Chapter 174 – Devil Mutation
Wang Lin’s gaze turned cold as he stared at the newly formed demon. His Ji realm left his body, transformed into a red dragon, and roared at the small creature.
His majesty as a soul eater suddenly became clear. Not to mention that little creature, even the demon Xu Liguo was so scared that he fell to the ground and didn’t dare to move. The pressure from the natural predator made his heart tremble.
The little beast began to struggle and let out its own roar, but compared to Wang Lin’s roar, its roar was filled with helplessness. The little beast finally began to beg for mercy with its eyes.
The dragon formed by Wang Lin’s Ji Realm stared coldly at the small creature for a long time before finally returning to Wang Lin’s body. Then, he waved his hand and took out the soul flag. The demon didn’t hesitate at all, turning into red mist and entering the soul flag.
Wang Lin left a wisp of his divine sense on the soul flag before putting it back into his storage bag. Then he waved his other hand, and threads appeared throughout the room. This was a countermeasure he had devised against the devil.
As Wang Lin waved his hand, those threads of divine consciousness returned to him.
The reason he was able to find the little creature no matter how fast it was was partly due to these divine sense threads. When he first noticed the abnormal fluctuations in the red mist, he had used the divine sense restriction he had placed to secretly create a spiderweb of divine sense threads.
No matter where the little creature went, Wang Lin would be able to track it. Furthermore, after devouring so many souls with Wang Lin’s divine sense, the mark left on the little creature also played a huge role.
Under the influence of both of them, it was no surprise that Wang Lin was able to track him down.
After regaining his composure, he stood up and looked out the window. After pondering for a moment, he walked down the tower. At the entrance, he arranged everything before walking out. The demon saw Wang Lin going underground and immediately followed him.
Unfortunately, before he could follow her for long, he was caught by Wang Lin and thrown into the dragon vein.
In this location, the opposing force was extremely powerful. Wand Lin had to use nearly 90% of his spiritual energy to resist it. As a result, his speed involuntarily slowed.
As he slowly stepped forward, his divine senses spread out to carefully observe what was in the distance.
A few days later, Wang Lin’s expression changed. Through his divine senses, he saw a black cloud flying quickly towards him.
Every time the black cloud moved, the black tornado would try to dodge. Those that weren’t fast enough would scatter into countless tiny creatures and be devoured by the black cloud. Wang Lin popped the pill into his mouth again as he stared at the black cloud and sank even deeper.
Shortly after, the black cloud passed. Behind the black cloud was a giant tornado. The tornado was currently spinning rapidly to create as much wind as possible. This was what caused the black cloud to move so quickly.
The king tornado pushed the black cloud past where Wang Lin was and disappeared. Not long after, the king tornado returned. This time, it moved faster while letting out a loud howl and disappeared again.
After that, Wang Lin continued to move forward slowly. He sneered. That black cloud must have been created by Hunchback Meng. If it weren’t for the tornado king pushing it away, those little creatures would have suffered greatly once they spread out.
After pondering for a moment, his eyes lit up. Hunchback Meng must have quite a lot of treasures and pills; if these little creatures could kill him, then Wang Lin might be able to take them. Thinking about the treasures of a powerful Soul Formation cultivator, Wang Lin’s heart began to beat faster. However, he quickly dismissed the thought. Compared to treasures, his life was far more important.
After taking a deep breath, Wang Lin put aside all these unrealistic thoughts and continued forward. However, after confirming Hunchback Meng’s location, he no longer moved forward; instead, he circled around.
Half a month later, he passed through an area filled with black tornadoes that left him stunned when he saw them with his senses.
It was an extremely dense cluster of tornadoes. The number of tiny creatures there must have exceeded 100 million. Wang Lin’s head tingled. This made him even more alert. He had spent a month circling this cluster of tornadoes.
Most of the black tornadoes were attracted by Hunchback Meng, so although there were similar fears along the way, there was no real danger. Wang Lin was currently inside the black tower as he looked back at where Hunchback Meng was.
After sneering in his heart, Wang Lin left the tower and continued forward. He could see a giant vortex in the sky in the distance.
The vortex was the same as the one in the void. It clearly led to the second trial!
Wang Lin took a deep breath and walked toward the vortex. At this point, he could no longer use the Earth Escape Technique because the resistance underground was too great. Even if he used 100% of his spiritual energy, he couldn’t move at all with the Earth Escape Technique.
However, the ground escape technique doesn’t just increase one’s speed while underground. As long as there’s ground beneath one’s feet, while not as fast as a flying sword, it’s still faster than running.
In the past few months, Wang Lin had been constantly using the Earth Escape Technique, resulting in his mastery of it rapidly increasing. Wang Lin could sense that the Earth Escape Technique he knew was nothing compared to the true Earth Escape Technique, which was said to allow one to travel tens of thousands of kilometers in a few breaths.
As Wang Lin sighed, he did not forget to continue to spread his divine sense to carefully inspect the surroundings. Fortunately, a large number of black tornadoes were attracted by Hunchback Meng. As Wang Lin flew forward, he did not encounter too much danger.
Three days later, the vortex was now visible. As he walked, Wang Lin’s expression suddenly changed, and he drilled into the ground. Suddenly, a powerful force began to resist. He drank a large amount of spirit liquid to gain the strength to resist it.
Not far away, ten black tornadoes suddenly appeared toward the vortex. Their target was Hunchback Meng. When they arrived at where Wang Lin was hiding, the black tornadoes suddenly stopped and began circling the area.
Wang Lin’s heart sank. Previously, he had tried to enter the Heaven-Defying Bead’s space, but he hadn’t been able to enter it since arriving in this desert. Otherwise, he would have stayed inside until the tornado passed.
Wang Lin stared at the vortex in the distance and began to calculate. He clenched his teeth as he patted his storage bag to summon the devil. When the devil saw all the tiny creatures above them, he became extremely excited and immediately charged toward them.
Unfortunately, as soon as he appeared, the ten tornadoes surrounding him roared. Over 10,000 divine senses combined and struck the demon.
The demon screamed miserably. The combined attack of the divine senses was beyond his control. His body began to emit green smoke, making him want to retreat to where Wang Lin was, but then a second attack arrived.
At the same time, Wang Lin took out the soul flag and waved it, causing a second demon to rush out. The second demon was startled for a moment before letting out a sharp cry.
After that sharp cry, all the tornadoes stopped spinning, revealing countless tiny creatures within them. All the tiny creatures were shocked as they stared at the second demon. Even the second attack on Xu Liguo stopped.
The second demon’s eyes turned red as it screamed again. All the small creatures began to back away. Their eyes filled with fear as they looked at the second demon.
Wang Lin was shocked. His eyes lit up as he began to ponder. As for Xu Liguo, he felt extremely humiliated. It could be said that recovering his memories wasn’t necessarily a good thing. At least he wouldn’t feel humiliated before his memories were recovered. At this moment, he secretly thought, “This is too shameful; I was saved by my little brother. No matter what, I was the first to follow this demon. No, if this continues, then every little brother this demon makes will be stronger than me. No, I can’t let that happen!”
The devil gritted his teeth and charged towards one of the tornadoes. After capturing several of the small creatures, he began to devour them.
The little creatures began to panic and began to dodge, but the second demon screamed again. The little creatures dared not move anymore; the fear in their eyes deepened.
The more Wang Lin saw, the more his eyes lit up. He suddenly had an idea. The second demon must have looked like a mutation to this little creature. There must be some mysterious connection between them that caused this to happen.
If this was true, then the reason why this little creature’s divine senses could merge made sense. His eyes lit up as he emerged from underground.
Although the little creatures were wary when he appeared, they did not panic or attack.
At this moment, the second devil looked at Xu Liguo, who was devouring the little creatures, and let out a few strange cries. All the little creatures’ bodies trembled. Their divine senses left their bodies and converged into an attack directed at Xu Liguo.
Xu Liguo immediately smiled and revealed an expression that looked like he was trying to please the second devil. He immediately spat out all the souls he had devoured before quickly returning to Wang Lin. Once he was behind Wang Lin, his expression turned hateful as he glared at the second devil viciously.
He silently complained in his heart, “Just you wait! Just you wait! If you push me too far, I will fight you to the death!”
Wang Lin didn’t even look at Xu Liguo. He secretly held the defense jade that Li Muwan gave him. His divine sense spread out and examined the little creatures one by one. In the end, he found that about ten of them were considered mutants, because they had stronger divine senses.
While Wang Lin was observing, he was able to find a total of 10 variants, then one of them suddenly flew in front of the second demon and let out a few sharp screams.