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Chapter 711 – The Angry Supreme Elder
Lin Wu had known that the true person behind the Frozen Cliff division was none other than the Supreme elder of the Frozen Cloud sect. He was the one who had originally had the conflict with the patriarch.
Both of them were the contenders for the position of patriarch, but he had not been chosen in the end. But even then, he showed that he had talent and managed to reach the position of the supreme elder.
He was the second strongest person in the sect, being at the Dao Treading realm. Though some people also had thoughts that the supreme elder was possibly stronger than that too. There were often rumors and people wondered who was truly stronger between the patriarch and the supreme elder.
A long time in the past, the two of them had fought and the patriarch had won. But now hundred of years had passed and there was a great chance they might have become equal. After all, the patriarch often had to deal with the matters of the sect and didn't have enough time to cultivate when compared to the supreme elder.
After his loss against the patriarch, he had taken a different route. He had lowered his offense against the patriarch and had instead focused on improving the administration of the sect.
He nurtured his own subordinates that were capable and efficiently ran the sect. This not only netted him more resources, but also gave him more time to cultivate. It was common information that the supreme elder mostly stayed in secluded cultivation, only coming out for important matters that needed his attention.
The Supreme elders plan had evidently worked as he had gained enough influence to split part the sect into three divisions. And now the only question was whether he would have enough time to enact his plan.
While Lin Wu didn't know all the details, from the history he had gotten from Wang Xiong and the rest he had gathered from other sources, he could understand a few things. The one thing he knew for sure was that killing the supreme elder would be the only way to stop the rebellion.
As for the Weiyuan chamber… they weren't dumb enough to directly appear in the open conflict of a sect. It would get them too much infamy and possibly attract attention from the other sects.
And for a power that wanted to secretly develop, such infamy was the worst. Thus, even if they might have supported the Frozen Cliff division all this time, they won't act when there was an open battle like this.
While they might try to do something after it had all ended, they won't appear right now.
"Time to act." Lin Wu said, as his aura started to rise.
Spirit Qi waves rose from his body, making the area tremble. The remains of the buildings and other rubble moved under the pressure as the clouds in the sky kept on raining snow.
The system kept in sending more and more warnings, but Lin Wu simply ignored them for now.
'Let's see how I compare to a true cultivator at the Dao Treading realm…' Lin Wu thought to himself as his fangs glowed in a strange yellow light.
Blue lines moved under the surface of his skin, looking like snakes. The sapphire meridians worked hard to produce more and more sapphire spirit Qi and Lin Wu got to preparing his attack.
~WHOOSH~
Finally, the marker reached where Lin Wu was and met him. The two looked into each other's eyes, assessing their power.
"There's no doubt… it is you who killed my son." The old man spoke.
Rage was visible in his eyes, and frosty air exuded from every inch of his body. The spirit Qi waves coming from his body were already enough to kill some weaker cultivators at the Qi refining realm just from being in his presence.
And this was when he wasn't even attacking anyone. Just the mere pressure had reached a high enough level to affect the flow of natural spirit Qi in the air.
'Dao Treading realm is certainly on a different realm… seems like I didn't really get to see much from the Aqua Dream Sea Lotus back then.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
He had escaped from the Aqua Dream Sea Lotus back in the past, but even that was due to the help of Zhu Tianying. Lin Wu now realized how much of the pressure had been held back by her.
'Seems like I might have been a bit mistaken… though now I have the proper assessment.' Lin Wu thought to himself as he prepared his attack.
The supreme elder's spirit sense probed Lin Wu but was stopped by the radiation enveloping his body. But the old man didn't show any expression of surprise, as if nothing could faze him.
"Oh? Not many can use spirit sense on me and feel fine after that." Lin Wu spoke.
The old man's brows moved slightly upon hearing Lin Wu.
"So you speak." The old man said.
"I do indeed. Though you make me interested. Most others that hear me speak are rather shocked." Lin Wu replied.
"You aren't the only beast who can speak. I've seen a few." The Supreme elder stated. "Though… there aren't many that would dare to attack the Frozen Cloud sect… and even less that can enter the sect like this." He continued, his voice filling with killing intent.
"Haha, I thought I may come and test out your sect. I have to admit, I haven't seen such exquisitely tasting humans before. Your sect's elders and disciples certainly had talent… after all, I could taste it on my tongue." Lin Wu said, irking the old man.
"You dare insult me and the sect? Killing you will not be enough, it seems. I'll need to refine your soul and seal it in ice for a thousand years. Let's see how you like that," the Supreme elder said, feeling completely infuriated.
~BOOM~
But just as he finished taking, Lin Wu attacked!
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Chapter 712 – Lin Wu And Supreme Elder's Battle!
The wind felt like it was tearing as Lin Wu swung his tail. It curved in the air as it slashed at the supreme elder.
"Futile effort!" the old man said before thrusting out with his palm.
~WHOOSH~
Frosty air moved along with his hand, forming a wall of ice and blocking Lin Wu's attack.
~CRACK~
The ice wall shattered, but it gave the supreme elder enough time to dodge it and counter attack.
The supreme elder extended his index finger straight and poked out at Lin Wu. His finger let out a sharp energy that turned into an illusory spear made out of ice that rushed towards Lin Wu.
"Oh? You can use this too. So this is the highest form of the Frozen Cloud Heart Cultivation Technique." Lin Wu said.
The old man didn't reply to Lin Wu and poked out a few more times.
This was the Frozen Cloud Heart Cultivation technique, that was the signature cultivation technique of the Frozen Cloud sect. It was the common cultivation technique that was practiced by each and every disciple of the sect, including Wang Xiong.
There was also the other signature technique of the Frozen Cloud sect that was only restricted to the patriarch of the sect. It was none other than the Forbidden Frost Scripture.
But even if it was strong, Lin Wu could tell that the level that the supreme elder had reached with the Frozen Cloud Heart cultivation technique was no less than the Forbidden Frost Scripture.
The ice spears shot towards Lin Wu and struck his body. They could actually pierce through the wind elemental spirit Qi that was surrounding it and last long enough against the radiation to actually touch his body.
~THUD~ THUD~ THUD~
Out of the ten ice spears the supreme elder had shot out, Lin Wu was hit with three of them while he dodged the rest.
~Rumble~
Lin Wu's body moved slightly back due to the impact, but he simply shifted his body's segments to offset the momentum.
"You are certainly strong." Lin Wu admitted.
He knew how much force was needed to move his body, which was extremely heavy.
"But I'm not weak either." Lin Wu said before thrusting out with his tail.
~WHIRRR~
His tail was like a drill as the wind elemental spirit Qi swirled around it.
Immortal Sky Shaker Art: Piercing Twister!
The wind spinning around Lin Wu's tail shredded any ice or snow that came near it, sending it away. The rubble and the rocks on the ground were affected by it too, being shot away with great force.
"Frozen Cloud Heart: Hail Spear!" The supreme elder chanted as he made a gesture with his hands.
Runes appeared around his hands and flew out into the sky.
~SHING~ SHING~ SHING~
The snow flakes in the air quickly condensed into solid ice and rainbow down in the form of hail. The hail kept on increasing in length and looked the like spears. By the time they reached Lin Wu, they had already become a foot long in length.
~KACHA~ KACHA~ KACHA~
The hail of icy spears reached Lin Wu and hit him. Some of them hit the tail with the whirling wind and were shredded apart into ice shards while the rest hit Lin Wu's body. While they did no damage, they did slow down Lin Wu enough that the supreme elder got enough time to prepare another skill.
"Not so fast!" Lin Wu said as he suddenly accelerate.
~BOOM~
A plume of flame shout out from the spikes on his back, boosting him forward.
The supreme elder was a bit taken aback and was forced to halt his skill mid way.
"Damn it!" he cursed before bringing his palms forward.
Frost appeared on his hands and expanded into large hands. Now it looked like the old man had giant hands formed from ice.
~DENG~
~Clack~ clack~ clack~
Lin Wu's tail met the icy palms and the sound of glass being ground could be heard. The wind constantly spun and damaged the ice hands while they kept on regenerating.
~WOONG~ WOONG~ WOONG~
The wind whirred non stop like a storm, yet the ice hands still managed to stop Lin Wu's skill in the end.
The wind faded away as Lin Wu's skill came to an end.
"Got you in my grasp now!" The supreme elder said as the ice hands gripped onto Lin Wu's tail.
The ice hands were just the right size for Lin Wu's tail to be fully grasped. The supreme elder twisted his body and exerted strength, and along with it the ice hands moved.
'He's gonna throw me?' Lin Wu was surprised.
He actually found his tail being lifted and at the same time, icy spirit Qi penetrating through his defenses. It was weak before when the other attacks had hit Lin Wu, but now with the ice hands being in constant contact with his body, the effect was far stronger.
Lin Wu found that even the radiation surrounding his body was not enough to overpower the ice elemental spirit Qi, and it managed to enter his body. They affected his own spirit Qi in his body, and slowed it down.
"Shit." Lin Wu said as he tried to push the ice spirit Qi out of his body while also trying to break free from the supreme elder's ice hands.
~SHING~ SHING~ SHING~
Lin Wu extended spikes out of his tail's trying to force the ice hands to let go of him, but he found it hard to do. The grip was far too strong for him to go against just by passively growing the spikes.
"HAA!" The supreme elder shouted as he exerted more power, finally lifting Lin Wu into the air.
His head now hung upside down while his tail was up.
"DIE!" the old man yelled and slammed down Lin Wu into the hill.
~BOOM~
~RUMBLE~
Lin Wu's body broke into the hard hill as if it was nothing and created a long valley in it.
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Chapter 713 – Icy Battle
The Supreme elder vanished the ice hands with a wave of his hands and stared down at the long valley below him. His expression was still stern despite the fact that he had delivered a strong blow to Lin Wu.
He didn't know what beast this was, but knew that it was not weak.
'What is its cultivation base? How can I not tell it even after my spirit Qi managed to penetrate its defenses? And what is the strange energy corroding the spirit Qi?' The supreme elder had several questions.
At first he was filled with anger and had almost gotten blinded by it, but now having seen Lin Wu's power and toughness, he knew that the beast was nothing to scoff at.
"Come out! Don't pretend. No beast that can breakthrough my sect's defenses will die this easily." The supreme elder spoke out loud.
~Tremble~
In response to his words, the ground started to shake and the already collapsed buildings flattened even more.
~BOOM~
Then suddenly, the ground behind the supreme elder broke apart, and from it shot out the head of Lin Wu.
~hiss~
His fangs were on fully display and a yellow glow could also be seen on them. Lin Wu's eyes glowed in the crimson light, looking like large lanterns.
"Humph! So you were there." The Supreme elder quickly turned around.
"Of course! T'was but a scratch!" Lin Wu casually said while his jaws narrowed around the figure of the Supreme elder.
~WHOOSH~
But when he was just a meter away from trapping the Supreme elder in his jaws, he was stopped.
Two streams of frost continuously pushed him back. These were coming from the Supreme elder's hands and had a very cold temperature. If this frost spread over iron or steel, it would be chilled enough that even a light tap would shatter it.
A layer of frost appeared on Lin Wu's head and neck, going all the way to three of his segments. Wind attribute spirit Qi tried to shield him from the frost but couldn't help but be torn apart.
"You really are worth your title huh…" Lin Wu said before retreating.
He knew that attacking like this was not possible and the old man had already taken the opportunity to put distance between them.
~Crack~ Crack~ Crack~
The ice on Lin Wu's body cracked but by bit as the radiation started pouring in and melting it. The rapid temperature change quickly melted it off and removed it. Lin Wu needed to do this urgently since it wasn't just a problem of having ice on his skin, but rather the fact that this ice would continuously inject ice elemental spirit Qi into his body.
He had already ended up with some amount of this foreign ice elemental spirit Qi into his meridians, and it wasn't doing any good for him.
Lin Wu quickly looked at the warning window that had been flashing on the side of his field of vision.
~WARNING~
——
HAZARD WARNING: 10% Meridians affected
NOTIFICATION: Spirit Qi circulation is slowing down, several blockages have been detected
——
Seeing this, Lin Wu knew that a battle of attrition against the Supreme elder was the worst thing he could do. The longer he fought, the more ice elemental spirit Qi would leak into his body.
This was something he was unable to stop even if he tried to. Even expelling it seemed to be impossible in a short time as there was a different aura to the ice elemental spirit Qi. It was like it had a 'will' and his spirit Qi, did not.
'Is this the power of someone in the Dao Treading Realm?' Lin Wu wondered.
He recalled the information about the Dao Treading realm, how one had to birth a Dao Embryo and ponder on the traces of Dao that were present in them.
While Lin Wu wasn't a Dao Treading realm expert yet, he could still see the traces of Dao sometimes. The best example of it was none other than the Tribulation lightning bolts that he had resisted.
Back then, he was able to not only resist them but also block and redirect them. But that was a method that would not work for him this time.
'The tribulation lightning bolts are still a form of radiation and I can somewhat control it due to my Radiation Manipulation Innate skill. But I can't do the same with ice… I might have been able to heat normal ice, but this is not the same at all.' Lin Wu understood.
~SLASH~
In the few seconds Lin Wu taken to think the Supreme elder had not stayed still. He condensed a sword from ice and swung it towards Lin Wu. This shot out an arc of ice elemental spirit Qi that froze everything in its way.
Lin Wu of course, didn't miss it and swung his tail against it while using Immortal Sky Shaker Art and radiation with it. This was the only way he was somewhat able to resist the ice elemental spirit Qi.
"Looks like I have no choice. I should have updated it before this, but testing this in real time was important too…" Lin Wu muttered to himself.
Lin Wu looked at a window he had kept on pause on the side and selected 'accept' on it.
"Do it system!" Lin Wu ordered.
~DING~
——
TRANSFERRING SPIRIT QI: 94,592,284 units [Liquid Spirit Qi]
HOST CULTIVATION: Shell Genesis Stage Of the Dao Shell realm
-Spirit Qi required to upgrade = [5,407,716/100,000,000] units (liquid spirit qi) - [100,000,000/100,000,000] units (liquid spirit qi)
CULTIVATION BASE UPGRADE: Initiated
——
The spirit Qi fluctuation coming from Lin Wu's body suddenly spiked and the Supreme elder felt it as well. Seeing the massive change in the spirit Qi, even his calm demeanor was broken.
"What?!" The old man said in surprise.
If one compared the spirit Qi that Lin Wu had before this and now, it would be nearly 100 times more.. This was why the old man was stunned.
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Chapter 714 – A Tough Spot For Lin Wu
"I can't let him do whatever he is doing!" The Supreme elder understood.
Within Lin Wu's Dantian, a massive change was happening.
The ocean of spirit Qi there churned and toiled as the massive infusion of spirit Qi started to pour in. Above this stormy ocean of spirit Qi floated the two Dao Shells and on them sat the two Nascent souls of Lin Wu.
Right now, both of them had their eyes closed and were calmly sitting in a meditative pose. But when the spirit Qi finally started to pour into the Dao Shell of Crimson Eyed Emerald Worm Bloodline, both the Nascent souls moved.
The dark Nascent soul which belonged to the unknown bloodline trembled slightly, and his hands twitched. A frown appeared on hies face but he didn't open his eyes and continued to sit as it is.
The other nascent soul though, had a slight smile on his face but continued to keep his eyes closed.
The Dao Shell below him steadily absorbed the spirit Qi pouring into the Dantian. The mostly illusory form of the Dao Shell started to become more and more corporeal.
Till now, only about five percent of the Dao Shell was actually solid. And on this solid part at the top sat the Nascent soul. The rest of the part was illusory and looked translucent. But now the spirit Qi was rapidly filling in and turning it solid as well.
~BOOM~
But then something happened that shook the Dantian.
"GAH!" Lin Wu let out a pain filled grunt.
His body was knocked back and almost fell, but was stopped by his tail that embedded into the ground.
He had just been struck by a very strong blow of the Supreme elder. Unknowingly, when trying to upgrade his actions had been slowed down and even mobilizing his own spirit Qi was slow.
"Fuck! This hasn't happened before!" Lin Wu said in surprise.
~SLASH~
The Supreme elder slashed again and again, sending out arcs of ice elemental spirit Qi towards Lin Wu. The moved like swords through the air and tore apart Lin Wu's defenses before striking his body.
~Crack~ Crack~
For the first time since the start of the fight, cracks appeared on the surface of Lin Wu's body.
"So you can be damaged." The Supreme elder taunted.
He was sure that his attacks were dealing damage, but nothing was appearing on Lin Wu's body, making him confused about it all.
'The amount of damage I've dealt to him directly would be enough to shatter even the sect's defensive arrays. Whatever that beast is, it certainly has a way to resist this or hide the damage.' The Supreme elder reckoned.
And just as he was observing Lin Wu, he saw something that made him furrow his brows.
"So you can heal too…" the Supreme elder muttered, seeing the cracks disappearing just as quickly as they had appeared.
"Fuck you!" Lin Wu cursed as he stabbed out with his tail.
A few new warning windows had popped up that had alarmed Lin Wu.
~WARNING~
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ANOMALY: DETECTED
NOTIFICATION: Foreign Spirit Qi has blocked the host's meridians in several points, the cost using skills and techniques will be doubled.
——
This was not something Lin Wu had expected to happen. Even with just ten percent of his meridians having blocks, the cost of using skills had been directly doubled.
"Why the heck is this happening now system?" Lin Wu asked, feeling angry.
~DING~
——
ANSWER: The blocks in the host's meridians slow down the circulation of spirit Qi as well as the use of skills, as they interrupt the normal spirit Qi circuits used during the activation of skills.
In order to not let the host suffer from backlash and skill interruption, twice the amount of spirit Qi is being used to compensate for the block.
——
Seeing the system's answer, Lin Wu gritted his teeth.
~DING~
——
DAO SHELL PROGRESS: 12% formed
ESTIMATED TIME OF COMPLETION: 880 seconds
——
He looked at the progress of his Dao Shell and saw that even that had slowed down. Before, it was forming at a rate of one percent per second, but now, it was taking ten seconds to fill just one percent.
This was not a good sign for Lin Wu as he didn't know if he would be to hold on longer against the supreme elder like this.
The formation of the Dao Shell was a vastly different process than any other stages he had gone through till now and it was not something Lin Wu or the system could just speed through.
Even what he was doing right now was against the norms of cultivation. He was doing what people took hundreds, if not thousands, of years to do. Even if someone theoretically had enough spirit stones and other resources to rush their way to the Shell Completion stage of the Dao Shell realm, it would still take them several years to do so.
After all, it wasn't just absorbing and filling spirit Qi to form the Dao Shell; it was also stabilizing it and making sure that the body could adapt to it. There was no lack of examples of people who made mistakes during cultivation and ended up breaking their Dao Shell apart.
In the best case, it would cripple their cultivation base, regressing them back to the Nascent soul realm and, in worst cases, it would simply kill them.
Even with the system handling all the errors, there was a limit to what it could achieve in such a short time. And it didn't help that there was the foreign ice elemental spirit of Qi slowing him down as well.
'Fuck, the more I fight with him, the more ice elemental spirit Qi will enter my body. This will then slow down the process more. I can't let that happen, I need to buy time somehow,' Lin Wu thought to himself.
His mind quickly moved to find a solution and he soon found one. He was, after all, not alone here at the Frozen Cloud sect.
He contacted a couple of his companions and informed them about what he was doing.
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Chapter 715 – The Beasts Vs The Supreme Elder
~BOOM~
Explosions continued to happen as the Supreme Elder attacked Lin Wu non stop. Lin Wu too, kept on dodging them while also making his way to the Frozen Brook Division.
"Fuck, this man is getting only faster." Lin Wu cursed.
He couldn't fly to the Frozen brook division directly either, as he was sure that the Supreme Elder might get suspicious about it. Thus, he had to pretend as if he was still fighting the man and weave around it.
But this didn't come with its drawbacks either. Lin Wu still ended up suffering from some attacks.
While he could indeed heal from them, there was still the foreign ice elemental spirit Qi that penetrated his body and entered his meridians, slowing down the speed of his Dao Shell forming even more.
'I should have put as much spirit Qi into the Dao Shell from the start instead of leaving it for last. I made a mistake!' Lin Wu regretted.
Though Lin Wu couldn't blame himself or the system for it either, since it was something completely new for both of them. Neither of them knew that they would encounter someone like the Supreme Elder who could slow down and even block his meridians.
Not to mention the fact that he had never needed so much time to breakthrough. This was not the first time Lin Wu was trying to breakthrough in the middle of the battlefield after all.
Thus, he thought that it would be the same.
'At least I now know not to make this mistake in the future… if I get out of this.' Lin Wu thought to himself.
"You beast! Stay in one place and die!" the Supreme Elder shouted.
He was getting irritated by Lin Wu's constant movement. He had already tried to use his stronger attacks, but they would all take longer time periods to get ready and Lin Wu would get away in that time.
Thus, he too had to act accordingly and used the other skill of his that were fast but didn't deal as much damage.
'At least his body is not fully immune from my Spirit Chilling Frost.' The Supreme Elder thought to himself.
Lin Wu was certainly an enigma to the man and he couldn't help but wonder where such a beast had come out from. And it was an even greater mystery such as to why it would attack the Frozen Cloud sect.
This was something that would be considered absurd in most cases. The number of times a sect has been assaulted to this extent by a beast could be counted on one hand. Especially for a top ten sects of the Long continent.
The Supreme Elder could only imagine the loss of face they would face after this.
'Dammit, our ranking will greatly fall as well.' The Supreme Elder realized.
This only made him more enraged, and he increased the intensity of his attacks. At the same time, he looked around the devastation in the sect and was filled with sorrow.
'All that effort, hundreds of years of work… all gone… I'll kill this beast!' The Supreme Elder thought to himself with determination.
But just as he was thinking this, he suddenly found himself being forced to close his eyes.
"Ugh!" The Supreme Elder help up his hand to block the light that was blinding him.
~ROAR~
The roar of a beast was heard echoing in the area as more spirit Qi fluctuation became apparent to the Supreme Elder.
"What?!" The Supreme Elder was shocked.
He suddenly found one more spirit Qi signature that was no weaker than Lin Wu appearing in his field of perception. And from the roar, he could tell that it was a beast too.
~THWACK~
"Haha! Got you!" Lin Wu said as he slapped the Supreme Elder away.
"What did you get into?" The Twin Lights Liger King asked.
He was the one who had used his innate bloodline skill to blind the supreme elder temporarily. It had given Lin Wu the chance to attack the old man and buy him some more time.
"That's the Supreme Elder I told you about. I want you and Tim to do hold him back." Lin Wu spoke.
"Hold him back? That man is at the Dao Treading realm!" The Twin Lights Liger King was shocked by Lin Wu's words.
"I know that. I don't want you two to hold him back forever, just for a little while. Give me just five more minutes and I'll end him myself." Lin Wu explained.
"Five minutes?" The Twin Lights liger king seemed hesitant.
With the original plan that they had made, the Twin Lights Liger King and Tim were supposed to handle the weaker disciples of the Frozen Cloud sect and Lin Wu would be the one handling the ones that were Dao Shell realm or stronger.
But now the Twin Lights Liger King didn't know if he could do something like this. Even if he was rather strong for a Dao Shell realm beast, he still knew his limits. Besides, they couldn't exactly tell how strong the Supreme Elder was.
Telling the stage of a Dao Treading realm cultivator was a difficult thing and unless their Dao Embryo appeared it would be close to impossible to estimate. This was due to the fact that their cultivation base was not based on their spirit Qi anymore, but rather their comprehension.
"Just do it, I know you are capable." Lin Wu spoke. "Tim! Wait, where is he?" he asked.
"He should be nearby. The last I saw him, he was eating the corpses." The Twin Lights liger King spoke.
"Dammit." Lin Wu looked around for Tim and found his marker on the other side of the barrier.
"Why the hell are you inside?" Lin Wu asked out loud.
~Kii~
Tim's startled cry could be heard coming from some distance away. It was obvious that he had heard Lin Wu and from his tone could tell that Lin Wu was not happy with him.
"Tim I swear, come here right now or no snacks for you!" Lin Wu ordered.
~KIIIIII!!!!~
~WHOOSH~
The sound of the barrier flickering could be heard as the figure of Tim quickly appeared from it. He broke through the barrier as if it was nothing and stood in front of Lin Wu in attention.
Tim: o_o
"Okay, now I want you to kill." Lin Wu spoke.
"Kill? What?" Tim asked.
~RUMBLE~
And just as he said that, the sound of thunder could be heard.
~Crackle~ Crackle~ Crackle~
But if one looked up at the sky, they would realize that it was not thunder that was making the sound, but rather something entirely different.
"ALL YOU BEASTS WILL DIE!!!!" The Supreme Elder yelled.
His hands were extended above his head and copious amounts of ice elemental spirit Qi was coming out of them. The ice elemental spirit Qi gathered into a large ball of ice above him that kept on expanding.
The ice ball turned into an ice chunk and then into a large ice block. But even then, it showed no signs of stopping.
"Fuck! It's that skill." Lin Wu remembered,
This was the same skill Wang Xiong had used in the trials of the Taiji Celestial long back. Lin Wu knew about its effects very well and how powerful it was.
'When Wang Xiong used it, he was barely at the core condensation realm and his skills were not that good either. If it is used by the Supreme Elder who is far more experienced and is even at the Dao Treading realm, who knows what kind of an effect it will be.' Lin Wu understood.
The snow kept on falling as well, and the rate of its falling increased as well. Lin Wu and the Twin Lights Liger King soon realized another fact.
"Is it just me or is the cold air making it hard to control spirit Qi?" The Twin Lights Liger King questioned, as cold sweat appeared on his head.
"No… you're not alone. It's being done by the supreme elder. This is his ability. It slows down your control and flow of spirit Qi." Lin Wu answered.
"Dammit! That is not something I can fight against." The Twin Lights Liger King spoke.
"You need to. Just long enough for me to be ready, then I'll get rid of him. Even if you are injured it will be fine, I can heal you all." Lin Wu said with confidence.
The Twin Lights Liger King gritted his teeth, feeling conflicted about it. But in the end, he could only sigh to himself and accept the choice. He was after all, the subordinate of Lin Wu and Lin Wu was his king.
"Food?" Tim suddenly spoke.
"Huh?" Lin Wu looked at Tim who's expression was different
Tim: *
It was as if there were star's in his eyes as the Weasel stared at the large mass of ice that was forming in the sky.
"FOOD!" Tim shouted.
An idea appeared in Lin Wu's mind as he spoke, "yeah! That's food Tim! Go get it! Eat eat! Eat that man too, if you want to!"
~KREEE!!!!!~
Tim let out a fearless battle cry filled with excitement as he charged into the sky.
Lin Wu the looked at the Twin Lights Liger king.
"Aren't you ashamed? Even a child is braver than you." Lin Wu teased.
'Fuck you! That's not being brave. That child is retarded!' The Twin Lights Liger King cursed in his mind, but didn't say it out loud.
~Sigh~
Letting out one last sigh, he too flew up into the sky.
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Chapter 716 – The Supreme Elder's Shock And Analysis
The supreme elder had not expected for the two beasts to charge directly towards him. He could tell that while the Twin Lights liger king was almost on the same level as that of Lin Wu, the other beast that looked like a strange weasel was different.
He couldn't even sense any specific aura from the beast and neither was there any spirit Qi fluctuations. But what he did feel from Tim was Killing intent. Pure killing intent, that made the supreme elder feel like the beast charging towards him saw him as nothing but prey.
"You dare insult me with that look?" The supreme elder found it audacious.
He lowered one hand from the glacier that was expanding above his hand and thrust it towards Tim.
"Frost Seeking Palm!" it was the same technique that Elder Qianshu had used before.
~shua~
The palm intent descended like a mountain falling from the sky, its five fingers looking like small hills. Elder Qianshu using the Frost Seeking palm and the supreme elder using it was significantly different.
Lin Wu who observed it all, could tell that there was a qualitative difference as well as a quantitative difference between the two. Not only had the supreme elder used it far more causally, he had even done it while he was preparing a massive skill.
The Frost Seeking palm rushed towards the two beasts, and the Twin Lights Liger King was a bit shocked.
"Dammit, that's a strong attack from a Dao Treading realm cultivator." The Twin Lights Liger King cursed his luck.
He could tell the power in the attack was far more than a normal attack of a Dao Treading Realm cultivator. Not to mention the fact that the icy energy coming from the Frost Seeking palm was easily able to penetrate his body.
He felt the core temperature of his body tilting and made him increase the consumption of vitality to maintain it.
~KIIIIIII!!!!~
But the Twin Lights Liger King was in for another shock.
"What in the!?" Even the supreme elder was surprised.
Tim let out a loud cry and charged into the Frost Seeking Palm head first. Opening his mouth wide, he fiercely bit into the palm.
~KACHA~
Then a scene unexpected to him happened. The Frost Seeking Palm actually developed a crack!
"Impossible! How can a beast do this? It should have been knocked away just from the initial impact." The supreme elder was stunned.
He couldn't wrap his head around the beast that Tim was. Not only that, but when the supreme elder used his spirit sense to take a closer look, he found that the Spirit Chilling Frost that he had developed after breaking through to the Dao Treading realm and comprehending Dao Traces from his Dao Embryo didn't work at all on Tim.
"What beast is this?" The supreme elder was confused.
He tried to rack his memory and recall if he had read or learned about a beast like this ever before.
'That one is a Twin Lights Liger for sure.' The supreme elder managed to identify one of them. 'But this strange weasel… there is no record of it.' He added.
His eyes then went to Lin Wu, who seemed to be preparing for something down on the ground. There were strong waves of spirit Qi coming from him, that alarmed the supreme elder.
'That beast too… there is no record about it. It is certainly some kind of a serpent or snake beast.' The supreme elder thought.
~KACHA~
While he was thinking all this, the Frost Seeking Palm completely broke apart due to Tim's effort and the weasel continued onward without nary a bit of damage on him. The Twin Lights Liger King was relieved from this too and let out a roar.
~ROAR~
The eyes of the Twin Lights Liger King shone in dual lights of Black and white before shooting out beams.
~shua~
The two beams that were shot out from his eyes were very fast, such that even the supreme elder was unable to dodge them. He tried to defend using another skill and tired to make an ice wall, but he couldn't match the speed.
~HISS~
The supreme elder looked at his injured hand with wide eyes. His flesh was scorched where the two beams of light had struck. Not just that, he could feel that the spirit Qi in that part had disappeared as well.
"The Purging Twin Lights Beam." The supreme elder recognized the skill.
Once again, he was surprised by an attack that could injure him at the Dao Treading realm. It made him take the Twin Lights Liger King even more seriously.
"A Twin Lights Liger King like you is rare. Especially one at the Dao Shell realm. Let me guess… you are the ruler of the Millennium forest?" The supreme elder identified.
~Grrr~
The Twin Lights Liger King could understand the supreme elder's words, but couldn't care less about them. It was common knowledge that the millennium forest's ruler, the Twin Lights Liger king, had a breakthrough and had reached the Dao Shell realm.
While there might have been another Twin Lights Liger King on the Long continent, the supreme elder reckoned that there was no chance that there would be another one at the Dao Shell realm this close to the Frozen Cloud sect.
But this posed another question to him.
How or why would the ruler of the Millennium forest attack his sect?
Not to mention who were the other two beasts with it?
Both of them were no less weak, or rather were even stronger than the Twin Lights liger King now that the supreme elder thought about it.
'A weasel beast that can break through my skill, a Twin Lights Liger beast that can harm me and then that strange crystal serpent… three strong beasts all having the power at the Dao Shell realm.
Such a gathering is greatly unusual. There is no way they came here on their own accord..' The supreme elder analyzed.
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Chapter 717 – Critical Point
While the supreme elder was fighting against the Twin Lights Liger King and Tim, Lin Wu was focusing on himself.
"Shit! Can't this speed up more?" Lin Wu cursed.
He frantically looked through the hundreds of storage sections he had and picked out all the healing items or other things that he thought might help him.
"Fuck it! I'll take them all!" Lin Wu decided.
He threw all the pills, pastes, crystals, and stones into his mouth and swallowed them quickly.
For the first few seconds, Lin Wu didn't feel anything. But then it happened…
"Goddammit!" Lin Wu grunted in pain, letting out a distorted cry that even startled the supreme elder a little bit.
He could fell heat, cold, and an electrifying energy rushing in his stomach. It penetrate his stomach and moved to the meridians before rushing out into the rest of his body.
The system too didn't forget to give out warnings.
~DING~
——
WARNING: Potent medical energy detected!
WARNING: Potent vital energy detected!
WARNING: Conflicting medicinal components detected!
RECTIFYING: Conflict resolved.
——
Taking so many things without considering the outcome was certainly a crazy thing, and if it was anyone other than Lin Wu, there was no doubt they would have died. Either by exploding into a thousand bits, or melting into a puddle of blood due to the strong toxins made from the combination of conflicting medicinal components.
"At least it's helping…" Lin Wu could only console himself.
He could feel the blockages in his meridians being forcefully being pushed out. It was certainly a painful sensation and felt like someone was grinding down on his flesh with a cheese grater.
But the effects were worth it for him.
~DING~
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NOTIFICATION: Meridian Blockages at 9%
DAO SHELL PROGRESS: 50%
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Seeing the notification, Lin Wu felt really pleased.
"HAHA! Just a few more minutes and I'll beat his ass!" Lin Wu exclaimed, which was only understood by the Twin Lights Liger king.
He felt both conflicted and relieved, but the supreme elder found the exclamation to be another distorted cry.
'What's up with that beast?' the supreme elder wondered.
He wanted to attack Lin Wu, but found that he was actually being matched by these two beasts.
Or more accentually, it was Tim that was taking all the hits while the Twin Lights Liger King kept on shooting out beams from his eyes.
"How can this beast be this tough? He seems even tougher than that crystal serpent." The supreme elder was surprised.
He had seen just how much Lin Wu could withstand and yet, Tim seemed to be the same. Both of them had crystals on their bodies, which evidently increased their power and defenses.
It made the supreme elder wonder if there was some connection between Tim and Lin Wu.
'This is certainly not a coincidence. Even the Twin Lights Liger… his attacks have something else hidden in them. A strange energy that can consume my spirit Qi.' The supreme elder wondered.
Unfortunately, what he didn't know was that the Twin Lights Liger King was no normal Twin Lights Liger King. He too was now part of the Emeraldine Legion and contained a part of the bloodline.
It had even gone so far as to mutate his own bloodline and adapt to it, boosting his capabilities further and adding some nasty effects for his foes.
This was the first time the Twin Lights Liger King was fighting like this too and was rather surprised by his own capabilities.
"If I can keep this up… then doesn't it mean that I actually have a chance to defeat this man?" The Twin Lights Liger king couldn't help but question.
His confidence rose and the doubts he was feeling in facing a Dao Treading realm cultivator like the supreme elder reduced.
~SHUN~ SHUN~ SHUN~
He increased his speed of attacks and used spirit Qi wantonly. One beam after the other was shot out as black and white lights alternated.
Lin Wu who saw this all, couldn't help but feel a bit nostalgic.
'Those eyes are pretty much laser blasters, huh…' Lin Wu thought, as a few ideas about making some things came to his mind.
~KIIIIII!!!~
Tim was no less fierce and his claws and teeth tore through everything that was thrown at him. Lin Wu knew that his claws and teeth had reached another level after his breakthrough.
After all, Lin Wu had to face them before too, in the many beat downs he had given to Tim. While he had won every time, Tim wasn't fully helpless either. He had given Lin Wu enough injuries.
In fact, his claws and teeth were one of the few things that could actually cut through his crystalline body. It was rather shocking to Lin Wu and if he didn't have the ability to regenerate, Tim could have very well been the bane of his existence.
~phew~
"I need to really find some new ways to tame Tim. He'll certainly be a lot more wild after this incident." Lin Wu muttered to himself.
The fight in the sky continued and the two parties had reached a stalemate. The supreme elder couldn't defeat the two beasts and could only push them back, while Tim and the Twin Lights Liger King kept up their offense, with Tim acting as the Tank and The Twin Lights Liger King the DPS.
While this was not enough to defeat the supreme elder, it was still enough to make him unable to put his full energy into completing the skill. The icy flier in the sky had slowed down in its growth and didn't look to be growing at the same speed as before.
"Hehehe! Just a couple minutes more." Lin Wu chuckled.
~DING~
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NOTIFICATION: Meridian Blockage at 5%
DAO SHELL PROGRESS: 76%
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Lin Wu glanced at the progress and his toothy smile appeared on his face again. He was already imagining the different ways he would use his skills after the breakthrough and was excited for him.
The system had already told him that the breakthrough for him would be vastly different than before too.
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Chapter 718 – Shocking Clash!
The battle of the Supreme elder and the two beasts continued on while Lin Wu steadily increased his cultivation base. He only needed a few more seconds, and he was at the very cusp of competition now.
~DING~
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NOTIFICATION: Meridian Blockage at 2%
DAO SHELL PROGRESS: 98%
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"Just a bit more… just a bit more and I can whop his ass." Lin Wu said to himself, feeling excited.
~BOOM~
And while he was waiting, an explosion happened in the sky.
Lin Wu looked up and saw that the situation had suddenly changed.
~ROAR!~
A painful roar was let out by the Twin Lights Liger King and several long gashes appeared on his body. There was frost covering his fur as well, and it seemed like he had been hit really bad.
But it was not just him that was injured. Even Tim was knocked back from the attack and fine cracks could actually be seen on his body.
"YOU DAMNED FILTHY BEASTS! I WILL END YOU TODAY!" The Supreme elder declared.
~SHUA~
Massive amounts of ice elemental spirit Qi poured into the glacier above him and he had finally finished his skill.
"Take this! GLACIER CRASH!" The supreme elder threw the glacier.
Frosty air emanated from the glacier, bringing down the temperature of the entire Frozen Cloud sect by several degrees. Which was understandable since the glacier itself was the size of an entire mountain.
If this fell down, it was likely that the Frozen Cloud sect would have an entirely new mountain peak.
~KIKIKIKI!~
Tim let out an unwilling cry as he saw the Glacier descend upon him. The Twin Lights Liger King was the same, but could barely move now.
"Dammit! Is this how I will meet my end?" The Twin Lights Liger King cursed to himself.
He watched as the large glacier rapidly descended. The other members of the sect: those from the Frozen brook division, and the Frozen plains division saw the massive glacier as well.
In fact, they had been watching the entire incident from the start to the end and were scared of it all. The initial slaughter by Lin Wu was quick and the others hadn't found out that the sect had been attacked.
But after the Supreme elder's outburst, there was no chance they would be ignorant. Wang Xiong and Ye Jin watched with bated breaths as the large glacier fell at a great pace. To a person on the ground, it would appear like a slow illusion due to the large size, but it was falling at a great speed.
"Heavens save us…" Ye Jin prayed.
~HONG~
But just when they were about to give up hope, strong spirit Qi fluctuations spread. They were overwhelming for most and were even able to overpower the Supreme elder's own Dao Treading realm cultivation base.
"Impossible!" The Supreme elder said in shock.
~SHUA~
A strong gust of wind blew as a voice spoke.
~RUMBLE~
The rumbling of thunder could be heard as well and it felt like a storm was about to descended.
"Immortal Sky Shaker Art: Obliterating Tempest!" Lin Wu chanted.
~KABOOM~
In the very next second, the supreme elder felts his very soul shake.
"No…" But before he could speak much, he felt intense pain assaulting his body.
"AAAAARRHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" The Supreme elder shouted in pain.
Right now, his body had disappearance within what looked like a storm. Sharp winds and Violent lighting seethed within the storm, constantly attacking everything within and around it.
The source of this storm was none other than Lin Wu, of course!
His body glimmered in an emerald light as arcs of lighting dances across his crystalline skin. Wind elemental spirit Qi was joined with Lightning attribute spirit Qi and weaved a mystical show.
The Twin Lights Liger King was taken aback and took a breath of relief.
"He… he kept up his promise…" The Twin Lights Liger King muttered to himself.
~cough~
He coughed lightly and tried to stop the bleeding from his body. He couldn't use any healing skills or items thus could only depend on his cultivation base to stop the bleeding. He knew that expelling the icy energy in his body was not something he would be able to do on his own for now and would have to wait till Lin Wu was ready to help him.
Tim was surprised too and gazed at the storm in sky. His eyes sparkled along with the bolts of lighting that continued to strike a certain someone stuck in the middle of the storm.
Tim: *
For the first time, he felt a new emotion. He didn't know what it meant, but if he asked someone, they would tell him this was what 'Awe' felt like.
"Enough waiting around, time to end this." Lin Wu said before he flew up into the sky.
~SHUA~
Dense wind raged across his tail as it started to morph. It elongated and the segments fused into a long singular blade. The blade only had one edge and the other side of it was curved with ten tubes pointing out of it.
A blue flowing light entered the Blade and illuminated the tail while bright red flames sprouted from the tubes on its back. But that was not all, as soon as wind elemental spirit Qi coated the entire blade, forming an almost corporeal layer on it.
~SPARK~
Then lighting started to wrap around the blade and burned through the air, giving off the smell of ozone.
~WHOOSH~
Lin Wu accelerated his body and shot up into the sky. He continued going up even when the supreme elder and the storm were left behind. His speed was faster than before and in less than ten seconds he was high up in the sky, almost at an altitude of a kilometer from the ground.
When he finally reached this point, Lin Wu dived down, head first!
He fell towards the ground like a meteor but looked different with the lighting, wind, and flames raging over his tail.
Lin Wu rapidly covered the distance as his crimson eyes glowed with delight.
And just when he was a short distance away from the supreme elder and the storm, he curled up his body. Momentum was exerted and the blade like tail cleaved towards the supreme elder.
"Stellar Thundering Wind Splitter!" Lin Wu chanted while injecting more spirit Qi into the new skill he had made.
~BOOM~
A sonic boom occurred as Lin Wu used his tail that moved at great speed. It was just like a whip cracking and the change in momentum increased the speed of his tail even more, giving it even greater power.
~SHUA~
The storm that was wrapping the supreme elder was forcefully dispelled from the force of the attack, and the old man was finally revealed. His appearance looked haggard, and most of his robes had been burned off.
Only the inner armor he was wearing somewhat managed to hold up. Even then, his skin was scorched in many places and blood seeped out of the hundreds of cuts his body had borne.
'How can this be?' the supreme elder was at a loss.
He couldn't understand how a single skill could restrain him and injure him thus much. Not to mention that he found the skill to be familiar as well.
'The immortal Sky shaker art? How does this beast know it?! It's one of the top techniques of the Ji clan. This is impossible!' The Supreme elder thought to himself in shock.
Unfortunately for him, he would probably never find the answer to that.
~HONG~
But when he looked at the attack incoming towards him, a newfound rage filed him.
"NOOO!!! I WON'T GO DOWN LIKE THIS!" The Supreme elder let out a roar.
~SHUA~
His body let out a strong burst of spirit Qi as a large object appeared from his body. At first it was small and hard to see from distance, but then it started to rapidly expand until it reached a size of about a meter.
The object was none other than the Supreme elder's Dao Shell!
It was in the shape of a long cone and looked rather simple. But at the same time, another object could be seen hidden within the Dao Shell.
It was long and emanated a bone chilling air. Even looking at it would make one shiver unconsciously.
This was none other than the Dao Embryo that the Supreme elder had created!
"No beast at the Dao Shell realm will be able to kill me who is at the Dao Treading realm! It is against the laws of nature!" The Supreme elder thought with determination as he swung his hands forward.
~SHING~
With that gesture, long cone shaped Dao Shell above him moved as well and quickly appeared in front of him.
The tip of the Dao shell was pointed towards the attack and reached there just when the blade of Lin Wu was a few inches away.
~CLANG~
~BOOM~
The two attacks met an explosion loud enough to deafen happened!
Everyone watching the battle was forced to block their ears for the fear of going deaf and some even cried in pain. Those that were a bit unfortunate found their ears bleeding before they passed out unconscious.
Even looking at the scene was very difficult due to the sheer amount of energy that was emitting from it.
Lin Wu's blade like tail clashed with the tip of the supreme elder's Dao Shell, ending up in a stalemate.
~WOOM~ WOOM~ WOOM~
~RUMBLE~
The wind and lightning restlessly assaulted the Dao Shell while the Sapphire spirit Qi enchanted their effects.
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Chapter 719 – Marinating The Supreme Elder?
The tip of the Dao Shell was like the tip of a unyielding spear while the Blade like tail of Lin Wu was like the peerless sword that could split apart the earth.
Lin Wu hadn't just made the skill randomly either by combining the different innate skills he had. This time, the Stellar Thundering Wind Splitter was a true Qi skill. In fact, it was something that others could use as well.
This was made by combining the innate skill and the many techniques the system had gathered. Combining the insights of them, Lin Wu had created this skill. Granted, now that Lin Wu was using it right now, his proficiency was at the very lowest.
It was the same as a novice picking up a sword and doing a complex technique for the first time.
And yet… the power of the skill was nothing short of devastating.
~RUMBLE~
As if a tiger had been awakened, the Dao Embryo within the Dao Shell of the Supreme elder let out a roar. It was strange, and it was the first time Lin Wu was seeing this. Even when the Aquadream Sea Lotus had used its Dao Embryo, the effects were a lot more straightforward.
Plus the Aquadream Sea Lotus had used it very quickly in the fight while the Supreme elder had held on for very long.
'Wait… doesn't this mean… he isn't actually that proficient with his Dao Embryo?' Lin Mu realized.
A few ideas appeared on Lin Wu's mind as he continued resisting the power of the Dao Shell.
~Creak~
But eventually Lin Wu's blade started being pushed back slightly. If it were anyone else, they might have been startled by it and those that were actually seeing it were the same.
"Dammit! He can't go against a Dao Treading Realm expert, can he?" The Twin Lights Liger King said, feeling anxious.
"Hold on Senior! You can do it!" Wang Xiong said, feeling anxious too.
He held Ye Jin in his hand, who was already shivering non stop. This was not just due to the cold, but also due to the sheer amount of power that was being exerted.
Meanwhile, a certain someone was standing at the very border of the Frozen Cloud sect and watching the fight with a maniacal look.
"MASTER IS AMAZING! MASTER IS GODLY!" Tian Chu said, drool sliding down the side of her mouth.
Her eyes were basically sparkling at this scene, and she couldn't stop trembling.
"You mad woman! Why did you stop running!?" Tian Han shouted, seeing Tian Chu's actions.
He took a glance at the fight happening in the distance and shuddered.
'He's definitely not some normal beast. No beast should be this powerful.' Tian Han thought to himself.
Back at the area of the fight, Tim was watching the entire fight without blinking, his thoughts unknown.
~THUD~
All of a sudden, one of the hills nearby collapsed, unable to bear the force of the attacks.
"Surrender! And I might leave you a while corpse!" The Supreme elder threatened.
He felt his confidence returning as he saw that Lin Wu was still unable to push him back.
'Using my Dao Embryo now will push be back by years, but all this will be worth it. Just this beast's corpse will be priceless. Not to mention the bloodline essence that might be extracted from it.' The Supreme elder thought.
Lin Wu's value in his eyes had shot up after seeing his power and talent. A beast being able to use human cultivation techniques and skills was something completely unheard of in the Ming Dao world, not to mention a beast that could battle someone an entire cultivation realm above them.
'It even broke through in the middle of a battle. He was surely not at the Completion stage of the Dao Shell realm before this.' The Supreme elder understood.
He had sensed the changes in Lin Wu's spirit Qi fluctuation and that easily put him at least at the Completion stage.
'No, not just that… considering the sheer amount of spirit Qi he is able to mobilize, he is clearly stronger than most Shell expansion stage Dao Shell realm beings. And if it is this strong at this stage, then just how terrifying will it be at the Shell Expansion stage.' The Supreme elder thought, feeling a bit afraid of Lin Wu's talent.
'I surely can't let this beast live!' He decided.
"AHAHAHA!" But as a shock to him, Lin Wu suddenly started laughing.
"You know… I can offer you the same. Surrender now and I won't eat you… or at least I won't eat you raw." Lin Wu offered. "Don't worry, I'll give you a worthy marinate. I'll use a secret mix of eleven spirit herbs and spices. I'll coat you in the eggs of Dao Shell realm beasts and then coat you again the flour of the finest spirit wheat and corn. Finally, I'll fry you in the oil extracted from the best Spirit olives!"
"You… YOU!" The supreme elder was instantly infuriated. "YOU DARE MOCK ME!!!!!"
"I'm not mocking you. I'll really do all that. I even have special chefs who will take care of you and cook you with the greatest of skills!" Lin Wu proclaimed.
"AGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" The Supreme elder couldn't take it anymore and poured all of his power into his Dao Embryo.
But it was at this time that Lin Wu smirked.
'He fell for it…'
~POOF~
Lin Wu suddenly opened his mouth and spurted out a large amount of Dark Green liquid. The liquid immediately vaporised and doused the Supreme elder and his Dao Shell in him. His shouting even made it so that he accidentally ended up breathing in some of the Dark Green Vapors.
~Cough~
~cough~
The supreme elder couldn't help but coughharshly, feeling as if he had just breathed in knives into his lungs. This all pushed off his focus and he made a mistake in controlling his power.
~SPURT~
He ended up with a backlash from his power and spurted out blood.
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Chapter 720 – Dual 360 No Scope
In the thousands of years that he had cultivated, the supreme elder had evener expected that he would be thrown off by the words of an enemy. Not to mention when this enemy wasn't even a person with a glib tongue, but rather a beast of all things!
~cough~ ~COUGH~ COUGH!~
The Supreme elder continued to cough and every time he did he only spat out more blood.
"Y-you… What did you do to me?!" The Supreme elder spoke with difficulty.
"Well, you know what they say. You gotta prepare the meat and make sure it is well tenderized before you cook it. I'm just getting you ready to be marinated." Lin Wu replied. "I gave you a little pre-marination." He added.
The Supreme elder found himself at a loss for his words and couldn't even understand what Lin Wu was saying. They seemed unknown to him, and he just thought the beast was mocking him even more.
"I—" The Supreme elder wanted to curse but suddenly felt sharp pains spreading across his body.
It was like fine razors scraping across his blood, his meridians and even his heart. It was the worst kind of a pain he had felt and made him understand that he had been poisoned by something terrifying.
The Supreme elder had not seen Lin Wu use his poisons until now and was thus unaware of them. Lin Wu too had not used them from the start, knowing well that it would be a trump card when used at the right moment.
"You feel that?" Lin Wu continued to speak. "Feel those cuts inside your body? Those are good. It's just like when you put in cuts in meat to make sure the marinate penetrates deep inside. You will taste so good later."
"You— ~SPLAT~" The supreme elder suddenly felt another change in his body.
The razors that were tearing his insides were now threating to burst out from his body. In fact, a few of them had already shot out from the bleeding cuts he already had. And when he looked at them, he found them to be small blades that seemed to be formed from some kind of energy.
"Oh, don't worry. The process is just starting. When the entire thing is done, you will be the same as a slab of meat that went through a spiked meat tenderizer~" Lin Wu chuckled.
What Lin Wu had used earlier was one of his four poisons that he had. It was the Tearing Wind poison and was made due to the influence of Wind elemental proficiency Lin Wu had.
It was a poison that Lin Wu hadn't really used in a real battle and had only tested it out on some unfortunate subject. The results were rather gruesome and bloody in the end. But the tests also revealed the flaws of the Wind Tearing poison.
The biggest flaw of the Wind Tearing Poison was that it would only take effect if it actually entered the body of the target. Thus, the best way to use it was with the Venom Fang skill.
Using it with Poison breath would only made it dissipate easily and even if it touched the skin of someone it wouldn't do much. In fact, even if it touched a commoner with no cultivation whatsoever, they would be fine.
That was until they breathed it in, of course. Then the result would be entirely different.
This was also the reason why using it on beings with cultivation base would make it difficult since they could just hold their breath.
Lin Wu knew this very well and waited until he had the right opportunity. When he saw that even the Stellar Thundering Wind splitter was not enough to kill the supreme elder, he knew he would have to finds way to make him drop his guard.
Making him breathe it in would be the most important thing since he couldn't exactly move towards the man and bite him in this situation. The Supreme elder, being focused on his skill and being enraged, was the right combination needed to make him breathe it and also make him suffer from a backlash at the same time.
'The force is already easing up.' Lin Wu felt it on his tail.
The light of the Dao Embryo also dimmed down slightly. It would be hard for others to perceive it but Lin Wu could tell that very easily with his radiation perception. Just like the tribulation lightning bolts, Lin Wu could see transparent specs in the Dao Embryo along with the chill of ice that appeared blue.
The dark blue color of the Icicle turned a shade lighter, showing that its temperature had actually increased.
Lin Wu also watched the Supreme elder finding that his poison was already at its limits and about to reach the climax.
The supreme elder struggled to keep up the balance of his spirit Qi while also making sure that his Dao embryo was working. The poison ravaging his body also needed to be resisted or he might just die from that before Lin Wu killed him.
But before he could do much, he felt the pain spiking even more. The razors of poison pushed his flesh from the inside before his skin was unable to bear it any more.
~pew~ pew~pew~pew~ pew~
As if a grenade had exploded, the wind razors shot out from the supreme elder's body. They tore though his skin and vessels, turning him into a pin cushion man.
"AAHHHHHHHHH!!!!" The old man cried out in pain.
He had never expected today would be going like this and he would be suffering the worst injuries of his life.
'Even the fight against Patriarch Bing was nothing compared to this…' The supreme elder couldn't help but compare.
But this was the least of his worries, as his misfeature had not ended yet.
The pain had made him lose focus enough that his control of his spirit Qi wavered.
Which meant that…
~KACHA~
"There we go, HAHAHA!" Lin Wu roared upon seeing the Dao Shell finally cracking!
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