Chapter 188: The True Legacy

The man standing atop the ten-thousand-zhang creature suddenly turned his head toward the spot where Wang Lin had vanished, a strange look crossing his face as he muttered internally, "Impossible…"

The moment Wang Lin entered the Rift, the three Storage Pouches on his chest—which held the Senior's and the other ten people's Natal Magical Artifacts, Top-Grade Spirit Stones, and Beast-Taming Rings—flickered simultaneously.

However, the flickering immediately dimmed after he entered the Rift, as if obstructed by an invisible force.

In fact, Wang Lin knew long ago that given the schemes of the Senior and the others, they wouldn't just hand over the items for free; they must have secretly left behind some tricks to use at any time, achieving an effect of indirect control.

Therefore, after obtaining these items, Wang Lin remained extremely cautious and decided to use the blank zone within the Rift that blocked Divine Sense as a means of escape.

The instant Wang Lin's body entered the Rift, the Senior's expression changed, clearly sensing that his Divine Sense was being obstructed.

At this moment, Tuo Sen's mockery deepened. He let out a low shout, and his right index finger slashed across the Void Realm. Immediately, a ring of red light suddenly appeared and spread outwards. Following this, his right hand continued without pause, drawing countless rings of light that swept grandly outward.

The Irregular Shape surrounding him immediately began to tremble violently. The Senior had no time to worry about Wang Lin and quickly concentrated his Qi and spirit to control the Irregular Shape.

As for the Long-Haired Man with Diamond Eyes standing atop the ten-thousand-zhang creature, he pondered briefly, then slapped his forehead without a word. His body instantly split into two. One part suddenly rushed out, and the moment it touched the periphery of the Irregular Shape formed by the ten people, he formed a Hand Seal with both hands, muttered to himself, and his body charged straight in without any obstruction.

After successfully entering, his eyes flickered, and he clenched his hands into fists. Immediately, a Phantom Spear appeared in his grasp. The appearance of this spear was identical to Tuo Sen's God-Slaying Spear, but it was merely an illusion.

Yet the pressure emanating from it was not inferior in the slightest. After the Phantom Spear appeared, this person immediately charged forward with the spear, battling Tuo Sen.

Outside the Irregular Shape, this person's other Clone floated to the side, constantly changing Hand Seals. Purple Lightning Orbs gradually condensed outside his body as his Hand Seals shifted.

These Lightning Orbs grew more numerous, with streaks of purple lightning flashing and connecting within them, emitting waves of destructive aura.

Although this person kept forming Hand Seals, his diamond-pupiled eyes secretly swept over the location of a certain scale on the ten-thousand-zhang creature before meticulously observing his surroundings.

All of this happened in an extremely short period, almost the instant Wang Lin's body vanished into the Rift. Just as the Senior turned around and focused all his attention on maintaining and reinforcing the Irregular Shape, another Rift suddenly appeared outside the coiling Snake Formation of the ten-thousand-zhang creature.

An agile figure suddenly rushed out from within the Rift.

In this instant, the Senior and the Long-Haired Man with Diamond Eyes immediately sensed it. The Senior's face showed a hint of viciousness. Using two minds at once, he stabilized the Irregular Shape while raising his right hand, his index finger about to point across the Void Realm at the figure emerging from the Rift. Suddenly, his expression froze, and a cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: he didn't sense any aura of a Natal Magical Artifact from that phantom figure.

As for the man with the diamond eyes, he didn't even look. He waved his right hand, and a small portion of the Lightning Orbs beside him suddenly escaped via Lightning Escape, blasting toward the figure that had rushed out of the Rift.

But soon, he frowned, controlling the attacking Lightning Orbs from afar to change direction. However, just then, the agile figure suddenly sped up, not dodging but instead charging toward the Lightning Orbs.

The agile figure was extremely fast and instantly collided with the Lightning Orbs. Amidst the booming sounds, the figure immediately dispersed, turning into numerous palm-sized small beasts, all of which vanished into smoke under the bombardment of the Lightning Orbs.

At the same time, the moment the lightning struck and roared, four streams of black hurricane suddenly rushed out from within the Rift.

The hurricanes buzzed, seemingly concealing human figures. The diamond-eyed man's eyes flashed with a strange light. After a careful look, a trace of mockery appeared at the corner of his mouth. In his opinion, apart from some chaotic Divine Sense, there was no trace of Wang Lin within these hurricanes; it was clearly all meant to confuse people.

He waved his right hand, and immediately, another portion of the Lightning Orbs flew out from beside him. This time, he bypassed the four whirlwinds, aiming the Lightning Orbs at the Rift itself.

As for the Senior, he had the same idea, pointing his right hand toward the Rift.

In this way, the four hurricanes successfully rushed out and rapidly flew toward the location of the ten-thousand-zhang creature. Soon, the hurricanes arrived outside the creature.

Just then, the Lightning Orbs had already bombarded the Rift. Amidst bursts of roaring, the Rift slowly shrank and finally vanished completely.

The man with the diamond eyes was stunned. Without hesitation, he swiftly waved both hands, and all the Lightning Orbs around him suddenly blasted toward the four hurricanes. At the same time, ignoring the Clone fighting Tuo Sen, he moved his body, preparing to rush toward the hurricanes.

But Tuo Sen, who was currently surrounded layer upon layer, his eyes flashed as he stared in the direction of the hurricanes, a look of realization dawning in his eyes. He laughed heartily, completely ignoring the attacks from the Clone holding the Phantom Spear. He chanted a few complex and obscure Incantations, and his body instantly turned into a puff of blood mist.

Once the blood mist appeared, it immediately dispersed, transforming into thousands of Blood Threads that shot out in all directions. The Irregular Shape surrounding him instantly disintegrated and shattered without delay, forming a powerful wave of Qi that swept outward.

The ten people maintaining the Irregular Shape immediately showed looks of horror. Six of them, including Duo Mu, were first struck by the wave of Qi, and then the Blood Threads following the wave drilled into their bodies. After wildly circulating inside, the threads completely destroyed their internal organs before finally exiting through the Baihui Acupoints atop their heads.

The moment those Blood Threads drilled out, the six people's eyes showed disbelief, and their bodies tumbled down, falling into the Dead Sea and stirring up waves.

The man who was about to chase the hurricanes had to stop. He could no longer spare a thought for Wang Lin, immediately turned around, and abruptly spread his hands. The Lightning Orbs that were chasing the four hurricanes instantly returned, blasting toward the Blood Threads.

At the same time, his Clone also moved its body, flicking the spear in its hand. The spear immediately transformed into black Dragons, swallowing the Blood Threads in all directions.

As for the four survivors, including the Senior, they were all profoundly horrified. Especially the Senior, whose face was grim; he never expected Tuo Sen to have such a move!

Under the pursuit of the Lightning Orbs and black Dragons, the thousands of Blood Threads suddenly condensed individually, ultimately transforming into ten identical red-haired men. They were situated in different locations, and one of them, upon appearing, suddenly moved and rapidly charged toward the spot where the four hurricanes had flown.

The remaining nine Clones, led by two Clones holding the God-Slaying Spear and the Crescent curved saber respectively, approached the man with the diamond eyes and the four survivors.

In almost the blink of an eye, one of Tuo Sen's Clones caught up to the four hurricanes. As this Clone waved his hand, bursts of red light flashed out from his grasp, and the four hurricanes immediately converged into one.

The hurricane almost instantly collapsed the moment it became one stream. The Divine Sense of the countless small beasts contained within immediately scattered and spread in all directions.

Several streams of Divine Sense had already struck the scales of the ten-thousand-zhang creature.

This sudden change clearly startled the Clone. He sneered, pointing his hands repeatedly at the Void Realm. With every point, large swaths of the small beasts' Divine Sense dissipated.

But just then, some of the small beasts' Divine Sense that had already struck the body of the ten-thousand-zhang creature suddenly condensed together, flickering with an eerie light, and then rapidly detonated.

This self-detonation triggered a chain reaction. Immediately afterward, all the surrounding small beasts' Divine Sense that had not yet dissipated detonated in succession. At the same time, waves of majestic Spiritual Power suddenly saturated the surroundings.

The instant of the self-detonation, a Rift appeared in the Void Realm beside the ten-thousand-zhang creature. A phantom figure rushed out with extreme speed. Like a bolt of lightning, he flashed past, arriving instantly atop a certain scale on the ten-thousand-zhang creature.

This person was none other than Wang Lin! However, his body was not solid, but in an illusory state. At this moment, he was clearly a Divine Sense separated from his body.

The moment he appeared, the rhombic-eyed man, who had been constantly approaching while fighting Tuo Sen's Clone, suddenly trembled. His eyes fixed on Wang Lin's Divine Sense, revealing an expression of disbelief. From that Divine Sense, he felt a trace of the Legacy of Recollection's aura!

All of this happened in a very short time. To be precise, Wang Lin's character had always been cautious. The moment he entered the Rift earlier, the Magical Artifacts in his Storage Pouch flashed with light, subtly revealing a destructive aura. This made him secretly vigilant, so how could he rush back in without any preparation?

Thus, he used the method from the Legacy of Recollection to hide his body within the Rift, using its property of blocking Divine Sense to alleviate the Magical Artifacts' anomaly. He observed carefully for a while, finding that the Magical Artifacts slowly dimmed and their aura gradually dissipated, only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

So he opened the Rift again, first sending out a phantom figure transformed from a small beast to test the waters. He then immediately discovered that, besides the old man's persistent obsession with him, there was now an additional attacker: the rhombic-eyed man.

He had personally witnessed this man emerge from a protrusion on the ten-thousand-zhang creature's body, an existence comparable to the red-haired man Tuo Sen. Wang Lin naturally dared not rush out.

He thought for a moment, then decisively sent out four more hurricanes, leaving a trace of Divine Sense within them. After completing all this, his body once again hid within the Rift.

He witnessed all of the subsequent changes involving Tuo Sen and the others through the Divine Sense in the hurricanes, especially Tuo Sen's bizarre Divine Ability, which made Wang Lin deeply feel that his decision was correct. If he had truly tried to cast the Seal as the old man suggested, he feared he would have been killed by Tuo Sen before finishing the Seal, ending up as miserable as the six who died among the ten.

But then Tuo Sen actually condensed several Clones, one of which was clearly coming for him. Wang Lin immediately and decisively caused the hurricane to collapse before this person could act, scattering the Divine Sense of countless small beasts within it. This way, with his Divine Sense dispersed and hidden within the Divine Sense of several small beasts, he would become safer, and the possibility of being discovered would be much smaller.

However, Wang Lin was not so arrogant as to believe he absolutely wouldn't be discovered by the opponent. He had even prepared himself that if the opponent discovered his Divine Sense, he would simply sever that portion of Divine Sense.

After all, the main purpose of this portion of Divine Sense was to scout. He controlled the Divine Sense of the small beast it possessed, causing it to collide with the ten-thousand-zhang creature. A trace of Divine Sense even skillfully touched the crucial scale. The moment it touched the scale, he clearly felt waves of intense summons emanating from within.

Under this summons, a portion of the Legacy of Recollection within his main body's Sea of Consciousness began to tremble violently, as if about to break free.

But at the same time, a new memory suddenly appeared within the Legacy of Recollection. After comprehending this memory, Wang Lin's heart sank.

But soon, he decisively triggered the self-destruction of the surrounding small beast Divine Senses. Until this moment, the Clone had not made any violent moves. Suspicious, Wang Lin connected the preceding and following events and immediately understood the opponent's intentions. He sneered inwardly, deciding to play along. Seizing the opportunity before the opponent made a move, he opened the Rift, his Divine Sense leaving his body, and leaped out like lightning.

Wang Lin's estimation was correct. The gap in cultivation between him and Tuo Sen was too great. Even a Clone was far from something Wang Lin could hide from. A hint of sarcasm flashed through the Clone's mind; he had discovered Wang Lin's Divine Sense in the hurricane earlier, otherwise, he wouldn't have used the Divine Ability that was most harmful to his body to escape.

In fact, as soon as Tuo Sen entered this Sea of Divine Sense, he had already sensed something was amiss. Although he couldn't establish a connection with the Divine Sense of Recollection, he was, after all, a demonic thought separated from the Ancient God Tu Si, and thus extremely familiar with this Sea of Consciousness.

To him, this place was somewhat strange, but he couldn't pinpoint exactly where the strangeness lay; it was purely a feeling.

Even with the appearance of the ten-thousand-zhang creature and the betrayal of his ten subordinates, he wasn't too concerned about these matters. He had been pondering what was strange about this place, until the moment Wang Lin appeared from the Rift. Tuo Sen's mind was like being struck by lightning, and he immediately had a flash of understanding.

Only then did he unleash his Divine Ability to escape, and instead of directly destroying Wang Lin's Divine Sense, he waited quietly. He was waiting; he wanted to see what this Soul Devourer had discovered!

Wang Lin's body flickered, and he stood on the ten-thousand-zhang creature. His body was illusory and blurry, and he gave Tuo Sen's Clone a cold smile.

Tuo Sen's Clone stared at the scales around Wang Lin's feet, a cold sneer playing on his lips. He was now certain that the strange place was within these scales. Although he couldn't determine which specific one, he believed that as long as all his Clones merged into one, he would surely be able to investigate thoroughly.

At this moment, in his eyes, Wang Lin had lost his value. So he crossed his hands in front of him, his index finger and thumb touching to form a rhombic pattern, and calmly said, "Annihilate!"

Wang Lin's smile grew colder. The memory he had obtained the first time his Divine Sense touched the scale indicated that the true location of the Legacy of Recollection could not be entered by any Physical Body; only Divine Sense could enter.

After obtaining this memory, Wang Lin decisively allowed his Divine Sense to leave his body. He had a bold idea: if everything went as expected, he might be the first person to enter the true location where the Legacy of Recollection was stored.

If that were the case, then obtaining the complete Legacy of Recollection would not be impossible. Thinking of this, Wang Lin's heart couldn't help but pound.

Wang Lin did not dodge Tuo Sen's Clone's attack. His Divine Sense body, like rolling clouds and mist, quickly dispersed in all directions. In its center, three golden characters flickered. These three characters were precisely Ancient God Art!

Tuo Sen's Clone's expression changed as never before. Under his spiritual perception, the Clones currently engaged in battle also suddenly looked in this direction, their faces greatly altered.

The Clone stared blankly at the three large characters, then suddenly moved. At the same time, the other nine Clones rushed towards Wang Lin's location at extreme speed!

Almost instantly, the rhombic-eyed man's eyes gleamed with strange crystalline light. His eyes flickered briefly, then he decisively floated out with the Clone, pursuing Tuo Sen's Clone, laughing wildly, "Tuo Sen, anyone can obtain the master's Legacy of Recollection, but you cannot! Little fellow, it's up to your luck!"

The last sentence was clearly directed at Wang Lin. As he spoke, he made a decisive choice in his heart, even though this choice would require him to pay a very difficult price.

He suddenly pointed at his glabella with his right hand, and urgently said, "Sacrifice the Clone, Legacy of Recollection, transfer!" His Clone immediately trembled, and along with the illusory spear in its hand, it transformed into specks of crystalline light, dissipating in this Sea of Death.

The Tuo Sen Clone closest to Wang Lin, just as he charged towards Wang Lin, saw Wang Lin's Divine Sense instantly contract from its diffused state, as if pulled by a powerful suction force, disappearing into the scales in the blink of an eye.

Immediately after, as the man uttered the word "transfer," the scale shattered with a bang, vanishing without a trace.

Tuo Sen's Clone abruptly turned his head, roaring at the rhombic-eyed man. His ten Clones instantly merged into one, transforming back into Tuo Sen's true form. He held the Crescent Moon in his left hand and the God Destroyer in his right, his red hair swaying without wind, his eyes burning with monstrous fury.

"If that little fellow doesn't successfully fuse with the Legacy of Recollection in the next thousand years, then you, Tuo Sen, might still have a chance!" The rhombic-eyed man burst into laughter.

Leaving the two of them aside for now, let's talk about Wang Lin. After his Divine Sense was sucked into the scales, he immediately arrived in a world filled with clouds and mist. There was no sky, no ground; all that could be seen was an endless expanse of ethereal mist.