Chapter 183: Lin Nuo’s Grand Dream

Chapter 183: Lin Nuo’s Grand Dream

(Today’s third update)

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“Is he from the Lin family?”

“No, he’s just a lackey. Don’t you hate Lin Nuo? He belongs to the Lin family, and he even has their token.”

Lin Nuo had just taken the Lin family’s attendant token from Du Lun and tossed it to Ling Meng.

Ling Meng took a look, and sure enough, it was the Lin family’s token—she had seen it before.

Now it’s settled, a lackey of the Lin family is also a lackey of Lin Nuo; eliminating him is definitely the right move.

At this moment, Du Lun was still hoping for his two fellow cultivators to come to his rescue, but recalling the earlier explosion and that massive hole over there, he realized what was happening.

He had been killed, without leaving a complete corpse!

And now, he was about to face a dire calamity.

He sensed the presence of Demon Qi nearby and thought a Demon Beast was approaching.

But it turned out, this Demon Qi was emanating from Ling Meng!

Is she a Demon Disciple?!

“You—you’re Demon Disciples?!”

Du Lun exclaimed in shock, no wonder they claimed to be from the Lin family; they were completely unfazed.

“Make your move, leave a corpse behind first. Once I gather the Soul Fragments, you can destroy the body.”

“Alright.”

Ling Meng agreed, stepping in front of Du Lun and extending her right hand.

“Anyone associated with the Lin family must die.”

A wave of potent Demon Qi surged from her palm, invading Du Lun’s body.

“N-no!”

Du Lun clutched his neck in agony. As someone who cultivated conventional techniques, his resistance to the encroaching Demon Qi was exceptionally low. Once the Demon Qi invaded his core, it was a devastating blow; his internal spirit channels were rapidly damaged. The invasion wouldn’t kill him immediately, but it would subject him to excruciating pain for a prolonged period.

“Ah, ah!!”

Du Lun felt as if countless evil bugs were gnawing at him. Unending pain coursed through his body as he writhed on the ground, yet he still clung to life.

Ling Meng didn’t kill him right away; rather, she used the inhumane invasion of Demon Qi to give Du Lun a taste of mortal suffering. This man had just been flaunting in front of her master, boasting about his ties to the Lin family; to kill him outright would be too merciful.

As for Lin Nuo, he took great pleasure in watching Du Lun roll on the ground in misery, recalling the times Du Lun had bullied him. This bit of pain was truly a steal for him.

Ultimately, Du Lun succumbed to the extreme agony, his skin shriveled like something had drained him dry; he died an extremely gruesome death.

“Not bad, he left behind a complete corpse.”

Lin Nuo crouched down to rummage through Du Lun’s belongings, pulling out a large stash of Soul Fragments.

Of course, these Soul Fragments had been tampered with; based on Lin Nuo’s experience, the intruders wouldn’t detonate them right away. It was like raising a pig, fattening it for slaughter; if they blew up now, others would be alert and wouldn’t dare take any.

Still, just to be safe, Lin Nuo used a secret technique to freeze the Soul Fragments.

“And what about the other two cultivators?”

“I blew them up with a wave of Demon Qi, Master, I did well, right?”

“……”

You fool, they hadn’t even gathered the Soul Fragments yet, and you blew them up!

What a loss.

Oh well, let’s collect what we can.

“Right, you did well; now deal with the body.”

“Okay.”

Ling Meng then unleashed another wave of Demon Qi at Du Lun’s corpse, and with a boom, it exploded into a massive hole, disappearing completely.

Aside from the Soul Fragments, Lin Nuo also collected some decent items; Du Lun had indeed reaped a good haul.

“Master, I still don’t get it. Why wait for them to bring out the Soul Fragments before we make our move? You’re a master of advanced Demon techniques, more than capable of dealing with them; why hold back?”

“……”

For crying out loud, take that “men” off; I really could use that bit of spirit energy.

Lin Nuo said with utmost seriousness, “This just means you’re still young and inexperienced. I did this to distract them, making them think we submitted, and then catch them off guard. See? It was easy to deal with them, wasn’t it? It’s a lesson for you; don’t always fight head-on. Seek to outsmart when possible; even if you can crush the opponent, think about how to minimize your losses instead of acting recklessly.”

“I see.”

Ling Meng listened thoughtfully, nodding repeatedly.

So this was her master’s good intention! It seemed she had been too naïve and rash; she really needed to learn more skills from her master in the future.

Hearing rustling sounds coming from the forest, Lin Nuo quickly leapt up a tall tree for a better view.

He spotted numerous dark gates opening, with hordes of Fierce Beasts pouring out, charging towards the Sacred Altar.

This was troublesome; there were too many Fierce Beasts to deal with all at once.

Wait, why do they even need to be eliminated? He wasn’t there to protect the Sacred Altar!

What was he thinking? He almost blended into the role of the righteous character; he was the Villain, after all!

More Fierce Beasts was good; the more chaos, the better chance for him to reap some benefits.

Lin Nuo recalled that he had a sliver of frozen Soul Fragments; perhaps they could come in handy.

Suddenly, a daring idea sprouted in his mind.

Given the current situation, maybe he could use it to kill Su Kexin!

Of course, going in with a knife was too weak; he wanted to pull off something big.

The Sacred Altar, Three Heaven Stone, with the secret technique applied to the Soul Fragments—if the Three Heaven Stone were damaged, then this area would plunge into calamity, and no one could escape the disaster.

If the Three Heaven Stone was destroyed, the consequences would be dire; indeed, three years later, the Three Heaven Stone was actually destroyed—by then, the mountains would crumble, arrays would run wild, the Sacred Altar would explode, and devastation would be upon the living. The land would turn into a drift ground for Souls.

If Su Kexin approached the Sacred Altar when it exploded…

Hehe, that’d be way better than the explosion of the Black-scaled Stone.

But the Sacred Altar wasn’t easy to breach, and there were sorcerers above the seventh tier, plus numerous arrays—ordinary people wouldn’t stand a chance.

Advancing from the seventh to the eighth tier was exceedingly difficult; surpassing the eighth was even harder. In this realm of cultivation, the eighth tier has initial, middle, and high levels, and beyond that is the ninth tier.

The differences between initial and middle levels were significant, not to mention the high level—much larger still.

The sorcerers guarding the Three Heaven Stone were no joke; even a hundred of him wouldn’t stand a chance.

But dreams are meant to be had! Who knows, maybe this Villain’s dream of blowing up the Sacred Altar could succeed!

Blowing up the Sacred Altar and killing the protagonist, now that’s what a world-ending Villain would do.

He had no way to steal the Three Heaven Stone, but he could destroy it! The Wizard’s secret techniques would help him, though he might need to take some Fury Pills; after all, his strength wasn’t sufficient to destroy the Three Heaven Stone yet.

“Master, what should we do now? Continue killing the Fierce Beasts?”

Ling Meng looked up at Lin Nuo perched on the tree, inquiring.

Lin Nuo jumped down from the tree, smiling:

“No, we won’t kill. Let’s head back to the Sacred Altar and wait for a spectacular show.”