Chapter 106: The Soul of Sacred Crystal (Part 1)

  Li Ling lay inside the smashed rock, a speechless shadow looming over him. Li Ling trembled as he opened his eyes and looked at the twice-evolved Gluttony.

  A three-zhang-tall Gyarados stood majestically, with a pile of shattered rocks at its feet. The sand and pebbles in the water were lifted into the air by an invisible force, and the rocks on the ground also began to jump up and down, as if celebrating Gyarados' successful second evolution.

  It has the same shape as a human, but with a beast-like aura, with bright blue and clear yet cold eyes, and still with black wings on its back, and four legs have evolved into sturdy limbs.

  "This is going to be a one-sided beating." Li Ling's face was as white as paper, his lungs were in severe pain, and he coughed slightly, trying to spit out all the blood clots to speed up his recovery. Fortunately, with the help of his strengthened cells and true energy, his healing speed was quite fast.

  Gluttony opened its mouth, still full of sharp teeth, and let out a loud roar. It took step by step, and powerful sound waves rippled out from its mouth. Gluttony suddenly stopped, stretched out its four limbs, raised its arms as if performing some kind of strange ritual.

  This ceremony and this pressure represent the final evolution of gluttony.

  Li Ling quickly finished repairing the wound, checked the injury situation all over his body, lifted his hand to wipe away the fresh blood at the corner of his mouth, slightly narrowed his eyes, put his arm behind him, propped himself up on the ground, and looked at the three-zhang-tall body of the Jiao after its evolution. His originally disheartened mood temporarily sparked a thread of fighting spirit.

  Since there is no way out, we can only fight to the death now.

  Li Ling jumped down from the wall of the cave, landed at the bottom of the water, clenched his fists, and walked step by step towards Taotie. Gradually, he strengthened his explosive power with each breath, and as he walked, Li Ling quickly ran towards Taotie.

  The giant paused, lowering its head and ceasing its deafening roar. It dropped its arms to its sides, and a pair of blue eyes without pupils gazed quietly at Li Ling, filled with contempt for him.

  Li Ling runs and gathers energy.

  "This should be the final form, right?"

  "There won't be any more evolution, right?"

  "This is probably the strongest now."

  Li Ling quickly asked out and also quickly ran out.

  Manjusri faced Li Ling's direction, quietly watching him without responding. Perhaps it was because Manjusri possessed extremely high wisdom but didn't know how to use human language.

  "So, I'll crush your strongest form." Li Ling raised his spiritual power to the extreme, a strong conviction condensed in his mind, and an unprecedented force gathered in his fist, knocking down the glutton in front of him, which had already become Li Ling's only mission at this moment.

  Without warning, Li Ling unleashed his strongest and most ferocious move, leaping towards Jiao Zhuo. The churning water below was split open by a temporary wall of water.

  Tan Xiang merely raised his head and quietly watched as Li Ling fiercely charged towards him.

  Li Ling threw a punch at Gao Leng's head without any complicated moves, just a simple fist.

  Peng...

  Li Ling's self-proclaimed invincible punch was surprisingly caught by Gluttony with just one hand, Gluttony's eyes rotated, filled with disdain, his massive steel-like hand tightly grasped Li Ling's fist, producing a crackling sound of breaking bones.

  Li Ling suddenly felt a tearing pain in his bones, this was the first time Li Ling had felt such pain after his cells were strengthened.

  Li Ling let out a low growl, gritted her teeth and resisted with all her might.

  In terms of wrist strength, Li Ling lost too much to Piao Yu.

  In the cold, blue eyes of the glutton, there was a look of disdain for Li Ling's struggles. The glutton's arm muscles flexed, and he directly lifted Li Ling up, throwing him out towards the surface of the water like throwing a stone.

  Li Ling's entire body suddenly lost strength, and his heart was filled with shock. What kind of power was this? Under such a powerful force, Li Ling's body was completely out of control, being pulled by an irresistible force and flung away.

  Li Ling's body pierced through the underground water, bursting open the waves...

  Rumble...

  The rock fell, and the rocks on top of the underground river were directly pierced. Li Ling's body actually pierced through the underground rock layer and broke out.

  A ray of sunlight shone into Li Ling's eyes, and Li Ling spat out a mouthful of blood. What he never expected was that he would be thrown out of the underground river by Gluttony.

  Below was indeed an oasis, and on the oasis a big hole was broken open, which was the big hole that Li Ling had opened.

  With that, the earth shook violently, the ground cracked, and a giant fist burst out of the ground from beneath, approaching Li Ling at an incredible speed, almost like light. In an instant, it arrived above Li Ling's head, waiting for his body to reach a certain height before striking down with a single punch.

  Rumble... rumble... rumble...

  Li Ling's body was in mid-air, like a meteorite being smashed down by the mighty force, which compressed the surrounding clouds into almost swirling circles of air.

  Finally, Li Ling's body fell to the ground, and the ground cracked open for tens of meters, revealing a several-meter-deep pit.

  Li Ling's body had completely lost its ability to move, and his empty eyes stared at the dazzling sun.

  So strong, this glutton is so strong, Li Ling's will to fight in her heart was getting weaker and weaker.

  Gradually, Li Ling lost consciousness, and his own consciousness seemed to fall into a web-like deep valley, falling and falling, as if there was no end in sight.

  He didn't know how long he had fallen, but Li Ling felt someone calling his name. The voice was so familiar, but Li Ling was too tired to even think about opening his eyes.

  I'm too tired.

  "Li Ling..."

  "Li Ling... Save me..."

  That faint voice stirred Li Ling's latent consciousness, and Li Ling could only struggle to slowly open his eyes. In front of him was a blurry scene, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't see it clearly.

  "Old man, all things are really growing and multiplying in nature, why would they be empty? They cultivated to that realm, why would they have the idea of emptiness?"

  "I haven't reached that level, I don't know."

  All phenomena are empty!

  The blurry scene in front of Li Ling gradually became clear.

  Before him was Silent, whose throat was being choked, with bright red blood flowing from his neck. But strangely, Gluttony had no intention of killing Silent, but rather wanted to get something from him.

  Li Ling was placed to one side, leaning against the crumbling wall. To his surprise, he had not been killed by the Huns, but instead had been brought back to the ancient city.

  Li Ling watched as An Jing was choked by the python, wanting to help, but his whole body couldn't move no matter what.

  Li Lingyu's eyes scanned around and suddenly found that Xiao Yuan and An Xiangyu were both lying in a pool of blood, on the verge of death.

  Why is it like this? Li Ling felt his own incompetence for the first time, having always thought that he could save everyone. At this moment, he realized his weakness and the self-righteousness he had previously felt had turned into endless self-blame.

  An Xiangyu is dead, Xiao Yuan is also dead, but Mandala has lost his trace.

  It's been a long time, and it's all because of Li Ling's self-righteous behavior that everyone has ended up on a dead-end path. If it weren't for Li Ling's self-righteousness thinking he could take down the glutton by himself, then at the time, he and Mandala would have joined forces, and things wouldn't be like this now.

  "Li Ling... save me."

  His arms hung quietly and weakly, a hoarse voice came from his throat, but Li Ling couldn't move at all, even if he had strengthened cells, at this moment they seemed to have lost all their power, his consciousness was also very empty and powerless.

  The azure eyes quietly gazed at the tranquility, as if there was a kind of yearning for something in their gaze.

  There is something in silence that is needed for feasting, but at the same time, it is difficult to obtain.

  But what exactly is that thing? Li Ling lay on the ground, looking at An Jing's raised hand, which had suddenly transformed into a sharp dagger. The blade flashed with a cold light and stabbed into An Jing's chest in an instant.

  A thread of blood spurted out! An Jing's eyes suddenly widened, staring blankly at Li Ling.

  Li Ling's entire body trembled, and for a moment, he felt as if he had ceased to exist. Dizzy, he stared at An Jing, whose chest was pierced through, with various dark shadows filling his vision, and an endless pain in his heart that he couldn't shake off.

  Everyone is dead because of me, everyone is dead because of me.

  Li Ling bowed her head and muttered this sentence repeatedly, quietly...

  Quiet, won't die! Won't.

  "No!" Li Ling's eyes suddenly opened wide, and he let out a loud roar towards the sky. The sound filled the heavens and earth, causing the skies to change in an instant. A massive gap appeared in the clouds, and from within the dark clouds, a bolt of lightning that was impossible to resist struck Li Ling's body.

  Li Ling was struck by lightning, his body shook violently, and his hair turned white in an instant. A strange hot blood filled Li Ling's facial nerves, and his eyes suddenly turned crimson. His arms were wrapped with incomprehensible talismans, and the surrounding air was enveloped by the elemental force of the lightning that had just struck him.

  Li Ling waved his arm, with an air of a king, slowly stood up, without saying a word, raised the arm with the talismanic pattern, and a silver long sword suddenly appeared in front of Li Ling like molecular condensation, suspended in mid-air. Li Ling reached out to grasp it, and a power he had never felt before spread out from him, causing the ground to crack instantly.

  He turned around, feeling a strong pressure from behind, his blue eyes slanted to look at Li Ling who was originally lying down but now stood up in another posture.

  Moreover, his entire body was surrounded by endless lightning, and he held a peculiar long sword in his hand.

  Gluttony let out a low growl, mercilessly pulling out the long thorn that had pierced Quiet's heart. He tossed aside Quiet, whose eyes were now empty and hollow. At the tip of the thorn was a purple crystal, which seemed to be a mysterious stone taken from Quiet's body. Gluttony swallowed the purple crystal in one gulp.

  At the moment when the purple crystal stone was swallowed, Taotie turned to look at Li Ling, silently waiting for Li Ling's next move.

  Li Ling's expression turned cold and he smiled faintly, completely different from his demeanor earlier. With a slight movement of his wrist, the long sword in his hand flipped over, and with one swift slash, the space seemed to be torn apart. In an instant, the giant bird-like creature was unable to dodge and its arm was severed with a loud crash.

  Manfeng looked at the arm flying in the air, constantly spinning and spraying blood from the broken end. His eyes stared strangely at Li Ling, perhaps even Manfeng couldn't understand why Li Ling had suddenly become so strong, with just one slash in mid-air, he actually had such power.

  Li Ling's mouth curled up with a cold smile: "Pitiful inferior species. You are not worthy of possessing the Holy Crystal Soul."