Survival in an apartment, starting with a stroke of luck on a plane

Lin Yu had no intention of answering the question.

Seeing that Lin Yu did not answer, Hong Shang was not too curious: "It's better not to say. I originally wanted to give you a chance to cooperate and let you become part of the nourishment with dignity, but unfortunately... you chose the most foolish path."

"Cooperation?" Lin Yu finally spoke, his voice filled with undisguised sarcasm: "Cooperate with a guy who doesn't even dare to show his true face and whose mouth is full of lies?"

Hongshang…or, what should I call you? Story Intruder, or something else? That thing that parasitizes [Lin'an], constantly devouring its essence.”

Upon hearing Lin Yu's words, Hongshang's aura suddenly froze, her bright red wedding dress fluttered without wind, and her pale, bony hands clenched slightly.

"It seems you know more than I thought." Hongshang's voice turned completely cold, devoid of any of its previous calmness.

"But it doesn't matter." Hongshang slowly raised a bone hand: "Since you are unwilling to obediently become nourishment, then we can only... forcibly extract it."

You have something special about you that looks quite delicious, enough to speed up my recovery considerably.

Before she finished speaking, the woman in red robes gently reached out with her skeletal hand!

Om-!

The entire courtyard floor instantly transformed into a thick, churning black swamp.

Countless ghostly hands, formed solely from deathly energy and resentment, stretched wildly from the swamp like overgrown seaweed, reaching out to grab Lin Yu's feet.

Lin Yu snorted coldly, and lightning flashed beneath his feet.

Boom!

A blinding burst of lightning erupted from him; the supremely yang and powerful lightning was the nemesis of these sinister creatures.

The lightning snakes darted about, and the ghostly hands that had been captured emitted a hissing sound the moment they came into contact with the lightning, melting and vaporizing as quickly as ice and snow meeting fire.

However, these ghostly hands seemed endless; as soon as one area was cleared, more would surge out of the swamp.

At the same time, the swamp itself also emitted a powerful suction and mental pollution, attempting to erode Lin Yu's mind.

【Nightmare Guardian】Activates automatically, forming an invisible barrier that isolates mental pollution from the outside.

Using the explosive force of the thunder, Lin Yu soared into the sky, attempting to escape the swamp.

As the red-clad woman formed hand seals, countless strange runes instantly appeared in the void surrounding the courtyard.

These runes writhed as if alive, emitting strange fluctuations.

Beams of green light, like venomous snakes, shot out from the runes and hurtled towards Lin Yu in the air from all directions.

The speed of this light is astonishing.

"Etherealization!"

The kaleidoscope patterns in Lin Yu's eyes spun rapidly!

shhh-

Dense rays of cursed light pierced through his body.

But soon something that left Lin Yu speechless happened: the beams of light actually turned around and came back, while at the same time, even more ghostly hands and beams of light came from Hongshang's side and attacked him.

"Troublesome!" Lin Yu frowned. Hongshang's energy seemed inexhaustible, after all, she was likely connected to the origin of the entire [Lin'an] dream.

That is why it is able to mobilize the energy of this world.

It seems we can't afford to play defensively!

"Ray is coming!"

Lin Yu raised his hands high, and a massive amount of lightning power condensed in the air, transforming into a huge lightning ball with a diameter of more than ten meters. With a destructive aura, it ruthlessly smashed towards Hong Shang next to the altar.

To catch the thief, first catch the king!

Faced with the raging lightning ball, Hongshang neither dodged nor avoided it, but simply raised her other bone hand.

"Return to silence".

She uttered two cold syllables.

When the enormous ball of lightning flew over her head, it seemed to crash into an invisible black hole. The immense lightning energy dimmed and shrank rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, eventually disappearing silently without even causing a ripple.

Seeing this, Lin Yu frowned slightly.

What kind of ability is this?

"Are you surprised?" Hongshang said calmly, "In this world that is about to belong to me, my 'powers' are far beyond what you can imagine."

Your lightning, your fire, even your spatial abilities will be greatly suppressed here.

Her words confirmed Lin Yu's perception. From the start of the battle, he felt that mobilizing the energy of heaven and earth had become extremely difficult, as if the whole world was rejecting him.

Of course, this rejection wasn't particularly obvious, after all, the master of this world wasn't Hongshang yet.

However, Lin Yu wasn't in a particular hurry. He didn't believe that this guy's ability was so unsolvable that it could ignore any of his attacks. If that were the case, it would have already taken action to eliminate him, and there would have been no need to drag it out until now.

Lin Yu's eyes sharpened.

He knew he had to act quickly; the longer it dragged on, the worse it would be for him.

"King's Battle Technique, Activate!"

boom!

The body's energy and blood surged, and strength, physique, and agility began to steadily improve.

At the same time, he mentally communicated with the statue of the True Lord in the Taoist study.

[Leveraging resources].

A majestic and divine power poured in from across the void, instantly boosting Lin Yu's aura.

A faint golden light, capable of dispelling evil, swirled around him, forcing back the surrounding deathly aura and resentment.

"Oh? What kind of power is this?" Hongshang was slightly surprised when she sensed the strange power on Lin Yu, but then she sneered.

"Forget it, no matter what power it is, it can't change your fate."

"Then let's give it a try."

Lin Yu let out a low growl.

Spatial Leap

Swish!

His figure vanished from his spot in an instant, and the next moment, he appeared beside Hong Chang! The Demon-Slaying Sword was drawn with a clang, and the Samadhi True Fire on the blade erupted, transforming into a crimson-gold flame sword aura that tore through the air and slashed straight at Hong Chang's neck.

Hongshang reacted extremely quickly, her bone hand instantly covered with a layer of dark energy. Instead of dodging or avoiding, she directly grabbed at the sword blade burning with Samadhi True Fire.

laugh--!

The sword clashed with the bone hand, producing a piercing, metallic clang.

The Samadhi Fire and the Dark Energy clashed violently, producing a teeth-grinding "sizzling" sound.

Hongshang's skeletal hand actually blocked the sword strike.

However, the Samadhi True Fire was not an ordinary fire. Although Hongshang's energy was immense, it dissipated under the scorching flames, and fine char marks appeared on her bone hand.

"Hmph!" Hongshang grunted, clearly having suffered a minor loss.

Her other bony hand reached out like a ghost, piercing straight into Lin Yu's heart.

Lin Yu's Sharingan detected the opportunity first, and the Demon-Slaying Sword retreated to block, while the Mangekyou Sharingan pattern in his left eye spun wildly.

【Amaterasu】

Black flames silently ignited on the red wedding dress.

However, Hongshang only trembled slightly, and a strange blood-red light appeared on her wedding dress, causing the spread of Amaterasu Black Flame to slow down extremely.

"It's no use!" Hongshang's voice was icy. "Just stay here obediently."

The power in her skeletal hand surged, violently shaking off the Demon-Slaying Sword. Her other hand transformed from a claw into a palm, striking Lin Yu's chest with it.

"The All-Encompassing Cloak!"

With a thought, Lin Yu's Heavenly Cloak shone brightly with crimson light, automatically protecting its master and standing in front of him.

boom!

The palm strike landed on the cloak, producing a dull, loud thud.

Lin Yu felt a tremendous force coming from him, his blood and qi surged, and his body was involuntarily sent flying backward, crashing heavily into the barrier of the courtyard before coming to a stop.

"Cough cough..." Lin Yu felt a sweet taste in his throat and forcefully suppressed the surging blood and qi.

Despite possessing Diamond-level strength, along with King's Battle Technique and borrowing power, he still lost in a direct confrontation.

This woman in red is indeed quite powerful, and what's even more shameless is that she has a geographical advantage in this world.

"but……"

Lin Yu narrowed his eyes slightly. Although this strength was strong enough, it did not reach the level that Lin Yu had imagined. In fact, Lin Yu felt that this guy was a bit too weak.

After all, the opponent is someone who can destroy an entire game world; is it really appropriate for them to only have Diamond-level strength?

"Your strength is far from worthy of the title you previously mentioned, World Devourer."

Lin Yu wiped away non-existent blood from the corner of his mouth, a hint of understanding and disdain flashing in his eyes.

He steadied himself, the attribute boost from the [King's Battle Technique] continued, and the power within his body surged like a rushing river.

By harnessing the divine aura brought by the True Lord and merging it with the Samadhi True Fire, he became like a beacon in this desolate realm.

Upon hearing Lin Yu's words, the deathly aura surrounding Hong Chang surged as if boiling.

"Arrogant!"

She clasped her hands together abruptly, and the blood-red patterns on her wedding dress seemed to come alive, pulsating like blood vessels.

She forcibly extracted the death energy from the entire courtyard—no, the entire area of ​​the government office—and condensed it behind her into a huge, twisted mass of vengeful spirits that kept emitting silent wails.

What's even more interesting is that these wailing, resentful spirits are actually the common people in Lin'an City!

"So this is the source of the overwhelming death aura in this world."

Lin Yu thought to himself.

"A thousand souls devour the heart!"

With a fierce shout, the enormous aggregate of vengeful spirits surged toward Lin Yu like a burst dam.

Lin Yu took a deep breath, and at the same time, his Mangekyou Sharingan spun wildly.

"Susanoo in its complete form!"

Boom!

The immense magical power, mixed with borrowed divine power and the terrifying attributes of the [King's Battle Technique], instantly condensed into a black energy giant that was more solid and larger than ever before.

This Susanoo is clad in ancient armor and holds an enlarged version of the Demon-Slaying Sword in its hand. Samadhi fire and raging lightning intertwine on the blade.

"cut!"

Driven by Lin Yu's will, Susanoo let out a silent roar, and a massive sword aura tore through the sky, fiercely meeting the torrent of vengeful spirits.

*Whoosh—Boom!*

The intensely yang flames and thunder clashed with the overwhelming death energy.

The collision of two extreme forces produced a tremendous explosion.

The energy shockwave spread out in a ring, slamming into the barrier surrounding the courtyard. The invisible barrier cracked under the strain, leaving it covered in spiderweb-like cracks.

The torrent of vengeful spirits was forcibly cleaved in two, and countless vengeful spirits wailed and perished amidst the flames and golden light.

However, the death energy gathered by the red robe was too immense. The torrent that was split open still crashed into Susanoo's body like two giant pythons.

Susanoo trembled violently, and cracks appeared in its armor. Lin Yu let out a muffled groan.

But he still gritted his teeth and persevered. Susanoo suddenly shook its arms, completely dispersing the remaining vengeful spirit energy.

"How is this possible?!" Hongshang finally showed her surprise.

She mobilized so much death energy to launch a deadly attack, yet it was actually withstood by the opponent?!

"It seems your power isn't very obedient," Lin Yu's voice came through Susanoo, tinged with sarcasm.

He had already realized that although Hongshang's power was immense, it seemed somewhat disobedient and not as easy to control as one's own limbs.

Clearly, she has not fully digested the origin of [Lin'an], and therefore cannot yet properly control the power of this world.

"Shut up!" Hongshang was furious and embarrassed. She waved her bone hand repeatedly, and spells rained down on Susanoo.

Lin Yu controlled Susanoo, sometimes parrying with his sword, sometimes withstanding attacks head-on, and at the same time constantly looking for opportunities to counterattack.

The battle reached a stalemate.

Lin Yu barely managed to hold his own thanks to the continuous growth of the [King's Battle Technique] and his various powerful abilities, but the consumption of his mana was extremely high.

If it weren't for consumables like the Moon Spring Capsule and the rapid replenishment of his own healing abilities, his mana would probably have been completely depleted long ago.

In this situation, facing Hongshang, who has almost the entire world's energy as her backing, a prolonged battle would inevitably be disadvantageous.

We must break the deadlock!

Lin Yu's gaze suddenly swept over the altar below, which was still in operation, and the [Authorization VII] token beneath it.

I almost forgot about this thing.

It is the key to Hongshang's ability to maintain this world!

"Transform into a dragon!"

Having figured this out, Lin Yu didn't hesitate and immediately activated the trump card he had been holding back.

boom--!

The immense power of dragon transformation, mixed with Samadhi True Fire and thunder, erupted from Lin Yu's body.

His body instantly swelled and mutated, his skin covered with golden dragon scales, and his limbs transformed into sharp claws.

With the intervention of the True Lord's divine power, the result of this dragon transformation is no longer a monstrous dragon, but a true dragon imbued with divine power.

At the same time, the complete Susanoo did not disappear after he transformed into a dragon. Instead, just like in the anime, its form changed and it became the armor on Lin Yulong's body.

"roar!"

Lin Yu let out a dragon's roar and took the initiative to meet the sky full of tentacles.

The dragon claws swung, wreathed in Samadhi Fire and lightning, tearing and burning the tentacles to shreds! The dragon breath spewed out, and a torrent of dark red flames cleared a large area in front of it.

He braved the attacks of countless tentacles and charged towards Hongshang.

"Like a mantis trying to stop a chariot!"

Hongshang sneered, and suddenly a huge mouth appeared behind her, with a terrifying suction force coming from behind, as if it was about to swallow Lin Yu, who had transformed into a dragon, whole.

Lin Yu's monstrous dragon form froze for a moment, then was sucked in and slowly slid toward the giant mouth.

"roar!"

Lin Yu roared and opened his mouth wide, spitting out a breath of dragon fire directly at Hong Chang.

Hongshang immediately blocked the way, and at the same time, with a wave of her bone hand, countless ghostly hands rushed out from the giant mouth behind her, binding Lin Yu tightly.

Lin Yu's dragon body instantly disintegrated, and he reverted to his human form.

"Is that all you're capable of?"

Hongshang sneered and with a wave of her bone hand, pulled Lin Yu, who was tightly bound by the ghost hand, in front of her.

"wrong!"

But upon seeing Lin Yu in front of her, Hongshang was suddenly stunned.

"Silly Bo-yi."

This "Lin Yu" was looking at it with disdain, making an international friendship gesture with his right hand.

boom!

Just as he finished cursing, "Lin Yu" suddenly exploded with a bang, turning into a cloud of smoke.

"not good!"

Hongshang paused for a second, but quickly recovered and looked down at the altar below.

[Divine Might]!

Beside the altar, the real Lin Yu was in action; the one who had just been captured was merely a shadow clone.

The previous collapse of the dragon's body was just a smokescreen. The moment the dragon collapsed, Lin Yu created a shadow clone to confuse Hong Chang, while he himself used spatial teleportation to arrive at the altar.

hum!

The space above the altar instantly began to violently distort and collapse, forming a visible spatial vortex!

The violently trembling fragment of the Heart of the World, along with the unstable Authority VII token below it, were instantly swept into the center of the vortex by the sudden spatial distortion.

"No!!!" Hongshang let out a heart-wrenching scream.

After that scream, the entire courtyard, and even the entire city of Lin'an, trembled violently.

The leaden-gray clouds in the sky churned wildly, like boiling ink, and visible cracks began to appear on the once-stable boundaries of the dreamscape, spreading like a shattered mirror.

"How dare you—!!!"

Hongshang suddenly turned her head, her eyes, hidden behind the red veil, seemed to spit fire.

She could no longer maintain her composed demeanor. The deathly aura around her erupted like an out-of-control volcano. Her bright red wedding dress fluttered wildly, and on her skeletal hands, dark energy condensed into claws powerful enough to tear through space.

"Give your things back!"

Her figure was like a ghost, instantly covering dozens of meters, her sharp claws aimed straight for Lin Yu's head, her speed so fast that even the space itself was left with faint black scratches.

However, Lin Yu acted even faster!

The moment he obtained the two key items, he had already planned his next move.

Kamui!

Swish!

His figure vanished like a bubble the instant before the red-clad claws touched him.

Hongshang's determined strike landed squarely on empty air, the terrifying energy tearing the ground where Lin Yu had just stood, along with part of the altar, into pieces.

Lin Yu had already appeared in another corner of the courtyard, holding in his hands the two items that had just been forcibly intercepted from the spatial vortex by [Divine Might] and still carried the lingering spatial fluctuations—the [Fragment of the Heart of the World from the Abyss of the Dead] and the [Authorization VII] token that emitted a cold white light.

The fragment of the Heart of the World feels warm and smooth to the touch, as if a faint heartbeat is being transmitted through it, and the chaotic colors inside slowly flow.

The authorization token, however, was cold and icy, its surface runes still shifting.

"You!" Hongshang's attack missed its mark. Looking at the item in Lin Yu's hand, she trembled with rage, and the dense death energy almost condensed into liquid.

"Thank you for the gift."

Without any hesitation, Lin Yu put the two items directly into his storage ring, severing their connection with the outside world.

The moment the access token was retracted—

Om-!

A mournful cry, seemingly emanating from the very foundations of the world, resounded.

The barrier enveloping the courtyard shattered like glass that had lost its support.

Immediately afterwards, the ground beneath my feet began to shake violently, the distant view of Lin'an City began to blur and distort, the edges of buildings spread out like ink paintings soaked in water, the figures of pedestrians became transparent, and the noisy voices turned into distorted noise.

The "sunlight" in the sky quickly dimmed, and the leaden-gray clouds tore apart like rags, revealing a deep, chaotic void filled with spatial cracks.

The dream of the entire "Lin'an City" is collapsing at a visible speed.

"No—! My world! My power!" Hongshang roared in despair and resentment. She could feel that without the authorization token, the key "stitch" and energy transfer station, the already fragile dream could no longer be maintained, and the laws that constituted this world were rapidly collapsing.

Her own aura began to fluctuate violently as the dream collapsed, sometimes strong and sometimes weak. Clearly, she, who was deeply bound to this dream, was suffering a backlash.

"It seems your home-field advantage is gone." Lin Yu felt the disappearance of the spatial constraints around him and the gradual return of the chaotic energy of heaven and earth to "normal," and a cold smile appeared on his lips.

Although this "normal" state is the chaotic disorder of the Black Mist World, it is undoubtedly much better than the feeling of being rejected by the world before.

Take advantage of his illness and kill him!

Without any hesitation, Lin Yu's attribute bonus from the continuous operation of the [King's Battle Technique] had reached a considerable level. Combined with the [Borrowing Strength] state, his aura had now steadily surpassed that of the unstable Hong Chang.

"Thunderfire Sword Qi!"

The Demon-Slaying Sword was raised once more.

Hongshang screamed as she forcefully gathered the dissipating death energy around her, creating thick bone shields and barriers of resentment in front of her.

However, without the stable power supply of the dream's origin, these defenses appeared so pale and powerless in the face of Lin Yu's sword strike.

Sizzle—!

The dark golden sword energy sliced ​​through layers of defense with ease, like a hot knife through butter, and finally struck the red-clad woman's crossed, bone hands.

"Snap!"

There was a heartbreaking sound of bone cracking.

The sword strike actually cleaved deep cracks into the pale white bones of Hongshang's hands.

She was sent flying as if struck by a giant hammer, her bright red wedding dress torn to shreds, the red veil blown away by the sword energy, revealing beneath it... a deep, writhing darkness.

"It really wasn't some vengeful spirit."

Lin Yu's eyes were icy cold. He took a step forward, and his divine power was activated once again. He followed the flying red-clad woman like a shadow, and his Demon-Slaying Sword was aimed straight at her face.

"You forced me to do this!"

The woman in red emitted a shrill, inhuman cry, and the writhing darkness suddenly expanded, like a gaping maw.

"If I can't have it, then let's destroy each other!"

Hongshang suddenly plunged her right hand into her chest.

Lin Yu's expression changed slightly. He could feel that deep within the collapsing dreamscape beneath his feet, a destructive energy was instantly triggered the moment Hong Chang completed her action, like a volcano about to erupt!

This guy actually wants to forcibly detonate [Lin'an], dragging Lin Yu and this fragmented world down with him.

"Tch, that's really extreme."

Lin Yu scoffed, but he wasn't in a hurry. After all, he had the ability to become ethereal with Kamui, and if all else failed, he still had the diamond-level skill Death Resistance.

There's no way we'd die together.

However, at this critical moment—

"Witcher! Bow your head!"

The Voidwalker's voice suddenly exploded in Lin Yu's mind!

Without almost any hesitation, Lin Yu suddenly lowered his head.

The next moment, the space behind him was suddenly torn open with a huge gash, like a curtain being ripped open.

A dazzling purple spear, seemingly composed of countless spatial energies, shot out from the spatial rift at an indescribable speed, as if transcending the boundaries of time and space.