Chapter 1356 - 1356: Thank You, Lord Lin, for Sparing Our Lives!

Including Fu Hongbao, who was like a dead dog, everyone trembled in unison.

When the Overlords were falling one after another, they still hadn't thought in this direction.

After all, at that time, they still thought Lin Wudi was only at the Second Thunder Tribulation.

Without the Nine Cauldrons and Thirteen Stars, they could easily kill Lin Wudi.

But now, not only had Lin Wudi advanced to the Fourth Tribulation Thunder, he was displaying strength comparable to a Five Tribulations Thunder Tribulation Overlord, forcing them to think this way.

Even though among the fallen Overlords, there was even a Six Tribulation practitioner.

But this Lin Wudi had a long record of repeatedly slaying above his realm.

If it really was his handiwork, it didn't seem strange at all.

In an instant, everyone felt a chill run down their spines.

Lin Wudi had already grown strong enough to contest Overlords?

They suddenly realized that the encirclement battle where the three great organizations suffered heavy losses, even causing tens of thousands of Tribulation Transcenders and hundreds of Overlords to fall, had already become a complete joke.

Lin Wudi simply couldn't be killed!

On the contrary, the ones who would die were them!

Sure enough, in the next moment they heard Lin Wudi's icy voice.

"It seems you still haven't realized your status… you are my enemies, you know…"

Bam bam bam!

In the next instant, sounds like a string of cannon shots rang out as one Third Tribulation after another exploded directly, their Sea of Consciousness destroyed along with them.

Toward his enemies, Lin Mu had never had the habit of being soft-hearted.

In the vast restaurant, only Fu Hongbao and Deng Xuan were left alive.

Both of them were trembling all over, chilled to the bone.

Lin Mu said coolly, "Relax, the deal continues. As long as I can get the Wang Ling, not only will I spare your lives, I'll even let you kill Fu Hongbao to take revenge…"

Fu Hongbao was already in utter despair.

Deng Xuan's face was full of bitterness as well.

He had thought that finally avenging his great hatred would bring immense joy, but now, he didn't know why—there was only a suffocating sense of frustration in his heart.

Because of Lin Wudi, they had been forced to be trapped in the Forbidden Sand Sea, yet Lin Wudi not only hadn't died, he had grown to a level they could no longer hope to reach.

With that contrast, how could he possibly feel happy?

"Take me to get the Wang Ling…"

Lin Mu swept the two of them along and rose into the air.

"You… this is only a Thought Incarnation?"

Back when Lin Mu hadn't used the Tribulation Thunder Thought, Deng Xuan still hadn't noticed. Now he suddenly realized that this Lin Wudi, appearing with an invincible posture in front of them, actually wasn't the true body!

A single Tribulation Thought Incarnation had suppressed more than ten Third Tribulations.

If it was Lin Wudi's true body, how terrifying would he be?

Fu Hongbao, whose heart was already dead, also showed a look of shocked disbelief.

This powerful Lin Wudi was actually only a Tribulation Thought Incarnation?

Lin Mu was silent, carrying the two of them as he flew out of the city.

Of course it was an Incarnation.

Before the true body left the Forbidden Sand Sea for the Ghost Realm, he had released seventy-two Tribulation Thunder Thoughts, dividing them into eight Incarnations to head to the Stone Gate Realm beyond The Fifth Stone Gate Realm.

The goal, naturally, was to search for the Wang Ling.

Once the true body couldn't return directly from the Ghost Realm, the Incarnations would use the Wang Ling to open a temporary passage and draw the true body back.

However, because this one had only nine Tribulation Thunder Thoughts, his strength was greatly reduced, so he hadn't gone to take risks outside the city, only waited within the city.

Sure enough, the idiots of the three great organizations helped him find the Wang Ling.

Together with the Wang Ling in former City Lord Han Yingjie's hands, there were two Wang Lings, barely enough.

He had no idea what the other Incarnations had harvested yet.

A short while later, the three of them appeared in a hidden place outside the city.

This place wasn't far from Life City and was still under the influence of the Wang Ling, so no Ghost Specter appeared.

"Lin Wudi!"

Deng Xuan's true body, along with more than ten Second Thunder Tribulations, was waiting outside the city. Seeing his Incarnation being dragged back by Lin Wudi, his expression changed drastically.

Before they could resist, they realized that the Lin Wudi before them was actually at the Fourth Tribulation Thunder.

In their shock, the more than ten Second Thunder Tribulations even forgot to resist.

Of course, resisting would have been useless.

Facing a Fourth Tribulation Thunder, they wouldn't even have the chance to strike back.

"Your goal is also the Wang Ling?"

Deng Xuan truly deserved to be the strategist who had thought of using the Wang Ling to coerce Jin San and the others into killing Fu Hongbao. He instantly guessed Lin Mu's purpose.

Lin Mu released the Tribulation Thunder Thought, letting his Incarnation leave, and at the same time threw Fu Hongbao in front of them.

"The deal continues. We trade Fu Hongbao's life for the Wang Ling—the only change is that I'm now the one you're dealing with."

Lin Mu's words made Deng Xuan and the others show bitter smiles.

They didn't even have the right to refuse.

If Lin Wudi wanted to kill them and seize the Wang Ling, they wouldn't even have the chance to retreat into the Forbidden Sand Sea to use the Ghost Specter as leverage.

With such a vast disparity in strength, all schemes and plots were useless.

"Many thanks, Lord Lin, for sparing our lives!"

Deng Xuan straightforwardly had someone from the Heaven's Mandate Organization beside him hand over the Wang Ling.

Lin Mu received the Wang Ling, then flicked his finger.

A Tribulation Thunder Thought shot into Fu Hongbao's skull.

Bam!

Fu Hongbao's Sea of Consciousness was blasted to nearly nothing, and his entire Cultivation Level was wiped out.

Staring at Lin Wudi's departing back, Deng Xuan and the others were silent.

Everything they had risked their lives to do inside the Forbidden Sand Sea had become a joke.

"Fu Hongbao, you never thought you'd see this day, did you!"

Fu Hongbao was tortured miserably.

Deng Xuan and the others vented all their pent-up frustration on Fu Hongbao.

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Life City, City Lord's Mansion.

Han Yingjie had been rather irritable lately.

On the side of the three great organizations, the matter of forcing Second Thunder Tribulations to go outside the city to search for the Wang Ling was no secret.

If the three great organizations found the Wang Ling, then the leverage he relied on to threaten them would disappear.

At that time, he would probably only have death awaiting him.

"Hehe, if it really comes to that, I'll throw the Wang Ling into a Ghost Specter. Even if I die, I won't let you get two Wang Lings!"

Han Yingjie sneered inwardly, a cold killing intent flashing across his face.

At this moment, a figure walked in from outside the grand hall.

"Lord Mayor!"

The newcomer bowed respectfully.

Han Yingjie's eyes lit up. "Old Jian, what brings you here?"

Jian Zihao, a Second Thunder Tribulation, with his lifespan nearly exhausted, was already on the verge of The Five Decays of Heaven and Man.

Ever since Han Yingjie had become City Lord, this man had served him faithfully. The two had a very close relationship.

Although Han Yingjie's Cultivation Level was stronger than Jian Zihao's, he was extremely respectful toward him.

"I've come to bid you farewell, Lord Mayor…"

Jian Zihao cupped his fists again, his expression somewhat complicated.

Han Yingjie shot to his feet, saying anxiously, "Old Jian, is it that I've failed somehow, that you'll even abandon me?"

Because the three great organizations had gathered many experts, with fifty or sixty Third Tribulations among them, many people believed Han Yingjie would definitely be defeated and had started defecting to the three great organizations.

Originally, Han Yingjie commanded several hundred Second Thunder Tribulations, but now fewer than a hundred remained.

However, those Second Thunder Tribulations who defected to the three great organizations hadn't ended well either. They had all been forced by Fu Hongbao to search for the Wang Ling, and by now they were probably all dead.

So Han Yingjie couldn't understand why Jian Zihao wanted to leave.

Jian Zihao smiled and said, "I intend to take some men out of the city to intercept the three great organizations' Second Thunder Tribulations!"

Once those words came out, Han Yingjie almost wanted to crawl into a hole from shame. He had just suspected that this old man would leave him.

Going outside the city to intercept the three great organizations' Second Thunder Tribulations, without the protection of a Wang Ling, was almost certain death!

Jian Zihao was going to sacrifice his life to preserve Han Yingjie's deterrent power.

Just as Han Yingjie was deeply moved and wanted to speak frankly, a voice suddenly came from outside the hall: "Outside cultivator Lin Wudi has come to visit, requesting City Lord Han to come out and meet him!"