Vol 7 Chapter 44: Hundred Eyes Divine Art

"Master, where are you?"

Wu Lingxi extended her immortal consciousness, searching for a long time but couldn't find any trace of Lin Jing.

Lin Jing spoke: "I still have matters to handle. Now is not the time for us to meet. Listen to me, return to the Invincible Sect first."

"Ah?" Wu Lingxi was stunned and said: "Aren't we exploring the Hundred Eyes Immortal King Ruins anymore?"

"Do you know what happened inside the Creation Immortal Lord ruins?"

Wu Lingxi's expression turned serious as she said: "Naturally I know. The invading Demonic Race Immortal King was eliminated by Creation Immortal King's mechanized beasts."

Lin Jing sighed and said: "That's only the surface. The actual situation is that these ruins appear to be inheritance sites, but they were actually traps set by Creation Immortal Lord to select bodies for soul usurpation. Although this doesn't mean every inheritance ruin is like this, with me not by your side from now on, it's better to be cautious."

"Master, you mean..." Wu Lingxi became nervous.

Lin Jing said: "No need to be nervous. After all these years, you've entered ruins so many times. If you were going to be chosen, you would have been chosen long ago."

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"I'm just saying there are too many unknown risks inside ruins. You should wait until I finish my business, then I can accompany you to explore together. It's not too late."

"I respectfully obey my master's command." Wu Lingxi nodded. Being able to come out for this long already satisfied her greatly.

But her master's words were somewhat discouraging nonetheless.

Wu Lingxi took a deep breath and said: "Master, actually, I did gain some harvest from the Hundred Eyes Immortal King Ruins."

"It's just, it's just..."

"Just what?"

Wu Lingxi took out a memory crystal and looked at the sky, saying: "I just don't want to cultivate it. Please take it away, Master."

Lin Jing remotely retrieved the memory crystal she had condensed, then fell silent.

Hundred Eyes Divine Art.

By stripping some lifeforms' precious eye pupils and transplanting them onto one's own arm as secondary eyes, to strengthen one's primary eyes.

"Perhaps because I delayed cultivating this secret method, I gained little harvest in subsequent ruin explorations."

After all, this might be the prerequisite condition for receiving Hundred Eyes Immortal King's inheritance.

"These Immortal Realm Immortal Kings, why do they seem increasingly evil one after another." Lin Jing shook his head.

Wu Lingxi also had no compelling reason to obtain power. Originally not fond of cultivation, forcing her to cultivate a secret method she disliked for the sake of power truly held no meaning.

"Very well, it seems this Hundred Eyes Immortal King indeed isn't benevolent. Having you return to the Invincible Sect was correct." Lin Jing said: "Since that's the case, I'll destroy this memory crystal."

"Okay." Seeing that Lin Jing wasn't forcing her to cultivate the Hundred Eyes Divine Art, Wu Lingxi breathed a sigh of relief. She definitely didn't want her arms covered with eyeballs—it would be too ugly.

After parting with Wu Lingxi, Lin Jing originally intended to destroy the Hundred Eyes Divine Art, but somehow, he ultimately didn't do it.

Although this secret method seemed evil, if it proved useful, he didn't particularly care about appearance.

Having already become a bald egg head and grown a turtle shell on his back, would he really care about growing dozens of extra eyes on his arms?

"However, as the inheritor, the Wood-attribute Pine Leaf Mouse's attainment in Glazed Immortal Eye fundamentally cannot surpass the ability's original creator."

"Only alternative paths remain."

"Glazed Immortal Eye is also an eye ability. I wonder if cultivating this Hundred Eyes Divine Art while possessing Glazed Immortal Eye could enhance its effects." Lin Jing himself actually also possessed Glazed Immortal Eye, inherited from the Wood-attribute Pine Leaf Mouse, though with more restrictions and stricter usage conditions.

He planned to test the Hundred Eyes Divine Art on himself first. If feasible, it would mean finding another path for the Wood-attribute Pine Leaf Mouse to break through its bottleneck.

Next, Lin Jing traveled northward. The Northern Frontier was Demonic Race territory, where Heavenly Demon Mountain stood tall.

As for the Mechanized Turtle, it temporarily parted with Lin Jing to secretly escort Wu Lingxi back to the Invincible Sect. However, it also had a more important mission—to transmit intelligence to Earth through the smuggling secret path and summon another pet beast.

Both it and Lin Jing had already reached Immortal King realm. With the upcoming chaotic struggle for Heaven's Mandate, this was the perfect opportunity for them to fish in troubled waters.

Some time later, Wu Lingxi successfully returned to her sect.

The Mechanized Turtle also used the smuggling secret path to transmit intelligence back to Earth.

Unfortunately, because it had also broken through to Immortal King realm, Earth couldn't accommodate such an extraordinary turtle—it couldn't go through itself. It could only throw its shell containing massive information through the secret path.

On the other side, the second incarnation was constantly monitoring the secret path entrance, so there was no worry about the intelligence going unnoticed.

"The Mechanized Turtle and third incarnation have actually both become Immortal Kings already."

Seeing the intelligence, the incarnation felt both pleasantly surprised and astonished.

After carefully reviewing their recent experiences and giving it thorough consideration, he decided to send another pet beast over.

"Previously sending the Mechanized Turtle undoubtedly provided great assistance to the third incarnation. One could say the Mechanized Turtle deserves primary credit for the third incarnation achieving Immortal King."

"The situation at that time was... ruin exploration, which was the Mechanized Turtle's specialty."

"Now, it's the chaotic struggle for Heaven's Mandate, where Immortal Kings' lives are cheaper than dogs."

"In that case, no one is more suitable than it."

Since their aim was other Immortal Kings' Dao Fruits, then the Ice Soul Gu, which mastered Dao Fruit Divine Ability, was undoubtedly the best choice.

With its assistance, the third incarnation could harvest more abilities from those Immortal Lords, thereby enriching his own power.

Besides that...

"The Wood-attribute Pine Leaf Mouse could also be sent over."

"The third incarnation obtained the Creation Dao Fruit and the Hundred Eyes Divine Art. If the Wood-attribute Pine Leaf Mouse goes over, it might have a chance to break through its bottleneck. However, Glazed Immortal King just obtained Heaven's Mandate, involving enormous karma. As Glazed Immortal Lord's inheritor who also possesses Glazed Immortal Eye, the Wood-attribute Pine Leaf Mouse might suffer unwarranted disaster...."

After all, if some Immortal King tried to deduce Glazed Immortal King's situation but accidentally deduced the Wood-attribute Pine Leaf Mouse, then implicated him, that would be disastrous.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Lin Jing decided to first send the more concealed Ice Soul Gu to support the third incarnation.

"Dammit, even that turtle grandson became an Immortal King. Gu Grandma can't fall behind either."

Receiving the battle order, the Ice Soul Gu immediately burrowed into the smuggling secret path without another word.

Immortal Realm.

Northern Frontier.

As Lin Jing approached and entered, he discovered many cultivators desperately fleeing outward, their expressions slightly fearful and alarmed, completely unlike what he had previously heard about swarms of proud talents surging into the Northern Frontier, spirited and determined to seize Heaven's Mandate.

As Lin Jing approached and entered, he discovered many cultivators desperately fleeing outward, their expressions slightly fearful and alarmed, completely unlike what he had previously heard about swarms of proud talents surging into the Northern Frontier, brimming with ambition to seize Heaven's Mandate.

Shortly after, Lin Jing learned about the current situation inside the Northern Frontier. Facing the surging enemies, Glazed Immortal King, empowered by Heaven's Mandate, showed no concern whatsoever. Alone, he walked across the Northern Frontier lands, killing whoever came, and after killing them, he would skin them, scrape their bones, and extract their souls, using his "Glazed Demon Eye" to synthesize them into various monsters that served him, sustaining warfare through warfare, appearing determined to slaughter all who opposed him.