Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 308 - 301 Frustration Part 2

Chapter 308: Chapter 301 Frustration Part 2

Lin Xin was aware of his own limits, and knew that if it were at the level of Dao Seeking, he might have a slim chance of victory through a surprise attack by leveraging the advantage of his physical body. However, at the Scenic Level, victory was absolutely impossible.

It simply wasn’t at the same level. He wouldn’t even be able to break through the protective light from their magical treasures, let alone the Divine Light protecting their body or the Sacred Infant Qi that came after.

These three layers of protection were the basic defenses that every Nascent Soul True Monarch would have. Even a Sword Cultivator True Monarch specializing in the Magic Sword would have them.

To ascend to the heavens, to travel the earth, to overturn rivers and seas, Nascent Soul True Monarchs appeared almost omnipotent to the common folk.

"No wonder it’s so monstrous, it’s actually a Nascent Soul True Monarch who personally laid down the Banishment...," Lin Xin suddenly realized, but at the same time, a deep sense of caution arose within him.

Boom!

Another Banishment Formation Method was unlocked, with only the final one remaining.

But now that Lin Xin knew it was a Golden Talisman from a Nascent Soul True Monarch, he dared not rush to resolve it.

"Golden Talisman... If I remember correctly, unlocking this layer of restriction will immediately allow the Nascent Soul True Monarch to pinpoint my exact location. The gap in cultivation is too wide; a Nascent Soul True Monarch has already mastered the mysteries of space, and crossing spatial distances is often a matter of thought. If this place is within the Divine Sense range of that True Monarch, then..."

"Why not unlock it?" the elderly man outside suddenly asked. "The last Banishment Formation, once unlocked, can trigger a full chain reaction, thoroughly opening the sealed Cave Heaven Divine Talisman. You’ve come this far; why not unlock it?"

Lin Xin had a dark expression within the giant cocoon; the person outside could even precisely grasp his progress.

It seemed as if he was either a Formation Talisman expert or a cultivator with an extremely keen sense of perception.

Either of those were difficult to deal with, especially since he could not use his Qilin abilities at the moment and was also at the critical moment of breaking the formation.

"Young friend, at this juncture, hesitation only brings disaster. The longer the delay in times of danger, the greater the risk," the old man actually stood outside the cocoon and began to remind him, looking completely at ease.

The more he did this, the more Lin Xin dared not break through the last barrier. If he was disturbed by this person while breaking the formation, the dual blow would either kill him or completely ruin his cultivation.

This was no mere physical injury like those he had suffered in the past. If he was interrupted while putting his full effort into breaking the formation, it would damage his mind, his spirit, rather than just his physical body.

He was increasingly realizing that what he feared was an attack on the spirit and soul. His body had gradually been transformed by the power of the Underworld and no longer resembled that of a human. Many areas that should have been vulnerable were now tantamount to normal muscles and could naturally heal and regenerate.

The atmosphere in the Stone Chamber gradually became tense.

Lin Xin dared not move any further, and the old man stood still on the spot, while the Black Fox boy was anxiously fretting inside. The search was still going on outside; any problem that revealed their location would leave them with no chance of escape.

After a while.

Lin Xin spoke slowly from within the cocoon.

"What do you want, Daoist? Just say it."

The old man smiled faintly, his eyes shimmering with fine threads of golden light that appeared calm and serene, weaving different symbols in his pupils like threads. If one looked closely, they would see that the symbols in his eyes were the same as the various Formation Runes Lin Xin was using to break the formation.

"What I want... is not something else."

As he spoke, he slowly extended his finger.

With a ripping sound, the space before the old man tore open with a hole. He turned his finger into a palm and suddenly reached into the hole.

The aged hand crossed a distance of over ten meters in an instant and appeared directly inside the cocoon, grabbing Lin Xin by the neck.

Boom!!!

Lin Xin was violently smashed out of the cocoon, held by that large hand and slammed against the Stone Chamber wall.

With a snap, the Stone Chamber wall was covered with terrifying cracks from the impact.

"!!!!"

Lin Xin was completely unable to resist; he felt all the Spiritual Energy in his body was completely restrained in an instant. He could only struggle with his physical strength.

But the strength of that hand was so terrifying that he had never seen any creature with such powerful strength. Even compared to the horrific colossal foot he encountered that day in the Underworld, this was far beyond.

With his own strength, he had no chance to resist. He was pressed against the Stone Wall by the palm, unable to move.

"Hahaha! Not bad at all! Indeed, very good!!" The old man suddenly materialized in front of him, the same hand that was pushing Lin Xin’s neck against the wall, suspending him in mid-air.

At this moment, one hand was gripping Lin Xin’s neck while the other hand suddenly pressed against Lin Xin’s forehead, pinning him against the wall.

"I am Huang Yuan the True Monarch! I ask you! Are you willing to become my Direct Disciple!!"

Lin Xin was suddenly taken aback.

The Black Fox boy was also stunned speechless.

The Elder’s hand tightened its grip on Lin Xin, his eyes flashing dangerously with an implicit threat of crushing him if he didn’t agree.

"...." Lin Xin felt his breathing becoming more and more difficult. His neck bones were making crisp snapping sounds, ready to break at any moment. His Return to Origin technique showed signs that it might collapse at any moment and his cultivation could dissipate.

He was at once speechless and astounded by this cultivation. The mere pressure of a hand could not only prevent the use of Spiritual Energy and Divine Skills but over time could even cause the victim’s cultivation to dissipate. This level of Divine Technique was indeed worthy of a top expert who could be called a True Monarch.

However, even though he did indeed want to find a patron in the Underworld, under normal circumstances he would have been happy to accept discipleship. But under the current circumstances...

"Aren’t you going to speak?" Huang Yuan the True Monarch chuckled and with a sudden motion, struck out with his other hand.

An immense terrifying force chopped at Lin Xin’s chest, right at the lungs.

With a loud explosion, the wall behind him burst open into a large gap. The originally solid-as-iron Stone Wall was torn apart like tofu.

A mouthful of old blood spurted from Lin Xin’s mouth, and he couldn’t utter a single sound anymore. With his lungs severely damaged, what else could he possibly say?

"If you don’t speak, I’ll take it as your consent." Huang Yuan the Daoist laughed heh heh, pulling him out of the wall’s cavity, then, carrying the half-dead Lin Xin who he had beaten into a cripple, as if holding a trash bag.

"........" Lin Xin’s mouth was full of blood, not to mention speaking, he was even struggling to breathe.

"Little kid, you have a good aptitude, but your heart is timid and overcautious. We act by fighting the heavens, the earth, and all that can be smashed! What’s there to hesitate about? Open!!!"

With one hand, he fiercely punched upwards.

The instant the fist was thrown, a huge twisted and terrifying fluctuation emerged in front of him, with a great amount of air being compressed and shooting upwards.

With a thunderous boom, the entire stone chamber’s roof and countless mountains were pierced through. That terrifying force of the punch directly created a tunnel thousands of kilometers long, reaching straight up to the sky above.

The mountain where Star Spin Cave was located was suddenly pierced through by this punch!!!

Holding Lin Xin, Huang Yuan the Daoist quickly contracted the white cocoon, reverting it to its original scroll and flying into his sleeve.

He glanced at the Black Fox youth.

"You should come along too!"

Exhaling a breath, the exhalation turned into a white cloud, enveloping the Black Fox youth, and directly following behind him.

One after the other, they suddenly shot out, bursting from the peak of the mountain.

"We welcome the True Monarch!!!"

Just having flown out of the summit, dozens of cultivators were floating in the surrounding airspace, saluting loudly. Below them, hundreds to thousands of other sect’s experts were also loudly cheering in unison.

"We welcome True Monarch to perfect peace!!!"

The layers upon layers of voices overlapped, like waves of the sea, spreading far and wide, echoing vigorously.

"Return to the residence!"

Huang Yuan the Daoist, holding the still spitting blood Lin Xin, casually responded.

Down below, Daoist Master Que Yue and other two exchanged glances, looking at the person he was holding with helpless faces.

"True Monarch, this is..."

"Caught another seedling. Normally it’s nothing, but to capture a person in a suppression operation and actually nab a disciple..."

"Isn’t it true that almost nobody can cultivate True Monarch’s Yuan Dou Demonic Technique? Most of the previous disciples are almost all dead."

The three of them secretly communicated through transmission

The True Monarch, who had been quietly tailing them, personally resolved the search task.

Whenever Yuan Dou Demonic Technique was mentioned, all three Daoist Masters had a trace of awe in their eyes. Initially, they too almost became practitioners of the demonic arts; however, after a trial, they decisively gave up. It wasn’t meant for humans to cultivate. Even the physically formidable Demon Race was tortured to death in large numbers by it.

Huang Yuan the Daoist roamed everywhere in search of disciples, seeing those with strong physiques and strong recovery abilities, he would capture and take them as disciples. Unfortunately, not a single one could withstand the backlash of the demonic technique.

"Let it be, let’s go. The Cave Heaven Divine Talisman must have already fallen into True Monarch’s hands; we only need to handle the inquiry from the Radiance Society," one of them said.

"The Radiance Society is too busy with its own troubles, entangled in slaughter with the Red Clothes Cult, to have time to conflict with us," the noblewoman said casually. "Since this matter is settled, I shall return to my sect first; there’s a large pile of affairs waiting to be handled."

"Same for me."

Daoist Master Que Yue said helplessly.

"Then so be it."

All three were at the pinnacle of Golden Core; besides Dao Seeking and Scenic Level Nascent Souls, they were the strongest. Also being the direct disciples of Nascent Soul Daoist Masters, they were much stronger than the average Golden Core, each actually being one of the top experts of their respective sects.

Huang Yuan the Daoist, holding Lin Xin, shot back like a rainbow to a bald Black Iron Mountain.

The iron mountain was suspended in mid-air, shaped like an inverted pyramid, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom.

Around the iron mountain, dark clouds surrounded it, forming a circle that enveloped the mountain within it.

Huang Yuan the Daoist, still holding Lin Xin, and leading the Black Fox youth, shot straight into the middle of the iron mountain.

Passing through small stone cones hanging with black chains, a large number of stone cones formed a dense forest, covering the entire surface of the mountain.

Each cone was bound with black chains, carved with numerous intricate runes, appearing ancient and seemingly from a long time ago.

Lin Xin, being carried, was completely incapacitated, but thankfully, his cultivation did not continue to collapse.

The blood also stopped under the self-healing ability, and a gentle stream of spiritual energy was transmitted from Huang Yuan the Daoist’s hand, aiding his recovery.

The injury to his lungs had almost completely healed, the recovery power of the Dragon King’s foundation combined with his own attributes yielding results that even made Huang Yuan the Daoist turn his head to look carefully at him from time to time, admiration sparkling in his eyes.

"Great disciple, our meeting is truly ordained by heaven!"

Just one sentence from Huang Yuan the Daoist nearly made Lin Xin spit out. Weren’t these words used between lovers to express their affection?

"The Yuan Dou Demonic Technique is among the very pinnacle of the Central Prefecture. If it’s you, my disciple, there will absolutely be no problem!" Huang Yuan the Daoist started laughing satisfactorily. After a pause, he added a sentence.

"You definitely won’t die that quickly."

"......"(To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)