Chapter 1358 - 1358: Solving the Ghost Specter Crisis!

"There's no need for that. Just live your lives as usual…"

Pausing for a moment, Lin Mu continued, "You can make some arrangements in advance. Before long, all the Ghost Specters in the Forbidden Sand Sea will disappear, and you will be able to leave freely and return to the Heavenly Realm…"

The moment these words came out, it was simply earth-shattering.

Han Yingjie and Jian Zihao both stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

"Lord Lin, you… you're saying the Ghost Specters will disappear?"

Jian Zihao first asked in disbelief, then mused, "Could it be that you found a way in the Ghost Realm to resolve the hidden danger of the Ghost Specters?"

Lin Mu neither confirmed nor denied it as he rose into the air.

Watching Lin Mu's departing back, Han Yingjie and Jian Zihao could not suppress their excitement.

"Elder Jian, do you think this is real? Those Ghost Specters, even an Eighth Tribulation Overlord was helpless against them."

Han Yingjie was still somewhat unable to believe it.

Jian Zihao was clearly much calmer. "Since Lord Lin says so, it's very likely to be true. After all, with Lord Lin's status, there is no need for him to fabricate such lies to embellish himself."

Han Yingjie suddenly understood.

Indeed.

If this were said by some other Tribulation Transcender, it might still be possible that he was boasting for ulterior motives.

But with Lin Wudi, there was absolutely no such possibility.

Lin Wudi's current reputation in the Heavenly Realm was already unmatched through the ages, shining brighter than antiquity itself; there was simply no need for him to do this.

"So you're saying the plight of the Ghost Specters really is going to be resolved? That we can regain our freedom and return to the Heavenly Realm?"

Han Yingjie's heart was filled with mixed emotions.

He had thought there was no longer any hope of returning to the Heavenly Realm, to the Holy Lands of the past, and that he could only grow old and die in the Forbidden Sand Sea.

He had never imagined that there would come a day of freedom.

"City Lord, let's share this good news with the entire city!"

Even though he knew full well that few might believe these words right now, Jian Zihao still felt it was necessary to inform everyone in advance.

After all, this was a task arranged by Lin Wudi.

Unable to hide his excitement, Han Yingjie shot into the air.

Boom!

A thunderous crack exploded, startling everyone in Life City.

After the incident with the three great organizations, the residents of Life City had become as skittish as startled birds.

Upon hearing this sound, they thought Han Yingjie had gone to war with the three great organizations again.

Only when they raised their heads to look at the sky did they discover that on the Light Tower, among the light dots representing the Third Tribulation, there was actually just one left, standing all alone.

"What's going on? Have all the Third Tribulation experts of the three great organizations fallen?"

"Impossible, right? There were dozens of Third Tribulations—could the City Lord have won?"

"What's there to 'possible' about it? The light dots are already gone!"

"City Lord Han actually won?"

Everyone was shocked, unable to believe it.

The three great organizations had many people, and Han Yingjie was fighting alone.

Last time he had only barely forced them to retreat, splitting the city in half, thanks to Wang Ling's help.

Anyone with eyes could see that Han Yingjie's eventual defeat was only a matter of time.

Even Han Yingjie's own core followers had defected to the three great organizations.

Yet now, the victor was actually Han Yingjie. This was far beyond everyone's expectations.

Especially those who had betrayed Han Yingjie and gone over to the three great organizations—each of their faces turned deathly pale, terrified that Han Yingjie would settle accounts with them afterward.

Under everyone's gaze, Han Yingjie slowly rose higher and shouted, "I bring everyone good news… The dragon among men whom the three great organizations have been searching for, Lin Wudi, Lord Lin, has appeared!"

Boom!

Life City erupted into a clamor.

This news was even more shocking than the destruction of the three great organizations.

The three great organizations had blown Lin Wudi up to be godlike. Most people in Life City believed Lin Wudi was a fictional character, a cover for the three great organizations' unspeakable schemes.

Yet now, City Lord Han was telling them that Lin Wudi truly existed and had even appeared in Life City!

"Lord Lin has slain the three great organizations and restored order in Life City…"

Han Yingjie's second sentence was, instead, easier for these people to accept.

If Lin Wudi was really as powerful as the three great organizations had proclaimed, then wiping them out didn't seem so unbelievable.

"No wonder all the Third Tribulations of the three great organizations have fallen—it turns out Lin Wudi made his move."

"This Lin Wudi is indeed terrifying, actually killing Third Tribulations while only at the Second Thunder Tribulation."

"I knew it. With City Lord Han's strength, there's no way he could have destroyed the three great organizations…"

"Lin Wudi… there really is such a person…"

As everyone buzzed with discussion, Han Yingjie spoke his third sentence: "Lord Lin has said that before long, he will resolve the plight of the Ghost Specters, and we will regain our freedom!"

These words should have provoked an uproar, but instead the entire city fell into a strange silence.

Because no one believed it.

The trouble of the Forbidden Sand Sea was something that even an Eighth Tribulation Overlord couldn't solve, yet Lin Wudi could?

Wasn't City Lord Han trying to coax them into doing something by deliberately fooling them?

Those who had betrayed Han Yingjie all felt this thought surge up in their hearts, but now that Han Yingjie was the strongest person in Life City, they didn't dare voice it.

Han Yingjie hadn't expected that when this news was announced, the people of Life City would react like this, and he couldn't help feeling a bit embarrassed and annoyed.

These people actually didn't believe in Lin Wudi!

Smiling at his side, Jian Zihao said, "City Lord, there's no need to be upset. Once Lord Lin resolves the plight of the Ghost Specters, these ignorant people will naturally learn the truth. At that time, they will surely be grateful to Lord Lin."

The reason Han Yingjie had first publicized Lin Wudi's destruction of the three great organizations was to build momentum for Lin Wudi.

According to the three great organizations, Lin Wudi was now the enemy of the entire Heavenly Realm.

He wanted to do something for Lin Wudi—to make these people of Life City become Lin Wudi's supporters.

Even if they couldn't help Lin Wudi in battle, at the very least they could help him guard the Earth Blessed Land and spare him from future worries.

"Very well, let the facts prove what I've said!"

Han Yingjie sighed helplessly.

He himself was curious how long it would take for Lin Wudi to resolve the plight of the Ghost Specters.

A hundred years?

A thousand years?

Or ten thousand years?

After being trapped for so long, Han Yingjie was no longer impatient.

Even if it took a hundred thousand years, he could still wait.

However, Han Yingjie's guess was wrong—the time needed to resolve the plight of the Ghost Specters was much shorter than he imagined.

...

The Seventh Stone Gate Realm, in a desolate region.

Lin Mu's Thought Incarnation tossed the two Wang Ling tokens in his hand into the air and formed a Dharma Seal with his fingers.

Bam!

One Wang Ling instantly exploded, turning into a plume of black smoke.

Within the black smoke, a vague passage began to take shape.

"One Wang Ling isn't enough!"

Back when he summoned the Six-Tribulations Ghost General Gui Tu, he had used three Wang Ling tokens. Now, with his true body at the Fourth Tribulation Thunder, a single Wang Ling actually wasn't enough.

It seemed these Wang Ling tokens were clearly much more effective for beings of the Ghost Realm; when used by the human race, the effort was doubled for half the result.

"By decree!"

Lin Mu pointed again, and the remaining Wang Ling also exploded with a roar, forming another plume of black smoke that merged with the first.

Rumble!

The two streams of black smoke Gathered and the passage opened, and he could feel the power of space beginning to spread.

...

At the same time, in the Ghost Realm, at the Tower of Myriad Realms.

"You're saying an Overlord is heading toward the Tower of Myriad Realms?"

Lin Mu was sitting cross-legged, sensing the Netherworld Spectral Energy within the Tower of Myriad Realms, when Ku Hai approached him somewhat uneasily.