He had been here for a long time. The direction the cones moved was a vortex. Wang Lin flew all the way up, and after half a month, he arrived at the top of the cones.
This was the final destination of the conical rocks. A boundless vortex had appeared in the void, and all the conical rocks had sunk into it, slowly disappearing within.
Wang Lin looked at the vortex and was silent for a moment. His right hand formed a seal and a flying sword flew out from his bag of holding. It floated in front of Wang Lin. He sent out his divine sense and placed a seal on the flying sword. Then he threw the flying sword toward the vortex.
Wang Lin slightly closed his eyes. The divine sense he sent out quickly closed in on the vortex with the flying sword. Without any hesitation, he charged into the vortex.
The moment the flying sword entered, it paused for a moment as if it was sinking into mud. After a while, it slowly passed through and flew out the other side. What appeared before Wang Lin was a shiny world. The ground was covered in a thick layer of ice and the sky was dark, but there was still light shining through. When the light shined on the ice, it was immediately reflected off the ice.
A gentle wind blew, circling the ice a few times before drifting off into the distance.
From a distance, this place seemed endless, but every certain distance, there would be a black tower. The closest black tower was less than 100 feet tall, but the further one went, the taller the black tower became. Wang Lin's divine sense could see that the furthest black tower was more than 400 feet tall.
These black towers were connected in a straight line. As they increased in height, it gave off a very spectacular feeling.
This was especially true for Hei Pei. Its entire body was made of black mountain rocks. Even if the light reflected off the ice on the ground landed on it, it would be absorbed by it without any reflection.
The flying sword stayed there for a moment before returning to Wang Lin's hand.
Outside the huge whirlpool, Wang Lin opened his eyes. He withdrew his divine sense from the flying sword and put it back into his bag of holding. After a moment of silence, he took out the dragon tendon and shook it. The devil immediately flew out. It looked at Wang Lin excitedly and shouted, "Who do you want to kill this time?
… Eh … Where is this place? "The demon was excited, but when he looked around, he was stunned.
It quickly circled the area, then looked at the huge whirlpool, then looked at Wang Lin, rubbed its hands, and said tentatively, "You … You don't want me to come in here, do you?
No, absolutely not! "
Wang Lin didn't say a word. He pointed at the whirlpool and stared coldly at the demon.
This place was fraught with danger. If he didn't test it multiple times, Wang Lin wouldn't recklessly charge in.
The demon had a bitter expression and firmly said, "Who knows what is inside? This damned place gives me a very strange feeling. I'm not going, I definitely won't go!"
Wang Lin slapped his bag of holding and a few soul flags flew out. These were all things that he had obtained from others. Wang Lin took out one of them and looked at it for a while. His right hand suddenly reached out and took out Sang Muya's soul.
That day in the Sea of Devils, Wang Lin met Sang Muya, who killed his senior brother and stole his foundation. After asking for the answers he needed, he casually took out Sang Muya's soul and sealed it in a soul flag that Sang Muya had refined himself.
A faint white light flickered in Wang Lin's hand. Within it was Sang Muya's terrified face. Wang Lin waved his right hand and the white light flew toward the demon.
The demon licked his lips and revealed a greedy expression. Without saying a word, he opened his mouth and swallowed it. After rubbing his stomach, he shook his head like a rattle drum and said, "I'm not going, I'm not going."
A cold light flashed in Wang Lin's eyes and his Ji Realm Divine Sense suddenly leaped out. The demon immediately let out a miserable scream and green smoke appeared on his body again. After a series of howls, he quickly begged for mercy and reluctantly flew toward the whirlpool.
Relying on the divine sense he left in the demon's body, the moment he entered the whirlpool, Wang Lin once again saw the scene behind the whirlpool. However, his expression immediately changed!
This time, behind the whirlpool wasn't a world of glaciers, but a sea of fire. This was indeed a sea of fire, and it was similarly boundless. The color of the flames became darker the further they went. From afar, it was as if the black flames were monstrous and the entire sky was burned purple.
Waves of high temperature hit him in the face.
Other than that, there were also countless strange beasts formed by the flames that flashed through the flames.
In this sea of fire, it was like a world of glaciers. There were also black pagodas that increased in height, forming a vertical line that one couldn't see the end of.
The demon let out a strange cry, as if he was extremely afraid of this wave of fire. He quickly retreated from the whirlpool.
Wang Lin was silent for a while. He stared at the whirlpool, his eyes flashing. He pointed at the demon with his right hand and the demon immediately cried out, "Give me another soul!"
Wang Lin looked at him and took out another soul from the soul flag. He threw it out. After the demon was done, he revealed a heroic expression and rushed into the whirlpool again.
This time, the world inside the whirlpool changed again. It was a desert, and there were countless huge cacti in the desert. In the distance, there were rows of gray tornadoes slowly moving.
Just like the previous two worlds, there were rows of black pagodas that stretched into the distance.
Wang Lin's eyes flashed. The next few experiments were a mountain of blades and a forest of giant trees. If they were combined, it would be a land of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
Wang Lin suddenly understood why Duanmu Ji had gone to find Wang Qingyue. With Wang Qingyue's five-element art, with him around, whether it was a glacier, a sea of flames, a desert, a mountain of blades, or a forest, he could easily pass through any place.
If Wang Lin had to choose a land of the five elements, he would naturally choose a desert. After all, his earth movement art would be of great help in passing through this place.
Wang Lin thought for a while before his body floated down and landed on a rock to the side. The rock slowly moved to the whirlpool and he glanced at the demon. The demon sighed and obediently went in first.
Not long after, just as the rock was about to sink into the whirlpool, Wang Lin immediately moved back and stood on another rock. The demon came out of the whirlpool and went back in with a sad expression.
This cycle continued until the fourth time the demon went in. Wang Lin's eyes flashed and he charged in without a word.
As far as the eye could see, there was only an endless yellow desert. Waves of violent desert wind howled as it blew. In the distant horizon, there were countless black hurricanes slowly moving. The hurricanes were majestic, connecting the sky and the earth. They were endless and mighty. It was not an exaggeration to say that they covered the sky and the earth.
What came with the wind was the sand that was kicked up by the hurricanes. When the wind hit people, it was very powerful.
Wang Lin put away the devil and squatted down. He touched the sand under his feet and took a step forward. He used the earth escape technique and disappeared. When he reappeared, he was already 1000 feet away.
A thousand feet away was the first black tower of the earth element.
Wang Lin walked into the tower and the howling wind disappeared. The surroundings returned to normal.
After carefully observing the tower, Wang Lin's eyes became serious. There were three floors in the black tower. The first two floors didn't have any decorations. Only the third floor had a table covered in a thick layer of dust. Wang Lin looked around and was about to go down when he suddenly stopped. He stared at the table and his eyes flashed.
Just now, when he glanced sideways, he vaguely saw a spot in the middle of the dust on the table. The height of the dust was slightly different. He went forward to take a closer look and immediately waved his right hand. A gust of wind swept past, blowing away a layer of dust on the table.
At this moment, a row of blurry words appeared on the table.
Wang Lin didn't say anything. He waved his hand again and the cool breeze swept away the words a few times. The words on the table gradually became clear.
This handwriting was obviously written on the table by someone else, and then the dust accumulated over the years, gradually covering the handwriting.
"I entered this place and left my words as a mark!"
These words were bold and powerful. There was an indescribable aura coming from them. He quietly looked for a while, then turned around and left the black tower.
The instant he walked out of the Black Tower, the whimpering and roaring wind once again resounded. Sand danced in the air, covering the sky and covering the sun, causing the entire sky to darken.
Wang Lin could only use the earth movement art to move underground. He didn't dare to fly. If there was a powerful restriction in the air, then flying would only result in death.
He pondered for a while and slapped his storage bag. He took out a flying sword and threw it into the air. The flying sword immediately flew up. When it flew more than a thousand feet, a hurricane suddenly fell from the sky. The flying sword was immediately sucked into the hurricane and turned into dust in the blink of an eye.
Wang Lin's expression was normal. He had already expected this. This flying sword was just a test.
He estimated that this place was about 50 kilometers away from the next black pagoda. After pondering for a moment, he took a step forward, sinking into the ground once more and continuing onward.
This time, Wang Lin clearly felt that there was a layer of resistance below the desert that prevented him from using the earth escape technique. However, this resistance wasn't strong, so Wang Lin only needed to use the spiritual energy in his body to endure it. The 50 kilometer distance was quickly crossed.
Wang Lin searched inside the second black tower and didn't find anything. There was one thing he wasn't sure about, and that was whether or not Ancient Emperor and the others also passed through the Scholar's Path. However, according to what they said before, especially when they mentioned the Ice Wind Shield, it was clear that they planned to pass through the Glacier Path.
At this moment, tens of thousands of kilometers away from Wang Lin, Hunchback Meng was standing inside a tall black tower with a gloomy expression. He looked out and saw countless tornadoes surrounding the tower. The sound of the tornadoes was like the wailing of ghosts and the howling of wolves.
He was in a very sorry state right now. Even the toad on his shoulder was very dispirited. It was hanging its head and letting out weak gurgling sounds.
He rubbed the toad. His heart was filled with hatred. A few months ago, he, Six Desire Devil Lord, and the others were being chased by the red dragon. None of them were a match for the desolate beast. Even if they worked together, it would be useless. In the end, they could only escape on their own.
Everyone's goal was the whirlpool at the top of the tunnel. Only by entering the whirlpool and entering the first trial would they be safe. However, the red dragon was chasing them relentlessly. As a result, everyone's plans were completely ruined.
Originally, they were going to enter the first trial together and use everyone's strength to get through it. This way, the difficulty of the first trial would be much lower and they wouldn't need to waste too much spiritual energy. They could save their strength for the second trial.
It was a pity that the red serpent dragon was too powerful, and its divine abilities were too difficult for them to deal with. They could only flee quickly. Thus, no one dared to stay in the vortex at the top, and they all charged in one by one. As a result, everyone who entered faced a different environment.
Hunchback Meng entered the earth elemental land.
The moment he saw the desert, his heart sank. According to their original plan, they were going to enter the water elemental land, which was the world of glaciers. Last time, they lost countless people there before they passed. Although it was dangerous, the four of them had experienced it before. Adding on the fact that they all had treasures that could counter this place, they were confident they would be able to pass safely.
But this earth elemental land was something Hunchback Meng had never experienced before. As a result, he could only brace himself and move forward. The first 10,000 kilometers were safe, but after 10,000 kilometers, the black tornadoes closed in. There were strange creatures inside the black tornadoes. These creatures relied on sound to attack, making it very difficult to defend against them.
Originally, there weren't many of these creatures, so Hunchback Meng used his poison technique to kill them one by one. However, he didn't expect more and more creatures to appear. In the previous battle, there were no less than tens of thousands of creatures that roared in unison.
However, Hunchback Meng was, after all, a Soul Formation cultivator and an expert in poison attacks. Although the sound attack made him a bit wary, he was still able to kill them all.
However, he didn't get very far before more than 100,000 creatures appeared.
He killed 100,000, then another 100, then another 1 million, then another 10 million. There were countless creatures inside each black tornadoes. These black tornadoes were created by these creatures flying together and flapping their wings.
After killing like this, he didn't even know how many he had killed. In the end, the spiritual energy in his body was in a mess and he was exhausted. Finally, he managed to break through the encirclement of the creatures and hid inside the black tower, not daring to come out.
Even though he was a Soul Formation cultivator and had poison techniques, he was getting tired of killing them. There were too many of them. He was even worried that after he killed all the creatures outside, 10 times the number of creatures would fly in.
Especially in this endless earth elemental land, there were countless black tornadoes. Forget 10 times, even 100 times, 1,000 times, 10,000 times the number was possible. As a result, Hunchback Meng couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
These creatures weren't very powerful individually, but if there were more than a hundred million or even a billion of them unleashing a sonic attack at the same time, then even a Soul Formation Stage cultivator like him would have his spiritual sense shattered on the spot, and even his body would be shattered.
The more Wang Lin walked, the more confused he became. He had already walked thousands of miles, but aside from the occasional black tornadoes, he didn't encounter any danger.
However, the resistance underground was getting stronger and stronger, forcing him to slow down. More than half of the spiritual energy in his body was fighting against the resistance.
On this day, Wang Lin appeared outside the black tower. This black tower was more than 100 feet tall and pierced through the clouds. The moment Wang Lin entered the tower, his expression changed. He stared at the ground of the first floor and saw a few light marks on the thick layer of dust. It was as if someone had rubbed the dust.
Wang Lin slowly walked over and looked down for a bit. His eyes lit up as he carefully searched the tower from the bottom to the top. Finally, he saw the dust on the highest floor that had been stepped on and was a mess.
Wang Lin took a deep breath. He was now certain that someone else had entered the earth elemental land before him. Also, based on the marks on the dust, this person shouldn't have been gone for too long.
Wang Lin stood on the highest floor and looked out the window. From this position, he could clearly see into the distance. However, aside from the black tornadoes, there was nothing else in the sky.
After pondering for a while, Wang Lin immediately slowed down and walked forward slowly. According to his analysis, no matter who was in front of him, it made no difference to him. Once he encountered them, he would definitely be controlled by them. However, if he could control the distance, then he could borrow the power of the other party to help him pass through the earth elemental land safely.
With this thought in mind, Wang Lin casually moved forward. As a result, it wasn't until three days later that he was 5,000 kilometers away. Every time he passed a black tower, he would send out a devil to check it out. Only after he was sure it was safe would he carefully enter.
Along the way, he was used to standing on the top floor and looking out every time he arrived at a tower. Suddenly, his pupils shrank. Wherever he looked, he saw large and small tornadoes moving forward quickly. These tornadoes seemed to be summoned by something and moved in the same direction.
Along the way, he was already used to standing at the top of each tower and looking forward. Suddenly, his pupils shrank. Wherever he looked, he could see large and small tornadoes moving forward rapidly. These tornadoes seemed to be summoned by something, moving in the same direction.
Wang Lin's eyes flickered, and after looking for a while, he walked down from the Black Tower. Outside the Tower, his body sank, and he entered underground, fleeing forwards.
The resistance underground was even stronger. Right now, Wang Lin needed to use 80% of his spiritual energy to resist it in order to slowly use the Earth Escape Technique. As he was escaping, Wang Lin's body suddenly stopped. His divine sense noticed that the sand in front of him was giving off a black glow and a pungent smell. Without a word, Wang Lin slapped his bag of holding and took out the pill Hunchback Meng gave him. He immediately put it in his mouth and jumped out of the ground.
This was the first time he revealed himself before reaching the Black Tower.
Once he came out of the desert, the roar of the wind became several times louder. The shockwaves from the tornadoes hit his body, causing him pain.
But right now, Wang Lin didn't care about that. He narrowed his eyes, formed a seal with his right hand, and quickly said, "Go!"
Suddenly, a strange gust of wind appeared out of thin air. It pierced through the aftermath of the gust of wind and quickly swam through the surrounding desert. Gradually, the desert seemed to be moved by an invisible hand, lifting up layer by layer, revealing the countless pitch-black beast corpses buried within.
This was a creature that was only the size of a fist. It had a pair of thin wings, a sharp mouth, and a ferocious face.
Wang Lin spread out his divine sense to check the area. His expression immediately darkened. There were no less than 10,000 corpses here, and they were all black. They were all poisoned to death.
Wang Lin immediately knew that the person who entered the Earth Elemental Land with him was Hunchback Meng.
Thinking of Hunchback Meng, Wang Lin sneered, but at the same time, he was secretly on guard. He took a step, sank into the ground, and moved toward the Black Tower.
Several hours later, Wang Lin's divine sense found the Black Tower. However, in front of the tower, there was a small tornado. The tornado was roaring violently and slowly swaying.
Wang Lin pondered a little and slowly backed up a few feet. He was going to go around the tornado and move toward the next Black Tower, but at this moment, the tornado moved toward Wang Lin's location. Layers of sand were lifted up, sucked into the whirlpool, and then shot out. Some of the sand hit the Black Tower, creating a series of crackling sounds.
Wang Lin sneered in his heart. He spread out his divine sense and found that there was only one tornado nearby. Without a word, his Ji Realm Divine Sense shot out from his eyes and entered the tornado. At this moment, he immediately felt that there were more than 1,000 Divine Senses inside the tornado.
Each Divine Sense was equivalent to a Core Formation cultivator. As long as they weren't stronger than Nascent Soul cultivators, they wouldn't pose a threat to Wang Lin. He spread out his divine sense and nearly 100 Divine Senses were destroyed. But at this moment, the remaining 900 Divine Senses fused together in a strange way. They turned into a Divine Sense Sword and stabbed toward Wang Lin's Divine Sense.
At the same time, the small tornado suddenly paused. With this pause, the tornado's rotation disappeared, revealing the countless small creatures inside.
These small creatures were the same as the one Wang Lin saw earlier. They were tightly packed together, flapping their wings, and whimpering sounds came from their mouths.
The moment the divine sense sword appeared, the sound gathered together to form a sharp sound wave that mercilessly stabbed toward Wang Lin's divine sense along with the divine sense sword.
Wang Lin frowned and immediately retracted his Divine Sense. He slapped his bag of holding and the Devil flew out. When it saw the Divine Sense Sword, its eyes lit up and it didn't wait for Wang Lin's orders before excitedly pouncing on it.
The moment the Devil flew out, the Divine Sense Sword and the sound wave attack arrived one after the other. The Devil let out an excited roar and its body turned into a cloud of black smoke. In an instant, it surrounded the Divine Sense of the small creatures.
As for the sound wave attack, it had no effect on the Devil and it passed right through it.
At the same time, Wang Lin opened his mouth and spat out a crystal light. The Flying Sword flashed out and stabbed toward the small creatures. The moment the Flying Sword flew into the group of small creatures, the small creatures scattered one by one, filling the sky.
Seeing the small creatures scatter, Wang Lin suddenly slapped his bag of holding and hundreds of Flying Swords flew out. Wang Lin swept his Divine Sense over them and used the power of his Ji Realm Divine Sense to control these Flying Swords like a meteor shower.
Today and tomorrow, I'll go to the hospital for physical therapy, so I can only write 6,000 words. I'll postpone it … The original 9,000 words should have been written until the 14th, but now it'll be postponed until the 18th. In any case, before the end of the month, I'll write another 9,000 words in 15 days. As for the chapters I owe in August, I'll do everything I can to make up for it.