Chapter 586: Ascension Fruit

At this moment, inside the ancient battlefield within Tianyao Prefecture, on the top floor of the black Pagoda, two ghostly lights suddenly lit up within the Armor.

"The Soul Transformation has just been achieved, and the Origin Qi within the body has not yet fully undergone Fusion. It requires forty-nine days for final stabilization. This is the time I have waited ten years for…"

As the ghostly light inside the helmet of the Armor flashed, dull thunder immediately rumbled across the sky outside the Pagoda. At the same time, a massive black Vortex appeared instantly in the sky.

This Vortex was so large that its rotation seemed capable of absorbing everything in the world. The winds and clouds in the surrounding sky changed color, and even the countless souls within the ancient battlefield began to tremble.

The ghostly light on the Armor inside the Pagoda shone brightly. A tyrannical Divine Sense immediately swept out from the Pagoda, covering the entire ancient battlefield. Following this, the soil in several locations on the battlefield ground loosened, and black bones flew out from beneath the earth, rising into mid-air.

These small bones quickly underwent Fusion in mid-air, and in the blink of an eye, they transformed into a black withered bone arm.

This black withered bone arm slowly flew to the space above the Pagoda and stopped beneath the Vortex.

"The power I have accumulated is limited and cannot be wasted easily. Furthermore, the place where this person is currently located is one of the places I am unwilling to go!" The ghostly light on the Armor flashed. A section of the arm Armor immediately detached from the main body, emitting waves of Demonic Flames, and suddenly flew out from the Pagoda, rushing towards the withered bone arm above.

As soon as the arm Armor touched the withered bone, it immediately locked onto it, clinging tightly. The moment the withered bone arm was fitted with the Armor, it immediately became completely different, and waves of immense demonic power condensed wildly upon it.

"Go, bring back the Origin Qi!" The arm shuddered and rushed directly into the Vortex in the sky, disappearing from sight.

"Only Soul Transformation Cultivators have Origin Qi within their bodies. Unfortunately, I am too heavily injured to extract the Origin Qi of a Cultivator that has already merged with their Primordial Spirit from a long distance. I can only choose to strike and absorb the Origin Qi at the moment of their Breakthrough." The ghostly light on the Armor, which was now missing a bracer, gradually dimmed and finally extinguished.

Wang Lin sat cross-legged inside his Immortal Cave, exhaling a deep breath of murky air before standing up. He had been sitting cross-legged for ten years, and as he moved, cracking sounds echoed from within his body. It took a while for him to return to normal.

After loosening his body, his expression suddenly changed. He looked up at the sky above the Immortal Cave, and saw that at this moment, a black Vortex had appeared silently and suddenly!

"This is…" Wang Lin's gaze narrowed. He had been in this Immortal Cave for many years and had never seen this Vortex. Its appearance was too coincidental; it had appeared right at the moment he had achieved Soul Transformation!

Wang Lin was cautious by nature. The instant the Vortex appeared, his body flickered as he dashed toward the door of the Immortal Cave.

As soon as he moved, the rotation speed of the Vortex accelerated. With this acceleration, the size of the Vortex expanded instantly. A cold glint flashed in Wang Lin's eyes. Without hesitation, he slapped his Storage Pouch, took out his Immortal Cave token, and performed Hand Seals. His body immediately turned into nothingness, on the verge of vanishing.

At this very instant, a pitch-black skeletal hand encased in Armor extended from the Vortex above the Immortal Cave and grabbed fiercely toward the direction where Wang Lin was!

Under this grab, Wang Lin's figure, which was about to turn ethereal and teleport away, faltered, but he immediately vanished from the spot.

The pitch-black skeletal hand paused slightly, retracted back into the Vortex, and the Vortex vanished.

In Huoyao Prefecture, within a vast plain that stretched for countless miles, a distorted ripple suddenly appeared in the sky, and Wang Lin stepped out!

His expression was gloomy. Anyone who encountered such a bizarre scene right after successfully achieving Soul Transformation would not be in a pleasant mood.

When he had just left using the Immortal Cave token, the interference from that arm had caused problems with the teleportation. Now, as he swept his Divine Sense across the area, he found this place to be completely unfamiliar.

Just then, a black dot suddenly appeared in the sky. This black dot spun wildly at an unimaginable speed, and in almost an instant, it formed that massive Vortex.

The appearance of this Vortex was completely silent; even his Divine Sense could not detect it in advance. It was as if it existed everywhere in the world.

Wang Lin's expression was gloomy. He stared at the Vortex. This time, he did not choose to flee; he wanted to see exactly what kind of Divine Ability the arm inside the Vortex possessed!

Almost the instant the Vortex appeared, the withered bone arm wearing the bracer reached out from within and grabbed at the empty air toward Wang Lin!

Under this grab, no wind rose, no clouds moved, and no Divine Ability fluctuations appeared. This simple grab was just like a Mortal waving their arm.

Wang Lin frowned slightly and raised his right hand. The Finger of Annihilation was unleashed for the first time with his Soul Transformation strength. A black ray, more than ten times more powerful than before, shot out, and within this black ray, circular ripples undulated!

The black ray was like a thunderbolt, whistling away and landing on the withered bone. In that instant, the bracer on the bone immediately emitted a shocking amount of Devilish Qi. This Devilish Qi almost materialized, and with a surge, it blocked the Finger of Annihilation.

However, this Devilish Qi had underestimated Wang Lin's Finger of Annihilation. If it were before Wang Lin had reached Soul Transformation, perhaps the Finger of Annihilation would have dissipated upon being struck by this Devilish Qi. But now, with Wang Lin unleashing this finger using his Soul Transformation cultivation, although the wind of the finger was blocked, the Qi of Annihilation contained within could not be stopped. The moment the Devilish Qi collided with it, it actually dissipated rapidly, as if it had been forcibly absorbed.

All of this happened in an instant.

Wang Lin had just unleashed a blast of the Finger of Annihilation when he immediately sensed an invisible force drifting from ahead. This force felt like a gentle breeze, but the moment it blew against his body, Wang Lin's expression changed drastically!

He immediately realized that his newly formed Soul Transformation Primordial Spirit actually felt as if it were about to drift away along with this breeze-like invisible force!

Even his mind could not muster the slightest bit of resistance. Even his right hand slowly lowered. His Primordial Spirit was gradually drifting out of his body, wanting to leave.

A sense of drowsiness arose leisurely. A cold glint appeared in Wang Lin's eyes. At this moment, because his Primordial Spirit was about to leave his body, his body actually became stiff, and his senses were rapidly fading.

At this moment, there was no panic in his heart; there was only Killing Intent!

He, Wang Lin, dared to defy the heavens and even dared to kill the heavens. How could he be deceived by this Divine Ability at this moment? Wang Lin possessed a heart to kill and the intent to kill. In this instant, his heart to kill and his intent to kill collided, producing a thick Killing Intent!

A low roar came from his mouth. A monstrous slaughter emanated from his eyes.

Under this Killing Intent, the Primordial Spirit, which had already left half of his body, was actually forced back by him! As his Primordial Spirit returned to his body, Wang Lin coldly glared at that arm.

"No matter who you are, do not come to provoke me…" Wang Lin stepped backward. With this step, he simultaneously unleashed countless teleportation Divine Abilities, and in an instant, he vanished from the spot.

This arm was not terrifying; what was terrifying was the bracer on it. From the finger he had used to test it just now, Wang Lin could see the strangeness of the bracer. There were many strange individuals in this Demon Spirit Land. Wang Lin had just achieved Soul Transformation and still needed some time for his Primordial Spirit to fully integrate, so he did not wish to stir up more trouble at this moment.

The moment Wang Lin left, a soft sound of surprise came from within the Pagoda on the ancient battlefield!

"As expected of a Heaven Defying Cultivator, to actually resist my Heavenly Demon Wind with a heart to kill! But the more you are like this, the more interested I am in your Origin Qi! In this Demon Spirit Land, those who practice ancient Demonic Technique cannot form Origin Qi. Only you Cultivators have Origin Qi appear at the moment of Soul Transformation. For countless years, almost all Cultivators in this Demon Spirit Land who reached the Soul Transformation stage had their Origin Qi devoured by me at the moment of their Breakthrough… You will be no exception!"

Wang Lin teleported and appeared in a desolate place. There were no mountains or water, only withered grass and dead trees everywhere. But immediately, his gaze narrowed; in the distance, he discovered some Restrictions.

"What exactly is that arm!" Wang Lin's brows furrowed tightly, and his body flickered as he flew toward the Restrictions in the distance.

Soon, he arrived at the location of the Restrictions. Looking out, this place was even more desolate, with the ground even somewhat cracked; there was nothing unusual about it.

The Restrictions guarding this place were not clever, but they were numerous. Dense and packed, there were no fewer than several thousand Restrictions. These Restrictions were all linked; triggering one meant triggering them all.

Although crude, they were still effective. Ordinary people, even Demon Generals, would likely find it difficult to enter these Restrictions. Even if they could enter, it would take a significant amount of time to forcefully break them.

Wang Lin swept his Divine Sense across. With his cultivation and mastery of Restrictions, these Restrictions were not worth looking at. He had no interest in entering, but just as he was about to leave, the black Vortex that made Wang Lin's eyes narrow appeared again in the sky not far away.

"Like a persistent ghost!" Wang Lin's brows furrowed tightly, and the cold glint in his eyes grew more intense. This black Vortex appearing again and again really made Killing Intent surge in Wang Lin's heart. He snorted coldly, his body immediately sank, and he stepped directly into the midst of the Restrictions.

With Wang Lin's mastery of Restrictions, he had broken things at the level of Immortal Restrictions within Immortal Caves; breaking the current Restrictions here was as easy as turning over his hand. He only took a few glances, and infinite deductions flashed through his eyes. With a flicker of his body, he vanished into the Restrictions.

Besides preventing outsiders from entering, these Restrictions also used illusions to hide things. However, they had encountered Wang Lin. Wang Lin had broken countless Restrictions in his life, and at this moment, he easily passed through them without triggering them. The scene that revealed itself before his eyes was vastly different from the outside.

It was still a plain, but looking out, it had been artificially divided into plots of cultivated land, emitting a strange, faint fragrance.

"Oh!" Wang Lin felt slightly surprised. He had not expected this place to be such a scene. And what was even more strange was that the things planted here were all of the same kind!

"Ascension Fruit…" Wang Lin's expression was somewhat strange.

At this moment, the surrounding Restrictions suddenly began to collapse, and that black withered bone forcibly pierced through countless Restrictions and reached inside.