At this moment, in the top floor of the black tower in the Sky Demon Country's ancient battleground, two ghostly lights suddenly lit up.
"I have just reached the Ascendant stage and my origin energy hasn't completely fused with it yet. I need 49 days to stabilize it. I have waited 10 years for this moment …" The ghostly light from the helmet on the armor flashed and thunder came from the sky outside the tower. At the same time, a giant, black vortex appeared in the sky.
This vortex was so large that it seemed like it could absorb everything in the world. The sky changed colors and even the countless souls in the ancient battleground began to tremble.
The armor in the pagoda shone brightly, and a domineering Divine Sense immediately swept out from the pagoda, covering the entire ancient battlefield. Then, the soil on the battlefield loosened in a few places, and black bones quickly flew out from the ground and rose into the air.
These tiny bones rapidly fused in midair, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into a black, withered bone arm.
The black skeletal arm slowly flew above the pagoda and stopped under the vortex.
"I don't have much power left, so I can't waste it. Also, this person's current location is one of the places I don't want to go!"
There was a flash of ghostly light on the armor and the arm guard immediately detached from the rest of the armor. It released bursts of devilish flames and flew out of the pagoda toward the skeleton on top of the pagoda.
The moment the arm armor touched the withered arm, it immediately latched onto the withered arm. The moment the arm armor was put on, the withered arm became completely different. Waves of boundless demonic power frantically condensed on it.
"Go, bring the origin energy!" The arm guard trembled and disappeared into the vortex in the sky.
"Only Ascendant cultivators have origin energy in their bodies. Unfortunately, my injuries are too heavy, so I can't extract origin energy from cultivators who have already fused with their origin souls. I can only choose to absorb origin energy when they are about to break through." The ghostly light on the armor that was missing a piece of the wrist guard gradually dimmed until it was extinguished.
Wang Lin sat in the lotus position inside the cave. He let out a mouthful of foul air and stood up. He had been sitting in the lotus position for 10 years, and now that he moved, popping sounds came from his body. It took a while for him to return to normal.
He loosened his body, but at this moment, his expression suddenly changed. He looked at the sky above the celestial cave and saw a black vortex silently appear!
"This is …" Wang Lin's eyes narrowed. He had been in the cave for many years and had never seen a vortex like this. The appearance of this vortex was simply too amazing; it appeared right when he was about to reach the Ascendant stage!
Wang Lin was a cautious person. The moment the vortex appeared, he charged toward the door of the cave.
Just as he moved, the vortex sped up and expanded in size. Wang Lin's eyes became cold and he slapped his bag of holding without any hesitation. He took out the token and formed a seal. His body immediately turned into the void and was about to disappear.
Just at this moment, a black arm covered in armor came out from the vortex and mercilessly grabbed toward Wang Lin!
With this grab, Wang Lin, who was about to turn into the void and teleport away, suddenly trembled and disappeared.
The black arm paused for a moment before returning back into the vortex and the vortex disappeared.
Inside the Fire Demon Country, there was a large plain that stretched for countless kilometers. At this moment, a distorted fluctuation appeared in the sky and Wang Lin stepped out!
His expression was gloomy. If anyone encountered such a strange scene right after reaching the Ascendant stage, they wouldn't be happy.
When he used the token to leave, he was disturbed by the arm, so there was a problem with the teleportation. He spread out his divine sense and found that this place was unfamiliar.
At this moment, a black dot suddenly appeared in the sky. This black dot spun crazily at an unimaginable speed. Almost in an instant, it formed the huge whirlpool.
The appearance of this vortex was completely silent; not even divine sense could detect it in advance. It was as if it was everywhere in the world.
Wang Lin's expression was gloomy as he stared at the vortex. This time, he didn't choose to escape. He wanted to see what kind of spell the arm inside the vortex had!
The moment the vortex appeared, the arm with the gauntlet reached out toward Wang Lin!
The wind did not stir, the clouds did not move, and no divine ability appeared. It was a simple grab, as if a mortal was waving his arm.
Wang Lin frowned slightly and raised his right hand. This was the first time he used the Finger of Death with the power of an Ascendant cultivator. A ray of black light that was more than 10 times stronger than the Sun Ladle from before appeared, and there were also ripples moving through the black light!
The black light was like a bolt of lightning as it flew out and landed on the skeleton. At this moment, the gauntlet on the skeleton released a shocking amount of demonic energy. This demonic energy was almost corporeal and blocked the Finger of Death.
However, this demonic energy underestimated Wang Lin's Finger of Death. If Wang Lin hadn't reached the Ascendant stage, then the Finger of Death would have been blocked by this demonic energy. However, now that Wang Lin had used his Ascendant cultivation to activate this finger, although it was blocked, the Finger of Death couldn't be blocked. The moment the demonic energy collided with the finger, the demonic energy dissipated as if it was being absorbed.
All of this happened in an instant.
Just as Wang Lin sent out the Finger of Death, he felt an invisible force coming from the front. This force was like a gentle breeze, and the moment it landed on his body, Wang Lin's expression changed greatly!
He immediately noticed that his newly formed origin soul in the Ascendant stage felt like it was going to be blown away by this invisible force!
Even his mind couldn't resist at all. Even his right hand was slowly lowered. His origin soul slowly floated out of his body as if it was going to leave.
A sense of fatigue suddenly appeared in Wang Lin's eyes. At this moment, because his origin soul was about to leave his body, his body had stiffened and his consciousness was rapidly fading.
At this moment, there was no panic in his heart, only killing intent!
He, Wang Lin, even dared to defy the heavens and kill the heavens, so how could he be confused by this spell? Wang Lin had a heart to kill, and at this moment, his heart to kill collided with his killing intent, creating a powerful killing intent!
A low growl came from his mouth.
A monstrous killing intent radiated from his eyes.
Under this killing intent, the origin soul that had already separated from half of his body was actually forced back by him!
After his origin soul returned to his body, Wang Lin coldly stared at the arm.
"No matter who you are, don't provoke me …" Wang Lin took a step back and used countless teleportation spells at the same time. In an instant, he disappeared.
The arm wasn't scary, what was scary was the wrist guard. Wang Lin's probing earlier showed that there was something strange about the wrist guard. There were many strange people in the Demon Spirit Land, and Wang Lin had just reached the Ascendant stage, so his origin soul needed some time to completely fuse. He didn't want to cause any trouble right now.
The moment Wang Lin left, a soft exclamation came from the ancient battleground pagoda!
"You are indeed worthy of being a heaven-defying cultivator. You were able to resist my Heavenly Devil Wind with your killing intent!
"However, the more you act like this, the more interested I am in your origin energy!
"In the Demon Spirit Land, those who cultivate ancient demon spells can't form origin energy. Only you cultivators will have origin energy appear when you reach the Ascendant stage. Over the countless years, almost all the cultivators who reached the Ascendant stage in the Demon Spirit Land had their origin energy devoured by me the moment they broke through … You are no exception!"
Wang Lin teleported and appeared in a desolate place. He couldn't see any mountains or water, only withered grass and trees. However, his eyes immediately narrowed because he found some restrictions in the distance.
"What the hell is that arm?!" Wang Lin frowned as he flew toward the restrictions in the distance.
Soon, he arrived at the restrictions. This place was even more desolate and the ground was cracked. There was nothing strange about it.
The restrictions guarding this place weren't clever, but there were a lot of them. There were thousands of restrictions here, and each of them had a chain reaction. Triggering one was the same as triggering all of them.
Although it was crude, it was still effective. Ordinary people, even Daemon Generals, would find it difficult to enter this restriction.
Even if they could enter, it would take a lot of time to break them by force.
Wang Lin's divine sense spread out. With his cultivation level and mastery of restrictions, these restrictions weren't worthy of his attention, so he had no interest in entering. Just as he was about to leave, the black vortex that caused Wang Lin's eyes to narrow appeared once more.
"Lingering ghosts!" Wang Lin frowned and the coldness in his eyes became even stronger.
The black vortex appeared again and again, causing Wang Lin to be filled with killing intent. He let out a cold snort and immediately descended toward the restrictions.
With Wang Lin's mastery of restrictions, the restrictions he had broken were all celestial restrictions in the cave. Breaking the restrictions here was as easy as flipping his hand. He only took a few glances and countless thoughts flashed through his eyes. His body flickered and he disappeared into the restrictions.
These restrictions, aside from preventing outsiders from entering, were also used to hide themselves with illusions. However, they had encountered Wang Lin. Wang Lin had broken countless restrictions in his life, so he easily passed through the restrictions without triggering them. The scene in front of him was very different from the outside world.
At this moment, it was still a plain. However, when one looked around, they could see that it had been artificially carved out into plantations that gave off a strange fragrance.
"Eh?" Wang Lin was a bit surprised. He didn't expect this place to be like this.
What was even stranger was that all the plants here were of the same type!
"Celestial Ascension Fruit …" Wang Lin's expression was a bit strange.
At that moment, the surrounding restrictions suddenly began to collapse. The black skeleton forced its way through the restrictions and reached inside.