CHAPTER 652: CHAPTER 651: DARK VENERATE

After a long while...

Lin Fan still could not find his heart. In the end, he could only give up and was forced to calm himself down. Since there was no way out, he could only take it one step at a time!

Next, Lin Fan planned to leave the Life Rift.

However, Lin Fan quickly became dejected again because he had no idea how to leave the Life Rift.

Lin Fan thought despondently in his heart: "Ah, if only the Universal Image was still usable, I could rely on its navigational functions to leave, but here, that feature has stopped working. It seems I’ll have to find another way out!"

Lin Fan continued to look for a solution.

Unfortunately, there was still no way.

"Could it be that I am destined to stay here forever?"

Lin Fan felt even more dejected.

Boom boom boom...

Just at that moment, an earth-shattering noise exploded around him in the starry sky.

At the same time, Lin Fan could feel waves of immense energy coming toward him, seemingly capable of destroying heaven and earth, rushing directly in his direction.

Swoosh...

In the next moment, the starry sky parted, revealing a massive Starry Sky Channel. Then, a tall figure in black robes flew out from the channel, rapidly approaching the fragment of the continent where Lin Fan was.

At the same time, dozens of figures were swiftly pursuing the tall black-robed figure.

Leading these figures was none other than Lin Zizai.

As for those accompanying Lin Zizai, they were undoubtedly Ascetics.

Seeing the current Lin Fan, those Ascetics led by Lin Zizai appeared to be chasing the tall black-robed figure ahead of them.

The tall black-robed figure suddenly arrived beside Lin Fan, and before Lin Fan could react, he was grabbed forcefully. Endless energy acted upon Lin Fan’s body, rendering him immediately immobile.

The Ascetics led by Lin Zizai quickly caught up, surrounding both Lin Fan and the black-robed figure.

When Lin Zizai saw Lin Fan was still alive, he was filled with immense surprise in his heart.

However, Lin Zizai didn’t show it on his face.

"Dark Venerate, release him immediately!" Lin Zizai said coldly. "You know full well you are no match for us; are you really taking an irrelevant person hostage? Don’t you feel that’s a disgrace?"

"Ha ha!"

The Dark Venerate burst into laughter and said: "With you all crowding around like this, why should I talk about justice with you?"

After a brief pause, the Dark Venerate continued: "Besides, this kid has the aura of the Life Inheritance? I am certain that he has received the Life Inheritance. After I kill him and take it from him, once I have obtained the Life Inheritance, all of you ants, how could you possibly be a match for me? Ha ha!"

As the Dark Venerate spoke, he unhesitatingly made a move against Lin Fan.

A palm strike was headed straight for Lin Fan’s head.

The energy within the Dark Venerate’s palm strike was incredibly powerful; without a doubt, if this strike were to truly hit Lin Fan’s head, it would have been smashed to pieces.

"Dark Venerate, stop!"

Lin Zizai immediately roared.

The Dark Venerate did indeed stop and looked toward Lin Zizai with a sneer, saying: "Do you have anything else to say?"

Lin Zizai said: "If you release him, we will let you leave!"

"Oh?"

The Dark Venerate suddenly laughed and said: "You care so much for this kid; could it be that this kid is related to you in some way?"

I must say, the discernment of Dark Venerate is really very sharp.

Just now, Lin Zizai wasn’t showing it very obviously, but he noticed it at a glance.

Lin Zizai’s brows furrowed slightly.

Lin Zizai understood the temperament of Dark Venerate too well; he knew that since Dark Venerate had become suspicious, whatever he said would be useless. So rather than wasting words, he directly said, "Release him!"

"Ha!"

Dark Venerate scoffed with a sinister laugh, "Let him go? That’s impossible. Originally, I could have obtained the Life Origin within Life Divine Mountain. It’s just a pity that you damned people interfered and caused me to fail. Now, obtaining the Life Inheritance isn’t too bad either, ha!"

Lin Zizai coldly said, "Dark Venerate, to think you even dare to mention the Life Origin. If you snatch away the Life Origin of Life Divine Mountain, the entire mountain will be completely destroyed. And once Life Divine Mountain is gone, the whole Holy Soul Domain will also be destroyed. Are you willing to watch the entire Holy Soul Domain fall into an apocalyptic world like Hell?"

Dark Venerate retorted, "What does the destruction of Holy Soul Domain have to do with me? All I need is to enhance my own strength!"

After saying this, Dark Venerate paused for a moment, then continued, "Enough, I don’t want to waste any more words with you. Farewell!"

With that, Dark Venerate was ready to take Lin Fan and leave.

But just as Dark Venerate was about to leave, Lin Fan silently cried out in his heart, "Array, activate!"

It turned out that while Dark Venerate was talking with Lin Zizai, Lin Fan was gradually trying to recover. Finally, Lin Fan recovered a bit and could muster Monarch Power and the power of will.

Therefore, Lin Fan immediately combined Monarch Power with the power of will and set up a trapping array around Dark Venerate.

Although this trapping array could only temporarily hold Dark Venerate—it wouldn’t take even a moment for Dark Venerate to break through it.

But...

For an expert, even that brief moment of time was enough.

Lin Fan had been prepared all along. At the moment the trapping array activated, he used it to break free from Dark Venerate’s control.

At that moment, Lin Zizai and the others also noticed the situation.

With their sharp perception, they appeared simultaneously at the first opportunity, with a barrage of attacks sweeping towards Dark Venerate.

In normal circumstances...

Naturally, Dark Venerate could have resolved these attacks!

But now...

Dark Venerate was temporarily trapped by Lin Fan’s array, unable to perfectly exert his true strength.

Finally...

Many of the attacks landed on Dark Venerate.

Bang bang bang...

Dark Venerate’s body was blasted away and smashed down heavily.

At the same time, Dark Venerate spat out several mouthfuls of fresh blood. In that instant, Dark Venerate was severely injured.

And Lin Zizai and the others had no intention of letting Dark Venerate off; they charged at him again, unleashing another barrage of attacks.

Bang bang bang...

Endless attacks landed on Dark Venerate once more.

In a moment, Dark Venerate’s injuries became even more critical.

Then, Lin Zizai and the others’ frenzied attacks mostly landed on Dark Venerate.

Finally, at a certain moment...

Dark Venerate was nearly finished, his life force rapidly draining away.