Chapter 135 – The Winds of Change
Wang Lin didn’t hesitate to use the Earth Escape Technique to move toward the War God Temple. As he moved, he found fire beasts everywhere. The further he went, the more shocked he became.
He immediately changed direction. Meeting Lin Tao was no longer his goal. Instead, he headed towards the border, using information from Ma Liang’s memories. He could no longer remain in Hou Fen.
But before he could get very far, a gigantic divine sense swept over him. This divine sense quickly retreated and concentrated on him. Shocked, he scanned the sky. What he saw were sixteen gigantic fire beasts in a circle with a ring of fire between them.
The fire thread from the fire ring is connected to the head of the fire beast.
A powerful divine sense emanated from the power ring. This was clearly a special technique the fire beasts were born with. It was something they could only use when working together.
When they discovered Wang Lin, the sixteen fire beasts’ eyes turned cold. They all roared as they descended from the sky and charged at Wang Lin.
Wang Lin quickened his pace without a word and fled. The 16 giant beasts let out an angry roar and spew fire, causing the ground to turn red and split.
Wang Lin had seen this before, so how could he let it happen to him twice? As fire erupted from the beast’s mouth, it burst out of the ground and disappeared in a streak of rainbow light.
The 16 beasts didn’t give up. The only reason they left the volcano was to find and kill the cultivator who killed their ancestor. That was the only thought on their minds at the moment.
At the same time, because of Wang Lin, these fire beasts now hated all cultivators. They basically wanted to kill everyone they saw. Their losses were also great, especially under the powerful magic treasures of cultivators.
More precisely, these fire creatures don’t have souls; they live in a special way. Ordinary flying swords can’t damage their tough bodies. The best way to attack them is with a powerful, blunt weapon.
However, their numbers were simply too numerous. Even now, countless fire beasts were emerging from the large and small volcanoes in Hou Fen. As for how many there were, no one except the ancestral fire spirit, who had been absorbed by the Heaven-Defying Bead, would know.
The further Wang Lin flew, the faster he became. These fire beasts were faster than him in the lava, but in this open space, Wang Lin managed to keep his distance.
However, Wang Lin felt unwell. The spiritual energy around him was filled with fire elements. Every time he absorbed some, he would feel a surge of pain.
In addition to the constant roars of the sixteen giant fire beasts behind him, there were countless fire beasts coming to block him. More and more fire beasts gathered behind him, chasing him. He spread his divine sense and felt his scalp go numb. There were so many fire beasts behind him that he couldn’t immediately tell how many there were.
If he stopped for even a moment, the fire beast would tear him to pieces, but Wang Lin wasn’t someone to be hunted. Back when he was still in the Qi Condensation stage, he had dared to attack Teng Li, who was in the late Foundation Establishment stage.
At this moment, a sharp look flashed across his eyes. He took out a bucket full of spiritual liquid and drank it while running to restore the spiritual energy he had consumed.
Then, a black light flew out of his bag and disappeared. It reappeared before a fire beast and stabbed it.
The sound of two pieces of metal colliding rang out. A bloody gash appeared on the beast’s chest, and it was thrown far away. It roared as it got up and continued its pursuit.
Wang Lin’s expression was normal, but his face darkened. The fire beasts were not only immune to his Ji Realm Divine Sense, but their bodies were also this strong. The flying sword was only able to injure the beasts’ bodies, and from the looks of it, it could only be considered a minor injury.
Wang Lin refused to give up. While flying, he continued to attack the fire beast. Using his teleportation ability, the sword moved in a very strange way until it stabbed between the fire beast’s eyebrows. The sword pierced through, and the fire beast exploded, releasing a wave of heat.
Wang Lin’s hair immediately curled up as the smell of burning hair reached him, but his eyes lit up. Although these fire beasts were powerful, they were not without their weaknesses.
After this, Wang Lin continued to control the flying words to ambush the fire beasts. One by one, the fire beasts were beheaded by him. Based on his calculations, those normal-sized fire beasts were only at the Qi Condensation stage, but because they lacked powerful souls and bodies, it was difficult to kill them.
However, because Wang Lin was alone, and coupled with the fact that the fire beasts knew no fear, they continued to chase him.
Eventually, the flying sword moved around too much, and its form began to change. Furthermore, the sword spirit had only possessed a new body; it hadn’t fused with it. There were dents all over its body, and some parts had melted completely. If the flying sword’s original owner were to be revived, even he wouldn’t be able to recognize it.
Wang Lin realized that this wasn’t a long-term solution as more and more fire beasts appeared. Even though he had spirit fluid, once he ran out and couldn’t recover quickly enough, he would die.
Wang Lin gritted his teeth and changed direction. He no longer went to Xuan Wu, but flew toward the War God Temple. He didn’t believe that the War God Temple would be destroyed by this first fierce beast. If he were the ancestor of the War God Temple, he would definitely decide to move, and it would take time.
And even if they were to move, it wouldn’t be very fast because there were too many people. He had only been in the cave for a few days; even if the fire beasts had moved the first day he entered the cave, the War God Temple still wouldn’t have been able to move this fast.
This was just Wang Lin’s guess. What made him make this decision was the Soul Blood Essence that told him the general location of Yang Xiong and Lin Tao.
As soon as Wang Lin changed direction, the fire beasts closed in on him. They spewed lava at him, and he was nearly hit several times. He gritted his teeth as he moved faster toward the War God Temple.
Not long after, Wang Lin sensed a powerful aura from afar. He spread out his divine sense and saw a group of tens of thousands of cultivators slowly approaching.
The sight of tens of thousands of cultivators on their swords shocked Wang Lin for a moment, but he quickly recovered and charged towards the cultivator army.
Among the army of cultivators, there were many war chariots emitting waves of spiritual energy.
The fire beasts suddenly stopped and 16 large fire beasts blocked the army of cultivators.
The cultivator army did not stop. Over 10,000 flying swords attacked without hesitation under the command of ten Nascent Soul cultivators. Immediately after, two more groups flew out from the army, and another 2,000 people joined the battle.
Before Wang Lin could reach the army, two lights flew out and surrounded him. The person in the middle was a young woman who looked ordinary, but a strong killing intent radiated from between her eyebrows. She looked at the fire beast behind him and revealed a look of hatred. She turned to Wang Lin and asked, “Fellow cultivator, which sect’s disciple are you from? Quickly, state your name.”
Wang Lin showed a frightened expression and quickly replied, “I am a disciple of the War God Temple, Ma Liang.”
The woman stared at Wang Lin coldly and said, “Qiang Xuan, take him to the War God Temple to verify his identity. If he isn’t a disciple of the War God Temple, kill him.”
A young man flew out and nodded towards Wang Lin, signaling for Wang Lin to follow him. Then he flew towards the team. Wang Lin clasped his hand towards the young woman before following the young man.
Soon, they arrived at the center of the cultivator army. The closer he got to the center, the more he realized how terrifying this army of cultivators, vast enough to cover the sky, was. The spiritual energy fluctuations here had reached unimaginable levels.
Although the entire land was covered by black smoke coming out of the volcano, under the fluctuations of spiritual energy from the army of cultivators, a path had opened up in the huge cloud of black smoke.
Everywhere, black smoke split, unable to stop the army at all. What was even denser than the fluctuations of spiritual energy was the entire Sword Qi. It was so dense that it could cause the sky to change color.
The sword Qi displayed its power as it clashed with the black smoke. Especially now, at dawn, and with the battle ahead, it created a particularly majestic atmosphere.
Various flying swords and magical treasures shone in the sky like fireworks that were too chaotic to track. This scene was something Wang Lin would never forget. After all, this scene was something that only appeared in large-scale battles.
Compared to the collapse of the foreign battlefield, there is an extra sense of everyone working together and the need to get out of Hou Fen.
This power is not something that a single individual can possess; it is achieved because entire nations are forced to move in order to survive.
Only a horde of fire beasts could match it.
Wang Lin couldn’t help but fall into a trance. When he came to, he had arrived in the middle of the army with the young man.
Xuan Qing shouted, “The scout from the Lou He Sect, Qing Xuan, has taken away the disciple of the War God Temple, Ma Liang. Is there anyone from the War God Temple who can confirm his identity?”
Wang Lin’s expression was calm. The Nascent Soul woman didn’t act against him, and her voice was filled with the intention of winning him over to their side.
But even without the woman’s intention, Wang Lin would still come here. After all, this was the only place he could go while being chased by the army of fire beasts.
However, Wang Lin was a very cautious person, so he prepared to flee when things looked bad. With the battle with the fire beasts ahead of them, there wouldn’t be many people willing to chase him.
As for the Nascent Soul cultivators, none of them were willing to take the time to manage the migration to come and kill him. Core Formation cultivators were the main fighting force against the fire beasts, so the best people to send after him were late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators at the pseudo-Core Formation stage. However, Foundation Establishment cultivators were no threat to Wang Lin. If one came, he would kill one. If ten came, he would kill all ten without fear.