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Lin Wu and the Twin Lights Liger king had been waiting for about an hour here for a certain pair to meet up with them. Tim on the other hand, had taken the opportunity to take another nap and Lin Wu simply let him.
It was better than him causing trouble anyway.
"These humans… are they trustable?" The Twin Lights Liger king questioned.
"They should be as trustable as any of you." Lin Wu answered with assurance. 'After all, they'll die the moment they try thinking of betraying me,' He said inwardly.
The ones Lin Wu and the Twin Lights Liger king were waiting for were none other than Tian Han and Tian Chu. Lin Wu had asked them to hide some distance away from sect while he and the Twin Lights Liger king reached there.
The two of them were south of the Frozen Cloud sect and were making their way here, whereas Lin Wu was north of the sect.
'According to the intel given by them, this should be the best place to proceed from. The Frozen Cliff Division and Frozen Brook Division's border is just a few kilometers ahead.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
He checked the map and saw the position of the two servants. They were rapidly approaching them and would reach them in just a few more minutes.
And when they finally arrived, the first thing they did was to gasp.
"What in the name of heavens…!?" Tian Han said in surprise.
Tian Chu didn't say anything, but still took a breath of shock seeing the two others with Lin Wu. While they knew that Lin Wu was bringing some backup, they didn't expect them to be Dao Shell realm beasts either.
Even if they couldn't tell what Tim's cultivation base was, their instincts were shouting at them that he was no less dangerous than the other two. In fact, he seemed to be even more dangerous than the large Liger beast that stood next to Lin Wu.
"Greeting's master," Tian Han and Tian Chu greeted.
"Did you meet any trouble on the way?" Lin Wu asked.
"None for now, master." Tian Chu replied.
"Good. And I'm guessing the two of you are in the best condition and have recovered all spirit Qi reserves?" Lin Wu asked further.
"Of course!" the two of them replied.
"Good! Now then, I guess you two should meet the other two members of the team." Lin Wu said as he gestured to the Twin Lights Liger king and Tim.
"This is Tim, a Myriad obsidian Weasel and this is the Twin Lights Liger king. Both of them are my subordinates and are at the Dao Shell realm." Lin Wu quickly introduced.
"Greetings to seniors!" The two of them hurriedly replied.
Since the Twin Lights Liger king and Tim were both above their cultivation realms, they had to be respectful to them. Calling them senior was not wrong, even if Tim might be a few decades younger than them.
Tian Chu felt awe in her heart at seeing the two beasts.
'Master is certainly very strong if he can have such powerful subordinates.' Tina Chu thought with a glimmer in her eyes.
Tian Han was the same, but felt a strange pressure instead.
'Even Dao Shell realm beasts like them are following him… what use will I be at my level?' Tian Han couldn't help but wonder.
He was after all, at the peak stage of the core condensation realm and was the weakest of them all right now. It wouldn't be strange for him to not be considered at all.
~Growl~
Tian Han flinched slightly and looked at the Twin Lights Liger king, who had let out a low growl. He could feel the eyes of the Twin Lights Liger king scanning him deeply. While the two beasts couldn't speak human tongue like Lin Wu, he could tell that the large beast was talking.
"Are you sure we need this human? Isn't he too… weak?" The Twin Lights Liger king questioned.
"Well yes. But he isn't here to fight, anyway." Lin Wu answered.
"Then what is he here for?" the Twin Lights Liger king asked.
It wasn't just the Twin Lights Liger king that had this question, the two humans did too.
"Umm… master, what are we here for?" Tian Han asked, hesitatingly.
"Yes… I understand me being here, but he is too weak to fight thee for long. With the number of nascent soul realm disciples they have at the frozen Cloud sect, he'll die in a few attacks." Tian Chu voiced her opinion as well.
"Well, Tian Han has a different role here. He is going to be the distraction." Lin Wu spoke.
"Huh? Distraction?" Tian Han said in confusion.
He could imagine a few ways he could act as a distraction, but he could also think of other better way's Lin Wu could cause a distraction.
'With the three of them, just their presence along is enough to cause a great distraction.' Tian Han thought.
"My thought was the same as what you are thinking right now," Lin Wu said with a smile.
He had easily guessed what was going on in Tian Han's mind. After all, it was an obvious option that just anyone could guess.
'He knows his mind?' Tian Chu was surprised.
"You are going to serve as a distraction in another way. And I assure you, it will be a lot flashier than us turning up at the sect." Lin Wu spoke.
"What are you going to do, exactly?" The Twin Lights Liger king questioned, feeling really curious now as well.
"Well, you can say that his is a reward for you too." Lin Wu added.
"A reward for me? For doing the work at the sect?" Tian Han assumed.
"Indeed. And it will serve as the perfect distraction, too." Lin Wu replied.
Tian Chu tilted her head in confusion as she wondered what reward could serve as a distraction, until a few seconds later, it struck her.
"You will be breaking through to the Nascent soul realm today!" Lin Wu revealed.
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Tian Han had never thought that he would be hearing something like this today.
He wasn't the only one shocked either, as Tian Chu and the Twin Lights Liger King were in the same situation.
"What do you mean… no wait, you mean like her?" Tian Han said, finding it all a bit too overwhelming.
"You got that right." Lin Wu nodded his head.
"You want to use the heavenly tribulation as a distraction?" The Twin Lights Liger King questioned.
"Yup. What better distraction than that? They are bound to notice it and will wonder who is breaking through. With the state they are in right now, they will be wary about everything and thus will want to know more.
And considering the location that we are in, it is technically behind the Frozen Cliff division, it'll make them want to know even more. After all, heavily tribulation are dangerous, not just for the person, but also for others around them.
There is a reason why sects have tribulation attenuation formations. Without it, the area will be greatly damaged." Lin Wu explained.
"This… how will you exactly do this?" Tian Han asked.
While he was happy about being able to reach the Nascent soul realm this fast, he also knew it would come at great risk. Even if Lin Wu was able to block the tribulation lighting for him, there was still the biggest risk of acting as a distraction.
There would be an entire sect coming after him, after all.
"Well, I infuse enough spirit Qi into you so that you reach the threshold for a breakthrough and then let the heavenly tribulation do the rest of the work." Lin Wu replied, which felt a bit too casual to Tian Han.
"Wait, let the heavenly tribulation do the work? But that's not the same as Tian Chu… didn't master block the heavenly tribulation?" Tian Han questioned, feeling a heavy feeling on the bottom of his belly.
"Well… yeah… I won't be doing that for you. After all, we need the heavenly tribulation to act as a distraction. While it will still be a distraction if I block it for you, it won't mean anything if I have to stay here to do this.
Our main goal is to get in there while they are distracted. And to do that, they need to be pulled towards you for a sufficient amount of time." Lin Wu answered.
~gulp~
Hearing this, Tian Han swallowed down his saliva, realizing that his earlier feeling was right.
'He want's me to die?' Tian Han couldn't help but think.
Lin Wu easily guessed what was going on in the man's mind and chuckled to himself silently.
"You do have confidence in being able to survive that, right?" Lin Wu asked. "Because if you don't, then you would have no right to be a nascent soul realm cultivator anyway." He added.
~Growl~
"That's right. If you don't even dare to go against the lighting, there is no use for you to even try." Twin Lights Liger King agreed as well.
He was fine with the plan, since it didn't matter to him whether a human was sacrificed. To him, it was all the same even if a few hundred humans died. They were going to kill thousands of them today anyway, thus an extra one would not matter, anyway.
'What did that beast say?' Tian Han could tell that the Twin Lights Liger King had said something, but he could only hear a growl.
Even from that growl, he could feel something unsettling. As if he was being mocked or something like that.
"He'll do it!" Tian Chu suddenly spoke up.
"Huh? What do you mean I'll do it? I didn't even answer?" Tian Han was taken aback.
Tian Chu looked at Tian Han with a smirk on her face that quickly changed to a frown; as if it were not obvious that she was acting.
'You had a lot of fun at the sect alone. Do you really think I'll let you off Scot free?' Tian Chu said in her mind.
Tian Han could feel a chill on the back of his neck and knew that he was basically trapped between a cliff and a beast's den. No matter which side he chose, he would still be suffering.
'Dammit! He's really a beast in the end. And she… she's no less than him!' Tian Han cursed in his mind.
If thoughts could kill, Tian Han would have already slaughtered Tian Chu And Lin Mu several times.
'Wait, what's this dangerous feeling I'm getting?' Tian Han suddenly felt his head hurt.
He felt as if there was a needle being stabbed there and didn't know why. But this made him stop his thoughts about cursing Lin Wu and it ended up stopping his pain too. Unaware that both of them were linked, Tian Han simply rubbed his head in frustration.
"Chop! Chop! We don't have much time here. Make your decision… or not... you'll be doing it anyways," Lin Wu said.
'So you admit it!' Tian Han wanted to shout it out loud, but knew that it was not the time for it.
He was the weaker party here and would not be faring well if he went against someone so powerful as Lin Wu. Besides, the killer looks from Tian Chu were already making him unsettled.
"This woman really wants to get me killed, huh…" Tian Han muttered to himself.
"I heard that!" Tian Chu chimed in.
~gulp~
"I… I-I mean, I'll do it!" Tian Han finally accepted.
'Fuck it! I might as well breakthrough even if it means I have to suffer a bit.' Tian Han thought to himself.
"Good! That's the best choice for you." Lin Wu stated, 'or rather the only choice for you.'
Lin Wu then gave a few instructions to Tian Chu and the Twin Lights Liger King before getting ready for it all.
"You wake up too! Enough sleeping, Tim!" Lin Wu roused the weasel.
~yawn~
Tian Han sat at the top of a small hill that was located at the back of the Frozen Cloud sect. It was an abandoned hill that had a couple of buildings on it, but they were all broken and signs of battle could be seen there as well.
Lin Wu looked around and spread his spirit sense, checking the area.
'This is one of the areas where the Frozen Cliff division and the Frozen Brook Division had clashed before. It'll be the perfect area to use for a bait.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
"What are you waiting for?" The Twin Lights Liger King questioned.
"Just a second…" Lin Wu said as he gazed at a certain system window.
~DING~
"Now we can begin," Lin Wu spoke upon seeing a completed progress bar.
~shua~
Tian Chu felt something flying towards her and quickly caught it.
"What's this?" Tian Chu asked, seeing the wooden plate in her hand.
"That's the formation array's control plate." Lin Wu replied.
"A formation array control plate? But for what formation array?" Tian Chu asked, feeling confused.
Tian Han and the Twin Lights Liger King were the same as they looked at Lin Wu.
"This formation array," Lin Wu said as a faint wave of spirit Qi spread from his body.
~humm~
The wooden formation array plate in Tian Chu's hand slightly trembled and illusory runes appeared around it. Her eyes took on a faint glow as well and could see thousands upon thousands of runes that were all around her.
They were arranged into multiple formations that all joined up to form a large formation array.
"H-how?" Tian Chu was surprised.
The Twin Lights Liger King found this all to be strange and stimulated one of his bloodline's unique abilities.
His white and black eyes flickered like a torch and a new view appeared in front of him.
"You… You set up an entire formation array?" The Twin Lights Liger King was rather shocked.
Lin Wu had been standing still for the most part, and he had not seen any spirit Qi fluctuations other than the normal ones coming from Lin Wu. He couldn't understand how there was now an entire formation array here.
Tian Han wondered what the three of them were talking about and felt a bit suspicious.
"You are to use the formation array at the right time when the people of the sect arrive here." Lin Wu instructed.
Tian Chu could feel the information about the formation array appearing in her mind from the plate and knew exactly how to control it.
Tian Han had a face of realization and understood what Lin Wu was doing.
"You are going to use a formation array to trap them?" Tian Han guessed.
"You got that right. You really thought, just you acting as a distraction would be enough? Haha! You are just the bait. Once they come here, they will suffer some true pain." Lin Wu laughed, though his aura was oppressive at this moment.
'Master is truly amazing. He can set up such a formation array in a short time without anyone even noticing.' Tina Chu was really impressed, wondering how Lin Wu had accomplished something like that.
'They don't need to know that I simply had the system repair and modify the already existing formation array of this hill.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
Lin Wu was not stupid enough to think that just Tian Han would be enough to hold the Frozen Cliff Division for long enough. If he just depended on him, it would be the same as making the members suspicious about it all.
They would simply return to the sect once they learned of him, while a few of them would stay behind to restrain them. Even if Tian Han would have an increase in strength and there would be Tian Chu to fight as well, there was no way the two of them along would be able to handle multiple nascent soul realm expert.
After all, there were plenty of nascent soul realm cultivators the Frozen Cloud sect's Frozen Cliff division could spare. They had increased the number of their members in the past six months and had poached several of them from the other two divisions.
Not to mention, with the absence of the Patriarch, there was nothing stopping them from using outside help again. Thus, right now, there were several unknowing cultivators disguised as the members of the Frozen Cloud sect.
While Tian Han and Tian Chu didn't know who they exactly were, Lin Wu had a hunch that they might be from the Weiyuan chamber or could be some more allies that Weiyuan might have pulled in.
He would not put the other sects above this either. The Frozen Cloud sect was one of the top ten sects of the Long Continent, but it was not without enemies. There were people from all walks of life that hated them and wished for their doom for many reasons.
Some might have just been wronged by the sect, while some might just have been rejected by them when they tried to join them. The reasons could be numerous, but the one thing they all had in common was that they would be more than willing to cause suffering to the sect.
Though Tian Han had some other thoughts about the formation array. He looked at the plate in Tian Chu's hand and let out a wry smile, not knowing whether he should laugh or cry at his situation.
'He intentionally gave it to her, didn't he? So that I don't try to escape beforehand?' Tian Han guessed.
~SCREECH~
"Let's goo! HUNT TIME!" Tim said impatiently.
His cry made the two humans flinch, as they were not used to it.
"Ugh, he can kill others with just that sound…" Tian Han muttered to himself.
Lin Wu looked at the weasel and nodded his head.
"Of course, let's get started. We have a lot of people to hunt…" Lin Wu said as he raised his tail.
A sharp spike protruded from its tip and approached Tian Han, who became incredibly still, afraid that one wrong movement might prick his head.
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Tian Han closed his eyes and felt the cold crystal spike touch his forehead.
'Ugh!' he internally grunted as he felt it prick his skin.
Though the pain stopped in just a moment, as the system started its work. Tian Han didn't even realize that the spike had gone all the way into his brain and had pierced through his skull.
~shua~
Then in the next second, he felt like a river of spirit Qi was pouring into his body from the spike.
'This… such power…' Tian Han felt as if he was getting high.
The quantity of spirit Qi being injected into him at this moment was more than what he had gathered in his entire life until now. Not just that, but it was more than what was needed for him to reach the nascent soul realm.
'Let see if this new function works as well. He'll be the perfect one to serve as a test subject.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
This was the reason why Lin Wu was spending some extra spirit Qi on Tian Han even though he could have had him breakthrough in less than a quarter of this amount. After about a minute, the system showed a notification.
~DING~
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SPIRIT QI INJECTION: Completed
PENTAGEM V 2.0: Added new function
PENTAGEM FUNCTIONS: Updated
…
Tian Han
Cultivation Base: Pseudo Nascent soul realm
Functions available: a. Communication
b. Detonate
C. Remote skill execution
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In just a minute, Tian Han had gone from the Peak stage of the core condensation realm to the pseudo Nascent soul realm. His spirit Qi was already saturated in his core and yet there was a huge surplus of it left.
Since the spirit Qi had no space to go and Tian Han's Dantian and meridians were already filled to the point of saturation, it was temporarily stored in the Pentagem. Of course, the stored spirit Qi had some special use.
The new function that had been added 'Remote Skill execution' was something the system had come up with. But it was not fully developed and was still in analytical period. Usually when system came up with new updates, it would have already done all the testing and analysis in simulated form.
But all this took a long time and a lot of energy to do as well.
Then Lin Wu realized that he could use a different method to save time. It was always time saving to use real life subjects rather than simulations to save time and energy when it was viable.
Thus Lin Wu asked the system if they could just use someone as a test subject. The system simply told him that it was viable, hence Lin Wu decided to take this opportunity to try it out.
The system did tell him that there were risks to this, but Lin Wu didn't mind that. That was exactly the reason why he had selected Tian Han. The man was still expendable to Lin Wu ultimately and their current situation was something that would be useful for it too.
'It'll be good to test its power out in an actual combat situation. If Tian Chu can't do enough with the formation array, this function should be able to handle the rest. Though we don't know what the effects on its user would be.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
~WHOOSH~
Lin Wu pulled back his crystal spike from Tian Han's forehead and watched as the man's veins popped under his skin.
"Will he be able to handle this?" The Twin Lights Liger King asked.
The beast had many times more experience than anyone here and could tell that Tian Han was in a unique condition.
"I've never seen a human have spirit Qi overload before." The Twin Lights Liger King added.
"Oh? You know of this?" Lin Wu replied to the beast.
"I've experienced it before. It's not a good feeling." The Twin Lights Liger King stated.
"He'll be fine… at least I think so." Lin Wu spoke.
Lin Wu and the Twin Lights Liger King's conversation was in beast tongue thus Tian Chu couldn't understand it. But she didn't care for it anyway and simply focused on Tian Han.
She could tell that the amount of spirit Qi in Tian Han's body was massive. It was more than was in her own body right now, even though she was at the Infant Soul stage of the Nascent soul realm.
'Does he have that much capacity for spirit Qi? Is his talent really that high?' Tian Chu had a misunderstanding.
A few seconds later, a serious expression appeared on her face.
'I need to be strong for master or I'll be left behind. I'll need to cultivate even harder if I have to leave that man behind.' Tian Chu was motivated.
Lin Wu didn't even realize that he had ended up stimulating Tian Chu's goals without intending to do it. And even if he did, it was of no concern to him. But rather, it could even be said to be good.
Strong subordinates and servants would ultimately be of a benefit to Lin Wu. Especially in the future, when he was going to need a lot of human subordinates that were strong, since he wanted to take hold over the human world as well.
~WOONG~
Winds started to blow as clouds gathered up. At first they were the normal white clouds and it simply looked normal, but a few minutes later they turned darker before turning a black.
~RUMBLE~
Then finally, the first arc of lighting could be seen streaking across the clouds, as if informing everyone of its arrival.
"Time to go. This should be enough." Lin Wu said as he scanned Tian Han one last time.
"I'll take care of the rest, master." Tian Chu said with a determined expression.
"I'll depend on you then," Lin Wu said before going some distance and digging down into a lake.
The Twin Lights Liger King and Tim followed him and jumped down into the water as well.. They were going to follow the plan Lin Wu had instructed them on.
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In the Frozen Cloud sect…
A meeting was currently ongoing in the Frozen Cliff's division's main peak.
"What do you mean you can't get into the Frozen Brook division's area, even now?" Elder Qianshu questioned, his tone harsh.
"We can't do much, Elder Qianshu… they have used some unknown barrier formations to lock the entire area down." One of the elders in the hall replied.
"We the entire formation pavilion under us and you can't figure out ONE formation array?" Elder Qianshu exploded.
The elders were all a bit scared and didn't dare to speak.
Pin drop silence could be heard in the hall as they all looked at their feet, afraid to meet Elder Qianshu's gaze.
~Sigh~
At that moment, a sigh was heard. Usually it should have gone unnoticed, but due to the silence in the hall it was heard by everyone. They all looked towards the source and wondered who could be this rude to do this in a situation like this.
"Do you have something to say? Elder Weizhe?" Elder Qianshu asked, his voice cold.
He felt disrespected at this point and had already been irritated by the other elders due to the incompetence they were showing. The frozen Cliff division had increased in size by a lot and was now bigger than the Frozen Brook division and the Frozen Plains division combined.
It was done by poaching the elders and disciples of the other two divisions. There were many methods they had used, including enticing them with resources. But a majority were brought over with the use of blackmail.
After all… the Frozen Brook division had a lot of resources after they managed to get hold of the Di Guan mines. This made it harder for the Frozen Cliff division to use the resources as a carrot.
But after using some blackmail and threats, enough of the elders switched over.
"You should know when to be calm, Elder Qianshu." Elder Weizhe spoke with his eyes closed. "Being distrusting and irritated with your people will only make things harder for you." He added.
"You think I don't do a good job here, huh?" Elder Qianshu replied.
"No… I think you do a decent job… but that doesn't mean it can't be better." Elder Weizhe retorted, his eyes still closed.
Elder Qianshu felt as if a vein would burst in his head if he let the man speak anymore.
'Damn this old geezer. Why can't he just die!' Elder Qianshu thought to himself and cursed Elder Weizhe in his mind.
Elder Weizhe seemed unaware of Elder Qianshu's intentions and emotions, and instead turned to one of the people in the hall.
"Junior Elder Changming, why don't you tell the other discovery you had earlier?" Elder Weizhe spoke, this time opening his eyes.
His eyes were still the same, looking a bit cloudy and glazed over. It was evident that the man had lived a long time and was perhaps close to his end.
The man named Elder Changming was rather young looking and seemed hesitant to speak. His eyes darted between the pissed off face of Elder Qianshu and the calm and old face of elder Weizhe.
"Humph! What does a junior elder even know?" one of the senior elders of the formation pavilion scoffed.
To them, if a junior elder like Changming could say something that they didn't realize, it would just be an insult to them. And in the current scenario, when Elder Qianshu was angry, it would not be a good outcome for them.
"Elder Gunzhi, please let the junior speak first." Elder Weizhe stated, his voice a bit firm.
Elder Gunzhi seemed to want to say something, but one look from Elder Weizhe shut him up.
'Ugh, this old man…' Elder Gunzhi scoffed in his mind, but still kept his silence.
"Go ahead, speak junior elder Changming." Elder Weizhe repeated.
The junior elder looked at the old man and the others before taking a deep breath.
"I… detected something else when we were analyzing the formation yesterday. In addition to the formation's durability and strength, I realized there is an additional layer that was hidden.
It was also one of an unknown design, but I compared it with some of the other records we have and learned that it is quite similar to a timekeeper formation." Junior elder Changming spoke.
"A timekeeping formation?" the elders in the hall were confused.
A timekeeping formation wasn't anything special or unique. Rather, it was a low leveled formation that was used to do as its named told: it kept time. It was a common formation that was often used as clocks.
They could be changed to have different time periods and different units for the time as well.
"And why does a timekeeping formation even matter? Nothing changes with us knowing about it." Elder Gunzhi spoke, seeing that he had a chance to suppress the junior elder.
"Let the junior elder explain himself first." Elder Weizhe said again, this time his tone containing a hint of a warning.
Now feeling a bit more confident, Junior Elder Changming spoke again.
"The reason why I think it's important is because it is integrated directly into the main layers of the formation array." Junior Elder Changming stated. "I think that… the entire formation array is temporary… it is on a timer and it would stop working once that time runs out. That is also why it is so tough, it is using up a large amount of spirit Qi to hold everything back." He explained.
Hearing this, the expression of elder Qianshu changed. From his previous pissed expression, it became one of thought. Elder Gunzhi was able to quickly realize what this meant, and a bead of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
"Is this possible thing?" Elder Qianshu questioned the formation pavilion elder.
"This… Umm… Elder Qianshu, can be possible." The formation elders admitted.
"THEN WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE? POST EVERYONE AROUND THE FORMATION ARRAY! ALL WE NEED TO DO IS WAIT!" Elder Qianshu yelled.
But just as he did that, something else was heard, that was even louder than him.
~RUMBLE~
Unaware that the elders of the Frozen Cliff Division had started their actions, Lin Wu and his two subordinates made their way towards them.
~tremble~
Faint tremors could be felt coming from the ground, but by the time they reached the surface, they were mostly gone. This in combination with the chaos that was happening in the sky was enough to make everyone miss it.
Lin Wu continued to dig and make the tunnel while the Twin Lights Liger King and Tim followed behind him.
"Just a little more…" Lin Wu muttered as he observed the map.
The system was showing the navigation HUD, which allowed Lin Wu to quickly fight the right path. This was all decided according to the intel that Tian Han and Tian Chu had given him before and then the system had scanned the sect again to get updated information.
As a sunrise to Lin Wu, there really were a lot of areas that were unable to be scanned by the system. These areas were under the protection of certain formation arrays that made barriers around them.
One of these areas was none other than the one protecting the Frozen Brook division's territory. Their territory was composed of several peaks, including the main peak of the entire sect.
It was the peak where the sect patriarch's residence and the grand hall of the sect was located. This was also why the Frozen Cliff Division wanted access to it. There were a lot of valuable items there including things that they would need to prove their legitimacy.
Without them, they won't be able to succeed in the end, even if the patriarch never appeared.
The second area was the peak where Yun Bai was being restrained. It was none other than his own peak, and the elders of the Frozen Cliff division had sealed him inside.
'The founder of the Frozen Cloud sect definitely didn't trust Yun Bai, since he kept a seal like that. It was made specially to contain him once he himself was gone. It was to let his descendants to control Yun Bai if he ever revolted against them.
Still… that didn't happen, and these people found out about it.' Lin Wu thought to himself, deciding to take a look at the formation since it might be something that the system could benefit from.
After all, there weren't many formations that would be able to restrain cultivator at the peak of the shell expansion stage of the Dao Shell realm. That too, someone as long lived and experienced as Yun Bai.
If it were any other seal, the man would have been able to find a way to break through it. But now he was helpless and could only wait to be rescued. Though he didn't even know that help was coming.
If it were not for Wang Xiong's quick actions, he would have still not been able to do anything and it would have been a little too late.
A few minutes later, Lin Wu finally reached his chosen locations.
"Alright system, do a scan again." Lin Wu ordered.
They needed to see if the people of the Frozen Cliff division were gone or not. Lin Wu needed for at least half of them to be gone or be divided. Once that happened, he would be able to attack.
~DING~
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SCANNER: Activated
SCAN COMPLETED: Map updated
NOTIFICATION: Targets have moved to the intended locations as predicted
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"Perfect!" Lin Wu said as he saw the change on the map.
A lot more markers had appeared on the map, possibly from the Frozen Cliff Division, though there might have been some from the Frozen Plains division as well. According to the plan, Lin Wu was supposed to kill those of the Frozen Cliff division, but he wasn't restricted to kill those from the Frozen Plains division.
After all, there was a great chance they would attack him, since he would be killing the others. Lin Wu was a large and terrifying beast for most, humans would fear him by default and attacking him could be considered normal.
"Is it time?" The Twin Lights Liger King questioned, feeling the sudden increase in spirit Qi fluctuations coming from the surface.
"Yes, it is time!" Lin Wu said as he quickly started to move up.
~TREMBLE~
The ground started to shake and the people nearby felt it clearly this time.
"W-what's happening?" One of the disciples posted nearby couldn't help but questions.
"An earthquake? How can one happen within the sect?" another one wondered.
"Could it be due to the anomaly there?" A guard disciple spoke, pointing to the dark clouds that were gathered in the distance.
There were arcs of lightning spreading across the clouds, and thunderclaps could be heard all around the sect.
"Wait… is that a heavenly tribulation? Who's breaking through at this time?" The first disciple questioned, finding it strange.
"I don't think we were informed of this happening. It seems to be in the abandoned territory of the Frozen Brook division too… could it be someone from their side?"
"That would be unusual—" But before the disciple could finish his sentence, the ground suddenly burst open.
~BOOM~
Even though the disciples were standing away from where the ground had burst open, it was still enough to knock them down. After all… these were just the lower members of the Frozen Cliff division and were only at the Qi refining realm.
"ARGH!"
"MY BACK!"
The disciples were injured just from this and suffered multiple injuries. The stone bricks and soil pelted their bodies.
~SHUA~
A green glowing light appeared from the large hole that had opened up and it was as if a large pillar rose up from it.
"Oh? What have we here? A few small disciples…" Lin Wu said as he observed the knocked down disciples.
His large body was enough to make a few disciples faint just from a look while the others trembled non stop.
"What in the name of heavens…"
"M… Mo… MONSTER!!!!" A disciple finally shouted.
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Lin Wu started at the cultivators, making them tremble in their places. And when the rest of his body started to leave the hole, they only got that much scared.
"There's more?!" One of the disciples couldn't help but say as they saw segment after segment of Lin Wu's body rising from the hole.
About five seconds later, Lin Wu had finally pulled his entire body out, but that was not even the end the disciples were expecting.
~WHOOSH~
Once Lin Wu was out, two more beasts flew out of the hole.
"THERE MORE BEASTS!?" A disciple said as he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest. "ARGH!" The disciple held his chest all of a sudden and fell to the ground, unmoving.
Lin Wu looked at the surprising scene with raised brows.
"Huh… he really died from fear… now that's a first for me…" Lin Wu said after checking the disciple with his spirit sense.
The Twin Lights Liger King and the weasel came to stand beside him as they too looked at the humans.
"Are we really going against these? They're too weak," The Twin Lights Liger King spoke.
"They're just normal disciples. Our actual targets are different." Lin Wu said.
"I see… so where do you want me to be?" The Twin Lights Liger King asked.
"Go guard outside the area of the Frozen Brook division. Kill anyone that wears the robes with that mark on it." Lin Wu replied while gesturing towards the Frozen Cliff division members.
He also transmitted the location of the Frozen Brook division through their link and the Twin Lights Liger King went on his way.
"Hunt time?" Tim asked, seeing that he wasn't asked to do anything yet.
"Oh yeah, hunt time. Go, go. Feel free to eat anyone with these robes… oh and also eat those things I told you about before." Lin Wu ordered.
Lin Wu had given Tim some other orders too, in addition to the normal ones.
~KRIIII~
Tim let out an excited cry and a glint shone in his eyes.
~WHOOSH~
He moved like the wind and swallowed down the disciples that were knocked down in front. Once he did that, he disappeared to somewhere faster than what a normal human could have perceived.
"Well… that's one part done." Lin Wu said seeing that two two of them were gone for the time being.
He checked the map to see the locations and the markers, finding a few that he wanted to target some distance away.
"The Twin Lights Liger King will take care of the few elders that are near the barrier of the Frozen Brook division and Tim will take care of the stragglers… time for me to begin the next part." Lin Wu muttered to himself as he started to crawl towards the Frozen Cliff Division's territory.
His crawling speed was still faster than most cultivators flying speed now since he was at the Dao Shell realm. Along the way, Lin Wu came across a few disciples and scared them too.
"QUICK! CONTACT THE ELDERS! A BEAST HAS BROKEN INTO THE SECT!" A slightly braver disciple shouted.
He was at the core condensation realm and was able to bear the pressure from Lin Wu a bit better. For most others, they couldn't even tell what the cultivation base of Lin Wu was. He was far beyond them and those in the Qi refining realm couldn't even tell if he was at the Nascent soul realm or not.
~THUD~
"No, no… not so quick. Why don't you play with me a little bit?" Lin Wu said with a smile.
"It can speak?!!!" The disciples were now utterly terrified.
Their fear was forever frozen on their faces as they felt their vision darken a moment later.
~CRUNCH~
A sickening sound was heard coming from Lin Wu's mouth as bones and flesh were ground into a paste before being swallowed down.
~DING~
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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 8,121 units (liquid spirit qi)
SPIRIT QI STORAGE: 44,140,322 units [liquid spirit qi] - 44,148,444 units [liquid spirit qi]
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"Hmm… that'll barely make a dent. But I can't expect much from these disciples anyway. I'll need the big shots." Lin Wu said to himself.
More disciples discovered Lin Wu, but he didn't really give them a chance to do much.
~SHING~ SHING~ SHING~
Wind elemental spirit Qi arrows shot out from Lin Wu's body, reaping the lives of the disciples in the distance.
~WOONG~
More wind blew under the control of Lin Wu and pulled the dead bodies towards his body, before he sucked them into his mouth, consuming them.
~DING~
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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 3,121 units (liquid spirit qi)
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Lin Wu repeated this wherever he detected disciples near him and started to increase his store of spirit Qi. His first goal was to increase his cultivation base, by consuming as many people as possible along with any resources he may come across.
Which he did too… but he didn't eat them right away. He stored away the spatial storage treasures for the time being, deciding to eat them when he had collected a significant amount.
He did take a quick look through the ones he had and there wasn't much in individual ones.
'These are just the low leveled disciples. If I want something good, I'll need the elders. They should have a small fortune in their spatial storage treasures.' Lin Wu thought to himself as he finally reached the border of the Frozen Cliff division.
He then raised his tail and touched the barrier in front of him.
"Let's make a nice entrance, shall we?" Lin Wu said with a smile as copious amounts of radiation came out of his body.
~WHOOSH~
The radiation spread across the area before starting to spin in a circle. Lin Wu pressed on with his tail and the barrier started to bend. The radiation assaulted it as well weakening it further.
~CREAK~
As if a metal plate was bending, an audible sound was heard.. The runes on the barrier started to flicker as the formations started to become unstable.
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Lin Wu's power was being used at full force, and the effect was clearly seen.
"Let's see how long this can last. A sect's barriers should be pretty strong, and if I can break them like this, I'll have a new standard for myself." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
~CRACK~
Finally, it happened… formation arrays of the Frozen Cliff divisor were unable to hold on anymore and finally cracked apart!
The runes were forcibly pushed away by the radiation and wind and the scene behind the barrier was finally revealed.
"Oh my?" Lin Wu said in surprise as he saw the line after line of disciples that were seemingly waiting there.
The disciples who were standing there seemed to be stunned and didn't know how to react. Lin Wu had broken the barrier far too quickly such that they didn't even get the chance to report to the elders who had just left the division to go check out the trouble outside. Also, the other disciples that had indeed seen Lin Wu were already dead and in his stomach.
"Seems like I can start my feast early!" Lin Wu said with a hiss as his mouth opened up wide.
"RUN!!!" The disciples shouted as they saw the massive beast that had just appeared out of nowhere.
Since the barrier blocked both sides of it, the people on either side couldn't tell what was staying on the other side. Of course, there were ways to check who was there, but this authority laid with the elders in charge. There were different setting for it too but in the current situation where the different divisions were at wall it was better to hide both the sides.
~boom~
~shua~
~shing~
Several attacks were let off by the disciples with the hopes that it might repel Lin Wu, but all of them were useless against him and his crystalline body.
"Hah! Such weak attacks don't even tickle me!" Lin Wu shouted, but it only came out as a screech for the disciples.
~Screech!~
The disciples felt disoriented and hurt from the screech some of them stumbling unfortunately and being sucked in by Lin Wu's mouth. The wind spirit qi stirred around him, pulling in all the dead bodies of the disciples and the living ones of those that were a bit too unfortunate.
Lin Wu saw the notifications for spirit qi popping up non-stop as he continued consuming all of them non stop. The disciples were far too weak to resist and they couldn't even tell what Lin Wu's cultivation base was due to the fact that there was radiation surrounding him.
In just ten minutes, Lin Wu had ended up consuming more than a thousand disciples and now there was no one left near him.
"Hmm… that was a nice snack. Let's see how much we got…" Lin Wu muttered and opened up the window for the notifications.
~DING~
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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 3,475,567 units [Liquid spirit qi]
SPIRIT QI STORAGE: 49,140,322 units [liquid spirit qi] - 52,615,899 units [liquid spirit qi]
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"Oh! That's nice. We're half way there already." Lin Wu said, finding it rather pleasant.
He checked the map and saw that the number of people on this peak were almost gone. And the ones that were left there were mostly weak qi refining realm disciples.
"Time to check out another peak," Lin Wu said before he moved to another peak to the side.
This one was smaller than the previous one and mostly had residences built on it. Lin Wu checked the map and saw that there were a decent amount of disciples here too. The ones that were here was a mix of cultivation bases too.
'These must be the disciples that are currently in seclusion and also the ones that are acting as reserves in case they are needed sometime later.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
But this time, Lin Wu was not as lucky as before.
~SHUA~
Lin Wu saw something red flying up to the sky before it exploded into a a burst of light. From this, a bunch of letters appeared that spelled 'help'.
"Ugh, they caught on…" Lin Wu muttered.
Thankfully, the skies were still filled with dark clouds and strong winds blew along with lightning bolts that raced across the clouds. This helped stop the effect of the emergency flare from reaching the further areas. Only those that were in the nearby peaks would be able to see it and those that had left toe check up on the heavenly tribulation would not be able to see much.
In fact, they might not even detect it being used.
"Time to erase the traces," Lin Wu said as he raised his head and opened his mouth. A green orb of wind attribute spirit qi gathered in it before Lin Wu forcefully closed his mouth, biting down onto the orb.
~BOOM~
Another explosion was heard as the green wind attribute spirit qi orb exploded into a beam of wind that erased everything that stood in its path. It was strong enough to make the clouds in the sky change their directions. Thankfully, there were plenty of clouds there or there was a chance that Lin Wu would end up exposing his own location instead.
"GATHER UP! GATHER UP!" A man who was wearing slightly different robes from the other disciples spoke.
Lin Wu could tell that the man was a core disciple of the sect due to the fact that his spirit qi fluctuation were not hidden at all.
"All disciples follow the protocol! Activate the defenses!" The man ordered.
Lin Wu looked at the man and directly used his spirit sense to probe him. The man felt the foreign spirit sense touching his body and was stunned.
"W-what?!" he could feel the power within it.
"You're at the Infant soul stage of the nascent soul realm, huh… at least you'll provide me more spirit qi than others." Lin Wu said before his eyes glowed in a red light.
~SHUA~
Under the control of the disciples, another formation array was erected, this one being a bit weaker than the one that was protecting the Frozen Cliff division, but it had greater offensive firepower than it as well.
"ATTACK!" The core disciples said, still reeling from the effect of the spirit sense probe.
'Dammit! Just what kind of a beast is this and how did it even enter the sect?' The core disciples wondered to himself.
Unfortunately for him, this was a question that would not be answered for him and his misfortune was only going to increase even more.
The disciples saw as hundreds of attacks were released by the formation array and a great fire raged. But before they could reach Lin Wu, he raised his tail high up.
~SWOOSH~
He swept over the attacks, extinguishing them as if they were nothing, and even broke the formation array in one hit. It was as if he was cutting through paper and the disciples were not safe from it either. A cacophony of cries and shouts were heard as the tail killed all that it touched. Most of the disciples that were in front were killed even before the tail hit them due to the air pressure generated from it.
The residences were uprooted and most were reduced to smithereens. Their protective array's and defenses all collapsed under the face of absolute power.
"DAMMIT! DIAMOND MOUNTAIN TALISMAN!" The nascent soul realm core disciples shouted as he threw out a square talisman.
~Shua~
The talisman suddenly expanded into the shape of a mountain and covered the disciples. White runes covered it and provided it structure, turning it into a physical object.
~CLANG~
Lin Wu's tail hit the construct and was actually blocked.
"My, my! Now you've shown me something interesting…" Lin Wu said, seeing the effect of the talisman.
This was a new thing for him, and he certainly took an interest in it.
"Scan this system!" Lin Wu ordered.
~DING~
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SCANNER: Activated
TARGET SELECTED: Unknown Talisman
SCAN: Completed
DATA BANKS: Updated
TARGET IDENTIFIED: Minor Diamond Mountain Talisman
INFO: The Minor Diamond Mountain Talisman is a defensive type of a talisman and is from the group of famous Diamond Mountain Talismans. The one used here is the lowest grade one and can still block a single attack of a Dao Shell realm cultivator. It is a single use talisman and will be expended after it use.
The Diamond Mountain talismans are valuable talismans and are even used in higher worlds. The Lesser Diamond Mountain talisman can even block the attack of an Immortal Ascension realm cultivator while the Great Diamond Mountain talisman transcends the spirit qi and reaches into the immortal qi, able to block those in the false immortal realm!
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Reading the information provided by the system, Lin Wu was certainly intrigued.
"Looks like this trip will be a lot more beneficial. I'll need to check the memories of this guy to see where he got something like this from." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
While he was doing this, Lin Wu was also continuing to attack the Nascent soul realm core disciple. If the disciples could know what Lin Wu was doing, even splitting his attention in doing different things, he might just die from frustration.
"If one attack doesn't break it, just take more of them!" Lin Wu stated as he spun around and slapped the Diamond mountain from the other side.
~CLANG~
"Impossible!" The Nascent soul realm Core disciple said in disbelief. "how can this beast be this strong?!"
~SHATTER~
The Minor Diamond Mountain Talisman's construct finally broke apart like glass and dissipated.
~THWACK~
The disciple quickly threw out as many trump cards as he had, but all of them were knocked away like they were just air.
"N-no.. No!!!" He shouted in unwillingness.
~SLICK~
But before he could run, a spike pierced through his chest. His eyes went wide as he stared at the large spike jutting out of his chest.
'Is this the end…?' he wondered as his last thoughts.
But a few seconds later, he was thrown into Lin Wu's mouth and quickly consumed.
~DING~
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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 1,272,987 units [liquid spirit qi]
SPIRIT QI STORAGE: 52,615,899 units [liquid spirit qi] - 53,888,886 units [liquid spirit qi]
SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 2,983,601 units [liquid spirit qi]
SPIRIT QI STORAGE: 52,615,899 units [liquid spirit qi] - 56,872,487 units [liquid spirit qi]
DATA NODE: OBTAINED
DECRYPTING DATA NODE: Initializing
DECRYPTION: Completed
DATA BANKS: Updated
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Lin Wu felt all the information appearing in his mind at once, but he put it away for the time being.
"System show me this later. For now, we need to meet some new people. We won't be alone for long.." Lin Wu said as he saw several markers flying towards his location.
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With two peaks cleared out, Lin Wu only had one of the peaks left. And this was the very peak which was considered as the headquarters of the Frozen Cliff divisor. It was the peak on which the elders gathered.
Even if some had left to check up on the heavenly tribulation, Lin Wu was sure that they won't leave the peak unguarded.
'I mean if they did, it'll just make things easier for me anyway.' Lin Wu said in his mind.
In a few seconds, the markers reached his position and gazed upon his massive body.
"A beast?" one of the elders question.
In total, there were about five elders looking at Lin Wu now.
"Scan them system." Lin Wu ordered swiftly.
~DING~
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SCANNER: Activated
TARGETS SELECTED: 5 cultivators
SCAN: Completed
TARGETS: analyzed.
NOTIFICATION: Two Adolescent soul stage Nascent Soul realm cultivators, two Adult soul stage Nascent soul realm cultivators and one Shell initiation stage Dao Shell realm cultivator identified.
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"Oh? Just the perfect quantity for me." Lin Wu said with a smile.
They weren't too strong nor too weak for him and would provide him with a sufficient amount of spirit Qi as well.
"Oh hang on… I know that guy." Lin Wu said upon seeing one of the Adult soul stage nascent soul realm cultivators.
He jogged his memory and realized that he was the elder who was present during Wang Xiong's battle with the core disciples in the past.
While Lin Wu was observing the elders, they were doing the same.
They couldn't feel the passive spirit Qi fluctuations from Lin Wu since they were ruffled by the radiation and thus they ended up extending their spirit sense instead.
"AGH!" One of them grunted in pain as he felt his spirit sense being forcibly burned.
"Don't use your spirit sense! That beast is dangerous." The Adult Soul stage nascent soul realm cultivator warned.
"Tch~ You were quicker than that man." Lin Wu said seeing that the Dao Shell realm cultivator was not the first one to detect it.
"I-it speaks?!" The elders were surprised.
"Shocking I know," Lin Wu said with a nod, stunning the elders even more.
But their shock was only momentary as they became angry after that.
"You vile beast! You dare tread upon the land of Frozen Cloud sect and kill our disciples?!" An Adult Soul stage nascent soul realm elder said with visible rage.
"YOU SHALL DIE FOR THIS!" the Dao Shell realm elder yelled as he summoned a lance.
"Oof, can't you people find some new lines?" Lin Wu said as he raised his tail to block the attack.
~CLANG~
Sparks were shot out from the impact as the lance hit Lin Wu's tail that was intact. Spike suddenly jutted out from the sides of his tail, reaching all the way up to the hand of the elder, piercing through it.
"Dammit!" the elder shouted as he let go of the lance.
~drip~drip~drip~
"Ah! Humans… so easy to predict these days." Lin Wu said, his toothy smile every present.
~shua~
Wind elemental spirit Qi wrapped around Lin Wu's tail before turning into an illusory spear that stabbed towards the elder.
His eyes went wide as he hurriedly created a shield and retreated.
"Wind elemental beast?" The other elders noted.
They were confused like many others upon seeing Lin Wu's form that was vastly different. The crystalline body that was translucent was something they had never seen before.
Though one of the elders felt like it was familiar.
'Where did I see this before?' the elder wondered.
But he didn't get long to do that as he felt a sharp wind hitting his head.
"BAH!" The elder grunted in pain as a slick of blood burst out of the side of his head.
"ELDER WE TAO!" the others said with concern.
"I'm okay…" the elder named We Tao said as he held his head.
His ear was now gone and only bloodied flesh was left behind.
"I managed to dodge… somewhat. The beast is fast, very fast." Elder We Tao said as he quickly ate a healing pill.
"Oh, I'm just starting. You're gonna have to do a lot more to keep up." Lin Wu said as his tail elongated.
~SHING~
A long edge appeared on the side of his tail before it started to heat up.
~Sizzle~
The blood on the tail directly evaporated from the heat as the air turned blurry from the heats.
~whoosh~
Wind started to stir on it as well, giving it a dangerous look.
The elders' didn't take Lin Wu lightly this time and used their own skills. One of the elders threw out darts that expanded in the air, another one used a Qi skill that rose the earth from below making it turn into a bed of spikes.
"Useless," Lin Wu said as he weaved through the earth spikes.
He was more used to the earth than pretty much anyone here even if he didn't use the element. He spent a lot of time digging and his body was optimized for it. He could feel the earth move before the skill was even fully activated.
"How is it doing this?" the elder controlling the earth was confused.
~clink~clink~clink~
The darts that the elder had thrown towards Lin Wu were all swatted away like paper straws with a breath of Lin Wu.
"Elders! With me!" The Dao Shell realm elder said as he created several runes in front of him.
His hand that was injured had stopped bleeding, but some weakness could still be seen in it. While drawing runes that hand was a bit unsteady. Two other elder came to stand beside him as they made runes in the air.
The other two quickly understood what the Dao Shell realm elder was doing and pulled out some formation array components.
Six flags were thrown out while a pillar was erected some distance from Lin Wu.
"Oh? This is new." Lin Wu said finding it different.
"Frost Heart Entombment Formation!" the Dao Shell realm elder chanted.
~shua~
The runes all took their places as a formation started to materialize. The runes turned an icy blue color and the temperature of the are started to fall. Frost started to appear on the ground and the plants froze over.
The flesh fragments and blood that was left over on the ground was frozen almost instantly as well and Lin Wu could feel the radiation in the air change.
'It can actually reduce the radiation's activity…' Lin Wu took note.
~DING~
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NOTIFICATION: Ambient temperature at negative 120 degrees Celsius.
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This was possibly the coldest temperature that Lin Wu had encountered till now. Perhaps only Yun Bai's skill could come close to this, but even when Lin Wu fought him he had been protected from it due to the radiation.
'How can this formation reduce the activity of radiation when even Yun Bai couldn't do it?' Lin Wu wondered.
The system started to work on analyzing it as well and a few progress bars appeared in Lin Wu's vision. Quickly dismissing it, Lin Wu decided to finish this up.
"Won't be good if I end up losing after talking shit, will I?" Lin Wu said as more radiation poured out of his body.
~KACHA~
The temperature around his body suddenly spiked, shattering the metals and stone nearby due to the rapid temperature change.
The edge on Lin Wu's tail glowed red hot as radiation mixed with the wind attribute spirit Qi swirled around it. Six cylindrical crystals protruded out from the back of the blade's edge as flames ignited on them.
"I haven't used this one for a bit… but it'll be fun." Lin Wu said as he powered up for the attack.
"POUR ALL YOUR SPIRIT QI IN IT! WE CAN'T LET THE BEAST DO WHAT IT WANTS!" The Dao Shell realm elder said upon sensing the disturbance in the formation array.
"Wind Shearing Blade!" Lin Wu said as he swung the large blade his tail had transformed into.
~SLASH~
The blade directly impacted the Frost Heart Entombment Formation's walls and sliced through it. The cold air was rapidly heated up and made to expand, which only increased the force of the attack.
~BOOM~
As if a powder keg had been ignited, the entire formation exploded.
"AHH!!!!"
The elders all cried in pain as they were forcibly knocked away.
~COUGH~
~SPLAT~
The Dao Shell realm elder directly spat out blood from the backlash, while the others suffered multiple injuries.
"Huh… even for a weaker version of that, this is still pretty strong." Lin Wu muttered to himself in surprise.
The attack he had just used right now was another skill he had made, the 'Wind Shearing Blade'. It was similar to the Undaunted Sapphire Blaze cleaver that he had used on Yun Bai, but was far weaker.
But at the same time it didn't have as high of a spirit Qi consumption as that attack either. Besides, Lin Wu didn't need the same level of power either for elders at such a level.
"Now to end this…" Lin Wu said as he flew up and brought down his tail.
~DENG~ DENG~ DENG~
Each segment of his tail came down like a meteor, breaking apart the ground and destroying all that was around it. The elders tried to defend and used their trump cards, but it was all for naught.
One of them was directly smashed into a meat paste, while one was split apart. All in all, they were killed rather quickly and had little chance to survive.
Lin Wu gazed upon his hands work and smiled.
"Well… time to eat before their nascent souls start to escape."
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~shua~
Lin Wu used the wind to suck in all the corpses of the elders into his mouth and quickly ground them down before swallowing them. The nascent souls of the elders that were trying to wiggle out of their bodies were quickly eradicated under the power of his stomach.
Lin Wu's body was pretty much a radioactive Nuclear power plan and continued to produce more of it while also absorbing the ambient radiation from the environment. While it didn't necessarily increase his cultivation base, it certainly increased his offensive and defensive powers.
While it would not be felt much from the outside, the radiation inside his body was in very high concentration and his digestive system also used radiation as one of the digestive components, allowing him to breakdown pretty much anything that he ate.
Whether it be organic matter, metals, soil, rocks, or anything; if it couldn't be digested by the normal digestion, it would be bombarded by radiation until it was broken down into something that his body could use.
And if his body couldn't, the system could still extract it to be used later on. This was also the reason why Lin Wu had no need to poop anymore.
It was one of his greatest achievements and he was really happy when the system told him about it. Till before he reached the Dao Shell realm, it was not fully efficient, and he still needed to poop from time to time, but now there was no need.
Whatever turned into excreta would be further broken down until it turned into smaller compounds. In a way, Lin Wu was pretty much the perfect recycling plant. He had yet to encounter something that he couldn't digest.
Though according to the system there were plenty of things that could harm him if he ate him, the most obvious ones being a poisons of many kinds. Especially the spirit poisons made from various spirit herbs and beasts that could resist even the radiation long enough for them to affect Lin Wu.
Till now, Lin Wu hadn't been poisoned that way, but there was always a chance in the future, thus he kept an eye out for it.
Once Lin Wu ate the Nascent Soul Realm elders, he could feel the spirit Qi surging in his stomach, and once the Dao Shell realm elder was digested, the surge only increased even more.
A few seconds later, several notifications popped up in front of him.
~DING~
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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 4,362,917 units [liquid spirit Qi]
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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 3,178,268 units [liquid spirit Qi]
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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 5,814,269 units [liquid spirit Qi]
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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 5,181,146 units [liquid spirit Qi]
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SPIRIT QI OBTAINED: 12,987,121 units [liquid spirit Qi]
SPIRIT QI STORAGE: 56,872,487 units [liquid spirit qi] - 75,409,087 units [liquid spirit qi]
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"Wooo~ Eighty percent there… just need more elders… though I might be able to speed through with other things as well." Lin Wu said to himself, feeling the rush.
"Though it's really fast by consuming others, the feeling of imbalance that comes with its far more apparent now… is this what they mean by an unstable foundation?" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
Even though the system couldn't detect it clearly, Lin Wu could very well tell the change in his spirit Qi. While it wasn't exactly 'impure', his control over it was a bit erratic. And the more he consumed, the more erratic it got.
He didn't know how long it would be until his skills would be affected by it as well. So far there was no problem, but there might be in the future. This discovery also made Lin Wu a bit more aware about the flaws of cultivating like this.
'Since even the system can't detect these flaws, it only means how deep it goes. There are things that are out of the system's understanding and it might not be possible for it to ever learn that either…' Lin Wu pondered to himself.
Lin Wu checked the map which had updated once again and saw that he had pretty much cleared out all three peaks of any good candidates that could be consumed. Two of the peaks were already dead and only one was left, but even that one had just a single elder left and some disciples that didn't have as good of a cultivation base.
"Hmm…" Lin Wu debated on if he should use the remaining resources to breakthrough or to hold on for a bit longer.
"Best to keep some extra spirit Qi… just in case something problematic happens." Lin Wu said to himself.
The extra spirit Qi and vital energy he got were useful in healing himself and restoring his stores of spirit Qi. Thus, it was always the best to have some extra.
Other than the notifications for the spirit Qi, Lin Wu had filtered out the rest since he didn't need them right now. This also included the thousand of vital energy notifications he had gotten over the time.
"Oh, speaking of vital energy… I should have gotten some more. I haven't checked on that…" Lin Wu said as he opened up the window.
~DING~
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VITAL ESSENCE OBTAINED: 7,821,126 Units
VITAL ESSENCE STORAGE: 26,148,783 Units - 33,969,909 Units
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"Oh, thats a decent increase. Should last me for quite a while." Lin Wu said.
Unless Lin Wu was injured or taxed his body too much, his vital essence was barely used. Even then, it could regenerate eventually, thus he never had to take any from the storage of the system.
Most of the times he only needed vital essence during sustained fights where he suffered extra injuries or when he was doing some cultivation which ended up injuring himself.
There were even times when the System was testing out some of the simulations it had come up with directly on his body. This would either hurt him or cause some damage, but the system would fix it right away as well.
Often Lin Wu didn't even know it happened.
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