Chapter 180: The Enlightenment of the Divine

Chapter 180: The Enlightenment of the Divine

“Master, that Taoist is really over the top! He actually said I killed his friend, and he claimed you stopped me from killing him. When clearly, it was you guys fighting over meritorious deeds that turned into a mess, and you scared him off in the end. This is a blatant distortion of facts, he’s definitely scheming something! Master, you need to be careful.”

While alone with Lin Nuo after leaving those righteous folks, Ling Meng began to rant, completely unable to stand Wu Hui’s hypocritical style. If there hadn’t been so many people around, she might have outright cursed him.

Lin Nuo: “…”

Hey Meng, I, Lin, remember you didn’t think that way at first! You said I was just talking nonsense! Now that someone speaks the truth, you don’t believe it?

Only Lin Nuo knew the real story, and he never expected things would evolve into such a mess. Initially, he worried that the bald Taoist would ruin his good intentions and told him to get lost, but it turned out he ended up saving the Taoist.

From the outcome, he did save the opponent, indeed.

It seemed he had been recognized as some kind of righteous hero, but he was used to it. He even started to think that being a righteous hero was easier than being a big villain.

But regardless of his thoughts, he still had to maintain the villainous spirit for a hundred years without wavering.

As for Ling Meng’s natural life-and-death explosive ability, Lin Nuo couldn’t tell her about it. If she knew, she wouldn’t rely on him as her master; she’d just go randomly causing trouble. As long as she didn’t bump into someone like the Sword Saint, she could explode them one by one.

Of course, he couldn’t let her touch Su Kexin either; that would be asking for trouble.

Lin Nuo thought he could make good use of this explosive thing.

Feigning mystery, he said:

“Ling Meng, there’s something. I think the time is right to talk to you about it.”

“Uh? What is it, Master?”

Ling Meng stopped, puzzled.

Lin Nuo instinctively looked around, sure that there were no outsiders nearby, before saying:

“Ling Meng, in the demonic arts, there’s a transcendent move that can rapidly enhance your strength.”

“What move?”

Hearing Lin Nuo’s words, Ling Meng perked up immediately.

Lin Nuo continued to play mysterious:

“This technique is called the Enlightenment of the Divine, a rare opportunity that can’t be sought after. I don’t have any effective methods. The techniques I taught you before were all to lay the groundwork for you to approach the Enlightenment of the Divine. Only with those can you have a chance of experiencing enlightenment. The miraculous part is that if one day you fall unconscious or sleep, when you wake up, and your cultivation level has increased, that means you triggered the Enlightenment of the Divine— you enlightened unknowingly and greatly enhanced your abilities.”

“Such a miraculous technique exists?”

Ling Meng listened, excited. Growing up in the Refining Demon Sect and with her father’s long-term teachings, she had never heard of such a miraculous technique.

The Enlightenment of the Divine: waking up one day with a huge increase in strength; who knew the demonic arts had such a wondrous move?

Ling Meng hurriedly asked, “Master, do you think I have a chance to trigger the Enlightenment of the Divine?”

“From what I see, your strength has been increasing rapidly, so there’s a good chance. Even if it doesn’t trigger, don’t be disheartened; it’s a rare opportunity, and with steady progress, you can still grow stronger.”

Lin Nuo spoke earnestly, watching her trustful expression and feeling reassured.

As an excellent villain, one should possess excellent persuasion skills.

Now everything was perfect; as long as Ling Meng exploded and leveled up, it would all be credited to him, Lin Nuo! It was due to his teachings that laid the foundation for her triggering the so-called Enlightenment of the Divine.

Of course, he still hoped she wouldn’t actually trigger it; after all, this thing raises once and the next, who knows if one day she got too strong and lost her reason, sending him to the afterlife.

Steady progression, strategic development; he could still deal with Su Kexin.

Suddenly, Lin Nuo sensed heavy footsteps approaching, along with a strong aura.

“Master, that’s a fierce beast, and there are so many!”

Ling Meng immediately became alert, gathering all her spiritual energy.

“Master, can we use the demonic arts now?”

“Just a moment.”

Taking advantage of the fierce beasts not being too close yet, Lin Nuo quickly ran a big circle nearby, dropping powder as he went.

When he finished running, the powder had formed a circle.

“Master, what’s this?”

“This powder can isolate your demon qi. As long as you fight within the circle for the time of an incense stick, your demon qi won’t leak outside. Plus, it’s also a Demon Array that can enhance your Demon Soul Power and spiritual energy.”

Lin Nuo said seriously. As an excellent villain, he had to be cautious. This was a good chance to train his disciple while also ensuring he didn’t expose his identity as a demonic practitioner.

Someone like him could only provide support now.

“They’re coming! Go ahead.”

“Okay!”

Ling Meng was filled with energy. As the fierce beasts entered the circle, she unleashed her rapid demonic arts. After days without killing anything, just practicing against trees and rocks, she was itching for some live fierce beasts to unleash her wrath on.

A pack of fierce beasts charged towards them, led by a beast tamer.

“Just two people? How confident are they?”

The beast tamer sounded the charge, leading the fierce beasts to surge forward, extending their sharp claws toward Ling Meng.

“You guys, die! Earth Wind Tide!”

Ling Meng slammed her hand on the ground, and suddenly, several dark whirlwinds erupted from the earth, sweeping up all the massive fierce beasts into the air.

The beast tamer was dumbfounded; the weight of one fierce beast could crush a human, yet it was so easily swept into the sky?

And not just one, many fierce beasts were all lifted up.

Like being caught in a washing machine, spinning from east to west, and south to north, the demon qi eroded their bodies, and the beasts fell from the sky, one after another, dead.

The beast tamer sensed something was wrong. Wanting to come through the portal to attack the Sacred Altar, but facing failures from the very first wave was a major issue.

All the soul shards were landing in their hands; even if they exploded, it was a waste!

He didn’t believe they could last much longer.

“Keep attacking!”

The beast tamer shouted, casting spells to enhance the fierce beasts’ strength.

“Attack? More like handing out equipment!”

Lin Nuo munched on a Meat Floss Cake while Ling Meng fought, and he went to the fallen fierce beasts to collect soul shards.

“Hmm?”

He noticed something was off about the soul shards.