Chapter 227: Stop!

A trace of dangerous aura emanated from the ground. Suddenly, new plants grew out again from the blood-red liquid. This time, they were taller, and their leaves were even more vibrant.

Wang Lin's heart sank. With a wave of his right hand, the Flying Sword flew back. However, the moment it returned, the Flying Sword was dim and lusterless, as if even its spirituality had decreased.

Wang Lin performed Hand Seals with both hands. Immediately, a strange wind arose, circling the Flying Sword a few times to blow away the liquid stained upon it. Only then did the sword return to its original state.

After a glance, Wang Lin put away the Flying Sword and stared at the endless patch of plants beneath his feet. He slapped his Storage Pouch, took out the Restriction Banner, and with a shake of his hands, the Restriction Banner immediately expanded and covered the ground.

Ninety-nine strands of Restriction Qi, like ninety-nine black Dragons, roared out and crashed down wildly around the Teleportation Formation, beginning to rotate. With each rotation, large swaths of plants were shattered, spraying out copious amounts of red liquid.

Wang Lin swiftly performed a few Hand Seals with both hands and shouted in a low voice, "Open!"

Immediately, the red liquid on the ground seemed to be pried open from the middle by a giant hand, scattering to both sides and finally revealing the broken and dilapidated Teleportation Formation beneath.

Wang Lin did not hesitate any longer; his body descended. He took out a Jade Slip to record the Formation within it, then soared into the air. At the same time, he waved his right hand to retract the Restriction Banner.

After the Restriction Banner returned to Wang Lin's hand, the red liquid on the ground immediately covered the Formation again, and even taller plants appeared in clusters.

Their height had already reached several dozen zhang, more than three times taller than before.

Wang Lin floated in mid-air, holding the Jade Slip and gazing at it intently. After a long while, a thoughtful expression appeared on his face, and without a word, he turned and left.

During the month it took to reach this Teleportation Formation, Wang Lin had deeply studied the construction diagram of the Ancient Teleportation Formation he had exchanged for five Medium Grade inner cores in the secret market.

Although the principles of the Ancient Teleportation Formation were complex, Wang Lin had some prior research into Formations and Teleportation Formations. At this moment, he did not seek a perfect understanding, only focusing on how to repair it, and in doing so, he managed to find some clues.

However, Wang Lin himself was not very confident about whether he could successfully repair it with what he knew. But right now, finding a Great Master in the field of Ancient Teleportation Formations within the Cultivation Devil Sea was truly too difficult. Unless the Demonic Lord of Six Desires were resurrected, Wang Lin truly did not know who else specialized in researching Ancient Teleportation Formations.

According to the description on the map Jade Slip, Wang Lin made a large circle around the area. After spending seven days, he finally found another Ancient Teleportation Formation. This Formation was in a canyon; although there were Yao Beasts in the vicinity, they were quickly cleared away by the Mosquito Beast, leaving an empty space.

What made Wang Lin quite surprised was that this Formation was rarely preserved intact. He studied it for a while, and his eyes suddenly fixed on one particular spot.

This spot was clearly different from the others. After looking for a while, Wang Lin's heart shook. He realized that this Ancient Teleportation Formation must have been repaired by someone, and this spot was obviously added later.

Wang Lin was silent for a moment. He could not guess who had repaired this Formation. Could their purpose be the same as his, wanting to teleport away?

A moment later, Wang Lin did not say a word and removed some parts from it. Then, after hesitating for a moment, he destroyed the Formation thoroughly before leaving on the Mosquito Beast.

In this manner, half a month later, Wang Lin had already dismantled three Teleportation Formations. However, his mood was heavy, as if pressed by a large stone. Of the three Teleportation Formations, two were actually intact, and upon closer inspection, he could see they had both been repaired recently.

If it were just one Formation repaired, it could be explained away, but now that several consecutive Formations had been repaired, the situation was ominous.

Wang Lin had a vague premonition that a major event was about to happen in the Cultivation Devil Sea. Presumably, the Teleportation Formation he needed was hidden extremely deep within the plants, which was why it had not been discovered, or perhaps the destination of that Teleportation Formation was incorrect. In any case, due to various reasons, it had not been repaired.

After Wang Lin took the parts from these complete Teleportation Formations, he immediately destroyed them thoroughly. Only in this way would the pressure in his heart be lessened.

After gathering all the necessary repair Materials from the last Ancient Teleportation Formation, Wang Lin was about to leave when his body suddenly vanished from the spot. The moment he disappeared, a Flying Sword silently pierced the place where he had just been.

Wang Lin's expression was grim. When he reappeared, he was already in mid-air, staring at a black-clothed man in the distance. He had kept his Divine Sense spread out, but he only sensed this person when he was within a hundred zhang and had unleashed his Flying Sword. This kind of thing had almost never happened before. One must know that Wang Lin's Divine Sense could already rival that of a Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator. Even so, he only had a sense of it within a hundred zhang. If it were an ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivator, they would likely only notice the anomaly once the Flying Sword had entered their body.

If this Cultivator were in the Soul Transformation Stage, it would be understandable, but Wang Lin could tell at a glance that this person was only in the Middle Stage of the Nascent Soul Stage. This person must possess some kind of powerful Divine Ability for concealment to have evaded Wang Lin's Divine Sense.

A murderous glint flashed in Wang Lin's eyes. For someone skilled at concealing their aura, if they were allowed to escape, Wang Lin would definitely feel like he had needles pricking his back. He did not hesitate at all; even at the cost of consuming his Nascent Soul Qi, he activated his extreme realm Divine Sense.

This black-clothed man was in his middle years, with slightly thin lips, full of a mean and acerbic look.

Seeing Wang Lin dodge his sneak attack, he slapped his Storage Pouch without a word. Immediately, a stone seal flew out from inside. After a low shout, the stone seal began to rotate, growing larger and larger, until it finally formed a small mountain, pressing down fiercely toward Wang Lin.

However, at the moment he unleashed the stone seal, his expression suddenly changed drastically. Staring at the red lightning in Wang Lin's eyes, he turned and fled without a word.

He even abandoned his stone seal Magic Treasure. Without the supply of spiritual power, the Magic Treasure, almost as soon as it appeared, immediately shrank into a palm-sized stone seal and fell from mid-air to the ground.

Wang Lin frowned. His extreme realm Divine Sense shot out, and the red lightning caught up to this person almost instantly. The black-clothed man's eyes were filled with terror. Then, gritting his teeth, the moment the extreme realm Divine Sense entered his body, he detonated himself with a boom.

Suddenly, the violent shockwave from the self-detonation spread out in all directions. In the center point where the Cultivator had detonated himself, a space Rift appeared in the sky. An extremely weak Nascent Soul, with only half its body left, rushed into the Rift at incredible speed and disappeared. At the same time, the red lightning formed by the extreme realm Divine Sense followed closely behind and entered the Rift as well.

A few breaths later, the red lightning emerged from the void and returned into Wang Lin's body.

Wang Lin's expression was gloomy. Although this person had been killed by the extreme realm within the space Rift, judging from his appearance just now, he clearly recognized the extreme realm and even knew the power of the extreme realm, which was why he had not hesitated to detonate himself to open a space Rift to escape.

Wang Lin was silent for a moment, then turned and left quickly. Under the force of the Cultivator's self-detonation, his Storage Pouch and other items had all shattered, leaving no trace. Several days later, he returned to the place covered with red plants and began the repairs.

During the repair period, the Restriction Banner remained in an activated state. Only in this way could he prevent the surrounding plants from propagating. Three days later, under Wang Lin's meticulous repairs, the Teleportation Formation was finally completed.

These three days, to repair the Teleportation Formation, Wang Lin had exhausted his energy. After finally finishing the repairs, he took a deep breath, meditated for a while to recover his spiritual power, and then took a Top-Grade Spirit Stone from his Storage Pouch, carefully placing it into the slot at the center of the Teleportation Formation.

After waiting for half a day, the Teleportation Formation showed no reaction. Wang Lin couldn't help but be stunned. He stepped forward, picked up the Top-Grade Spirit Stone, and replaced it with another, but the result remained the same.

Wang Lin's heart sank. After a moment of silence, he placed his right hand on the central slot. Gritting his teeth, his spiritual power surged out of his body, extending along the veins within the Formation. As his spiritual power continued to flow in, the Teleportation Formation gradually showed signs of activation, but the price of using the entire spiritual power of a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator to open an Ancient Teleportation Formation was still somewhat overwhelming.

Not long after, Wang Lin felt his internal spiritual power gradually becoming empty. He immediately took out a jade bottle from his Storage Pouch, poured it into his mouth, and continued to extend his spiritual power.

After a long while, Wang Lin withdrew his spiritual power, raised his right hand, and sat cross-legged in meditation. About two incense sticks of time later, Wang Lin stood up and walked to a spot in the northeast corner of the Teleportation Formation.

When Wang Lin had infused his spiritual power earlier, it was not to activate the Formation, but to test whether this Formation was usable. When his spiritual power flowed to a certain spot in the northeast corner, he immediately felt a large-scale dissipation of spiritual power.

With this, he immediately understood that the problem lay here.

After picking up that connecting Material, Wang Lin did not linger. He put away the Restriction Banner and leaped up. The nearby Ancient Teleportation Formations had already been mostly dismantled by him, so he needed to go to a more distant location to find an Ancient Teleportation Formation to find a replacement part.

Wang Lin unleashed his speed and sped away. His target was an Ancient Teleportation Formation about eight days' journey ahead. On the fourth day, Wang Lin saw from afar an Ancient Teleportation Formation he had dismantled into pieces a few days ago. He did not stop at all, and just as he was about to leave.

Suddenly, that Teleportation Formation actually lit up. Wang Lin's body couldn't help but pause, his gaze flickering as he watched intently. He saw the light of activation flashing from within that Ancient Teleportation Formation, but in the end, because this Formation was too severely damaged, the light slowly dissipated.

It wasn't until the light completely disappeared that Wang Lin withdrew his gaze. Clearly, the fact that the Teleportation Formation lit up just now was because someone had activated it from somewhere far away, but because the Teleportation Formation here was severely damaged, they ultimately failed to come through successfully.

The ominous feeling in Wang Lin's heart grew stronger. He took a deep breath and stopped thinking about it. In fact, he already had some guesses in his heart, but these things were not something he could stop, nor did he have the ability to stop them. Wang Lin's only thought now was to find that Teleportation Formation as soon as possible, take out the parts, and repair the Formation.

He unleashed his fastest speed and sped away.

On the eighth day, he arrived at the Teleportation Formation marked on the Jade Slip. After just one glance, Wang Lin's scalp tingled; this Teleportation Formation was also completely intact!

He did not hesitate and was about to step forward to remove the parts when the Formation suddenly lit up. Huge rings of light instantly appeared from within the Formation, shooting straight into the sky. At the same time, illusory figures slowly appeared within the rings of light.

An aura of slaughter instantly emerged from these illusory figures, and their bodies quickly solidified.

Almost the moment the Formation lit up, Wang Lin rushed up, grabbed a piece of Material from the northeast corner of the Formation, and with his spiritual power wildly circulating, he pried it off by force.

The moment he pried at this Material, an angry shout came from among the figures that were gradually solidifying: "Stop!!!"

Wang Lin not only did not stop, but he moved even faster. With a bang, he pried the Material out of the Formation. Then, he looked up and stared coldly at the gradually dissipating rings of light and the slowly blurring figures. He sneered inwardly, thinking that if he really stopped, it was likely that as soon as these people came out, the first thing they would do was kill him to silence him. For a force that dared to invade the Cultivation Devil Sea, it was impossible for them not to have Soul Transformation Stage Cultivators.

At this very moment, the vast majority of Ancient Teleportation Formations within the Cultivation Devil Sea lit up one after another. These Formations were not all guarded, only some of the more important Ancient Teleportation Formations had black-clothed men guarding them. With their simultaneous activation, pairs of Cultivators suddenly appeared within each Ancient Teleportation Formation. As soon as these people appeared, a monstrous aura of slaughter immediately surged forth.

As for the Ancient Teleportation Formation where Wang Lin was, there had originally been a black-clothed man guarding it, but that person had already been killed by Wang Lin.

At this moment, the Cultivation Devil Sea fell into chaos. The storm that had been brewing for a long time finally erupted. Four fourth-rank Cultivation Countries launched a joint operation, and over tens of thousands of Cultivators continuously arrived in the Cultivation Devil Sea from the four countries' Teleportation Formations. A great war had begun!

The nine hundred and ninety-nine cities within the Cultivation Devil Sea were instantly plunged into a bloodbath.

Regarding all this, after Wang Lin saw the Ancient Teleportation Formation being repaired and the appearance of the black-clothed men, he had already guessed eight or nine out of ten in his heart. Especially the figures in the Teleportation Formation just now made him even more certain of his judgment.

He had to leave this Cultivation Devil Sea as soon as possible. While speeding away, Wang Lin touched the Storage Pouch containing that last piece of repair Material and took a deep breath.

Several days later, Wang Lin returned to the Teleportation Formation. After placing the Material on it, he took a deep look at his surroundings, took out a Top-Grade Spirit Stone, and placed it into the slot within.

Rings of light rose into the sky. At the moment this Formation finally activated, Wang Lin struck a Spiritual Spell with his right hand, imprinting it onto the surrounding Restriction Banners. Immediately, ninety-nine strands of Restriction Qi surged forth again, roaring and rotating around the area, destroying all the plants in a circle, and the ground accumulated a thick layer of red liquid.

At this time, the Formation was fully activated. Wang Lin's body gradually blurred. At the moment he completely disappeared, he waved his right hand, retracted the Restriction Banner, and vanished within the Formation.

After he disappeared, the blood-red liquid here immediately submerged the Formation. Following that, countless huge plants reaching several dozen zhang in height grew out from it. These plants were too numerous, and amidst the cracking sounds, the Teleportation Formation began to shatter, finally, with a bang, it broke apart completely, and within the cracks, more plants grew out.

At this point, even with a map, it would be difficult to tell that a Teleportation Formation had ever existed here.

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