I Can Gain One Skill Point Per Second Chapter 574: Life, Ablaze!

Xuanyuan Qingcang's once-black hair was now entirely white.

No trace of color lingered on his ashen face.

Not the faintest surge of Source Power stirred inside him.

Lin Yi didn't need the Eye of All-Seeing to instantly grasp Xuanyuan Qingcang's dire state.

Without Lin Yi holding him up, he would have tumbled straight into the drifting snow.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

Thousands of silhouettes flashed in right away, positioning themselves behind Lin Yi.

Maoxiong's female War God, Natasha, silently knelt before Xuanyuan Qingcang and launched a healing technique without delay.

She activated the Law skill [Creation] linked to the Creation Law.

By channeling her own Life Force, she directly prolonged Xuanyuan Qingcang's lifespan.

Swoosh~

Their hands had barely made contact when Xuanyuan Qingcang shoved Natasha's away before she could pour in her Life Force.

Struggling with great effort, he raised his head to meet her puzzled eyes, then gave a weak shake of denial.

Cheng Xiao and Zhou Heyu, together with the other Xia professionals behind Lin Yi, wore somber expressions.

This clash, tied to Blue Star's very existence, raged with savagery that shattered all their preconceptions.

No one could have foreseen that among Blue Star's powerhouses, the mightiest—Xuanyuan Qingcang—would be the first teetering on death's edge.

Mourning would have to wait.

A violet flash ripped across the heavens, brutally cutting short Xuanyuan Qingcang's final blaze, fueled by the incineration of his Lifebound Law.

Calamity, most of its plumage scorched away by the devastating thunderfire, emerged once more.

Looking somewhat worn, Calamity materialized amid the group out of nowhere.

Its velocity was blinding, leaving even Lin Yi no chance to respond.

So close up, the Xia professionals could make out the myriad tiny black pores dotting Calamity's bare flesh.

Shorn of most wings, Calamity's body seemed markedly diminished in size.

As it sauntered toward Lin Yi and crouched down, it conveyed a sleeker silhouette.

Just Calamity's arrival in their midst crushed the Blue Star professionals under immense pressure.

War Gods versed in the Supreme Law snapped into combat poses at once, then backed away several paces on pure instinct.

Lin Yi alone stayed composed, kneeling there as he gazed at the lifeless Xuanyuan Qingcang.

"Honestly, your Blue Star’s strength isn’t bad."

Calamity addressed Lin Yi with a serene expression.

"Given enough time, letting you grow strong, it’s possible you could defeat me, and this Xuanyuan Qingcang, might have had a chance."

"Unfortunately, today, Blue Star is going to end."

Calamity's voice carried zero emotional ripples, a testament to how often this beast had uttered such dooms.

In truth, for higher-plane deities, obliterating a lowly star amounted to flicking away mere dust—utterly trivial.

"What, not giving me a chance?"

Lin Yi tenderly shut Xuanyuan Qingcang’s eyes before easing his body onto the snow.

"Earlier, didn’t you say that as long as I handed over my martial soul, everything could be negotiated? What happened, are you afraid?"

A flicker of rage darted across the slim, twisted avian visage.

The bony grip on the staff clenched tighter on reflex.

Denying any fear would ring utterly false.

Lin Yi's prowess as a youth wielding the Taichu Law shone unmistakably.

By now, he grasped the basics of the All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds, piecing together an imprecise but accurate cosmic perspective.

Expanding beyond Blue Star to plunder other worlds' riches, then ascending to loftier realms for greater might—it was inevitable.

Should he forgo slaying Lin Yi over the Great Saint’s martial spirit and let him mature, vengeance was guaranteed.

Aware of that peril, Calamity refused to sow his own doom.

He was genuinely terrified.

For the first time spanning endless lower realms, Calamity suffered wounds and such humiliation.

Composing himself briefly, Calamity grinned and picked up from Lin Yi's taunt.

"Afraid, not quite. It’s just you said last time, no matter what, you wouldn’t hand over the martial soul. Why, now for survival, you plan to change your mind?"

Their exchange baffled Blue Star's elite fighters.

Yet they pieced together the crux: if Lin Yi offered a sacrifice, Blue Star could yet endure.

Enveloped by terror of oblivion, loyalty among many nations' War Gods started crumbling within.

Lin Yi eyed Xuanyuan Qingcang’s corpse, then the violet-devoured sky, whispering low.

"For major events, one should not concern with minor details. A true man makes decisions based on major rights and wrongs~"

"Surely, I can’t let Blue Star be destroyed, right?"

At those words, Lin Yi's thoughts stirred.

A marked ice chunk levitated rapidly in front of him via antigravity.

Sparks erupted in a flash.

Lin Yi summoned the Heavenly Following Cloud Sword, infused with the Power of the Law of Reincarnation, and hacked savagely at the hovering ice.

Clang~

[Light and Shadow Intertwined] triggered!

Calamity and the ice chunk exchanged positions instantly.

No sooner had Calamity rematerialized than the Heavenly Following Cloud Sword clashed against him.

"The same tactic cannot be used on me a second time, you still...."

With a casual finger twitch, Calamity pinched the Heavenly Following Cloud's razor edge between them.

The Harmonization Layer Power of Reincarnation meant zilch against Calamity.

But before Calamity finished mocking Lin Yi's apparent folly, the gap between them shrank abruptly.

"Oh, is that so?"

"If you have the skill, don’t defend!"

Lin Yi's hand balled into a fist.

Thick Power of Law cloaked the strike.

Under Calamity's stunned stare, Lin Yi's fist smashed dead-center into its gut.

This blow was simple and direct.

No flashy blasts, no world-crushing force.

Yet that very punch twisted Calamity's features, forcing out a gush of blood.

"You kid, you actually!"

Disbelief flooded Calamity’s eyes.

The youth facing him had burned his Lifebound Law too, surging his Taichu Law command to Saint Transformation Level!

Ere Calamity recovered, twelve shadows materialized soundlessly at his rear.

Every one poised fists, shielded by Saint Transformation Level Supreme Law.

To Calamity, those twelve loomed like invincible tanks.

Wielding Saint Transformation Level Taichu Law each, even forewarned, a single blow from him couldn't pierce their guards.

But twelve in relentless barrage would shatter his barriers.