Chapter 417: The Dissolution Art

Lin Feng looked up, hoping that the heavens would send divine power to save him.
Yet, instead of the power of the cosmic rules, a fierce attack came out of nowhere.
Bang!
Even under the protection of an elite defensive artifact, Lin Feng was stunned by this strike and plummeted downward.
Below was that terrifying, monstrous giant heart—clearly a super-dangerous entity. How could Lin Feng dare fall into its grasp? He roared and tried his best to stabilize himself.
Bang!
Another heavy strike came from above. Even the air currents beneath that purple aura began to disintegrate. Despite its protection, Lin Feng was still severely shaken. His chest tightened, and he spat out black blood.
His injuries worsened even further.
“Where did these attacks come from?”
In that moment, horrified, Lin Feng realized through his spiritual senses that the mysterious woman with immortal energy had disappeared. Those two attacks must have been her doing!
Indeed, using great teleportation and invisibility skills, Fei Yun had launched two covert attacks, not only worsening Lin Feng’s injuries but also throwing him hundreds of feet high, where those red blood vessels could reach him.
Huh! Huh!
Two thick blood vessels wrapped around him, while the silver chains in Lin Feng’s hands remained unrecoverable. An invisible attacker also struck repeatedly from above. Trapped in despair, he cried out to the heavens, “Save me!”
It seemed his plea was answered. Suddenly, a loud roar echoed through the cave. Some immense force, unknown in origin, pinned Su Che and the others in place, preventing them from moving—even Fei Yun, who was invisible, was no exception.
The punishment of the cosmic rules had finally arrived.
“But it’s not the right time!” Su Che sighed deeply. “We’re about to capture Lin Feng, and now this happens…”
“Su Che, save me!”
Suddenly, Fei Yun’s voice reached Su Che’s ears, and she had revealed herself—the invisibility spell was broken.
Without further explanation, Su Che could guess that Fei Yun had unleashed her immortal energy twice more, just like Lin Feng, and now both were targeted by the cosmic rules. The problem was, she still had a lot of immortal energy left, which was now also subject to punishment—she might be sent to the Spirit Realm or face some other penalty…

Su Che was right. At this moment, Fei Yun clearly felt a pulling force acting on her, clearly trying to send her to another space, another realm. If Fei Yun had no ties in this cultivation world, being transported to the Spirit Realm or even the Immortal Realm would be a great fortune, something many in this world dreamed of achieving. Ascending to the Spirit Realm, ascending to the Immortal Realm… That’s what everyone fought so hard for! But Fei Yun didn’t want to go anywhere else; she just wanted to stay by Su Che’s side. Ideally, wherever Su Che went, she would follow… So now, she was extremely panicked and instinctively sought help from Su Che. No matter what abilities she possessed, deep down, she still subconsciously believed that Su Che was the strongest person and the only one who could save her. Su Che quickly sent a message: “Hurry, come to me!” Whoosh! Fei Yun unleashed her full potential, using all her strength to perform a short-distance teleportation and instantly arrived beside Su Che. With no other choice, Su Che quickly trapped her in the Immortal Prison. Fei Yun, already under the watch of the laws of the universe, should have had nowhere to escape. No matter where she flew, as long as she remained in this world, she couldn’t avoid the punishment of those laws—unless… The Immortal Prison space, considered its own realm, had completely independent rules that could sever all external connections and senses, which should help Fei Yun escape this calamity. Indeed, after Fei Yun disappeared, the laws of the universe did not pursue her into the Immortal Prison. It seemed all their attention had shifted to Lin Feng. The laws of the universe seemed to lack full intelligence; they weren’t curious about Fei Yun’s complete disappearance. Since she was gone, there was no need to punish her anymore. It was that simple… In the blink of an eye, all this happened. As Lin Feng was about to be sent back to the Spirit Realm by the laws of the universe, Su Che was helpless and could only sigh in frustration: “He’s still escaped.” Just as regret arose, tremendous surprise struck again. Whoosh! A red blood vessel suddenly appeared at Lin Feng’s feet, and a powerful suction force emerged, seemingly trying to pull Lin Feng into the vessel. This meant that the giant heart was trying to defy the laws of the universe and force Lin Feng to stay. “Ah!”

Lin Feng let out a shrill scream. It seemed that his upper body was being pulled by the laws of the universe, while his lower body was held fast by red blood vessels. Both forces were extremely powerful, beyond the capacity of an ordinary person to resist. Under this tug-of-war-like struggle, Lin Feng’s body was visibly stretched out, on the verge of being torn in two.

“Dismantlement Art!”

Unwilling to perish like this, he roared loudly and actively unleashed some kind of disintegration technique. In an instant, his body exploded into pieces—over thirty fragments at least.

Gulping!

Most of Lin Feng’s body tissue was absorbed by the red blood vessels, but some remaining parts, including his head, completely vanished, likely transported back to the Spirit Realm. Of course, his two top-tier Dao artifacts for offense and defense, along with the storage ring on his hand, remained behind.

The power of the universe’s laws soon dissipated, and the cave returned to silence, as if nothing had happened…

“Is he dead?”

Su Che first hoped so, but then dismissed the idea: “No. Since he voluntarily disintegrated, it means this is his escape technique. Even if his physical body is destroyed, his soul can still return to the Spirit Realm.”

Theoretically, for a Golden Core cultivator, their Golden Core is the most crucial. Once destroyed, their cultivation is lost. For an Nascent Soul cultivator, their Nascent Soul is the most important. Even if their physical body is destroyed, as long as their soul remains attached to the Nascent Soul and they can escape in time, they can find another body to cultivate in.

For a Spirit Transformation cultivator, it’s the soul that becomes most important. All their cultivation is stored in the soul. As long as the soul isn’t destroyed, even if both the physical body and the Nascent Soul are ruined, they can take over another body and be reborn, regaining their original cultivation level in just a few decades.

The Void Refinement stage is even more formidable than Spirit Transformation. With a physical disintegration like Lin Feng’s just now, it’s highly likely he won’t die.

“Some of him still got away by that guy,” Old Hei muttered in regret inside the Immortal Prison.

“That’s already quite good,” said Old White Demon, waving his feather fan and shaking his head. “After all, he’s a powerful cultivator at the Void Refinement stage. With just one ultimate move, he can eliminate entire groups of Nascent Soul cultivators. Getting him to this state is already a pretty ideal outcome. If the Void Refinement stage were that easy to kill, it wouldn’t be called that at all.”

Su Che knew well that Old White Demon was saying this to him, to prevent him from feeling regret.

Indeed, if the Void Refinement stage were that easy to kill, it wouldn’t be called that at all.

That makes sense!

Pululu…

That thick blood vessel spat out a pile of rotten flesh, accounting for almost 80% of Lin Feng’s entire body. Su Che surely had no interest in that pile of rotting flesh; he simply swiftly took in one of the storage rings mixed among it, along with that large purple seal. Of course, there was also that attack artifact of top-tier Dao artifact quality—the silver chain. Up to now, Su Che still didn’t know their respective names, but he believed these two artifacts must each have their own spirit. Once those spirits were subdued, all the information he needed could be obtained. Subduing the spirits didn’t require Su Che to exert any effort; by placing the two artifacts in the Immortal Prison, Lao He would use the world rules of the Immortal Prison to subdue them. First, Su Che expressed his gratitude to that giant heart. The giant heart swayed one of its blood vessels and gently rubbed it against Su Che’s back, appearing extremely affectionate. Then, it slowly sank back into the larger cavern below—the circular space where it had lived for countless years. The giant heart had a special ability to disguise itself as soil and rocks, allowing it to become almost completely invisible. That’s why Lin Feng’s consciousness had never been able to detect it lurking below. After that, Su Che picked up the storage ring and used a minor purification spell to clean off the bloodstains attached to it. Then he tried to penetrate its mind with his spiritual force to see what valuable items were hidden inside the storage device of that great cultivator from the Spirit Realm’s Refining Void stage. However, he found that his spiritual force was blocked by some kind of energy, preventing him from penetrating inside. “A storage ring that recognizes its master?” Su Che immediately thought of a possibility: It was said that top-tier storage devices could reach Dao artifact levels and possess the ability to recognize their master. If the original owner was still alive, even if someone else stole the device, they couldn’t open its storage space. If forced to open it by violent means, it would self-destruct, causing its storage space to completely collapse like a spatial rift, swallowing its contents into another dimension—no one knew where they would end up. Of course, nothing in the world was absolutely impossible; some powerful beings skilled in spatial Dao arts surely had ways to break through this barrier, forcibly erasing the original owner’s soul imprint and turning it into their own personal item. At this moment, Su Che came up with another hypothesis: “If I bring it into the Immortal Prison space and force it open by violent means, causing its storage space to collapse, its contents will surely be sent to another dimension… So, where exactly is that other dimension within the Immortal Prison? Or does the Immortal Prison itself contain other dimensions?”

Feeling Su Che’s thoughts, Lao Hei chuckled and said, “Of course it exists, master. For the first layer of the Immortal Prison, the second, third, and fourth layers are all completely different dimensional spaces. I’d say that after this ring is broken, what’s inside it still can’t leave the Immortal Prison. It just might not go to that particular layer.”
“Oh?”
Su Che became highly curious. To prove Lao Hei’s point, he could easily disregard such a top-tier storage ring. With the Immortal Prison available, his own storage space was almost infinite—why would he care about a mere storage ring…