Chapter 605: A Change of Plans

Ye Lin raised his hand and once again employed a forbidden spell.

Chen Qi sneered; he had assumed Ye Lin would use some trump card that would surprise him, but he had not expected it to be this same move again.

"Your forbidden technique is useless against me, don't you understand? No matter how powerful a forbidden technique is, it requires cultivation to support it. You are only at the early stage of Pulse Condensation; the power of your forbidden technique can only go so far."

But soon, Chen Qi's smile froze on his face.

Rumble!

With a flash of lightning and a roll of thunder, black clouds pressed down for a hundred miles, and a majestic heavenly might began to permeate above Chen Qi's head.

"This is impossible!"

Chen Qi was shocked and terrified.

How could someone at the early stage of the Pulse Condensation Realm trigger such a large-scale phenomenon of heaven and earth? This level of power was simply not something a Pulse Condensation cultivator could produce; even using a forbidden technique, it was absolutely impossible.

It was only then that Chen Qi noticed that, at some point, a tattered flag had appeared in Ye Lin's hand.

Black smoke constantly billowed from the flag, and the resentment was sky-high; just one look at it made shrill wails echo in one's mind.

"The Human Emperor Flag! You actually dared to refine such a forbidden artifact! And there are at least tens of millions of living souls in this Human Emperor Flag! Did you slaughter tens of millions of living beings?"

Chen Qi shrieked, no longer possessing the calm and composed demeanor of a great cultivator of the Profound Connection Realm, looking just like an ordinary person who had been frightened out of his wits.

That was tens of millions of living beings; slaughtering that many would trigger the phenomenon of the Heavens Weeping.

Although mortals were at the very bottom of the pyramid on the Longevity Continent, all cultivators knew very well that without the support of mortals, this pyramid would collapse instantly.

Therefore, the slaughter of mortals had always been strictly prohibited; killing a few tens of thousands would invite a joint manhunt by righteous sects, let alone killing tens of millions.

Chen Qi remembered that the number of lives stained on the hands of the number one demonic figure of the Longevity Continent, the Nirvana Demon Lord, was only a million.

"Devil! You are a true devil!"

Chen Qi could not care about anything else and turned to flee.

However, now that Ye Lin had taken out the Human Emperor Flag, how could he possibly let him escape?

"Fellow Daoist, please stay!"

A brilliant golden thunderbolt, accompanied by the aura of chaos, smashed down from the horizon.

Under the blessing of the hundreds of millions of souls within the Human Emperor Flag, the power of this thunderbolt was terrifying to the extreme.

A forbidden technique combined with a forbidden artifact—the superposition of the two was enough to slay gods!

Even though Chen Qi was a great cultivator of the Profound Connection Realm, when faced with this double taboo, he could only flee in a panic.

He felt a clear aura of death from that golden thunderbolt.

"No!"

Chen Qi let out a shrill scream as the Chaos Divine Thunder exploded directly on him; brilliant golden arcs of lightning burrowed into his body through every pore, and the violent power destroyed his body.

Chen Qi, who had been arrogant just a moment ago, instantly turned into charcoal and fell from the sky to the ground like a kite with a broken string.

Crack, crack, crack.

A series of fine shattering sounds rang out, and several more cracks appeared on the Human Emperor Flag; Ye Lin's heart tightened instantly.

"This flag of yours can be used at most three more times before it completely collapses," Bai San's voice sounded in the depths of Ye Lin's heart at this moment.

"I know."

Ye Lin took a deep breath; he had to find a way to repair the Human Emperor Flag as soon as possible so that he would not be so passive.

If the Human Emperor Flag could be used at will, he would not have had to be chased around by Chen Qi in the beginning.

The bonus from hundreds of millions of souls was no joke; this was the power of the living beings of an entire world, plain and simple.

So what if Chen Qi was two major realms stronger than him? The one supporting Ye Lin from behind was the entire world!

When he walked up to Chen Qi, Chen Qi had not yet breathed his last, but blood kept gushing from his mouth and nose; it was clear he was not going to live much longer.

"Tell me, why did you have to force me? In the end, you forced yourself to death, didn't you?"

Ye Lin sighed helplessly; if he had a choice, he would not want to use the Human Emperor Flag.

Hearing this, Chen Qi seemed to want to say something, but as soon as he opened his mouth, blood clots kept gushing out.

"You talk too much!"

Ye Lin raised his hand and pressed it onto the top of Chen Qi's head, and the Endless Devouring was instantly activated.

Chen Qi widened his eyes in horror as his body began to be decomposed bit by bit and turned into nutrients to be devoured by Ye Lin.

And the aura on Ye Lin's body also began to gradually become stronger.

He faintly felt as if an extra shackle had appeared within his body, and as Chen Qi was devoured, this shackle became increasingly fragile until it finally collapsed completely.

Immediately after, the second shackle was also shattered by him directly!

Ye Lin felt a sense of relief; this feeling was like passing a piece of top-tier stool that didn't stick to the paper, didn't stick to his bottom, and didn't stick to the toilet.

"I'm at the late stage of Pulse Condensation!"

Ye Lin exhaled a breath of turbid air, his face full of pleasant surprise.

A great cultivator of the Profound Connection Realm was indeed extraordinary; the energy from devouring one Chen Qi was at least comparable to tens of millions of low-grade Immortal Source Stones.

His current realm was not far from the Great Perfection of the Pulse Condensation Realm.

If it weren't for the fact that the Human Emperor Flag could not be used at will, Ye Lin would be confident that he could make his strength soar in a short period of time.

"Since Chen Qi is dead, does that mean... no one in the Lingquan Mine can stop me?"

Thinking of this, Ye Lin's eyes lit up.

He remembered Qiu Weizhi saying that Chen Qi was the only great cultivator of the Profound Connection Realm in the Lingquan Mine.

Now that he was at the late stage of Pulse Condensation, the remaining high-level management of the mine at the Spirit Gathering and Pulse Condensation realms could not stop him at all.

Ye Lin rubbed his hands in anticipation, the smile on his face becoming increasingly ferocious.

"Hehehe... my fellow ascenders who are trapped in deep water and scorching fire, I, Ye Lin, have come to save you all~"

Originally, Ye Lin had planned to shake off Chen Qi and go to Lingquan County to rendezvous with Qiu Weizhi and the others.

But since Chen Qi was already dead, the plan would naturally have to be changed.

As for the Lingquan Mine, such an incomparably evil place, Ye Lin, being a kind soul with a good heart, naturally had to destroy it.

Only if everyone contributes a little love will the Longevity Continent have a better tomorrow.

Ye Lin went straight back to the Lingquan Mine; entering from the outside, the Ten Thousand Corpse Evil Array ignored him completely.

Soon, Ye Lin returned to the interior of the mining area.

Just as he stepped into the outer plains, someone discovered him, and a cultivator at the middle stage of Spirit Gathering rushed over at high speed.

"Stop, who are you?" that cultivator demanded sternly.

Ye Lin raised his head and revealed a kind smile.

"Old buddy, do you want a forbidden technique? If you want a forbidden technique, as long as you open your golden mouth, I'll throw it to you right away."