The Reversal of Heaven Begins with The Smiling, Proud Wanderer

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Several sharpshooters lying in ambush on the opposite rooftop pulled the trigger without hesitation.

Several scorching bullets tore through the air and accurately struck Lin Mu's head and heart, among other vital organs!

In that split second, Lin Mu didn't even turn around; he simply raised his hand casually.

The several copper bullets that were shot towards him seemed to sink into an invisible quagmire when they were still three feet away from his body, and suddenly stopped in mid-air, motionless!

A cold glint flashed in Lin Mu's eyes, and his heart stirred slightly.

The warhead, suspended in mid-air, shot back along its original path at an even faster speed than it had come from.

Several short, shrill screams immediately came from afar outside the window, followed by complete silence.

Those gunmen lying in ambush were instantly killed by the bullets they themselves fired.

It's just that they saw something they shouldn't have seen.

The gunshots and screams outside the window were like a signal.

Outside the hall, in the corridor, Qiu Shan, a Xuanmen master who had been on high alert, suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze sharpening, and he shouted, "Make your move!"

He quickly took down the strange long umbrella from his back, gripped the handle and twisted and pulled hard, and pulled out a short whip about two feet long, dark purple in color and engraved with mysterious runes from the umbrella shaft - it was his ancestral magic weapon, the Thunder God Whip!

"Crack!"

The tiny electric snakes that were originally wrapped around the whip suddenly became violent, emitting a piercing sound that made one's scalp crawl, and the dazzling blue-white electric light instantly dispelled the shadows under the corridor.

"Sito! Follow me and slay the traitor!"

Qiu Shan shouted sternly.

As he shouted, the woman from the Kagyu tribe, who had been standing silently behind him like a shadow, shrouded in a wide black robe and bound by powerful talismans, suddenly raised her head.

The hood slipped down, revealing a pale yet exquisitely beautiful face.

A powerful and unique demonic energy began to emanate from her body, cold and lifeless, yet containing a vibrant vitality. The two contradictory auras intertwined, creating an extremely eerie atmosphere.

On the other side, Master Qian didn't dare to be negligent either. He leaped onto the simple altar that had been quietly set up beforehand, took a step with his feet in a protective stance, formed a sword incantation with his hands, and chanted incantations:

"I respectfully invite Nezha, the Third Prince, who at the age of seven has acquired supernatural powers! Wearing the Universe Ring on his head, riding the Wind and Fire Wheels on his feet, and holding the Thunder Spear in his hand, he reveals his true form with overwhelming power! Nezha commands, Nezha commands, Prince Nezha commands, a million soldiers, a million soldiers, rise up in formation, ride forth in formation to the altar! Divine soldiers, act swiftly as the law commands!"

As the incantation was chanted, a scorching and violent power of divine invocation began to gather around him, and the talismans on the altar moved without wind, fluttering loudly!

Inside the conference hall, Lin Mu sensed the rapidly rising violent thunder power, eerie demonic atmosphere, and energy fluctuations of summoning gods outside the door. Instead of feeling tense, he smiled with excitement.

"That's interesting."

He turned to face the gate, his mental energy surging around him, and his golden eyes shone with a dazzling light, as if molten gold was flowing within them.

With a flick of his wrist, the halberd appeared in his hand.

Chapter 112: Innate Wood Spiritual Root

The moment the halberd in Lin Mu's hand appeared, it brought with it a sharp whistling sound that tore through the air. The halberd blade gleamed with cold light, as if a ferocious beast thirsting for blood had awakened.

He did not launch an attack, but instead held the halberd in one hand, the tip of which pointed diagonally at the ground. A surge of psychic power erupted from his body, forming an invisible yet indestructible barrier.

"boom--!"

The heavy mahogany door of the conference hall, along with part of the wall, was smashed to pieces by a brutal and domineering force.

Wood chips flew like a torrential rain, and billowing dust filled the air. A figure wreathed in blinding lightning was the first to rush in, moving with lightning speed.

Qiu Shan was the first to make a move.

The Thunder Whip in his hand was fully activated, its body shimmering with lightning patterns, transforming into a roaring giant python of lightning, carrying an aura of destruction akin to divine punishment, and slashing straight at Lin Mu's face.

Before the whip even arrived, the violent lightning had already caused the remaining glass items in the hall to crackle and shatter, shards flying everywhere.

"Death!"

Qiu Shan's hair and beard bristled, and his roar was filled with a resolute determination to kill.

Almost at the same moment, a ghostly black shadow moved swiftly along the ground, silently.

Si Teng's black robe billowed without wind, and countless jet-black, incredibly tough vines, like venomous snakes ready to devour their prey, cunningly coiled around Lin Mu's legs, waist, and halberd-wielding arm from all directions, attempting to completely lock him off.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Master Qian's ritual of summoning the gods was also completed.

The gray-robed Taoist boy behind him rolled his eyes back, his skin turned an unnatural crimson, and he exhaled scorching breath from his mouth and nose. In his hand, a phantom spear burning with flames materialized out of thin air.

The Taoist boy let out a shrill cry, his voice inhuman, and his speed increased dramatically. Like a cannonball, he thrust his spear straight at "867" from the side, the tip of the spear scorching the air and making a hissing sound, aiming directly for Lin Mu's vital ribs.

[Ding! You have encountered the lucky character Sito, triggering the side quest: Freedom.]

[Mission Requirements: Help Si Teng break free from Qiu Shan's control and gain her freedom within one month.]

[Task Reward: Randomly selected.]

[Ding! You have come into contact with the auspicious figure Qiu Shan, triggering the side quest: The Number One in the Mystic Sect.]

[Mission Requirement: Within one year, help Qiu Shan become the number one person in the Xuanmen sect.]

[Task Reward: Randomly selected.]

As the system notification sounded in Lin Mu's mind, lightning, demonic vines, and the fire-tipped spear had already woven together into a deadly net, instantly enveloping him.

Faced with this earth-shattering attack, Lin Mu remained unfazed.

"Fancy."

He didn't even glance at the menacing "Nezha" Taoist boy or the vines that were swarming towards him; his golden eyes, burning with golden flames, instantly locked onto Qiu Shan.

He swung his halberd, shattering the entangled vines and deflecting the fire-tipped spear, before thrusting out with a single strike.

The air was suddenly compressed to the extreme, producing a violent explosion due to the unbearable pressure!

"clang--!"

The halberds and whips clashed, producing a deafening roar like a great bell.

The ferocity and confidence on Qiu Shan's face froze instantly, turning into extreme horror and disbelief.

As the electric current surged, Lin Mu not only remained unharmed, but also absorbed the lightning power he released.

Immediately, Qiu Shan felt an irresistible and overwhelming force surging along the Thunder Whip.

"puff!"

Qiu Shan's tiger's mouth instantly split open, dripping with blood. He could no longer hold onto his ancestral magic weapon, the Thunder God Whip, which flew out of his hand and spun away, crashing to the ground some distance away with a "clang." The brilliant lightning on the whip's body dimmed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Lin Mu's halberd, still brimming with power, pierced through Qiu Shan's chest with a single blow.

"puff--!"

Qiu Shan's body was instantly pierced, and his blood was immediately swallowed by the halberd. He quickly withered up and became emaciated in the blink of an eye. He was sent flying by Lin Mu's halberd and thrown to the ground, already dead.

At the very moment Lin Mu sent Qiu Shan flying, the "Nezha" that Master Qian had summoned turned his spear around and thrust the flaming spear at Lin Mu's throat.

Lin Mu's right wrist, which was holding the halberd, trembled slightly. The heavy halberd shaft seemed to have a life of its own, drawing a precise and mysterious arc and striking to the side with pinpoint accuracy.

"Oh!"

The halberd shaft struck the side of the tip of the flaming spear without any fancy moves.

The seemingly mighty and powerful divine fire spear, imbued with the power to invoke the gods, instantly exploded into countless fireflies, vanishing without a trace, as if made of paper and clay.

The possessed Taoist boy was hit head-on by a high-speed steel train, unable to utter a sound before exploding into a thick cloud of blood mist with a "poof," leaving no trace of his body!

The summoning spell was broken in the most violent way, and the backlash surged forth like a river bursting its banks.

On the distant altar, the statue of Nezha, the Third Prince, suddenly exploded. Behind the altar, Master Qian's expression changed drastically, his blood and qi surged, and he spat out a mouthful of bright red blood with a "whoosh," his eyes filled with horror and despair.

Before he could struggle to escape, Lin Mu's gaze had already pierced through the messy walls and locked onto him coldly.

He hurled his halberd, piercing through several walls and pinning Qian Zhenren to one of them.

"Ugh—!"

Master Qian only had time to let out a short scream before he hung on the wall, lifeless.

At the same time, Si Teng's dark and tough vines successfully wrapped around Lin Mu's body and limbs, and tightened suddenly.

That terrifying power, enough to snap steel, suddenly erupted.

An ordinary person might be strangled, but for Lin Mu, that amount of force was like a massage.

However, the real moment does not occur here.

And in places that are difficult for the naked eye to see.

Countless tiny, invisible spores surged into Lin Mu's body through his mouth and nose, attempting to erode and devour his life force from within.

Lin Mu's golden eyes possess microscopic observation capabilities, allowing him to naturally see these tiny spores.

But he didn't care; even if he inhaled it, he could use the power of lightning to incinerate it.

Lin Mu even deliberately took a deep breath.

[Reversible item detected - Vine Killer.]

[Vine Killer: Sifeng's ultimate killing technique, which allows him to invade the human body, letting spores take root and sprout within the flesh and blood, destroying the body from the inside out to achieve the purpose of killing or controlling others.]

[Side effects: Wood-type mutation, death erosion, causing vines to grow inside the body, resulting in excruciating pain and a living hell.]

[Negative Reversal: Absorbs the vine-killing ability, enhancing physical strength and affinity with the wood element!]

With the system notification, the originally cold, lifeless, and destructive power of the vine killing force, once it entered Lin Mu's body, was like ice and snow encountering the scorching warm sun. It was easily assimilated and absorbed, and instead transformed into pure nutrients that nourished Lin Mu's body.

Lin Mu raised his eyes, his gaze calmly piercing through the broken door and the billowing dust, landing on the black-robed woman with a look of surprise and uncertainty in her eyes.

"Qiu Shan is dead, Si Teng, you are now free."

"free?"

Si Teng repeated the word unconsciously, his body trembling slightly beneath his black robe.

At this time, she had not yet met Shao Yankuan, who would change her fate. She had been adopted by Qiu Shan with cruel methods since childhood and raised to be a tool and machine that only knew how to kill, and she did not even know how to read.

It's like a tiger raised in a zoo from a young age, suddenly thrown into the vast wilderness. Its first reaction is not joy, but bewilderment and panic.

Having escaped Qiushan's control, Si Teng was unsure of where he was going or what the meaning of his existence was.

[Ding! Side quest: 'Freedom' completed. Reward: Innate Wood Spirit Root!]

[Innate Wood Spiritual Root: Originating from a high-level fantasy world, it can significantly enhance the host's vitality and recovery ability. It possesses an extremely strong affinity and control over the plants and trees of heaven and earth, capable of stimulating their growth or harnessing countless plants and trees as weapons.]

【Do you want to receive it? 】

Lin Mu silently said in his heart, "Receive it."

Instantly, a cool and abundant energy, full of boundless vitality and the aura of creation, surged from the depths of his dantian, like the first warm current of early spring, quickly flowing through his limbs and bones, nourishing every inch of flesh and blood and every meridian.

He exuded a gentle and natural aura.

The menacing, tightening black vines on his body could no longer cause any harm. Instead, they were attracted by the innate wood spirit aura emanating from his body, instinctively relaxing and becoming extremely docile.

She even nuzzled his arm affectionately, as if a humble subject had met the king who ruled them, showing affection and awe.

"What?! This...how is this possible?!"

Si Teng's expression changed drastically, her alluring face filled with shock and disbelief.

She clearly felt that the connection between herself and the vines formed from the original demonic power was being forcibly covered and stripped away by a higher-level, more fundamental power.

That power was pure and majestic, vast and ancient, causing her to feel a strong urge to kneel down and worship from the deepest part of her soul.

This is absolute suppression from a life-level perspective!

Lin Mu slowly raised his hand and gently touched the black vines wrapped around his arm...

Instead of attacking, the black vine became even more docile, twining and caressing around his fingertips, and spontaneously blooming a few tiny white flowers.

Seeing this, Si Teng seemed to have made up his mind. He slowly knelt down and bowed his head in Lin Mu's direction: "Si Teng has nowhere to go and wants to follow Your Excellency. I beg Your Excellency to take me in."

Lin Mu looked at this "flower of worldly wealth and honor" that had originally had a tragic fate but now showed a submissive attitude, and nodded slightly.

"If you want to follow, then go ahead."

His tone was calm, yet it seemed to inject a glimmer of light into her gloomy world.

As he spoke, Lin Mu's mind stirred, and he pulled back the halberd that exuded a murderous aura.

At the same time, an incomparably powerful mental force surged forth, instantly setting up an invisible and solid barrier that covered an area of ​​a hundred meters around it, blocking all the panicked Beiyang soldiers who rushed over upon hearing the commotion, and preventing them from entering this devastated place.