Chapter 362: Ascending Three Levels at Once

Reception Pool.

Watching the War God Body emerge from the Magpie Bridge, Qingyun and the others crowded around, asking all at once: "Lord War God, what happened over on Master's side?"

The War God Body said: "The Alliance Leader has the City Lord of Songshi City controlled at the other end of the Magpie Bridge, and I am going to Songshi City to lure people over. Qingyun, Tuohai, split half of your people and prepare to go over there to fight the Celestials and familiarize yourselves with the application of the Law of Dao. The remaining half will continue to guard the Reception Pool."

He glanced at the players like 【Farsight Eagle】 and said, "As for how to fight specifically, the Alliance Leader will tell you when you get there."

【Farsight Eagle】 hurriedly asked: "Lord War God, can we go together? We can livestream to the outside world, promote the Alliance Leader's prestige to the world, and incidentally learn about the Celestials' fighting style."

"Your levels are not high enough; you don't need to go for now." The War God Body looked at them and said, "Moreover, the Immortal World is different from the Mortal World. Before there is absolute certainty, the Alliance Leader's fighting methods against the Celestials should not be exposed too much."

The players were disappointed and looked at each other, realizing that Lin Bai was guarding against them. They retreated to the side and stopped talking.

Qingyun and the others excitedly split into two teams and headed straight for Lin Bai via the Magpie Bridge.

The War God Body rested at the Reception Pool for a moment before flying toward Songshi City.

The Magpie Bridge detours through the Mortal World and returns to the Reception Pool from the Mortal World, allowing for instantaneous arrival. In terms of travel, it is much faster than the Celestials' Flash. Returning too quickly would easily arouse the suspicion of the Celestials in Songshi City...

Lin Bai has always been a person who pays attention to details.

Being soaked and scrubbed in the water by Lin Bai, Nan Lingtian finally realized something was wrong: "How long are you going to wash me for?"

"Until your loyal subordinates arrive." With a portion of his Spirit split to the War God Body, Lin Bai was somewhat distracted.

"No, you shaved off my hair and have been washing me non-stop; what are you doing?" Nan Lingtian asked in terror. He is a Celestial and has no gender distinction. At first, he was nervous and afraid and didn't think much of it, but after the War God Body left, he inexplicably recalled the torture some Celestials inflict on ascenders, and he suddenly became alert.

"You're all smooth and bare; what do you think I could do to you?" Lin Bai looked at him with a strange expression, glanced at him, and said, "Don't flatter yourself, this is just a necessary step for cooking..."

Nan Lingtian, who had the highest combat power in Songshi City, had already been taken down by him.

Lin Bai didn't care at all about the two transition tools that were coming. Silver Realm, Gold Realm—they couldn't possibly be harder to deal with than this Platinum Star. Nan Lingtian was destined to become a Puppet, so his attitude was much more perfunctory.

"Cooking?" Nan Lingtian was stunned, then immediately began to struggle violently, "You want to turn me into a dish? You want to eat me? No, you promised to cooperate with me before—were you lying to me?"

"How could that be?" Lin Bai smiled slightly, "You also said it yourself: without you, I would have a hard time moving an inch in the Immortal World. How could I lie to you? We will definitely cooperate; cooking is just my personal hobby."

The new task of the Chef God System was to let him use culinary skills in battle to defeat enemies of the same level. He fought Bai Feng first, then Nan Lingtian. Nan Lingtian even exceeded him by two levels, and he used the Chef God System's ingredient suppression, yet this task had never prompted completion. Lin Bai didn't know where the problem lay.

He now suspected that perhaps he had to actually turn the enemy into a dish for the task to be considered complete.

But even though Celestials are neither male nor female, they still look like humans. Washing, scrubbing, and shaving hair was one thing, but actually turning them into a dish—he couldn't get past that psychological hurdle...

【Fear from Nan Lingtian; +1 +1 +1...】

"If you turn me into a dish, what kind of cooperation is there to talk about? Damn it, you tricked my subordinates into coming here to deal with them too, right!" Nan Lingtian struggled a few times, but it was futile, and he shouted anxiously, "You idiot, don't you know that if a City Lord disappears, what awaits you will surely be a catastrophe..."

The Magpie Bridge flashed.

Qingyun and the others appeared.

Nan Lingtian's voice stopped abruptly, but he swept his eyes over Qingyun and the others and said in astonishment: "You aren't going to rely on this bunch of trash to seize Songshi City, are you? I thought you were a smart person, but it turns out you're an idiot too..."

Before he could finish speaking.

The little white fox flashed to Lin Bai's side and slapped his bald head: "Who are you calling an idiot?"

"Master." Qingyun, Tuohai, and the others greeted Lin Bai in turn, looking at the City Lord of Songshi City being soaked and scrubbed in the water, unfazed.

They had been endowed with Law Power, so they naturally knew that all of Lin Bai's perverted behaviors were standard operations.

Moreover.

The Celestials had played tricks and toyed with them for so many years; they had absolutely no good feelings toward the Celestials.

Lin Bai looked around at everyone: "You all know why you're here, right!"

Everyone nodded.

"The Celestials have powerful combat strength. Even your master, who possesses the full set of Law Power, spent quite a bit of effort to take down this Celestial who calls himself a Platinum Star." Lin Bai pointed to the environment destroyed by Nan Lingtian, "In a one-on-one fight, I am no match for him."

"Good to know." Nan Lingtian said haughtily, "Relying on yourself, there is no way you can become the Tenth Heavenly King of the Immortal World. I advise you to cooperate with me honestly so that you can all remain safe..."

Qingyun and the others glanced at Nan Lingtian as if looking at a fool.

It's one thing for Master to be humble, but you actually took it seriously. If he really couldn't beat you, the one being soaked in water and peeled like a hairless pig would be him.

Seeing the indifferent expressions of the crowd, Lin Bai said sternly: "I am not joking. You are different from the players. One careless move and all your cultivation will be washed away, and you will only be able to turn into a Butterfly and start over. The Platinum Realm of the Celestials can even dodge Binding Immortal. Xiaobai, your Flash might be able to dodge Bai Feng, but if you encounter this guy, his Flash speed is faster and further than yours, and his attack range is large; you wouldn't be able to escape even if you wanted to..."

The little white fox was stunned.

Only then did everyone's expressions become serious.

Qingyun said: "Please enlighten us, Master."

"The Celestials are fast and have high attack damage. Mortal World divine abilities can barely hurt them. Love Separation and Heavenly River have also lost their effect. The most useful ones remaining are only four: Provocation, Dazzle, Absolute Suppression, and Binding Immortal. But their speed is too fast; when you use these Laws, you should keep your distance, and you must use the Law of Dao at the most critical moment..."

Twelve disciples came this time.

These twelve had the highest cultivation and sufficient Loyalty. Lin Bai looked around at them and explained in detail the peculiar fighting style he used in coordination with the War God Body to twist Nan Lingtian's neck, even showing everyone Nan Lingtian's still-limp neck after it had been twisted.

Everyone was amazed, exclaiming that they didn't know it could be done like that!

Tuohai and the others felt a wave of relief; it was fortunate that Lin Bai hadn't done this when they were at the Blood Sect, otherwise, they feared not a single one of them would have survived.

"Despicable! You really have malicious intentions! There are millions of Celestials in Songshi City. Without my cooperation, do you really think you can slaughter a million Celestials with this mob?" Nan Lingtian roared hysterically.

Lin Bai reached out and pressed him into the water.

Glug, glug, glug.

Nan Lingtian drank water in big gulps, spitting out bubbles.

Lin Bai continued: "The Celestials have high cultivation and extremely strong recovery abilities. The Laws you possess are singular and cannot be switched. You cannot do anything to them in a one-on-one fight. However, if you disperse in pairs in the four directions, one using Provocation and one using Dazzle, switching back and forth, you should be able to make their heads rotate a full circle, or even two. No matter how strong a Celestial's recovery ability is, they cannot survive after their neck has been rotated twice. Before your cultivation levels improve, I'm afraid this fighting style will accompany you for a long time, so you must master it proficiently..."

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they were all eager to try.

This novel fighting style, winning against the strong with the weak, sounded very interesting.

Tuohai rubbed his hands and said: "Master, we can do this if we plan ahead and set an ambush, but if the Celestials are really as powerful as you say, I'm afraid we won't have time to surround them when we meet them head-on!"

"Then add the Magpie Bridge." Lin Bai pondered for a moment and sighed, "In the end, it's because your cultivation is too low. That's why I brought you out to train your tacit understanding through actual combat. However, this fighting style is temporary. Once my cultivation improves and I master higher-level Laws, we shouldn't need to be this troublesome when fighting."

After giving some more combat details and re-endowing them with Law Power, the twelve people dispersed to find their own hiding places.

Nan Lingtian heard Lin Bai's entire plan and felt his hair stand on end. Thinking of his own fate befalling those subordinates who were loyal to him, and that they would be lured here in his name, he hated Lin Bai to the bone and gritted his teeth: "Madman, do you know what you are doing? You have no idea of the consequences of doing this. You will bring disaster to all the mortals who have ascended to the Immortal World..."

"No one will know what happened here, so no disaster will occur," Lin Bai smiled. "General Nan, have you heard of besieging a point to strike reinforcements?"

"What is besieging a point to strike reinforcements?" Nan Lingtian was forced to smile.

"Just like now, using you as bait, I can lure your subordinates here to their deaths," Lin Bai said. "Once your subordinates are eliminated, there will be no Celestial in Songshi City who is my match. Once I take Songshi City, I can still use the tactic of besieging a point to strike reinforcements..."

"There are a million Celestials in Songshi City. Even I wouldn't dare say I have the certainty to take them down. Just you?" Nan Lingtian interrupted him with disdain.

"Let my disciples spread out around Songshi City and activate their Law Power; the necks of a million people can be twisted off with ease," Lin Bai said unhurriedly.

"Impossible. Their cultivation is limited; it is impossible for them to control a million people at once," Nan Lingtian said.

"Then we will lure them out in turns and deal with them one by one. We will always be able to finish them off," Lin Bai smiled, not bothering to explain the power of the System Skill to him.

Nan Lingtian's expression changed abruptly: "You cannot do that. Those Celestials are innocent."

"Are the ascenders who went through so much hardship to enter the Immortal World not innocent? For tens of thousands of years, how many ascenders have you tortured to death? Now that the Slaughter Blade is at your own throat, you have the nerve to talk about innocence?" Lin Bai said. "General Nan, it was you who just entered the Black Stone Mountain Range to kill and seize treasures, right? If I weren't more skilled, I fear the God of War and I would have died in the Black Stone Mountain Range without anyone knowing! Just based on this, why do you think I would cooperate with you? Just because you are a Celestial?"

"..." Nan Lingtian opened his mouth, and after a moment, he said, "But what is the point of doing this? You vent your anger, but you expose yourself and bring catastrophic disaster upon everyone? Didn't you just want to become the Tenth Heavenly King? What kind of Heavenly King acts without regard for the consequences like you?"

"I will be one soon," Lin Bai smiled. "You will know what is called Absolute Control..."

Nan Lingtian was stunned. His gaze fell upon the dozen or so Celestial Puppets standing motionless over there, and he recalled the sluggish reaction of the God of War's body after Lin Bai appeared. He suddenly realized, his smile filled with terror: "You... you want to turn me into one of those people?"

"You are finally smart for once," Lin Bai looked at Nan Lingtian with appreciation and said, "I told you long ago that we would cooperate. Now you believe it, right?"

"No, you can't do this! You don't have to turn me into a Puppet, and you don't have to give me the Law Sacred Artifact; we can still cooperate," Nan Lingtian struggled again. "You know I am telling the truth; I am sincere..."

Before he could finish his sentence.

A stream of light flashed in the distance.

Three people suddenly broke into the encirclement; it was the God of War's body and the Silver and Golden Realm transitioners he had lured.

The two Celestials had very keen senses. The moment they stopped, they saw Lin Bai on the ground and the stripped Nan Lingtian.

"Mortal."

"City Lord."

The two shouted at the same time.

"Run!" Nan Lingtian roared hysterically.

The two Celestials were stunned, before they could make any move.

"You can't run," a voice suddenly sounded behind them.

The two Celestials involuntarily flashed toward the direction where the voice originated.

But they had only flashed once.

Their heads jerked backward, and their shrill screams merged into one.

Lin Bai and Nan Lingtian were not spared either; they looked in the direction the Celestials had turned their heads in unison. There, Tuohai was preparing a piece of Poison Dragon meat.

Damn!

Lin Bai cursed inwardly. This "Dazzling Enchantment" was too overbearing; he hadn't expected that even he, the owner of the Skill, could not be exempt!

Nan Lingtian was in agony. He wanted to close his eyes, but no matter what, he couldn't do it. Two lines of tears flowed down his cheeks involuntarily...

"Look here." Another voice sounded from the opposite direction.

The Celestials, whose necks had been forcibly twisted, were forced to change direction again.

At the same time.

A trace of warning suddenly arose in Lin Bai's heart.

Not good.

Two "Dazzling Enchantment"s.

This thought had just emerged in his mind when his two eyeballs had already involuntarily glanced in two directions. The tearing was so intense that it felt as if they were each going to fly out of their sockets...

Lin Bai canceled Tuohai's "Dazzling Enchantment" in time to save his own eyes.

But after being tossed about twice, the eyeballs of Nan Lingtian, who was under his hand, tore, and his previously broken cervical spine twisted another circle. He looked like he had air going in but none coming out!

The two Celestials in the sky were not having it easy either. Their necks had been forcibly turned three hundred and sixty degrees, and without having used any Skills, they spiraled and plummeted to the ground.

Even in the process of falling, their eyes did not leave the direction where Nan Rong was cooking...

Lin Bai dropped the dying Nan Lingtian.

He quickly flashed in front of the two Celestials. Two golden cards flew out, collecting the Silver one first, then the Golden one. After collecting them into the cards, he used another golden card to collect the dying Nan Lingtian as a Puppet...

Releasing the three people he had collected into the cards, Lin Bai leveled up three realms in a row, leaping to the Platinum Realm!

(End of this chapter)