Chapter 156 – I Will Fight Him to the Death
Inside the secret chamber inside the dragon’s head, a rainbow-colored light appeared. More and more light suddenly gathered until Wang Lin’s figure was finally visible.
As soon as he appeared, Shang Guanmo’s heart began to pound. He wondered what kind of technique this demon was developing that would allow him to completely conceal his presence. Previously, he had wondered if he could use this time to escape Wang Lin’s control, but now he didn’t dare entertain those thoughts anymore.
Li Muwan touched the dragon scales as if calculating something. At this moment, she looked extremely graceful and focused as she touched the dragon scales.
Even the fluctuations in his soul’s essence blood didn’t affect him. Gradually, a look of understanding appeared in his eyes as he looked at the piece of dragon scale in front of him.
Wang Lin appeared inside the room and sat down in the lotus position before taking out his storage bag. After killing all those cultivators, there were hundreds of golden cores inside his storage bag.
Furthermore, Wang Lin took almost all the bags containing the deceased cultivators. He quickly sorted through them and found many treasures and flying swords. However, aside from a scroll, nothing else caught Wang Lin’s attention.
This scroll was about two feet long and as thick as his arm. It also emitted a faint spiritual energy. Wang Lin remembered that the scroll came from a Core Formation cultivator who had already opened it halfway. Waves of roars were coming from the scroll.
However, Wang Lin’s Ji Realm Divine Sense power was unaffected by the number of people. Whether it was a single person or a group of people, once he passed by them, as long as they were below the Nascent Soul stage, they would die. Approaching the Ji Realm, Wang Lin still had an indescribable feeling. Under the pressure of the transfer array in the Foreign Battlefield, he clearly felt its existence for the first time and gained a bit of understanding. The years of use and subsequent battles allowed him to understand the terrifying power of the Ji Realm.
However, he didn’t know that the Ji Realm’s limit was the late Nascent Soul stage. If he wanted to enter the Soul Formation stage with her, his chances were extremely slim.
The original owner of the scroll had passed away, so the divine sense imprinted on it had long since disappeared. Wang Lin had imprinted his divine sense on the scroll, but the strange thing was that there was nothing different about the scroll. It felt the same as before he imprinted his divine sense.
Wang Lin immediately showed an expression of interest. If it were an ordinary treasure, he would be able to use it freely after removing the previous owner’s divine sense and implanting his own divine sense. As long as it wasn’t a Nascent Soul level treasure, this would always be the case.
Judging from the spiritual energy fluctuations emanating from the scroll, it didn’t feel like a Nascent Soul treasure. Wang Lin himself possessed several Nascent Soul treasures, one of which was the protective jade given to him by Zhou Jin, a Nascent Soul cultivator from Hou Fen.
The most prominent feature of a Nascent Soul-grade treasure is the powerful spiritual energy fluctuations it emits. A Core Formation treasure can never compare.
Besides the jade, there was also a flying sword that could teleport. According to his guess, it was also a Nascent Soul-level treasure. If he didn’t refine it with blood, there was no way he could use it without refining it for a very long time.
Thinking of this, he remembered the ancient sword sheath. When combined with a flying sword, the flying sword’s power could be greatly enhanced. Even Situ Nan couldn’t discern its true nature. It was definitely at least above the Nascent Soul level, perhaps a Soul Formation treasure, or even a Soul Transformation treasure. After all, there wasn’t much Situ Nan couldn’t see through.
Wang Lin let out a sigh. The treasure had been destroyed the moment Teng Huayuan destroyed his storage bag. Then Wang Lin suddenly realized something was wrong. If the treasure was truly high-quality, then Teng Huayuan shouldn’t have been able to destroy it.
If it wasn’t destroyed, where did the scabbard go?
Wang Lin’s eyes lit up as he put away the scroll and suddenly stood up. He paced back and forth for a while before putting some low-grade materials into a storage bag. Then, he gathered a bit of spiritual energy in his finger and turned the bag into dust.
Wang Lin’s eyes focused on the storage bag that had turned to dust. He then tried it a few more times before a hint of understanding appeared in his eyes.
Even if the storage bag is destroyed, the items inside remain intact. The space inside the bag is like an infinite safe, with the bag itself as the key. Even if the key is broken, the safe will remain closed forever, with the items still inside.
If he could find a way to open it again, then it wouldn’t be impossible to retrieve what was inside.
Wang Lin pondered for a moment. Then, he sat down in the lotus position again. Looking at the scroll, it didn’t seem to be a Nascent Soul level treasure, but Wang Lin couldn’t figure out why he didn’t feel like he could control it as he wished after he infused his divine sense into it. After thinking for a while, he suddenly opened the scroll. His expression became serious.
The entire roll is completely black without any images on it.
Seeing it, Wang Lin suddenly felt a sense of danger coming from the scroll. A pair of triangular eyes on the black paper suddenly opened. Then, a loud rumbling sound came from within the scroll, causing it to tremble.
Wang Lin didn’t hesitate to immediately close the scroll. The roar gradually grew softer and softer until it disappeared completely.
Sweat beaded on Wang Lin’s forehead. The moment the roar came out, Wang Lin could sense that its power was no less than that of the dragon that had died in the 14th valley. The only difference was that spiritual energy was trapped within the scroll.
At this moment, he finally understood why he still couldn’t use this scroll even after infusing his divine sense into it. This scroll was merely a seal. The true power of this treasure came from the spirit beast trapped within.
After carefully storing the scroll, Wang Lin began to ponder. After a long time, he took out a golden core from his storage bag. Its color had already darkened. He pondered for a while before taking out over 100 golden cores. They were all dim, exuding a feeling of death.
In the past, Wang Lin would have devoured it as soon as he obtained it, but on the way here, Li Muwan had told him that although devouring the golden core would increase his cultivation level, it would also pollute his spiritual energy, causing the spiritual energy in his body to become chaotic. Furthermore, the golden core had different properties. If too many opposing forces were absorbed, it would cause his spiritual energy to become crazed, causing him to lose control and go insane half the time.
After hearing this, Wang Lin, although unwilling, dismissed the idea of consuming it directly. According to Li Muwan, consuming it wouldn’t have any negative effects if it was first purified through the five-element method.
However, this type of refining skill was considered a demonic method, so he had only heard of it. Wang Lin pondered for a moment before putting everything into a storage bag for when he found the five-element refining method.
Then Wang Lin took out the dragon vein. With a gentle movement, the demon flew out. The demon flew around the room once before looking at Wang Lin with a sad expression.
The red light on the demon was much richer than last time. Wang Lin looked at him with a cold expression and said, “How much has your cultivation level recovered?”
The demon carefully retreated and said, “I’ve only just recovered to the late Foundation Establishment stage. If it weren’t for that sword stealing it from me, I could have recovered to Core Formation!”
Wang Lin sneered and glared at the demon. The demon felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end from that gaze. He took a few more steps back and muttered, “I’m at the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage, only one step away from the Core Formation stage.” With that, he silently cursed, thinking that if Wang Lin continued to pressure him, he would go all out and fight him. But this was just an idea. The demon believed that even if he gave it his all, he wouldn’t get anything good out of it.
Wang Lin’s gaze turned cold and his hand reached out. The demon screamed. It wanted to dodge, but it encountered a formation surrounding it. It could only watch as it was captured and carried toward Wang Lin.
Wang Lin searched inside the demon’s body. Bit by bit, red fragments continued to appear until a golden core appeared inside the gas-like demon’s body.
The demon’s anger immediately disappeared. He said embarrassedly, “What is this? When did I form my core? I must have devoured too much and formed it without realizing it…” As he spoke, he saw Wang Lin’s cold gaze and stopped talking.
Wang Lin pondered for a moment before suddenly asking, “Have you recovered your memory?”
The demon immediately trembled. This was his greatest secret. When he reached the Core Formation stage, something extra suddenly appeared in his mind, but he didn’t dare tell Wang Lin. Now that Wang Lin had discovered it, he immediately became afraid.
He kept thinking to himself, “Should I go all out? Fight? No, I don’t think I can beat him… I’ve decided, I’m going all out!”
He had just made up his mind and was ready to act when he raised his head and saw the red light in Wang Lin’s eyes. He immediately realized things were getting worse when he suddenly screamed in pain. Green smoke poured out of his body, and even his golden core shrank.
Wang Lin’s Ji Realm Divine Sense was not this strong at first, but he was once a soul eater. The pressure and ability of a soul eater were still there.
This made Wang Lin the demon’s greatest weakness. After the demon screamed for a while, Wang Lin withdrew his Ji Realm Divine Sense. The demon stood there trembling. All traces of resistance had disappeared. Instead, it revealed a submissive expression.
He was not afraid of anyone except Wang Lin. If Wang Lin continued to do this for half an hour, then his newly formed golden core would be destroyed.
Wang Lin said calmly, “Spit out all the souls you have devoured.”