Chapter 1589: Ancient Mystery: Severing the True Self

Thus, through repeated verification, he cast this Immobilization Technique, using it to freeze their Divine Sense and thoughts, or rather, to seal off his own thoughts so they could not be sensed by others.

Taking advantage of this split second, he rapidly deduced in his mind and calculated a result.

Wang Lin dared not be certain if the other party might gain an advantage if his thoughts lingered too long, so he let his mind go completely blank for just an instant, without a single thought turning.

As their bodies descended, the very instant they were about to fall to the ground, the Immobilization Technique on both of them dissipated simultaneously. In the moment it vanished, both acted in unison; instead of retreating, a cold glint flashed in their eyes, and they immediately launched a frenzied attack against each other.

Roars echoed as the two, in a short span of time, unleashed over a dozen identical Divine Abilities, including Bai Fan's immortal arts, Qing Shui's techniques, and the self-created Daoist Magic that Wang Lin had comprehended.

Under these various Divine Abilities, roars surged, shaking the heavens and earth and echoing in all directions, causing this dim sky to remain perpetually filled with constant rumbling.

Among them, both even unleashed their full power with the Fire Origin and Thunder Origin. However, the final result was mutual injury; both spat out several mouthfuls of blood, their expressions growing increasingly gloomy, with an even more dim and withered appearance.

With a loud boom, Wang Lin retreated rapidly, panting. This short battle made him feel extremely difficult, and he even faintly sensed that troublesome feeling others felt when they encountered him.

He possessed an Ancient God Physical Body, and so did the white-haired youth. He was at the Third Step Void Spirit Middle Stage of cultivation, and the white-haired youth was the same.

Wang Lin had even brought out a Magic Treasure, but to his shock, the white-haired youth had also brought out a Magic Treasure. Because of this, Wang Lin immediately stopped bringing out any Magic Treasure. He faintly realized that everything about the other party originated from him.

"It's useless. I am you; you cannot kill me!" The white-haired youth stopped his retreat, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and laughed ferociously.

Wang Lin did not speak, but the cold, murderous intent in his eyes grew stronger. Stopping his retreat, he charged forward again, his speed like a rainbow, rushing out with a roar.

The white-haired youth's eyes revealed mockery, and he also took a step forward, heading straight for Wang Lin.

With a boom, the two approached each other again. Divine Abilities filled the air, palms clashed, and after receiving identical injuries, they were knocked apart again. But as soon as they were separated, Wang Lin would let out a low roar and charge forward once more.

This cycle repeated once, twice, three times… until after more than a dozen times, there were no thoughts left in their minds. All that remained was a surge of frenzied killing intent. Wang Lin's eyes were already bloodshot, and the white-haired youth's eyes were equally red with madness.

"Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!!" Wang Lin roared as he formed Hand Seals with both hands. The Thunder Origin permeated the air, transforming into endless lightning that roared forth.

The white-haired youth roared, uttering the same words, with the same lightning permeating the air, and charged toward Wang Lin in the same manner.

In an instant, the two collided for the nineteenth time. Amidst the roar, both sides' lightning clashed, creating a heaven-shaking tremor that caused both their bodies to tremble, their right eyes almost on the verge of collapse.

As he retreated, Wang Lin let out a great roar toward the sky, his eyes closing directly. His whole body was enveloped in the Dao of True and False. Once his eyes were closed, everything in the world became false.

The white-haired youth also roared toward the sky, closing his eyes and becoming immersed in the True and False.

But the very instant he closed his eyes, Wang Lin suddenly opened his. Within his open eyes, there was not a hint of madness, but rather absolute calmness, as if everything before had been deliberately acted out, and even that madness had been entirely false.

The white-haired youth's mind shook, all his senses reeling. His expression changed drastically for the first time, and for the first time, his body's movements were different from Wang Lin's. He retreated rapidly, desperately trying to open his eyes while falling back.

But Wang Lin had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time; how could he let him succeed? Wang Lin took a step forward, raised his right hand into a palm, and pressed it directly onto the white-haired youth's chest, hooking his hand and pulling outward with a violent yank.

"Karma Seal!"

As the Origin was extracted, the white-haired youth let out a shrill scream, spat out blood, and struggled to open his eyes. But the moment his eyes opened, Wang Lin's left hand, containing life, slammed down onto the white-haired youth's brow.

In the moment it landed, Wang Lin's right hand, having absorbed the previously extracted Origin, slammed down onto the white-haired youth's brow again with a boom. This palm strike contained the Qi of death!

"Life and Death Seal!"

"Impossible!!!" The white-haired youth's face turned pale. Within his wide-open eyes, there was an expression of disbelief. He spat out a large mouthful of blood and retreated continuously, his body on the verge of collapse.

All of this happened in an extremely short amount of time. The moment the Karma and Life and Death Seals severely wounded the white-haired youth, Wang Lin closed his eyes directly, and the instant he stepped forward to pursue, he opened his eyes, his gaze terrifyingly calm.

His gaze fell upon the white-haired youth, causing the white-haired youth's mind to shake. A sense of fear actually arose in him. He hesitated, not knowing whether to close his eyes as well. If he closed them, and the opponent once again strangely vanished from his senses just as before, it would be a catastrophe for him!

But if he did not close them, and the opponent's Dao of True and False was real, he would also be severely wounded by the Dao of True and False.

In the time it took to hesitate, Wang Lin's eyes closed while they had been open. In the moment he closed his eyes, everything in the world within his mind was false. He raised his right hand and swung it violently in front of him.

The white-haired youth let out a shrill scream, his body retreating rapidly. His whole body roared incessantly, and he spat out blood continuously. His white clothes were already stained red. As he retreated, he headed straight for that water curtain barrier.

Under the influence of the Dao of True and False, his body became blurred, appearing as if it could dissipate at any moment, but he forcibly endured it. His screams were heart-wrenching.

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible! I can replicate everything about you. Your memories, your thoughts are all laid bare before me. There is nothing I do not know, nothing I do not know!!!!

You cannot deceive me, you cannot deceive me! I am you, unless you can… you can deceive yourself first… I understand now… The Dao of Deception!!!

Damn it, this is Liu Jinbiao's Dao of Deception!!!" The white-haired youth roared repeatedly in realization, but his body rushed toward the water curtain barrier with even greater speed. As long as he returned inside the barrier, he would no longer fear Wang Lin. He knew that as long as the opponent had not killed him, he would absolutely be unable to enter that barrier, which was like a water curtain ripple.

It was indeed as the white-haired youth said; everything Wang Lin did before was the Dao of Deception! He first used constant attacks to trade for a Divine Ability that could be cast without suspicion, using this technique to gain a split second to rapidly deduce everything in his mind.

This deduction was actually not the point. The point was to allow Wang Lin, in that instant, to secretly cast the Dream Dao technique, using the Dream Dao to transform into the Dao of Deception, putting himself as if into a slumber, deceiving himself after the Immobilization Technique was lifted.

In those repeated, extremely tragic clashes, with the two constantly colliding, everything about Wang Lin was within the Dao of Deception. It was as if his mind had split into two: one self that had been deceived was fighting crazily against the white-haired youth, while the other calm and composed self was searching for an opportunity to kill!

This opportunity was the moment just now when the white-haired youth thought Wang Lin was about to unleash the Dao of True and False, and he had closed his own eyes as well!

All of this had been deduced by him in that instant when he used the Immobilization Technique, and he had implemented it without hesitation, ultimately resulting in this outcome.

If not for this, it would have been even more difficult to completely kill this Tribulation of the True Self, which was identical to him and had almost no differences. Even so, Wang Lin still had no way to destroy the white-haired youth's body in an extremely short amount of time. Wang Lin felt deeply how difficult this person was to kill; fighting himself was a feeling he was very unaccustomed to.

Right now, the white-haired youth had figured out the cause and effect almost instantly, which made Wang Lin's pupils shrink. He watched as the other party was retreating rapidly toward the barrier that was like a water curtain.

Once the other party entered the barrier, having understood Wang Lin's methods, this person would become even more troublesome. For the white-haired youth, he would only make a mistake once; he would never be fooled a second time!

Staring at the white-haired youth's rapidly retreating figure, cold light flickered in Wang Lin's eyes. He absolutely would not allow the other party to escape. He must kill this person!

He did not use any Divine Ability to stop the other party, as even a Divine Ability, or even the Immobilization Technique, could not act as a real deterrent. In the instant the white-haired youth was about to enter the barrier, Wang Lin gritted his teeth. A look of decisiveness appeared in his eyes, and without hesitation, he raised his right hand and slammed it directly onto his right leg.

As this palm strike landed, his right leg shook and became a bloody mess, the bones emitting a creaking sound of unbearable pressure, as if they were about to snap. At the same time, the white-haired youth's shrill scream erupted abruptly, and his right leg was seen twisting, flesh and blood collapsing, unexpectedly appearing with an injury identical to Wang Lin's.

This scene was just as if Wang Lin's palm strike had landed on his right leg.

"How could you understand so quickly, you…" The white-haired youth's eyes revealed terror, and he spat out blood. He was already severely wounded, and now that his right leg had shattered, his body staggered, and his speed inevitably slowed down.

In the instant his pace slowed down, Wang Lin's body flickered forward violently. His figure was like a bolt of heavenly thunder, and amidst the heaven-shaking roars, he charged directly in front of the white-haired youth and crashed through his body.

With a loud boom, the white-haired youth's body collapsed directly, splitting into pieces and dissipating completely. Following his dissipation, the water curtain barrier that had blocked Wang Lin from entering twisted and dispersed.

Wang Lin did not rush forward but stood there, closing his eyes. He circulated his cultivation within his body, concentrating his Ancient God Power in his right leg, and relying on his powerful Third Step Void Spirit Middle Stage cultivation and the Ancient God's astonishing recovery power, he rapidly healed his wounds.

A moment later, Wang Lin's eyes suddenly opened, and he took a step forward, stepping into the dispersed water curtain barrier. But the moment half of his foot stepped into the water curtain, Wang Lin's body suddenly paused.

He… saw it!