As the will of the Skeletal Bone Dragon reached him, Lin Yun felt darkness envelop his entire body. The yellow crystal flew out of his mind.
Ice Empress and Electrolux flew out with it.
"What's going on?"
Ice Empress's panicked voice rang out, while Electrolux narrowed his eyes.
"Our Martial Souls have expelled us from the depths of his spiritual world to its surface. No, this isn't entirely his spiritual world, but rather an extension of it."
"More precisely, it's a domain conjured by the mind, something that doesn't belong to reality but can still affect it to a certain extent."
Ice Empress impatiently waved her hand and continued,
"Don't make it so complicated. What about Snow Empress? Can we still go back?"
Electrolux gave Ice Empress a helpless look, his eyes filled with the indulgence of a father toward his child, and calmly replied,
"While you were asleep, Snow Empress was sent by Lin Yun to that place called the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy. Naturally, she isn't here now. As for whether we can go back..."
"That depends on what his Martial Soul wants."
Snow Empress immediately raised her hand in agitation. Ice and snow elements gathered in her palm, then began to flicker.
"Does this emperor have to wait on his good graces? In his dreams!"
Electrolux snapped his fingers, and Light Element enveloped Ice Empress. Then he advised her,
"You'd better not do that. This place is an extension of Lin Yun's spiritual world. If you damage it, Lin Yun will die too. We all rely on Lin Yun's soul to exist. If that happens, we'll die even faster than this Martial Soul."
Ice Empress angrily waved her hand, dispersing the ice element in her palm, then asked anxiously,
"Then what are we supposed to do? Old man, you need to come up with a plan."
Electrolux calmly said to Ice Empress,
"There's no need to panic. First, that Martial Soul said it would recognize Lin Yun as its emperor, so there's an eighty percent chance it won't harm him. And since it was able to expel us before we even realized what was happening, it clearly has the power to kill us too."
"The fact that it hasn't done so at least means it doesn't want to kill us right now. We just need to wait and see."
Meanwhile, Lin Yun was enduring the torrent of dark-element Soul Power. The yellow crystal had also transformed into a set of black Armor Robe, which was gradually melding into his body.
At the same time, the authority over darkness was gathering within Lin Yun.
Lin Yun opened his eyes, a flash of clarity passing through them.
He reached out and clenched his fist at the darkness above.
The entire spiritual domain began to contract, then finally flowed back into Lin Yun's body.
In truth, nothing much had happened during this ritual. It had merely removed the limit on the number of undead soldiers he could create from the Holy Spirits he killed.
Now he could raise an unlimited army to fight for him. That was all.
As for the Armor Robe, Lin Yun could tell he still couldn't wield its power.
When Lin Yun opened his eyes, he saw a crowd standing right in front of him.
The first few rows were filled with people whose auras far surpassed Blood Blade Douluo's. At the front stood a middle-aged man, flanked by an elderly man and woman.
Their auras were much like Mu En's.
Lin Yun had already guessed who they were.
Zhongli Wu, Ye Xishui, and Long Xiaoyao.
Zhongli Wu was staring at the blood-red crystal ball in his hand. Crimson light flickered across its surface, and it had already cracked.
Zhongli Wu exclaimed excitedly,
"The Holy Spirit's Son! This is the talent of a Holy Spirit's Son—the future leader of our cult!"
Lin Yun narrowed his eyes and looked over at Ma Xiaotao, who was still soaking in the blood pool.
The chains around her hadn't been undone, but the flames on her body had already changed from red to black.
Zhongli Wu turned around to face the members of the Holy Spirit Cult gathered around them.
"Today, our cult has found the legendary Holy Spirit's Son. This also means we've found the one who will inherit our legacy in the future."
"The Holy Spirit Crystal has shattered, which means no Holy Son of a higher rank will be born from now on. Therefore, today I, the cult master, hereby appoint Lin Yun as the Great Holy Son of our cult. His status will be equal to that of a vice cult master, and he may choose to forgo handling the cult's daily affairs."
Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao watched Lin Yun with interest and said,
"I heard our Holy Son Lin came from Shrek Academy. How is Mu En doing?"
Lin Yun shook his head, then replied,
"Senior Mu En was already in poor health. Now that the Inner Court has suffered heavy losses, I imagine his spirits have taken an even greater blow."
Long Xiaoyao sighed. Ye Xishui looked at Lin Yun, then flicked a dark red ring over to him.
Lin Yun reached out and caught it. Standing in place, he used the exceptional physical strength granted by the Skeletal Bone Dragon to absorb the tremendous force behind it.
Ye Xishui couldn't help but regard Lin Yun more highly. Then she said,
"Not bad. You managed to catch a blow from someone of your own rank without changing your expression."
Lin Yun lowered his head and replied politely,
"You flatter me, Senior. I'm just as uneasy as anyone else. I caught that blow through sheer luck."
Ye Xishui waved her hand.
"Our Holy Spirit Cult doesn't bother with the hypocritical courtesies of the so-called righteous sects. If you've got ability, then you've got ability. We don't have all those rotten rules. Get rid of those bad habits."
Lin Yun said quietly,
"Even so, there's no need to forget your place."
Ye Xishui said,
"That's fine. If the young ones forget their place, the elders can remind them who's in charge."
Lin Yun's expression immediately darkened, and he muttered a curse under his breath.
What the hell, she's a real masochist. Guess she won't learn her lesson until someone beats it into her.
Ye Xishui glanced at Lin Yun, and he immediately said,
"Um, I only have one request. Could you assign her to me too? I'm not interested in managing too many people. I'll just look after the few who came from Shrek, and from now on I'll focus on handling operations against Shrek. How does that sound?"
Zhongli Wu glanced at Ma Xiaotao, then laughed.
"You're not very old, but you've already got plenty of ideas when it comes to this sort of thing. Fine. I'll make the decision today. From now on, she'll be assigned to serve you personally."
As he spoke, Zhongli Wu handed Lin Yun a red seal and said,
"As long as you hold this seal, you can control whether she lives or dies. She'll also be instinctively drawn to you, unless someone can break the Amnesia Curse on her."
Lin Yun nodded and respectfully cupped his hands.
"Thank you, Cult Master."
Zhongli Wu spoke again, addressing one of the black-robed men.
"Zhang Peng, from now on, you and Blood Blade will be responsible for protecting the Holy Son. If you do well, you'll be richly rewarded in the future!"
The black-robed man immediately cupped his hands and told Zhongli Wu he would obey.
Afterward, Zhongli Wu led the other members of the Holy Spirit Cult away. Lin Yun took Ma Xiaotao with him to find Zhang Lexuan...
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