Chapter 323: Reckless?

As the voice rang out, countless black Wandering Souls, like demon gods descending from the heavens, immediately arrived with a boom, rushing toward the insects spreading in all directions.

Several insects had already burrowed into Liu Fei's body. Despair appeared in his eyes, but suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew into his body. In the blink of an eye, those insects that were about to devour his Nascent Soul acted as if they had encountered a natural predator, struggling to crawl out of his body and fleeing frantically.

Liu Fei was stunned. As he looked up, his gaze landed on a not-so-tall figure behind Zhan Bai.

"Is it him…"

Song Qing's eyes were bloodshot. He had used up almost all his Magic Treasures, but the insects before him were endless, wave after wave, rushing forward crazily. He smiled miserably. The spiritual energy in his body was already severely depleted, yet he didn't even have time to take out a Medicinal Pill. After a brief pause, his body was swarmed by countless insects.

The heart-piercing pain drove him nearly mad. He smiled miserably, a look of madness appearing in his eyes, and was about to self-destruct his Nascent Soul. But just then, a gust of cold wind blew over. His body shuddered, and the insects both inside and outside his body immediately shrieked and retreated in succession.

Song Qing was taken aback. As he looked up, he saw the figure behind Zhan Bai, who was seven parts unfamiliar and three parts familiar.

"Is it him…"

At this moment, the two remaining Late Stage Nascent Soul Grand Elders of the Cloud Heaven Sect also felt the cold wind blow. The insects all around retreated, and the two of them, stunned, immediately saw that figure.

"Is it him…"

All the Cloud Heaven Sect Disciples who had not yet completely died felt the gusts of cold wind blowing. The insects that had burrowed into their bodies immediately let out terrified shrieks and quickly crawled out.

"Is it him…" Almost all the Disciples looked up and saw that figure.

Li Muwan stared blankly at the person behind Zhan Bai, tears streaming down uncontrollably. Although Wang Lin's appearance was somewhat different from when he left all those years ago, she recognized him at a glance.

"Wang Lin…"

Zhan Bai's body trembled imperceptibly. He hadn't even noticed the other person approaching from behind; there was only one explanation for this: the other person's cultivation surpassed his own!

He turned around abruptly. The moment he saw Wang Lin, a look of disbelief appeared in his eyes. He almost instinctively took a few steps back and blurted out: "You… Ceng Niu!!!"

The entire Cloud Heaven Sect erupted the moment Zhan Bai shouted the name Ceng Niu.

"Ceng Niu!!" In the Cloud Heaven Sect, almost everyone knew this name. The person who had been the most prominent on the Vermilion Bird Star in recent days was none other than Ceng Niu!

"Ceng Niu!!" Among the low-level Disciples, someone immediately displayed a look of disbelief.

"Ceng Niu!!" Liu Fei was completely dumbfounded.

"Ceng Niu!!" Song Qing felt a jolt in his brain.

The two Late Stage Nascent Soul Grand Elders' eyes immediately shone with a brightness never seen before.

Wang Lin's eyes gleamed with a cold light. This cold light only appeared when he was slaughtering the Teng Family. This cold light was a sign of Wang Lin's extreme anger, a precursor to his intent to kill.

"Is it you who wants to destroy the Cloud Heaven Sect…" Wang Lin's voice was like a cold wind from the Nine Netherworlds.

When this cold wind blew onto Zhan Bai, he felt it was even colder than the wind from the Nine Netherworlds. As the saying goes, a person's reputation is like the shadow of a tree. Wang Lin could sever Hong Die's arm and could stand behind Zhan Bai without him noticing; to Zhan Bai, this was shocking.

Before the battle had even begun, the intention to retreat already arose in his heart.

"Ceng… Ceng Niu, I did not know you were a member of the Cloud Heaven Sect. This matter was my recklessness…" Zhan Bai said.

"Reckless?" Wang Lin's eyes flashed. He suddenly rushed forward, and the Restriction Banner flew out from his Storage Pouch, turning into a sheet of black mist and charging toward Zhan Bai.

Zhan Bai's expression changed, and he immediately retreated.

"Reckless?" Wang Lin laughed wildly. He performed Hand Seals with both hands and pointed forward. Immediately, whistling sounds erupted from the Restriction Banner. Streaks of Restriction Qi transformed into vicious Dragons, roaring as they emerged. In front of Wang Lin, they condensed together at an extremely fast speed to form a black Long Spear!

This Long Spear had shocked even Hong Die back then, forcing her to use her Lifebound Treasure to counter it.

Once the Long Spear appeared, the sky instantly darkened, shrouded by endless black mist. Under this black mist, those insects immediately acted as if they had encountered a natural predator, letting out ear-piercing shrieks.

Zhan Bai's expression changed drastically, and he retreated again!

Wang Lin grabbed the Long Spear, moved his body, and pursued relentlessly.

"Time!" Wang Lin shouted softly and slapped his Storage Pouch. Nine statues immediately flew out, growing in size in mid-air to become like nine real people, spreading out in the surroundings.

Immediately, Zhan Bai's retreating body slowed down!

"Reckless?"

With this slowing, the Long Spear in Wang Lin's hand was as fast as lightning. At this moment, it felt like the heavens were collapsing and the earth was splitting. Amidst the rumbling, the Long Spear thrust forward suddenly.

Zhan Bai shouted and pressed his palms together. A phantom image of a centipede immediately appeared between his eyebrows. The centipede twisted its body, and tentacles immediately crawled out from Zhan Bai's body, wrapping him entirely to form a huge meat cocoon.

The power of the Long Spear could move heaven and earth.

"Bang."

Amidst the loud noise, the Long Spear pierced the meat cocoon. Immediately, streaks of violent Restriction Qi surged in crazily. The meat cocoon collapsed instantly. Zhan Bai, who was inside, retreated rapidly the moment the cocoon collapsed, backing away more than ten zhang. His face was pale, and he spat out a large mouthful of blood.

In this blood, there were actually countless squirming maggots, a truly shocking sight.

"Ceng Niu!!! Do not bully people too much!!" Zhan Bai's eyes exuded a thick, bloodthirsty look, and his voice was shrill. His heart and mind were greatly shaken. The Concept mixed into Wang Lin's spear strike had caused him even more severe injury. If not for his unique Concept, he would likely have been severely injured instantly under Wang Lin's Concept.

"Bullying? Today, I will bully you!" Wang Lin's eyes remained cold. His right hand suddenly pointed forward, and a seemingly ordinary ray of spiritual light shot toward Zhan Bai.

"Concept attack!!" Zhan Bai's expression was quite ugly. Without a word, he retreated rapidly, flashing away as he prepared to flee.

How could Wang Lin let him escape? He moved his body and pursued. At the same time, he pointed behind him with his right hand. Immediately, countless Wandering Souls whistled over, blocking Zhan Bai from all directions at an extremely fast speed.

Zhan Bai's face turned ashen. He was about to teleport away from this place. Wang Lin's eyes flashed, and he waved his right hand suddenly. Immediately, a tearing sound was heard in the sky, and a huge Rift in space rumbled across the air.

The moment this Rift in space passed by was exactly when Zhan Bai was preparing to teleport. If he had truly teleported at that moment, he would have been torn into two halves by the suddenly appearing Rift in space.

"Madman!!" Zhan Bai was so scared he immediately stopped his teleportation.

Countless cold winds blew, and the ground immediately began to crack. The surrounding spiritual energy rushed frantically into the Rift.

Zhan Bai had seen madmen, and he had killed Soul Transformation Cultivators, but he felt a deep fear toward Wang Lin. Wang Lin's combat experience was, among all the people he had ever seen, arguably the greatest.

Not to mention anything else, this act of tearing space was something any Soul Transformation Cultivator could do, but using it as a method to prevent the opponent from teleporting was something he had seen for the first time.

Moreover, tearing open such a large Rift in space would surely cause the collapse of the spiritual energy of the entire Chu State. This was simply too crazy.

Wang Lin's eyes remained cold. He kept moving forward. He pointed his right hand to the sky and grabbed at the air. Immediately, huge circular rings appeared behind him, and a massive black and white Scroll appeared silently, unfolding.

"You are fortunate to become the second sacrifice under my Life and Death Concept!!" Wang Lin's voice was full of eeriness. He pointed his right hand at Zhan Bai and softly uttered: "Life and Death Transformation!"

Immediately, the Scroll behind him, as if shaken by a giant hand, suddenly unfolded and hung in the high sky, growing larger and larger, until it finally covered a radius of ten miles, with majestic momentum. Even the Rift in space closed silently at this moment, dissipating under this heavenly might.

Wisps of gray qi diffused out from the Scroll.

This was the first time Wang Lin had unleashed his Life and Death Concept with full force. He released all the Heavenly Dao he had comprehended and all the Reincarnation he had realized, turning them all into the power of heaven and earth.

Zhan Bai complained inwardly, but he was inherently arrogant. At this moment, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and a bloodthirsty look surged crazily. He slapped his Storage Pouch, and a swarm of small red insects immediately emerged around his right hand.

"Ceng Niu, you and I originally had no life-or-death grudge, why must you kill them all!! I only killed a few Disciples of your Cloud Heaven Sect!!" Zhan Bai roared.

"Now you do!!" Wang Lin's eyes flashed. He pointed his right hand at Zhan Bai. Immediately, the Scroll in the sky emitted a series of rumbling sounds. A huge Vortex slowly appeared, and the area around this Vortex was shrouded in dense gray qi.

If one looked closely, one could see numerous ferocious faces emerging within the Vortex. These people, without exception, had all died at the hands of Wang Lin.

This was Wang Lin's Life and Death Concept, which was another Heavenly Dao Reincarnation, a Reincarnation that belonged to him alone!! Unless Zhan Bai's Concept reached the Middle Stage of Soul Transformation, it would be useless!!

The insects around Zhan Bai immediately shrieked. Suddenly, they fell from mid-air one by one. On each insect, a mass of gray qi surged up and was sucked into the Vortex.

Within the bloodthirsty look in Zhan Bai's eyes, a deeply hidden fear was revealed. He shouted loudly and pointed his right hand at his eyebrows. Immediately, the phantom image of the centipede between his eyebrows flickered again. At the same time, a mass of seven-colored mist rose above his head.

In almost an instant, this mist transformed into a huge centipede about a hundred zhang long. What was shocking was that under the head of this centipede, there was actually another head, and its appearance was none other than Zhan Bai!!

This was his Primordial Spirit!!

Back in the Nine Netherworlds, he had merged his Primordial Spirit with this beast, which allowed him to enter the Soul Transformation Stage. The Heavenly Dao he comprehended was the Insect-Beast Dao!! Using insect-beasts to replace humans, exercising the Laws of heaven and earth. The world is cruel; humans can kill beasts, so beasts can kill humans. Humans can eat beasts, so beasts can also devour humans.

Within the Great Dao, humans can become Immortals and Sovereigns, so beasts can also become Immortals!!

Why must humans be the spirit of all things? Zhan Bai's Insect-Beast Dao was to take insect-beasts as the root of all things!!

Once this Primordial Spirit appeared, it immediately roared to the sky, detached directly from Zhan Bai's body, flew into mid-air, opened its huge mouth, and swallowed toward the huge Vortex!!

Wang Lin's eyes flashed, and he softly uttered: "Overestimating your capabilities!!"

But hearing a boom in the sky, the Vortex instantly grew larger, like the ruthless Heavenly Dao, swallowing Zhan Bai's Primordial Spirit and grinding it away bit by bit. Bursts of screams came from within. After a long while, it finally returned to calm. The Heaven Tribulation Scroll disappeared, as if it had never appeared.

Wang Lin waved his right hand, and Zhan Bai's body immediately collapsed, turning into a mass of flesh and blood. Within the flesh and blood, it was filled with dense maggots, emitting waves of a foul stench…

— The third update is complete. I wrote a few hundred extra words to finish the plot so I wouldn't leave you all with suspense. Have a great weekend. Also, you guys scared Er Gen yesterday. Seriously, one Alliance Leader, one Grandmaster, one Sect Leader, one Hall Master… I feel a bit dizzy…