Chapter 88 – The Strange Blue-Skinned Person
While touching his belly, Wang Lin muttered, “I finally understand why this is called the Underworld Ascension Method.”
The Netherworld Ascension Method places one in a near-death state during cultivation. This near-death state allows the body to absorb Yin energy more easily. However, if one makes a mistake, one may actually enter the Netherworld.
In fact, even in a rank 6 country, not many people dared to cultivate the Underworld Ascension method. Situ Nan was one of the few who had successfully cultivated this method. Even among all the demonic cultivators in a rank 6 country, this method was still considered a strange one.
The reason this technique is considered strange is because the changes are so profound. For some, these changes are beneficial to cultivators, while for others, they spell death.
Wang Lin began living in the ruins. Every night, he would cultivate and absorb Yin energy. A month passed.
During this month, in addition to cultivating the Underworld Ascension Method, Wang Lin also realized that the Heaven-Defying Bead could produce spirit fluid here. However, the power contained within the spirit fluid was not spiritual power, but Yin power.
As a result, Wang Lin gained a little more understanding of the beads.
Wang Lin began collecting Yin spirit liquid. Midnight was the time when the Yin spirit liquid was most abundant.
After drinking the Yin spirit liquid, he realized that although the liquid contained a lot of Yin energy, when compared to the spiritual energy in ordinary spirit liquids, it was not on the same level.
If the effectiveness of Yin Spirit Liquid were compared to that of ordinary spirit liquid, it would only be on the level of soaking beads in snow water. It was far from pure spirit liquid.
Wang Lin knew that, simply put, the Underworld Ascension Method was about how much Yin energy one could absorb. The more one absorbed, the stronger they would become. Therefore, Wang Lin entered the Heaven-Defying Bead’s space to cultivate with Yin Spirit Liquid during the day.
As time passed, Wang Lin began to absorb more and more Yin energy. Every time he cultivated, he would slowly merge with the surrounding Yin energy. Each time, his heartbeat would slow to a very slow rate, as if it had stopped beating.
There were even several times when his heart almost stopped beating, but he managed to survive.
One morning, Wang Lin woke up from his trance. He took a deep breath and said, “I’ve absorbed a lot of Yin energy. I should be able to make my first breakthrough now.”
Suddenly, he looked up at the fog around him and showed a puzzled expression. He waved his sleeve and a path opened up within the fog.
Wang Lin exited the formation and saw several deep marks that penetrated deep into the ruins. He remembered that there were several injured beasts that were unable to endure while waiting for the pillar of light.
However, now, the carcasses of the beasts were gone. They seemed to have been dragged into the depths of the ruins.
“Could there still be people inside those ruins?” A cold thought entered Wang Lin’s mind. When this person came to drag away the corpses, why didn’t he notice them?
Wang Lin’s gaze grew more serious. He immediately scanned his room and found that there were no signs of an attack on his formation.
He stroked his chin. Then, his body shot out like lightning into the forest and returned with two beast carcasses. After throwing them aside, he returned to his formation and fired a white light. The formation fog grew thicker, and a rumbling sound could be heard within the fog.
After doing all this, Wang Lin still felt uneasy, as if a giant shadow was looming over him. After a long time, he calmed down and spread out his divine sense. He drank some Yin Spirit Liquid and began cultivating while vigilantly observing his surroundings.
Night came. This night, Wang Lin did not absorb Yin energy, but focused his attention on his surroundings. He spread his divine sense to the maximum range. He could even feel a blade of grass moving hundreds of meters away.
He paid closer attention to the two corpses. He wanted to see what creature lived in the ruins and came here at night.
Time passed slowly. Midnight was approaching, and the Yin energy was becoming denser. Wang Lin didn’t cultivate, but instead carefully observed his surroundings.
In the area of his divine sense, everything was deathly silent. The two corpses began to freeze due to the Yin energy that had entered them. Even the forest outside the ruins was eerily silent.
This was not the first time Wang Lin had spread his divine sense at night. Before, even at this late night, there would be some screams from the beasts. This was the first time the atmosphere was this quiet.
Suddenly, Wang Lin’s expression changed as the Yin energy in the ruins began to churn.
His eyes focused on the Yin energy as he sneered and stared with cold eyes.
He saw that after the Yin energy in the ruins was disturbed, a figure quickly appeared. The figure’s speed was too fast. Wang Lin’s divine sense only saw an afterimage before the two corpses disappeared.
Wang Lin was shocked. When the figure first appeared, he saw what it looked like. It was a humanoid creature with blue skin.
The person’s skin was covered in strange symbols. Furthermore, there were nine half-inch pieces of yellow paper stuck to various parts of the person’s body. This strange person shocked Wang Lin greatly.
The strange person appeared again. He stood outside Wang Lin’s formation with a thoughtful expression.
The strange man took a few steps back. He stared at the mist with doubt in his eyes. After a moment of hesitation, he circled the mist once.
Wang Lin focused his attention on observing the strange person and didn’t attack. He wanted to see what this strange person could do.
After the strange man circled the fog formation once, he revealed a curious expression. Then, he charged into the formation.
As soon as he entered the formation, killing intent filled Wang Lin’s eyes. His right hand formed a seal, and a white light shot into the formation. The mist rapidly moved as if it were boiling.
Soon, the sound of cracking rocks could be heard as the rock formations broke apart one by one. The fog lessened.
Wang Lin opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of green light. The moment the green light appeared, it shot out like lightning. With a boom, the green light struck the strange man, causing him to let out an angry roar. A powerful force spread out, blowing all the rocks into the air and turning them into dust.
As the fog rapidly dissipated, the strange person saw Wang Lin. His eyes were red as he walked toward Wang Lin.
Wang Lin’s expression remained the same. He waved his right hand in the air, and a green sword appeared behind the strange man. The sword pierced the strange man’s heart, and blue blood gushed out of his chest.
As the blood appeared, it turned into ice crystals and fell to the ground.
The strange man let out a groan of pain as he quickly took a few steps back, revealing a horrified expression.
Wang Lin’s heart sank. The strange person had taken the flying sword’s attack and was still able to move. A cold light flashed across his eyes as he patted his bag of holding, and an ancient sword sheath appeared in his hand.
The green flying sword quickly retracted into its sheath about half way. The green sword quickly changed from green to blue, then blue to black. It left its sheath and swiftly slashed towards the stranger.
The strange man saw the black sword and revealed a look of horror. Just as he was about to retreat, the black sword shot forward and pierced his chest. A series of explosions occurred within the strange man’s body, sending him flying backward like a kite with a broken string.
After the flying sword was stained with the stranger’s blood, it became stuck inside his body. No matter how hard Wang Lin moved it, it wouldn’t budge. In fact, it lost its ability to teleport.
Shocked, Wang Lin’s killing intent grew even stronger. He had seen earlier that when the flying sword stabbed the strange person, the strange symbols on his body sparkled. He had clearly used some kind of technique to block the attack.
Without a word, he patted his bag and took out the yellow talisman he had obtained from Zhang Hu. Suddenly, Wang Lin’s pupils constricted. He saw the strange person’s body twist at an unimaginable angle in midair and land on the ground. There was a large wound on his chest, which was gushing out a large amount of blue blood.
The symbols on his body flickered chaotically. As they shimmered, his wounds rapidly healed.
Wang Lin didn’t even blink. He poured spiritual power into the yellow talisman. The yellow talisman exploded into scorching black flames and struck the injured part of the stranger’s body.
The strange man screamed in pain as his body was pierced again.
“Still not dead!” Wang Lin’s heart sank. Even after taking so much damage, he was still alive. What gave Wang Lin some comfort was that after the talisman’s attack landed, the sword was able to escape and return to his side.
The strange man’s eyes showed a struggling expression. Suddenly, he tore off one of the nine yellow papers. As the yellow paper tore, green gas erupted from his entire body and completely surrounded him.
Wang Lin’s face darkened. Without hesitation, he sheathed the sword and pushed it halfway down. The sword quickly turned from black to red.
A quarter of the way through was the limit of how far Wang Lin could sheathe his sword. With his early Foundation Establishment cultivation and his sword a quarter of the way into the sheath, he could fight against mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Just then, the green gas surrounding the strange person was quickly absorbed by his body. When he reappeared before Wang Lin, his body was perfectly fine, without the slightest injury.
He stared at Wang Lin with hatred in his eyes. However, he was clearly very afraid of Wang Lin, especially because of the flying sword.
“Who are you?” Wang Lin didn’t attack immediately. The other person had nine talismans. Using one of them would allow the person to fully recover from a near-death state. This battle would take a very long time for Wang Lin to win.