At this moment.
Not far from Lin Yu.
Shui Qianchou and the other seven were at the end of their ropes.
Shui Qianchou was the strongest, and his ancestor was a child of God, possessing a part of divine bloodline in his body, thus his soul power was naturally stronger than ordinary people.
But under the siege of countless strange creatures, he was also on the verge of exhaustion.
The others fared even worse. Ye Ling'er, the only female in the group, was pale, her clothes disheveled, and she looked so haggard that her eyes began to roll back.
Xiao Qianyuan cried out in pain, "I don't want to die! I don't want to die! Kill, kill, kill!!!"
This guy was going crazy.
They were struggling so hard against the strange creatures, while Lin Yu was so at ease. This made everyone filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred.
How could he, a mere internet celebrity, be stronger than them, the geniuses?
They were on the verge of death, so how could Lin Yu be so fine?
"Ah! Save me!"
A genius screamed mournfully. The others were struggling to save themselves, how could they have the heart to save anyone?
Instantly, this genius was invaded by countless strange creatures into his mind, and his soul was directly devoured and died.
The mournful screams were chilling.
They were terrified, and could no longer maintain their composure, crying out for help one after another.
Since they were all begging for help, Lin Yu, being a gentleman with a compassionate heart, could not bear to see them perish. Thus, he sent Lin Fan to rescue them.
However, Lin Fan seemed to have misunderstood Lin Yu's intentions.
He clasped his hands together, chanted something, and a light of salvation enveloped an area of several meters around him. All approaching strange creatures were purified and dissipated.
As he approached them, the strange creatures surrounding them began to emit black smoke, reverting to their original forms, and then dissolving into light.
Under the purifying light, Shui Qianchou and the others gradually calmed down, like converted believers, devoid of joy or sorrow.
"Thank you for saving us. We will repay you doubly once we are out!"
Lin Fan nodded and said, "Everything depends on yourselves. My power cannot be maintained indefinitely, so follow me. I will lead you out!"
"Thank you!" everyone said gratefully, with surprised expressions.
They thought Lin Fan was going to lead them out of the secret realm. Little did they know that Lin Fan, this cunning fellow, directly led them to the outskirts of the imperial palace and then turned back.
"Fuck!"
At this moment, countless curses raged in the hearts of the six, wishing they could curse Lin Fan and all his ancestors.
They looked up at the sky, where dark clouds gathered, and rain poured down.
They looked around. Strange creatures filled the sky, a night of a hundred ghosts, and the corpses of pedestrians whose souls had been devoured lay in the rain, as if moaning helplessly.
This scene amplified the atmosphere of death to its extreme, increasing their mental pressure.
"What should we do?" someone gritted their teeth and asked.
Shui Qianchou looked at Lin Fan's retreating back and said,
"We must leave the city. There are too many strange creatures in Yundu. We can only leave here and go to the towns below the mountain, or find towns with Soul Suppressing Tablets. Otherwise, we will surely die!"
"They're doing this on purpose. They could have sent us to the exit of the secret realm."
"Stop complaining. Perhaps their strength is truly insufficient. After all, it's not just us who need to hold on until dawn; they do too."
"Hmph, I just feel bad. Why didn't they send us out?"
"I've never been so wronged before."
"When I get out, I will definitely get revenge!"
"Lin Yu and Lin Fan, the two brothers, I have plenty of ways to kill them once I get out!"
While complaining and fighting against the strange creatures, they grumbled and left.
After they left, Lin Fan emerged.
Looking at their receding backs, he cursed, "You dare to curse me? You're finished! I wasn't planning to act, but now I'll nip the danger in the bud!"
After cursing, he quietly followed them.
As he followed, he also attracted strange creatures to follow him. Soon, a group of strange creatures was trailing behind him.
Shui Qianchou and the others finally exited Yundu. Looking at Yundu shrouded by countless strange creatures, they secretly rejoiced.
If they hadn't escaped, they would have surely died!
After leaving Yundu, they quickly descended the mountain. The number of strange creatures decreased significantly along the way, and they could barely cope, seeing a glimmer of hope.
Suddenly, they stopped.
Because in front of them, at some unknown time, appeared an endless expanse of strange creatures.
This was a cloud of strange creatures formed by tens of thousands of them gathered together, stretching as far as the eye could see.
At this moment, they roared and charged towards Shui Qianchou and the others.
"No way! We just escaped a tiger's den and walked into a lion's mouth?"
"Less nonsense, run!"
"Everyone, split up and escape!"
"Jump off the mountain, or we'll surely die."
Lin Fan stood in the shadows, watching all this with great interest.
When he saw some of them die at the hands of the strange creatures, and others jumping down, finally escaping the strange creatures, and was overjoyed.
Suddenly, Lin Fan moved.
A pitch-black sword light flashed past their heads, and then their souls were split in two, and they perished.
Shui Qianchou roared, "Who? Who wants to kill us?"
However, what greeted him were continuous soul-slashing techniques. Despite the support of divine blood, he finally could not hold on.
Lin Fan cast his soul-slashing technique again, killing Shui Qianchou.
Suddenly, a series of water-blue lights bloomed from Shui Qianchou's mind, and then the lights drilled into Lin Fan's mind at an extremely fast speed.
"This is..."
Lin Fan searched the knowledge in his mind, and a word appeared in his mind.
"Divine Vein Imprint!"
The Divine Vein Imprint was a secret technique that only deities could perform. Its purpose was simple: to imprint a mark in their bloodline. Once a descendant died, the imprint would be activated.
Once activated, the Divine Vein Imprint would drill into the soul of the killer.
The Divine Vein Imprint had no offensive power, but it could make the killer nowhere to hide.
At this moment, Lin Fan had been branded by the Divine Vein Imprint.
Lin Fan could feel something strange in his soul but could not find the location of the Divine Vein Imprint.
"It's been so many years, and there's still a Divine Vein Imprint. As expected of a deity, truly monstrous!"
"I need to find a way to remove the Divine Vein Imprint. Otherwise, once I leave the secret realm, their family will know that I killed Shui Qianchou."
"Although I'm not afraid, and at worst I'll be killed and can revive under a new name a few days later, but what if they take their anger out on my main body, that would be troublesome."
"Forget it, I'll commit suicide!"
Saying that, he condensed a sharp blade in his hand and slowly moved it towards his neck.
At the same time.
Blue Star.
Water God City.
This was a large city near Donghai City.
This large city did not have a large population, but its buildings were tall. It was nominally under the jurisdiction of the Cabinet, but internally it was self-governing.
And there was no city lord; the entire city was ruled by the Shui family.
Although the Cabinet had some grievances, they did not interfere.
The reason was simple: they were a divine descendant family.
There were many such families in the entire human settlement.
They had a certain degree of autonomy, partly because their families were powerful, and partly because they could provide the Cabinet with a continuous stream of high-end combat power.
With these two roles, the divine descendant families became hidden families among humans, existing on a higher plane.
They were usually low-key, and even ordinary people didn't know of their existence, but among the higher echelons, they were renowned.
At this moment, in the ancestral hall of the Shui family.
Suddenly, a memorial tablet broke into two pieces.
The commotion immediately alerted the guards.
He quickly went to check, and upon seeing the broken memorial tablet, he turned pale with shock and rushed to the family head's room with the tablet.
"Family Head, something bad has happened, something bad has happened!"
"What's all the commotion? What kind of behavior is this!"
"Young Master... Young Master's soul tablet is broken..."
"What... what did you say..."
"Young Master... is likely dead..."
"Impossible! Who could kill Qianchou with his strength? There must be a mistake!"
"But this can't be wrong, Family Head, please accept my condolences."
"How could he be so careless? I'm in pain!"
"Master, the young master went to the secret realm. Only geniuses among the alien beasts could kill him. It's very likely an alien beast killed him!"
"Good! I didn't go to support the front lines, and these alien beasts killed my son. I hate this!"
"Master, our divine descendants have died. Those with the Divine Vein Imprint, as long as they leave the secret realm, we will be able to find the killer and avenge the young master."
"Accompany me to the front lines to avenge Qianchou!"