Chapter 155 – After the Image Sword Cultivation
If this stalemate continued, it would definitely be disastrous for Jie Donglei. After all, the formation would only last for two hours, and half of that time had already passed. He carefully considered what he should do.
Originally, he had planned to use the Core Formation cultivators to trap Wang Lin for a while, giving him time to attack. However, at the most crucial moment, the fear of death consumed the elders, so they retreated. His only option was to act alone, but he hadn’t expected Wang Lin to be able to see through the formation’s weakness.
Now that he had mounted the tiger and it would be difficult to get off, he silently stared at Wang Lin.
Wang Lin looked at him, then grabbed Li Muwan and retreated another 100 feet. The mocking expression on his face grew even stronger. Jie Donglei let out a sigh. He jumped back onto the dragon’s head and said, “Forget it. This old man admits defeat.” After that, he stepped on the dragon’s head, and all the spiritual energy in his body returned to the dragon.
The light within the dragon’s eyes grew brighter. As spiritual energy returned to him, Jie Donglei’s body trembled, and he revealed a pained expression.
Gradually, his expression became more and more pained, and his body began to shrink. After he finished shrinking, he knelt on one knee on the dragon’s head. He looked as if he had aged for decades. He raised his head and said weakly, “This old man admits defeat. From now on, we will listen to what you say. This is an order from the sect head of the Fighting Evil Sect.” With that, his hands trembled as he took out a purple triangular token and barely managed to inject a trace of spiritual energy into it to send it flying forward.
Wang Lin’s eyes lit up. He looked at Jie Donglei and then at the token before suddenly pulling Li Muwan back several dozen feet.
As Wang Lin’s body retreated, Ji Donglei’s shadow suddenly appeared where Wang Lin was and turned into a ray of sword energy that stabbed toward him.
Wang Lin’s speed was very fast, but he couldn’t match the flying sword. By the time he retreated 30 feet, the flying sword had already reached him. This flying sword was extremely fast; it wasn’t much slower than the crystal sword that used teleportation.
In the blink of an eye, the flying sword pierced his chest, but was stopped momentarily by the dragon skin vest. Wang Lin’s fingers caught the sword body like a pair of claws.
Wang Lin’s face darkened. The enemy’s flying sword was nearly impossible to defend against. Fortunately, he was far enough away to have time to react, or the consequences would have been unimaginable.
The flying sword trembled slightly before splitting in half down the middle. Black flames appeared where the sword had broken and quickly turned the entire sword to dust.
The moment the black fire appeared, Wang Lin immediately released it and stared coldly at Jie Donglei who was still on top of the dragon’s head.
Jei Donglei let out a regretful expression as his body turned to ash. This final attack was his trump card and his greatest secret.
“This… he’s a sword cultivator!” Li Muwan’s face was filled with shock. The previous scene still caused her body to tremble.
Many people in ancient times were sword cultivators, but nowadays, not many people cultivate solely swords. Instead, they use swords as treasures.
A sword cultivator’s speed and strength are superior to those of ordinary cultivators. There are many sword cultivation methods, but only with a high-quality sword cultivation method and a high-quality sword can one truly harness the terrifying power of a sword cultivator.
Jie Donglei’s sword cultivation wasn’t very good, and his flying sword wasn’t very good either. Otherwise, with his strength as a sword cultivator, he would have easily eliminated the cultivators in Nan Dou City rather than being forced to stay here.
If he fought one-on-one, his flying sword was very powerful, but he couldn’t divide his attention when fighting many people, so he only had one chance to act.
Jei Donglei unleashed his sword essence in this final attack. This could be considered his golden core. It was planned as a shocking final attack, but unfortunately, it failed.
With Jei Donglei’s death, Mu Nan and Mu Bei were overjoyed. They immediately realized what had happened and knelt before Wang Lin. “Congratulations, sect head!”
Shang Guanmo silently cursed these two brothers for being shameless, but he himself quickly flew over to Wang Lin and bowed. “Congratulations, teacher, on becoming the sect head of the Fighting Evil Sect.”
The ten Evil Fighting Sect elders who had formed the sword formation put away their swords. They felt extremely awkward. After pondering for a moment, they all bowed toward Wang Lin. Their meaning was clear.
As for the tens of thousands of disciples in the dragon formation, they had all exhausted over 80% of their spiritual energy due to Jei Donglei. They struggled to stand while staring at the red “Punishment” that looked like it was about to bleed, and they fiercely greeted Wang Lin.
Wang Lin wasn’t happy about Jei Donglei’s death. Instead, he felt helpless. There was no right or wrong in the cultivation world; there was only the law of the jungle. If he wanted to survive, he had to destroy all who threatened him. He imagined that if he hadn’t come here himself, what awaited him would be the relentless revenge of the Fighting Evil Sect.
If he wanted to protect himself, then he had to let everyone know that he was someone they couldn’t afford to mess with and that the consequences of his actions would be extremely serious. Wang Lin’s first display of strength in the Sea of Devils had ended.
This first display of power was a huge success. Within at least a million kilometers of Nan Dou City, no one had heard of the mountain of corpses Wang Lin had created. At least this stopped more people from becoming greedy for the killing order.
Looking at the tens of thousands of disciples prostrating before him, Wang Lin stared at the deep sea and thought, “Teng Huayuan, whether I become an immortal or a demon, as long as I can take revenge, what’s wrong with becoming a demon king?!”
He smiled coldly as his gaze shifted to Shang Guanmo. “From today onward, you are the sect head of the Fighting Evil Sect,” Wang Lin said.
Shang Guanmo was startled. He was about to speak, but when he saw the cold look in Wang Lin’s eyes, he immediately stopped and nodded.
“Prepare a room for me. I’m going into closed-door cultivation.” Wang Lin grabbed Li Muwan and flew toward the Evil Fighting Sect.
The room was quickly prepared. It was Jei Donglei’s private room, located inside the dragon’s head. Wang Lin sat cross-legged and looked at Li Muwan, who had a complicated expression on her face. He said, “After my closed-door cultivation is over, I’ll take you home. Until then, you’re free to do whatever you want.” After that, he closed his eyes and cultivated silently.
Li Muwan looked at Wang Lin. After a long time, she said, “Thank you…” After that, she felt her heart tighten as she turned around and left.
After she left, Wang Lin opened his eyes. Instead of the usual coldness, there was confusion. That confusion grew stronger as time passed, until a hint of sadness appeared as he recalled an incident from the past…
“Tie Zhu, you’re not young anymore. Many people have come to inquire about marriage in the past few days. Mother heard that immortals can also marry. Since you’re back, you should stay for a while. Come with me to look around, and if you find someone you like, then we can settle this matter.”
“You brat, people your age already have children running around the village.”
“Wife, why are you worrying about such trivial matters? Our son is an immortal! Do you understand what an immortal is? How could he possibly marry a mere mortal? Tie Zhu meant to find you an immortal daughter-in-law.”
“What’s so good about an immortal daughter-in-law? An immortal can’t come home for five years. If I had an immortal daughter-in-law, they probably wouldn’t even come home once in ten years.”
“Okay, I’ll listen to your father. If your standards are so high that even one of the girls in the village can’t catch your eye, then I’ll wait to see who you bring back.”
“Mother, don’t worry, your son will definitely give you a good daughter-in-law.”
Slowly, two lines of blood flowed from his eyes as he clenched his fists. After a long time, he wiped away the tears of blood, slammed them against the wall, and the dragon’s mouth closed, leaving no gap.
Then, after placing several more formations around him, Wang Lin focused his divine sense on the heaven-defying bead in his mind. His body suddenly disappeared from the room. Even the word “Punishment” disappeared.
This was Wang Lin’s first time entering the Heaven-Defying Bead after reaching the Core Formation stage. The moment he entered the Heaven-Defying Bead, Shang Guanmo, who managed the Fighting Evil Sect, trembled because he could sense that the terrifying demon had disappeared.
More precisely, his soul essence vanished without a trace. This shocked and terrified him as he quickly flew into the air. After a moment, he turned around, revealing a look of disbelief.
Li Muwan, who had just walked down from the dragon’s head, was shocked as she looked up before sighing.
Somewhere in the heavens beyond the beaded space, Situ Nan’s Nascent Soul floated in the sky with his eyes closed and spiritual energy flowing through his body. Beside him floated two dim white lights.
Wang Lin stood under the Nascent Soul and stared at the two balls of light. He knelt on the ground, prostrated, and said, “Mom, Dad, Tie Zhu will definitely bring you both good sons-in-law, but now is not the time…”
After a long time, Wang Lin took a deep breath and raised his head toward Situ Nan’s Nascent Soul. His eyes revealed deep gratitude as he whispered, “Situ, you can rest assured, because I’ve already reached the Core Formation stage. One day, I will reach the Nascent Soul stage, then Soul Formation, and finally Soul Transformation, so I can take you out of here. Then I will find you a body. This is my promise to you!”
After that, Wang Lin stood up and bowed to Situ Nan’s Nascent Soul. Then his body disappeared as he left this place.