion that I was able to retain the remaining consciousness."

"However, Regulus and Hilarie have fallen into an irreversible state due to time constraints. Since you have been able to arrive here, it proves that we are free."

As he spoke, the Lord of Dawn took out two crystal fragments from his tattered robe.

The fragments trembled slightly in his palm, like the last flutter of a dying butterfly.

These two fragments are the fragments of the godhood of Regulus and Hilarie. Before they were completely eroded by the power of death, they separated a small piece of the godhood and handed it to the Lord of Dawn.

In this way, one day in the future, they will be able to reappear in the world with their original consciousness.

As the two fragments merged into Regulus and Hilarie's bodies, their bodies began to change. Regulus' dry and decayed skin began to show color again, but was soon eroded by the power of death again.

Hillary's eyes also regained their luster, as if endless stars appeared in her eyes.

"Astrion, since you have awakened us, it means that our fate has come to an end." Regulus stretched his muscles and his bones made crackling sounds, as if the thunder that had been sleeping for thousands of years had awakened in his body.

He raised his hand and made a fist. A broken giant sword wrapped in electric light appeared out of thin air, and fine black cracks were jumping on the blade - those were the marks of being eroded by the power of death.

"Don't make it sound so tragic." Hilary Reilly chuckled. Her laughter was as clear as a wind chime, yet it carried an indescribable sense of vicissitudes.

Her slender fingertips tapped lightly in the air, and countless starlight responded and weaved into a dazzling gauze dress around her body.

But this beautiful scene was quickly eroded by the power of death, and the starlight dimmed and faded like withered petals.

She turned to look at Lin Yi and Lidya Su, her eyes flickering, "These two little guys are the successors?"

"Well, the successor found by that little guy Adgesh." The three gods were no strangers to the Black King.

In other words, the young man named Adegash was able to break through the shackles of the Dead City and finally ascend the throne of the King of Black, thanks to the help of these three people.

"So it was him." A trace of nostalgia flashed in Regulus' eyes. "That little guy has become the 'king' now. Time flies."

"Time is running out." The Lord of Dawn suddenly coughed violently, and his left arm completely turned into black mud and dissipated. "The erosion is accelerating. You must deal with us quickly."

With the brief awakening of the Self-consciousness, the balance of the High Sanctuary is collapsing.

The Lord of Dawn could clearly feel that without the Black King, the key container, the power of death was like a flood that broke through a dam and was madly attacking the last line of defense of the three gods.

The three gods who once protected the continent have become slaves of the City of Death under the erosion of the power of death.

The reason why these people can talk to Lin Yi now can be said to be just a last glimmer of light. Once the last consciousness is eroded by the power of death, the three of them will fall into death and silence completely, and will never wake up again for the rest of their lives.

"Is there anything you want me to convey to Keppel Salom?" Lin Yi walked up to the Lord of Dawn holding the black and white rose. When the Lord of Dawn heard Keppel Salom's name, his eyes moved, and then a bitter smile appeared on his face.

"Tell her that the morning star flower is about to bloom." The Lord of Dawn said this and closed his eyes.

Before he could finish his words, Lin Yi's sword had pierced through his chest.

The Lord of Dawn did not resist, allowing the power of the abyss to wreak havoc in his body. The health bar above his head quickly drained away like an hourglass, and finally returned to zero.

[You have killed the Lord of Dawn, Astraon.]

[Since the opponent is in a special state at the moment, the reward obtained by the hunter is reduced by 50%. ]

【You gain 17.8% of the world's source. 】

[You have obtained the epic treasure chest Lord of the Dawn (60%). ]

In the drifting black ash, Lin Yi turned to the other two gods.

The thunder of the Lord of the Sky and the starlight of the Lord of Dreams went out one after another. Before dying, Hilarie gently placed a fragment of the star imprint on Lin Yi's palm.

[You have killed the Dream Lord, Hillary.]

[You have killed Regulus, the Lord of the Sky.]

[Since the opponent is in a special state at the moment, the reward obtained by the hunter is reduced by 50%. ]

【You gain 15.3% of the world's source. 】

【You gain 13.9% of the world's source. 】

[Currently obtained 138.2% of the world's source. 】

[You have obtained the epic treasure chest Dream Master (50%). ]

[You have obtained the epic treasure chest, Lord of the Sky (60%). ]

[You have received the gift from the Lord of Dreams, Hillary, and obtained the Star Mark Fragment (1/5)]

[Star Seal Fragment (1/5)]

Origin: Void Tree

quality:? ? ?
Class: Imprint/Permanent Buff Item.

Usage requirements: ???

Effect of use: In the complete form, the upper/lower limit of the life mark can be locked.

Tip: After the upper limit of the life mark is locked, the energy in the star imprint will be rapidly consumed. After 7 to 10 years, this star imprint will become invalid.

Tip: Locking the lower limit of the life mark will consume very little star imprint. If you only lock the lower limit of the life mark, this star imprint can be used for 700 to 850 years.

Introduction: How can we save our lives if the cycle of reincarnation never ends?
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[You have successfully completed the hidden mission: The Death of the Gods, and obtained the Skill Scroll Treasure Box (Epic Level).]

When the last god turned to ashes, the entire sanctuary suddenly shook violently.

The power of death surged like a tide, but was swallowed up madly when it touched Lin Yi's coin and Su Xiao's arm armor.

About an hour later, the concentration of the power of death inside the Supreme Sanctuary gradually began to thin, and a rusty sword slowly appeared.

【Spiral Sword】

Origin:? ? ?
quality:? ? ?
Category: Great Sword

Durability: ??? / ???

Attack power: 6~10 points

Equipment requirements: none

Equipment Effect: It can be inserted somewhere on the top floor of the Supreme Sanctuary in the Dead Silence City of the Continent.

Rating: None
Introduction: When the silent whispers break the silence, the real dead city will appear before your eyes. The 'enthusiastic' dead people will 'welcome' the arrival of all living beings.

price:? ? ?
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This [Spiral Sword] is exactly the same in shape as the greatsword in the Black King's hand before, but this [Spiral Sword] seems to have been placed for a long time, and the material has become rotten under the erosion of the power of death, and it looks like it may break at any time.

Just as Lin Yi was about to approach, an inexplicable sense of danger appeared in Lin Yi's heart. (End of this chapter)