The Imperial Realm was also known as the Domain Field.
When cultivators reached the Imperial Realm, they could open their own domains.
Within their personal domain, a cultivator could freely modify forces to their own advantage.
Cultivators of some renown would often take on the title of Divine Lord.
“Who is he?”
Bai Yunyun supported Lin Ling, who was somewhat unsteady on her feet, with a look of confusion on her face.
Lin Ling remained silent, wiping away her tears. She recalled key information from her memories and hesitated for a moment before saying, “He is… something that the corpse of a Fox Clan member turned into.”
[How am I supposed to explain this? Am I supposed to run out and tell everyone that this is my fourth uncle’s walking corpse?]
After the chaos just now, the piercing pain in Lin Ling’s mind had subsided, and her heart had calmed down a bit.
Some memories began to resurface.
In her life before the last, her mother had been killed by this guy.
She couldn’t remember the specifics clearly, but in short, after the demons invaded Yuzhou, Lin Shuyang—her fourth uncle—was the first powerhouse to be attacked by the demons.
Although the clansmen had done their absolute best to rescue Lin Shuyang, he eventually died from his heavy injuries.
At that time, the Fox Clan had never dealt with demons before.
They had no idea that a seed of filth had been planted inside Lin Shuyang’s body.
The filth devoured his cultivation, his physical body, his primordial soul, and his consciousness, forming a new individual.
However, this demon was very fond of Lin Shuyang’s past.
The Fox Clan even thought that Lin Shuyang had truly come back to life and cheered for it for a while.
The name of the banquet was the Revival of Divine Lord Xieyang.
While everyone had their guard down, this demon began its massacre.
Lin Ling was still young then.
Her mother had exhausted all her strength just to send her away.
Her father later drove the demon back personally, though he failed to kill it.
Later, when the demons invaded Yuzhou in force, Lin Ling seemed to have seen this guy again.
“Then what do we do?”
Bai Yunyun was somewhat desperate.
“He’s an expert comparable to the Imperial Realm. Even if we all stacked together, we wouldn’t be his match.”
[What else can we do? Wait for death.]
Lin Ling sighed.
After regaining her composure, she no longer shouted for people to run.
In the face of such an absolute gap in strength, running was nothing more than a joke.
[I never thought that at such a young age, I’d have to die so many times.]
She looked at the sky and grunted.
By now, the crowd had backed away one after another, no longer daring to step forward.
Only then did the demon Lin Shuyang withdraw his divine ability and slowly land on the ground.
He scanned the crowd and chuckled softly.
“That’s more like it. Stay quiet, you ants. I’m just passing through this time and have no interest in killing all of you for the moment.”
“However… it doesn’t seem quite right to just let you live like this.”
He sighed, looking very regretful.
Then, he finally took his hand out of his pocket.
Lumps of blood-colored filth fell from his palm.
Lin Shuyang smiled.
“I’ll leave you some little toys. Be careful~ Don’t get assimilated by them.”
Quickly, those lumps of blood-colored filth formed one humanoid corrupt monster after another.
They let out a roar and charged toward the crowd.
Lin Ling raised her hand, wanting to use a Flame Talisman to burn some of the monsters, but Lin Shuyang appeared beside her in an instant.
Lin Ling was startled.
Just as she was about to turn and run, Lin Shuyang reached out and grabbed her arm, giving it a gentle twist and dislocating it.
Lin Ling gasped in pain, her body trembling uncontrollably.
[Holy crap! Broken, broken, broken!]
Lin Shuyang smiled and kicked Lin Ling’s leg.
She couldn’t help but fall to her knees.
“Big Sister!”
Bai Yunyun was using her longsword to block the monsters’ attacks.
Seeing Lin Ling being mistreated, she was suddenly frantic with worry.
“Shh~”
Lin Shuyang placed his index finger to his lips. Then, he simply hoisted Lin Ling onto his shoulder and flew toward the horizon, leaving only the staff of the Inspectors Council to fight the monsters.
Zhao Yuyu, who was in her half-dragon form, used her massive strength to tear the monsters attacking her into pieces.
She immediately came to help Bai Yunyun and Gu Xiao out of danger.
The three of them leaned against each other, panting.
Bai Yunyun looked up in the direction Lin Ling had been taken, her heart full of worry.
“Lingling was taken away. What do we do?”
Gu Xiao’s strength was the weakest, and she found it the most difficult to cope.
Only now, under the protection of Bai Yunyun and Zhao Yuyu, did she breathe a sigh of relief.
“There’s nothing we can do. We have to deal with these monsters first and then wait for Boss Xiu to come back.”
Bai Yunyun sighed, her expression flickering with uncertainty.
Zhao Yuyu didn’t speak.
She glanced down at her hands, and then her figure moved rapidly, turning into a cyan blur as she swiftly slaughtered the blood-filth monsters.
“I didn’t think Yuyu had this kind of skill.”
Gu Xiao was somewhat amazed.
Bai Yunyun said, “She’s from the Dragon Clan. It’s normal for her to have some tricks. Can you still fight?”
Gu Xiao waved her hand and said, “I’m done for.”
“Then be careful. You still have the talismans Big Sister left behind, right? Protect yourself.”
After saying that, she immediately raised her sword and rushed into the crowd.
***
In the sky, Lin Ling was being carried on Lin Shuyang’s shoulder.
Watching the surrounding scenery recede at high speed, her stomach churned.
[This is freaking more intense than a roller coaster! Someone save me!]
After an unknown amount of time, Lin Shuyang finally stopped.
He set Lin Ling down and squatted to look her in the eye.
Lin Ling’s arm had been dislocated by him, and combined with the high-speed travel just now, her face was extremely pale—it was hard to tell if it was from pain or motion sickness.
Seeing her pitiful, aggrieved look, Lin Shuyang laughed.
“Little Ling’er, it’s been so long since you’ve seen your uncle. Won’t you give me a greeting?”
Lin Ling stared at him, not saying a word for a long time.
Seeing this, Lin Shuyang slapped his own forehead.
“My apologies, I forgot.”
Then, he very casually popped Lin Ling’s arm back into place.
His technique was exceptionally rough.
Lin Ling couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath, collapsing onto the ground and trembling.
“Does it hurt?”
Lin Shuyang said helplessly, stuffing his hands back into his pockets.
Lin Ling lay on the ground, still ignoring him, while her mind raced to figure out how to escape.
A Wind-Walking Talisman probably wouldn’t work.
Given this guy’s speed, she could use ten thousand of them and still probably wouldn’t be faster than him taking a stroll.
Would something like a Smoke Talisman be useful?
[Speaking of which, this guy wouldn’t happen to have some kind of aura-sensing skill, would he?]
“Why aren’t you talking? Don’t you remember your uncle?”
Lin Shuyang smiled, leaning down to look at Lin Ling.
At that moment, Lin Ling heard a crackling sound.
She instinctively looked up, only to see Lin Shuyang’s ribs actually puncturing through his skin.
Her face turned even paler from fright.
Seeing this, Lin Shuyang said with some resignation, “This skin bag has been used for too long; it’s already starting to rot. Little Ling’er, let uncle use your skin bag instead. It’s much easier to parasitize relatives. Once I’ve parasitized you, I won’t have to ask how you survived. I’ll know everything once I eat your brain.”
After saying that, Lin Shuyang stuck out his crimson tongue and licked his lips.
Lin Ling broke into a cold sweat.
[God dammit, so that’s why this guy caught me? Help! Help!]
She hurriedly scrambled away, trying to escape.
Lin Shuyang let her run, smiling as a black vortex gradually emerged behind him.
“I didn’t know what to do about my failing skin bag, but then I ran into Little Ling’er. Heaven is truly on my side.”
Lin Shuyang said with a grin.
[Mom!]
Lin Ling wanted to cry but had no tears.
She curled into a ball on the ground in fear.
The next moment, she felt a violent gust of wind blow over her head.
Lin Ling instinctively looked up.
Her eyes immediately filled with tears of joy.
[Classmate Xiao Ming!]