Chapter 195 – Doubts about the Dead Sea
As the five-colored barrier shattered, the debris of the stone pillar began to glow bright red. There were no more soul fragments around the red-haired man. The seal on his soul had been removed.
It could be said that he had now temporarily broken the seal. His eyes radiated a demonic gaze. He quickly raised his hand and swiped it downwards.
Suddenly, a giant crack appeared above it. The crack was very large, and a layer of gray mist spilled out of it.
Wang Lin was very familiar with the gray mist. He immediately recognized it as the mist outside the Dead Soul Sea.
Meanwhile, within the red dust, countless red lights appeared. The specks of dust gathered into soul fragments and charged toward the red-haired man. If those soul fragments landed, everything that had happened would be in vain.
The red-haired man’s gaze turned cold. He would not allow the soul fragment to seal him again. After tearing open the gap, he extended his right hand and growled softly, “Tu Si is long dead. Using my name, Ta Sen, I summon my life-saving weapon, the Star-Shattering Spear!”
As he finished speaking, a long spear that resembled a black dragon suddenly emerged from the gray mist and appeared before him. The spear paused for a moment, but quickly landed in the red-haired man’s hand.
As the red-haired man gripped the spear, a thunderous roar echoed throughout the area. Soon after, the pillar he was standing on collapsed, reducing it to a small pile of rubble.
The red-haired man was still floating in the air. His eyes were filled with pride. He didn’t seem to care about the soul fragments at all. He waved his spear, and all the soul fragments stopped in midair, hovering 10 feet away from him.
Meanwhile, the red-haired man moved his body and charged toward the crack. At the same time, everyone in Dou Mu’s group, especially the old man who had made a deal with Wang Lin, revealed nervous expressions. Without a word, they immediately stood up and followed Ta Sen into the crack.
As they passed Wang Lin, the old man looked at Wang Lin and nodded slowly. Wang Lin’s soul returned to his body and moved into the crack.
The surviving demonic cultivators all followed them into the rift without hesitation.
After entering the crack, Wang Lin immediately realized that they were just outside the Sea of Souls. Directly below them was the Sea of Dead Souls that Wang Lin had tried to enter before.
The Sea of Souls is divided into two; one part is the Sea of Blood and the other part is the Sea of Dead Souls.
A thought crossed Wang Lin’s mind. He had been extremely cautious ever since entering the rift. He quietly glanced around and saw that Dou Mu’s group had positioned themselves so that they surrounded him and the red-haired man.
This position is very complicated. Without careful observation, the signs might not be visible. However, Wang Lin has been through a lot and can see it at a glance.
Wang Lin’s expression remained normal. He sneered in his heart. He was extremely suspicious of Dou Mu’s group. Over the years, had they truly never shown any signs or let Ta Sen realize that they had been plotting against him? It was a little suspicious that people who had been secretly plotting for who knew how many years would be so blatant in front of Ta Sen.
However, even if Ta Sen were aware of it, it had nothing to do with Wang Lin. He simply wanted to be present when the Sea of Dead Souls opened so he could enter it and use some of his inherited knowledge to leave this stifling place.
The red-haired man stood above the Dead Souls Sea and began to laugh out loud. He shouted, “Tu Si, you can’t restrain me! Even though I’m only a fragment of your evil consciousness, this inheritance should be mine.” As he spoke, his face turned grim and the spear in his hand struck out.
Suddenly, the wall of fog surrounding the Sea of Dead Souls collapsed, and a tunnel leading into the Sea of Dead Souls appeared. The fog in the surrounding area was immediately dispelled.
The tunnel was deep, the bottom invisible. A muffled rumbling sound could be heard, as if something was roaring inside the tunnel.
“Tu Si, even your life-saving weapon, the Star-Shattering Spear, has submitted to me. Only I am qualified to inherit your legacy!” Ta Sen said, as the spear in his hand struck again.
This time, his slash was a vertical one. It intersected with the previous one, forming a giant cross. In the center of the cross was a hole dozens of feet wide. Ta Sen entered it.
After the red-haired man entered, Dou Mu’s group became even more nervous, but they quickly followed behind. As for Wang Lin, his eyes lit up and he followed them as well. Meanwhile, all the surviving demonic cultivators revealed excited expressions and shouted in joy.
The red-haired man was in front. He turned and looked back. His lips curled into a cold smile. Soon, he arrived at the base of the gray fog. The path was blocked by a layer of clouds. Purple lightning continuously flashed in the clouds.
The red-haired man said nothing. He threw his spear forward. The spear transformed into a black dragon.
He charged into the clouds just as a bolt of purple lightning landed on him.
The red-haired man didn’t pause. He immediately followed the spear into the clouds. Suddenly, countless bolts of purple lightning shot out of the clouds and landed on his body.
Under the purple lightning attack, a ball of lightning formed around Ta Sen’s body, but he was unharmed. He began to laugh.
Wang Lin’s pupils shrank as he stared at the red-haired man. He remembered that the purple lightning that had appeared on the second realm’s boundary mountain was the same kind of purple lightning.
Wang Lin blinked and slowed down. From somewhere behind him, he heard the old man’s voice, asking, “Little friend, why aren’t you moving forward?”
Wang Lin didn’t turn around. Ever since they left the Blood Sea, the ten old cultivators had been watching him, preventing him from retreating.
He had only slowed down a bit, but the old man was already asking him questions. From this, Wang Lin could tell how important this matter was to them.
Wang Lin didn’t know why they were so confident that they could ignore Ta Sen’s existence, but he had already made up his mind; leaving this place was his main goal.
Within the lightning ball, the red-haired man formed a strange hand sign and said, “Tu Si has long since passed away. I use my name, Ta Sen, to summon my family’s lightning weapon, the Purple Moon!”
As soon as the words left his lips, the technique in his hand shot out and entered the clouds. Soon, the clouds began to shrink. The raging purple lightning slowly subsided. Finally, the clouds transformed into a half-moon blade and fell into the red-haired man’s hand.
After he saw it, he opened his mouth. The half-moon blade shrank and entered his mouth.
Under the gray mist was a purple lightning cloud, and under the purple lightning cloud was a completely black sea. This was the dead soul that was formed from the half soul of Ancient God Tu Si when he died.
The red-haired man stared at the crescent-shaped blade. His face showed a joyful expression, then he ran towards the dead sea beneath his feet.
As he dashed forward, a rumbling sound rang out from the Dead Sea. Shortly after, a creature that wasn’t a dragon, but resembled one, suddenly emerged from the Dead Sea. As the creature moved, it created countless waves in the Dead Sea.
Soon, the creature’s large head emerged from the sea and stared at the red-haired man.
Ta Sen stared at the creature and frowned. He shouted, “Evil creature, you can’t even recognize me!?”
The creature, millions of feet long, moved slowly, causing the waves in the sea to roll violently. It stared at Ta Sen and suddenly spoke human words.
“Ta Sen, you are the evil consciousness that formed when that master practiced the Flowing Ink Transformation Divine Technique. How could I forget you? If it weren’t for you rebelling when that master was at the most critical point in his cultivation, that master wouldn’t have died.”
Ta Sen snorted coldly and said gloomily, “What does this have to do with me? Tu Si’s ambitions were too great, trying to master a divine technique that no one else could master. If not for that, how could he have created me? The moment he separated me from his soul, he abandoned me, but I should be grateful to him, otherwise, the moment he died would have been the moment I perished as well!”
The large creature’s eyes became cold and said, “Before your death, he instructed me to guard the inheritance of knowledge. Without my permission, no one can obtain that inheritance.”
“The inheritance of power is already mine, and the only thing left is the inheritance of knowledge. Tu Si’s memories are useless to me. Everything he knows, I also know. If it weren’t for the restrictions set by the inheritance law that require both inheritances to completely control the power within this body, I wouldn’t even bother with all this, and I wouldn’t have been trapped by him in the Blood Sea for so many years.” The red-haired man said as he charged forward with his spear.
Suddenly, a dark cyclone appeared. It grew larger and larger, until the winds roared fiercely. The winds attacked the creature.
Seeing the scene before him, Wang Lin couldn’t help but feel doubt in his heart. If what this creature said was true, and he was guarding the inheritance of knowledge, then when the Sky Demon Witch opened the portal to the inheritance treasure before, why wasn’t there any danger? And even after a portion of it was taken, why was there no sign of this creature?
Wang Lin looked down at the Dead Sea, his doubts growing. He frowned. He silently activated the Ancient God Tactic in his mind. According to the inherited memories, anyone with the inheritance only needed to activate their inheritance in the Dead Soul Sea to leave.
The massive creature stared coldly at the red-haired man. It didn’t even notice the storm roaring toward it. Just before landing, it extended its head and slammed into the storm.