Chapter 271: Hong Die

Her master had once said that these Innate Five Spirits appeared when Hong Die was born, as an unusual phenomenon occurred in the sky, and the Five Spirits naturally condensed to protect Hong Die for life.

When these Five Spirits first appeared, they did not possess the cultivation of the Late Stage Soul Transformation. Instead, as Hong Die's cultivation strengthened, they were guided by certain rules and naturally achieved Breakthroughs.

The stronger Hong Die became, the stronger these Five Spirits would be. This was the meaning of Karma.

As for the origin of these Five Spirits, no one knew. Hong Die's master calculated everything in the world, at the cost of abandoning her own cultivation, and finally deduced a slight premonition: Hong Die was an Innate Pseudo-Five Spirit Body. In this life, she would only face one tribulation; after overcoming it, she could transform into a true Five Spirit Body, and from then on, the Dao would be perpetually smooth.

However, despite her master's divination with her cultivation, she still couldn't calculate the Karma of Hong Die's tribulation.

Over time, this matter was set aside, only remaining in the hearts of a very few, who continuously awaited the arrival of Karma.

Before this great battle, Hong Die's master was suddenly enveloped in rosy clouds. She had a realization and immediately began to divine. This time, by chance, she managed to grasp some clues about Hong Die's tribulation.

Therefore, when going to battle, she instructed Hong Die to give the Five Spirits to her Senior Sister, so that Hong Die's Senior Sister could lead the Cultivators of the entire country to advance on the Four Sects Alliance.

In fact, all of this proceeded exactly as Hong Die's master had predicted. By having her chief disciple replace Hong Die, this tribulation was overcome. This was facing the tribulation, not avoiding it.

Thus, when the chief disciple died, Hong Die's tribulation dissipated, and her path would naturally be smooth from then on. This was why Hong Die emerged from the Rift.

But at this moment, after Hong Die discovered that one of the Five Spirits was missing, for some unknown reason, her heart suddenly stirred, and her gaze immediately turned gloomy.

Behind her stood eight people.

Among these eight, seven were dressed alike. They were both male and female, all advanced in age. These seven were the Seven Grand Elders of Snow Domain Country. Even when Hong Die entered Vermilion Bird Country, these seven would always follow and protect her closely.

The last person was a middle-aged man in a black shirt, with a sallow complexion and a sickly appearance.

After hearing the woman's words, he nodded lazily, took a step forward, and with Shrinking the Ground into an Inch, he instantly appeared between the Azure Dragon and the Human-Headed Snake Body. He glanced at the Azure Dragon and chuckled, "I have no right to kill this Dragon, but I can extract its Bloodline!"

As he spoke, he raised his right hand and gently pointed. Immediately, Zhou Wutai, who was on the Azure Dragon, began to tremble, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood. His body was propelled by a great force, like a meteor, and was thrown far backward.

The mouthful of blood he spat out quickly condensed into a dark purple blood bead under the middle-aged man's casual grasp. With a flick of his finger, it landed on the Azure Dragon's brow.

The Azure Dragon roared in anger, its eyes showing a hint of sorrow, yet within that sorrow was also a sense of liberation. It took a deep look at the earth, and its entire body suddenly moved. A Dragon Soul floated out from its head, disappearing into the sky, leaving far behind.

Having lost its Dragon Soul, the Azure Dragon's colossal body began to petrify. Soon, it transformed back into the shape of a mountain peak, plummeting from mid-air with a crash, striking the ground.

The Azure Dragon no longer guarded the earth. The thunderous sound of the mountain peak hitting the ground was like the tolling of the Four Sects Alliance's doom bell, echoing through heaven and earth.

The middle-aged man sighed softly, turned, and returned behind the woman, once again adopting his sickly demeanor.

At this moment, the Human-Headed Snake Body beast finally fully descended from the Rift. The woman in white gently shifted, landing on the beast's head. With a light finger pointing downwards, the Human-Headed Snake Body beast opened its mouth and spewed out a deep blue aura. As soon as this aura appeared, it rapidly spread outwards, permeating the surroundings. No matter their cultivation, even Soul Transformation Stage Cultivators, could only struggle for a short while in this deep blue aura before their bodies turned into ice sculptures.

Wang Lin stared at the scene before him, his scalp tingling, and he took a deep breath. Although he was quite far from the woman's position, this deep blue aura was too fast. Without a word, he slapped his Storage Pouch, took out a Straw Hat, and put it on his head. His body immediately shot away, escaping at full speed before the deep blue aura could reach him. His direction was towards where Zhou Wutai had been thrown.

As this deep blue aura spread, the territory of the Four Sects Alliance, with this as its center, turned into a world of ice everywhere.

Cultivators from the Four Sects Alliance flew out from their respective Schools, looking back at their homes with grief and indignation. They scattered in all directions, transforming into streaks of sword light, attempting to leave.

However, how could the Snow Domain Cultivators allow them to leave safely? Wang Lin's speed was extremely fast. As for the ultimate fate of the Four Sects Alliance, he already knew it was irreversible the moment the sickly man made his move. The saying 'cut the grass and pull out the roots' meant that this time, it would be difficult for the Cultivators of the Four Sects Alliance to escape.

Wang Lin took a deep breath and no longer bothered with this matter. Instead, he transformed into an afterimage and swiftly flew away. He dared not stop; the deep blue aura behind him was extremely terrifying. Anyone it touched would turn into an ice sculpture, and Wang Lin didn't believe he would be lucky enough to survive.

Not long after, his Divine Sense spotted a black hole on a snow peak a thousand li ahead. Zhou Wutai was there!

Wang Lin's body flickered, and when he reappeared, he was already at the snow peak. Without any hesitation, he immediately drilled into the cave.

As soon as he entered, he immediately saw Zhou Wutai, who was not dead but unconscious. Wang Lin snatched his Storage Pouch, no longer lingering, and immediately fled.

Almost the instant he left the snow peak, the deep blue aura had already spread there, and the entire snow peak immediately turned into an ice peak.

As Wang Lin flew, his powerful Divine Sense immediately wiped away the Divine Thought on the Storage Pouch. His Divine Sense entered, and soon, a hint of joy appeared in Wang Lin's eyes: the Rain Cauldron was indeed inside Zhou Wutai's Storage Pouch.

He had just put the Storage Pouch into his bosom when his expression suddenly changed. An ice and snow tower, over eighty stories tall, appeared above Wang Lin. A white-robed old woman walked out of the tower. She looked at Wang Lin indifferently and raised her right hand.

Without a word, Wang Lin rapidly retreated. At the same time, he pointed his right hand at his glabella. Immediately, several Devil Heads, which he had refined from the Teng Family's Nine Sons, swiftly floated out from his glabella.

As soon as these Devil Heads appeared, they immediately pounced towards the old woman. A hint of disdain flashed in the old woman's eyes. She flicked her right hand, and immediately these Devil Heads were enveloped in blue ice.

Wang Lin gritted his teeth, muttering internally, "Explode! Explode! Explode!"

Immediately, those Devil Heads self-detonated within the blue ice. With several booming sounds, they transformed into a cloud of black mist.

Wang Lin's body never stopped. Using the black mist, he instantly vanished, reappearing several thousand li away, and sped off again. At the same time, he immediately pointed his right hand at his glabella once more. This time, all the other Devil Heads, except Xu Ligou, were released by him. After leaving behind a Divine Thought for self-detonation, his figure vanished again.

Just a few breaths later, Wang Lin, in his escape, sensed that several Devil Heads had all perished. Although the black mist behind him was denser, a feeling of needles pricking his back persisted.

"You can't escape!" The old woman's gloomy voice slowly drifted from behind him. Amidst the black mist, the eighty-story ice and snow tower suddenly rushed out. On the ice and snow tower, the old woman's white robes fluttered in the wind, her eyes revealing a sinister look.

Wang Lin did not look back, speeding away. He slapped his Storage Pouch with his right hand, and immediately a Nascent Soul Stage Puppet transformed into a wisp of black smoke, solidifying behind him. Wang Lin abruptly turned, formed hand seals, and a red glow appeared in his eyes. This red glow flashed and drilled into the Puppet's body. At the same time, Wang Lin shouted, "Go!"

Immediately, the Puppet, as if疯了, rushed towards the pursuing old woman. The old woman stood on the ice and snow tower, the disdain in her eyes growing even stronger. She pointed her right hand at the ground from a distance, and immediately the ice and snow on the ground protruded like sharp thorns, layer upon layer, easily blocking the Puppet.

As Wang Lin ran, a cold glint appeared in his eyes, and he shouted internally, "Explode!"

The Puppet's eyes flashed with red light. The moment it was surrounded by the sharp thorns, its entire body exploded with a bang. The self-detonation of a Nascent Soul Stage Puppet, with all its cultivation, was quite powerful. Moreover, under the Puppet's autonomous control, this self-detonation did not spread but instead bombarded the old woman's position directly.

At the same time, amidst the fluctuations of this self-detonation, a trace of red light, as fast as lightning, immediately rushed towards the old woman.

This trace of red light was Wang Lin's extreme realm. Although it had little effect on Soul Transformation Cultivators, it could still cause their Sea of Consciousness to tremble.

The old woman obviously did not take this red light seriously, merely frowning slightly at the self-detonation of the Nascent Soul Stage Puppet. She slapped the ice and snow tower with her right hand, and immediately streaks of white light flashed from all the windows of the tower. These white lights instantly condensed in front of the old woman, forming an ice and snow shield over ten zhang in size.

However, what the old woman never expected was that the red light completely ignored the ice and snow shield, passing directly through it. The old woman's expression changed, and she raised her right hand to block in front of her, but the red light flashed and directly drilled into the old woman's arm.

In an instant, it entered her Sea of Consciousness. Immediately, the old woman's body trembled, and a trace of confusion flashed in her eyes. However, this confusion vanished in a flash, and she returned to normal, but a hint of dread appeared in her gaze.

But this momentary confusion caused the ice shield in front of her to show signs of dissipating. At the same time, the fluctuations of the Puppet's self-detonation arrived with a roar. Without the old woman's control, the ice shield dissipated completely after absorbing a portion of the self-detonation's fluctuations, and the remaining fluctuations directly struck the old woman's body.

It was precisely at this moment that the old woman regained her senses. She snorted lightly, and the white robes on her body suddenly swelled. With a series of crackling sounds, the fluctuations from the Puppet's self-detonation were completely dispersed by the miraculous Formation on her white robes.

When the red mist dissipated, the old woman's expression changed drastically. This time, she almost gasped in cold air, and without another word, she immediately returned to the ice and snow tower, preparing to leave.