Chapter 4684: Used by Me
Lin Moyu and the Wine Venerable chatted and laughed, not paying the slightest attention to Hanxin Venerable.
Hanxin Venerable kept battering against the formation, his face steel gray with frustration, but the array was truly formidable and needed time to break.
Who would have thought such a powerful formation could change hands in an instant? Lin Moyu's proficiency with formations had reached a mysterious level.
Lin Moyu asked, "Senior Jiu, what have you experienced these years?"
Wine Venerable replied, "I had a stroke of luck, a chance encounter, and managed to break through."
Lin Moyu continued, "You must have come across a spatial passage and entered another world's remnant, learning some things there."
Wine Venerable looked surprised, "You could guess that?"
Lin Moyu smiled, "I've been to such places as well, but they're dangerous. You got lucky."
Wine Venerable said, "Luck indeed. The opportunity helped me break through on my return, and I also learned things the realm above Venerable is called Supreme.
Those Supremes transcend the world and become the utmost existences truly enviable."
Lin Moyu laughed, "Then why do you not wish to kill me? Killing me could be your chance to become Supreme."
Wine Venerable shook his head, "Thinking and doing are different. Though I've thought of it, there are things I would never do. If I really did, my Dao heart would be damaged; in the end, I still act for myself."
He spoke bluntly, every word honest.
Lin Moyu smiled, "Senior's heart is broad. I imagine you gained a lot of Primal Qi inside that remnant."
Wine Venerable said, "That's right using Primal Qi is the only way I could break through."
Lin Moyu said, "There must be some leftover Primal Qi. If you use it to shield your soul, it can reduce the influence of the world calamity."
Wine Venerable sighed, "This world calamity, bringing devastation to all truly sad."
From the world remnant, he had learned a great deal including the knowledge that chaos and the ancient wasteland were now undergoing the Great Rupture.
Primal Qi let him vastly diminish the calamity's impact, and with a steady Dao heart, he could maintain his true self.
Lin Moyu asked, "Do you know what this Arctic secret place is?"
Wine Venerable replied, "All I know is from a fragment of the ancient era there is such a place in the Arctic. I also wanted to find the Arctic Supreme and settle an old debt, so I came here.
Didn't think I'd run into you, Lin. Would you call that fate?"
Lin Moyu smiled, "It really is fate."
Familiar with the place, Lin Moyu led them straight to the special space, the array protecting it as nothing to him.
"Who's there?"
A booming shout greeted their entry.
A man covered in frost appeared instantly before them, his presence so cold space itself froze, and the chill seemed to freeze even time.
He was the other Arctic quasi supreme: Bingfeng Venerable.
"Enemy of the world!"
He recognized Lin Moyu at once, his eyes greedy.
His fist clenched so tight cracks formed in the air around it, ready to strike at any time.
Lin Moyu's presence, like a beacon in the night, drew Bingfeng's attention so much he almost ignored the Wine Venerable.
Wine Venerable took a drink, calm as ever: "Bingfeng, long time no see."
Bingfeng Venerable finally realized there was another, looking at Wine Venerable with surprise. "You broke through?"
Wine Venerable chuckled, "That's right, it just happened."
Bingfeng Venerable scoffed, "You just broke through and dare to come here seeking death?"
Wine Venerable retorted lightly, "Live or die, none of your business. I'm looking for Beilan."
The Arctic Supreme was named Beilan, though generally called the Arctic Venerable.
Bingfeng said, "If you want to see Beilan, you'll get past me first."
Lin Moyu glanced into the distance, saw the portal to the Worldwall, and said to Wine Venerable, "The so called secret is right there. Let's go."
Wine Venerable replied, "Fine, let me chase off this fly first."
Lin Moyu shook his head, "No need, Senior."
As he said this, he swung a punch:
Ice shattered instantly. Bingfeng Venerable's face changed as he parried, but boom!
He was sent flying tens of thousands of miles, unable to control himself, his whole skeleton creaking as if to break at any moment.
The frost on his body shattered to dust; when he finally regained control, huge splits marred his body and fresh blood streamed from the cracks.
This punch nearly crippled his physical body, and his soul took damage too.
"How is this possible!"
Lin Moyu's punch had smashed the greed from his heart, filling him with fear and scarring his Dao heart.
Wine Venerable was also shocked he knew Lin Moyu was strong, but this much?
A single punch almost broke a quasi supreme! When had quasi supremes become so weak?
"Let's go," Lin Moyu said quietly, flying to the Worldwall's portal.
Wine Venerable immediately followed, seeing the mysterious portal hovering between heaven and earth.
A kilometer away, Beilan the Arctic Supreme faced the portal, holding a blood red gourd.
Churning blood filled the gourd like an entire sea of blood, in which countless souls wailed and screamed.
Lin Moyu and Wine Venerable stopped at a distance without approaching.
Wine Venerable looked unsettled at the sight of the gourd and asked quietly, "What is that?"
Lin Moyu said, "It contains the blood and souls of endless beings. For years now, the Arctic's champions have been harvesting blood and souls from the battlefield."
Wine Venerable realized, "They're using the blood and souls to smash open the portal?"
Lin Moyu nodded, "They don't have the key, so this is their only option."
Wine Venerable asked, "Will it work?"
Lin Moyu shook his head, "Hard to say. Everything has a limit if they push past it, maybe the portal will open, but I doubt it's enough."
"The correct ways are two: find the key, or have a Supreme break it. All other methods likely won't work."
Wine Venerable asked, "Where is the key?"
Lin Moyu said, "Used by me."
Wine Venerable exclaimed, "You already went in?"
Lin Moyu nodded, "I did. What's inside, you'll have to see for yourself soon. Let's see if Beilan's method can open it."
He too was curious might this method actually work?
Bingfeng, having recovered, blocked their way again, as if to guard Beilan.
But his eyes betrayed his doubt Lin Moyu's punch had wiped out his confidence.
The gourd trembled, and a boundless tide of blood surged out, forming a blood sea and heaving up massive waves.
A blood red dragon took form within the blood sea, smashing into the portal!