Although the swords were fast, Wang Lin's earth escape technique was even more mysterious. He was able to follow behind the 100 cultivators. The 100 cultivators flew through the air and arrived at the spirit vein in an instant.
There was a large amount of spiritual energy here and the ground was full of holes. There were broken bodies everywhere and a strong smell of blood wafted through the air.
The moment the 100 cultivators arrived, countless cultivators from Hou Fen appeared from all directions and the battle began.
At the same time, eight rays of sword energy that were a few meters wide flew over and a powerful aura surrounded the area. Wang Lin narrowed his eyes. These eight cultivators were all Nascent Soul cultivators.
As soon as they got close, they were noticed by the patrolling Nascent Soul cultivators from Hou Fen. The Nascent Soul cultivators from both sides began to fight. Magic treasures and flying swords appeared one after another.
At this moment, the sky shook and the clouds changed color.
Soon after, several groups of over a hundred cultivators from Xuan Wu appeared in the distance and quickly flew over to join the chaotic battle.
Wang Lin's eyes were cold. After watching for a while, his Ji Realm Divine Sense turned into a bolt of red lightning and flew toward the two sides.
A State of Xuan Wu's Foundation Establishment disciple killed a 15th layer Qi Condensation cultivator with a single strike. Just as he was about to swing his sword again, a red light flashed in front of his eyes. His mind felt as if it had been struck by a giant hammer. His vision darkened and his divine sense shattered without any resistance. His body fell from the sky.
Eight Foundation Establishment cultivators from Xuan Wu formed a sword formation and trapped a Core Formation cultivator. However, after the red light flashed, the eight of them trembled and their expressions froze. Their divine sense disappeared as if it was disrupted by a giant hand. Their bodies lost their souls and fell from the sky.
The trapped Core Formation cultivator was startled, but he didn't have time to think. He quickly charged toward the enemy not far away.
A Fake Core Stage cultivator from the Country of Xuan Wu used a Nascent Soul grade flying sword to kill several cultivators of the same cultivation level as him. Then, he gripped the neck of an early stage Foundation Establishment female cultivator with a sinister smile. His right hand tore off, and the female cultivator's clothes were immediately torn to shreds, revealing a pink undergarment. The female cultivator screamed in terror, and she seemed weak and powerless on the battlefield.
The Pseudo Core Formation cultivator licked his lips and his eyes revealed an evil light. He grabbed the female cultivator and quickly retreated. However, before he could retreat more than a few steps, a red light flashed before his eyes. His body trembled and powerlessly handed over the female cultivator. his body fell from the sky like mud.
After his flying sword lost control of its owner, not only did it not stop flying, but it also flew even faster toward the ground. When it got close to the ground, a hand suddenly appeared and it pulled back into the ground.
As more and more Foundation Establishment cultivators of Xuan Wu fell from the sky for no reason, this attracted the attention of the country of Xuan Wu. A Core Formation cultivator wearing a purple robe stared at a certain spot on the ground and pointed with his right hand. Using some unknown method, ten late stage Foundation Establishment cultivators immediately rushed out of the battlefield and flew towards the direction he pointed.
Wang Lin's expression was calm. He turned around and used the earth escape technique to escape at a moderate speed. One of the ten Foundation Establishment cultivators held a compass in his hand and chased after Wang Lin according to the needle on the compass.
After traveling for more than five kilometers, Wang Lin stopped and spread out his Ji Realm Divine Sense. In front of Foundation Establishment cultivators, Wang Lin was the king. He could live or die as he pleased. The ten people didn't even have time to warn him before they fell to the ground one by one. Their divine sense was destroyed and their eyes lost their light.
The current Wang Lin no longer had the naivety of a mountain village youth. He no longer had a compassionate heart. Anyone who stood in his way could be killed.
There was no right or wrong on the battlefield, only life and death. If there was even a trace of compassion, the one who died would be him.
The attributes of the Ji Realm not only gave Wang Lin strength, but it also quietly changed his personality. The Ji Realm was unscrupulous. If he walked the righteous path, then he would be worthy of being called a hero of the generation. He would hate evil and slay demons.
If he walked the demonic path, then he would definitely be the king of all demons. At the extreme, even those who walked the demonic path would fear him, and he would be worthy of being called a demon king.
Under the restrictions of the Ji Realm, it was impossible for him to act in a manner that was neither righteous nor evil.
Wang Lin's simple and honest personality had decided that he wanted to become a hero of the generation, a righteous cultivator respected by tens of thousands of people. He wanted to bring honor to his ancestors. Unfortunately, the affairs of the world were unpredictable. Situ Nan's appearance caused a subtle change in his personality. This change grew bigger and bigger, and in the end, he became the root of all calamity.
Bring honor to his ancestors … His ancestors had already been severed, so how could he bring honor to himself? The attributes of the Ji Realm immediately reversed his personality. Since he couldn't become a hero of the generation, then he would become a demon king of slaughter who was feared by tens of thousands of people!
A ruthless glint appeared in Wang Lin's eyes. After collecting these people's storage pouches, he didn't even look at the corpses at his feet. With a sway of his body, he drilled back into the ground, changing his position and heading back to the battlefield.
However, he immediately drilled out again. Looking at the battlefield from afar, he muttered to himself for a while. Taking out several spirit stones, he laid down a formation on the ground and threw the ten corpses into the formation one by one. As soon as a corpse was thrown in, it immediately exploded, turning into a bloody mist that was absorbed by the formation.
After the last corpse exploded, Wang Lin bit the tip of his finger and flicked a drop of blood onto the formation spirit stones.
Suddenly, a sliver of purple gas rose up from the formation. The purple gas circled around the formation a few times before slowly dissipating. The spirit stones on the ground also disappeared. If one didn't look closely, they wouldn't be able to find any clues.
After doing all of this, Wang Lin's body sank back into the ground and headed back to the battlefield.
At this moment, the battle between the two sides had reached its climax. The battle between the Nascent Soul cultivators was getting more and more intense, forcing the other cultivators to retreat.
Just at this moment, all of the Foundation Establishment cultivators in Xuan Wu began to fall from the sky for no reason. When they hit the ground, they were smashed into meat paste.
As more and more Foundation Establishment cultivators mysteriously died, the battle between Xuan Wu and Hou Fen became a bit chaotic. The cultivators of Hou Fen immediately seized this opportunity and chased after them.
The purple-robed, middle-aged man that sent people to kill Wang Lin frowned. His eyes were like lightning as he looked down and stared at a spot on the ground. He pointed with his right hand and an early stage Core Formation cultivator charged over without a word.
The moment the Core Formation cultivator charged over, Wang Lin immediately escaped. The Core Formation cultivator sneered and let out a roar. He pressed down with his right hand and a palm print appeared on the ground. With a thunderous rumble, the ground caved in. Wang Lin quickly broke through the ground and jumped toward where the formation was set up.
The Core Formation cultivator revealed a look of mockery. In his mind, the only reason Zhao Jiuge was able to kill so many Foundation Establishment cultivators was because of a powerful magic treasure. As long as he was careful, he would be able to capture Zhao Jiuge easily.
Thinking about this, he waved his hand and a golden awl appeared between his hands. After pausing for a moment, it shot out like an arrow. The speed of the awl was so fast that it created ripples in the air.
Wang Lin didn't even look back as he threw out the useless pill treasure given by Hou Fen. He didn't even look at the result and quickly ran away.
The moment the pill treasure appeared, it turned into a silver fist and smashed toward the awl.
The moment they collided, the awl spun even more violently and broke through the fist. However, its light was a bit dimmer, but it didn't slow down at all. It closed in on Wang Lin.
Wang Lin's expression was calm. The moment the awl arrived, he went back into the ground and used the earth escape technique. After traveling a few dozen meters, he came out again. He repeated this process several times until he arrived at the formation.
The Core Formation cultivator calmly followed. The mockery in his eyes became even stronger as he loudly said, "Coward, aside from sneak attacks, do you not have any other skills?"
Wang Lin didn't say a word. When he passed by the formation, he didn't stop at all. After flying far away, he suddenly stopped and turned around. At this moment, the Core Formation cultivator was already above the formation.
Wang Lin revealed a cold expression and muttered, "Open!"
After he spoke, the formation under the Core Formation cultivator's feet suddenly activated and a large amount of purple gas came out. This purple gas instantly surrounded the Core Formation cultivator. From afar, one could only see a dense purple gas spreading out. It was impossible to see what was happening inside.
Wang Lin sneered as he sat down cross-legged. He quickly took out the Nascent Soul magic treasure jade talisman that Zhou Jin gave him. Suddenly, a circular ripple spread out from the jade talisman and covered Wang Lin's body.
At this moment, the awl had already rushed over and violently collided with the ripple. However, the ripple only shook a few times and didn't show any signs of breaking.
He didn't even look at the awl and stared at the purple gas. He took out a flying sword from his storage pouch and wiped it with his right hand. The Devil's red shadow immediately flew out and stared excitedly at the purple gas. It revealed an expression of wanting to devour it but was hesitant.
Wang Lin took a deep breath and closed his eyes without another word. Inside his mind, a raging wind blew. Bolts of red lightning continuously rushed out of his mind and condensed into a red cloud that suddenly rushed out of his mind.
For the first time, his Extreme Realm Deification left his body and came out in full force.
The moment the red cloud floated out of Wang Lin's head, the Devil immediately revealed a look of fear and its body trembled as it retreated to the side.
The moment the red cloud appeared, it immediately turned into a sharp sword. It spun around the Devil and brought the Devil into the purple gas. Inside the gas was a Core Formation Stage cultivator sitting cross-legged on the ground with a gloomy expression. Beside him was a gourd that spun in circles. Wherever it passed, the purple gas would slowly fade and be absorbed by the gourd.
This formation was an extremely vicious formation that Wang Lin had mastered. It was called the Heavenly Blood Devouring Formation. The formation's structure wasn't too complicated. The main point was that it required the cultivator's flesh and blood to be used as a demonic guide. Wang Lin used the bodies of ten Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators as a guide. This formation could trap a Core Formation Stage cultivator for a short period of time without too much of a problem.
If he could use the bodies of Core Formation Stage cultivators to set up this formation, then he would only need five of them to kill a Core Formation Stage cultivator. However, this formation had extremely high requirements for the body. The cultivator had to be killed by the cultivator himself. This limited the use of the formation.
Wang Lin's Ji Realm Divine Sense rushed into the purple gas. The Core Formation Stage cultivator immediately sensed it and opened his eyes. Wang Lin didn't hesitate to rush forward with the Devil. He ignored the gourd and the Devil's body and immediately rushed into the Knowledge Sea.
Inside the Knowledge Sea, the cultivator's Divine Sense turned into a giant and angrily stared at Wang Lin.
The Ji Realm Divine Sense's ability to kill cultivators of the same level was displayed to the extreme. With a sweep of Wang Lin's Divine Sense, the red cloud immediately emitted countless red lightning bolts. The lightning bolts rumbled like thunder and struck various parts of the giant's body.
The giant revealed a pained expression and his body quickly shrunk. He roared and waved his arms. Immediately, a large amount of red lightning bolts were cut in half.
Immediately after, the red cloud suddenly dissipated and turned into even more lightning bolts that rushed towards the Core Formation Stage. The giant's body became smaller and smaller, but his fists became more and more violent. Every time he waved his fists, a large amount of lightning bolts would be broken by him, turning into red light and disappearing.
With Wang Lin's current cultivation, killing an early Core Formation Stage cultivator was still a bit difficult. If he could reach late Foundation Establishment and enter the False Core Realm, then dealing with Core Formation Stage cultivators would be much easier.
However, Wang Lin wasn't a reckless person. He wouldn't do something he wasn't confident in. Just as the two sides were locked in a deadly battle, the Devil seemed to have received Wang Lin's order. With a hesitant expression, it pounced towards the giant.
The giant's face was filled with panic. He swung his arm at the Devil and immediately shattered the Devil's body. The giant heaved a sigh of relief, but the panic on his face became even stronger. He saw the Devil's figure suddenly appear on his arm again and firmly bite down on it, devouring it in big mouthfuls.
No matter how the Devil roared and swung his arm, it was as if the Devil had grown on his body. He couldn't get rid of it no matter what. In the end, the giant even gave up fighting the red lightning bolts and used his other arm to continuously smash the Devil's body. Every time he smashed the Devil's body, the Devil's body would become a bit weaker. However, not only did the Devil not let go, it ate even faster.
In truth, the Devil was also complaining in his heart. If he let go now, Wang Lin would kill him without hesitation. If he let go, he would die, but if he didn't let go, he would have a chance to live. Also, if he could absorb this Core Formation Stage Cultivator's divine sense, his divine sense would increase greatly. At that time, he could kill that hateful guy and from then on, he would be free to roam the world.
With this kind of hope, the Devil became ruthless and began to eat even faster. It could be said that he put all of his energy into this.
The giant looked like he was about to cry and his arms became weaker and weaker. Finally, his entire body quickly shrunk and turned into a golden divine sense that was sucked dry by the Devil.
The Devil was ecstatic. Just as he was about to quickly digest the divine sense, Wang Lin's divine sense turned into a red cloud and completely enveloped the Devil. The Devil repeatedly let out an unwilling cry. Finally, he had no choice but to spit out the Core Formation Stage Cultivator's divine sense bit by bit.
After going through the transformation in the Devil's body, the divine sense that was spat out had become an ownerless divine sense. Wang Lin's mind moved and the red cloud immediately took the Core Formation Stage Cultivator's divine sense out of the collapsing Knowledge Sea. It broke out of the purple fog and returned to his body.
Wang Lin suddenly opened his eyes and a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. In his Knowledge Sea, the Core Formation Stage Cultivator's divine sense floated above and was slowly being melted by the Ultimate State's divine sense.
At this time, the golden awl on the periphery dimmed and fell to the ground.
Wang Lin took back the jade talisman and grabbed the awl in his hand. After looking at it for a while, he put it into his storage pouch.
Then, he strode forward and squatted down in a corner outside the formation. He grabbed a spirit stone from the ground and crushed it. Immediately, the purple fog dissipated, revealing the dead Core Formation Stage Cultivator's body that was sitting cross-legged on the ground.
Standing next to the body, Wang Lin pointed between the Cultivator's eyebrows with his right hand and shouted, "Come out or I'll kill you immediately."
A red light unwillingly came out of the Cultivator's head and turned into the Devil. He was filled with hatred but then he sighed and returned to Wang Lin's flying sword as if he had accepted his fate and was put back into his storage pouch.
Wang Lin stared at the Cultivator and his eyes flickered non-stop. Then, he took off the Cultivator's storage pouch and waved his right hand. The Cultivator's body immediately started burning and turned into a pile of black charcoal. However, within the black charcoal, there was a shining Golden Core. The Golden Core's size was shrinking rapidly and its color was getting darker and darker. There were signs of it disappearing.
Wang Lin grabbed the Golden Core and threw it into his mouth without hesitation. Then, he lightly stepped on the ground and disappeared from his original spot, sinking into the ground.
This time, he sank for thousands of feet. Deep underground, far away from the surface, Wang Lin sat cross-legged on the ground and digested the Golden Core in his stomach. The Golden Core immediately collapsed in his body and a majestic spiritual power suddenly spread out, filling up Wang Lin's entire body.
This spiritual power was so strong that Wang Lin's body couldn't withstand it. Blood kept flowing out of his mouth and nose. Without a word, Wang Lin pointed between his eyebrows and the heaven defying bead immediately appeared. His body flashed and he grabbed the bead and entered the heaven defying bead's space.
Inside the heaven defying bead's space, Wang Lin immediately flew to where Situ Nan's Nascent Soul was. He sat cross-legged and closed his eyes to cultivate. Gradually, countless blood spots appeared on his body and his meridians appeared under his skin.
Wang Lin's hands formed a seal and in a strange way, he placed one hand on his forehead and the other on his abdomen, forming a cycle. At the same time, he silently chanted in his heart.
The huge spiritual power from the Golden Core quickly circulated through his body. His muscles and bones were constantly being baptized by the spiritual power and became even stronger.
After two months in the heaven defying bead's space, Wang Lin suddenly opened his eyes. His eyes were filled with fog and after a long time, they slowly dissipated and his eyes became clear again.
"The Evil Demon Sect's jade scroll said that consuming a Golden Core can increase one's cultivation. This is indeed true. According to the scroll, I can indeed absorb the spiritual power from the Golden Core. Unfortunately, this is only an early stage Golden Core. Only after practicing the Great Freedom Asura Technique can I absorb more than 20% of the spiritual power. If I don't practice the Great Freedom Asura Technique, I can at most absorb 10%."
Wang Lin muttered to himself. He stood up and clenched his fists. His eyes revealed a look of contemplation. He thought to himself, "Just absorbing 10% of the spiritual power from the Golden Core allowed me to break through the intermediate stage and reach the peak of the late stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm. Now, if I meet an early stage Core Formation Realm cultivator, even without the help of the Evil Demon, I can still fight!"
Two months in the heaven defying bead's space was equivalent to ten days in the outside world. After Wang Lin left the heaven defying bead's space, he used the Earth Escape Technique to rush to the surface. At this moment, it was late at night outside and everything was quiet.
Wang Lin arrived at the battlefield and saw that there were corpses everywhere. The entire spirit vein was pulled out of the ground by someone, revealing a bottomless abyss.
After looking around, he quickly left and headed towards the mountain that was occupied by the country of Hou Fen. After a few hours, Wang Lin arrived at the foot of the mountain and came out from the ground. He stood on his flying sword and flew up.
Along the way, a large number of cultivators were strictly inspecting him. However, after seeing the jade talisman Wang Lin used to record the number of enemies he killed, no one stopped him. Wang Lin arrived at the side palace at the top of the mountain. This was the place where Feng Luan summoned him.
Outside the side palace, two Core Formation female cultivators were sitting cross-legged. When Wang Lin arrived, they opened their eyes. When they saw that it was Wang Lin, they closed their eyes again and ignored him.
Wang Lin stood outside the shop and loudly said, "Disciple greets teacher."
"Come in." Feng Luan's gentle voice came from inside the palace.
Without a word, Wang Lin walked in and saw Feng Luan sitting on a stone chair. Beside her was the middle aged scholar, Zhou Jin. He nodded at Wang Lin and then looked out the window with his eyebrows furrowed.
Feng Luan also looked a bit tired. She looked at Wang Lin and asked, "What is it?"
Wang Lin didn't say anything and threw the talisman in his hand. Feng Luan was startled. She caught it but didn't check it. Instead, she carefully looked at Wang Lin and then calmly sent her divine sense into the talisman. Her expression suddenly became strange.
Zhou Jin turned his head and took the jade talisman from Feng Luan's hand. He scanned it with his divine sense and his brows relaxed slightly. He smiled and said, "Not bad. We killed 61 Foundation Establishment cultivators and one Core Formation cultivator. If we can persevere, we might be able to obtain the Sky Separation Pill.
However, I'm very curious. You were only at the mid stage of Foundation Establishment before, so how did you reach the peak stage of Foundation Establishment so quickly?
Even so, it is nearly impossible to kill a Core Formation cultivator. How did you do it? "Towards the end of his sentence, his tone became stern.
Wang Lin had already expected this question. He calmly said, "That Core Formation cultivator was attacked and escaped with heavy injuries. When I caught up, he was already on the verge of death. I took his golden core and used the Evil Demon Sect's Devouring Incense to raise my cultivation from the mid stage of Foundation Establishment to the False Core Stage."
"Devouring Incense …" Zhou Jin's eyes were like lightning as he stared at Wang Lin's body. He found that there were remnants of a golden core in Wang Lin's body and no longer spoke.
Feng Luan meaningfully looked at Wang Lin. She took out a piece of jade from her bag of holding and said, "This is the second map. I'll give you 10 Core Formation cultivators. If you kill 150 people, come to me for the third map."
Wang Lin nodded and checked the jade with his divine sense. There was indeed a map inside. If he put the two maps together, Wang Lin would be able to clearly see the terrain around Hou Fen.
Hou Fen was at the edge of the Sea of Devils. From the map, Hou Fen was not on the continent Zhao was on. According to the map, there was another continent on the other side of the Sea of Devils. As for the name of the continent, the map did not show it. Presumably, it would be on the last map.
On the second map, there was a detailed description of the Sea of Devils. Wang Lin didn't look at it in detail and withdrew his divine sense.
Yang Yi looked at Wang Lin with admiration and smiled. "The cultivators of Xuan Wu have joined forces. There will be a big battle soon. If you want to accumulate military merit, these few days are the best time."
Wang Lin was about to speak when a scream came from outside. Zhou Jin and Feng Luan's expressions became gloomy and they disappeared.
Wang Lin quickly walked out of the side hall and saw a Nascent Soul with countless wounds floating in the air. The Nascent Soul said, "Fellow cultivators, the country sealing formation has been broken … The fire beasts are attacking …"