Chapter 122 – Kill Him
Of the ten people from the War God Temple, apart from Mai Liang, who had left four days ago, only the three of them remained. Zhou Zihong sighed as he looked back at the strange creatures approaching them. He closed his eyes in despair as he subconsciously thought of Mai Liang.
“That Mai Liang has always been as timid as a mouse and extremely afraid of death, but he’s surprisingly stubborn. Junior apprentice-sister Tong couldn’t stand being bullied by him any longer and considered throwing him into a foreign battlefield to get rid of him. If it weren’t for me taking pity on him and helping him countless times, he would have died. At least he still has a conscience. A few days ago, he gave me a pill that he claimed could help me maintain my lifespan. I wonder if it’s true…”
His heart was filled with despair. He couldn’t help but start thinking crazy thoughts. Just then, he suddenly heard his older brother Yang shout beside him, “Mai Liang! Quick, run now!”
Zhou Zihong was startled and opened her eyes. She saw a young man flying toward them. He was very handsome, but his eyes held a hint of coldness, and there was a bloodstain on his chest.
“Little brother Mai, it looks like it will be difficult for us to escape this disaster. Ah…” Senior brother Yang sighed. He looked to be around 30 years old, and there was sadness on his face.
Wang Lin stared at the three people and said nothing. At that moment, the creatures chasing them stopped when they saw Wang Lin and revealed hesitant expressions.
Wang Lin snorted and sent a message with his divine sense.
“Get lost!”
More than ten wandering souls suddenly panicked and ran away in panic. They disappeared without a trace.
Zhou Zihong stared at the scene before her in amazement. She didn’t know why those terrifying creatures had suddenly left. She turned to Wang Lin as a crazy thought occurred to her. “Could it be that these terrifying creatures are afraid of Mai Liang?”
However, he soon dismissed the speculation. The other two disciples of the War God Temple were also confused, but relief at surviving such a dangerous situation overwhelmed them, and they finally let out a sigh of relief.
Senior Brother Yang was the oldest among them. He considered the situation and said, “Junior Apprentice Brother, even though those strange creatures have left, it’s still not safe to stay here. We should head to the transfer array and leave immediately.”
Zhou Zihong shivered and nodded, then said, “Little Sister Mai, you are the weakest among us, so you must not let those things touch you. If they touch you, you will die!”
Another disciple of the War God Temple said impatiently, “What are you guys still talking about? If you don’t leave, I’ll go myself.” After that, he moved and quickly charged out. Wang Lin knew that this person was called Ling Tao thanks to Mai Liang’s memories,
Senior Brother Yang also left because he didn’t want to stay here. Zhou Zihong hesitated for a moment and said, “Be careful!” Then he followed them as well.
During this time, Wang Lin hadn’t had a chance to speak, but he had been following them leisurely. The reason he saved the three of them, aside from his own reasons, was because he knew from Mai Liang’s memories that Mai Liang was extremely grateful to Zhong Zihong. Since he had taken Mai Liang’s body, he felt compelled to help Mai Liang with some things.
The three of them were extremely careful as they flew. They were even more careful when taking pills to restore their spiritual energy. Zhong Zihong even took out an extra pill and handed it to Wang Lin. He stared at the pill and couldn’t help but think of his Heaven-Defying Bead. The liquid soaked within the bead was the best medicine.
Unfortunately, the bag containing the gourd and all the treasures was destroyed by Teng Huayuan.
Wang Lin silently sighed. He could sense the heaven-defying bead in his soul. He could also sense the sword refined by his blood in his soul. However, now wasn’t the time to check if he still had it. After pondering for a moment, Wang Lin became even more determined to find a place to enter closed-door cultivation once he left.
The cultivators within the foreign battlefield noticed that the rate of its collapse seemed to have slowed slightly in the past few days. However, this was of no use to them, as compared to the collapse of the foreign battlefield, the strange creatures were far more terrifying.
With the collapse of space, at most you will only see people disappear, but if someone is attacked by those strange creatures, they will scream in pain before your eyes. The creatures will then leave behind preserved corpses.
If these cultivators could choose how they would die, they would choose to die from the collapse of space rather than being devoured.
There were four large transfer arrays within the foreign battlefield. The direction Wang Lin’s group was heading was the closest. Wang Lin didn’t really care which transfer array they went to. The transfer arrays could only transfer people who met certain requirements.
Anyone who enters a foreign battlefield receives a piece of jade. Besides protection from the steel wind, it also allows one to use transfer arrays.
Wang Lin didn’t have the jade from Zhao, so he had no way to return through the transfer array. Furthermore, he was currently using Mai Liang’s body, so it was best for him to return to Mai Liang’s home country of Hou Fen.
This was another reason why he saved Zhou Zihong’s group, to steal the jade.
Of course, if he could find Xu Hao and Ge Yang, then that would be the best case.
Both of them had been designated as targets for Wang Lin to kill. This wasn’t to avenge Mai Liang, but they both knew that Mai Liang should be dead. To prevent future trouble, both of them had to die.
On the way, Wang Lin used Mai Liang’s memory to tell his three neighbors about Xu Hao and Ge Yang. All the souls wandering in the foreign battlefield became his eyes and ears. If the two appeared, his three neighbors would immediately tell him.
If there is still no news until the end of their lives, it means that Xu Hao and Ge Yang are dead.
After flying for a whole week, Zhou Zihong’s group of three were shocked to discover that the wandering souls seemed to completely ignore them.
Some of them would obviously charge towards them, but they would suddenly turn around and go around them.
It could be said that throughout the journey, the three of them were frightened, but never in danger. Eventually, they had gotten so used to it that when they saw the strange creatures now, they wouldn’t stop. They would simply slow down until the creature was gone, then continue on.
Even stranger, one of the creatures suddenly appeared and leaped toward Zhou Zihong. However, just as it was about to touch him, it suddenly emitted a terrifying stream of water and fled in desperation.
The three of them weren’t stupid, so they were suspicious of what was going on. They thought about what had happened recently and immediately understood that the answer lay with Wang Lin.
However, apart from Zhou Zihong who opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, the other two people just pretended that nothing had happened.
It wasn’t that they didn’t want to ask, but that they couldn’t. If they accidentally offended Wang Lin, they would lose their lives here.
The disciple named Lin Tao had his back to Wang Lin, his eyes gleaming. He seemed to be planning something, but his expression quickly returned to normal.
Seeing that they were nearing the nearest transfer array, the number of cultivators nearby increased. Their target was the transfer array in front of them.
Wang Lin had used his divine senses to scout the area. There were several people gathered around the transfer array. They were all waiting for the transfer array to open. A white light screen surrounded the transfer array to protect it. Outside the light screen floated a large number of mummified bodies. They were all people who wanted to go through the transfer array. There were souls wandering in and out of the mummified bodies.
All transfer arrays on foreign battlefields are normally closed. They only open at certain times. There are still two days left until the arrays are opened.
People nervously stared at the wandering souls within the transfer array, panicking whenever there was any movement. However, they gradually realized that the strange creatures were only wandering outside the transfer array. They didn’t dare touch the transfer array’s shield.
As people noticed this, everyone in the formation let out a gasp.
As he flew, Wang Lin was momentarily startled. One of his neighbors informed him that the two people he was searching for had died and that their bags of treasure had been sent by wandering spirits.
Soon, a two-horned wandering spirit appeared in the distance. Zhou Zihong and the others didn’t pay it any mind at first, but as the wandering spirit got closer, they turned to look at Wang Lin.
The wandering soul stopped in front of them. He shook his body and threw three bags of treasure into Wang Lin’s hands.
After the wandering soul had done all that, he immediately turned around and left.
Wang Lin’s eyes lit up as he stared at the wandering soul. He said, “Stop!”
The wandering soul stopped. His body trembled as he turned around and looked at Wang Lin.
Wang Lin didn’t even look at Zhou Zihong’s group as he moved beside the wandering souls. Wang Lin had devoured many wandering souls. If not 10,000, at least 8,000. Although he couldn’t remember them well, he realized that there was something strange about these wandering souls.
The wandering souls that Wang Lin had devoured before were more like divine senses that possessed life. They possessed minimal intelligence and only knew how to devour everything.
But the wandering soul before him was clearly different. Its divine senses were muddled, as if the devoured soul had been undigested and had left a deep scar.
After these marks accumulated to a certain level, it caused this wandering soul to transform. Wang Lin’s eyes lit up after carefully observing it for a long time. When he saw this wandering soul, he felt the same feeling as when he saw Situ Nan’s Nascent Soul.
It can be said that there is something similar between the two.
Wang Lin’s right hand pointed towards Lin Tao. He ordered, “Kill him!”