Chapter 617: Its Companion

Several months passed in a flash. The slaughter and upheaval within Huoyao Prefecture shifted, replacing the chaotic war, and Tianyao Prefecture withdrew its troops. This war, which had lasted nearly a hundred years, finally ended with the mutual devouring among the Ancient Devils.

The Ancient Devil Bellow completed his first devouring, achieving a very high degree of Fusion with the residual souls of Huoyao Prefecture. He no longer needed Wang Lin's blood to solidify his form and could now leave independently.

In the capital city of Tianyao City, inside the Dragon Pool, Wang Lin sat cross-legged, his eyes tightly shut, devoid of any expression.

The moment he touched the Hand Bone that day, he became immersed in a strange space. After Bellow devoured the residual soul, he used a Divine Ability to bring Wang Lin's Physical Body back and placed it here.

Time flowed by, and several more months passed. On this day, Wang Lin opened his eyes.

The instant his eyes opened, a sharp gleam flashed within them and vanished. His entire aura was vastly different from before he went to Huoyao Prefecture. At this moment, he looked more like a Scholar among Mortals; outwardly, there was no Immortal Power circulating within him, making him seem quite ordinary.

However, a faint fragrance permeated his body, giving others a sense of refinement and transcendence.

Opening his eyes, Wang Lin let out a long breath of Turbid Qi.

"My Ancient Devil lineage possesses a kind of Divine Ability since the beginning of heaven and earth. Relying on this Divine Ability, we can comprehend the Heavenly Dao and create Spells ourselves. This Divine Ability can also be used on outsiders, but apart from my Ancient Devil lineage, other life forms can only gain comprehension once in their lifetime."

Wang Lin remained silent. He closed his eyes again. The various illusions of him merging with the Gray-robed Figure in that strange space filled his mind. Thinking of it now felt like a dream, leaving him with lingering fear.

"Excluding you, I have only given my Legacy to two Cultivators in my lifetime. Both of them comprehended the changes of the next Realm, and even gained new insights into their own Spells. Especially the second Cultivator, his Talent was the highest I have ever seen among Cultivators. Within my Legacy, he created a set of Divine Abilities himself!

This child's Talent is already not inferior to that of my Ancient Devil race."

Wang Lin closed his eyes and said plainly, "Who is it?"

"His name is Sun Yun. I wonder if you have heard of him…" The voice of the Ancient Devil carried a hint of recollection.

"Sun Yun…" Wang Lin opened his eyes, was silent for a moment, and said, "Ancient Devil Senior, our agreement is still missing the last item!"

A Demonic Wind suddenly arose within the Dragon Pool, forming a green vortex. It swept across and stopped in front of Wang Lin. The vortex dissipated, revealing a young man with an extremely strange and demonic appearance.

The most striking thing about this person was his eyes; the faint green Demonic Light made him appear mysterious and unpredictable. After he appeared, he glanced at Wang Lin, a slight smile on his face, and said, "I will not forget what I promised you. During the months you spent comprehending, I have already used a Divine Ability to search for the location of the Divine Sense body inside that Pagoda."

As the young man spoke, he casually waved his right hand to the side. A sheet of sparkling Crystalline Light materialized as it swept past his palm. These Crystalline Lights combined to form a picture.

The picture showed an Abyss. Viewed from above, it looked like a gigantic fissure spread across the ground. Streaks of Black Qi occasionally burst forth from within, and the violent impact even caused the image to shake.

"This place, in the mouths of you Cultivators, is called the Tidal Abyss. The aura of your friend is right here! However, the Tidal Abyss has six entrances in total. Go to Shuiyao Prefecture; the entrance there is the closest to where your friend is located!"

Wang Lin looked at the picture, pondered for a moment, and asked, "What exactly is this Tidal Abyss?"

The young man hesitated slightly and said, "In the Starry Sky, there are places where countless Spatial Collapses occur. Over time, these collapsed areas form a passage leading to an unknown location. This passage is filled with unimaginable suction.

The Tidal Abyss is just such a place."

The Ancient Devil Bellow said no more, and Wang Lin did not ask further. He could sense that the other party was hiding a lot, but if the other party refused to speak, asking was useless.

"Since there are six entrances, are there also six exits?" Wang Lin asked slowly, his expression unchanged.

The young man smiled faintly, a somewhat demonic expression. He said, "There is only one exit, and it is in Huoyao Prefecture!" As he spoke, he grabbed at the sparkling crystalline image with his right hand. The image shattered, but the Crystalline Light immediately condensed upon his grasp, turning into a finger-sized Crystal, which he flicked toward Wang Lin.

"Take this item. When your Divine Sense merges with it, you can borrow my vision to observe everything inside the Tidal Abyss! Consider this a gift from me after our agreement is complete!"

Wang Lin accepted the Crystal, clasped his fists, and said, "Thank you, Ancient Devil Senior."

The young man smiled and shook his head, saying, "I should be thanking you. You may go. I need to enter seclusion for a while."

Wang Lin stood up, took a step forward, and instantly vanished without a trace, leaving the Dragon Pool.

The young man looked at the spot where Wang Lin disappeared, a strange Demonic Light flickering in his eyes.

"I only need a hundred years to completely fuse with the remaining Seven Demons. At that time, I, Ancient Devil Bellow, will be reborn… Ancient Devil Taga, you stole the spoils of war from me during that battle. A hundred years from now, I want to see how much you have recovered!

And this little fellow, there is the aura of an Ancient God in his mind. Although this aura is very faint, it is extremely pure. For my Ancient Devil race and the Ancient Devils, this is a great tonic!"

"However, the purer this aura is, the less I dare to devour it…" The young man shuddered inwardly, thinking of that trace of aura.

"Ancient Gods… they are the race that gained the majority of Gu's power during the separation… The trace of aura within this little fellow is extremely strong! The Ancient God who left this trace of aura in this person is at least an Eight-star, and possibly even reached Nine-star… Even if the Ancient Devil and I join forces, we might not win against a Nine-star Ancient God. If he wants to kill me, it's far too simple."

"And most importantly, this aura contains an extremely deeply hidden will, one that makes me tremble just by touching it. This feeling is unique to the Royal Clan… It is precisely through this trace of aura that I was able to borrow his blood to solidify my form without worrying about causing his mind to collapse. I didn't tell him the whole truth back then. Even if he truly possessed the Ancient God aura, without that trace of Royal Clan will, it would not have allowed me to Transform!

Since Ancient Devil Taga and I have survived until now, the Ancient Gods certainly must have as well. If I devour the aura left in this Cultivator's body, I will definitely plant a seed of disaster for myself in the future!"

"However, I can resist this temptation, but I wonder if Ancient Devil Taga can do the same…"

The Tidal Abyss is an extremely mysterious place within the Demon Spirit Land. This is the source of the outside world's tides. Over countless years, massive amounts of Magic Treasures, Crystal Stones, and Spirit Beasts, after being sucked into the Demon Spirit Land, were directly dragged into this location.

At this moment, deep within the Tidal Abyss, in a vast expanse of Black Mist, there was an open area about a Hundred Zhang wide where several people were sitting cross-legged.

One of them was a middle-aged man. He had a dignified appearance, but a hint of maliciousness surfaced, making him look very much like a Powerful Schemer.

He sat cross-legged in the center, his face covered in a layer of gloom. Clusters of dense Death Qi swirled outside his body. In his right hand, he held a strangely shaped Skull, stroking it continuously.

As his eyes opened and closed, gloomy gazes that would shock anyone who looked at them occasionally erupted.

Beside him sat four people, all wearing blue Daoist Robes and carrying Large Swords on their backs. Their expressions were equally gloomy.

Just then, the Black Mist in the distance suddenly churned, and a figure swiftly flew over, stopping in front of the group. This person was also wearing a blue shirt and carrying a Large Sword on his back. He said with a bitter expression, "Senior Greed Wolf, the Beast Horde ahead still hasn't dispersed… and… there are more of them than before."

That middle-aged man was none other than Greed Wolf!

He let out a cold snort and said, "This old man underestimated this place. The Yao Beasts here were forcefully sucked in from the Starry Sky, and after being nurtured by the strange power here, it's natural that some powerful ones would emerge."

"Senior Greed Wolf, the number of these Yao Beasts is too great, and they are all extremely ferocious. Logically, this type of Yao Beast should be quite famous, but this Junior has thought about it for a long time and still cannot recall what kind of Yao Beast this is!" A Great Luo Sword Sect Disciple, who had remained silent until now, said in a deep voice.

The position this person sat in was extremely strategic; subtly, it seemed all the Great Luo Sword Sect Disciples centered themselves around him.

Greed Wolf glanced at this person. He knew that the speaker held extremely high prestige among these Great Luo Sword Sect Disciples because this person was their Senior Brother, Chen Long!

This person was the beloved Disciple of Sword Venerable Ling Tianhou. He was cunning and deeply concealed his cultivation to the extent that even Greed Wolf had to look carefully several times to see through him. On the surface, this person was at the Nascent Soul Transformation Late Stage, but his actual cultivation had reached the Soul Transformation Early Stage. Among the Twelve Sword Children, his cultivation was not the highest, but even Chou Niu, who had concealed his cultivation to actually reach the Soul Transformation Middle Stage, was extremely respectful toward Chen Long.

Hearing Chen Long's words, Greed Wolf pondered for a moment and said, "This beast looks strange; this old man has never seen it either. The Starry Sky is boundless, and under the nurturing of the Heavenly Dao, Cultivators cannot possibly know all living creatures."

"Especially since this beast was clearly sucked in by the tide that occurs once every 5,000 years, it has probably been here for a very long time. It is not surprising that we do not recognize this beast!"

Chen Long stopped speaking, and everyone fell silent.

Sharp whistles slowly drifted from the distance. At the edge of the Black Mist exit, Yao Beasts, each Several Zhang in size, covered in black fur, and possessing sharp Mouthparts, flapped their wings, densely surrounding the entire exit.

Their slightly red eyes revealed chilling cold light, and their long Mouthparts caused anyone who looked at them to feel a great shock in their heart and mind.

If Wang Lin saw this beast, he would definitely recognize them instantly: they were Mosquito Beasts! However, their bodies were not Purple-Gold in color.