Teng Yun's reaction was very quick. When he spoke, his expression was sad, as if he had been hurt. He didn't say much, but he made up for all the flaws Teng Yun could think of.
If it was a normal person, they would have been more or less fooled by this person's words.
Wang Lin coldly looked at Teng Yun before withdrawing his gaze and walking forward. Teng Yun's expression changed slightly as he retreated a few steps and stared at Wang Lin. He thought, "This person's armor is too terrifying, and I can't see through his cultivation level. I don't know if he is a cultivator or a demon … However, no matter how high his cultivation level is, once he gets within 100 feet of the body, he will die without a doubt. I'll keep quiet and wait until he is killed by the golden light from the treasure. Then I'll use my own method to obtain the treasure. At that time, even the armor will be mine!"
Teng Yun sneered in his heart, but on the surface, he revealed an angry expression but didn't dare to stop Wang Lin.
Wang Lin took a step forward and entered within 100 feet of Zi Shu's body. The moment he entered, there was a flash of golden light from Zi Shu's body. This golden light was like 10,000 golden needles that stabbed out.
Teng Yun's eyes were filled with joy and pride. However, he immediately sucked in a breath of cold air and the pride in his eyes disappeared.
Wang Lin's eyes, hidden inside the helmet, released a cold gaze. He waved his hand and the golden light was swept away.
Wang Lin had already experienced withdrawing the sword energy from the Xiao Twelve Swords once, so he calmly stepped forward and arrived next to Zi Shu's body.
He casually stepped out, but Teng Yun, who was 100 feet away, was shocked. He cursed in his heart and was about to flee when a cold snort entered his ears.
Teng Yun's body trembled and he stopped. He had a feeling that if he insisted on escaping, he would without a doubt die.
The shadow of death descended on his heart.
"You don't want your Junior Brother's body anymore?" Wang Lin squatted down without turning his head.
Teng Yun's face twitched, and he quickly said, "If Senior likes it, then feel free to take it. Junior won't have the slightest complaint. My junior apprentice brother has had a hard life since he was young, and to be able to help a great figure like Senior after his death is his good fortune. Junior believes that even if my junior apprentice brother was still alive and knew that Senior was interested, he would still commit suicide without any hesitation. My junior apprentice brother was just that kind of warm-hearted.
"At this moment, his heart was filled with fear, and he was already panicking.
Wang Lin looked at Zi Shu's corpse. His gaze landed on the spot between the latter's brows. Golden light was being emitted from there.
Wang Lin calmed his Qi and focused his mind. With a decisive chop of his right hand, Zi Shu's head was separated from his body. Wang Lin grabbed the head from the void and spat out a mouthful of primordial spirit essence fire.
The colorless flame wrapped around Zi Shu's head and continued to refine it.
Teng Yun, who was at the side, witnessed all of this, and his heart trembled. He thought bitterly to himself, "It's over, it's over … This person has primordial spirit essence fire, so he's not a demon. However, he must be a cruel and merciless devil cultivator who won't even let the dead go!
I'm unlucky to have witnessed all of this. I only hope that this person won't kill me … "Wang Lin looked at Zi Shu's head that was being refined. His eyes flashed, and he spat out another mouthful of primordial spirit essence fire. Zi Shu's head instantly disappeared, leaving behind a golden light that flickered continuously.
Wang Lin took a deep breath. His right hand grabbed the golden light from the void and brought it to his mouth.
Then, he hooked Zi Shu's corpse with his left leg and threw it to Teng Yun. He said, "I'll return your junior apprentice brother's physical body to you!
Give him a proper burial. "
Teng Yun's face was pale, but he looked like he had just survived a disaster. He quickly caught the corpse and said, "Yes. Thank you, Senior. Thank you, Senior."
With that, he quickly left with the corpse in his arms.
It wasn't until he was dozens of kilometers away that he was covered in cold sweat. He let out a breath of relief as he looked at the headless corpse in his arms. His heart was filled with hatred as he threw the headless corpse away. He waved his right hand and a large, black cloud flew out and surrounded the corpse. In the blink of an eye, the corpse along with its bones were completely devoured.
"It was all because of this corpse that I almost lost my life!
However, although this senior's cultivation level is high, his head is a bit slow. He really thought that this person was my junior apprentice brother! "
Teng Yun spat out a mouthful of saliva as he recalled everything that had just happened. He still felt fear in his heart as he looked back and immediately left.
He didn't know that if Wang Lin really thought he was Zi Shu's senior apprentice brother, then what kind of fate would await him?
After smelling Ling Tianhou's sword energy, Wang Lin stood there and slowly sank until he was completely underground. He sat down in the lotus position and began to quietly refine it.
If he didn't refine Ling Tianhou's sword energy for a period of time, it would be very difficult for him to use it as his own.
While he was sinking underground, Wang Lin's divine sense moved and he immediately noticed another sword energy not far away. His eyes lit up and his hand reached out. The other sword energy immediately began to struggle and turned into a large rat beast that roared at Wang Lin.
Wang Lin exclaimed softly and released his Ascendant cultivation. The rat beast formed by the sword energy let out a miserable cry and was caught.
What appeared before Wang Lin was an ancient sword with a black rat beast on it. Its black eyes stared at Wang Lin.
"Zi Shu's sword!"
Wang Lin revealed a faint smile. When he killed Zi Shu, his origin soul went crazy and he casually threw the sword. Thinking about it later, he felt that it was a pity. However, he didn't expect that today, not only would he obtain Ling Tianhou's sword energy, but he would also recover Zi Shu's sword.
"Sword Saint Wang Lin, if one day I, Wang Lin, take out all 12 swords, what kind of expression would you have …" Wang Lin grabbed Zi Shu's sword, imprinted his divine sense on it, and threw it into his bag of holding.
This sword from the 12 swords was not ordinary. Even with the 12 swords' cultivation levels, they weren't able to release all of their power. However, in Wang Lin's hands, it was different.
Underground where Zi Shu was buried, Wang Lin refined the sword energy for a month and finally took it for his own use. This time, he completely took it for his own use, unlike Mo Yang's sword energy, which was stored inside his body and could only be used once.
After Wang Lin refined Zi Shu's sword energy, he could use it as he pleased. He could even split the sword energy into 10 parts and spread it out evenly. Similarly, if all 10 parts combined, it would become Ling Tianhou's powerful sword energy!
As a result, the sword energy became a lot more flexible. Compared to before, it was like heaven and earth.
Even among the 12 swords, most of them could only use the sword energy once and couldn't control it as they pleased.
The reason Wang Lin was able to do this was because his cultivation level had reached the early stage of Ascendant, and the sword energy Ling Tianhou gave to his disciple had his own divine sense erased to make it easier for the disciple to control it. Therefore, this sword energy was basically ownerless.
From this point of view, Ling Tianhou's love for his disciples far exceeded that of Tian Yunzi!
He could give his disciples extremely powerful sword energy, but Tian Yunzi could only give them something that could barely be considered life-saving.
Ling Tianhou could arrange for the Greedy Wolf to enter the Demon Spirit Land to protect his disciples, but Tian Yunzi wouldn't do this.
This had a lot to do with their dao. Ling Tianhou cultivated the dao of tyranny. His dao made him extremely protective of his own people, and outsiders weren't allowed to touch them!
The disciples of his sect weren't allowed to be bullied by outsiders. Because of this, although the Da Lou Sword Sect was notorious, the disciples were very loyal to Sword Saint Ling Tian.
However, it was also because of this that there weren't many powerful people in the sect. If a young eagle was always protected, it would be very difficult for it to become a real eagle!
On the other hand, in the Heavenly Fate Sect, Tian Yunzi's dao was to follow the heavens. He was a typical cultivator that followed the heavens. The life and death of his disciples were up to the heavens, strong or weak, and he wouldn't casually make a move.
Although this was the case, Tian Yunzi's method caused his sect to have many powerful cultivators. Just the true disciples of the Heavenly Fate Sect were all powerful cultivators, not to mention those that had experienced countless life and death situations over the years.
During the month that Wang Lin was cultivating underground, a big event happened in the Demon Spirit Land. This event caused a majority of the foreign cultivators to leave their hiding places and rush toward the Fire Demon Country and Sky Demon Country!
The Sky Demon Country had sent 30 million soldiers to officially declare war on the Fire Demon Country!
Although there had always been battles in the Demon Spirit Land, they were all small conflicts. It was extremely rare for two countries to have a life and death battle like this!
Even if cultivators entered once every 5,000 years, it would only cause a war between the nine countries and not a life and death battle like this!
This was because once the balance between the nine countries was broken, it would cause an unimaginable chain reaction.
However, for cultivators, this was an opportunity from the heavens; it was the fastest way to obtain military merit!
The eight commander-in-chiefs and eight vice commander-in-chiefs of the Sky Demon Country all came out. There were two new vice commander-in-chiefs. Aside from Mo Lihai, there was also the former number one demon general, Mo Fei.
In addition, the Sky Demon Country's Demon Emperor personally arrived!
The entire army was split into three groups that slaughtered their way into the Fire Demon Country from three different directions. They agreed to meet at the capital of the Fire Demon Country!
The day Wang Lin came out from underground was the day the Sky Demon Country's army entered the territory of the Fire Demon Country!
The moment they appeared, Wang Lin immediately felt a powerful killing intent. This killing intent wasn't from one person, but from tens of millions of people. Under this killing intent, even the world became dark.
The white clouds in the sky were replaced by dark fog and rain fell from the sky.
Wang Lin raised his head to look at the sky. After pondering a bit, he muttered to himself, "Ji Yao is quite decisive. Perhaps after countless years, he is about to lose his patience. As a result, I'll have to be a bit more careful …"
"However, this battle doesn't have much to do with me. The most important thing right now is to kill the Sword Saint's disciples one by one. I'll take the remaining 10 rays of sword energy and then refine them into countless strands of slaughter energy. Then, even in the Demon Spirit Land, I'll have the ability to gain a foothold!
"There is also that cave that I need to continue exploring. Perhaps there will be a lot of treasures there!" Wang Lin's eyes lit up, then he took a step and disappeared.
"Two of the Sword Saint's disciples were beside Mo Fei, and they are my targets. However, that Mo Fei is a bit strange … Back in Beijing, the black-haired man looked exactly like him. I fear there is something strange about this …" As Wang Lin moved, his eyes revealed a pondering expression.
"Originally, I was supposed to write at midnight today, but I stayed up all night yesterday to finish the chapter. However, this morning, my daughter was sick, so I was busy at the hospital all day. I was constantly running up and down the stairs, and I even went to the medical center to apply for a hospital stay. The doctor said that this would save us a lot of money, because the treatment costs are several thousand.
"However, the medical card clearly hasn't expired yet, but due to some regulations, it was frozen. They said that I owed money, so in the end, I could only pay the full amount.
"My head hurts and I'm very angry!
"I'll continue writing the third chapter, but I can't promise to finish it. I'm very tired, but I'll try my best. I hope everyone can forgive me.
"Also, it's almost the end of the month, so vote for me to give me some motivation.
"If there is even half a lie in any of the above, may the heavens strike me with lightning and my entire family die!
(To be continued)