Chapter 363: Persuading Nan Lingtian

The War God Body left once more, returning to Songshi City to bring reinforcements.

Lin Bai still had many low-level cards; keeping them was a waste, so it was better to use them to weaken the enemy and increase his own strength.

The many Disciples gathered back together.

The little white fox circled the three new Puppets and said regretfully, "Master, it wasn't that hard; those two guys died in a few moves, and I hadn't even attacked yet!"

The others did not speak, but their relaxed expressions seemed to say that Heavenly Humans were nothing more than this.

Lin Bai took in everyone's expressions and asked, "You think winning was very easy?"

"Master, Law Power is too useful; Heavenly Humans are simply no match for it." Tuohai did not contradict Lin Bai, choosing a more tactful way to retort.

Lin Bai shook his head and said, "I have just possessed the strength of Nan Lingtian; let's repeat the same formation as before."

Everyone was stunned.

Qingyun said, "Master, we won't underestimate the enemy again; there's no need for a drill, it wouldn't be good if we hurt you."

Lin Bai smiled, "You lot can't hurt me; enough nonsense, get to your positions and begin! We're idle anyway, so practicing more will increase our combat experience."

Lin Bai possessed the Head-Splitting Technique and had hidden an unknown number of heads all over the world, so he feared this neck-twisting tactic the least.

However.

He did not intend to use the Head-Splitting Technique this time, but rather wanted to experience just how powerful the Heavenly Human Platinum realm was.

Unable to refuse Lin Bai, Qingyun and the others had no choice but to return to their original positions and have another round with him.

But they had also agreed that once Lin Bai suffered any damage, they would stop immediately; Lin Bai had personally guided them through the Heavenly Tribulation and improved their strength regardless of past grievances, which had long since won their hearts. Their Loyalty had long since risen to one hundred percent, the kind where they would die for Lin Bai at a critical moment, so no one would ever want to hurt him.

……

Just like before.

Seeing Lin Bai in position, Tuohai immediately launched a Provocation.

This was the first time Lin Bai had experienced a System Skill from the perspective of an enemy.

He was not immune to Provocation.

The moment Tuohai spoke, an inexplicable rage surged into Lin Bai's heart.

His eyes held only Tuohai, and his heart held only one thought: rush over and kill him.

In an instant.

All the Spiritual Power within Lin Bai's body was mobilized.

Nan Lingtian's skill—Teleportation.

When Lin Bai and the War God Body cooperated to pull at Nan Lingtian, because of the distraction, they were essentially the same person, and the use of skills could be done without a hair's breadth of delay.

But Tuohai and the Qingyun behind him clearly could not achieve such tacit understanding; most importantly, their Mental Power was not as high as Lin Bai's...

Even so.

With their skills combined, they could still catch Lin Bai off guard and twist his neck.

But it just so happened that Lin Bai had newly completed a mission and added 300 Agility; stimulated by the Provocation to the point of losing his reason, he completely forgot his intention to experience the Platinum realm and ferociously unleashed his full strength.

Agility added to long-distance Teleportation, the two superimposed, was not simply one plus one equals two.

Tuohai had just used Provocation, and Lin Bai's figure had already vanished from his eyes.

The next instant, Lin Bai had already arrived before him.

In his shock, his voice came to an abrupt halt.

The Provocation stopped immediately.

At this moment, Lin Bai's hand was already pressed upon his head.

However, the moment the Provocation stopped, Lin Bai also regained his sanity in an instant; he secretly thought "that was close," and with a burst of Spiritual Power from his palm, he sealed his Spiritual Power.

He casually placed a restriction on Tu Yan, who was assisting from the side.

Lin Bai took the two of them and Flashed in front of Qingyun.

Qingyun silently put down the ingredients in her hand and said gloomily, "Master, I lost."

The Disciples gathered once more, each with a dejected expression, no longer having the ease they had just a moment ago.

Tuohai asked in low spirits, "Master, is this the strength of the Platinum realm?"

"More or less!" Lin Bai concealed the fact that he had superimposed his own strength under the Provocation and said, "The Platinum realm can attack from a distance; if it weren't for the fact that Provocation makes one lose their reason, he could have launched an attack from fifty miles away."

"The distance of the Teleportation is too great," Qingyun said. "The Platinum realm is already this troublesome; how powerful must the highest-level Heavenly Kings be?"

"Heavenly Kings and Star Brilliance have already mastered laws..." Lin Bai looked around at everyone and told them everything he had learned from Nan Lingtian, "... which is to say, in the Immortal World, everyone can comprehend laws. As long as one's understanding of a law is deep enough, one can defeat the Heavenly Kings at the top, obtain the Law Power weapon in their hands, and through that Magic Tool, inherit that law and become a new Heavenly King!"

"The Wood Law?" Qingyun pondered, considering herself; in the Mortal World, she had eaten many Spirit Fruits and touched the edge of the Wood Law, but after being sealed into a Puppet, even if she continued to cultivate, her strength made no progress, let alone her understanding of laws.

Although Qingyun was still the strongest among the fellow Disciples, seeing the others' strength rising rapidly while her own was locked away, it would be a lie to say she wasn't disappointed.

"Qingyun, your situation is special; I will find a way to release you from the Puppet," Lin Bai looked at Qingyun apologetically and said, "I will help you seize the Wood Heavenly King's holy weapon; perhaps it will be of some help to you."

"Mm, thank you, Master." Qingyun smiled slightly and bowed to Lin Bai.

"Master, Heavenly Kings know laws, and you know laws too? Then whose law is more powerful?" the little white fox asked.

"I haven't compared them, how would I know?" Lin Bai glanced at the little fox and said, "However, my laws haven't been cultivated to the top level yet, so for now, they probably can't compare to those Heavenly Kings!"

"I think Master's laws are more powerful; Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth sound too ordinary, how could they compare to Master's Great Dao of Love and 'Words Follow the Law'?" the little white fox said. "When Master cultivates to the Heavenly Dao in the future, one word will be enough to erase all their laws..."

"Mm, there will be such a day. For now, you have seen the gap between you and the Heavenly Humans; you should understand that laws are not omnipotent. Only by raising your own cultivation and then coordinating it with laws can you be invincible."

Lin Bai reached out and rubbed the little white fox's head, pondering about raising her grade; the cultivation speed of the ascenders from the Mortal World was too slow, and with so many Demon Beasts in the Immortal World, it would be a waste not to make use of them.

There was only one Transformation Pill left, and the Enlightenment Pills had been consumed quite quickly recently; he didn't have many left on hand.

Tuohai and the others were not as naive as the little white fox; Lin Bai's Dao Method had already proven to be true, but even though they had been gifted laws by Lin Bai and could use them easily, they did not know the reason behind the operation of the laws.

Trying to comprehend anything from it, they didn't have a clue.

The laws of the Heavenly Humans were the foundation of the world's operation, and everyone could cultivate them; they seemed more suited to dull people like them.

……

Next.

The War God Body kept drawing people over from Songshi City.

Tuohai and the others rotated with the Disciples at the Reception Pool, practicing the application of laws on the Celestials to increase their combat experience.

With Lin Bai providing support, they were no longer limited to Provocation and Dazzle when dealing with Celestials; they also creatively added Flash, Phoenix Seeking Phoenix, Love Separation, Binding Immortal, and so on; some were used on themselves, others on the enemy...

The tricks were endless.

By catching them off guard, they achieved quite impressive battle results.

For example, using Provocation while in the invincible state protected by Phoenix Seeking Phoenix, and after attracting the enemy to their side, using Moon Chase; during the Moon Chase process, Qingyun, who had the fastest speed, would use ingredient control on the targeted Celestial, which could also easily subdue the Celestial.

And it was clean and efficient.

Qingyun came from a plant background and had lived for over a hundred thousand years; having experienced so much, her mental fortitude was far stronger than Lin Bai's.

Lin Bai could not bear to turn humanoid creatures into dishes, but she had no burden at all.

A kitchen knife flew up and down, and in a moment, she had sliced the Moon Chase-targeted Celestial into meat slices, which even a Blank Card could not save...

However.

The Disciples' battles yielded more gains than Lin Bai's own battles.

Lin Bai did not hold back when doing things, bringing out the Blacksmith Six-Piece Set, which could smash any Dharma Treasure into fragments, whereas Qingyun and the others did not have the Blacksmith Six-Piece Set, so the Celestial Dharma Treasures they captured were basically preserved.

Consequently, after several battles, they had harvested more than a dozen storage-type Dharma Treasures.

Storage Dharma Treasures, which were rare in the Mortal World, were actually carried by everyone above the Silver Realm in the Immortal World.

Inside the Storage Rings were all kinds of Spirit Pills, Spirit Stones, weapons, and so on, making the guys who had ascended from the lower realms so jealous their eyes turned red.

Material goods would stimulate human desire; once they realized that the Immortal World was full of heavenly treasures, they became even more desperate to occupy the Immortal World.

Storage-type Dharma Treasures all had restrictions, but that could not stump Lin Bai, who shared Nan Lingtian's cultivation.

Puppets were not afraid of getting hurt, so Lin Bai violently erased the restrictions on the storage Dharma Treasures, kept a super-large storage bracelet for himself—each side thirty meters long, wide, and high—to replace his original small storage pouch, and distributed the remaining storage Dharma Treasures.

The group of Disciples was overjoyed.

Having dealt with nearly half of the middle and high-level personnel in Songshi City, Lin Bai stopped the enemy-luring operation and stuffed an Enlightenment Pill into Nan Lingtian's mouth.

The muddled Nan Lingtian regained his senses; seeing the familiar faces standing beside Lin Bai, the muscles on his face twitched, and he wanted to rush over to attack Lin Bai, only to discover to his shock that he could not even control his own body.

Lin Bai smiled slightly at him and gave him the command to attack the poisonous dragon corpse; Nan Lingtian was forced against his will to unleash a powerful move, destroying several hundred zhang of the poisonous dragon corpse.

Afterwards.

He stood there blankly, stunned.

"Understand now?" Lin Bai stood before him and asked with a smile.

"This is the Law of Control?" Nan Lingtian's mouth twitched as he asked with a difficult smile.

"As long as I want, all your actions will be directed by me," Lin Bai laughed. "General Nan, now we can talk about cooperation."

"That's impossible," Nan Lingtian sneered, gritting his teeth. "You can control my body, but you cannot control my thoughts. I will not cooperate with a petty person like you again. I want to watch as you and this group of filthy mortals are wiped out by the Celestials."

"General Nan, don't be so extreme." Lin Bai looked at him and shook his head. "Do you know why I had you attack the poisonous dragon's corpse just now?"

"Isn't it just to let me know that I'm being controlled by you?" Nan Lingtian said disdainfully.

"No, I am telling you that I can make you attack the poisonous dragon, so I can also make you lead your former subordinates to go on a killing spree in Songshi City." Lin Bai spoke very slowly. "You are in the Platinum Realm, and this group of Celestials includes Silver Realm and Golden Realm cultivators; you should be among the highest-cultivation people in Songshi City. Even if I don't ask you to slaughter the million Celestials in Songshi City, catching them off guard, wiping out a small half shouldn't be a problem, right!"

Nan Lingtian was stunned: "So what? I can speak; even if I sacrifice one hundred thousand Celestials in Songshi City, if I can pass the message out and have higher-level Celestials come to wipe you out, I will still be a hero of the Immortal World, and my death will have been worth it."

Lin Bai said: "What if the news of the New Mother Body and the Tenth Heavenly King's laws are spread out at the same time you are killing people?"

Nan Lingtian said: "If it's spread out, you will die even faster."

Lin Bai glanced at him and said: "General Nan, but the Tenth Heavenly King's law that gets spread out is the Dao of Slaughter, and you are the one who obtained the Mother Body's Law Sacred Artifact! Who do you think they will believe, you or me?"

Nan Lingtian looked at Lin Bai suddenly, his eyes widening, and he said with a trembling voice: "You... how can you be so despicable? Once the Dao of Slaughter spreads, it will stimulate more Celestials to practice the Dao of Slaughter, and the Immortal World will fall into chaos."

"As far as I'm concerned, the more chaotic the Immortal World is, the more advantageous it is for me!" Lin Bai said leisurely. "Throughout history, so many ascenders have been treated as toys by you to be abused and teased; we were already irreconcilable enemies. In the Immortal World, no matter how excessive the things I do to you are, it is only natural."

"But you won't be able to escape either," Nan Lingtian said.

Lin Bai grabbed Nan Lingtian's collar and stepped onto the Magpie Bridge.

The next second, the two of them had already appeared in the Mortal World—the Shengji Sect.

It was Jiang Qingqin who had built the Magpie Bridge with him; seeing Lin Bai, her expression turned joyful: "Master, you caught another Celestial. Have the matters up there been resolved?"

"They will be resolved immediately." Lin Bai smiled and nodded at Jiang Qingqin.

Nan Lingtian looked around, then looked at the Magpie Bridge connecting to the sky, his face full of disbelief: "This is the Mortal World?"

"That's right, we can retreat to the Mortal World at any time; we can advance to attack and retreat to defend," Lin Bai said unhurriedly.

As he spoke.

He suddenly raised the kitchen knife in his hand and slashed at Nan Lingtian's right hand; the right hand fell off in response.

Nan Lingtian let out a miserable shriek: "What are you doing?"

Before the words had faded.

Lin Bai took him back into the card and chatted with Jiang Qingqin, asking about the situation in the Mortal World, waiting until Nan Lingtian's right hand on the card had recovered before releasing him again.

Nan Lingtian looked at his regrown right hand, then looked at the right hand still dripping blood in Lin Bai's hand, not understanding what had happened.

"After being controlled by me, you are Undying and Indestructible; no matter how severe the injury, it will recover afterwards," Lin Bai said. "Using this characteristic, I will take you to carry out massacres in various towns in the Immortal World. The Dao of Slaughter will eventually spread, and absolutely no one will believe that you were being controlled by someone. They will only see you constantly killing people, and no matter how severe the injuries you sustain, you will be fine, and then they will become even more convinced of the existence of the Dao of Slaughter. At that time, not only will you not be a hero of the Immortal World, you will become a demon that everyone in the Immortal World wants to kill."

Gulp!

Nan Lingtian swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "You can't do this. The number of ascenders is small, and most Celestials haven't even had contact with them; they are all innocent..."

"Cooperate with me, and this situation won't happen." Lin Bai threw his right hand aside like trash, nodded to Jiang Qingqin, and grabbed Nan Lingtian to return to the Immortal World, letting him witness the convenience of the Magpie Bridge.

"How to cooperate?" Nan Lingtian asked.

"It's very simple: help me become the Tenth Heavenly King of the Immortal World." Lin Bai looked at Nan Lingtian and said, "General Nan, I am a peace-loving person. As long as you fulfill my wish and let me gradually have a say in the Immortal World, establishing a living space for the people of the lower realms, naturally there won't be so much slaughter."

Peace?

The methods you just proposed are a hundred and eight thousand li away from peace!

Nan Lingtian had a straightforward personality; after realizing Lin Bai's power, he dared not contradict him, so he engaged in Belly-Defamation and stammered, "You are a mortal, naturally repelled by immortals; as soon as you show your face, you will be detected by others."

The War God Body used Flash to appear, looked at Nan Lingtian, and laughed, "He cannot, but I should have no problem, right!"

Nan Lingtian looked at Lin Bai, then looked at the War God Body, and nodded with difficulty: "You can."

Lin Bai smiled slightly and painted a picture of the future, saying, "General Nan, do not be discouraged. Once I become the Tenth Heavenly King, the power you possess will be far greater than that of a mere City Lord of Songshi City. When that time comes, you will be a true Platinum star. Come, come, come, two heads are better than one; let us plan this out properly..."

(End of this chapter)