Chapter 544: Establishing Authority

"What opinions could there be? This person is trash, no need to pay him any mind!" The speaker was a middle-aged man, his eyes filled with disdain. He had looked down on this new commander from the bottom of his heart.

More precisely, he looked down on all outsiders.

"Captain Sun, you are mistaken. This new commander must be a deep and cunning individual. In these past few days, to remain as calm as an ancient well is certainly not something an ordinary person can do!" A white-haired old man, seated below Sima Yan, said in a deep voice.

Although this man was advanced in age, the black armor he wore gave him a robust and unyielding appearance.

Captain Sun snorted lightly and said with dissatisfaction, "You're making a mountain out of a molehill!"

Regarding Wang Lin's conduct, people here discussed it successively, but in the end, there was no unified decision. Sima Yan rubbed his brows and said in a deep voice, "Alright, remember this: do not provoke this person for now. Over time, I refuse to believe he can remain as calm as still water. As long as he makes the first move, we will have a strategy to deal with him!"

Time gradually passed. In the blink of an eye, Wang Lin had been meditating in this military camp for half a month. During this half-month, he made no moves, simply closing his eyes and breathing every day. This military camp seemed to have become his place of cultivation.

Thirteen's mentality also finally reached a state of peace, and he breathed with Wang Lin.

However, Hu Pao's inner anger gradually increased. If not for his reservations, he would have long since brought out his Soul Banner for a grand battle.

Wang Lin's silence caused the disdain in the eyes of the tens of thousands of Demonic Soldiers here to grow even thicker.

Wang Lin remained oblivious to all of this.

On this day, in the military camp, a thousand-man squad led by Captain Sun passed by Wang Lin's meditation spot during their drill. Captain Sun's eyes openly revealed strong contempt and disdain. He looked down on this new commander from his heart. As he passed by, he couldn't help but spit, and brazenly said, "Trash!"

The Demonic Soldier squad, seeing their captain's actions and words, immediately burst into laughter, their laughter filled with extremely strong disdain.

The moment the spit landed, Wang Lin opened his eyes. His eyes were calm, and his voice was even and slow as he leisurely said, "Captain Sun, what did you say?"

Captain Sun was startled. This was the first time Wang Lin had spoken in half a month. He sneered inwardly and said disdainfully, "What I just said was the word 'trash'…"

His tone was arrogant, but before he could finish speaking, Wang Lin's eyes flashed with a cold light, and a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. His right hand shot out like lightning. With a grab, an invisible force immediately surged forth from the surrounding heaven and earth.

Captain Sun's body was immediately bound by this invisible force. Without any pause, he was directly pulled from a short distance away through the air.

Captain Sun's expression changed. He wanted to struggle, but no matter how much he struggled, even when he unleashed his Demonic Qi, the invisible force binding him was like an iron clamp, not loosening in the slightest, but instead tightening.

His body almost immediately landed on Wang Lin's right hand, where Wang Lin grabbed him by the neck.

"You…" His face flushed crimson as blood Qi gathered. The hand on his neck, at this moment, was like the gate of death, clamping him tightly within it.

Despite this, he still bulged his eyes and glared at Wang Lin. He didn't believe this person would dare to kill him, but he did develop a fear regarding this person's cultivation. The moment the other party attacked, he was completely helpless. Such cultivation, even Commander Sima, probably couldn't achieve.

Seeing their captain captured, the thousand black-armored Demonic Soldiers immediately surged forward, charging towards Wang Lin.

Wang Lin's eyes flashed with cold light, and he softly said, "Thirteen, Tianyao Prefecture Military Regulation number eight, recite!"

Thirteen had been silently memorizing the contents of the Jade Slip these past few days. Hearing Wang Lin's question, he immediately said, "Those who defy their superiors shall be executed!"

Captain Sun's body trembled, and a sense of foreboding rose in his heart. He was about to struggle and speak, but Wang Lin's right hand was clamped on his neck, preventing him from speaking a complete sentence.

Wang Lin's eyes flashed with cold light, and a sinister smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He suddenly exerted force with his right hand. With a 'crack', Captain Sun didn't even make a sound before his neck was immediately crushed by Wang Lin. At the same time, Wang Lin's Immortal Rank power surged out madly, directly entering the man's body, instantly destroying all of his cultivation.

Even until his death, Captain Sun's eyes showed disbelief. He never expected this new commander would actually dare to kill!

Grabbing the man's corpse, Wang Lin took a deep breath. Immediately, streams of Demonic Qi wafted out from the man's seven orifices, absorbed by Wang Lin into his body.

All of this happened so quickly, almost the moment Thirteen's words fell, Wang Lin unhesitatingly killed this person.

At this moment, the Demonic Soldiers who had rushed forward all paused, their eyes revealing anger. Some of the more astute ones immediately changed the way they looked at Wang Lin.

Casually tossing Captain Sun's corpse forward, Wang Lin coldly looked at the Demonic Soldiers in front, without saying a word.

The corpse thumped onto the ground in front of the Demonic Soldiers. Looking at Captain Sun's unclosed eyes, these Demonic Soldiers, personally led by him, had their anger ignited.

Among the Demonic Soldiers, someone immediately roared, "Brothers, avenge our captain!"

As soon as these words were spoken, more than half of the thousand people immediately roared in response, charging forward without hesitation, each releasing their Demonic Qi. At this moment, in their eyes, Wang Lin was an enemy!

Wang Lin's eyes grew colder, and he softly said, "Defying superiors!"

A sinister smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He did not stand up, but instead patted his Storage Pouch. Immediately, the Immortal Sword was in his hand. With a sweep, a sword light, like the splitting of heaven, burst forth with a roar. At the same time, the curved saber followed closely, directly rushing into the Demonic Soldiers.

Immediately, screams echoed. The Immortal Sword's light, against these Demonic Soldiers whose cultivation was equivalent to Core Formation, was as easy as turning over one's hand. As for the curved saber, in a flash, Demonic Soldiers' heads fell to the ground.

The chaos here was immediately seen by the Demonic Soldiers of other squads in the military camp. They all turned their gazes to their respective captains. The remaining nine captains in the military camp immediately rushed here, with Demonic Soldiers following behind them.

"Stop!" Among the nine captains, someone immediately roared loudly.

A distance of a hundred li was not far. Before long, in front of Wang Lin, dust flew as nine thousand Demonic Soldiers madly pressed closer.

Wang Lin didn't even glance at them. He spread his arms, and within his body, Immortal Rank power and Demonic power formed a Vortex. With a fierce吸, the Demonic power from the hundreds of Demonic Soldiers killed by the Immortal Sword and curved saber immediately left their bodies, madly drifting towards Wang Lin, and was completely absorbed into his body.

The Demonic power was extremely dense, scattering between heaven and earth, forming a hurricane Vortex. Wang Lin was at its very center. As the nine thousand Demonic Soldiers in the distance approached, Wang Lin completely absorbed all the Demonic power. He pointed into the Void Realm with his right hand, and the Immortal Sword and curved saber immediately returned, circling above his head, emitting clanging sounds of blades and swords.

Of Captain Sun's thousand Demonic Soldiers, in just this short time, more than half had died! The remaining ones retreated, their anger dissipating, replaced by endless Killing Intent and a deeply hidden trace of fear.

The nine captains, each clad in full black armor, stepped forward, approaching Wang Lin. Their gazes immediately fell upon Captain Sun's corpse.

The nine thousand Demonic Soldiers then spread out, surrounding Wang Lin's location. A thick Killing Intent immediately permeated the surroundings. They were not simply surrounding him, but had formed a Formation, and the Killing Intent of this Formation was directed at Wang Lin!

Thirteen and Hu Pao immediately stood up, their eyes revealing cold light. Especially Hu Pao, he licked his lips, took out all his Soul Banners, and coldly watched his surroundings.

Wang Lin remained seated cross-legged on the ground. Even when he killed just now, he did not stand up. At this moment, surrounded by these nine thousand Demonic Soldiers, his expression remained as usual, and he calmly said, "Are you also going to defy your superiors?"

The nine captains all felt a chill in their hearts. The bloodstains of the Demonic Soldiers on the ground had not yet dried, and severed limbs and heads lay scattered. All of this caused a drastic reversal in these nine people's impression of Wang Lin.

Especially now, hearing what the other party said, they looked at each other, but did not speak.

Just then, a roar came from afar. Sima Yan, like a wild wind, charged directly over. He leaped over countless Demonic Soldiers, almost instantly arriving nearby. The remnants and bloodstains on the ground made his face immediately turn as dark as water.

He had been meditating just now. When he detected a disturbance in the military camp, he immediately stopped his cultivation, but he did not show himself. Instead, he used a secret technique to inform the Quartermaster and then, after Wang Lin was surrounded, he walked out.

"Commander, no matter the reason, after you killed Captain Sun, you then massacred the Demonic Soldiers under him. I will absolutely not let this matter rest!" Sima Yan said in a deep voice.

Wang Lin's expression remained as usual. He smiled slightly and said, "Thirteen, Tianyao Prefecture Military Regulation number Thirteen, recite!"

Thirteen immediately said, "Those who disrupt the military camp and surround a superior, retreat within thirty breaths. If they do not retreat, execute!"

"Tianyao Prefecture Military Regulation number two, recite!"

"Those who, without permission, use a Immortal Rank Formation internally, disperse within twenty breaths. Otherwise, it shall be considered a grave crime!"

Wang Lin's demeanor was normal, while Sima Yan's face grew even darker. He almost immediately understood that the reason the person in front of him had made no moves for the past half-month was precisely because he was waiting—waiting for an opportune moment where one strike would doom everyone!

Among the nine captains, three immediately retreated. These three looked at each other, each seeing the apprehension in the other's eyes. They did not want to participate in this struggle between commanders.

"Thirteen, start the timer!" Wang Lin closed his eyes, not even looking at Sima Yan.

Thirteen's gaze was calm. He slowly said, "Thirteen breaths have passed. Sixteen, fifteen, fourteen, Thirteen…"