Chapter 186 – Beyond the Sea of Qi
Wang Lin quickly ran toward the exit. After a while, he arrived within 30 feet of the exit whirlpool.
But as he arrived, right above the exit of the third realm, a thousand-foot-long crack opened up. The crack emitted a blood-red light.
Wang Lin was shocked, but his expression remained calm. He immediately used the technique the Ancient Emperor had given him on the whirlpool. As the crack appeared, he still charged toward the whirlpool. Purple lightning appeared, dragging him into the whirlpool.
As soon as he entered the whirlpool, Wang Lin clearly saw the large demons coming out of the crack, all revealing excited expressions in their eyes when they saw Wang Lin in the whirlpool. They all charged toward him.
Wang Lin’s heart pounded. Any one of the demons in the group could destroy Wang Lin with just a wave of their hand. With that thought, Wang Lin disappeared into the whirlpool.
All the demons followed him without hesitation.
After Wang Lin emerged from the whirlpool, he immediately began to flee nonstop. The area was a square plaza with dozens of pillars towering into the sky.
In the center of the pillar was a circular transfer array emitting an eerie red light. Upon closer inspection, they could see that the transfer array was formed by what appeared to be blood vessels. Surrounding it were tubes connected to the transfer array. These tubes appeared to be filling the array with a dark red liquid.
A demonic red light was emitted by the fluid that was channeled into the array.
As soon as Wang Lin appeared, he scanned the entire area with his divine sense without hesitation. He discovered that there was no whirlpool in this area, only a transfer array.
Without saying anything, he rushed to the transfer array, but didn’t attack it. After seeing it, he took out his poison sword from his storage bag and broke off 10 thorns.
The poison sword disappeared back into his bag. He moved his hands to form an illusionary circle, then placed a barrier around the ten thorns.
Once finished, he pointed his finger at his brow and released a mouthful of golden Qi. The golden Qi turned into threads as it entered the thorn.
The entire body of the thorns trembled and scattered as they began to spin in an illusory circle.
Shortly after, Wang Lin stepped into the transfer array without hesitation. As his body entered the transfer array, a ray of red light shot out from the side and covered the entire transfer array.
[TL note: Array says this]
“The time required to pass the third realm exceeds the expected limit, but you can receive qualifications in the second realm. Location: outside the Sea of Qi.”
Amidst the fluctuating blood-red light, Wang Lin’s body began to distort until it disappeared without a trace. The blood-red light began to dissipate, until everything returned to normal.
At that moment, the illusionary circle Wang Lin left behind spread out in all directions and created a barrier that surrounded the entire transfer array. Following the sudden movement of the illusionary circle, the thorns quickly flew into the transfer array, pierced the blood vessels, and spread their poison within.
After a while, the entire array no longer emitted red light, but instead, a black glow. However, the black light didn’t last long and slowly turned red again.
At the same time, at the entrance of the fourth realm, many demons from the Blood Sea appeared and quickly arrived next to the transfer array.
One of the demon cultivators took one look at the array and said, “The array has been destroyed. It will take three hours to restore it.”
“It doesn’t matter. His body is so big. The Soul Eater won’t be able to enter the Sea of Knowledge. As long as he doesn’t enter the Sea of Knowledge, he won’t be able to leave.”
“In three hours, we’ll split up to search. This time, we must capture him alive.”
Wang Lin felt like his soul and body were separating. Soon after, he realized that his body was surrounded by an invisible force that was pulling him into a whirlpool. During this time, he felt like his body was disappearing, leaving only his divine sense.
He didn’t know how long it had been. Suddenly, the power around his body disappeared as he slowly regained control of his body. When he opened his eyes, he saw a blue world.
This is a very strange place. The sky is blue, and so is the ground. It could be said that this world has no land, only sky, because the ground is actually just ordinary sky.
Wang Lin was stunned for a moment, then regained his composure. Just before he was transported here, he remembered the voice saying that he would be transported to the edge of the Sea of Qi.
With that sentence, Wang Lin knew that this was the fourth realm. However, the fourth realm didn’t have any barriers, it was simply used as a transfer point.
Wang Lin thought he had entered the body of an Ancient God, just outside the Sea of Qi.
He pondered for a moment and sighed. He never expected that among all the cultivators who tried, he would be the first to enter the Land of the Ancient Gods.
Before the third realm, Wang Lin still had hope of entering the Land of the Ancient Gods, but now, he felt that this place was not a place filled with treasures and immortal pills like Duanmu had said.
Especially at the exit of the third realm, when all the demons like Hunchback Meng appeared, it made Wang Lin feel like a huge stone was weighing down on his heart. Wang Lin felt like he had entered a place he shouldn’t have entered.
Especially the excitement that radiated from the eyes of the demons as they stared at Wang Lin. He was extremely intelligent, and after analyzing it once, he realized that it must have something to do with what the great soul who had almost become a Soul Eater had said.
“Previously, only Hunchback Meng and one other person appeared, but just as I was about to leave, so many people suddenly appeared. They must be chasing me. It seems to have something to do with that great soul realizing my identity as a Soul Eater.”
As Wang Lin thought, his body never stopped moving forward. He felt that the demons would not give up so easily, and might suddenly appear in front of him.
What Wang Lin needed to do now was to immediately leave this strange Land of the Ancient Gods.
Wang Lin slammed his bag and a piece of jade appeared. He concentrated on the jade for a moment, then his expression became anxious. He put the jade away and quickly formed an illusionary circle with his hands.
The jade piece contains a series of hand signs that one must form to create a tunnel to escape, as stated by the Ancient Emperor. There are over 400 signs that must be made before one can form a tunnel.
Wang Lin felt a little strange after forming the first set. He continued forming the set until the 34th set, where he stopped, his face turning pale.
This 34th set looks like any other set, but in reality, it uses Ling Qi without the person’s knowledge, causing their Ling Qi to fluctuate.
Wang Lin pondered for a moment and turned to the 35th set. He quickly formed all the sets on the jade one by one.
When he finished the last set, he pressed his hands forward and a whirlpool appeared, emitting a dark air. However, just as the whirlpool appeared, it collapsed before Wang Lin and disappeared.
As he continued forming the set, the Ling Qi within his body began to fluctuate violently. Only after the whirlpool disappeared did his Ling Qi return to calm.
Wang Lin’s eyes trembled as he stared at the whirlpool that appeared.
Wang Lin whispered, “What a poisonous technique!” He sneered. The whirlpool formed by this technique rotated counterclockwise, while all the whirlpools that came out rotated clockwise.
If one didn’t pay close attention, they wouldn’t notice the difference. As for whether using this technique to form a counterclockwise whirlpool would create a way out, Wang Lin wasn’t sure. However, he was certain that if the two whirlpools met, there would be dire consequences.
Of course, there was also the possibility that the exit was created by the collision of two whirlpools, however, when Wang Lin used the technique, he noticed that from the 34th set onward, the Ling Qi in his body began to fluctuate. The more sets he formed, the more it fluctuated, until it reached its limit at the final set.
If Wang Lin hadn’t realized that it was just his own Ling Qi fluctuating and harmless, he would have immediately stopped forming the pool. However, now that he saw the whirlpool, his gaze suddenly turned cold.
He wasn’t sure if this technique could help him leave this place, but he knew that the moment the two whirlpools collided, his Ling Qi would go out of control. It might even explode in his body and spread to his Jie Dan, splitting it in two.
Wang Lin was able to realize this because every time he entered a whirlpool, he could feel his Ling Qi become excited and violent for a moment. Although it was only for a moment, if it happened between two whirlpools of opposite rotation, the subsequent effects on Wang Lin’s body would be something he couldn’t even imagine.