Looking at the red mist, the middle-aged scholar smiled. His surname was Shen and he was as cunning as a fox. Even in the Ancient Star System, he was known as the Scheming Fox.
Although he was only at the third Heaven's Blight, he always believed that his schemes could make up for everything. This was indeed the case. Many times, he relied on his cunning nature to wander between life and death to emerge as the victor.
This time, he was even more careful when he schemed against Esteemed Ling Dong for the treasure.
He was still worried after faking his death once, so he used the jade to stop the restriction inside the fog. This was the same as opening the door to the fog. Then he faked his death again. If someone else was here like him, they wouldn't miss this opportunity to rush out.
Once someone really appeared and entered the fog, the middle-aged scholar would launch a counterattack and trap that person inside the fog.
This person was also very confident in his faking death. He had a fortuitous encounter in his early years and learned a spell that could make it seem like he was truly dead. Even his origin soul would collapse, so outsiders wouldn't be able to tell if it was real or fake.
In addition, he had deliberately made it look like it was rotting, which made the middle-aged scholar even more at ease. He waved his right hand in front of the red mist, and the mist retreated, revealing the nine jade slips. The scholar tapped the jade slips a few times, and six of the jade slips shattered, turning into black ash and dissipating. The mist once again stopped moving, as if it had come to a standstill.
Of the nine jade slips, six of them were used to kill people. After stopping the restriction, the middle-aged scholar revealed a proud expression. He took a deep breath and stepped into the door formed by the three jade slips.
He focused all of his attention on it. He formed a seal and calculated for a while. His right hand pointed at the fog in front of him a few times, causing the solidified fog to slowly be torn apart by him.
Not long after, layers of fog were lifted by this person, and they gradually reached the depths of the fog. Excitement appeared in the middle-aged scholar's eyes, and he raised his right hand to point at the fog once more. However, just as his fingertip touched the fog, his lips unconsciously moved, and he revealed an extremely strange smile.
The moment that smile appeared, the middle-aged scholar's expression changed greatly. He quickly retreated and wiped his face with his right hand. His eyes were filled with shock.
However, the strange smile still remained on his face, forming a stark contrast with the fear in his eyes. "Impossible … Impossible …" The middle-aged scholar's body trembled, and the fear in his eyes had already reached its limit. The smile on his face grew even wider. He frantically raised his hands and continuously squeezed his face, as if he wanted to squeeze the smile away. However, the strange smile continued to exist no matter how hard he squeezed it, and it became even more intense.
Blood flowed out of his mouth, but he didn't seem to notice it. He rubbed his face frantically, but it was useless … "How could this be!!!"
The middle-aged scholar let out a mournful roar, but this roar came from that strange smile. Gradually, he could not control that smile, and he threw his head back and laughed.
However, his eyes were filled with fear that drowned him like a tidal wave.
"Don't laugh, don't laugh!!!"
As he laughed, he quickly retreated, but he only retreated a few dozen feet before his body trembled and he coughed out a large mouthful of blood. His eyes became dim and there was no longer any light in them. His body fell to the ground with a bang.
There was still that strange smile on his face as if he was looking at the sky … His origin soul inside his body also revealed the same smile. He was completely dead … Life and Death Restriction!
There was a flash of light on the silent earth and Wang Lin calmly walked out from the restriction. The restrictions placed by the middle-aged man in the red fog were something that outsiders could not understand. Even grandmasters in restrictions would find it difficult to see through. If it wasn't for the fact that Wang Lin knew three of the four great restrictions and had extraordinary attainments in restrictions, he wouldn't have been able to see through the problem.
The restrictions placed by the middle-aged man were indeed breaking the red fog, but when the countless restrictions were combined together, there was a strange reversal. Not only did they not break the red fog restriction, they instead stimulated it. In the end, he borrowed Esteemed Ling Dong's Joss Flame attack to completely activate the red fog restriction, causing it to erupt several times in an attempt to kill and drive away everyone here.
He was really afraid of people suspecting him, so he used some unknown method to hide inside the red fog. He let out a miserable scream and made everyone think he was dead.
He had successfully killed a majority of the people here and chased the rest out. As the red mist spread out, all the spatial cracks in the sky collapsed, making it impossible for people to enter through the spatial cracks. This made it so that he was the only one left. This kind of scheme and courage was worthy of being called a hero. Wang Lin looked at the corpse with the strange smile on his face. He raised his right hand and hit the corpse. With a bang, the corpse collapsed and turned to dust.
"This way, even if you are still using tricks, there is no chance of resurrection!"
He had long since seen through this person's scheme and decided to beat him at his own game. He had left behind a restriction that could teleport him here.
With his cultivation level, he wasn't afraid of being discovered by the middle-aged man. Then he teleported back from the crack in the sky.
This middle-aged man wasn't killed by him, it was just that the middle-aged man didn't notice. Aside from the Ancient Soul Restriction and Time Restriction, there was also the Life and Death Restriction. Wang Lin naturally saw the middle-aged man faking his death. However, this method was useless against Wang Lin. Wang Lin withdrew his gaze from the middle-aged man's corpse and arrived next to the red fog restriction. This simple restriction had already taken the lives of many people. Wang Lin once again experienced the cruelty of the cultivation world.
Looking at the three jades that had stopped the red fog, Wang Lin slowly entered and stood where the middle-aged man was. His eyes lit up and there was a flash of divination in them.
"It really is the Life and Death Restriction …" After a while, Wang Lin raised his right hand and quickly pointed forward. Light popping sounds could be heard. The mist in front of him had originally stopped, but now it began to spin, turning into a red mist vortex.
The key to breaking the Life and Death Restriction was to find that sliver of life in death. If one could find it and extract that sliver of life, then the Life and Death Restriction could be broken. However, for cultivators who did not understand the Life and Death Restriction, there was no way for them to extract that sliver of life. Wang Lin did not blink. After observing for a while, his right hand quickly formed a seal, and in the blink of an eye, a restriction appeared in his hand. Taking a deep breath, Wang Lin carefully pressed the restriction against the red mist vortex. Muffled banging sounds suddenly reverberated, and the zero vortex suddenly absorbed Wang Lin's restriction. Gradually, the black line inside became clearer and clearer. Wang Lin's eyes flashed, and without any hesitation, his right hand reached into the mist vortex. He grabbed the black line and pulled it out.
With a loud bang, the black line was completely pulled out by Wang Lin. It was like a long snake twisting and dissipating in Wang Lin's hand. Soon after, the red mist vortex collapsed, like boiling water pouring into snow, and a large amount of it disappeared, revealing a passage. This passage was very long, and it seemed to be connected to the platform within the mist. "And …" The moment the passage appeared, Wang Lin's pupils shrank, but he quickly returned to normal. His expression did not reveal any clues, but a flash of ecstasy appeared on his face. After being quickly suppressed, his body did not stop and was about to rush into the passage.
"Halt!"
Just as Wang Lin was about to rush in, a cold voice suddenly appeared in this world.
"What a good mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!"
As the voice echoed, a blurry figure slowly appeared outside the mist in the sky. After it became clear, it was Esteemed Ling Dong, who was half a step into the third step!
Behind him, the two thousand zhang tall platform appeared.
At this moment, there was no joy or sadness on his face. He no longer had that stupid expression from before, and there was a hint of mockery in his eyes.
Wang Lin's body stiffened and he slowly turned around. His expression was extremely ugly as he looked at Esteemed Ling Dong with a bitter smile. There was panic in his eyes.
"Junior … Greetings, Esteemed Ling Dong …" Wang Lin clasped his hands and was about to take a small step back.
Esteemed Ling Dong gloomily said, "If you take a step, the Old Man will kill you!"
"Esteemed Ling Dong's plan is flawless and you hid it in your heart. Junior admires you!" Wang Lin's body trembled and the bitterness on his face became even stronger. The panic in his eyes was forcibly suppressed by him.
"The Old Man already knew of Xiao Jing's ambition. A mere junior thinks he can hide it from the Old Man? What a joke!
Although the Old Man isn't good at restrictions, since the two of you are good at it and have opened it for the Old Man, it won't take much effort for the Old Man! "
Esteemed Ling Dong sneered. Wang Lin's subtle actions made him even more confident. He slowly said, "Come out and wait on the side!"
A dao spirit that was born naturally required the complete soul of a living creature that hadn't been soul searched. In Esteemed Ling Dong's opinion, Wang Lin wouldn't be able to cause any trouble and wouldn't be able to escape his palm. Therefore, he decided to leave his life as a sacrifice for the dao spirit.
Wang Lin's face was pale and he seemed to hesitate. However, a moment later, he let out a sigh and slowly walked out of the fog. The moment he walked out, Esteemed Ling Dong waved his right hand and a powerful force landed on Wang Lin's body. It turned into a bubble-like cage and sealed Wang Lin inside.
Esteemed Ling Dong didn't even look at Wang Lin. He was very confident in his own methods and stepped into the fog. It looked like he was going to enter the passage, but just as he entered, he suddenly stopped and looked back at Wang Lin. His eyes were like lightning.
Wang Lin's expression was still bitter and didn't change at all. Although Esteemed Ling Dong's gaze was very sudden, Wang Lin didn't notice anything.
"This old man has changed his mind. You go in first!"
Wang Lin was startled, and the joy in his eyes was suppressed before it could appear. However, it still affected his expression. Esteemed Ling Dong laughed and ignored Wang Lin. He turned around and stepped into the passage without hesitation. He moved like lightning and entered the middle of the passage. However, just at this moment, a miserable scream echoed. "There is still the restriction!!!"
Wang Lin suddenly looked up and killing intent flashed in his eyes.