Walker Of The Worlds

Chapter 2532  Taunting And Combat

~WOONG~

A golden slash flew out from Afternoon Pine and grew into a giant metal pine tree that extended its branches broadly. The pine needles that grew on it were as sharp as sword and exuded rich sword intent that could make one feel cut even without touching it.

As soon as the yellow metal pine tree was fully grown, it released tens of thousands of pine needles that unleashed a flurry of attacks upon the tentacles that were targeting Lin Mu.

Each pine needle was like a master's blacksmith's sword and was incredibly sharp, tearing apart the tentacles made out of Withering Energy and shredding it into scraps. If these were cultivators made out of flesh and bone, they would have already been turned into a bloody mist by now.

But for the tentacles, they only dissipated into a mass of Withering Dao energy.

The blue slash from Ocean Raker on the other hand turned into a giant claw that slammed down upon the ground, causing giant waves of blue sword energy that carried the might of Sword Intent in it. It undulated and slammed into the claws of Withering Energy that Yao Changying had made, stopping them in their tracks and ripping them apart as well.

The effects of the two sword skills was very good, and freed Lin Mu from his predicament, allowing him to act.

~WHOOSH~

He left a trail of clouds as he arrived right in front of Yao Changying before slashing out.

~CLANG~ CLANG~

"You!!!" But the woman stopped his swords rather easily, simply blocking them with her hands that were covered with Withering Energy.

~HISS~

Lin Mu could sense the Withering Energy trying to harm the two swords. If it were not for the Sword Intent imbued within them, they might have even rusted from such power.

"You've made a mistake coming this close!" Yao Changying scoffed as four Withering Energy tentacles sprouted from her arms stabbing at Lin Mu!.

~THUD~THUD~THUD~

The Longgui Bulwark Armor stopped them in time, but the tentacles weren't going to halt their efforts.

"I can do that too!" Lin Mu replied as searing hot energy rose form his armor, turning into red magma tendrils that crawled up the Withering Energy Tentacles.

~SIZZLE~SIZZLE~~SIZZLE~

The Withering energy tried to erode the magma, while the magma tried to burn it away.

A short stalemate was reached as Lin Mu stared into the eyes of Yao Changying.

"Why would you do something like this?" Lin Mu questioned. "You were the heiress of the Flourishing Flower Sword Sect, niece of the Holy Topaz Emperor and had everything one might need. You are talented swordswoman and have great Sword Intent too. You've trained in the Immortal Court and have countless opportunities laying in your path… n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Why take something that would sacrifice so much? You would have achieved greatness even without it all." He wished to know.

"Humph! Do you take yourself as some paragon!?" Yao Changying did not take kindly to his words, retaliating harshly as a surge of Withering energy pushed Lin Mu back.

~SPLASH~ Lin Mu defended with his magma while letting the impact of the Withering Energy push him back to create distance between them. "I just want to know why you would take a risk that would end up with you losing your own soul." Lin Mu didn't stop asking. "If it was just the chance of becoming Celestial, there are still many others. Why take the hand of a Celestial that failed to even do it properly?" he asked.

~SCREAM~

But his words seemed to have hit a soft spot, not for Yao Changying but the other soul inside her as a harsh scream was heard.

Yao Changying's face froze for a second before distorting in pain.

"ARGH!" Lin Mu was surprised at this and couldn't help but wonder what was happening.

"Hoho… Looks like we are in luck." Lin Mo suddenly spoke up inside his mind. "Their souls haven't finished merging… Even the latest fragment hasn't been fully absorbed." He revealed.

"It hasn't? You sure?" Lin Mu asked raising his brows.

"I can sense it. There's three soul fluctuations from her body. One is Yao Changying's own soul, one is the Withered Spirit Daoist and the last one is the smallest from the Soul Fragment. Since its is still emitting the fluctuations, it is still an individual entity." Lin Mo answered with confidence.

"So she is still stoppable." Lin Mu narrowed his eyes, as the woman's expression changed again. "YOU WILL DIE!" Yao Changying screamed in a hoarse voice as a dark gas came out of her mouth.

"Now it's the old hag in control." Lin Mo chucked.

~CLANG~

Lin Mu swung out in a preemptive attack, releasing two slashes.

~POOF~

But they simply disappeared into a cloud of Withering Dao energy that the woman blew out. 'It's stronger than before.' Lin Mu could sense that his sword slashes had simply been eroded away. 'And that was despite the Sword Intent.' His expression grew darker.

The reason why Lin Mu was using his swords was because he could use Sword Intent that could suppress the Withering Dao Energy to some level or at least combat it. But now that even that wasn't working, he would have to work on another strategy.

"And it'll continue to get stronger." Lin Mo spoke. "The more she absorbs that final Soul Fragment, the more power she'll be able to draw. Her proficiency with the Withering Dao is growing as we speak." He added.

Lin Mu could tell that the cultivation base of the woman didn't seem to be changing much, thus the gain in strength was coming from some place else like Lin Mo was suggesting.

"Does a cultivator's Dao Proficiency come with their soul?" Lin Mu asked, as he had never seen it before.

"If one is highly proficient in it, the Dao Proficiency will be carried into their souls, specially for Celestials whose souls are highly important in their cultivation." Xukong confirmed.

"Then we have to stop her before she grows any stronger." Lin Mu couldn't even begin imaging just how strong she would be if she had the Dao Proficiency of a Celestial while in the Immortal Realm.

He knew about the Saintess power and even if she only used a fraction of it; it was still more than enough to destroy a lot of things. And while the Withered Spirit Daoist might have been weaker than her in her prime, it was still a lot more than what an immortal would be able to fight against.

"Use the sutra." Lin Mo suggested. "Only with that would you be able to target their souls." ~HUALA~

The Withering Dao energy cloud that the Withered Soul Daoist had spat out transformed into hundreds of maggots that all rushed towards Lin Mu, intending to burrow into his body.

"The Murdering Heart Sutra…" Lin Mu muttered as he dodged several of the attacks that came his way while contemplating the use of the Sutra.

He hesitated for a minute, but seeing the situation was getting worse with time, he knew he had to do something.

"So be it…" Lin Mu muttered as a fierce look shone in his eyes.

"Reap the souls of all creations, take their providence as yours and bring forth Hell upon the Myriad Heavens! — Behold The Murdering Heart Sutra!" he chanted.

~HONGLONG~

As soon as he did, the change in his aura was almost instantaneous. A surge of dark purple aura burst from his body, surrounding him and covering an area of five meters around him.

Yao Changying, who was watching everything from the backseat in her mind, was shocked by the aura.

"It's him… it's that person again." Yao Changying said in her mind.

"I won't let him have his way!" The Withered Soul Daoist said, not feeling very good after having been taunted.

If there was one thing she hated the most in her life was people mocking her about her failure to become a True Celestial.

She had given up a lot to try a second time, and she wasn't going to be stopped by someone who wasn't even at her level.

With fury in her mind, she unleashed the power of the Bridge Plane's arrays.

~HONGLONG~

A large rift opened up in the sky, bigger than all others as a surge of Withering Energy poured out of it along with Death Qi!

But that wasn't all as once could also see a swarm of Chimeric Beasts as well as Yin Nascent Soul Maggots flying out!

Their numbers were far greater than before and at least two hundred could be seen. But these weren't the small ones that had been created freshly, but rather fully grown ones that were each fifty meters long or more!

~SCREECH~SCREECH~SCCREECH~

Their shrill screeches could be heard as they all rushed at the pillar of dark purple aura that hid Lin Mu.

~BOOM~

But just as they were about to get close, the aura exploded pushing them.

"Just when I needed a bit of a snack."