Make me leave the team? My beast girl and I can win easily.

The moment Lin Yu led Yan Shuang into the teleportation array, everything they saw made them both stop in their tracks.

It was a nebula.

A nebula suspended in the depths of the universe, emitting a pale golden light.

It rotates slowly, like a miniature galaxy, with countless points of light flowing in the spiral arms, leaving long trails.

Something is twinkling at the center of the nebula.

It wasn't the light of stars, but a more rhythmic, heart-beat-like pulse—

Light, darkness, light, darkness...

With each pulse, a pale golden ripple emanates from the center, sweeps across their bodies, and spreads into the endless void.

Beneath their feet was a corridor formed from starlight. It was translucent, and ripples spread when you stepped on it. Looking down, you could see the stars slowly rotating in the abyss below.

The corridor stretched forward, plunging straight into the nebula like a golden thread connecting the two worlds.

"This is..." Yan Shuang murmured, her voice filled with awe, "This is the power of God."

Lin Yu did not speak.

He simply gazed at the nebula, feeling the heart-pounding pulse emanating from its depths.

He strode forward along the corridor.

Yan Shuang quickly followed.

The moment they passed through the pale golden light surrounding the nebula, both of them felt a strange energy wash over their bodies.

This is not an attack, but... a scan.

Like an invisible eye, it sees from the top of their heads to the bottom of their feet, from their skin to their souls.

Yan Shuang's body stiffened slightly. She felt that all her secrets were exposed in the face of that energy.

Lin Yu also sensed it.

But he did not resist; he simply let the energy sweep over him calmly.

Then, the light faded.

They appeared in a completely different space.

A dazzling and magnificent starry sky.

Beneath your feet is a transparent energy ground that ripples when you step on it, and with each step, golden light waves spread outwards.

Above us stretched an endless galaxy, with countless stars twinkling, some so close they seemed within reach.

In the distance, enormous celestial bodies were slowly rotating—not planets, but some kind of translucent, luminous crystalline structure, like palaces suspended in the universe, or the skeletons of some kind of behemoth.

Faint golden specks floated in the air, like fireflies. If you reached out to touch them, they would slip through your fingers, leaving a warm sensation.

Very beautiful.

It's unrealistically beautiful.

Lin Yu remained vigilant.

Because he sensed an invisible pressure permeating this space.

The pressure didn't come from any one direction, but from all directions at the same time, as if the entire starry sky was watching you, scrutinizing you, and judging whether you were qualified to stand here.

That is the power of "Dominion".

The residual divine power from a fallen god.

Yan Shuang's face had turned somewhat pale.

She took a deep breath, raised her hand, and drew a series of light screens in the air, displaying the relevant information she had collected to Lin Yu.

【Starry Realm: God of Domination】

[This secret realm was formed from the remnants of divine power of a fallen "Sovereign God." He was once the ruler who wielded the law of "Control," with all races submitting and all realms bowing in submission. After his death, his divine power transformed into this starry sky, awaiting a destined inheritor to carry on his legacy.]

[Secret Realm Mechanism 1: Overbearing Pressure. Entrants will be oppressed by the remnants of a divine will, reducing all attributes by 30%. Those with weak wills may be directly rendered unable to fight. The intensity of the pressure increases with the depth of entry.]

[Secret Realm Mechanism Two: Law Disorder. Within the secret realm, the effects of all "rule"-based skills will be weakened by 50%. Skills such as Time Stop, Causal Manipulation, and Fate Manipulation are most severely affected.]

[Secret Realm Mechanism 3: Divine Power Erosion. Every 10 minutes spent within the secret realm will accumulate one layer of "Divine Power Erosion," reducing all attributes by 5%. A maximum of 10 layers can be stacked. The effect disappears upon leaving the secret realm.]

[Secret Realm Mechanism Four: Trial of Control. A divine avatar guards the deepest part of the secret realm. Only by defeating Him can you obtain the final reward. The avatar's strength is dynamically adjusted based on the entrant's strength, with a minimum level of 120.]

After reading this, Yan Shuang's face turned even paler.

"All attributes reduced by 30%?"

"Is the effect of rule-based skills halved?"

"And its attributes drop every ten minutes?"

"All of these combined, could it drop to a maximum of 80%?"

"How do we fight this?"

She looked at Lin Yu, only to find that he wasn't looking at the screen.

He gazed at the distant crystalline celestial bodies with a calm expression, as if these mechanisms were as simple as a child's game to him.

After a few seconds of silence, he smiled slightly and uttered two words: "Interesting."

Yan Shuang was stunned for a moment.

interesting?

What's so interesting about this?

This is going to be fatal!

But Lin Yu had already taken a step forward.

The terrain in the secret realm is more complex than I imagined.

Those translucent crystalline celestial bodies are not just for show—they are connected together, forming suspended channels.

The passageways vary in width; some are wide enough for three people to walk side by side, while others are only wide enough for one person to pass through.

On either side was endless void; if you fell, you wouldn't know where you would land.

There are also quite a few Warcraft games.

The first to appear was the "Star Bat".

They swoop down from the starry sky overhead, with a wingspan of three meters, and are translucent, revealing the energy flowing within them.

Their eyes are two tiny specks of light, without pupils, staring straight at the intruder.

There are many of them, at least hundreds.

The level isn't high, around level 80.

However, they are numerous, fast, and can glide silently in the void, making it difficult to track their movements.

Lin Yu did not let Yan Shuang take action.

He raised his hand, and a light blue light appeared in his palm—Lin Hui's "Creative Power".

In the void, ten floating cannons appeared out of thin air and formed a matrix in mid-air.

The cannon muzzle lit up, and beams of light poured down like rain.

The Star Spirit Bats let out sharp screechs as they were pierced by the beam of light one after another, turning into specks of light and disappearing.

The whole process took less than thirty seconds.

Yan Shuang watched from the side, silently putting away the weapon she had just drawn.

She felt that her main role in coming along was to shout "666".

The second batch of monsters was the "Crystal Armor Beast".

When they lie motionless on the passageway, they look like ordinary crystals.

But as you get closer, they suddenly "come alive"—their bodies peel away from the crystals, revealing large mouths filled with sharp teeth underneath.

They are around level 95, not many in number, but have very strong defense. The beams from the floating cannons can only leave shallow scorch marks on them.

Lin Yu changed her skills.

Lin Ya channeled her "Destructive Power" into her right hand and unleashed a punch.

A burst of red light erupted, and the crystal-armored beast was blasted into pieces before it could even scream.

The fragments drifted in the air like a golden rain.

The third batch, the fourth batch, the fifth batch...

Lin Yu advanced as if walking in his own backyard. Those magical beasts that gave ordinary teams headaches were nothing more than a matter of unleashing a few more skills against him.

The real challenge lies in those "mechanisms".

The domineering aura is ever-present.

Lin Yu could feel that invisible pressure, like a hand, pressing on his shoulder and on his head, trying to make him bend over, bow his head, and submit.

On his attribute panel, the numbers were visibly dropping—strength, agility, constitution, spirit, and magic power, each of which shrank by nearly a third.

When he used Lin Xue's "Absolute Protection", his shield value was significantly lower than usual.

The trouble caused by the disorder of the rules is even greater.

Lin Duo's "Causal Disorder" and "Time Stealing" are his commonly used control skills.

However, in the secret realm, the effects of these two skills are greatly reduced - the trigger probability of "Causal Disorder" drops from 100% to about 50%, and the control time of "Time Steal" is reduced from 8 seconds to 4 seconds.

Once, he cast Time Steal on three Starbats, but only one was immobilized, while the other two charged at him as usual.

Divine power erosion is like a slow, insidious process.

Every ten minutes, he could feel that golden energy seeping into his body, like something crawling in his blood vessels, cool and uncomfortable.

On the attribute panel, the 5% debuff will pop up precisely when the time is up.

Fortunately, Lin Qing's skill "Netherworld Blessing" can dispel this status.

Each time he stacked two or three layers, he would stop and wash his body with dark green light to expel the golden energy.

Yan Shuang followed behind, completely bewildered as to "Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?"

Two hours later, they arrived at the deepest part of the secret realm.

It was a huge star platform.

The Star Platform is made of translucent golden crystals, with complex runes flowing across its surface. Each rune moves slowly, as if it were alive.

All around was an endless starry sky, with countless stars swirling overhead. Some stars would suddenly brighten and then dim, as if they were breathing with life.

In the center of the star platform stood a phantom figure.

It is seven or eight meters tall and has a human-like shape, but no specific facial features—no eyebrows, no nose, no mouth, only a smooth, pale golden "face".

Its entire body is formed from condensed light, like a body woven from starlight. It is translucent, and you can see countless tiny points of light flowing inside.

Around Him, countless tiny points of light spun, each radiating a heart-pounding energy fluctuation.

He stood there, motionless, like a statue.

But the moment Lin Yu stepped into the Star Platform, He "came back to life".

Two beams of light shone from the phantom's face—those were its eyes.

Golden, deep, devoid of any emotion. That gaze fell upon Lin Yu, like two invisible knives, slicing him open from head to toe.

He looked at Lin Yu and spoke.

The voice had no gender, no emotion; it seemed to come from all directions simultaneously, or as if it were ringing directly in my mind.

"Mortal, you have arrived."

There was no doubt in the voice; it was as if it were stating a fact that had been known for a long time.

Lin Yu looked up at Him without backing away: "Who are you?"

The phantom remained silent for a second. In that second, the surrounding starry sky seemed to dim.

"I was once the supreme god who wielded the law of 'control.' All races submitted, and all realms bowed down." His voice was as calm as stating a fact. "Now, I have fallen. This body is merely a phantom formed from the remnants of divine power, not even one ten-thousandth the power of my original self."

He looked down at Lin Yu, and something seemed to be shimmering in his golden eyes—not emotion, but something deeper, something that even the gods themselves could not fully comprehend.

"But my laws remain." He raised his hand, palm up, a miniature nebula slowly rotating in his palm. "If you wish to pass through this place, you must prove that you are worthy of the power of 'control'."

Lin Yu clenched her fist: "How can you prove it?"

The phantom did not answer.

He simply raised his hand and gently clenched it towards the void.

The surrounding starry sky changed instantly.

The rotating stars, the floating specks of light, and the flowing nebulae all stopped rotating.

Then, countless starlight converged from all directions, condensing into a giant battle halberd in the phantom's hand.

The halberd was entirely golden, with intricate runes flowing along its blade, and each swing brought forth a shower of starlight.

The moment He grasped the halberd, the entire star platform trembled, and fine cracks appeared on the surface of those golden crystals.

The phantom took a step forward.

His speed was astonishing; his seven- or eight-meter-tall body transformed into a golden afterimage, his halberd piercing straight at Lin Yu!

Lin Yu did not dodge.

He raised his hand, and Lin Xue's "Absolute Protection" instantly unfolded, a golden light shield blocking his way.

"boom!"

The halberd pierced the light shield, exploding into a sky full of golden light.

Lin Yu's body was pushed back half a step, and the crystal ground beneath her feet cracked with spiderweb-like patterns.

A tiny crack appeared on the light shield.

He took the blow head-on and stepped back.

This was the first time he had been defeated head-on since entering the Starfield Battlefield.

The phantom did not stop.

The halberd was retracted, then swept horizontally, creating a golden arc of light that seemed to slice through the entire space!

Lin Yu once again chose to withstand the attack head-on, his light shield meeting the arc of light.

"boom!"

Another step back.

The cracks on the light shield had increased, making it look like a piece of glass about to shatter.

Two attacks reduced the shield value by almost a third.

The phantom image sheathed its halberd, and its golden eyes gazed at Lin Yu, its voice remaining calm: "This is my first form. I will test your foundation with pure power and speed."

"How many moves can you withstand?"

Yan Shuang felt a chill run down her spine watching from behind.

She instinctively gripped her weapon tighter, but she knew that rushing forward would be suicide.

"This is only the first form? And it's already making Lin Yu retreat step by step?" she murmured.

Lin Yu remained calm.

He steadied himself, took a deep breath, and raised his hand. Lin Ya's "Firepower Covert"—activated!

The phantom of a turret fortress appeared behind him, and dozens of giant cannons simultaneously turned their direction.

The next second, dozens of shells poured out, trailing long plumes of flame, and blasted towards the phantom!

The phantom did not dodge.

He didn't even raise his halberd to block; he just stood there, letting the shells hit him.

The explosion was deafening, and flames engulfed it.

But when the smoke cleared, the phantom remained standing in the same spot.

His body was blasted open with some gaps, and golden light could be seen surging from the gaps—then, the gaps healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, returning to their original state in a few seconds.

He looked down at the wounds on his body, then looked up at Lin Yu: "Mortal, your attacks are ineffective against me. Unless you can reach the level of the laws, no matter how many attacks you launch, they are just tickling."

Lin Yu squinted.

"Not working? Then try this."

He raised his hand, and Lin Shan's "Chaotic Power" was activated!

Golden chaotic energy surged from his palm, condensing in the air into a massive golden sword.

Chaotic patterns flowed across the greatsword, and each swing created ripples in space.

He gripped the sword hilt, took a step forward, and slashed the giant sword at the phantom!

The phantom image raised its halberd to block.

"boom!"

The clash of sword and halberd created a shockwave that lifted a layer of crystals from the star platform.

The phantom swayed and took half a step back.

He looked down at his hand—the hand that held the halberd—and saw several small cracks.

For the first time, a flicker of emotion appeared in those golden eyes.

It wasn't anger, it wasn't fear, but... interest.

"To be able to wield the power of chaos... no wonder." His voice seemed to have gained a touch of warmth. "Then let me show you what a true 'ruler' is."

He raised his other hand.

The surrounding starlight converged once more, coalescing into a massive shield in His hand.

The shield is entirely golden, with intricate runes flowing across its surface, each rune slowly rotating.

A halberd and a shield, combining offense and defense.

He charged again!

This time, the offensive was even more intense than before.

The halberd thrusts, sweeps, chops, and parries; the shield blocks, smashes, pushes, and rams—the two weapons work together seamlessly.

Lin Yu wielded a golden giant sword to fight back. The sword clashed with the halberd, and each time it exploded into a sky full of golden light.

The shield blocked the turret fortress's follow-up artillery fire, blocked the golden greatsword's slash, and even blocked the "Stealing Luck Domain" he was trying to unleash.

The two fought fiercely on the star platform, their speed leaving afterimages.

Golden light and chaotic light intertwined, illuminating the entire starry sky.

Yan Shuang stood at the edge of the star platform, dazzled by the sight.

She could barely keep up with Lin Yu's movements; as for the afterimage, she couldn't see it at all.

All she knew was that with each collision, the Star Platform trembled, and with each swing, golden fragments peeled off the phantom.

But those fragments will soon drift back and reassemble.

Five minutes later, the phantom suddenly withdrew its halberd and retreated.

He stood in the center of the star platform, his light slightly dimmer than before, but still serene.

He looked at Lin Yu, and something was changing in his golden eyes.

"Not bad." There was even a hint of approval in His voice. "You are the first to withstand my first form head-on. The first in millions of years."

His body began to change.

The golden light began to shrink, condense, and deform.

The seven- or eight-meter-tall body shrunk to the size of a normal human—about 1.8 meters, roughly the same as an average person. But the sense of oppression was even stronger.

He stood there, like a frozen star.

It doesn't need to exert pressure or demonstrate power; its mere existence is enough to make people want to kneel in worship.

"This is my second form." His voice remained calm, but each word seemed like a law etched into space. "I will test your adaptability with the power of 'control.' Be careful."

He raised his hand and gently shook it.

Lin Yu's body suddenly froze.

He found that his arm was out of control, his fingers curling up uncontrollably and then straightening up again.

He wanted to take a step, but his legs felt like they were nailed to the ground.

He even tried to turn his head, but his neck wouldn't move.

His body is being controlled by another person.

The illusory voice rang out, emotionless, as if reciting a program: "Control the body. Under my laws, your body is under my control. You can't raise your hand if you want to; you can't put it down if you want to. Every joint, every muscle, every nerve belongs to me."

Lin Yu raised her hand uncontrollably.

The golden greatsword hovered in front of him, its tip pointed at his own chest.

Yan Shuang's expression changed drastically: "He's controlling Lin Yu!"

She instinctively tried to rush forward, but as soon as she took a step, she was pressed down in place by an invisible force and could not move.

The phantom glanced at her: "Mortal, do not disturb."

Then He looked at Lin Yu: "Now, your sword will pierce your own heart. What can you do?"

The sword tip advanced forward, an inch, then two inches.

Lin Yu could feel the chilling killing intent emanating from the tip of the sword, seeping into her skin, muscles, and bone marrow.

But he didn't panic.

He simply closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then opened them.

An invisible wave emanated from the palm of his hand.

Lin Duo's "Cause and Effect Disorder" - activated!

The phantom's body suddenly swayed.

He looked down at his own hand—the hand that held "control"—which was trembling slightly.

The force controlling Lin Yu loosened.

The sword tip stopped an inch in front of Lin Yu's chest.

He looked up at Lin Yu again: "The power of cause and effect... interesting. Is there someone in your group who can steal destiny?"

Lin Yu did not answer.

He took only one step, and the golden giant sword slashed at the phantom once more!

The phantom dodged to the side, raising its other hand: "Control of Space."

Lin Yu's body suddenly appeared ten meters away.

Before he could react, he reappeared twenty meters away.

The space beneath his feet folded, twisted, and leaped, as if he were being tossed around by an invisible hand.

The illusory figure raised its hand again: "Control of Time".

The attack on the turret fortress suddenly stopped.

The shells hung motionless in mid-air, as if the pause button had been pressed.

The golden greatsword also hovered in mid-air, the light flowing on its blade frozen.

The chaotic fluctuations of the skill were frozen the moment they took effect.

Everything on the entire star platform was frozen.

Only the ghostly figure can move.

He walked up to Lin Yu and looked down at him. In those golden eyes, there was no pride, no mockery, only calmness.

"Mortal, before my laws, all your resistance is futile. Time, space, cause and effect, destiny... all things are under my control. Your skills, your power, your will, do not belong to you."

He raised his hand, and the golden giant sword that had been hanging in mid-air changed direction, aiming at Lin Yu's chest once again.

"Now, what else can you do?"

Lin Yu looked at Him, silent for a second. The sword tip stopped an inch in front of his chest. A deathly silence fell over the star platform; even the starlight seemed to cease its flow.

Then he smiled. The smile was faint, but in the frozen space and time, it seemed particularly glaring.

"In vain?"

He raised his hand. The movement was slow, as if moving underwater, but it was indeed moving. The phantom's pupils contracted slightly—His "Control of Time" was still in effect, but this mortal's hand was breaking through the freeze of time.

A deep blue rune appeared in his palm.

The rune was tiny, only the size of a fingernail. But the light it emitted illuminated the entire star platform. Wherever the light passed, frozen time began to flow, folded space began to unfold, and manipulated bodies began to regain their freedom.

[Forbidden Spell: Void Stripping] - Activated!

The runes spread out, enveloping the entire star platform.