The Soul That Had Slept for a Thousand Years (Part 2)

More and more sweat beaded on the succubus's forehead. As she watched the fireball in Liu Lin's hand grow larger and larger, her heart grew increasingly uneasy.

She was going to make a run for it!

"Liu Lin! Take this!"

The succubus shouted, purple light blazing in her hand. Her aura surged like a rainbow, as though she were truly unleashing some immensely powerful move.

"Die, Liu Lin!"

With a whoosh, the succubus hurled the purple orb in her hand with all her strength, sending it straight at Liu Lin, who was still charging up his attack.

The purple orb moved incredibly fast, arriving before Liu Lin in almost the blink of an eye.

Although he wore the Blazing Sun Armor, Liu Lin did not dare to take the attack head-on. Judging by the succubus's earlier display, this move should have been quite powerful!

So Liu Lin slightly slowed the flow of Soul Power into his fireball, flashed aside, and hurriedly dodged the two purple orbs.

Just after Liu Lin evaded them—

Succubus: "Explode!"

The two purple orbs suddenly burst apart. A vast cloud of purple smoke billowed out, completely engulfing Liu Lin.

Without the slightest hesitation, the succubus turned and dashed straight toward the cave entrance. Her speed was simply unbelievable!

Only then did Liu Lin realize he had been tricked. Fury surged within him as he quickly dispersed the smoke, located the succubus with his Mental Power, and shot forward.

Below the cave entrance, Ling Qing leaned on the Scythe of Severance and slowly made his way toward the exit. He wanted to get out of this place, in case the succubus suddenly...

Came back!?

Was he seeing things?

Why had someone suddenly appeared in front of him?

Right, that was it. He had to be seeing things.

Ling Qing shook his head and abruptly opened his eyes.

In that brief moment, the distance between the succubus and Ling Qing had shrunk by a huge amount.

"Holy shit!"

Ling Qing jumped in fright, hurriedly turned around, and leaned on the Scythe of Severance as he trudged step by step in the opposite direction.

The succubus entered through the cave entrance and naturally spotted Ling Qing as well. However, settling old scores with him was not her priority right now. She needed to get out of here as quickly as possible.

Of course, as she passed Ling Qing, the succubus waved her right hand. A powerful whirlwind directly blasted Ling Qing away.

Ling Qing crashed hard onto the ground, nearly scattering his skeleton apart. Stars swam before his eyes. And because the attack had struck his back, he landed face-first, ending up with a mouthful of dirt.

"Gulu, are you done yet? Gulu!"

Her voice arrived before she did.

Before the succubus even saw Gulu, she was already calling out anxiously.

The next moment, when the succubus saw Gulu's body split in two, she froze.

Gulu...

Was dead?!

How could that be?

Other than Liu Lin, who else here could have dealt with Gulu?

Wait!

The succubus suddenly remembered the youth she had sent flying with a single slap earlier.

"No, Liu Lin will catch up any moment now. I have to leave."

The succubus looked around, trying to find another exit. But she had been sealed away for a thousand years and was already intimately familiar with the underground terrain.

Her current actions were merely the result of excessive panic and fear.

After Ling Qing had been blasted away by the succubus, he still lay motionless on the ground. It was not that he did not want to get up, but that he simply could not.

Ling Qing lay prone on the ground. Though he did nothing outwardly, he had already "warmly" greeted the succubus's entire family in his heart.

"Succubus!"

At that moment, Liu Lin's furious roar erupted like thunder.

The succubus could not help but shudder upon hearing Liu Lin's voice.

"What do I do? What do I do?"

The succubus anxiously paced in circles.

Suddenly, her gaze swept over the sealing array on the ground, and a cold glint flashed through her eyes.

"To hell with it. Even if I die, I'm taking someone down with me!"

Gritting her teeth, the succubus suddenly slapped her right hand against her chest. With a splurt, she spat out a mass of dark purple blood.

This was her lifeblood essence.

After spitting out that mouthful of blood, the succubus's face instantly turned deathly pale. Her originally glossy black hair turned completely white, while wrinkles covered her face.

In an instant, she changed from a voluptuous woman into a decrepit old woman.

Immediately afterward, the succubus condensed another dark purple sphere of energy in her other palm and merged the blood she had spat out into it.

In an instant, the originally purple energy sphere turned pitch-black. The pressure radiating from it made Ling Qing's scalp tingle.

Liu Lin saw this as well. He had originally intended to step forward and fight the succubus, but now he simply scooped up Ling Qing, who lay nearby like a lump of mud, and sprinted toward the outside without looking back.

The succubus sneered as the purple energy mass in her hand continued to expand. She was going to pour every last bit of energy she had into it. She was going to destroy everything!

Ling Qing was carried by Liu Lin like a dead dog, his face full of despair.

Liu Lin ran forward with all his might, paying no attention whatsoever to how Ling Qing felt. Ling Qing swung up and down, swayed left and right, and the acid in his stomach was nearly jolted out of him.

"Damn it!"

Feeling the dangerously immense energy behind him continually growing stronger, Liu Lin's heart trembled.

He cursed, his steps quickening several degrees. At the same time, Liu Lin condensed a suit of flame armor around Ling Qing's body, identical to the one he wore himself.

Finally, the succubus poured all the remaining energy in her body into her attack.

Black represented destruction!

A trace of relief flashed through the succubus's eyes—the relief of someone who had been sealed for a thousand years.

"Goodbye."

The black energy sphere flew from her hand and landed directly on the great sealing array.

The black mass of energy exploded with a thunderous boom, like divine punishment descending from the heavens, thunder erupting from level ground!

Amid the deafening blast, a purple mushroom cloud rose over the Tumbled Stone Forest.

The explosion destroyed the fragile sealing array, destroyed the Tumbled Stone Forest, and leveled it to the ground. Earth and stone turned into dust that filled the sky.

The shockwave from the blast directly sent Liu Lin and Ling Qing flying.

And to Ling Qing's immense frustration, Liu Lin actually failed to hold onto him.

This made him experience once again just how...

Painful!

Mother Earth's embrace could be!

The food in his stomach was also successfully shaken out...

The explosion beneath the Tumbled Stone Forest was incredibly powerful. Although the earth cushioned it, it still caused a small earthquake. Stone Forest Village happened to be right at the center of it.

In an instant, every house in Stone Forest Village collapsed with a roar.

Fortunately, the disturbance from the earlier battle between the succubus and Liu Lin had awakened the villagers of Stone Forest Village. Moreover, the houses had been built from relatively lightweight materials such as wood.

As a result, all the villagers were unharmed, with only a small number suffering minor injuries.

Far away in Nuo Lan City.

Tang San, who had been meditating in cultivation, felt the earth shake and abruptly opened his eyes, waking the sleeping Xiao Wu.

However, because they were far away, the earthquake in Nuo Lan City was already very weak.

After the dormitory building shook a few times, it returned to normal.

For some reason, Tang San felt that this earthquake had something to do with Ling Qing.

"How could that be? Earthquakes are natural phenomena. How could they possibly have anything to do with Brother Qing?"

Tang San dismissed the thought and muttered to himself.