Book 4: Chapter 19: Leaving One’s Homeland |
Vol 4 Chapter 19: Leaving One’s Homeland
"This is the Indestructible Golden Body."
Within the Buddha Tower, Lin Jing stood up, his entire body glowing with golden Buddhist light. After a rudimentary entry into the Indestructible Golden Body, his defense had improved once again.
"Not only is my defense stronger—in this state, I also have greater resistance against all kinds of demonic and evil forces."
The Spell Spirit Origin Fungus, seeing that Lin Jing had finally learned it, wiped off imaginary sweat and flew back into his body.
Seeing this, Lin Jing mocked himself,
"Illusion art and golden body—does this make me a little Oscar statuette?"
Boom!
At that moment, an explosion echoed from far off in the Buddha Tower.
Over the past few months, both pet beasts had gained insights into the Dao of Obsession, and under Lin Jing’s arrangement, had begun applying them in real combat.
The rules: no use of monster core divine abilities.
And if Ice Soul Gu won, it could take ten percent of Pine Leaf Mouse’s hoarded spirit stones for its own cultivation.
With this rule in place, Pine Leaf Mouse’s eyes were bloodshot. Its spiritual energy recovery rate had skyrocketed—after all, without being able to use monster core divine abilities, it didn’t hold much advantage over Ice Soul Gu.
Its hoarded treasures... were at real risk of being lost.
As for Ice Soul Gu, it didn’t care much about that ten percent. It simply believed that, under these rules, it had a real chance of defeating Pine Leaf Mouse.
After being used as a refrigerator by Pine Leaf Mouse so many times, it just wanted to win for once and finally feel proud. This obsession greatly boosted its power, and the battle between the two turned especially brutal.
"This is the Dao of Obsession. Before, they did have obsessions, but it didn’t really enhance their power. Now, with obsession involved, they both gain nearly ten percent in power—that level of enhancement is terrifying."
"In the future, before sending Pine Leaf Mouse into battle, maybe I could set a punishment—if it loses, it has to use up all the resources it’s hoarded... not confiscated, just forced to use them to enhance its strength. But even if it’s for personal use, for a hoarder like it, that’s probably a doomsday scenario, right?" Lin Jing’s head was full of wicked thoughts.
"Act like a person, will you? The Dao of Obsession isn’t for bullying your pets." The Ghost Bride appeared beside him.
She also looked at the city turned to ruins from the fight.
In its Demon King true form, Pine Leaf Mouse stood over a hundred meters tall, like a small mountain, its body covered in all kinds of malignant plants—it looked like a monster.
Ice Soul Gu, meanwhile, had parasitized the corpse of a Crab Demon King, fighting from within.
Perhaps influenced by its youth, Pine Leaf Mouse’s fighting style still leaned heavily toward mechanized arts. On its shoulders were two wooden cannons, modeled after the Water Cannon Turtle, constantly firing explosive pinecones.
Each pinecone had power on par with a self-detonated monster core, forming massive fireballs that rose into mushroom clouds. Facing this terrifying firepower, the ice-based Ice Soul Gu suffered endlessly, having to stimulate the Crab Demon King’s physical body with lightning energy to stay mobile, darting around the city like a bolt of lightning.
Even then, it couldn’t avoid the shockwaves and was injured multiple times.
However, despite its overwhelming firepower, Pine Leaf Mouse’s movement speed in true form was limited, making it a live target for Ice Soul Gu.
Heavenly lightning repeatedly struck Pine Leaf Mouse’s head, leaving black scorch marks and cracks across its body.
Yet both sides had incredible defense. Pine Leaf Mouse’s wooden body was made of Diamondwood. Whether it was defense or regeneration, it was top-tier. Ice Soul Gu’s lightning strikes couldn’t cause critical damage.
As for Su Ying Gu, piloting the body of a peak Demon King from Poseidon Palace, it had thoroughly protected its core. Even when the host body got damaged, it could slowly regenerate using frost power.
All for the sake of not losing... The two had already fought for several days without a victor, and they had burned through an unknown amount of spirit-replenishing pills.
"Stop." Ice Soul Gu called off the battle with Pine Leaf Mouse and Lin Jing.
Beside them, the Ghost Bride also agreed—it was crude, but this could be considered a successful initiation into the Dao of Obsession.
"Sigh..."
Hearing the order to stop, Pine Leaf Mouse sighed in relief and quickly returned to its small, nimble form to rest. Ice Soul Gu remained inside the Ice Crab, somewhat frustrated.
A pure ice-type Demon King corpse simply couldn’t let it unleash its full potential...
As expected, human pets were still more effective. It looked up at the Fortune Gold List in the sky, itching to pick a few from the continent’s top 100 prodigies.
"It’s about time."
The test for inheriting the Golden Light Gu was about to end. Lin Jing had already decided to attempt sealing the Ghost Bride into the Buddha-Demon Pearl.
Even with the Ghost Bride’s cooperation, Lin Jing wasn’t completely confident, so he had to leave some buffer time.
Just as Lin Jing looked at the Ghost Bride, ready to have her fulfill the contract, the Tiger Fang he carried suddenly shook.
In the next moment, a terrifying aura that made the Ghost Bride’s pupils shrink slowly spilled out. Startled, she immediately dove underground. At the same time, the Thunder Dragon Ancestor within the Buddha Tower also snapped open his eyes.
"Your Majesty the Demon Emperor."
"Demon Emperor?" Lin Jing held up the Tiger Fang. A projection of the Little Demon Emperor appeared on it.
"Lin Jing." Then, the projection spoke with a mature voice that didn’t match the figure.
"Your Majesty the Demon Emperor—has it ended on Dragon Carp’s side?" Lin Jing asked respectfully, but he hadn’t sensed that Dragon Carp had successfully refined the Immortal-Burying Fire or reached Nascent Soul.
"There’s just something I need to tell you."
The Demon Emperor’s projection paced mid-air, hands behind her back, wearing a thoughtful expression.
"Did any of you just sense the anomaly in the Tianyuan Realm?"
"Anomaly? No." Lin Jing shook his head.
The Demon Emperor looked at him. "The matter you reported to me... it might be happening soon. Not long ago, all the Dao-Seeking experts of the Tianyuan Continent sensed an external force trying to enter. It’s very likely... the invaders from the Demonic Sky Realm."
Lin Jing’s heart skipped a beat. So soon?
"To prepare for the worst-case scenario, the Second Ancient Emperor has proposed a plan."
The Demon Emperor then explained everything about the Tianyuan Fire Seed plan—to send ten prodigies into the Origin Realm for cultivation—as proposed by the Second Ancient Emperor.
After listening, Lin Jing stood in thought. "Origin Realm... Your Majesty means I should try to compete for one of those spots?"
The Demon Emperor’s eyes gleamed. "If the Demonic Sky Realm invades, you’ll absolutely be one of their primary assassination targets—not only because of your Longevity Body, but because you’ve mastered beast transformation techniques. The revival of the demon race would greatly strengthen both the beast race and Tianyuan as a whole. To prevent that, you are someone they must eliminate."
"So, I still want you to go to the Origin Realm. What do you think? Are you willing to temporarily leave the Tianyuan Realm... and go far away?"