Wang Lin maintained his usual expression, but he realized that this Ancestor Feng Luan was the one who had asked for Zhouzi Hong’s soul blood. Hesitating slightly, he went along with Yang Xiong. When he passed by Xu Si, Wang Lin gave her a cold look and quietly left a trace of his divine consciousness on her body without her noticing.
[Ed. note: left a piece of his soul on her body eh… *winkwinknudgenudge*]
This trace of his soul was set to activate after one month, at which point she would die. Ever since his experiences in Zhao Country, Wang Lin had decided that if he ever detected any hostility towards him from anyone, that person would be completely eliminated, no matter if it was a man or a woman. Since this Xu Si had tried to get rid of him first, he was naturally heartless towards her in return.
[TLNote: Actually the author used the idiom: “to cut weeds and eliminate the roots”]
Yang Xiong, who was leading the way in front of Wang Lin, whispered: “Lin Tao was caught while he was copying the map. The map is now in the hands of Ancestor Feng Luan. Furthermore, Lin Tao was punished; if it were not for this migration, I’m afraid that he would have been confined for ten years.”
Wang Lin outwardly appeared calm as usual, but in his heart he grew increasingly cautious as they rapidly approached the five-coloured phoenix chariot. After approaching, Yang Xiong slowed down while Wang Lin, maintaining a calm demeanour, crossed past Yang Xiong. Reaching the woman on the chariot, he cupped his fists in salute and said: “Wang Lin pays his respects to the Ancestor.”
The woman had been watching the battle ahead. After looking at Wang Lin for a while, she said with a gentle voice: “Wang Lin, is that your real name?”
Wang Lin nodded, remaining silent. There were many people who went by the name of Wang Lin, and he did not feel it necessary to hide his name at this point. Thus even if the other party came to know of it, that would not necessarily be a bad thing.
The woman looked around at the perpetually moving army of cultivators. After a moment of silence, she said: “At this point, Huo Fen Country is in a crisis, and soon there will be a war with Xuan Wu Country. Your matter has been dropped due to that, so there is no need for you to worry. If people come to trouble you, I can guarantee your safety; but I can only help you this one time, and only because you saved Zhouzi Hong once and brought her back.”
Feng Luan’s words had hardly faded when suddenly the surroundings darkened. In the distant battlefield, ten huge volcanoes were uprooted by several Yuan Ying Ancestors. After lifting them into the air, they threw the volcanoes towards the fire beasts, who retreated at once. However, some were unable to dodge, and their bodies were immediately smashed and badly mangled.
Taking advantage of the impact of the volcanoes, the cultivator army seized this opportunity to rush out. Amongst the twenty thousand fire beasts which had been chasing Wang Lin, the cultivator army had opened a gap like through broken bamboo.
The army of cultivators rushed together as their sword lights flashed, killing beasts along the way. Once the gap had opened, the fire beasts’ retreat was inevitable. However, the aim of the cultivator army was not to destroy the beasts, but to break through their siege.
Feng Luan stared at the fighting in the distance. Then the phoenix chariot beneath her suddenly accelerated, and she rushed out along with the cultivators in the army.
The sixteen giant fire beasts were held up by YuanYing masters. They roared out again and again, then finally stopped and stared coldly at the cultivator army that was moving farther and farther away. The beasts began copulating with each other in a strange and grotesque manner, and the new sounds coming from their mouths were different from their previous roaring.
Shortly afterwards, red threads came out of their heads and gathered together above them, forming a ring of fire. After the appearance of this ring of fire, the fire beasts immediately began showing an expression of piety, letting out low whimpers.
Then their bodies started to lose mass at a visible speed, as bursts of dark red beams emerged from their bodies and entered the red ring of fire.