Su Han indeed had no strength left to struggle, but at the critical moment, he managed to trigger the Jie Character Secret once again. However, he did not strike immediately, choosing instead to wait for an opportunity.

A ten-meter-tall Gold Ingot, coupled with the Holy Thunder Golden Wheel, was overwhelmingly powerful. In his severely injured and weakened state, Su Han couldn’t deliver a fatal blow even with ten times his usual Combat Power. Therefore, he intentionally feigned weakness, allowing himself to be caught in Gold Ingot’s hand, all to wait for the moment Gold Ingot’s Heart Spirit grew lax.

And his chance came. Just as Gold Ingot believed victory was in his grasp and he could easily control Su Han’s life and death, Su Han suddenly struck, triggering the tenfold Combat Power of the Jie Character Secret.

However, he didn’t use this power to execute the Thunderbolt Seven Absolute Slashes or the Golden Emperor Tanyang Fist. Instead, he activated the Secret of the Soldier Character to seize control of the Holy Thunder Golden Wheel, turning it against Gold Ingot.

Su Han’s move was incredibly risky. Success meant survival; failure meant certain death. But he had no other choice and had to place all his hopes on this gamble. After all, within the entire alternate space, only the Holy Thunder Golden Wheel possessed enough power to deal Gold Ingot a fatal blow.

Fortunately, he was favored by the Goddess of Fate and succeeded on his first attempt!

THUD!

Gold Ingot’s head slid from his neck and fell to the ground. Blood splattered everywhere in a horrifying spectacle. At the same time, Gold Ingot’s ten-meter-tall body deflated like a punctured balloon, rapidly shrinking until it returned to its original size.

Su Han broke free from Gold Ingot’s grip, panting heavily. His face was ashen, and he was weakened to the extreme.

WHOOSH!

Just then, a golden flash of Thunder Light shot out from Gold Ingot’s head. Taking advantage of Su Han’s moment of respite, it drilled directly between his eyebrows.

"Ahhh! You dared to destroy my Physical Body! I will possess you and make everything you have mine!"

Gold Ingot’s furious roar echoed in Su Han’s mind. This flash of Thunder Light was his soul. He possessed a Great Emperor’s Treasure that could protect his soul from dissipating, and he had mastered an esoteric Possession Secret Technique that had a chance of success. With his Physical Body destroyed, he could only use this chance to activate the Possession Secret Technique, placing all his remaining hope on it.

In the blink of an eye, Gold Ingot’s soul arrived before Su Han’s sea of consciousness, attempting to breach it and devour his Divine Sense.

CLANG!

An invisible shockwave resounded. The Thunder Light formed by Gold Ingot’s soul slammed into the sea of consciousness but failed to break through. Su Han’s sea of consciousness was incredibly tough, like a fortress wall forged from Holy Gold—impenetrably solid and thick. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"Impossible! How can your sea of consciousness be this hard? This is absolutely impossible!"

Gold Ingot’s scream echoed as the Thunder Light, shaped like a spear, furiously attacked the sea of consciousness, trying to bore through it. But Su Han’s sea of consciousness had been nourished by a Great Emperor’s Divine Sense. It was indestructible and simply not something Gold Ingot could penetrate.

"Divine Sense Black Hole!"

Su Han gritted his teeth and channeled the Devouring Heaven Demonic Art with all his might. Instantly, all one hundred Divine Sense Stellars within his sea of consciousness lit up. The vast Divine Sense Power converged, ultimately forming a pitch-black and profound black hole. Spinning like a vortex, the black hole emanated a terrifying Devouring Power that quickly passed through the sea of consciousness and latched onto Gold Ingot’s soul, instantly pulling it into the Divine Sense Black Hole.

"How can your Divine Sense be so strong? Not even Chu Feng could achieve this! And why is there a hint of a Great Emperor’s aura? Who on earth are you?"

Gold Ingot was terrified. He frantically tried to pull away, desperate to break free and escape from Su Han’s mind. He simply couldn’t believe what kind of secrets Su Han was hiding.

Just then, Su Han suddenly spoke to Gold Ingot via divine sense transmission. "You wanted to know how I got the Kunpeng Holy Feather, didn’t you?"

"The Kunpeng Holy Feather belonged to the Black Whale, and I have already slain the Black Whale. The Great Emperor’s aura you sensed belonged to the Kun Jing Great Emperor. But even he couldn’t kill me; instead, his Divine Sense was refined by me."

Su Han revealed the truth, a revelation that was a devastating blow to Gold Ingot, who froze instantly in shock.

The Black Whale was actually dead, and at Su Han’s hands! The Kun Jing Great Emperor—leader of the Jing Tribe and a powerhouse in the Great Emperor Realm—was also helpless against Su Han? This... This is simply inconceivable!

While Gold Ingot was reeling from the shock, Su Han took his chance. The Divine Sense Black Hole flew out and swallowed Gold Ingot’s soul in one gulp. He had deliberately said those words to disrupt Gold Ingot’s Heart Spirit, and now he had succeeded. Further struggle was futile. Gold Ingot was completely devoured and rapidly refined.

The Devouring Heaven Demonic Art functioned like a millstone, grinding Gold Ingot’s soul to pieces before refining and absorbing it. A long time later, Gold Ingot’s soul vanished completely. It had been converted into pure spiritual power and refined by Su Han, becoming the one hundred and first Divine Sense Stellar.

"Phew!"

Su Han collapsed onto the ground, drenched in sweat. His clothes were soaked with a mixture of sweat and blood, and his damp hair clung to his forehead. He looked utterly disheveled.

It had to be said, the Demon Slayer Sect’s assassination plan was exceptionally meticulous. Even though Su Han was mentally prepared, he still fell for it. The presence of the Reincarnation Holy Mirror had severely restricted Su Han. If he could have used a Holy Artifact, this battle would not have been so arduous.

Gold Ingot’s power had also exceeded Su Han’s expectations. The Thunder God Bloodline made him extraordinarily strong, and coupled with the Holy Thunder Golden Wheel, he had pushed Su Han to the brink of death several times. If Su Han hadn’t triggered the Jie Character Secret at the last moment, while also using another Character Secret to glimpse the future and prepare in advance, he almost certainly would have died here.

This was a perilous life-and-death struggle where a single misstep could have led to a completely different outcome, but in the end, Su Han had once again triumphed over a powerful foe to claim the ultimate victory.

Now, Gold Ingot’s Physical Body was dead and his soul had been devoured. He was completely gone, his body and spirit wiped from existence.

"Devour!"

Su Han sat cross-legged and activated the Devouring Heaven Demonic Art, beginning to devour Gold Ingot’s corpse. His injuries were too severe, and his Demonic Qi was long gone. The battle outside was not yet over, and danger was ever-present. Su Han dared not be careless; he had to maintain sufficient strength. Although Gold Ingot didn’t possess a Special Physique, his Thunder God Bloodline was still quite exceptional.

BOOM!

Sometime later, the Aura around Su Han surged, soaring into the sky with a high-pitched, resonant cry. The flesh and blood of Gold Ingot’s corpse contained abundant energy. It not only allowed Su Han to recover from his injuries and restore his Demonic Qi but also enabled him to break through his bottleneck in one fell swoop, reaching the Seventh Layer of the Heavenly King Realm.

Furthermore, as Su Han extended his palm, a strand of golden Thunder Light danced upon it. This was the Taiyi Golden Thunder.

Su Han had refined Gold Ingot’s Thunder God Bloodline and obtained the Taiyi Golden Thunder. This was Yang Thunder. If he were to merge it with the Purple Lightning Yin Thunder, the balance of Yin and Yang would elevate the might of the Thunderbolt Seven Absolute Slashes to a whole new level.

"It’s time to leave!"

With his injuries healed and his powerful enemy eliminated, Su Han rose to his feet, ready to depart.

Although Gold Ingot was dead, the assassination plot was far from over.