Walker Of The Worlds

Chapter 2533  Yao Changyingʼs Fear

Lin Moʼs appearance was something both Yao Changying and the Withered Spirit Daoist had been not wishing to happen.

He was the only one other than the Emperors that had made them feel threatened. Having obtained more Soul Fragments, they had not been as worried about the Emperors as they knew that the Withering Dao Energy would be more than enough to tie them down.

The Huiqing Emperor had already been weakened and was stuck purifying it form his body thus wouldnʼt be able to interfere in time. The Holy Topaz Emperor on the other hand had his hands tied due to the presence of Black Ying Empire right in his backyard.

The force that had once been the hidden dagger of the Holy Topaz Dynasty had now been turned against them.

The Holy Topaz Emperor regretted not listening to a few of the old advisers who told him to remove them from the empire long ago. They had warned him that they would one day become a threat to them and that their existence shouldnʼt be allowed anymore.

But the Holy Topaz Emperor couldnʼt just eradicate entire clans of people who had once served his forefathers. He had taken the advisers to be getting anxious in their old age, but now he understood that those words had been spoken with wisdom of old age instead.

As such, even if he was nearby he wouldnʼt be able to come help easily.

This only left the Dao Wind Emperor left. Emperor Feng was considered the strongest among the three, having overcome two Transcendent Tribulations. His comprehension of the Wind Dao was also the highest in the entire Rust Sky world and his speed was unparalleled among them.

As such he was the greatest threat that could be in opposition to the Withered Spirit Daoistʼs plan.

To prevent him from acting, she had intentionally released their Chimeric Beasts in the Dao Wind Empire. Shortly after Lin Mu and the others had left, the attacks in the empire had increased, and right before Yao Changying had sensed the appearance of the final Soul Fragment she had used their strongest pawns, the Yin Nascent Soul Maggots she had nurtured into the Capital City itself!

Over the twenty five years, she had nurtured a lot of them and their numbers had already reached the thousands. While the ones Lin Mu and the others had destroyed had been a loss and had set back Yao Changyingʼs plan, the years after had allowed her to redo it all.

The Yin Nascent Soul Maggots were special creation having been curated by the Withered Soul Daoist. They were made combining the Withering Dao, the versatility and adaptability of the Chimeric Qi as well as the special technique that only she knew.

They were a weapon that could not only cause a lot of damage and were strong, even killing them would cause further harm as their death would result in an explosion of Withering Dao energy that would corrupt everything around it.

As such, fighting it was something that would constantly cause harm and their death would still serve the purpose of destruction.

In order to reduce the causalities, someone with a great comprehension of Dao would be needed and that someone was Emperor Feng.

Only he would be able to contain or blow away the Withering Dao Energy.

This only left Lin Mu or rather Lin Mo as the variable.

The lack of information about him also made things difficult to deal with, and from what Yao Changying had learned about Devil cultivators she knew that they were even more terrifying than the Withered Spirit Daoist and the Withering Dao itself.

And with the unique condition of symbiosis they were in, the powers of a Devil were a great counter to them.

As such, she hoped that the straightforward method of overwhelming the foe with her pawns would be the best method. Observing Lin Mu and now Lin Mo also showed her that he was a lot weaker than when they had faced off before, giving her greater hope.

Unfortunately for her, she had no idea how Lin Moʼs powers actually worked.

When she had fought him before, Lin Mo had already accumulated enough souls to face off with her. His weakness right now was only because he needed some time to ʼchargeʼ up.

”Just when I needed a bit of a snack.” The nonchalant voice of Lin Mo could be heard.

Yao Changying and the Withered Spirit Daoist saw the devilish smile blooming on the manʼs face as well as dark purple eyes that were ringed with red gazing at the incoming swarm of creatures. He seemed unconcerned by the threat they posed, even amused on some level.

The man causally raised Afternoon Pine and swung it.

~HUALA~

Unlike the yellow sword slash from before, the slash now was deep purple, just like the manʼs aura.

It tore through the Chimeric beasts that were the nearest before reaching the Yin Nascent Soul Maggots.

~SCREECH~

The Yin Nascent Soul Maggots cried out in pain as their tentacles that were extending towards Lin Mu were cut. Seeing this though, the Withered Soul Daoist smiled.

”Heʼs definitely weaker.” The attack that had once killed them in one go had been stopped with mere injuries. ”He was probably injured back then.” She had guessed that he mustʼve paid a great price or bring everyone out.

After all, that was a Celestial Treasure and its control was only possible with someone who had the key. Heck, even with a key, there were limitations on what could be done. It had taken the Withered Spirit Daoist and Yao Changying twenty five years to improve their control over it.

That was the entire reason why they had been delayed in unleashing their full force. The had been forced to bide their time and could only grow their force in the bridge Plane overtime.

Later on when her control had improved, she could open a few Spatial rifts to transport her pawns.

But releasing the Chimeric beasts from the Bridge Plane was still impossible due to the fact that it was made to contain them. Basically it went against the programming of the arrays, as such they had to forcefully override it to allow them to do this.

Only after gaining more Soul Fragments did the Withered Soul Daoist manage to override it. If it were just Yao Changying alone, she would never be able to do that, as it needed another Celestial to do the same.

But just as they were thinking all this, they saw something surprising.

~SHUA~SHUA~SHUA~

The souls of the Chimeric Beasts that had been killed rushed over to Lin Mo, entering his body.

~HONGLONG~

A second later, a dark purple cape fluttered out of his shoulders and extended up into the sky.

It quickly grew to a length of five meters, exuding an ominous aura.

”That should be enough to jump start it.” Lin Mo said as he looked at the two swords in his hand. ”You two know what to do… Drink!” he commanded as he dipped them into the dark purple cape.

Afternoon Pine and Ocean Raker had been hesitant last time because they had sensed that it hadnʼt exactly been their master who had been using them. But now that they had experienced it all and understood that this was still technically under their masterʼs control, they were free to unleash their full power.

Thus, they greedily drank the power of the souls that made up the cape.

If there was one thing that they had liked last time, it was the feeling of pure power that came from Lin Moʼs presence. Drinking the power of souls was almost intoxicating to the swords, on a level they couldnʼt understand.

It was almost the same as consuming as much Sword Intent as they could.

Not even two seconds later, the five meter long cape had disappeared, having been consumed by the two swords. The two swords didnʼt change their appearance much like before, but a purple sheen appeared on their edges.

~HUMM~

They hummed with power as they wished to unleash their potential upon the foes of their master!

”Good. Iʼll feed you more once you hunt them down.” Lin Mo said with a smile before he slashed out with the swords once more. ”Disaster Sword!” ~SHING~SHING~SHING~SHING~

Two dark purple sword slashes flew out, that extended to a length of nearly a hundred meters each. They met the Chimeric Beasts as well as the Yin Nascent Soul Maggots that had gotten closer again and cleaved them in half.

But that was just the start as two halves of the corpses seemingly exploded, a mixture of Devil Qi and Sword Intent tearing through the air!

~BOOM~

It swept over the incoming creatures, stopping their charge and reversing it on some level.

An area of four hundred meters was easily cleared out as another shipment of souls was readied for Lin Mo.

”Bring it on.” Lin Mo said as the first spike of fear rose within Yao Changyingʼs heart.