The plant between Wang Lin's eyebrows grew like a demon and spread to his entire body. There were even black lines on the back of his hand.
These black lines formed a strange pattern. These patterns seemed to have taken root in his flesh and were still spreading.
The pain on Wang Lin's face became even more intense. He suddenly opened his eyes and formed a seal with both hands. After a long time, although his eyes were still red, there was a trace of clarity.
However, there was a rune flashing across his eyes from time to time. It looked extremely strange.
"This rune is too vicious!" Wang Lin's expression was gloomy as he looked at the black lines on the back of his hand.
The rune had already spread to his entire origin soul. It was like a net had wrapped around his origin soul. The black lines on his skin were only hidden by his origin soul.
"This rune seems to have a life of its own. I can only suppress it for now."
Wang Lin silently adjusted his breathing. After a long time, his spiritual energy stabilized. He touched the war chariot and it turned back into a bracelet.
After using up a top quality spirit stone to resist the suction of the war chariot, Wang Lin's eyes turned cold and he looked back at the void behind him.
He could feel that the hunchback old man was still chasing him and was getting closer and closer.
If it wasn't for the fact that the star compass's speed was beyond imagination, he would have been caught long ago.
"You're just like a ghost!"
Wang Lin cursed in his heart. He had been running for almost a month. During this month, Wang Lin felt like he had returned to the feeling of being a fugitive when he was still a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
If it wasn't for the fact that his bag of holding was different from before, with all sorts of pills and spirit stones that could restore his cultivation, his spiritual energy would have been greatly depleted and he would have been caught by the old man.
However, no matter how many pills he had, he would run out one day. Once he ran out of pills and spirit stones, his spiritual energy would be depleted to the point where the star compass couldn't be used. At that time, only death would await him.
Run, he could only run. Other than the scroll that he couldn't use, all his treasures were useless against the old man.
Now that the old man couldn't catch up, this would become a battle of attrition. It would be a battle of attrition.
Wang Zhong's eyes flickered as he controlled the Star Compass and continued flying.
With the intention to fight a war of attrition, Wang Lin was extremely careful with every pill he consumed, striving not to waste even the slightest bit of medicinal efficacy.
The hunchbacked old man continued to chase. The more he chased, the more shocked he became. This junior in front of him was actually able to maintain such a high speed for such a long time. Although he was using some kind of magic treasure, he knew that magic treasures consumed spiritual energy.
It was rare for this junior to be able to control this magic treasure for such a long time under the influence of the talisman.
"This person must be a disciple of a large sect among the outsiders above. He might even be a disciple of the Kingdom of Rosefinch. Hmph, the Old Man will definitely refine this person into a Talisman Puppet. When the time comes to send him up, he will definitely receive miraculous results!"
The Forsaken Immortal Clan was restricted by a spell from the country of Rosefinch, so they couldn't leave the first layer and go to the surface. Only the talisman puppets could go up. The one that Wang Lin found outside the Immortal Graveyard was a talisman puppet, but it was only a low rank one.
This was why the Forsaken Immortal Clan collected the bodies of their enemies after killing them.
Otherwise, the Sea of Devils and all the neighboring countries would have already been slaughtered by the Forsaken Immortal Clan.
Also, they wouldn't have fought each other to find demonic beasts.
The hunchbacked old man's eyes revealed a mysterious light as he chased after Wang Lin.
The hunchbacked old man snorted. "This junior must have a lot of pills, but no matter how many he has, he will run out. Once he runs out, it will be time for the Old Man to refine him into a talisman."
This void was extremely large. During the past month, Wang Lin had been flying in a straight line, but he still couldn't see the end. The surrounding environment was exactly the same as when he first entered this place.
It was completely dark without any signs of life.
On this day, Wang Lin was controlling the compass to escape when his expression suddenly changed. A demonic plant appeared between his eyebrows and the black tattoos on his body began to move.
"It's acting up again!" Wang Lin immediately split his attention. One was to control the compass while the other was to suppress the power of the tattoos.
After a long time, he opened his eyes. The tattoos in his eyes were even stronger and the back of his hand was covered in tattoos. If a cultivator saw him right now, they would think that Wang Lin was a member of the Forsaken Immortal Clan!
Wang Lin's expression was gloomy as he let out a deep breath. He could feel that the tattoos on his origin soul had already entered and were spreading.
Once his origin soul was completely surrounded by the tattoos, he would become the talisman puppet the old man talked about.
Ever since he entered the Immortal Graveyard, Wang Lin had seen a lot of talisman puppets. Their eyes were all red and they gave off a violent aura. They didn't look like humans or ghosts.
Wang Lin's heart was filled with bitterness. He knew that if this continued, his origin soul would be completely surrounded by the tattoos before he even used up all the pills.
He touched his bag of holding. Inside was a piece of jade that was given to him by the head elder of the Shiyin Clan. It could save his life once, but he didn't even know where he was, so how could he call the head elder over?
He pondered for a bit and his eyes became cold. Wang Lin had cultivated for almost 500 years and had encountered many life and death situations, so he had developed a tenacious personality. Although he was in danger, the more dangerous it was, the calmer his mind became.
"The most important thing right now is to get rid of the tattoos in my body!" Wang Lin sat on the star compass. His eyes lit up as he calmed down and began to ponder.
"These tattoos come from the plant between my eyebrows. All of the savages in the Immortal Graveyard have this plant between their eyebrows. Plant … Since it's a plant, it doesn't matter if it's a tattoo or not, it has the wood attribute!" Wang Lin pondered.
He had encountered a similar crisis before. Back when he was still at the Foundation Establishment stage, he encountered the desolate beast fire spirit in the underground magma of the country of Hou Fen.
The fire spirit devoured cultivators to complete itself. When he was devoured by the fire spirit, the heaven defying bead suddenly activated and absorbed the fire spirit, completing its fire attribute.
Thinking about this, Wang Lin decided to give it a try.
He took a deep breath, pointed at his brow, and said, "Heaven defying bead!"
Suddenly, a grey bead slowly floated out from between his eyebrows. This bead had the image of a few leaves on it. Aside from that, it looked very ordinary.
The moment he saw the leaves on the heaven defying bead, Wang Lin let out a roar and injected his spiritual energy into the star compass. The star compass sped up and flew off into the distance.
Wang Lin immediately withdrew his spiritual energy. He knew that time was of the essence. With the star compass's current speed, even if he withdrew his spiritual energy, the star compass would still be able to travel a certain distance.
Although this time was very short, it was Wang Lin's only choice.
After withdrawing his spiritual energy, Wang Lin immersed himself in his origin soul and continued to force the tattoos toward his brow.
Soon, the demonic plant appeared between his eyebrows. The tiny leaves were slowly growing.
The hunchbacked old man immediately noticed that Wang Lin's speed had slowed down. He let out a snort and chased after Wang Lin.
The black tattoos on Wang Lin's body wiggled strangely. Sometimes they would shrink toward his brow, and sometimes they would continue to spread. Every time they wiggled, Wang Lin's body would tremble and the pain on his face would become even more intense.
The plant between his eyebrows became more and more clear.
One leaf opened, and the second leaf was also growing.
Suddenly, Wang Lin opened his eyes. There was a flash of madness in his eyes. The trace of clarity that was hidden deep within his eyes was quickly dissipating. He let out a roar and stared at the heaven defying bead.
The clarity in his eyes slowly dissipated, but it immediately returned. This cycle repeated itself. Wang Lin's clothes were immediately soaked in sweat.
He was betting that although the plant was formed from runes, it was of the wood attribute. If it was of the wood attribute, then the heaven defying bead would be able to absorb it.
If he lost, then he would immediately use all his strength to suppress the black tattoos.
The hunchbacked old man seemed to have sensed something. His eyes revealed a hint of mockery as he chased after them. He was confident that no one would be able to break the Talisman Seed that he had planted unless their cultivation was higher than his.
Wang Lin stared at the heaven defying bead. The struggle on his face became even more intense. Suddenly, the heaven defying bead let out a ray of green light. The green light was weak at first, but it quickly became brighter.
Immediately after, the leaf that had just bloomed between Wang Lin's eyebrows trembled. It actually drilled out of Wang Lin's forehead and was absorbed by the heaven defying bead.
After the leaf disappeared, Wang Lin's eyes immediately became clear. He was pleasantly surprised and immediately pointed at the heaven defying bead. The bead disappeared, and Wang Lin used all his strength to control the compass to escape.
He knew that time was of the essence and he didn't have time to absorb the plant. Now that the bead could absorb the leaf, there was a way to remove the talisman seed. He was no longer anxious and escaped at full speed.
The hunchbacked old man's figure immediately appeared after Wang Lin left. His face was gloomy as he stared into the distance with a frown.
"Why does this junior have so many treasures? He even has treasures that can remove the talisman seed!"
The moment the leaf was absorbed by the heaven defying bead, the old man immediately felt something was wrong and his heart was shocked.
"This person must be refined into a talisman seed!" The old man's eyes flashed coldly as he chased after Wang Lin again.
Wang Lin was very happy. He touched his forehead and sat on the star compass. He thought to himself, "Who would have thought that misfortune and fortune would come together. The heaven defying bead's water, fire, and earth attributes are all complete. Only the metal attribute is missing, and the wood attribute is half complete. I wonder if the wood attribute will be complete after removing the strange plant in my body!"
Time passed bit by bit. Wang Lin had already forgotten about the passage of time. Every day, he would crazily control the star compass to escape.
He had already consumed more than half of the pills in his bag of holding. There were only a few bottles left, but the sense of danger behind him still hadn't disappeared.
However, what made Wang Lin happy was that the hunchbacked old man's speed was getting slower and slower. If this continued, Wang Lin believed that it wouldn't be long before he completely lost the hunchbacked old man.
"Although I'm almost out of pills, I still have top quality spirit stones. With them, I can hold on until that old man runs out of energy!" Wang Lin turned around and sneered.
"It's all thanks to that old man. Otherwise, I wouldn't have known that the star compass had a teleportation ability!" Wang Lin touched the star compass. He was very fond of it.