Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 363: Soul Furnace

"Woo-"

The dark curtain weighed heavily on the land of Naju.

The central plain located in the hinterland is so desolate that it is a little scary. People walking on it feel like they are walking in a desert Gobi.

The strong wind was like a wild beast that was released, howling and rushing across the vast land, blowing up a sky full of yellow sand.

Gradually, tornadoes formed, like thousands of ochre-colored giant pythons, twisting their bodies wildly in the air, entangled with each other, and pounced on every corner.

Suddenly, a black figure walked under the dim sand.

The howling wind lifted up his clothes, and under his loose hair, a pair of deep eyes looked forward. One eye was as black as ink, while the other eye seemed to be burning with flames, constantly emitting golden light.

“Bah~~”

Suddenly, a slight crisp sound suddenly came from behind a huge rock not far away, and then countless pairs of eyes emerged from the wind and sand.

There are many dark shadows, which look like human shapes but not human shapes, and they are looming under the cover of wind and sand.

They first stared at Lin Beixuan, their eyes reflecting a faint green light in the dark environment.

Lin Beixuan turned his head and looked at the source of those eyes. With his powerful eyesight, he could still see the newcomers clearly even in the dim environment.

[You encounter a special target: Sand Wolf. ]

[The Monster Encyclopedia is opened, and the information of the Sand Wolf is successfully unlocked. 】

[Sand Wolf (Green): A special synthetic beast formed by the combination of the wandering animal soul and the body of a starving beast. It cannot be accepted by the underworld and cannot be exposed to the sun...]

"Sand Wolf!"

Lin Beixuan narrowed his eyes slightly. These sand wolves looked much larger than normal wild wolves, almost as tall as a human shoulder, but their bodies were very thin and rotten in many places. Only the huge head was very scary. The green light coming out of their eyes made even Lin Beixuan feel uncomfortable.

"Do you know some spiritual techniques?"

A dragon roar sounded in Lin Beixuan's mind, and the uncomfortable feeling was immediately dispelled.

"These sand wolves may not be strong individually, but when they gather together, they can cast spells that can even affect me."

Lin Beixuan stopped where he was, looked around, and found that the sand wolves were beginning to surround him.

These sand wolves are very special and can use spiritual magic as a means of attack. Given their huge size, if ordinary practitioners in the realm of summoning gods encounter them, they may be killed without special means of survival.

However, Lin Beixuan obviously does not belong to this category.

Without him making any movement, a colorless barrier spread out under his feet and quickly covered the area. Not only that, but phantom doors rose from it and opened.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Suddenly, a series of heavy footsteps were heard from the illusory door, and hundreds of ghost soldiers wearing heavy black armor walked out with swords and shields in hand.

After seeing this scene, the sand wolf began to move around in fear.

They themselves possess simple intelligence, and after sensing the sudden appearance of a large group of ghost soldiers, they realized that the numerical gap between the two sides was narrowing.

However, at this moment, a low wolf howl sounded from behind the sand wolf pack.

After hearing this voice, the sand wolves' originally restless formation began to stabilize again, but this time they did not surround and move forward, but stopped where they were, as if waiting for the next instruction.

"General!"

Ma Han, who had recovered from his injuries, stood at the head of the black-armored Yin soldiers. He raised his cold eyes and looked at the group of sand wolves that surrounded him.

Lin Beixuan's sight passed through the gaps between the bodies of the sand wolves and locked onto a three-headed sand wolf at the back.

It turns out that just like traditional wolf packs, there is a leader.

Looking around at the pack of sand wolves, Lin Beixuan's lips curled up into a smile, and interest suddenly arose in his heart.

"Ma Han, capture them all and take them to the City of the Dead. I think some of the ghost soldiers who perform outstandingly can be rewarded with a wolf."

"Yes!!"

Ma Han licked his lips excitedly. His tall and mighty body and heavy armor made every step he took carry a suffocating feeling of oppression.

Momentum is a very mysterious thing. It seems illusory, but both humans and animals can be intimidated or attracted by it.

At this moment, the ghost soldiers formed a formation, each holding a shield in their left hand to block in front, and holding a knife in their right hand to point at the sand wolf pack.

The invisible evil spirit of war gathered above the formation like a ferocious tiger waiting to devour its prey.

"Roar!!!"

A strong wind blew, and it seemed as if a fierce tiger roar was carried by the wind and reached the ears of the sand wolves.

"Woo!!!"

At this moment, a loud wolf howl was heard, and in the tornado of sand like a giant python, a three-headed giant wolf with a shoulder height of two meters jumped out from behind the sand wolf.

"Boom..."

An extremely evil aura emanated from the three-headed giant wolves. The eyes of the largest head in the middle were like burning blood-red flames, emitting cruel and greedy light in the darkness.

Its big mouth was open, and its sharp fangs were arranged in a staggered manner, each of which was covered with strands of rotten meat residue.

The fact that meat can still be eaten in Luozhou, where the population is sparse nowadays, shows that they not only feed on humans, but also on starving ghosts.

Lin Beixuan watched with a smile from the side, raised his hand and pointed forward.

Ma Han immediately understood what he meant and drew his long sword from his waist in an instant. His cold eyes looked like the god of death who picked up his sickle and was ready to reap lives.

"The general said to capture them and take them to the City of the Dead." Ma Han repeated Lin Beixuan's words.

"boom!"

In response to him, there was the sound of the ghost soldiers stomping on the ground in unison.

"kill……"

Ma Han targeted the three-headed sand wolf that was the leader of the pack and rushed forward with a knife in hand.

He recognized at a glance that this sand wolf was definitely the leader of the wolf pack. As long as he got rid of this one, the rest would be easy.

Like him, the three-headed sand wolf also saw through Ma Han's identity among the Yin soldiers, but it did not intend to rush forward alone. Instead, it sent out a dozen of its strongest sand wolves to meet Ma Han.

"Rumble..."

The Yin soldiers and the sand wolves officially collided with each other.

These sand wolves were all large in size and had unique abilities, and for a while the two sides were evenly matched.

Lin Beixuan took a look and summoned out an array of several hundred ghost soldiers again.

With the reinforcement of a large number of Yin soldiers, the pressure on Ma Han and others was suddenly relieved a lot.

With them holding the front line in check, the rest will be handed over to another group of ghost soldiers.

Led by Wang Chao, this group of ghost soldiers quickly came behind the sand wolf pack and, together with Ma Han, formed a pincer attack and surrounded the sand wolf pack in turn.

Seeing this, the three-headed sand wolf slapped Ma Han's broadsword with one claw, stretched out its neck and howled loudly. After hearing the sound, the wolf pack immediately wanted to retreat, but unfortunately they were quickly repelled by the Yin soldiers who surged up.

"Humph, you're here and you still want to run away? That's not right!"

Ma Han grinned, pulled out a heavy metal chain from his waist, and quickly bound one of the three-headed sand wolf's legs.

This chain is an imitation of the soul-catching chain forged in Lin Bei's Xuanming Palace. It has a certain way of capturing souls and is quite lethal to evil spirits.

Although the sand wolf is a synthetic beast, its body is actually still controlled by the soul.

Therefore, when the chain wrapped around the sand wolf's body, white smoke immediately rose up with a hissing sound.

Lin Beixuan watched from the side with an unchanged expression on his face, until the ghost soldiers tied up the sand wolves with chains and dragged them into the underworld.

Until the end, Ma Han dragged the three-headed sand wolf to Lin Beixuan, clasped his hands and said: "I have lived up to the general's expectations!"

Lin Beixuan nodded, then looked at the three-headed sand wolf struggling in pain on the ground.

At this time, the soul-hook chain had been deeply tied into its flesh, and the white flesh and blood could be seen under its skinny body.

Lin Beixuan said: "You should be able to understand what I say, right?"

The three-headed sand wolf raised its ferocious head and looked at Lin Beixuan, then lowered it again, looking like it didn't want to pay any attention to Lin Beixuan.

Ma Han, who was standing by, couldn't stand it anymore and swung his huge fist to hit the three-headed sand wolf on the head.

"My general is asking you a question!"

After a while of smashing around, the three-headed sand wolf finally couldn't help it and started shaking its head, while opening its six eyes wide and looking at Lin Beixuan.

Lin Beixuan smiled and said, "Do you know that there is a temple of incense and fire nearby?"

The three-headed sand wolves were stunned for a moment when they heard this, then immediately nodded, and all three heads looked in the same direction at the same time.

Lin Beixuan nodded with satisfaction: "Take me there!"

However, as soon as these words came out, the body of the three-headed sand wolf began to tremble violently.

Ignoring the pain in its body, it tried to break free from the chains, but to its surprise, the chains did not budge, but instead became tighter and tighter.

Lin Beixuan was helpless seeing this.

"It seems that the subordinates of the Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost have dealt with all these wild dogs, leaving it with a big psychological trauma."

"Forget it. I don't think he can lead the way well. Let's just throw him into the underworld!"

"Yes!"

Ma Han immediately obeyed the order and returned to the underworld with the chains that bound the three-headed sand wolf.

Lin Beixuan looked in the direction the three sand wolves had been looking at before, and after pondering for a moment, he walked away.

The closer they got to the temple of Tiangang Venerable, the stronger the surrounding wind and sand became. Tornadoes blew at Lin Beixuan, but they were never able to pull him off the ground. Finally, as if they were tired, the tornadoes began to circle around Lin Beixuan and leave.

Since coming to the secular world for such a long time, Lin Beixuan has actually seen quite a few temples, but most of them are wild temples, or temples in the countryside that enshrine the ghosts of once respected people.

On the contrary, he had never seen a temple dedicated to a real secular god.

But today, he skipped the step of meeting with the temples of small secular gods first, and prepared to meet directly with the temples of the highest group of leaders in the secular world.

This span is quite large.

Stepping into the sand and crossing the wind circle, Lin Beixuan vaguely saw the dilapidated temple hidden in the wind and sand.

The temple looks relatively intact, but due to years of wind and sand attacks, its exterior appears severely worn. The original glossy color has disappeared, replaced by patches of mottled and flaking wall paint.

There are several huge stone piles erected around the temple, which seem to be sandwiched between the temple like several small hills.

"Is this the temple dedicated to the Pig, one of the twelve secular gods in the secular legend, and Tian Gang Zun?"

“It looks more dilapidated than I imagined.”

Lin Beixuan walked slowly towards the temple, and his eyes looked around, and soon locked onto a skinny figure curled up in a corner in front of the temple door.

Lin Beixuan secretly became alert and continued walking towards the temple gate.

Suddenly at this moment, as if because he walked into a certain area, the skinny figure curled up in the corner suddenly raised his head.

It was a face that seemed to be wearing a mask, with the corners of the mouth raised high, as if laughing wildly, but the eyes were full of despair and pain, giving people a very contradictory feeling.

In the next second, the face suddenly disappeared in front of Lin Beixuan.

"Zheng..."

It was like a sharp blade cutting through the air, bringing out a long sound.

Lin Beixuan frowned, the golden flame in his right eye burning more and more fiercely. In the reflection of the fire, he saw a black sharp blade slashing towards him at an extremely strange speed.

If he had not previously refined the right eye of the Bitter River God, with his previous eyesight and perception, it would have been difficult for him to dodge this attack.

Lin Beixuan took a quick step back, the sharp blade almost glancing at his throat.

At the same time, thick and sticky Yin Thunder flowed through his fingertips. Lin Beixuan gently waved his fingers, and several Yin Thunders pounced towards the figure like little snakes.

"Hey!!"

The black Yin thunder hit the opponent's chest, exploding with scarlet sparks.

Lin Beixuan's body followed closely, and the giant sickle appeared in his hand. A faint stream of divine power flowed, and he swung it out in an arc shape. However, the direction was not directly in front of his figure, but behind him.

"Split She Shadow!"

"clang..." The purple-red sickle shadow collided with the black sharp blade, emitting a unique metallic clanging sound.

[You encounter a special target: the starving ghost - Xuanhuang Hungry Minion. ]

[The Monster Encyclopedia is opened, and the information of Xuanhuang Hungry Minion is successfully unlocked. 】

[Hungry Ghost - Xuan Huang Hungry Ghost: One of the four subordinates of the Origin Hungry Ghost. Originally a wandering soul from another world that possessed a body in the secular world, possessing the ability to be immortal. As a result, the Origin Hungry Ghost stripped his soul and body, refined his body into a puppet, and used his soul as a way to ascend to the Great Secular God.]

[You come into contact with and fight against the Xuanhuang Hungry Minion, and successfully copy its ability: Soul Furnace.]

[Soul Furnace (Purple): Use your body as a furnace and your soul as firewood to refine the secret method of reaching the next level. When you break through a realm, you can use your own or someone else's soul as auxiliary material and the body as a furnace to refine a fake body that breaks through the realm. The duration of the fake body depends on the quality and characteristics of the soul. During the period of having the fake body, the insights after the fake body breaks through the realm will be fed back to the real body after the fake body dies.]

[Note: The Soul Furnace has extremely high requirements for the quality of soul firewood. If the refining of the fake body fails, the soul in the Soul Furnace will die permanently and cannot return to the underworld.]

[Note: When using this method, you will need to consume one-third of your own strength to ignite the soul furnace.]

……

"The soul is used as firewood, so what is standing in front of me now is actually just a body that has been refined."

Lin Beixuan looked at the face that was laughing wildly but whose eyes were full of despair and pain, and his expression gradually became solemn.

"How many secular princes were there in Luozhou at that time?!"

(End of this chapter)