The doubt in his heart became even stronger. After pondering for a bit, his body moved and disappeared. He quickly passed through the country of Hou Fen and entered one of the neighboring countries of Hou Fen, the country of Tian Mao.
His goal was the Heaven's Tower at the center of the country of Tian Mao.
The person inside the tower was the messenger from Tian Mao.
Not all rank 3 cultivation countries had a Heaven's Tower. For example, Hou Fen and Xuan Wu didn't have one. This was why Hou Fen chose to invade Xuan Wu instead of Tian Mao.
Wang Lin was cultivating inside the heaven defying bead. Time slowly passed. In the blink of an eye, 100 days had passed on the outside.
On this day, Wang Lin suddenly opened his eyes from his cultivation. The blood red word "Punish" above his head became fainter and fainter until it lost all of its color and became grey.
Layers of invisible ripples appeared around him and spread out. All of the glowing objects inside the heaven defying bead that were originally emitting a soft, dark light began to shine brightly.
As the ripples spread, more and more glowing objects inside the heaven defying bead became brighter and brighter. This phenomenon continued to spread until all of the glowing objects were lit up.
Wang Lin stared at the scene before him. His heart was filled with shock.
Shortly after, the "punish" above his head began to shrink and a large amount of spiritual energy suddenly appeared inside the heaven defying bead. As the spiritual energy became more and more intense, a fist-sized, grey pill appeared in the air.
On top of the pill, strands of flame slowly spread out and floated in the air.
Wang Lin took a deep breath and reached out with his right hand. The pill immediately descended and stopped one inch above Wang Lin's palm.
Wang Lin scanned the pill with his divine sense. The fluctuations of spiritual power contained within the pill were exactly the total cultivation of a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator. Li Muwan had explained the details of the Ten Thousand Demons Hundred Mile Execution Order to him. At this time, Wang Lin pondered for a moment. He didn't immediately swallow it, but instead put it away in his storage pouch.
Wang Lin planned to take this Cultivation Pill when he formed his Nascent Soul in the future. In this way, the success rate would be higher. The success rate of forming a Nascent Soul was countless times smaller than forming a Core. Wang Lin knew that the biggest reason for his success was due to the Netherworld Ascension Art and Li Muwan's Distant Heaven Pill.
If he didn't have either of them, it would be hard to say if he could succeed.
He knew that he could be stuck at the late stage of Foundation Establishment for the rest of his life. Although he had formed his Core now, there would be an even more difficult hurdle in the future, and that was the Nascent Soul stage.
The difficulty of forming a Nascent Soul was simply too high. Wang Lin knew that even with Ma Liang's talent, the chances of him forming a Nascent Soul were very slim unless he could find some of the legendary pills that Li Muwan said could increase the chances of forming a Nascent Soul. However, those pills were all kept in rank 5 cultivation countries and rarely appeared.
"Forming a Nascent Soul … Forming a Nascent Soul … Even with the heaven defying space, I won't be able to do it without at least 100 years … The most important thing now is to choose a cultivation method. The Netherworld Ascension Art has reached its limit and Situ Nan has yet to awaken. I will have to rely on myself."
Wang Lin muttered to himself. A Core Formation cultivation method was his current choice.
However, choosing a cultivation method was actually a bit difficult. Most of the cultivation methods Wang Lin had were obtained from killing people. There were a few that could be cultivated by a Core Formation cultivator, but there were all kinds of cultivation methods. It was very difficult to choose one that was better than the other.
However, this wasn't the main point. The main point was that Wang Lin wanted to choose a cultivation method that could increase his chances of forming a Nascent Soul. Thinking about this, his eyes lit up. According to Ma Liang's memories, the War God Shrine's Divine Path seemed to have this effect.
However, what confused Wang Lin was that if the War God Shrine really had this kind of technique, then aside from the greedy cultivators of their own country, even rank 4 and 5 cultivation countries wouldn't ignore it.
But according to Ma Liang's memories, the War God Shrine's Divine Path had never attracted the attention of the higher ranked cultivation countries. This puzzled Wang Lin.
However, the only clue right now was this Divine Path. Wang Lin secretly made up his mind to get his hands on this Divine Path. The Divine Path in Ma Liang's memories was fake and was modified by later generations. What Wang Lin wanted was the most ancient Divine Path.
Everything Wang Lin did was to ensure that he could successfully form his Nascent Soul in the future. Only by preparing everything in advance will he be able to increase his chances of success!
However, just a cultivation method still made Wang Lin a bit uneasy. Forming a Nascent Soul was not like other things. It has to be said that whether a rank 2 cultivation country can become a rank 3 cultivation country depends on whether or not their own people successfully form their Nascent Soul. This shows how difficult it is.
Wang Lin let out a sigh and closed his eyes to cultivate again. After cultivating in the heaven defying bead for a few more days, he was ready to leave.
Before he left, he went to where Situ Nan and his parents were. After standing there for a long time, his eyes became even more determined and he left the heaven defying bead's space.
Somewhere deep underground, there was a flash of seven-colored light and the shadow gradually became solid. The moment Wang Lin appeared, he immediately escaped into the distance.
At the same time, he spread out his divine sense to carefully observe his surroundings. It was currently late at night and everything was silent.
Wang Lin pondered a bit and then moved toward the Hou Fen Union's mountain.
However, before he could get far, his divine sense immediately gave him a sense of extreme danger. Without hesitation, his body immediately sank down. He used the Earth Escape Technique to the extreme. In an instant, he sank from three hundred feet to one hundred feet. His speed did not decrease, and he continued to sink.
"The Old Man has waited for you for 97 days, little guy!"
An old voice slowly came from Wang Lin's divine sense.
Wang Lin's scalp went numb and his hair stood up. His face was gloomy as he continued to descend without a word. 100 feet, 200 feet, 300 feet, 400 feet … until he reached 10,000 feet. Wang Lin descended in a straight line. As he descended, a powerful force came from the depths of the earth. The moment Wang Lin felt this force, he immediately changed direction and continued to descend.
"Hehe, it's a good thing I went to borrow an Earth Traversing Boat. Otherwise, it would've been quite difficult to catch you with the resistance at the periphery of the earth's core.
The voice still calmly came from his divine sense.
Wang Lin didn't say a word and suddenly changed direction again. This time, he went from 10,000 feet up to 100 feet and then came out of the ground. When he reappeared, the Hou Fen Union's mountain was already in front of him.
The moment he reappeared, Wang Lin charged toward the mountain. A light immediately appeared above the mountain. The moment Wang Lin's body touched the light, he took out an identity jade from his bag of holding and charged in without any resistance. After he entered, he stopped and looked back.
At this moment, the ground swelled up and a triangular, black boat came out of the ground. The old man stood on the boat and looked at Wang Lin through the light screen. He nodded and said, "Not bad. Your divine sense is very strange. Although your body is already in sync, it is still a bit out of sync. You must have possessed someone else's body. Little guy, come with me; this place can't protect you."
Wang Lin's face was gloomy and he let out a cold smile.
The corners of the green-robed old man's mouth moved, revealing a strange smile. He gently pressed down with his right hand and the light barrier immediately let out a cracking sound. In the blink of an eye, it shattered into pieces, causing the entire mountain to shake and dust to rise.
The Nascent Soul cultivators of the Hou Fen Union all flew out in panic.
Ren Lin's pupils shrank. He turned around and sank into the ground, escaping once again. The green-robed old man sneered. Just as he was about to chase after him, a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Evil Demon Sect braced himself and shouted, "Fellow cultivator, why did you destroy my Mountain Protecting Formation?!"
During these past few days, this person had stayed nearby for three months. Normally, he was very quiet, but his divine sense would sweep back and forth as if he was looking for something. His divine sense was very strong, and even the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Hou Fen Union were shocked by his divine sense.
Secretly, the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Hou Fen Union were constantly paying attention to this person's movements. Today, they saw a disciple of the Hou Fen Union charge into the formation, but before they could check, they saw the protective formation shatter under the pressure of the old man's hand.
If they ignored this, the Hou Fen Union would lose all face. Today, the Evil Demon Sect was protecting the mountain, so the Nascent Soul cultivator had no choice but to ask. According to his thoughts, regardless of whether the old man answered or not, he had made his intentions clear. If the old man was willing to answer, then he would answer. If the old man wasn't willing to answer, then he wouldn't chase.
The old man stared at the Hou Fen Union cultivators and said one word, "Scram!"
The word "scram" turned into a monstrous wave that spread out violently. The surrounding air was immediately hit by the monstrous wave, causing ripples to appear, one after another, as the ripples spread out violently.
Apart from this, there were countless echoes that continuously exploded in those cultivators' ears, layer upon layer of rhythmic sounds.
By the time the sound wave had passed, the old man had already disappeared without a trace.
The cultivators looked at each other. Some of them had blood coming out of their mouths and noses, but none of them could say anything.
However, the old man quickly returned. His expression was extremely gloomy as he stared at the mountain. He closed his eyes and then suddenly opened them. His powerful divine sense spread out and swept past the tens of thousands of people on the mountain. He didn't even let go of the area 10,000 feet below the ground. His frown became tighter and tighter. In the end, his body turned from one to two, then to four.
Seven or four identical old men spread out and searched with their divine senses, but in the end, they found nothing.
The old man stomped his foot and teleported with his three avatars. They each found a place in the north, south, east, and west of Xuan Wu and sat down. Shortly after, a divine sense blockade appeared between them.
"There are only three years left. Little fellow, during these three years, I, the Eighth Extreme Demon Lord, will find you even if I have to refine the entire country of Xuan Wu … Alas, if it wasn't for the fact that there is a trial that requires the death spell to pass, the Old Man wouldn't have spent so much effort to capture you alive!"
There were still 394 more chapters. There were two chapters left on the 30th, so there were still three chapters left. Keep writing, keep writing!