Chapter 270: Snatching the Earth Spirit!

Wang Lin was hidden within a Snow Peak, his brows tightly furrowed. If the Snow Region Cultivators only possessed this level of ability, then the Four Sects Alliance would clearly win this battle, but he always felt a strange sense of crisis.

He remained silent for a moment, then his eyes suddenly flickered. His Divine Sense detected that ten thousand miles away, near the direction of the Black Soul Sect, the Five Elements Earth Spirit, emitting thick black Qi all over its body, was rapidly flying towards this location. Behind the Earth Spirit, the young man holding the Writing Brush was still chasing leisurely with his eyes closed. Whenever the Writing Brush in his hand waved, the Earth Spirit would immediately tremble, and its black Qi would intensify.

Seeing this scene, Wang Lin immediately struggled internally. After a moment, his eyes flashed, and without a word, his body quietly drilled out from the Snow Peak and rushed towards the location where the Five Elements Earth Spirit was flying.

Closer and closer: eight thousand miles, seven thousand miles, five thousand miles, three thousand miles… When he was three thousand miles away, Wang Lin’s body instantly vanished from his spot, reappearing two thousand miles further. The moment he appeared, he slapped his forehead and immediately spat out a large black Seal.

The moment this Seal appeared, it immediately emitted bursts of Evil Qi, and streams of remnant souls materialized within the Evil Qi. Wang Lin pointed with his right hand, and the Black Seal slowly ascended into the air and disappeared.

At the same time, Wang Lin took a deep breath, and his hands quickly formed Hand Seals. Streams of Restrictions immediately shot out from his hands and landed all around. Then, he patted his Storage Pouch, the Restriction Banner appeared in his hand, and with a shake, bursts of black mist immediately permeated the area, but in the blink of an eye, the black mist vanished without a trace.

Just as he finished all this, the Five Elements Earth Spirit arrived from afar.

The Earth Spirit was extremely battered. After seeing Wang Lin, it paid him no mind. With its cultivation equivalent to the Peak of the Soul Transformation Late Stage, even though it was heavily injured, dealing with a Nascent Soul Late Stage Cultivator was a trivial matter of instant killing.

In its view, Wang Lin was not qualified to make it wary!

The moment it flew closer, the Earth Spirit raised its hand and waved. Immediately, a wave of Thick Earth Qi rushed towards Wang Lin. As soon as Wang Lin came into contact with it, his throat sweetened, and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

The Nascent Soul inside his body trembled throughout, nearly collapsing.

The Earth Spirit frowned and did not stop for a moment, but just then, the fresh blood Wang Lin spat out immediately transformed into a ball of blood mist, dissipating into the sky.

At the same time, a large amount of black mist suddenly surged all around. Streams of Restriction Qi immediately roared out from the black mist, encircling the Earth Spirit. Following this, eight Restriction Rings flashing with black light appeared around the Earth Spirit, forming a giant cage with the Restriction Qi and the Restriction Banner, trapping the Earth Spirit within.

Wang Lin immediately retreated, his eyes flickering. He knew that with his cultivation, he could not resist the Earth Spirit, but he had never intended to fight personally. He only needed to obstruct it slightly and wait for the young man holding the Writing Brush to catch up; the result would naturally be decided then.

The Earth Spirit clearly discovered Wang Lin's intention, let out an angry roar, and slammed its body heavily into the black mist Restriction. It paid no attention whatsoever to the Restriction Qi roaring around it.

This was indeed the case. Those Restriction Qi almost instantly disappeared the moment they drilled into the Earth Spirit's body, as if they had been swallowed whole.

With the Earth Spirit's first collision, the black mist formed by the Restriction Banner immediately diminished by more than half, and a crisp cracking sound came from within.

Wang Lin immediately felt a pang of heartache. He knew that cracks must have appeared on the Restriction Banner.

Since the Earth Spirit failed to break out with one blow, it became furious and slammed into it again. This time, the black mist completely dissipated instantly. Although the Restriction Banner did not snap, the cracks on it increased.

Wang Lin's eyes flickered. Just as the Earth Spirit was about to execute its third collision, the young man holding the Writing Brush finally arrived. His eyes remained closed. Driven by the Writing Brush, his right hand made a seemingly slow but extremely fast forward point.

Immediately, the Earth Spirit let out a miserable shriek, and black smoke surged wildly from its body. Its entire being instantly withered. Unwillingness flashed in its eyes, and it was about to collide with the Restriction Banner again.

Wang Lin sighed inwardly, pointed his right hand at the Void Realm, and the large Black Seal suddenly appeared, pressing down fiercely. Evil Qi surged out, mixed with countless souls, descending as if the sky were collapsing.

The Earth Spirit's face became ferocious. Its entire body suddenly transformed into a patch of black soil, wrapping itself towards the Black Seal.

At this moment, the young man opened his eyes, revealing a strange light. The Writing Brush in his hand moved again. This time, the black soil formed by the Earth Spirit immediately diminished by more than half, and its momentum couldn't help but pause.

The Black Seal instantly pressed down. The Earth Spirit groaned miserably again. The black soil condensed back together, transforming into a human shape once more, but it was now in a semi-transparent state, seeming as if it could dissipate with a gust of wind.

Despair appeared in its eyes. Seeing the young man raise his arm, about to swing the Writing Brush, Wang Lin's body immediately rushed out, drilling into the Restriction Banner in the blink of an eye. He pointed at his glabella, and a massive suction force instantly spread from his glabella. The Earth Spirit was immediately pulled by this force and entered Wang Lin's glabella.

Having been taken into the Heaven Defying, Wang Lin had no time to check. He took a deep breath, and the Black Seal returned to his body. At the same time, with a thought, the Restriction Banner disappeared, taken into his Storage Pouch.

All of this was done in an extremely short amount of time. Without any hesitation, he shouted, "Junior is a White Cloud Sect Disciple, my teacher is Qingsong!" As he spoke, his Divine Thought controlled the Statue of the Azure-Robed Old Man inside his Storage Pouch, and a trace of the Concept of Years immediately surged from his body. He turned and fled.

The young man coldly glanced at Wang Lin. He did not swing the Writing Brush in his hand. After a long while, he turned and left.

Wang Lin flew out ten thousand miles in alarm before finally stopping. He sensed that the young man had left and couldn't help but sigh in relief.

As the saying goes, wealth is sought in danger. This time, Wang Lin took a huge risk and finally snatched the Earth Spirit right from the opponent's grasp. He made up his mind never to risk obtaining the other Five Elements Spirits again. It was simply too dangerous; the slightest mistake could lead to death.

Moreover, the damage to the Restriction Banner truly caused him great heartache.

Hiding inside a Snow Peak, Wang Lin checked the Heaven Defying Bead and found that the Earth Attribute was now completely at Perfection. Now, only the Gold and Wood attributes remained, and the Heaven Defying Bead would have all Five Elements complete!

Just then, the ground suddenly shook. Following this, Human-Headed Snake-Bodied Ice Sculptures drilled out of the ground amidst rumbling sounds.

These Ice Sculptures were exactly the strange objects Wang Lin had previously detected hidden five thousand zhang underground.

The Ice Sculptures rose from the ground, breaking through the snow layer, and stood directly on the accumulated snow. If one looked down from the sky, they would notice that these countless Ice Sculptures formed a pattern.

The appearance of this Pattern was identical to the Human-Headed Snake-Bodied creature carved on the Ice Sculptures!

After the Ice Sculptures appeared, they immediately flashed with bright light. At the same time, one by one, the Ice Sculptures suddenly rose from the ground. Throughout the entire territory of the Four Sects Alliance, all the Ice Sculptures ascended into the air at an unimaginable speed, almost in the blink of an eye. All the Rifts in the sky, except for the massive one in the very center, silently dissipated.

Immediately afterward, a thick, Dark Blue Qi emanated from the massive Rift in the center. This Qi violently spread out, covering an area of ten thousand miles.

Some Cultivators of the Four Sects Alliance, unable to dodge in time, were instantly turned into Ice Sculptures the moment they touched the Dark Blue Qi, falling from mid-air. Even the Nascent Souls inside their bodies became motionless almost instantly under the corrosion of this Dark Blue Qi.

This bizarre scene immediately shocked the surrounding Four Sects Cultivators.

Next, the Ice Sculptures floating in mid-air began to melt in a bizarre manner. Within a few breaths, they all vanished completely, as if they had never appeared.

The moment they disappeared, within the giant Rift, amidst the Dark Blue Qi, a colossal pressure slowly spread out from within. A Snake-Bodied Creature, resembling a small mountain, slowly descended from the Rift.

As soon as this creature appeared, the Dark Blue Qi intensified, surging and spreading outwards. Any substance that touched this Qi instantly turned into an ice block.

Wang Lin gasped in cold air. Without a word, his body rushed out from the Snow Peak again. He sighed inwardly and sped away. Less than three breaths after his body left the Snow Peak, the Snow Peak was enveloped by the spreading Dark Blue Qi and turned into an Ice Mountain.

At this moment, the Snake-Bodied Creature had already descended halfway. It could be seen that above its waist, it surprisingly had a human body. In fact, Wang Lin had already guessed that this creature was the beast carved on the Ice Sculptures when it first began descending.

Although he had already informed Zhou Wutai of this matter via Jade Slip, whether the other party took measures was no longer Wang Lin's concern.

Wang Lin moved swiftly across the ground, stopping only after the Dark Blue Qi ceased spreading. With a grim expression, he looked up at the sky, silent.

At this moment, Zhou Wutai, standing atop the Azure Dragon, let out a soft snort. Immediately, the Azure Dragon beneath him suddenly moved. Amidst rumbling sounds, its ten-thousand-zhang body instantly soared from the ground, opening a massive mouth that seemed capable of swallowing heaven and earth, biting towards the descending Human-Headed Snake-Bodied creature.

The Dark Blue Qi seemed to have no effect on the Azure Dragon, which directly broke through it.

However, the moment the Dragon lunged to swallow the Human-Headed Snake-Bodied creature, a cold, crisp voice emerged from within the Rift in mid-air: "Envoy Lord, your Vermilion Bird Country promised to act for me once. Now, I ask you to make your move and kill this Azure Dragon!"

As she spoke, a woman wearing a White Sail Garment and possessing a head of black beautiful hair slowly walked out from within the Rift. The woman had teeth like cowries and was graceful and charming, yet she did not carry much cold Qi. However, her eyes held a determined glow, clearly indicating a person of firm will.

The moment this woman appeared, even the most foolish person could tell at a glance that the difference between her and the woman previously killed by the Four Sects Alliance was immense. One could say it was the difference between a Bright Moon and a Firefly.

After this woman appeared, she immediately raised her right hand. Instantly, four Light Masses flew in from the four directions of the Four Sects Alliance—Southeast, Northwest—representing the Gold, Wood, Water, and Fire Four Spirits of the Five Elements!

"One is missing?" The woman frowned.

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