[Activate Talent: I Want It All!]
After Su Ming used the talent I Want It All, he obtained all the rewards from this simulation.
In an instant, his cultivation broke through to the late Spirit Transformation Stage. The Sinister Worm inside him attacked again, but he suppressed it with a backhanded strike.
Su Ming felt no joy at breaking through to Spirit Transformation. The most important thing now was to go to the Immortal Falling Secret Realm and confirm whether Lin Zhantian had brought Lin Qi's corpse there.
Su Ming went to Ye Chuxue's room next door.
"Chu Xue, go to Tianqi Academy in the Qin Kingdom, and then..."
Su Ming told Ye Chuxue to find Fang Jingchun in the Qin Kingdom and have him go to the Lin residence and kill Lin Zhantian, no matter what. He also told him to destroy Lin Qi's corpse.
After giving Ye Chuxue her instructions, he didn't give her a chance to ask why. He turned and flew toward the Immortal Falling Secret Realm using the Great Void Technique.
With Su Ming's cultivation at the late Spirit Transformation Stage, he reached the sky above the Sky Abyss in just one day by using the Great Void Technique at full power.
First, he set up a sword formation around the Sky Abyss, with the Great Void Sword at its core. Then Su Ming turned and plunged into the Immortal Falling Secret Realm.
As soon as he entered the realm, Su Ming closed his eyes and sensed the spiritual energy within.
A moment later, he slowly opened his eyes and let out a long breath. The spiritual energy in the Immortal Falling Secret Realm hadn't been contaminated yet.
Still, to be safe, Su Ming flew around the realm to inspect it, ruling out the possibility that Lin Zhantian had just arrived.
Su Ming flew for a long time. Along the way, he saw several Human Cultivators from Green Prefecture, the strongest of whom was only at the Nascent Soul Realm.
What surprised him, though, was that he didn't run into Wan Yemo this time. If he had, this would have been his burial ground.
After a long while, just as Su Ming began to think Lin Zhantian hadn't entered the Immortal Falling Secret Realm yet, he suddenly spotted two figures beneath a waterfall.
Hovering in midair, Su Ming stared fixedly at the two figures. The expression in his eyes shifted from shock to fury.
"Lin Zhantian!"
Su Ming roared at Lin Zhantian beneath the waterfall, drew the Great Void Sword, and dived toward him.
Hearing the shout, Lin Zhantian turned around and saw Su Ming, whose late Spirit Transformation Stage aura had erupted, charging at him with Sword Qi.
A trace of confusion flashed through Lin Zhantian's pupils, then gave way to fear.
He couldn't understand how Su Ming had gone from the Nascent Soul Great Perfection to the late Spirit Transformation Stage in the few short days since they had last met.
If Su Ming had only broken through to the early Spirit Transformation Stage, he could have chalked it up to Su Ming having accumulated enough cultivation over a long time and happened to break through in those few days.
But the fact was, Su Ming hadn't just broken through to Spirit Transformation—he had reached the late stage.
Even in his dreams, Lin Zhantian had never seen talent that could cultivate at such a terrifying speed.
As Su Ming's attack drew closer and closer, Lin Zhantian had no time to dodge and could only fight back with all his strength.
As expected, Lin Zhantian's body flew backward and crashed into the waterfall. His blood stained the pool beneath it crimson.
Su Ming flashed in front of Lin Zhantian with the Great Void Technique and planted a foot on his chest.
"Cough, cough!"
"I don't begrudge you killing me, but at least let me die knowing why. Why do you keep going after Qi'er?"
"We're both members of the Human Race. We should be fighting the Sinister Worms together. Qi'er is immensely talented and will surely become a great asset to the Human Race. Why do you want to kill him?"
Hearing Lin Zhantian's words, Su Ming was so furious that he burst into laughter.
"Ha ha ha! An asset to the Human Race? The hope of the Human Race?"
"Lin Zhantian, Lin Zhantian, have you forgotten what I told you a few days ago? Hm?"
At that, Lin Zhantian endured the pain wracking his body and recalled what Su Ming had said.
"My son is a calamity? How could my son possibly be a calamity?"
"You want to kill Qi'er. Don't tell me you have to make up an excuse like that?"
Su Ming could no longer put up with Lin Zhantian's stupidity. He broke all four of his limbs and crippled his cultivation.
"I won't let you die just yet. I'll make you see with your own eyes how much irreparable damage your actions have brought upon the Human Race."
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Ming took Lin Qi's corpse away under Lin Zhantian's furious gaze.
"Wait here. Once I've dealt with Lin Qi's corpse, I'll come back for you."
Su Ming glanced coldly at Lin Zhantian, who lay motionless on the ground, then left the Immortal Falling Secret Realm.
He didn't dare destroy Lin Qi's corpse inside the Immortal Falling Secret Realm, afraid it might leave behind some unknown danger.
After taking care of Lin Qi's corpse in an uninhabited place, Su Ming returned to the Immortal Falling Secret Realm.
This time, he happened to run into Ye Chuxue and Fang Jingchun, who had just arrived.
"Little Junior Brother, Lin Zhantian isn't at the Lin residence!"
Although Fang Jingchun didn't know why Su Ming insisted on killing Lin Zhantian and destroying Lin Qi's corpse, he was perceptive enough to know that something was wrong.
Su Ming nodded and sighed.
"Too late. Lin Zhantian entered the realm before we did."
Su Ming then began explaining the whole story to them.
When Fang Jingchun heard that Lin Qi's corpse would contaminate the Immortal Falling Secret Realm, he too realized how serious the situation was.
Once the Immortal Falling Secret Realm was contaminated, Green Prefecture and You Prefecture would have no future, and the Human Race would never be able to fight back against the Sinister Worms.
However, after entering the realm, Fang Jingchun hadn't noticed any change in the spiritual energy.
"Little Junior Brother, are you sure the realm has been contaminated? Why does the spiritual energy seem unchanged to me?"
Su Ming himself didn't want to believe that the realm had been contaminated. He knew the spiritual energy hadn't changed only because it was too soon.
Too soon for them to notice the subtle changes in the spiritual energy.
"Senior Brother, I hope it hasn't been contaminated too... You'll know whether it's true or not in a week."
Fang Jingchun fell silent. He knew that if Su Ming put it that way, then it was almost certainly true.
The three of them didn't speak as they made their way to Lin Zhantian.
"Lin Zhantian, you refused to believe there was something wrong with your son, didn't you? Then let's stay here and see for ourselves."
"Let's witness the fall of the Immortal Falling Secret Realm together."
By the end, Su Ming's voice was so cold that even Ye Chuxue, with her Taiyin Body, felt a chill.
Lying on the ground, Lin Zhantian's eyes brimmed with hatred. He would never believe that his son, who possessed an exceptional Spiritual Root, was a menace.
Seven days later.
Fang Jingchun, who had been resting with his eyes closed, abruptly opened them, then closed them again to sense something.
Gradually, his expression grew more and more solemn.
"Little Junior Brother, you were right. The spiritual energy in the realm has been contaminated."
Fang Jingchun opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of Turbid Qi.
At first, he hadn't quite believed what Su Ming had told him. But today, at last, he could sense that aura favored by the Sinister Worms in the spiritual energy.
The contamination was still minor, though. Only Fang Jingchun and Su Ming could sense it; Ye Chuxue and Lin Zhantian couldn't feel a thing.
"Hmph! Contaminated? You brought in two people to put on an act with you, and you think that'll make me believe your lies?"
Su Ming couldn't be bothered to explain anything to Lin Zhantian. He kicked and broke his jaw.
"Shut up! Stay there!"
Another seven days passed.
By now, the contamination in the spiritual energy had grown much more severe. Ye Chuxue and even Lin Zhantian, who had no cultivation, could sense it.
"Impossible! How could this be?"
With his broken jaw, Lin Zhantian managed to stammer out those words.
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