Decaying World

Chapter 256 256 Infiltration Part 2

The waves surged and the wind howled.

Lin Hui repeatedly cut and shattered the strange bird inside through the Nine-Eyed Sealing Net.

He himself was also frequently cut by the super-fast, monstrous bird's flesh and blood.

His mental strength was constantly being depleted, and as time went by, more than an hour later...

The Ruyi Sword shattered the strange bird into dust for the 1,800th time.

The nine-eyed emerald beam of light finally contracted rapidly, transforming into a ball of light, and flew into one of the small eyes on the shoulder in the blink of an eye.

'No!! Impossible!! How could I be...?'

The Fogman's roar was filled with disbelief, and he eventually fell into a deep sleep and lost consciousness.

The effect of the Nine-Eyed Spirit Sealing Array is to put the sealed creature into a complete slumber. The seal lasts for nine hundred years.

Lin Hui hovered in the air, looking somewhat tired, before putting away his Qingyuan Dharma Body and checking his physical condition.

His hands were severely weak, and he had more than thirty injuries on the front of his body from being accidentally hit.

Although his body has been enhanced to an exaggerated degree, it is still far inferior to that of the Mistman.

In its final struggle, seeing that it was about to be completely sealed, the opponent's desperate efforts became even more exaggerated.

If his surrounding winds hadn't also become much stronger, he wouldn't have been able to handle such minor injuries.

'But this time, we finally managed to truly test the true nature of a mistman. He can't be killed, only sealed away.'

Lin Hui suppressed his exhaustion; even he was severely mentally drained by such an extremely high-intensity sealing and explosive attack.

'If we gather eight more monster spirits, sealing the Mistman next time should be much easier!'

He glanced at the sky in the direction of Eagle Man Island in the distance. There were quite a few spectators floating in the shadows there.

Such a long and fierce battle could not possibly go unnoticed by powerful figures in the surrounding area.

He had anticipated this.

A large amount of the wind's power remained at the scene, but he no longer had the strength to clean it up and absorb it all.

Their current condition is extremely poor, and they must return to rest as soon as possible.

Immediately, Lin Hui's figure flickered, enveloping himself with the power of the wind disaster, causing the gale to sweep through and carry him away into the distance.

Instead of returning directly, he passed by the edge of Eagle Man Island.

As he passed by, he swung his sword towards Eagle Man Island from afar.

The dark blue sword marks suddenly pierced through the mist and broke through the defensive formation surrounding Eagle Man Island.

The layers of formations were instantly burst, like soap bubbles.

Before any of the Eaglemen warriors could react, they saw the blue-black sword mark, like lightning, pierce into the center of Eaglemen Island.

At the heart of the island, atop a solitary moon tower, a tall eagle-man with pure white feathers flew out.

The eagle-man, wielding spears in both hands, hurled the golden spears with all his might toward the sword mark.

boom!!

The golden spear and the sword mark collided directly in front of the Moon Tower, exploding into a gray-white mushroom cloud with a diameter of 100 meters.

The explosion shook the Moon Tower so badly it nearly snapped in half.

Fortunately, the relic arrays that reopened stabilized the structure of the Moon Tower.

Even so, the entire defensive formation of Eagleman Island was pierced by this sword.

Only a few emergency formations remain operational.

The white-feathered eagle-man who had directly confronted and intercepted the enemy had his eyes rolled back, was severely injured, and fell unconscious to the ground.

Even without the Mistman, Lin Hui's casual sword strike was like a divine punishment to other level experts.

Having witnessed this scene from afar, Lin Hui sped away.

He has already achieved his goal.

After destroying the defensive formations of Eagleman Island, the next step is to unleash a calamity, and then step in to save it in time.

However, this will have to wait until he has fully recovered.

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Half an hour later.

Qingfeng Taoist Temple.

Lin Hui coughed softly as he slowly drank a bowl of freshly brewed herbal medicine.

Beside him, Liu Xiao wore only a simple three-piece suit of armor, with a white robe with gold trim over it, preparing to go to work at the Moon Tower in the inner city.

"Didn't I say I'd be back soon?" Liu Xiao noticed Lin Hui's subtle change and frowned as she spoke softly.

"Is there a problem with his cultivation?" She couldn't imagine what difficulties Lin Hui, at his level, could possibly face. In Black Cloud City, even the three city lords stood behind them; what could possibly threaten Lin Hui or cause him injury?
"Yes, it's just a small problem." Lin Hui nodded gently. "Don't worry, it's fine. By the way, I want to eat the whitebait from the inner city. Could you buy me two when you come back?"

"Okay, sure." Liu Xiao stepped forward and gently kissed Lin Hui before turning around and disappearing into the courtyard.

Lin Hui was left alone to watch Lin Xiaoliu slowly practicing her sword in the courtyard.

Li Yuanyuan pointed out some of Lin Xiaoliu's incorrect postures.

However, they noticed that Lin Xiaoliu's attention was not focused, and she kept looking in Lin Hui's direction unconsciously.

"Xiao Liu, you're about to take the Inspiration Assessment, so you need to intensify your cultivation training. Don't get distracted now," Li Yuanyuan solemnly reminded her.

"It's Sister Li." Lin Xiaoliu came to her senses, a look of shame on her face.

She was never this distracted on a normal day, but for some reason, she felt that Brother Hui was different from usual.

A strange aura seemed to have appeared around her. She didn't know what that aura was. But when practicing her sword, she would unconsciously hear something.

The sound seemed to be someone crying, roaring, and wailing.

But when she listened carefully, she found nothing.

Soon, Lin Hui finished his medicine and silently left the courtyard. Only then did the faint sound in his ear disappear from Lin Xiaoliu's mind.

In the following days, Brother Hui went on another business trip. When he returned, Lin Xiaoliu continued to practice her sword here and heard that voice again.

This time, the crying was faint, and it seemed that a woman's voice was also present.

The two voices were faint, yet filled with immense fear and pain.

But no matter how hard Lin Xiaoliu searched, she couldn't find the source of the sound.

Even when she tried to listen carefully, she couldn't hear anything at all.

In the days that followed, she came to Qingfeng Daoyuan every day to cultivate and practice swordsmanship, while Brother Hui left three more times.

And each time he returned, the sounds of pain would increase.

Fortunately, the sound stopped temporarily after increasing to five audible levels. Lin Xiaoliu also breathed a slight sigh of relief.

She guessed that Hui-gege was secretly practicing some powerful martial arts. She wanted to ask, but every time she tried to get closer to Hui-gege, the painful wails grew louder and louder, giving her a splitting headache.

Gradually, she became hesitant to go to Qingfeng Dao Academy to cultivate, and whenever asked, she would always make excuses not to go.

She quietly mentioned this to her older brother, Liu Wujun, who remained silent for a moment before telling her not to mention it to anyone and to keep it to herself.

Lin Hui's power was far beyond what they could imagine.

Liu Wujun didn't think it was Lin Hui's problem, but rather that Lin Xiaoliu's perception was too high, and she might have heard some of Lin Hui's secrets. So he secretly found some medicine for Lin Xiaoliu to take, which temporarily suppressed the sound.

Then everything returned to its previous calm.

Time slowly passed.

More than a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Dark clouds floated above the mountain peaks.

Gongsun Xinlian sat cross-legged on the open-air circular white stone array, her eyes fixed on Lin Hui as he slowly flew over and landed.

"I asked you to come here today because I need to ask you about something, and there's another matter I need you to handle."

"Sister Xinlian, please speak. I've been cultivating for quite some time now and I'm also planning to go out for a stroll to clear my head," Lin Hui said with a smile.

"That's how it is." Gongsun Xinlian paused, then asked, "Previously, the Moon Tower monitoring the area around Black Cloud detected the auras of five Wild Mist People, but they suddenly disappeared recently. The surveillance also showed traces of you going out, so I wanted to ask if you were involved."

"Yes, I lured those five fog people away one by one and drove them away." Lin Hui nodded, there was nothing wrong with admitting it.

"That's good. Then there's another matter. Recently, mysterious attackers have been appearing on Eagle Man Island one after another. The defensive formations that have just been restored are being breached and broken through in the blink of an eye. This has happened multiple times, and the islanders have no way of finding out who is responsible. So they urgently requested our help. Eagle Sanqiong requested that we send an investigation team to find out the situation on the island and temporarily guard Eagle Man Island until he returns," Gongsun Xinlian said.

"You mean, I should handle this?" Lin Hui asked.

"May I?"

"No problem," Lin Hui readily agreed. This was one of his objectives.

"One last thing," Gongsun Xinlian said softly, "Many people are curious about you and hope to join the Qingfeng Sect and practice the Qingfeng Sword Technique with you. You can handle it as you see fit. Don't give us three any face. Just handle it however you see fit."

"I understand!" Lin Hui was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and nodded.

It seems that some people have tried to pull strings and get their favors through the three city lords.

The news that he, a mere mortal, could compete with Tu Yue had clearly spread within certain high-end circles.

"By the way, is the Black Cloud Pharmacy ready? When can we purchase the precious medicines?" Lin Hui asked.

In addition to the fixed quota of precious medicines for the deputy city lord, he is also qualified to directly purchase the precious medicine vault that only those at the top of the Black Cloud are eligible to buy.

This is one of the treasure vaults that requires special access; only Blood Ancestor and a deputy city lord like him can purchase it.

"Are you sure you want to use this privilege to buy that kind of medicine? Don't you plan to check out the armory? Black Cloud has an evil weapon that hasn't recognized its master yet. You might be able to get it if you try," Gongsun Xinlian reminded her telepathically.

"No need. We can go take a look later, but not for now." Lin Hui was indeed very curious about the evil weapon, but the success rate of fusing with it was extremely low, and failure meant death. He felt it was better not to take the risk.

This privilege only comes once every fifty years; using it on this is a huge waste. It's more worthwhile to use it for aphrodisiacs.

If things go smoothly this time, using his deputy city lord's 50% discount on medicine purchases should be able to quickly shorten the blood seal evolution time by more than half.

Perhaps the blood seal evolution can be completed in two or three years.

"Well, everyone has their own ambitions. Oh, by the way, I have some bad news to remind you." Gongsun Xinlian seemed to have remembered something.

"Please speak."

"Song Feishi, the fourth princess of the royal family of the Federation, is coming to Heiyun. She specifically asked you to receive her. You must be very careful and attentive to this person."

"Is this person very strong?"

“She is a Mistman who possesses the Emperor’s Bloodline, so she is naturally extremely strong. Theoretically, her power is higher than ours, and she would be directly suppressed in a head-on confrontation. However, because she is a princess, she rarely has the opportunity to fight, so in actual combat, she is not a match for my eldest brother. But she is still far superior to Tu Yue, and even surpasses my second brother and me,” Gongsun Xinlian said in a deep voice.

"Did this person also come because of me?" Lin Hui guessed part of the reason.

"Yes. You must be very careful not to give her any excuse to attack you, otherwise even your elder brother can't save you."

"What is Imperial Blood?" Lin Hui asked, frowning.

"When the true evil mist condenses to its extreme, it forms a pure white and powerful blood, which is the Emperor's Blood. The Emperor's Blood cannot be devoured, and the mist people who possess it will have a great power to suppress all other mist people. This is a suppression based on evil energy. There are only a handful of Emperor Blood mist people in the entire Federation. They are basically all descendants of the Mist Emperor."

"What is the Mist Emperor? Aren't we a federation?" Lin Hui continued to ask.

"When there was only one Mistman among the human race, that was the Mistman Emperor. Later, when the number of Mistmen increased, the Emperor was forced to abdicate, and the country was reorganized into a federation, which led to the current structure of an inner court and an outer government," Gongsun Xinlian explained.

(End of this chapter)