Chapter 886: Chapter 886: Rules Are Nothing to Me!

Ninety-nine steps on the staircase, Lin Mu ascended slowly.

But every step was filled with determination!

Runes gathered at his brow!

The higher he climbed, the more Proud Sons of Heaven from the Qianyuan Empire were shaken off!

These proud ones hadn’t even realized what was happening before they were obliterated by Lin Mu’s endless Divine Skills!

Bang!

Lin Mu set his foot on the final step!

In an instant, the winds and clouds shifted, divine runes surged!

At his brow, runes converged.

The scattered Nine-Star Chain runes began to coalesce!

Boom!

Starlight exploded, the Nine-Star Chains collided and formed a crescent moon!

Then a second crescent!

A third!

A fourth!

Lin Mu absorbed so many fragments of divine runes that they were beyond count!

The eventual crescent moon was dense as starlight!

The glow at his brow still illuminated in all directions, making it impossible to gaze upon!

Lin Mu could feel that once the divine runes formed a crescent, they became even more refined.

Nine stars forming one moon!

When nine moons converge again, he would become a Martial God of the Qianyuan Empire!

But that was just a single Divine Skill!

It was not Lin Mu’s goal!

His aim was endless Divine Skills, to forge a perfect Golden Core!

Burial God Temple!

When Lin Mu stepped into the Burial God Temple, two factions were confronting each other inside!

On one side, there was the Qianyuan Empire, on the other, naturally, the Invincible Palace!

Each individual from the Invincible Palace had a crescent moon at their brow!

And the people of the Qianyuan Empire were robust in their momentum!

Among these people, those with one crescent moon numbered in the tens of thousands!

Those with two crescent moons numbered in the thousands!

Those with three crescent moons numbered in the hundreds!

Those with four crescent moons were in the dozens!

Those with five crescent moons numbered over a dozen!

Those with six crescent moons numbered eight!

Those with seven crescent moons numbered three!

Those with eight crescent moons numbered one!

The longevity of a Martial Saint surpasses even that of the Golden Core Great Ancestor in the Ancient Land Sect, enjoying ten thousand years of life!

These people were the elites of the Qianyuan Empire over millennia!

Every person here bore the infinite hope of the Qianyuan Empire!

Any of them could become future Martial Gods!

As soon as Lin Mu entered the Burial God Temple, everyone from the Invincible Palace immediately paid homage!

"Greetings, Your Excellency!"

Nearly a thousand people saluted in unison, leaving the Martial Saints of the Qianyuan Empire visibly astonished.

"Who exactly are you people? When did the Qianyuan Empire develop an organization like the Invincible Palace?"

Among them, a Saint Warrior of the Sixth Moon stepped forward, his eyes flashing brilliantly, an imposing aura emanating from him.

Lin Mu ignored them, flicking his fingers.

Clang!

A reverberation echoed throughout the Burial God Temple, a series of ripples spread from Lin Mu’s fingertip.

"Oh? It turns out, we’re limited by the rules here, unable to use power to kill!"

Tens of thousands of Martial Saints—such an event is unimaginable, even for the Qianyuan Empire.

If these people acted together, the Invincible Palace members could not hold out until Lin Mu arrived.

The rules here protected everyone.

"So the Qianyuan Empire is indeed a Demon Country!"

Lin Mu stood with his hands behind his back, looking towards the Martial Saints of the Qianyuan Empire, showing a look of pity.

"How dare you slander the Empire! Are you barbarians from another world?"

The Martial Saint who just spoke frowned slightly, his look towards Lin Mu and the Invincible Palace members bore a hint of murderous intent.

"Slander?"

Lin Mu smirked, "There are hundreds of counties in the Five Domains of Qianyuan, nearly ten thousand main cities, but only a limited number of Martial Saints can live; you are sent into the Burial God Ground, beautifully called the pursuit of the Martial God’s path, but it’s essentially just like raising venomous creatures!"

Lin Mu’s words pierced the hearts of the Martial Saints from the Qianyuan Empire like a blade!

Especially those Martial Saints who came from smaller tribes, their faces changed color!

They had already vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

In recent years, more and more strongmen from smaller tribes were being sent to the Burial God Ground.

Thousands of years ago, only non-Martial Saints could enter the Burial God Ground, but now even the Ten-Thousand-Man General from a small tribe could enter!

Raising venomous creatures!

The Empire was weakening the strength of smaller tribes, also raising venomous creatures!

At this point, one of the three Martial Saints of the Seventh Moon stepped forward, saying coldly: "Words are pointless, you barbarians from another world, all deserve to die! Once the protection of the Burial God Temple expires, it will be your end!"

Other Martial Saints remained silent, their gazes towards the Invincible Palace side filled with a chilling coldness!

Lin Mu was in no rush.

He was waiting, waiting for the way to acquire divine runes from the Burial God Temple!

The Burial God Temple seemed vast and boundless, like another world!

Everyone sat cross-legged, seemingly waiting for something!

A Sky Monument descended from the heavens!

[Nine Divine Questions, the first question]

There was only one sentence on the Sky Monument!

Radiance flickered from the Sky Monument, and a mirage appeared in the void.

In the phantom, there was a man, gazing skyward, drinking wine and singing, free and unrestrained.

Suddenly, the man raised his hand, wielded a sword, and sliced through the void, as if a gateway opened in the sky.

The next moment, Divine Punishment descended, and the drunken sword-wielding man turned to ash under it!

The mirage dissipated!

The Sky Monument vanished!

Almost everyone closed their eyes, as if they were comprehending something.

"So it’s like that!"

Lin Mu grasped the essence, stepping forward, his hand clenching heavily!

Bang!

The just vanished mirage appeared again!

"Impossible! How could someone comprehend the Nine Divine Questions so quickly!"

Martial Saints from the Qianyuan Empire were all shocked!

Based on their experience, the Nine Divine Questions are heavenly mysteries, comprehending them once requires decades, if not centuries of time!

Without sufficient talent, one could neither comprehend for thousands nor die old within the Burial God Temple!

Now, someone instantaneously comprehended, causing the mirage to reappear!

Such enlightenment as this was unparalleled even by the Divine Children!

Although the mirage reappeared, Lin Mu did not wait for the Burial God Temple to grant rewards, but instead exerted his fingers!

Crack!

The mirage in the void was crushed in Lin Mu’s hand!

With the shattering of the mirage, a crescent moon appeared on Lin Mu’s brow!

Martial Saints from the Qianyuan Empire were dumbfounded!

It wasn’t over yet; as the mirage shattered, a humming sound resonated in the ears of everyone in the Burial God Temple.

"Die!"

Almost at the same time the hum sounded, hundreds of Martial Saints seemed unshackled by the limitations of the Burial God Temple, simultaneously attacking Lin Mu!

Among them, the strongest had a shocking five full moons at his brow!

Hundreds of Martial Saints, and hundreds of Divine Skills, what a force!

If this were outside, even a Martial God would shy away!

But at that moment, they faced Lin Mu!

Lin Mu, who comprehends a myriad ways through one mastery!

Boom!

A seven-colored radiance exploded around Lin Mu, Divine Skills shot forth breaking the void!

The overwhelming radiance of Divine Skills enveloped the hundreds of Martial Saints from the Qianyuan Empire in an instant.

"How is this possible! How could one possess so many Divine Skills alone?"

"He broke the rules of the Burial God Temple?!"

Bang bang bang bang!

Like meteors hitting the ground!

Divine Skills rained down on those Martial Saints.

They had no power to retaliate!

To him, the rules were nonexistent!

Regardless of whether it was March, April, or even May moons, under thousands of Divine Skills, they all turned to dust!

When the light faded, not even a trace of blood remained on the ground!

It was as if everyone had been erased from existence!

All the Martial Saints from the Qianyuan Empire, including the one with eight full moons about to reach the Martial God realm and become the eighth Martial God of the Qianyuan Empire.

At that moment, they were entirely chilled, trembling all over!

This was no mere man; it was divine, a demon, a heavenly being incarnate!

"Again!"

Lin Mu extended his hand, and the Sky Monument descended once more!

Bang!

This time, without even the mirage appearing, the Sky Monument was directly shattered by Lin Mu!

Yet again, hundreds of Martial Saints were released from constraints!

But this time, they no longer bore the excitement of those Martial Saints who fought earlier, only an overwhelming sense of despair!