Chapter 71

Wang Lin pondered for a moment, then pointed his right hand at the spiritual mist that had merged with the vine's fierce spirit root. The spiritual mist immediately swelled, rolling and writhing strangely.

Immediately after, the blood sphere shot out and drilled into the spiritual mist, quickly dissolving. Gradually, the spiritual mist began to contract. Then, the flesh sphere and bone sphere successively merged into the spiritual mist.

At this point, the shape of the spiritual mist had changed significantly, shrinking into a ring shape, emitting a soft glow as it floated in mid-air.

Wang Lin took a deep breath. He knew that the final step of the Base Seizing Technique had arrived. He focused his mind and controlled the last soul sphere, slowly merging it into the ring.

After a long while, the ring suddenly emitted a dazzling light. Wang Lin's eyes flashed, and he bit his tongue, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood. The moment the blood touched the ring, it sizzled and vanished in an instant.

After the ring absorbed the blood, it trembled violently, emitting waves of pressure. All living beings within a hundred miles instantly sensed the abnormality in the area.

Several powerful auras emerged from the forest, rushing quickly toward Wang Lin's location.

Wang Lin didn't blink, and with a wave of his hand, the ring shot toward him and merged into his chest. A vast surge of spiritual energy filled his body, and his complexion immediately turned rosy.

Wang Lin took a deep breath, moved his body, and shot out of the tree cave like an arrow, disappearing into the depths of the forest after a few flashes.

Not long after he left, a huge python suddenly emerged from the nearby forest, revealing its massive head. After sniffing the area, it showed a puzzled expression, shook its head, and slithered away.

Next, a giant ape, over ten feet tall, appeared with a flash, entered the tree cave, and searched for a while before reluctantly leaving.

Several other powerful beasts came, but they all returned puzzled.

Wang Lin ran through the forest. His body was filled with an extremely dense spiritual energy. Additionally, every pore on his skin continuously excreted a foul-smelling black substance.

A tearing sensation constantly came from within his body, and Wang Lin frowned, suddenly stopping. After walking in a circle, his eyes flashed, and he cast the Gravity Spell at the ground. The surging spiritual energy in his body immediately surged out.

The earth's soil, as if moved by two invisible hands, quickly pushed to the sides, forming a deep pit in no time.

Without a word, Wang Lin jumped into the pit. The surrounding soil quickly returned, and soon the area was calm, showing no signs of abnormality.

Sitting cross-legged underground, Wang Lin focused his mind and began to organize the spiritual energy within his body. His body rapidly changed, advancing toward the Foundation Establishment stage.

With the surrounding area abnormally quiet, in this undisturbed underground depth, Wang Lin began his third seclusion.

Time passed swiftly, and three years went by in the blink of an eye.

The ground where Wang Lin was in seclusion was covered with thick layers of decaying leaves, and various venomous creatures and insects frequently crawled in and out.

One day, the earth suddenly trembled, and countless venomous creatures and insects quickly crawled out of the decaying leaves. Then, the soil on the ground rapidly pushed to the sides, and a completely black figure emerged from underground.

The moment the figure appeared, the surrounding insects immediately emitted terrified hisses and quickly retreated.

"This Base Seizing Technique is indeed miraculous; I have finally reached the Foundation Establishment stage." This figure was none other than Wang Lin, who had been in seclusion for three years.

Wang Lin's eyes were like lightning, and he emitted a powerful spiritual energy. He opened his mouth and spat out a green light, and a green small sword appeared before him, shimmering.

Wang Lin's eyes flashed, and he pointed his right hand, causing the sword scabbard in his storage bag to slowly rise into the air. His expression remained calm as he muttered to himself, "This sword scabbard has been refined for three years and is almost complete. When used with the flying sword, the effect will certainly be extraordinary."

After putting away the sword scabbard and the flying sword, Wang Lin stood still, pondering for a moment, and touched the mysterious bead on his chest. He thought to himself, "Situ's essence of the yuan ying was greatly depleted three years ago, especially after he used a spell to conceal the curse while I was in seclusion, leaving him extremely weak. He has been in a deep sleep for more than two years, and I don't know when he will awaken. Fortunately, I have memorized all the techniques of the Netherworld Ascension Formula. The most important thing now is to find an extremely yin place to cultivate the Netherworld Ascension Formula."

After making up his mind, Wang Lin took a deep breath, scanned the area with his divine sense, and quickly moved north. Soon, he arrived at a river in the forest and carefully washed himself, finally cleaning off the black grime from his body, feeling refreshed and invigorated.

Sitting on a stone by the river, Wang Lin reflected on his past experiences, feeling deeply moved. He didn't know if Zhang Hu was alive or dead and silently prayed that Zhang Hu could escape this disaster.

Sighing lightly, Wang Lin collected his thoughts, his eyes filled with contemplation. After a long while, he made a hand seal and cast a white light. The moment the white light appeared, its color changed to gray, deepening rapidly as it flashed and shot toward the west.

Wang Lin was startled. The spell he had cast, taught to him by Situ Nan, was specifically used to find an extremely yin place. The deeper the color, the closer it was to the extremely yin place. When it turned completely black, it indicated that the extremely yin place had been found.

Without hesitation, Wang Lin immediately followed the now completely gray guiding light, swiftly moving through the forest. The gray light deepened in color and, the moment it turned completely black, it vanished with a pop.

Suddenly, Wang Lin stopped, staring blankly at the scene before him, too shocked to speak.

Before him lay an endless wasteland. He couldn't see the end, and most of the buildings he could see were collapsed. Countless entangled plants covered the entire wasteland.

The wasteland was overgrown with weeds, and animal droppings were scattered everywhere. Small beasts, some with minor injuries, ran around, occasionally emitting cries.

The ground was cracked with deep fissures, like open mouths ready to swallow life, revealing a terrifying face.

Large metal debris stood erect, forming a scene of a post-apocalyptic wasteland. The monotonous gray and the green of the plants intertwined, exuding a sense of despair that was heart-wrenching.

Wang Lin took a deep breath, gazing at the wasteland, feeling deeply shaken.

At that moment, a bright light suddenly flashed on a tall piece of debris in the wasteland, followed by a white beam of light shooting down.

Wang Lin was startled, his expression changing slightly as he turned to look at the nearby forest. He saw a small, blood-soaked beast struggling to crawl out and limping toward the location where the beam of light had landed. Its right leg had a deep wound, revealing white bone. As it crawled, a deep trail of blood followed behind it.

After a long while, it finally reached the beam of light and let out a joyful cry. Its right leg healed at an incredible speed, the entire process taking only a few seconds, and the small beast was completely healed.

It shook its body in joy, walked out of the beam of light, and gradually disappeared into the distance.

The beam of light continued to condense, and Wang Lin was deeply shaken, unable to speak.

At that moment, the beam of light turned into specks of silver light and dissipated. Wang Lin pondered for a moment and continued to observe from the side. After half an hour, the beam of light reappeared.

This cycle repeated several times. Wang Lin observed for a whole day and finally noticed a pattern.

Based on Wang Lin's judgment, the appearance of the beam of light was definitely related to sunlight. Despite the area being a wasteland, some magical artifacts still retained their function, absorbing sunlight and displaying a miraculous scene.

Moreover, many wild beasts knew that the beam of light could heal injuries. In the time Wang Lin observed, he saw no fewer than twenty injured beasts come to this place.

As the sky grew darker, Wang Lin calculated the time for the last beam of light to appear. Without hesitation, he stepped forward and extended his hand into the beam of light. A warm current immediately enveloped his hand. This current was not spiritual energy but a substance Wang Lin was unfamiliar with.

Feeling the current, Wang Lin's eyes flashed, and he immediately cut a wound on his arm, then extended his hand into the beam of light again. Inside the beam, the wound healed at an incredible speed, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Wang Lin pondered for a moment, then quickly moved through the wasteland, reaching the base of the tall debris that emitted the beam of light in no time.

This was a massive, cylindrical stone debris. From the outside, it was clear that it had broken in the middle, though it was mostly collapsed, its former grandeur was still evident. Two giant statues, each holding a massive sword, stood on either side, with a tower-like structure about thirty feet long pressing down on them.

Wang Lin gazed at the debris, and a scene involuntarily appeared in his mind: a towering tower, in the midst of a sudden disaster, breaking in the middle, the top crashing down onto the statues on either side.

The light was emitted from a stone bead about two zhang in diameter at the top of the tower.

Looking at the stone bead, Wang Lin hesitated. The object was too large to carry away, and he had not fully understood the principle behind its healing ability. If he forcibly removed it, he didn't know if it would lose its effect.

After much consideration, Wang Lin did not act rashly but instead wandered and observed the wasteland. Gradually, his expression became strange. He inspected several places and discovered an anomaly.

In some relatively well-preserved houses in the wasteland, he found some intact porcelain on the ground, some of which still contained black substances.

As the sky grew darker, Wang Lin did not dare to stay in the area at night and quickly moved toward the forest. Just as complete darkness descended, Wang Lin left the wasteland, standing outside and staring at it, his eyes flashing.