Chapter 86

After Su Han left, the black clouds in the void became even denser.

As they changed, this time it was not a palm that appeared, but a huge human face.

Though it was called a human face, it was impossible to see the features clearly; only a rough shape could be discerned.

"My breakthrough, a thousand-year sacrifice. If there is another time, I will surely kill him."

A deep, resonant voice emerged from the mouth of the face, and after the words fell, the black clouds quickly dissipated.

On the stone platform, the dark blood angels and the radiant seraphim returned to their original forms, like puppets, still surging with blood energy toward the figure on the platform.

The figure lay there calmly, as if it had been there since ancient times.

No one noticed that after the face spoke, the woman's eyelashes gently fluttered.

...

Meanwhile, after stepping through the portal, Su Han returned to the cave.

However, as soon as he appeared, the portal suddenly turned into a green light, slowly contracting, and finally condensed into a figure.

This figure was identical to the one lying on the platform.

"Qingyao..."

Su Han was stunned. He reached out, wanting to grab Liu Qingyao.

Liu Qingyao also extended her hand, her beautiful face smiling. The smile seemed to be one of relief, regret, or perhaps a sigh.

Their hands touched, but Su Han only felt a chill, not the warmth he remembered.

"What's wrong with you..." Su Han murmured.

The figure just looked at Su Han calmly, the green light around her fading more and more until it finally disappeared completely.

Su Han stood there, dazed, watching the woman's figure vanish, a deep sorrow welling up in his heart.

In his memory, it was ten thousand years ago when Liu Qingyao lay in the black coffin, leaving Su Han forever.

But Su Han had always carried the black coffin, protecting Liu Qingyao's body with the World's Finest Jade, preventing it from decaying.

However, during his cultivation, Su Han suffered a mental breakdown, and his soul was destroyed.

Now, reborn, he found that everything from before was gone.

Su Han never imagined that Liu Qingyao's body would be taken by someone and placed on that stone platform for sacrifice!

After standing there for a long time, Su Han took a deep breath and slowly walked out of the cave.

At that moment, Pang Qing and the others were standing outside the cave, anxiously waiting.

Especially Su Yunming, who was Su Han's father. If not for Hu Feng and the others holding him back, he would have rushed in.

"Out, Young Master is out!" Yue Dong suddenly shouted.

Everyone quickly looked over and saw Su Han's figure slowly emerging from the cave.

"Young Master, how was it? Did you find anything? Is there any supreme divine object inside?" Lian Yuzhe asked hopefully.

"Nothing."

Su Han shook his head and walked away.

"What's wrong with Young Master? Why does he seem off?" Everyone exchanged glances.

"Roar!"

At that moment, a loud roar suddenly echoed.

Following the roar, a massive figure rushed toward Su Han from a distance at incredible speed.

The figure was about four meters long, covered in sharp spines. If it hit someone, the impact alone would be deadly, not to mention the spines that could pierce through flesh.

"Be careful, Young Master!"

"It's a third-stage demon beast, the Giant Spiked Demon Rhino!"

Hu Feng and the others' faces changed, and they quickly warned.

Su Yunming's figure flashed, and he rushed toward Su Han, intending to shield him from the attack.

But before he could reach, Su Han suddenly looked up, and a shocking killing intent erupted from him.

In an instant, Su Han drew his sword, slashed, and sheathed it.

The entire sequence of movements was fluid, as if practiced a thousand times.

After doing this, Su Han didn't even look back and continued walking away.

"Rip!"

Only now did a tearing sound come from the Giant Spiked Demon Rhino rushing toward them.

Hu Feng and the others' faces changed drastically as they saw the massive figure of the Giant Spiked Demon Rhino, from head to tail, split into two halves.

"Whoa!!"

Everyone's eyes widened, and they drew in a sharp breath.

They didn't even see how the Giant Spiked Demon Rhino died; they only saw Su Han draw his sword, sheathe it, and then the Giant Spiked Demon Rhino, ten meters away, split into two.

Even in death, the Giant Spiked Demon Rhino was still charging, clearly not having sensed Su Han's attack.

"Is... is this too strong?"

"This is a third-stage demon beast, equivalent to a human Dragon Spirit Realm. We would need to exert all our strength to kill it, but Young Master did it so effortlessly..."

"How strong is Young Master? He's still only at the Dragon Vein Realm!"

Everyone looked at Su Han's back, stunned and speechless.

They could clearly feel that Su Han's attack did not use any dragon techniques or magic; it was just a simple, ordinary attack.

Yet, such a simple attack instantly killed a Giant Spiked Demon Rhino, known for its defense...

They didn't know that before entering the portal, Su Han's eighty-eight dragon veins might not have been enough to achieve this.

Even if he could kill the Giant Spiked Demon Rhino, it wouldn't be an instant kill unless he used magic or secret techniques.

However, in the second world, the green light around Liu Qingyao enveloped Su Han, directly pushing his dragon veins to the ultimate one hundred and eight!

If Su Han had to open these dragon veins himself, it would be extremely difficult, especially from the eighty-ninth vein onward, requiring a vast amount of resources. If converted into gold coins, opening one dragon vein would cost at least ten million gold coins.

And the further along, the more gold coins were needed. By the time he reached one hundred, opening another vein would cost at least one hundred million gold coins.

But the green light from the stone platform, or rather, Liu Qingyao's green light, helped Su Han.

The effort and the reward were proportional.

The further along the dragon veins were opened, the more resources were needed, but the stronger they became!

With Su Han's current strength, let alone a mere Giant Spiked Demon Rhino, even the top-tier third-stage demon beast, the Flame Giant Tiger, could be instantly killed.

At this moment, Su Han's meridians were fully unblocked, and a vortex that was hard to see with the naked eye always appeared above his head as he walked.

The vortex, though small, continuously absorbed the spiritual energy of the world, channeling it into Su Han's body.