CHAPTER 216: CHAPTER 196: SOUL DEVOURING CRYSTAL, DUELING BLADES

There’s something strange.

There’s definitely something strange about Xiao Jin.

Lu Lin remembered that, just now in the Secret Realm, the Secret Realm Manager mentioned that Xiao Jin was originally a human.

This sentence is quite worth pondering.

Originally a human, which means that the other party is no longer human now.

If not human, then what is the other party now?

Could it be a dead person?

Just as Lu Lin was having this thought, Xiao Jin suddenly sensed something, his eyes lit up, and he turned his head to run towards the Holy Son.

"Your Royal Highness the Holy Son, Your Royal Highness, are you alright?"

Xiao Jin shouted loudly as he ran.

The Holy Son was currently overwhelmed with glowing lights and Chen Xiran’s spiritual strength output, unable to answer Xiao Jin’s questions.

Seeing this, the joyous expression on Xiao Jin’s face grew even stronger.

As if he was... gloating?

"Mr. Bai, stop him."

Whatever the enemy tries to do, Lu Lin must prevent it.

"Alright."

Bai Buyi also noticed the strangeness of Xiao Jin at this moment and agreed, promptly flying over to block Xiao Jin’s path.

Who would have thought.

Xiao Jin actually made a move that no one could have expected.

He stretched out his hand, grabbed his own head forcefully, and after pulling it off, he used it like a missile to hurl at Bai Buyi.

Bai Buyi, caught off guard, instinctively caught Xiao Jin’s head.

When he realized something was wrong and wanted to throw the head away.

The head... split open.

From the split head, a black substance suddenly emerged.

This black substance, like a malignant tumor, instantly covered Bai Buyi’s hand.

Xiao Jin’s headless body was still running.

Soon, it arrived near Fang Gang and Chen Xiran.

His aim was to rescue the Holy Son.

Fang Gang’s Ripple Star Skill was activated, but it had almost no effect on Xiao Jin.

Arriving beside the two, the headless body suddenly expanded.

Expanded.

From around 1.65 meters, it instantly expanded to 2 meters, then 3 meters.

"Danger, quick, get out of the way."

Lu Lin shouted as he forcibly unleashed two Star Skills.

Wearing Armor.

Wearing Armor!

Boom!

Almost at the instant Fang Gang and Chen Xiran completed the armor-wearing, Xiao Jin’s headless body exploded.

The two were blasted far away by the shock wave, only stopping after hitting the mountain wall.

Stone fragments continued to fall from the mountain top.

The ground also had a large hole as deep as a person.

The Holy Son’s body fell into the hole.

Lu Lin wanted to get up to check the situation, but at that moment, a sudden mutation occurred.

The black substance from Xiao Jin’s split-open head suddenly abandoned Bai Buyi, flew out of thin air, and flew to the top of the pit.

It seemed to be recognizing direction.

Then, as if sensing the Holy Son’s position, the black substance rushed towards the Holy Son in the pit.

It wrapped around him.

Lu Lin came to the edge of the pit and looked down.

That mass of black substance covered the Holy Son, and quickly spread.

Like a black film, it completely covered the Holy Son from head to toe.

"This is..."

Lu Lin didn’t know the principle behind this, nor did he have a clue how to deal with it.

Fang Gang and Chen Xiran supported each other and walked over.

Luckily, Lu Lin’s heavy armor had protected them; although close to the explosion, they remained unscathed.

Bai Buyi also arrived at the edge of the pit with a terrified expression.

Seeing the situation inside the pit, fear filled his eyes.

That black substance was also spreading on him just now.

Although nobody knew what the black substance was, being covered by it certainly wasn’t good.

"Team leader, what do we do now?"

Fang Gang coughed twice and asked.

"You guys go first, I’ll check the situation."

"Team leader, let’s go together."

"Yes, let’s go together."

All three persuaded Lu Lin.

But Lu Lin shook his head, refusing.

He felt that things wouldn’t just end so simply.

Rather than leaving ignorant of what happened, it’s better to figure out what is going on.

Lu Lin had a vague feeling that Great Elder Xiao Jin isn’t simple, and while the Holy Son is powerful, he’s not invincible.

This entire incident exuded an eerie occurrence from start to finish.

"You guys go first, I’ll check the situation and will catch up shortly."

"Alright."

Bai Buyi agreed with a nod.

"We’ll wait for you at the mountain foot."

"Okay."

Having reached an agreement, the three moved quickly, heading up the passageway.

At this time, the Holy Son lying at the bottom of the pit began to float slowly.

The black substance on him was also gradually disappearing.

No.

Not disappearing, but was slowly permeating into the Holy Son’s body.

The Holy Son, with eyes closed, extended his right hand.

On the ground, a black small box floated, coming to the Holy Son’s hand.

The Holy Son opened his eyes.

And looked at Lu Lin.

"Thank you."

Thank me?

Lu Lin was stunned, completely unaware of what he meant.

At the same time, he casually took out another bottle of Star Power Potion and drank it.

His Star Power was filled up.

He also had enough Spiritual Strength to make another two "Stabs."

"Yes, thank you for obliterating most of the Holy Son’s soul."

"Thank you for shattering that already broken body."

"To express my goodwill towards you, please... fuse with me; let’s be immortal together."

"The Holy Son," said, floating from above to stand before Lu Lin, reaching out with his right hand.

"Alright!"

Lu Lin spoke, and the broken knife stabbed directly into the Saint’s body. The skin, as hard as diamond, could not block Lu Lin’s attack.

No.

His right hand did not move at all.

He actually materialized the broken knife visualized in the Consciousness Universe.

The broken knife entered the Saint’s body, crazily devouring the Saint’s spiritual strength.

The spiritual strength flowed along the illusory broken knife into Lu Lin’s Consciousness Universe, where it was absorbed and refined by him.

"You, you are..."

The Saint’s face showed a trace of fear.

Whether in his own memory or in the Saint’s memory, there had never been such a terrifying weapon.

Lu Lin smiled and didn’t reply.

Just now, his spiritual strength broke through to the visualization level of the Soul Splitting Skill, allowing him to directly materialize visualized objects.

The Soul Splitting Skill has nine levels, divided into three cultivation stages.

The first stage is visualization.

When spiritual strength can extend 5 meters outward, one reaches the first level.

At 10 meters, it’s the second level.

At 50 meters, it’s the third level.

After that, one enters the second stage of reflection.

Upon reaching this stage, those cultivating spiritual strength can then use it to attack opponents.

Reflection is the phantasmal reflecting the real.

Lu Lin only reached the first level of reflection, materializing 10 percent of the broken knife from the Consciousness Universe.

Yet even so, it was something neither the Saint nor anyone else could resist.

"You, can, not!"

The Saint said with difficulty, pausing between each word.

Now, although he still had Liu Chang’s body, in terms of consciousness, he was no longer entirely the Saint himself.

The Saint’s spiritual strength was worn down by Lu Lin to the extent of an ordinary third-level Martial Artist. When the black substance that Xiao Jin transformed into entered the Saint’s body, it had already suppressed the Saint’s consciousness.

This was a plan he had long prepared.

Having emerged from the coffin, he had already seized Xiao Jin’s body.

After that, he had been scheming to prepare a truly suitable and promising body for himself.

At this moment, he unexpectedly learned about the Saint’s "descent" affair. It took a great deal of effort to find a way to facilitate the Saint’s descent.

Needing the blood of three hundred Alien Races.

Needing human blood.

Needing a suitable human body.

Needing abundant energy.

For two centuries, the Great Elder Xiao Jin — no, he was not Xiao Jin, nor was he the Saint. He had his own name.

Maffield.

For two centuries, Maffield worked tirelessly for the Saint’s descent. The blood of three hundred Alien Races had long been gathered, the suitable human body was chosen, and even though a minor mishap occurred in the middle, the Saint successfully descended and awakened.

After the Saint awakened, that higher-level thought and spiritual strength washed over Liu Chang’s body.

What’s left was to find a way to erase the Saint’s consciousness.

This was something Maffield had also prepared for a long time.

But unexpectedly, Lu Lin emerged from the Secret Realm and somehow accomplished what he hadn’t had time to do.

Everything proceeded according to Maffield’s preset plan.

Except for the broken knife.

At this moment, Maffield could clearly feel his spiritual strength draining away.

He must stop this process.

He must prevent Lu Lin.

Maffield, with difficulty, gouged out a crystalline shard from the skin of his arm.

This was something he had long buried in Liu Chang’s body to deal with the Saint.

Soul Devouring Crystal.

This item shares some similarities with the Soul Sealing Space Crystal, both capable of absorbing people’s spirits.

However, unlike the Soul Sealing Space Crystal, the Soul Devouring Crystal slowly, bit by bit, devours the soul inside after absorbing it.

"Little boy."

"I want you to die!"

Maffield gritted his teeth and said.

The Soul Devouring Crystal doesn’t distinguish between friend and foe when used.

When he uses this object to absorb Lu Lin’s spirit, his own spirit is also inevitably drawn in.

This makes his already scanty soul power even more strained.

"This ends here."

"Absorb!"

Lu Lin was initially curious about why Maffield would randomly gouge out a crystal stone from his body, but he quickly realized something was amiss.

The absorption force on the broken knife suddenly disappeared.

It turned into another kind of power.

No, it was that stone.

It was absorbing his spiritual strength.

Lu Lin was shocked.

Losing some Star Power didn’t worry him, but losing all his spiritual strength would render him a vegetable, even if he were alive.

No!

He couldn’t let this continue.

Lu Lin forcibly withdrew the spiritual broken knife from the Saint’s body and placed it back into his Consciousness Universe.

Then he raised the real broken knife and struck hard at the Saint’s neck.

"Kill!"

A blood red mark appeared.

Seeing this, Lu Lin rejoiced greatly.

Keep going.

Lu Lin struck out again with the knife.

The blood mark deepened.

It looked like he could cleave through the Saint’s skin soon.

However, at this moment, the soul absorption force reappeared.

It turned out Maffield raised the Soul Devouring Crystal forward.

This made the Soul Devouring Crystal’s soul absorption intensity equal to before.

Lu Lin wanted to push away, but for some reason, his feet seemed to have grown into the ground.

He couldn’t move at all.

Lu Lin saw the smile on Maffield’s face.

His heart turned ruthless.

Fine.

If you absorb my spiritual strength, I’ll just break your body.

Let’s see who dies first then.

Lu Lin stopped thinking about other ways.

The two of them were like street brawlers who could not block each other’s attacks, only seeing who was more ruthless, who could endure more.

Seize the Gap.

Seize the Gap.

Seize the Gap.

Lu Lin’s Star Power roared in forcefully, almost without interruption, as it sliced with the broken knife at the junction of Maffield’s neck.

The blood mark grew deeper and redder.

Until a drop of blood oozed out.