Wang Lin pondered a bit and pointed at the spirit mist that had fused with Teng Li's spirit root. The spirit mist suddenly expanded and began to move strangely.
Shortly after, the ball of blood shot out and entered the spirit mist. It quickly melted and the spirit mist began to shrink.
Soon after, the ball of flesh and bone entered the spirit mist.
At this moment, the spirit mist's shape had changed greatly. It had shrunk into a ring and was emitting a gentle light as it floated in the air.
Wang Lin took a deep breath. He knew that he had reached the final step of the Foundation Stealing Technique, so he calmed himself and controlled the last soul ball to slowly fuse with the ring of light.
After a long time, the ring of light suddenly shot out a dazzling light. Wang Lin's eyes lit up and he bit the tip of his tongue to spit out a mouthful of blood. The moment the blood came into contact with the ring of light, it let out a sizzling sound and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
After the ring of light fused with the blood, it began to violently tremble. Bursts of pressure spread out from the ring of light, and all the creatures within a 50 kilometer radius felt the abnormality of this place.
Several powerful auras appeared from the forest and quickly rushed toward Wang Lin's direction.
Wang Lin didn't even blink as he waved his hand and the ring of light flew toward Wang Lin's chest. A powerful surge of spiritual energy suddenly filled Wang Lin's body and his face immediately turned red.
Wang Lin took a deep breath and charged out of the tree hole like an arrow. With a few flashes, he disappeared into the depths of the forest.
Not long after he left, a huge python suddenly revealed its huge head from the forest. After sniffing the area a few times, a confused expression appeared on its face. It shook its head, turned around, and crawled away.
Next, a three-meter-tall ape moved as fast as lightning, arriving in the blink of an eye. It burrowed into the tree hole and searched around for a bit before leaving reluctantly.
A few more powerful exotic beasts like these came, but all of them returned in confusion without exception.
As Wang Lin ran through the forest, his body surged with extremely dense spiritual energy. Apart from that, every single pore on his body was endlessly leaking a stinky black substance.
Wang Lin furrowed his brows and suddenly stopped walking. After walking around in a circle, his eyes flashed and he waved the Gravity Spell towards the ground. The spiritual energy in his body suddenly surged out.
The soil on the ground seemed to be pushed aside by two invisible hands, and in a short while, a bottomless pit appeared.
Without saying a word, Wang Lin jumped into the pit. Immediately after, the surrounding soil was quickly pushed back. It didn't take long for the pit to return to normal. From the outside, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
Sitting cross-legged on the ground, Wang Lin focused and began to sort out the spiritual energy in his body.
His body was changing rapidly. Everything was heading in the direction of the Foundation Establishment Stage.
In addition to the unusual silence around him, Wang Lin began his third seclusion in the depths of the underground, where no one would disturb him.
Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, three years had passed.
The ground where Wang Lin was seclusion was covered with a thick layer of rotten leaves. All kinds of poisonous insects crawled in and out of the ground from time to time.
On this day, the earth suddenly trembled. Countless poisonous insects crawled out from the dead branches and rotten leaves. Immediately after, the soil on the ground was pushed aside, and a pitch-black figure emerged from the ground.
As soon as the figure appeared, the surrounding insects immediately hissed in fear and quickly retreated.
"This Foundation Stealing Technique is indeed magical. I've finally reached the Foundation Establishment stage." This figure was Wang Lin, who had been in seclusion for three years.
Wang Lin's eyes were like lightning. His body emitted a powerful spiritual energy. He opened his mouth and spat out a green light. A small green sword appeared in front of him.
Wang Lin's eyes flashed. He pointed with his right hand and the scabbard slowly rose into the air. His expression was calm as he muttered to himself, "This scabbard has been refined for three years. If I use it with the flying sword, the effect will definitely be great."
Putting away the scabbard and the flying sword, Wang Lin stood there and pondered for a while. He touched the mysterious bead on his chest and thought, "Situ consumed too much of his nascent soul essence three years ago. Especially after I used a spell to cover up the curse, he became even weaker. He has been sleeping for more than two years. I don't know when he will wake up. Fortunately, I have already memorized the Underworld Ascension Method. The most important thing now is to find a place with extreme yin energy and practice the Underworld Ascension Method."
After making up his mind, Wang Lin took a deep breath. He scanned the area with his divine sense and quickly flew to the north. Not long after, he arrived at a river in the forest. He carefully washed himself and finally washed away the black dirt on his body. He felt refreshed.
Sitting on a rock by the river, Wang Lin recalled his previous experience. He didn't know if Zhang Hu was dead or alive. He silently prayed that Zhang Hu would be able to escape this calamity.
Sighing, Wang Lin collected his thoughts. After a long time, he formed a spell with his right hand and shot out a white light. The moment the white light appeared, its color immediately changed. From white to grey, the color was still darkening. At the same time, the white light flashed and flew toward the west.
Wang Lin was startled. The spell that shot out this white light was taught to him by Si Tu Nan. It was a spell that allowed him to search for places with extreme negative energy. The darker the color, the closer he was to a place with extreme negative energy. When the light turned completely black, it meant that he had found a place with extreme negative energy.
Wang Lin didn't say anything and immediately chased after it. He followed the light that had turned completely grey and quickly traveled through the forest. The color of the grey light became darker and darker. The moment it turned completely black, the light disappeared with a bang.
Suddenly, Wang Lin stopped in his tracks. He stared blankly into the distance. His heart was so shocked that he couldn't speak.
In front of him was an endless stretch of ruins. He couldn't see the end of it. Most of the houses in front of him had already collapsed. Countless plants grew all over the ruins.
The ruins were full of weeds, and the excrement of wild beasts was everywhere. Small beasts were running around in the ruins, and occasionally, they would scream.
Scar-like cracks appeared on the ground, like a bloody mouth that could devour life at any time, revealing its ferocious face.
The thick metal wreckage stood on the ground, revealing the ruins of the end of the world. The monotonous gray and the green of the plants were entangled together, revealing an aura of despair. It was a ghastly sight.
Wang Lin took a deep breath as he looked at the ruins. His heart was filled with shock.
At this moment, a bright light suddenly flashed on top of a towering wreckage in the ruins. Then, a white beam of light shot down in an instant.
Wang Lin was startled. Suddenly, his expression changed. He turned his head towards the forest not far away. He saw a small beast that was dripping with blood. It was struggling to crawl towards the spot where the beam of light landed. There was a wound on its right leg. White bones could be seen. As it crawled, a deep trail of blood was left behind.
After a long time, it finally crawled under the beam of light. It let out a joyful cry. Its right leg was healing at an extremely fast speed. The whole process only took a few seconds. The small beast was as good as new.
It shook its body in joy. It walked out of the beam of light, and its figure gradually disappeared into the distance.
At this time, the beam of light was still condensing. Wang Lin was greatly shaken. He looked at the beam of light speechlessly.
At this time, the beam of light turned into specks of silver light and dissipated.
Wang Lin muttered to himself. He stood at the side and continued to observe.
After half an hour, the beam of light appeared again.
This cycle repeated several times. Wang Lin watched from the side for a day. He finally found some clues.
According to Wang Lin's judgment, the appearance of this beam of light was definitely related to sunlight. It was obvious that even though this place had turned into ruins, there were still some magic tools that didn't lose their effect. After absorbing the sunlight, they displayed a miraculous scene.
Moreover, there were a lot of wild beasts that knew that the beam of light could heal their injuries. Wang Lin saw no less than twenty injured wild beasts arriving here in just one day.
Seeing that the sky was getting darker, Wang Lin calculated that the last beam of light was about to appear. He no longer hesitated and immediately stepped forward. He extended his hand into the beam of light. A warm stream of air immediately pervaded his hand. This stream of air wasn't spiritual power. It was a kind of substance that Wang Lin was extremely unfamiliar with.
Wang Lin's eyes flickered as he quietly felt the stream of air. He immediately made a cut on his arm and extended his hand into the beam of light once again.
Inside the beam of light, the wound healed at a very fast speed. In the blink of an eye, the wound disappeared.
Wang Lin muttered to himself for a while. He didn't say anything and quickly shuttled back and forth among the ruins. After a short while, he arrived under the tall wreckage that shot out the beam of light.
This was the wreckage of a large cylindrical stone. From the outside, it could be seen that it was broken in the middle. Although most of it had collapsed, one could still see its former glory. Two huge statues holding giant swords stood beside it. On top of them, there was a tower-shaped building that was about 30 feet long.
As Wang Lin looked at the wreckage, an image appeared in his mind. A towering tower that reached into the clouds had been broken in the middle during a sudden disaster. The tip of the tower had fallen onto the statues on both sides.
The light was emitted from a stone bead that was about 20 feet in diameter at the top of the tower.
Looking at the stone bead, Wang Lin hesitated. This thing was too big and looked like it couldn't be taken away. Moreover, he hadn't completely analyzed the principle of its healing ability. If he forcibly removed it, he didn't know if it would lose its effect.
After thinking about it again and again, Wang Lin didn't act rashly. Instead, he wandered around the ruins and observed.
Gradually, Wang Lin's expression became strange. He checked many places and found something strange.
In some of the more intact houses in the ruins, he saw some porcelain on the ground that was still intact. There was even some black substance left in some of the porcelain.
At this time, the sky was getting darker. Wang Lin didn't dare to stay here in the middle of the night, so he quickly rushed into the jungle. The moment darkness completely descended, Wang Lin walked out of the ruins. He stood outside and stared at the ruins, his eyes flashing.