Chapter 84 – Stealing the Foundation (4)
Countless layers of colorful defensive barriers were quickly penetrated by the explosion like a sharp knife blade piercing through paper.
As for Wang Lin, because he was so far away and the zombie was primarily targeting Teng Li, the shockwave didn’t affect him much. When the shockwave arrived, he calmly took out a piece of jade and threw it in front of him. The jade immediately cracked, releasing a yellow gas that surrounded Wang Lin.
His eyes pierced through the yellow gas and locked onto Teng Li.
The shockwave from the explosion began to weaken, but almost all of Teng Li’s defenses had been destroyed. When the final layer of defense shattered, Teng Li pointed his finger at the zombie, ordering his greatsword to halt its attack. At the same time, Teng Li quickly retreated 50 meters.
He was already terrified of these zombies. If it weren’t for his wealth, he would have died.
It must be said that even though the zombie’s green core explosion was not as powerful as a normal core explosion, it still took Teng Li’s late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation with many treasures to withstand it.
He was truly afraid that the zombie would spit out a green core like that again. He had already lost all desire to kill Wang Lin and only wanted to escape.
Wang Lin kept his gaze fixed on Teng Li. He smiled faintly as a cold light flashed across his eyes. He raised his right hand forward, clasped his fingers together, and then gently pushed forward.
Suddenly, a green light flashed and Teng Li felt a pain in his back as he retreated. He panicked and, without looking back, continued to retreat.
Wang Lin frowned. Teng Li’s nearly broken armor managed to stop the sword from piercing his flesh. Wang Lin’s eyes lit up. He bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood. The small green sword appeared in the blood, emitting a loud sword hum, and then quickly flew toward Teng Li.
While in midair, the green sword suddenly shifted position and stabbed towards Teng Li’s back. Teng Li abruptly turned his head. His eyes were bloodshot and revealed a ferocious gaze. Several pieces of jade quickly flew out of his bag, forming a defensive barrier.
At the same time, he raised his left hand and pointed at Wang Lin. His greatsword suddenly stopped and slashed toward Wang Lin, while several balls of lightning appeared and slammed toward the zombie.
He was betting on whether Wang Lin’s flying sword would stab himself first or whether his greatsword would cut Wang Lin in half. If Wang Lin used teleportation to escape, he would lose control of the flying sword, giving Teng Li time to escape. He was already almost exhausted, so if he persisted any longer, he would be digging his own grave.
Situ Nan shouted, “Crazy! You’re crazy!” Without waiting for Wang Lin, Situ Nan decided to move them. Just as the blue light appeared, Wang Lin shouted, “It’s not time to move them yet! Stop!”
A ferocious expression appeared on his face. Without looking at the large sword, he controlled the small sword to bypass the defensive layer and appear before Teng Li.
Teng Li panicked. His greatsword was already half a meter above Wang Lin’s head. A stream of blood flowed from Wang Lin’s forehead. Wang Lin didn’t even blink as he grinned and said, “Die!”
The green sword flashed. It pierced Teng Li’s armor and body, leaving a trail of blood.
At the same time, Situ Nan used teleportation. Blue light flashed as Wang Lin’s body disappeared under the large sword and appeared before the bleeding Teng Li.
The great sword shattered and created deep cracks in the ground.
Wang Lin ignored the blood on his forehead, knelt down, and placed his hand on Teng Li’s body. Situ Nan knew what Wang Lin was thinking. The Heaven-Defying Bead suddenly lit up, and a stream of energy flowed from it into Teng Li. Teng Li’s body quickly froze into an ice statue, a terrified expression on his face.
All of this happened in a flash. It happened so fast that the zombie didn’t even realize what had happened. When he realized that Teng Li had frozen, he cautiously looked at Wang Lin.
All the lightning balls that had attacked the zombies disappeared. Even the greatsword shrank into a small silver sword and fell into the cracks in the ground.
Wan Lin gripped the ice statue and slowly backed away while pointing the green flying sword at the zombie.
The zombie stared at Wang Lin and screamed. It was about to attack Wang Lin when it saw a crack in the ground. In that moment of hesitation, Wang Lin had already moved more than 300 meters away and disappeared with a teleportation.
The zombie roared and threw a frustrated expression at Wang Lin. He jumped into the gap and took Teng Li’s sword with a happy expression and swallowed it.
Wang Lin held the ice statue. His face was pale as he quickly moved through the forest. After confirming that no one was following him, he finally relaxed a bit. He took out a bottle of spirit water and took a sip before sitting cross-legged to cultivate.
The forest was silent. After a long time, Wang Lin opened his eyes as Situ Nan’s dissatisfied voice rang out.
“Kid, are you crazy? If I had been a little slower, you would have died.”
Wang Lin thought to himself, “That was my only chance to kill Teng Li. If his spiritual energy recovers, there will never be a second chance. This person has also been chasing me for several days. If I let him live, he will become a nuisance in the future, so I decided to take a risk. Furthermore, the speed of that greatsword depends on how much spiritual energy is left in his body. At that time, he was almost exhausted, so he couldn’t possibly be faster than my sword.”
Situ Nan fell silent. He felt as if he had just gotten to know the real Wang Lin. After a long time, he said, “You are now qualified. With such a state of mind, you can establish your own sect in this cultivation world.” Situ Nan’s voice was no longer filled with arrogance, but with a hint of respect. If he were in that situation, he wouldn’t dare take the risk.
Wang Lin didn’t speak, but stared at Teng Li, who was trapped in the ice. His eyes lit up and he asked, “Is it really okay to steal his foundation?”
After hearing Wang Lin’s question, Situ Nan replied, “That’s very possible. He’s at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, so if you use him to break through to Foundation Establishment, your cultivation level will increase much faster than usual. Furthermore, you’ll receive a bit of his talent, so your own talent will increase. This kid is already so powerful at such a young age, so his talent must be extraordinary. Haha, this time, you’ve gotten something good from your gamble.”
With that, Situ Nan continued explaining the mantra and the process of stealing the foundation. Situ Nan only finished speaking after the sun had set. Wang Lin spat out a green sword and stabbed it into a nearby giant tree.
After carving a hole in the tree, Wang Lin jumped inside with Teng Li.
He didn’t keep the green sword, but instead let it float around him.
The hole wasn’t large and was very damp, but Want Lin didn’t mind it now. He washed the wound on his forehead with spirit liquid before starting to cultivate.
The next morning, Wang Lin opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of spiritual power that turned into mist. Wang Lin didn’t stop as his hands formed seals and emitted a blue light.
As the blue light entered the spiritual energy mist, it began to move like boiling water as it contracted and expanded.
Wang Lin’s expression remained calm as he continued to move his hands and shoot blue light into the spiritual energy mist. As more blue light shot into it, the mist began to shrink and expand even faster.
Immediately after, he moved his right hand and grabbed Teng Li’s body. Situ Nan melted the ice without Wang Lin asking.
In an instant, the ice crystals surrounding Teng Li disappeared.
Wan Lin’s eyes lit up as he pointed his hand at the spiritual energy mist. The mist entered Teng Li’s body. His body suddenly trembled as a pained expression appeared on his face, but his eyes remained closed. Soon, all the mist entered Teng Li’s body.
Wang Lin took a deep breath with a serious expression. He bit the tip of his tongue and then drew a strange blood symbol with his hand.
Wang Lin waved his right hand and the symbol landed on Teng Li’s chest.
Teng Li’s body shook violently, his arms and legs convulsed, and blood poured out of his orifices. However, the blood didn’t drip down, but pooled.
Soon after, a sharp cracking sound came from Teng Li’s body as his face turned red and a strange red color appeared on his skin.
Drops of blood seeped out of his skin.
Wang Lin’s expression became even more serious. Without blinking, he drew another blood symbol that landed on Teng Li’s chest.
Teng Li suddenly opened his mouth and let out several miserable groans as all the blood vessels in his body burst. Blood poured out of his body and gathered in the air.
In the blink of an eye, a giant ball of blood floated above Teng Li. His red body quickly turned pale.
Wang Lin’s forehead was covered in sweat. He stared at the ball of blood while quickly forming seals and sending techniques toward it. Soon, the ball of blood slowly shrank to the size of a fist, emitting a blood-red light.
Wang Lin took a deep breath. His entire body was drenched in sweat. Without stopping, he spat out more spiritual energy and shot the blue light into it. Then, Wang Lin beckoned with his hand, and the mist returned to Teng Li’s body.