Chapter 300

This Immortal Cave contained nine stone chambers, all empty at the moment, but Wang Lin's gaze was fixed on the inner wall of the largest stone chamber in the center, a pensive look in his eyes.

The iron plate from Heavenly Treasure Venerable detailed how to open his Immortal Cave and stated that his Immortal Cave had ten stone chambers in total, with the tenth chamber being the one sealing the God-Slaying Chariot!

"There are only nine stone chambers here, where is the tenth?" Wang Lin frowned. His Divine Sense had already swept the surroundings several times, but he hadn't found any hidden stone chambers.

Wang Lin took a few steps forward, arriving beneath the inner wall, and reached out to touch it. It was cold to the touch, with nothing out of the ordinary.

After pondering for a moment, he patted his Storage Pouch, and the golden iron plate immediately appeared in his hand.

The moment the iron plate appeared, it suddenly emitted a dazzling golden light and a sensation of intense heat. Wang Lin's heart stirred. He let go and tossed the iron plate upwards.

Immediately, the iron plate's light grew even brighter. Gradually, it began to melt, yet no liquid fell. Instead, it transformed into wisps of green smoke, rising in a mushroom shape.

Within this mushroom-shaped green smoke, a phantom figure gradually took form. This person had an ethereal, immortal demeanor, with a few strands of immortal beard moving without wind. His face was not only handsome but also exuded an air of majesty.

Wang Lin's eyes flickered. He retreated a few steps, watching coldly.

After this ethereal, immortal-like person appeared, he immediately formed hand Seals and shot a golden light onto the surrounding walls. Instantly, the entire Immortal Cave began to sink amidst rumbling sounds.

The ground beneath his feet trembled. Wang Lin's gaze remained calm as he looked around.

After a long while, the ground shook, and the sinking stopped. A purplish-red glowing door had appeared in the direction of the central inner wall!

The ethereal, immortal-like person changed his hand Seals, forming strange incantations, and pointed at the purplish-red door. Then, his entire being slowly dissipated, and even the iron plate completely vanished.

Wang Lin took a deep breath, staring intently at the purplish-red door. If this place was included, the stone chambers of this Immortal Cave instantly became ten!

"This phantom must be Heavenly Treasure Venerable. Heavenly Treasure Venerable truly lives up to his reputation as a master in the art of Artifact Refining. His Immortal Cave is probably one of the very few that, even if discovered, would be extremely difficult to find the true treasure within," Wang Lin thought to himself.

His eyes flashed. He came before the purplish-red door, pondered for a moment, then immediately followed Heavenly Treasure Venerable's earlier movements, forming hand Seals and pressing them onto the door.

Immediately, the door moved, slowly opening to both sides.

Wang Lin's Divine Sense spread out, sweeping inside, and his eyes immediately lit up!

This tenth stone chamber was not large, about several tens of feet in size. Inside, apart from some scattered Artifact Refining Materials, the most conspicuous were the three enormous objects in the center.

Calling them enormous objects was no exaggeration. Their terrifying appearance was covered in sharp thorns, and they were draped with a substance resembling beast hide. Among these thorns, the central one was as thick as a person's waist, shimmering with a cold light.

This was merely the upper part of the object. Below it was something resembling a siege chariot used by Mortals for attacking cities, with four huge wheels.

Each chariot was about ten feet in size. With three chariots placed side-by-side, they almost filled the entire stone chamber.

The moment Wang Lin stepped into this stone chamber, three phantom souls immediately emerged from the three chariots. These three souls looked even more ferocious than the chariots themselves. After materializing, they immediately roared.

Their sound had the effect of shaking one's soul, possessing considerable penetrative power, even causing the mountain Peak to tremor and some gray dust to fall.

This beast had a head as large as a bucket, triangular in shape, and a body like an ox, filled with violent power. Behind it was a tail, like a flood dragon, with a mouth, nose, and eyes at its end. Saying it had two heads would not be an exaggeration.

The moment he saw this beast, Wang Lin immediately searched the memories of the Ancient God Tu Si. Unfortunately, there was no record of this beast. However, with the myriad beasts in the world, it was not surprising for Tu Si to be unfamiliar with some.

The three beast souls looked identical, differing only in size. The beast soul on the central chariot was slightly larger, while the other two were a bit smaller.

After these three beast souls appeared, their enormous red eyes immediately fixed on Wang Lin, revealing malevolent, violent expressions. They roared and charged forward, vying to swallow Wang Lin whole.

Wang Lin's expression remained normal, his gaze calm. He merely took a step back.

As these three ferocious beast souls lunged, countless iron chains, as thick as arms, suddenly appeared on their bodies. These chains pierced through all three beasts. When the three beasts reached within three feet of Wang Lin, the chains immediately gleamed with black light.

Instantly, the three beast souls let out painful roars, their bodies forcibly dragged back by the iron chains and locked onto the chariots.

Only the slightly larger beast in the middle, under the pull of the iron chains, managed to lunge forward another foot before being painfully dragged back.

However, the three beasts were quite unwilling and immediately struggled violently. Instantly, the surrounding Immortal Cave also trembled, as if it could collapse at any moment.

Wang Lin composed himself. Although he didn't know the names of these three beasts, Heavenly Treasure Venerable's iron plate meticulously recorded how to control this chariot, and subtly indicated that the God-Slaying Chariot had beast souls, but they were chained by soul chains and could not escape beyond three zhang.

Watching the three beast souls struggle, Wang Lin raised his hands and, following the instructions on the iron plate, quickly formed a series of strange incantations. As these incantations left his hands, they immediately transformed into black rings of light.

Upon seeing the rings of light, the three beast souls struggled even more fiercely.

Gradually, as Wang Lin's movements became faster and faster, the number of light rings also increased. After a long while, seeing that there were already over a hundred light rings in the stone chamber, Wang Lin let out a low shout, his gaze fixed on the central chariot.

"Seal!"

Immediately, all the light rings transformed into streaks of afterimages, covering the sky and earth as they enveloped the central chariot.

The beast soul on this chariot immediately roared, a look of unwillingness in its eyes. Its entire body rapidly shrank into the chariot, allowing the light rings to encircle it one by one. Finally, the chariot suddenly moved, rising into the air.

During its ascent, the chariot's size changed, becoming smaller and smaller, until it was only palm-sized, landing in Wang Lin's hand.

Wang Lin glanced at it, then put it into his Storage Pouch.

To use this chariot, one must first subdue the beast soul. The power of this beast soul was beyond Wang Lin's control, so he could only temporarily Seal it using the method on the iron plate, putting the beast soul into a dormant state.

In reality, Heavenly Treasure Venerable never expected his chariot to be obtained by a Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator. In his mind, this chariot barely met the standard for a Nascent Soul Transformation Cultivator to use.

Having put away this chariot, Wang Lin's gaze swept over to the left chariot, and he once again used the same method to Seal the beast soul on it.

Ultimately, only one chariot remained in this stone chamber. The beast soul on this chariot was the smallest, but it was still not something Wang Lin could subdue at present.

This beast soul, seeing its two companions successively Sealed again, continued to roar in anger without stopping.

If it were Heavenly Treasure Venerable from back then, it would have submitted, but seeing this Cultivator whom it could have easily crushed with a single slap during its Peak, its pride would never allow it to bow its head.

Wang Lin stared at this beast, struggling internally. He didn't know if he should take a gamble. If he won, he could temporarily gain control of this beast, but if he lost, it would be quite dangerous.

After a moment of silence, Wang Lin touched the Beast-Taming Ring on his wrist. Logically, this ring should be able to restrain this beast soul, but this beast soul, in its lifetime, must have been an Immortal Beast or similar existence. Whether the Beast-Taming Ring could trap it was debatable, and even if it could, whether he could withstand the absorbed Spirit Qi was also a question.

After pondering for a moment, Wang Lin abandoned the risky plan. His eyes flashed, and he unleashed hundreds of black light rings, sealing both the beast and the chariot.

"It's a pity I don't know how powerful this God-Slaying Chariot truly is. However, Heavenly Treasure Venerable spoke with great confidence, so it shouldn't be too bad. Moreover, the beast souls Sealed on this chariot are extremely powerful, so I imagine the chariot's might will not disappoint me. It's just a shame I can't use it now," Wang Lin thought to himself, his gaze sweeping over the Artifact Refining Materials at the edge of the stone chamber.

He swiftly collected everything into his Storage Pouch, and after thoroughly checking several times, he finally left. Outside the purplish-red door, Wang Lin followed Heavenly Treasure Venerable's earlier hand Seals, causing the Immortal Cave to slowly rise and return to its original state before he walked out.

"This God-Slaying Chariot is truly miraculous. It doesn't require any Spirit Stones to activate; instead, it's entirely powered by the beast soul's Soul Power. This will save a lot of Spirit Stones. However, if this chariot truly needed Spirit Stones to activate, perhaps only Immortal Jade could satisfy it," Wang Lin thought as he flew in mid-air.

"I just don't know if activating this God-Slaying Chariot has any impact on the beast soul. According to normal speculation, there can't be an endless, inexhaustible energy source. In that case, the beast soul might suffer damage after activating the chariot several times, and once it exceeds a certain number of times, it might even dissipate.

It's a pity Heavenly Treasure Venerable didn't record these matters on the iron plate," Wang Lin looked up at the sky, pondering.

"Presumably, Heavenly Treasure Venerable didn't have much vitality left before his death and couldn't record everything in detail, only choosing to record some key matters. The detailed information about this God-Slaying Chariot still requires me to research further." Wang Lin took a deep breath, touched his Storage Pouch, and a happy smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"This trip to the Immortal Realm has been quite fruitful, but the risks were also immense. If I had been even slightly careless when that fragment collapsed, I would probably be dead by now. The greater the risk, the greater the reward—this saying is indeed true! In that case, I should carefully consider Chi Hu's invitation." Wang Lin's eyes flickered as he hovered in mid-air.

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Third place wasn't stable, falling to fourth, and there are formidable contenders coming up behind; it's dangerous!