Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings

Chapter 240: Chapter 234: Successful Breakthrough to Tier Four

On the other side, after Lin Yuan jumped into the well of rebirth.

His entire being was immersed in the well water, and then he began to slowly descend.

The well water was not cold; on the contrary, it was warm.

Being immersed in it felt like a fetus submerged in amniotic fluid.

Lin Yuan’s consciousness was very clear. In the water, he opened his eyes wide and looked around. The surrounding well water was incredibly clear.

He could clearly see everything around him through the well water.

However, in this well, it seemed that there was nothing else besides the well water.

The bottom of the well seemed to have an endless gravitational pull, drawing Lin Yuan’s entire body downward.

All the way down, down....

The concept of time in the well seemed blurred; Lin Yuan only knew that he seemed to be constantly sinking.

Yet, how long he had been sinking was very unclear to him.

Sometimes it felt like he had been descending for a dozen minutes, sometimes it felt like half a month, and sometimes it seemed like he had spent countless years in the well.

Unsure how much time had passed, always facing the same environment, Lin Yuan’s mind started to become groggy.

His entire spirit began to grow listless.

In his world, it seemed there was only the constant sinking in the well.

However, the well seemed bottomless.

No matter how deep he went, he could not reach the very bottom.

In a daze, in moments of clarity, Lin Yuan seemed to see a lotus platform.

Is that the bottom?

Suddenly, Lin Yuan felt much more invigorated.

It seemed the force drawing him downward from within the well was emanating from this lotus platform.

Lin Yuan continued to descend slowly, landing precisely in the center of the lotus platform.

”It seems the key to my breakthrough lies on this lotus platform!” Lin Yuan thought as he sat cross-legged on the lotus platform.

Just as this visualization formed in his mind...

In an instant, an incomparably violent energy flooded into Lin Yuan’s body.

It rushed from his abdomen straight to his skull.

This surge of energy carried a fierce momentum, as if penetrating deeply.

The next second.

Lin Yuan’s legs twitched, and he immediately fainted.

The lotus platform beneath the well seemed to be the actual source of the well of rebirth’s energy.

At this moment, the lotus platform emitted a serene glow, which enveloped Lin Yuan’s entire being.

Within his unconscious state, Lin Yuan was undergoing a subtle transformation.

The root of this change was the tattoos of the four departments on his body.

The abilities of the four departments were quietly merging at this time.

The Praise Department, Punishment Department, Investigation Department, and Yin Law Department appeared together in the well, hovering above Lin Yuan’s head.

As the serene energy from the lotus platform flooded into Lin Yuan’s body, the distinct energies of the four departments.

Remarkably, they began to slowly dissolve and merge.

The buildings of the four departments collapsed at a visibly detectable speed, transforming back into purest energy.

The Praise Department transformed into green light, the Punishment Department into red light, the Investigation Department into black light, and the Yin Law Department into yellow light.

The four departments dissolved into energy, becoming four masses of energy essence.

Subsequently, a serene energy emerged from Lin Yuan’s body, transforming into a stream that slowly connected the four masses of energy essence.

The stream of serene energy entered the energy essence of the Praise Department, flowed through the Punishment Department’s energy essence, then the Investigation Department’s, and finally emerged from the Yin Law Department’s energy essence, returning to the Praise Department’s energy essence.

Under the constant cleansing of the stream formed by the serene energy, the energy essences of the four departments grew progressively smaller and gradually merged into the stream, which in turn became a fusion of four colors.

Meanwhile, Lin Yuan, lying on the lotus platform, was convulsing continually.

With the merging of the Four Departments’ powers, Lin Yuan’s body was also enduring great pain.

The fusion of the Four Departments represented a rapid increase in power.

However, Lin Yuan’s current physique was clearly incapable of bearing such powerful energy.

Therefore, as the lotus platform emitted serene energy to merge the four departments’ energies.

Another surge of serene energy was cleansing Lin Yuan’s corporeal body.

After all, when the fusion of the Four Departments’ energies was complete, it would require a mighty vessel to contain such potent powers.

If Lin Yuan’s physical strength wasn’t enhanced beforehand, when the fused energy of the Four Departments entered Lin Yuan’s body.

It would take just an instant to burst his body apart.

While the lotus platform released energy, cleansing Lin Yuan’s flesh, many impurities were expelled from his body.

As these impurities were eliminated, Lin Yuan’s originally balanced body started to become gradually emaciated.

Skin and bones.

Yes, to describe him as skin and bones perfectly matched Lin Yuan’s current condition.

His eye sockets sunken, with dark circles beneath them.

The skin on his face clung tightly to the wheelbase, and it was the same all over his body.

His skin was shriveled tightly against his bones, with only a bit of lean muscle remaining.

He now looked like a sickly specter.

However, if you looked closely, it seemed as if his body radiated a blaze of dazzling divine light.

Lin Yuan’s current state appeared as if a single punch would suffice to crush him to death.

However, in reality, this was not the case.

If, before, Lin Yuan’s body was a heap of scrap iron.

Then now, his body was a heap of gold.

Lin Yuan’s physical strength now was more than ten times stronger than before.

Just as his body was cleansed, the fusion of the Four Departments was also completed.

Originally, the energy ball formed by the Four Departments had already disappeared.

What appeared before his eyes was only a small stream of energy, in which green, red, black, and yellow flowed.

The energy stream was not long, but it contained an immense and boundless energy.

The energy stream plunged into Lin Yuan’s mind, and in the next moment, Lin Yuan suddenly woke up.

After waking up, Lin Yuan clenched his shriveled fist.

Though he now looked like a sickly person.

He possessed a confidence—he could punch a Tier Five Evil Spirit to death.

Such adversaries as Liuyu Heaven and Great Black Heaven, if encountered now, Lin Yuan was confident he could take them down with one punch.

Next, Lin Yuan checked his physical condition.

The physical condition looked bad, but it could still hold.

This appearance was entirely due to the purification of both his body and internal energy.

As time went by and the energy in his body gradually replenished, his condition would naturally improve.

Regarding this sickly appearance, Lin Yuan was not overly opposed.

After all, his strength was tangible, and appearance was not so important.

Undoubtedly, he had successfully advanced to Tier Four.

Upon this thought, Lin Yuan instinctively began to check if he had awakened any new tattoos.

However, after a brief inspection, Lin Yuan realized that he hadn’t awakened any new tattoos.

Thus, he continued to invoke the power of the Four Departments.

Since no new tattoos awakened, there was only one possibility for his advancement to Tier Four—the power of the Four Departments had become stronger.

With this thought, Lin Yuan summoned the Four Departments.

But this time, the scene in front of Lin Yuan was not what it was before, where Praise Department, Punishment Department, Investigation Department, and Yin Law Department appeared each in different directions.

Instead, a more magnificent and grand structure appeared above him.

On this building hung a plaque with the words ”Judge Department” inscribed in large characters.

The fusion of the Four Departments meant Lin Yuan could use the power of all four simultaneously.

Not like before, where he could only use one at a time.

Faintly, through the Judge Department, Lin Yuan saw the ethereal shadows of the Four Great Judges inside.

Wei Zheng in green robes, Zhong Kui in red, Lu Zhidao in black, and Cui Jue in yellow.

At Tier Five, Lin Yuan could only summon the Four Great Judges to possess him in battle, and use the prowess of some Magic Artifacts and structures of the Four Departments.

He could not, as he did with Black and White Impermanence or Ox Head and Horse Face, summon the Spirit Bodies of the Four Great Judges.

It seemed the former self couldn’t achieve this.

But now Lin Yuan could clearly sense he could summon the Spirit Bodies of the Four Great Judges for battle.

Moreover, he could readily use the state of madness for combat without suffering the backlash of evil energy.

After successfully advancing to Tier Four, he could entirely grasp the power of the Four Departments, utilizing their combat power in battle.

Simultaneously use the combat power of the Four Departments to enhance his own power.

This was altogether different from the previous method, where only one department’s power could be used interchangeably.

The combat power unleashed by these two methods were worlds apart.

Previously, Lin Yuan’s combat power was 1; now his combat power was 4.

No, perhaps it exceeded 4.

Because, after the fusion of the Four Departments into the Judge Department, the combat power unleashed was greater than 1+1+1+1.

Sensing his formidable strength, Lin Yuan looked at the Lotus Platform below him, murmuring: ”I wonder whose relic this Lotus Platform is.”

”A single Lotus Platform possesses such Divine Power.”

Lin Yuan had already discerned that the root of the Well of Rebirth was this Lotus Platform.

With the Lotus Platform’s existence, the Well of Rebirth was indeed the Well of Rebirth; otherwise, it would merely be an ordinary well.

This Lotus Platform was a treasure; if it wasn’t Little Sister-in-law’s possession, Lin Yuan might try to pry it free to take to the Real World.

He definitely couldn’t snatch Little Sister-in-law’s belongings.

With that thought, he gave up the idea of taking the Lotus Platform.

Now, successful in his breakthrough, Lin Yuan left there, continually moving upwards.

After successfully advancing to Tier Four, the suction caused by the Lotus Platform was almost negligible for him.

Unlike descending, during which he felt the Well of Rebirth was infinitely deep.

But now, when ascending, he swam upwards for only a dozen seconds before his head emerged from the water.

With a leap, Lin Yuan arrived at the well edge.

He glanced around, frowning.

Little Sister-in-law was gone.

Originally, Little Sister-in-law had stayed by the well to protect him!

Considering his standing in Little Sister-in-law’s heart, during this critical moment of his breakthrough, she certainly wouldn’t leave recklessly.

If Little Sister-in-law was missing now, there was only one possibility—an unexpected event had occurred.