"I can't believe I forgot that he could use such a domineering Immobilization Art!!" Greed's mind was in turmoil, and the fear in his eyes spread like ink, taking over his entire vision.
"This nemesis is too despicable. Since he has this Stop Spell, why didn't he use it earlier? Instead, he waited for me to take out my most powerful treasure before using it. He destroyed my last hope!!"
The Greedy Wolf's body, origin energy, origin energy, and even his divine sense couldn't move at all. He could only watch as Wang Lin gradually approached from the distance.
The broken statue didn't give off any aura and quietly floated to the right of the Greedy Wolf.
Wang Lin's body gradually shrank as he moved forward. When he stood before the Greedy Wolf, he had turned into a normal person. Wang Lin didn't pay any attention to the Greedy Wolf. His right hand reached out and grabbed the broken statue.
Seeing Wang Lin take away his most powerful treasure, the Greedy Wolf felt like his heart was being pierced by a sword. This pain was repeated hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of times. The intense pain made the Greedy Wolf angry, and blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth.
"Senior Greedy Wolf won't be so stingy for a mere treasure. Senior gave me a lot of treasures in the past, and today, you gave me this. Wang, it would be impolite to refuse. Please accept it."
Wang Lin revealed a smile. As he spoke, his gaze fell on the broken statue and he carefully looked at it.
With one look, Wang Lin's expression immediately changed.
This statue looked very ordinary and was damaged in many places. It looked very strange, and it was engraved with a person.
This person looked middle-aged and was wearing a Flowing Cloud Daoist robe. His appearance was ordinary, but he gave off an indescribable sense of majesty. This majesty wasn't strong, and it didn't make one's heart tremble. However, when Wang Lin's gaze met the statue's eyes, his entire body trembled!
It was trembling, trembling!
The stars before Wang Lin collapsed. An indescribable force erupted from the statue and rushed into Wang Lin's mind through his eyes.
In Wang Lin's ears, the world rumbled and even the sound of Thunder was torn apart!
The entire star system, the entire world, everything collapsed into the void. Inside the void, Wang Lin lost his mind. He was hit by this force and fell into confusion.
An unknown amount of time passed. Ten years, one hundred years, ten thousand years, one hundred thousand years … Until one day, Wang Lin saw a continent appear in the void. This continent was boundless, and Wang Lin vaguely understood that this continent was larger than the entire Ancient Star System and the Inner Realm. Even if the two were added together, it wouldn't be enough to make up one in 10,000 of this continent!
Everything he saw dissipated into the void and gradually disappeared. Wang Lin trembled and awakened.
The stars were still the same, and the world was still the same. The Greedy Wolf's eyes were filled with fear, and he couldn't move due to the Stop spell.
Wang Lin silently pondered.
No matter how much time he had spent in that strange state, the moment he awakened, Wang Lin understood that all of this had only lasted for an instant!
In terms of distance, this distance was the moment his eyes met the statue's eyes!
"Was it an illusion …" Wang Lin revealed a complicated expression. He didn't understand, but what he saw was deeply imprinted in his heart. It would never dissipate or be forgotten.
"That … What is it …" Wang Lin's gaze fell on the statue once more. This time, the feeling was completely different from before. The ordinary-looking statue seemed to have become a different person, and it gave off an indescribable sense of majesty!
This pressure could turn any cultivator into an ant in front of it!
Even the heavens and earth would have to yield before it!
Wang Lin could even vaguely feel that even third step cultivators would … tremble before this statue!
"Who the hell is he …" Wang Lin silently pondered.
Among all the statues he had seen in his life, only the statue of Celestial Emperor Qing Lin in the Demon Spirit Land was the most shocking. It could make one's mind collapse just by looking at it.
However, compared to this statue, although the feeling of one's mind collapsing wasn't as strong, Wang Lin vaguely felt that compared to this statue, Qing Lin's statue was like an ant!
The statue was only that of an ordinary middle-aged man. This man had his head raised and his expression was calm. There was no joy or sorrow; there was no expression at all.
Wang Lin still looked at the statue and didn't look at the Greedy Wolf. He slowly said, "Where did you get this statue?"
As he spoke, he waved his right hand and the Stop spell on the Greedy Wolf loosened a bit, allowing him to speak.
"In an ancient tomb."
The Greedy Wolf silently pondered for a moment before letting out a sigh and saying, "If you want to enter the Ancient Star System, you must break the Realm Sealing Formation. With your cultivation level, it's impossible for you to open the formation. How did you get in here?"
Wang Lin's voice was cold and contained a hint of coldness that invaded the Greedy Wolf's mind. This caused the Greedy Wolf's body to tremble.
"It's still that ancient tomb … All of my treasures, the Soul Shocking Sword, the Bone Protecting Tablet, the Fog Devil Spear, the Emperor Furnace, the Ancient Wood Spirit, the Ancient Leaf, and the Devil Soul Bottle, they were all obtained from that ancient tomb."
The Greedy Wolf gave up all resistance. He knew that if he told the truth, he might have a chance to live. Otherwise, the person before him was filled with monstrous killing intent and wouldn't be lenient.
If he aroused Wang Lin's suspicions and used the soul searching spell, even if he didn't die, he would become a mindless person.
Wang Lin's eyes lit up as he looked at the Greedy Wolf and slowly said, "What ancient tomb?
Tell me in detail. Don't force me to search your soul! "
The Greedy Wolf didn't dare to hide anything and quickly whispered.
"Back then, after I escaped from Wang Yue, I didn't die. I hid on a half-abandoned cultivation planet in the Luo Tian Star System. I hid there from you and focused on healing my injuries.
"After a long time, I didn't see you chase after me, so I knew you thought I was dead. So I calmly recuperated on the cultivation planet until my injuries were completely healed. Only then did I choose to leave.
"At that time, you were no longer in the Luo Tian Star System. The entire Luo Tian Star System was very empty, and most of the cultivators had gone to the Alliance Star System to start the war. This gave me a chance.
"I was safe the entire way, but after thinking about it, I didn't want to return to the Alliance. Also, because I was swallowed by Wang Yue, my body and origin soul were contaminated with that lingering stench. People could smell it from far away, and I couldn't bear it.
"As a result, I traveled among the stars, looking for a way to dissipate the stench on my body. Year after year, I was at the edge of the Allheaven Star System, near the barrier to the Lightning Celestial Realm, and I found a strange vortex.
"That vortex appeared very suddenly, as if it had appeared right in front of me. I'm not surprised at all. I've encountered stranger things in my life. Back when I was in the Core Formation stage, I was fighting with someone. Just when I was about to lose, a teleportation cauldron fell from the sky and smashed the enemy to death …."
Wang Lin frowned and said, "Get to the point!"
The Greedy Wolf's body trembled and he quickly said, "After the vortex appeared, I immediately had a very strong feeling. I've never had such a strong feeling in my life. Even when that giant furnace smashed the enemy to death before me, it wasn't this strong. Even when I saw Wang Yue, it wasn't this strong …"
Just as he said this, he saw Wang Lin frown again. His heart turned cold and he directly said, "I didn't hesitate to rush into the vortex. The moment I entered, the vortex immediately dissipated. From its appearance to its disappearance, it took less than three breaths of time."
Wang Lin's eyes lit up and gradually became cold. He stared at the Greedy Wolf and slowly said, "It sounds like this vortex was specially opened for you …"
The Greedy Wolf's expression changed greatly and he quickly said, "I'm not lying, I'm speaking from the bottom of my heart. I know you might not believe me, but it's true. It has happened to me more than once!
When I was eight years old, I played in the village. I kicked a Solomon's seal and fell off a cliff. I obtained a Vermillion Fruit and an ancient thunder dragon. I fought against people and a giant teleportation furnace fell from the sky.
"When others go to the Rain Celestial Realm, they need to steal a Rain Furnace, but when I fly outside, the Rain Furnace automatically flies in front of me.
"After entering the Celestial Realm, other people carefully search for celestial jades and find very little. The first time I went in, I was transported to a Celestial King's cave … There was also an ancient ruin in the Alliance Star System. It was very difficult for others to find the entrance, but when I went there, I took three steps and was transported inside …" The Greedy Wolf was afraid that Wang Lin wouldn't believe him. If he was lying, it wouldn't matter, but the Greedy Wolf knew that everything he said was true.
Sometimes, even he himself felt it was unbelievable.
Wang Lin interrupted the Greedy Wolf's explanation and slowly said, "Continue talking about what you saw after entering the vortex!"
"The inside of the vortex was like another world. It was extremely chaotic and filled with spatial turbulence. Just one wrong step and you would have been consigned to eternal damnation.
There were countless floating fragments of boulders surrounding the vortex. The deepest part was shrouded in fog, making it impossible to see what it looked like.
"I couldn't find the exit there and was locked up for hundreds of years. The death aura there was very strong, and after my observation, I found that it was like a tomb!
"I even saw a head on one of the boulders. That head was extremely large, about 1,000 feet wide. It was extremely ferocious, and there was a star between its eyebrows … I found the Emperor Furnace there. At that time, there was burning incense coming from the furnace … It was as if someone was worshipping it.
As I went deeper, I gradually discovered more and more skulls. These skulls were all emitting dense resentment and unwillingness. Some of them even had one or two horns!
"Some of the heads had magic treasures in front of them!" The Greedy Wolf's eyes were filled with reminiscence and a hint of fear.
"However, during these hundreds of years, I was always carefully moving around the periphery. I didn't dare to go inside, so I didn't know what was inside.
"Until one day, when I was moving between two boulders, I encountered a large amount of spatial turbulence. With my cultivation, I would die without a doubt, so I could only quickly retreat and enter the depths of that place.
"After entering the edge of the depths, I immediately heard waves of mournful roars coming from all directions. When those roars fell into my ears, my body immediately trembled, and there was a tremor that came from my soul.
"I didn't dare to wander around there. It wasn't until a few years later that I gained the courage to leave the depths and return to the periphery. I had a feeling that the depths were not a place I could enter. If I went forward, I would definitely die!
"However, just as I was about to carefully leave, I was swept up by a storm and fainted.
"When I woke up, I was in a withered and majestic forest.
"The forest was too big, and I couldn't see the end. Even when I spread out my divine sense, I couldn't cover it all. All the trees in front of me had withered, and there were no leaves.
"I fearfully moved forward. After who knows how many years, I saw the only tree that hadn't completely withered. That tree only had a withered yellow leaf.
"This was the first leaf I saw here!
"Later, I took this leaf … I also put the tree that hadn't withered yet into my bag of holding.
"I didn't know where this forest was in this mysterious place, so I could only keep moving forward." Gradually, I felt like hundreds or thousands of years had passed. The more I moved forward, the more severe the withering became. In the end, everything turned to dust when I touched it … "One day, I arrived at the center of the forest. That should be the center, and I saw a statue there. The moment I saw the statue, I had a faint guess that perhaps it was this statue that caused this boundless forest to wither and die.
I could feel that the statue was a treasure, so I took it. The moment I picked it up, a whirlpool appeared in front of me. This whirlpool was exactly the same as the one I had entered. I was ecstatic and rushed into the whirlpool without hesitation.
"When I appeared, I was in an unfamiliar star domain. Later, I found out that I was outside the sealed realm …" After the Greedy Wolf finished speaking, he looked at Wang Lin.
Wang Lin frowned and revealed a pondering expression.
The Greedy Wolf's eyes flashed imperceptibly. Halfway through his words, he found that there was no longer any restriction on his body. The Stop spell's duration seemed to have passed.
Seeing Wang Lin pondering, the Greedy Wolf was extremely nervous. He slowly retreated and then suddenly rushed back, wanting to escape. However, the moment he rushed out, Wang Lin casually grabbed with his right hand.
The Greedy Wolf let out a miserable scream. His body seemed to be grabbed through the air and pulled toward Wang Lin's right hand. Just as his head was about to be slapped by Wang Lin's right hand, a strange suction force came from his palm and clearly entered the Greedy Wolf's head.
Fear turned into a flood that drowned the Greedy Wolf. He roared miserably, "You promised not to kill me!!!"
Just as he spoke, Wang Lin's right hand suddenly landed on his head. His divine sense rushed out and entered his origin soul to search his memories!
At the same time, under Wang Lin's powerful divine sense, Thunder rumbled and lightning flashed in the starry sky. It gathered in Wang Lin's right hand and rushed into the Greedy Wolf's origin soul. With Wang Lin's Thunder source power, the Greedy Wolf's origin soul was cleansed.
The Greedy Wolf's body trembled and was covered in sweat. In an instant, Wang Lin raised his right hand and threw the Greedy Wolf far away.
"I won't take your treasures for nothing. You can go!"
The Greedy Wolf's face was deathly pale and he immediately bit the tip of his tongue to spit out blood. His speed increased greatly and he disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Among the stars, the Greedy Wolf's eyes were filled with the feeling of having survived a calamity, but there was also a sense of grievance.
"This is the second time I've had all my treasures stolen by him. I swear I won't let this happen a third time in my life!!!
Most of my treasures are gone, and this Fallen Land is too dangerous. I must quickly return to my cave to take what I left behind and leave this Fallen Land! "
The Greedy Wolf's face was filled with grievance as he escaped. After a long time, he teleported countless times to make sure Wang Lin wasn't chasing him. Then he disappeared without a trace.
When he reappeared, he was on a cultivation planet. The moment he appeared, he immediately flew toward a mountain before him. He turned into a ray of light and entered the periphery of the mountain. With a wave of his sleeve, a rumble came from the mountain, and a crack appeared in the middle.
Greed didn't hesitate to take a step forward, but at the instant he stepped into the crack, his entire body froze. A foul stench came from the crack, and it assaulted his face, causing him to almost faint from the stench.
"Why is it so smelly …" The Greedy Wolf suddenly trembled and was startled. He quickly raised his arm to the tip of his nose. After carefully smelling it, he was filled with disbelief.
"The stench on my body is gone!!!
Even my sense of smell has recovered. I'm already used to the stench in this cave, so I can't smell it at all! "
The Greedy Wolf's eyes were filled with joy. For hundreds of years, he had been dreaming of getting rid of the stench on his body. After meeting Wang Lin, he lost the chance to obtain the Ancient Scorpion Corpse. He was already in despair, but he didn't expect the stench to disappear on its own!
"I won't take your treasures for nothing …" The Greedy Wolf immediately remembered what Wang Lin had said before he left, and he revealed a complicated expression.
After letting the Greedy Wolf go, Wang Lin returned to the planet the Dark Scorpion Clan was on.
Greed didn't care about the barrier between the Inner and Outer Realms and had come to the Ancient Star System ahead of time to wait for Wang Lin. He had handed over the treasures he had worked so hard to obtain and was happy to meet an old friend. How could Wang Lin kill him?
"This Greedy Wolf is my lucky star. I can't kill him, I must let him go. I'm looking forward to meeting him a third time. At that time, I presume he will give me some more treasures!" Wang Lin smiled as he shook his head and appeared on the Dark Scorpion Clan's cultivation planet.
The nearly 1,000 cultivators of the Yundun people didn't dare to leave and still waited there. Chung Ta-hung was full of energy again. He pointed at a few cultivators of the Yundun people who were healing him as he lay there and let out cold snorts.
Every snort caused the hearts of the people around him to tremble.
Their gazes toward Chung Ta-hung were filled with awe. They weren't afraid of Chung Ta-hung, but the master behind Chung Ta-hung!
In particular, the patriarch's expression and words after seeing the jade made everyone realize that they had provoked someone they couldn't afford to provoke. A disaster was imminent.
The members of the Dark Scorpion Clan that had been driven out were respectfully invited back by the Yundun people. They took out pills to heal them, and even Chung Ta-hung's follower, the old man named Zhang, was invited back.
"If you knew it would be like this, why did you do it in the first place?
Hmph, the Old Man already made it clear, but you all didn't believe him!
What's the point of keeping your eyes open? "
There were two female cultivators of the Yundun people standing behind Chung Ta-hung. They were rubbing his shoulders, and he looked very comfortable as he spoke arrogantly.
"It's not that the Old Man is looking down on you, but with your cultivation, not to mention my master, even I don't look at you. One slap is enough to send all of you flying like ants!" Chung Ta-hung raised his chin and reprimanded them disdainfully.
The surrounding cultivators of the Yundun people nodded in agreement. Even some of the more arrogant ones couldn't help but lower their heads and didn't dare to refute when their entire clan was facing a disaster.
The patriarch of the Yundun people and a few elders stood respectfully beside Chung Ta-hung. They had flattering smiles on their faces as they nodded continuously.
"Please forgive us, sir. We really didn't know your identity. Please help us put in some good words, and we will give you a generous gift after this."
The Cloud Escape Clan's patriarch felt bitter in his heart. His cultivation was clearly much higher than the other party's, and if it was before, he could kill the other party thousands of times with a single finger. However, at this moment, he had to carefully serve the other party.
Chung Ta-hung felt very comfortable being rubbed by the female cultivators behind him. He let out a snort and proudly said, "Since you know you were wrong, I should have given you a chance to repent, but …"
The patriarch of the Yundun people quickly took out a jade bottle. His eyes flashed with a hint of reluctance, but he clenched his teeth and quickly handed it over.
"This is a small token of my appreciation. Please accept it, sir."
Chung Ta-hung opened the bottle and revealed a happy expression. He put it away, coughed, and proudly said, "The Old Man can give it a try."
Just at this moment, ripples appeared in the sky and Wang Lin's figure walked out.
The moment he appeared, Chung Ta-hung's expression changed. He suddenly stood up and pushed the female cultivator away. He was afraid he would be too slow, so he put on a flattering expression.
"Welcome back, Master. Master, Da Hong hasn't seen you these past few days and hasn't heard your words. My heart is filled with anxiety and I can't even meditate. I feel like my heart is empty, and I have to say Master's name 100 times before I can meditate.
"Even so, it can't compare to this little one's longing for Master.
Only when I see Master and am by Master's side will this little one's heart feel at ease. "
Chung Ta-hung quickly walked up. He bowed and used his invincible technique, but he was also very careful. He was afraid his words would be too exaggerated and make Wang Lin unhappy.
At this moment, the arrogance he displayed in front of the Yundun people was long gone. Instead, he was filled with flattery.
This was the first time the Yundun people had seen something like this, and they were all dumbfounded. Even the patriarch of the Yundun people, who had just given the gift, was startled. He couldn't imagine how a person could change so much in an instant.
"Why aren't you moving? What are you standing there for? Move, don't block my master's path!"
Chung Ta-hung rushed in front of Wang Lin and pushed aside a few Yundun people cultivators. He even pushed the patriarch of the Yundun people to the side. It was as if he had forgotten the joy he had when he received the gift.