Chapter 2

Whistling...

The cold wind howled, the moon was dark, and the night was stormy. This was a dead land, filled with a heavy aura of death, desolate and uninhabited for a hundred miles, all covered with towering graves.

Perhaps due to the long passage of time, the aura of death had condensed, and the cold wind rolled, transforming this place into a true dead land where no cultivator dared to step in on a regular day.

At this moment, in the center of the graveyard, a mirror emitting a faint, ancient light floated continuously. The mirror was only palm-sized but exuded an ancient aura.

Strands of light hung down from the mirror, and within that light, something seemed to be wriggling.

Lin Mu looked at his ethereal, almost non-existent body, finding it hard to adapt for a moment, or rather, he now had no body, no breath, and felt as if he would scatter with the slightest breeze.

"I was already killed by Yu Fengshuang, why hasn't my soul been extinguished?"

Lin Mu had just awakened and realized that he was now just a soul. According to logic, he should have been completely annihilated by Yu Fengshuang's palm.

Lin Mu looked at the ancient light surrounding him. He could hear the howling wind outside, but it didn't touch his soul at all, clearly because of the protection of the light.

Lin Mu raised his head and saw the ancient mirror floating above him, unable to help but be startled. This mirror was not unfamiliar to him.

"It's this mirror. I opened the space-time tunnel in the forbidden area because I picked up this mirror."

Lin Mu was amazed. This mirror was something he had obtained on Earth and had brought with him here. Now, it seemed that this mirror was incredibly mysterious and extraordinary.

Lin Mu suddenly thought that the powerful suction force in the space-time tunnel had instantly torn apart his companions, while he had arrived in this world unscathed. Now, it was clear that this must have been related to the mirror.

"So what if it's mysterious? I'm still just a soul."

Lin Mu gave a bitter smile, thinking of Lan Ling'er.

"The Soul-Attracting Pill can only ensure that Ling'er won't die for ten years. What will happen after ten years? And now I'm in this state, what can I do?"

Lin Mu felt a knot in his heart, but this knot only lasted for a moment before he temporarily put it aside.

As a modern war king, his mental fortitude was far beyond what ordinary people could imagine.

Recollecting his thoughts, Lin Mu then examined his surroundings. When he saw where he was, his soul couldn't help but shiver again.

"Why did this mirror bring me to such a ghostly place?"

Graves covered the mountains and fields, and the cold wind at night made this a typical ghostly place. Lin Mu was eager to leave, but with the light from the mirror enveloping him, he couldn't control his soul at all, unable to move even an inch.

"What's there to fear? I'm just a soul now, not much different from a ghost."

Recognizing his current situation, Lin Mu quickly adapted to this environment. In other words, he was already a dead man, except that the mirror had kept his soul from dissipating.

After bringing Lin Mu to this place, the mysterious mirror stopped there, and this stop lasted for more than an hour.

In the midst of countless graves, a solitary soul stood in the cold wind, a scene of utmost desolation.

Suddenly, the cold wind stopped, and the entire graveyard fell into a deathly silence. Not far from Lin Mu, a bit of dark green light began to float.

"Ghost fire."

Lin Mu was startled. This ghost fire was not unfamiliar to him. Ghost fire was a superstitious term, also known as phosphorescence, often appearing in eerie graveyards.

What surprised Lin Mu was that each of the ghost fires was as large as a fist, dark green and eerie. He clearly perceived that the ghost fires were wriggling.

"This is definitely not ordinary ghost fire."

Lin Mu knew that this was a very strange world, where even the legendary demons and monsters truly existed.

His soul stared intently at the floating ghost fires. At this moment, the mirror above his head moved. The mirror slightly turned and brought his soul closer to the ghost fires.

The ghost fires, as if they had a spirit, were very afraid of the mysterious mirror and slowly drifted away. However, they were clearly not as fast as the mirror, which caught up with them in an instant.

Lin Mu clearly saw a force of suction surge from the mirror, and in an instant, more than a dozen ghost fires were swallowed by the mirror.

The mirror, having absorbed the ghost fires, rotated even faster. Just as Lin Mu was puzzled, green light shot out from the mirror and entered his soul.

Lin Mu knew that this green light was the previous ghost fire, but the feeling was different. The green light fused into his soul, and Lin Mu clearly felt that his soul had grown significantly, even giving him a very comfortable feeling.

"My soul has grown. It turns out that the ghost fires contained undying souls, and the mirror extracted pure soul power to strengthen my divine soul."

Lin Mu couldn't help but feel a surge of joy. He now had no physical body, only a soul. The stronger his soul, the better it was for him.

More and more ghost fires appeared, covering the sky and fields. Such a scene would probably scare anyone to death, but at this moment, Lin Mu was excited and wanted to shout. Under the guidance of the mirror, his divine soul continuously grew.

The mirror unleashed its power, and boundless suction force shot out from it, swallowing all the ghost fires within a hundred miles. Then, pure soul power was absorbed by Lin Mu, making his divine soul grow immensely.

The mirror operated for more than an hour, swallowing all the ghost fires in the entire graveyard and fusing them into Lin Mu's soul.

At this moment, it was clear that Lin Mu's soul emitted a green glow. Although it was still extremely ethereal, it was no longer insubstantial and felt unusually heavy.

Whoosh!

Lin Mu waved his ethereal arm, and a faint sound of breaking the air was produced. This surprised and excited him, as his ethereal soul could actually cause the external air to fluctuate.

Lin Mu naturally didn't know how much benefit this change in his soul would bring him in the future.

After swallowing all the ghost fires, the mirror immediately took Lin Mu away from there, wandering through the mountains. Although he had no body, Lin Mu still felt a sense of clarity and freshness, and the growth of his divine soul made him feel less insignificant.

He didn't know where he was or where the mirror was taking him. Everywhere he went, there were no signs of human habitation, only mountains.

Night, day, day, night!

Ten days later, the mirror brought Lin Mu into a vast wilderness. With his divine soul grown, Lin Mu was no longer afraid of sunlight.

"Where is the mirror taking me?"

Lin Mu was puzzled, but he had already gotten used to solitude. Even if he continued to walk for another month, he could endure it. Of course, he had to endure it, as he was now just a soul.

A day later, the mirror brought Lin Mu to a sandy hill in the vast wilderness. The mysterious mirror circled the hill once, and with a flash of light, it descended directly.

Whoosh!

The scene changed instantly. Beneath the hill, there was a space about ten meters in diameter. In the center of this space, a coffin made entirely of crystal was placed, and there was nothing else.

The mirror rotated and came to the side of the crystal coffin. Lin Mu saw that inside the coffin, a body lay quietly. The body looked to be around thirty years old, very robust, and although it had been dead for a long time, the flesh was intact, showing no signs of decay. Lin Mu even sensed that the blood inside the body had not dried up.

"To be able to keep the body unchanged after death, this person must have had profound cultivation, probably at least a Tianhua Realm expert."

Lin Mu thought to himself. After a month of contact with Lan Ling'er, he knew about the cultivation levels here: Body Refinement Realm, Meridian Condensation Realm, Essence Condensation Realm, Tianhua Realm, and the Three Martial Realms.

The body in front of him, which remained unchanged after death, was probably at least a Tianhua Realm expert.

"Why did the mirror bring me to see a dead person?"

Lin Mu was puzzled, but at this moment, a stream of information surged from the mirror and fused into his soul.

"Great Devouring Technique, an ancient secret technique."

This information was an ancient supreme secret technique. The information clearly stated that the Great Devouring Technique required a powerful divine soul to be performed, making it a true divine soul technique.

"Great Devouring Technique, capable of devouring heaven and earth."

The information described a soul technique so domineering that it was unimaginable. Lin Mu was instantly overwhelmed with excitement upon receiving this information. He didn't care if it could devour heaven and earth; he was excited because the mirror indicated that what he needed to do was one of the powerful aspects of the Great Devouring Technique.

Great Devouring Technique, Rebirth of the Physical Body!