Chapter 858 Unexpected Changes
If he really encounters a Divine Level expert, with Lin Mo's current mastery of Qiankun Step, he has a thirty percent chance of defeating the opponent. Even if he can't win, can't he still escape?
However, Lin Mo still has to worry about the Superpower Alliance side. If a Divine Level expert from Hongmen and the president of the Superpower Alliance were to act against him simultaneously, that would be troublesome.
Lin Mo shook his head, deciding not to dwell on these concerns. After all, his only goal was to gather the keys to open the Ancient Battlefield Ruins and see if he could enhance his cultivation to return to Huaxia sooner.
It was less than half a year until the Qingxuan Sect Master emerged; he had to speed up the process. Even though it required risk, he had to try.
Thinking of this, Lin Mo took out the Bloodstained Bible, Crystal Necklace, Ancient Ring, Magic Box, and hair bun from the Space Ring; these five items were floating in mid-air, radiating a vast desolate and dark aura.
"Luckily, I arranged an Array; otherwise, the entire hotel room would be shattered by the aura," Lin Mo thought to himself in amazement.
The five items floated in the air, each surrounded by black fog. They seemingly formed a bond amongst themselves, causing the black fog to flow.
"If these five items possessed such powerful aura merely because they were stained with the legendary blood of Lucifer, then what kind of Realm did Lucifer's power truly reach?"
Lin Mo frowned slightly.
At least on Earth, Lin Mo believed there was no existence surpassing the Golden Core Stage, as Earth's Spiritual Energy was scarce, and those beyond Golden Core Stage must have left Earth long ago to search for a more suitable cultivation environment.
"I almost forgot one thing." Lin Mo smacked his forehead, a sudden look of excitement flashing across his face.
"Last time, I absorbed the spiritual power from the Magic Box, enhancing my Divine Sense slightly. Since obtaining the Bloodstained Bible, I haven't tried absorbing the spiritual power in it."
Lin Mo muttered to himself. If he could absorb and digest the spiritual power from the other four items, his Divine Sense would substantially grow once more.
Thinking of this, Lin Mo wasted no time, casting several Dharma Seals to envelop the entire room. Even if someone were to enter suddenly, as long as they're not an existence surpassing SSS level, he could defend against them for a time sufficient for Lin Mo to awaken.
Lin Mo sat cross-legged.
The five items floated above him, shrouded in black fog and faintly echoing with a ghastly scream.
Having set up the Array, Lin Mo had no concerns, activating the hidden aura within the five items, and suddenly the scene shifted.
Lin Mo was engulfed in black fog, strands of black mist entwining around him like little snakes, a piercing sensation rushing into his mind's Divine Sense.
"Such strong impact."
Lin Mo frowned in silence.
The overwhelming feelings of desolation, sorrow, and wasteland from the five items instantly struck Lin Mo's Divine Thought. Had it been an ordinary person, their Divine Thought would have shattered on the spot, leaving them in a vegetative state.
Fortunately, Lin Mo cultivated a supremely powerful Ancient God Cultivation Technique, making his Divine Sense resilient like a Vajra, barely tolerating such impacts.
Another scene shift.
Yellow sands, desert, scorching sun.
Lin Mo stood in the desert, with the dim world around him resembling an apocalypse. Clusters of skeletons, peculiar beasts roaming, dismembered limbs and remains scattered everywhere, even the blood tainting the sand a faint red. The world was saturated with a bloody scent, an overwhelming killer aura permeating the air. Without strong Divine Thought, it was easy to collapse, lose oneself, and fall into an eternal Illusion Realm.
Lin Mo had witnessed many planetary wars in the Cultivation World, whose brutality compared to this was far crueler. Compared to the racial wars he had seen, this was child's play, or rather intermediate child's play.
Indeed, the scenes and pressure Lin Mo felt were all due to the residual spiritual power in these five items. If he could absorb and digest the spiritual power within, these scenes would vanish.
"Time to cultivate."
Lin Mo grinned.
Sitting cross-legged in the desert, he activated the Devil God Thunder Technique, one of the top ten Ancient Divine Thought Techniques in the Cultivation World, with unparalleled potency of Divine Sense, whose solidness far exceeded normal Divine Sense.
For instance, the president of the Superpower Alliance was one level above Lin Mo in power, but inferior in spiritual power.
Using Qiankun Step, with a stronger Divine Sense than others, Xuanyuan Sword, and various Immortal Laws, next time he faced a Divine Strength Expert, Lin Mo would at least have the strength to battle. Though compared to Divine Force, it was still a bit lacking, making it difficult to kill the opponent.
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While Lin Mo cultivated.
In another quiet ancient villa in Phoenix City.
Wild grass and flowers, flowing streams, classical Chinese architecture brimming with Zen's atmosphere.
"Grandfather, I've told you everything I know. That guy is so annoying, actually making me serve tea and water, treating me like a servant." Sikong Lianyan said angrily, clenching her fist.
"You said he's an Immortal Master?" Sikong Zhu's hand trembled slightly, tilting the teacup, spilling a few drops of clear tea water. "Hmm, I was captured by his Sect, where they could fly and teleport, control Flying Swords, just like Immortals in novels, much higher in Realm than the Martial Artists." Sikong Lianyan recalled everything at Star Sect, being somewhat mesmerized, only unfortunate there was no one to teach her; otherwise, she could have learned a bit.
"Could he be from the Heavenly Sect?" Sikong Zhu asked in a deep voice.
With Sikong Zhu's status, knowing the secrets of Heavenly Sect was nothing unusual.
"If he hadn't stolen our mine, causing us to apologize at Hongmen headquarters in America, Grandfather, why don't you notify Hongmen headquarters to send someone to deal with him and avenge me?" Sikong Lianyan snorted lightly.
"No way."
Sikong Zhu suddenly frowned.
"Why? Grandfather, he robbed the mine, making the Hongmen headquarters blame us." Sikong Lianyan asked in confusion.
Sikong Zhu replied, "You and your father both live on the Mainland, so you don't know Hongmen's current situation. Now, Hongmen has almost abandoned your father's lineage. If not for wanting Tengchong's mine, they wouldn't have contacted you at all."
"Abandoned us?" Sikong Lianyan asked in surprise.
Her father, though just a Sect Leader of a branch living on the Mainland, commanded a very powerful force.
"Compared to the entire Hongmen, our lineage is incredibly weak, and Hongmen internally is already planning to swallow our lineage." Sikong Zhu sighed.
Sikong Lianyan widened her eyes, "We've done so much for Hongmen, why would they treat us like this?"