In the Alliance Star System, Wang Lin had a head of white hair as he coldly looked ahead. He slowly walked forward step by step. His pace wasn't fast, but every step he took caused ripples to echo as he crossed countless distances.
Looking at the unfamiliar yet familiar space around him, Wang Lin's expression was calm. He had already left this place for a very long time.
When he left, he had just reached the Ascendant stage, but when he returned, he was already at the Nirvana Scryer stage.
"Tian Yunzi, Ling Tianhou … I, Wang Lin, have returned!"
Wang Lin's eyes shined brightly. Inside his bag of holding was the key to the cave in the Demon Spirit Land. He had kept it safe this entire time.
Back then, Wang Lin's cultivation level wasn't high in the Alliance Star System. The highest level he had come into contact with was a rank 7 cultivation country. However, now that he was a Nirvana Scryer cultivator, even back in the Luo Tian Star System, he was valued by those old monsters. Now that he had returned to the Alliance Star System, if he wanted to, he could immediately set off a storm.
However, Wang Lin knew that the Alliance Star System couldn't compare to the Luo Tian Star System. The Alliance Star System's waters were too deep.
"I must be cautious in the battle between the Luo Tian Star System and the Alliance Star System. I can't carelessly get involved." Wang Lin's eyes lit up and he decided to wait and see.
After returning to the Alliance Star System, Wang Lin's caution from back then increased several fold. He knew that the cultivators of the Alliance Star System, especially those at the Ascendant stage and above, were all extremely cunning. There was no need to even mention those at the same cultivation level as him.
If he wasn't careful, he would be eaten alive without even knowing it!
This wasn't the cultivation method of the Luo Tian Star System, but the cruel cultivation method of the strong preying on the weak.
"However, with my current cultivation level, I don't need to be afraid of anything in the Alliance Star System after I fuse with my original body!"
There was a flash of coldness in Wang Lin's eyes. After returning to the Alliance Star System, he immediately contacted his original body to determine each other's exact location.
As he stepped forward, Wang Lin's divine sense spread out in all directions. Before long, his expression flickered. He had been searching for an uninhabited Desolate Planet this entire time, and now he had found it.
Ripples spread out under his feet. Wang Lin's body merged with heaven and earth, disappearing from sight.
When he reappeared, he was on an uninhabited, desolate star. There wasn't much spiritual energy here, but the ground was full of life, and there were plants everywhere.
As far as the eye could see, the Desolate Star was completely covered in dense forests.
Previously, when he knew that he needed to use his life force to save Li Muwan, he didn't hesitate and chose to use his life force to exchange for the Qixi Art. After all, he had waited for hundreds of years, and this might be his only chance. He couldn't give it up. This art could be a success, but it could also be a failure.
The success was that although Li Muwan hadn't been resurrected, she now had a body and hope.
Although Wang Lin had used up a majority of his life force, he had other plans for it. Even Shimizu didn't expect Wang Lin to send out a rune that could hide his life force.
Although the current Wang Lin didn't look old aside from his white hair, if he were to break this tattoo, he would look like a thousand-year-old old man.
The feeling of being summoned by the Heavenly Reincarnation Dao became even stronger. However, Wang Lin's expression didn't change at all. His body flickered and he landed on this land filled with life force. The moment his feet landed, Wang Lin took a deep breath and sat down.
Behind him, Ta Shan walked out and sat down a few dozen feet away. His eyes were cold as he looked around. If anything happened that would harm Wang Lin, he would immediately act.
After taking a deep breath, Wang Lin raised his right hand and formed a seal. Immediately, a black light gathered on his index finger. At first, the black light wasn't very dense, but after a moment, it had a soul-stirring power.
"Finger of Death …" Wang Lin looked at the black light on his right hand. After he saw the third step, he analyzed the Finger of Death. If he used it for a long time, it wouldn't be beneficial for him to return to his origin, so he gave up on it.
However, when he heard Xiang Yundong say that saving Li Muwan would consume a large amount of his life force, the Finger of Death immediately appeared in Wang Lin's mind!
This spell used an extremely domineering method to devour the life force of everything for one's own use. After fusing it into one's body, it would turn into a powerful attack. When the finger landed, all life force would collapse.
Wang Lin's eyes lit up and his right hand slowly pointed down. Suddenly, his hand pressed down on the ground in front of him. At this moment, the black light formed a ring with Wang Lin as the center and instantly spread out.
The black light spread out, and in almost an instant, it covered the land within a five hundred kilometer radius. The towering trees within the five hundred kilometer radius gradually withered. Their leaves withered, and after a few breaths of time, they all cracked. Finally, with a bang, they turned into dust and disappeared. Even the falling leaves dissipated as they fell.
Only a large amount of white gas floated out from the collapsing trees and immediately gathered toward Wang Lin.
It wasn't just the trees. All the plants and vegetation on the ground began to wither as the black light spread out. All of their life force was sucked out and turned into white gas that gathered toward Wang Lin.
In almost an instant, all life within 500 kilometers was exterminated, and all of their life force was sucked out.
If one looked down from high up in the sky, they would see a strange scene. Everything within 500 kilometers was withered, and the white gas seemed to have a mind of its own as it flew toward Wang Lin and circled around him.
Wang Lin's body was surrounded by the white gas, and it was impossible to see him clearly. The white gas was filled with life force, and as it circled around Wang Lin, lightning flashed in Wang Lin's eyes. He took a deep breath!
As he inhaled, the white gas that surrounded him seemed to have found an outlet. It transformed into a giant vortex, and at the end of the vortex was Wang Lin's eyes, ears, nose, and mouth!
Endless white gas poured into Wang Lin's body, turning into life force that nourished his body and also rapidly replenished the life force that Wang Lin had used up.
As the life force was absorbed, the blood-colored magical symbol on Wang Lin's chest began to flicker. Finally, it emerged three inches from his chest. However, there were still strands of flowing light that covered Wang Lin's body, protecting and concealing him.
An hour later, the last strand of white gas surrounding Wang Lin was sucked into Wang Lin's mouth and then completely disappeared. Within 500 kilometers, the land was a withered yellow. Even the ground was cracked, and all life force was gone.
Strangely, outside of the 500 kilometers, everything was normal. This created a stark contrast.
It was as if the 500 kilometers were two different worlds.
"The divine ability cultivated by the Xiang Clan ancestor must be similar to the Finger of Extermination. They both absorb life force into themselves. That person was too arrogant; he probably didn't expect me to see through it!" A cold smile appeared on Wang Lin's face.
"How could half of my, Wang Lin's, life force be so easily swallowed? One day, I'll take it all back with interest!
Devouring life force, I can do it too! "
A cold light flashed in Wang Lin's eyes. He closed them and the black glow that covered 500 kilometers once again began to expand like crazy!
2,000 kilometers, 1,500 kilometers … In an instant, it covered the 2,500 kilometer area.
Plants withered and giant trees collapsed. Within the 2,500 kilometer area, even some Demonic beasts couldn't escape this calamity. A giant python that was more than 30 meters long was immediately hit by the black glow. Its body trembled, and after the black glow passed, its body collapsed. Its life force turned into a large amount of white gas that floated toward Wang Lin.
The expansion of the black glow didn't stop. It continued. 6,000 kilometers, 8,000 kilometers … 5,000 kilometers!
Within 5,000 kilometers, all living things collapsed. The boundless life force turned into a windstorm, and at the center of the windstorm was Wang Lin!
Large amounts of white life force entered Wang Lin's body through his orifices. Gradually, the red symbol on his chest rose higher and higher until it was ten inches above his chest. Wang Lin's eyes snapped open, and his left hand grabbed the symbol on his chest and pulled it out.
He immediately pulled the symbol out of his chest. The moment the symbol was removed, Wang Lin's body began to shine brightly. In the blink of an eye, he turned into an ancient old man surrounded by a thick death aura.
However, all of this was reversed in an instant. The surrounding vitality was absorbed by Wang Lin's orifices. Wang Lin's withered body began to shine and rapidly change.
At this moment, in the western part of the Alliance Star System, there was a cultivation planet countless kilometers away from the abandoned planet Wang Lin was on. This planet was deep in the western part of the Alliance and was close to the southern border.
From a distance, this looked like a half-abandoned cultivation planet, and the spiritual energy here wasn't dense.
There were several rays of sword energy surrounding this cultivation planet. There was a cultivator standing on each ray of sword energy. Their expressions were gloomy and their eyes were cold. As they circled the planet, their divine senses were spread out and they carefully observed their surroundings.
An oppressive aura continued to spread out.
The cultivators on these rays of sword energy didn't have high cultivation levels; they were only at the Soul Transformation stage. However, the killing intent they gave off was very strong. Although their divine senses were spread out, one could see a hint of worry in their eyes.
It didn't take long before a ray of sword energy flew out from the half-abandoned cultivation planet. There was an old woman standing on the sword energy. There were wrinkles on her face, but it was obvious that she was a beautiful person when she was young.
If Wang Lin was here, he would find this woman familiar.
The old woman also looked worried. As she flew out, a cultivator immediately closed in and respectfully said, "Greetings, Uncle-Master Bai Xue!"
The old woman nodded slightly. She looked at the stars in the distance and slowly said, "All of you must be careful. If there are any abnormalities, you must immediately report them. There is a war right now, and I, Suzaku, am too close to the Luo Tian cultivators. This is a life and death situation!"
The cultivator's body trembled and he lowered his head.
The old woman sighed inwardly, and was just about to say something when her expression suddenly flickered. Her eyes began to shine brightly as she stared at the starry sky up ahead. Her sudden change attracted the attention of the surrounding cultivators, who all looked over. Immediately, their faces went pale, and a monstrous killing intent began to coalesce around them.
Rays of sword energy flew by in the distance. There was a team of hundreds of cultivators charging toward Suzaku. The person at the front was a big-headed boy. He had his hands behind his back as he stood there with a silly smile on his face.