Chapter 194 – Breaking the Seal
Wang Lin’s eyes lit up. A thumb-sized soul gem appeared in front of his brow. His Ji Realm Soul immediately surged out and surrounded the red-haired man. It instantly devoured more than ten red lights floating around the red-haired man.
The Soul Eater had finished digesting the red light, and just as Wang Lin retreated, it reappeared. And so, the cycle continued. Although the Blood Sea replenished the red light around the red-haired man, the light was much less than before.
It seemed like it would take some time for the Blood Sea to replenish the red light. The red-haired man revealed a joyful expression. When he forced the red light out of his body, he had to endure unimaginable pain, but after seeing the red light diminish before him, he thought that even if the pain were ten times worse, he would still be willing to endure it.
Time passed slowly. All the demonic cultivators silently watched the scene before them. They all held their breath. Even Dou Mu’s group was nervous. Wang Lin’s ability to break the seal played a crucial role in their future plans, but if the seal couldn’t be broken, then no matter how carefully they planned, it would all be in vain.
As time passed, the red light around the red-haired man began to rotate faster and faster, but its intensity continued to decrease. He let out several loud roars. Constantly forcing the red light to extinguish was wearing down his body. His face looked ferocious, and his veins bulged green, as if green worms were crawling within them.
Among the many demotic cultivators, the Sky Demon Sorcerer watched the scene with a feeling of reluctance in his heart. He had put all his effort into his plan, but at the last moment, it had been ruined. It made his heart bleed. Now that he saw the red-haired man breaking the seal, he felt despair.
When the red-haired man breaks the seal, unlocks the Dead Soul Seal, and obtains the inherited knowledge, he will realize that one-third of it is gone. With the red-haired man’s power, he will be able to use a technique to discover that the Sky Demon Witch is the one who possesses it. At that point, the only path left for him will be death.
He had dared to act so boldly before because the red-haired man was trapped in the Blood Sea and couldn’t detect what was happening outside. Only in the Blood Sea was the red-haired man unrestrained.
The Sky Demon Magician laughed bitterly in his heart. He looked at Wang Lin and sighed in his heart. He knew that Wang Lin had come with his disciple. He never expected that, due to his own schemes, the red-haired man would be able to break the seal. If he hadn’t let the Six Desires Devil Sovereign and the others leave a thousand years ago, even though he wouldn’t have been able to obtain the inheritance, his life would still have been safe.
All of this can be described as karma.
The Sky Demon Magician sighed again, but when he saw Dou Mu’s group, his hatred disappeared and he began to ponder.
The Sky Demon Wizard’s expression was calm, revealing nothing of his thoughts. He was a very cunning old man; even when facing such a difficult ordeal, his expression remained unchanged.
The red-haired man had merely used soul fragments to leave imprints on these people to control them. The reason the Sky Demon Sorcerer was able to maintain his sanity was primarily due to his cultivation technique. In addition to the Mysterious Sky Demon Cultivation Method, he also possessed a mysterious spell. He had accidentally discovered it during his first trip here.
He didn’t pass the spell on to anyone, not even the Six Desires Demon Lord knew of its existence. Thanks to this spell and his years of cultivation, when he was captured by the red-haired man and forced to fuse with the soul fragment, he was able to take the initiative and suppress the soul fragment instead of fusing with it.
He looked at Dou Mu’s group. Several years ago, he had begun to suspect that, among the thousands of cultivators here, he couldn’t be the only one who had suppressed his soul fragment. He suspected that there were others who had done so as well.
Those people were most likely the ten Blood Sea Generals.
The Sky Demon Witch’s heart trembled. If those people were like him, they would act the moment the seal broke. If this was true, then he might still have a chance.
As he thought about it, the Sky Demon Witch’s heart grew excited. He took a deep breath to calm himself and looked up.
Every time Wang Lin devoured the red light, his soul gem grew larger. As his soul gem grew, his mind felt a sense of clarity.
Wang Lin’s teamwork with the soul devourer also improved. The color of the soul shard vortex around the red-haired man grew dimmer, and the number of soul shards dwindled.
However, at that moment, the sea of blood around him suddenly rose. All the blood on the ground began to float, forming tens of thousands of soul fragments. They headed towards the red-haired man.
This sudden change of events shocked everyone. Without a word, Wang Lin’s soul retreated, afraid of being affected.
The red-haired man growled. His hands quickly formed seals, and a circle appeared before him. He pressed the circle, and countless rays of five-colored light erupted from his body, forming a five-colored barrier around him.
Outside the barrier, soul fragments swarmed and pushed him.
The red-haired man looked up. His arrogance and pride had reached its limit. He muttered, “Tu Si, this seal can’t trap me!”
With that, he casually grabbed it with his right hand. A demonic cultivator sitting nearby flew into the air, his face showing a worried expression. Before he could say anything, his body flew into the five-colored barrier, and over ten soul fragments entered his body.
He screamed repeatedly. His hands continued to tear at his body. In the blink of an eye, his entire body was covered in wounds and blood.
Normally, these demonic cultivators couldn’t even handle a single soul fragment, but now, ten soul fragments had suddenly entered his body. His only fate was death.
Red-haired men usually don’t try this extreme method because it doesn’t help at all. When the cultivator dies, the soul fragments return to him. It doesn’t help him break the seal at all.
However, now was different. He had nearly broken the seal. If he didn’t use this method to delay the soul fragments, then, once the barrier was broken, all the soul fragments would enter his body, rendering all his previous efforts in vain.
The red-haired man ignored the cultivator. His right hand rose into the air. A golden symbol appeared and landed on the cultivator’s body. As the symbol landed, a golden light enveloped the cultivator’s body.
Shortly after, the red-haired man’s eyes radiated red light. With a wave of his hands, the bodies of several cultivators floated into the air. After absorbing some of the red light, they were enveloped in a golden glow. Their bodies were covered in blood.
Wang Lin was shocked. A moment later, another cultivator was caught by the red-haired man. A look of horror appeared on his face, but it was quickly replaced by a determined expression. He quickly performed a technique with his hands and disappeared in place, then reappeared 10 feet away.
When he reappeared, he created a gap in the air and charged towards her.
The redhead showed a cold gaze. He didn’t stop the cultivator, but sneered. He pointed his finger at his brow and said, “Explode!”
With a loud bang, the cultivator’s body exploded as he charged toward the crack. Blood and flesh splattered everywhere. A soul fragment emerged and charged toward the red-haired man. It joined the other soul fragments outside the barrier.
A thought flashed through the red-haired man’s mind. He suddenly opened his hands and, with a growl, grabbed the air, causing hundreds of cultivators to suddenly fly into the air. Their faces were filled with fear and helplessness, but some had the opposite expression: relief. They flew toward the barrier, and numerous soul fragments entered their bodies. They became just like the people from before.
After using hundreds of people as support, the number of soul fragments outside the barrier had decreased slightly. However, the five-colored barrier was no longer as strong as before and began to tremble, as if it might shatter at any moment.
The red-haired man said nothing, but gripped again. This time, he grabbed over 300 people. Among them, eight suddenly used various techniques to break free. They desperately tried to escape by opening a gap.
Meanwhile, the four people on the ground also jumped, opened a gap, and disappeared into it.
The red-haired man’s cold smile widened. He didn’t kill these cultivators like he had done before, but averted his gaze after watching for a while. Although killing them would be easy, the soul fragments returning to him would have a huge impact on his barrier.
There was no attempt to kill those people.
Wang Lin watched what was happening. He knew that the red-haired man wouldn’t act against him because he still needed him to absorb the remaining soul fragments. Among the people who had fled, Dou Mu’s group wasn’t among them. The ten people sat there, waiting, expressionless.
Outside the barrier were over 400 golden circles. Within each golden circle was a blood-stained cultivator, each with over 10 soul fragments within their bodies.
The red-haired man stared coldly at the hundreds of remaining cultivators. Suddenly, three to five cultivators opened a gap and entered.
The red-haired man sneered. He didn’t care about them, but stared at the soul eater and growled, “Eat!”
The cloud-like soul devourer expanded its illusory body to form a mouth and shot towards the soul fragments outside the barrier. After devouring more than ten soul fragments, it retreated. The red-haired man frowned. He knew that if this continued, the sea of blood would activate and try to seal him again.
His face showed a sinister expression. He reached out and grabbed the retreating soul eater and said, “Continue!”
The soul eater hesitated, then opened its mouth and devoured more than 10 soul shards. The red-haired man still wasn’t satisfied. He bit his finger and drew two strange symbols. One of the symbols released a five-colored light and landed on the soul eater.
Wang Lin realized that the soul devourer had suddenly become ferocious. Countless threads of divine consciousness spread out from it.
“You…broke our promise!”
The red-haired man opened his mouth and sucked another symbol into it. After that, he said gloomily, “Since when have I ever broken my promise? I only have a little bit of control right now. As long as you help me break this seal, I will use the power of the Ancient Gods to transform you into a human body and also remove you from the Decaying World. Now, continue devouring!”
As soon as he said those words, the symbol he had swallowed appeared on his head and flashed several times. At the same time, on the soul eater’s body, the same symbol appeared and seemed to flash in sync with the symbol on the red-haired man’s head.
Then, the soul devourer immediately devoured the soul fragments crazily, as if he had no control. After consuming the soul fragments one by one, his body glowed red. He looked like a red cloud.
Wang Lin could clearly feel the soul devourer emitting waves of intense pain. It seemed like it had devoured too much and surpassed its limits. If this continued, the soul devourer would become like those cultivators.
The red-haired man’s eyes turned cold and he stared at Wang Lin.
Wang Lin’s expression remained normal. He sent out his Ji Realm Soul. The soul flew out of the barrier and began devouring the soul fragments outside. This time, Wang Lin devoured them extremely quickly. After devouring more than ten, he felt full, but he didn’t stop and continued devouring.
He secretly began to operate the Ancient God Tactics, so that the soul fragments quickly fused with his soul.
The five-colored barrier surrounding the red-haired man began to tremble even more violently. It was certain to shatter at any moment. There were still some soul fragments remaining, but even with Wang Lin and the soul devourer, they still wouldn’t be able to devour them all in time.
At the same time, all the stone pillars in the Blood Sea, except the one the red-haired man was sitting on, exploded simultaneously and turned into red powder. It seemed as if the red powder was condensing into soul fragments.
As the stone pillars exploded, the cultivators on top of them jumped down.
The red-haired man’s face darkened. He gritted his teeth and immediately grabbed 300 of the remaining 600 or so cultivators and dragged them toward the barrier.
At that moment, the five-colored barrier broke, but the moment the barrier broke, the red-haired man used his power to force the soul fragments into the bodies of the 300 cultivators.