The army of Dark Warriors descended to Jin Lin World, taking advantage of the golden opportunity presented by Liang Ruxin attacking Qi with his entire kingdom's troops, giving the divine servants the best chance to grow by killing enemies.
The invading force descended upon the frontlines of the battlefield between the two armies. The two thousand Dark Warriors headed straight for the Qi army from the moment they descended.
Of course, neither did the Dark Warriors avoid any Zhao troops who just happened to be in the way, killing them almost in passing—in any case, killing any soldier here would increase their strength.
"Are you guys planning to kill everyone here?" Liang Ruxin asked as he helplessly watched his subordinates being slaughtered, barely keeping his expression calm.
Shana flung her blonde hair and gave a charming smile. "If by 'here' you mean this Divine Kingdom, then... yes."
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In Jin Lin World, despite the chaotic situation of four states vying for supremacy, the people of the four kingdoms had all heard of a legend.
It was said that at the center of the continent existed a sacred mountain where immortals lived, and if one could be accepted as an immortal's disciple, they would have the chance to also gain immortality in the future.
Some people questioned the authenticity of the immortals, but even more people believed it without a doubt, because the monarchs of the four states would also periodically send people to the sacred mountain to make offerings to the immortals.
For an intruder like Gu Nan, the sacred mountain represented something all too obvious—it must be the residence of the Star Ruler, Jin Lin.
The name Jin Lin World came from the fact that six hundred years ago, Jin Lin took control of this world and named his astral world after himself.
Actually, many Star Rulers did this, and in fact, this practice was more conducive to establishing a branding effect that would better attract Void Cutters from other planes to work under them.
The "profession" of Star Rulers was indeed somewhat similar to that of the lord of a territory. Not only did they need to develop their own "territory," but they also had to find ways to recruit outside talents.
In reality, Void Cutters were the most important talents working under most Star Rulers.
It was to the extent where even the strength of an astral world was measured—to a large extent—by the number of Void Cutters stationed in it.
For example, Qiao Deyu's Gale World was only a recently-established astral world, so only one to two Void Cutters who were already his friends pledged their loyalty to him.
Even if other Void Cutters went there, they still wouldn't use Gale World as their main base.
In contrast, Jin Lin World was a little better. The Star Ruler, Jin Lin, had already managed this world for hundreds of years. Not only did he recruit Void Cutter subordinates from outside, even some of the astral world's more powerful inhabitants broke through to Void Cutter Realm.
For example, Jin Lin sent four Void Cutters in one fell swoop to halt the war between Zhao and Qi, which wasn't an insignificant portion of the fighting force for small astral worlds.
But the result clearly wasn't good at all.
Jin Lin stood in the hall with a livid expression, glaring at the white-robed figure standing calmly before him, his gaze cold enough to freeze someone.
"Gu Nan?" Jin Lin wasn't an isolationist and was well aware of what transpired in the Myriad Heavens Universe recently, so he recognized Gu Nan's face at a glance.
"There's no enmity between us, so why are you attacking my Jin Lin World?" Jin Lin asked in a heavy voice as he fixed his stare on Gu Nan's face.
Gu Nan also had no intention of hiding his identity. He simply looked at this Star Ruler with a wordless smile, yet his attack didn't slow down at all.
A lightning-fast fist arrived directly in front of Jin Lin, almost making space itself cave in.
Normally, if Jin Lin had encountered this punch, he might really have fallen victim to this sneak attack and been heavily injured, but he was currently inside his own astral world.
The instant Gu Nan swung his fist, Jin Lin had already seen through the attack's trajectory, and a golden wall appeared out of thin air in front of him.
Gu Nan's fist smashed into the wall, causing a terrifying crash. Outsiders even thought that a landslide had occurred on the sacred mountain.
The two in the hall stood across from each other. Gu Nan pulled back his hand and shook it slightly, revealing an odd smile. "Being buffed by an astral world really is an advantage."
With the characteristics of Gu Nan's Evil God physique, winning against even a Tier 7 Star Ruler outside might not be out of the question.
But in Jin Lin's own astral world, Gu Nan had no chance of winning against a Tier 6 Star Ruler like Jin Lin. At best, all he could do was maintain the current status quo.
Jin Lin sneered as the golden light in front of him turned into several sharp arrows that flew straight at Gu Nan.
His law was the law of gold. When entering Star Ruler Realm, he added supplementary laws such as "sharpness" and "piercing," perfecting impalement attacks.
Therefore, Jin Lin's laws could be described with four words—able to pierce anything.
And with the support of his astral world, Jin Lin's power was strengthened by another level. Golden arrows holding unstoppable power pierced straight into Gu Nan's chest.
And then… There was no "and then," because Gu Nan stood before Jin Lin like nothing had happened.
"You…" Jin Lin watched as Gu Nan patted his chest, the bloody holes disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye as if they never even existed in the first place.
While "able to pierce anything" was certainly very powerful, it first had to break through the opponent's defense.
Jin Lin's expression changed slightly as he received more and more warnings from his astral world. Not only were his inhabitants slaughtered by a mysterious army, but even his sacred mountain was being invaded by a group of Void Cutters.
He couldn't afford to be locked in battle with Gu Nan any longer and wanted to leave immediately, his figure flickering, but Gu Nan's fist descended right at this moment.
The buff the astral world provided for the Star Ruler was mainly reflected in laws, boosting the Star Ruler's law straight up by one to two tiers, but there was little buff for the Star Ruler themselves.
Players had a unique advantage in this regard, because the existence of the Evil God physique allowed them to directly destroy the enemy's physical body.
It was easy to fight laws with laws, but to fight a physical body with nothing but laws, one must first go through the "solidification" step, so the attack power was instantly reduced.
With no other alternative, Jin Lin was forced to stop his attempts to create a spatial passage and prioritize the organization of defensive measures to block Gu Nan's attacks.
But Gu Nan's attacks were continuous and never seemed to let up, forcing Jin Lin to repeatedly take a defensive stance, unable to free himself to do anything else.
At this moment, Jin Lin finally understood Gu Nan's purpose—he never had any intention of defeating Jin Lin; Gu Nan just wanted to stall him.
His opponent had more powerful subordinates, so as long as Jin Lin was tied up fighting Gu Nan, the other party would be free to slaughter everyone in Jin Lin World, no matter the cost.
And as the powerful cultivators in Jin Lin World continued dying off while some Void Cutters even fled without a fight, the power his astral world provided to Jin Lin would weaken even further.
This would continue until a certain critical point when Gu Nan's power would be enough to suppress him.
Jin Lin realized all this, but he couldn't do anything in the face of Gu Nan's combination punches.
Despite having a lifespan of nearly ten thousand years, this was the first time Jin Lin ever faced an invasion of his astral world ever since he took control of Jin Lin World, so he was completely inexperienced in this area.
Even more unfortunate was the fact that the first opponent he faced under such circumstances had to be a terrifying existence like Gu Nan.