702 Breakthrough

Upon the vast and seemingly endless wasteland, Lin Dong spoke in an earnestyet strange and flat voice, which slowly rang out and echoed across the area..

However, when his voice faded, the area remained deathly quiet. Nothing out ofthe ordinary had happened.

Yet, this scene did not cause Lin Dong to panic at all. His eyes were tightlyfixed onto this spacious land, as if someone was here who could understand hiswords.

As Lin Dong spoke, more and more specks of light emerged from within his body.Then his legs faded amongst the lights, followed by his waist, then his chest…

The specks of light slowly spread outwards, but the sharpness within LinDong’s pupils only grew fiercer and more powerful.

“You once gave senior Zhou Tong and them a chance… why not try again?” LinDong’s voice gradually became calmer as he spoke faintly while continuing tostare at this lifeless land.

The specks of light slowly spread, and started to go beyond Lin Dong’s neck.

“Those things… they cause you a lot of pain, don’t they?” Lin Dong glancedslightly at the spreading light. His lips formed a mocking smile as he spoke.

Buzz!

The wriggling lights finally froze at this moment.

Seeing this turn of events, the smile on his lips gradually widened. Thistime, he had finally won the bet. The Great Desolate Tablet did indeed possessan intelligent consciousness.

Unknowingly, a gentle breeze blew across the barren land, causing waves toemerge. These waves came from all directions, and finally converged with LinDong at their center.

Chi chi!

Veins of light spread as Lin Dong’s disappearing body started recovering at anunimaginable speed. Furthermore, as his body was recovering, his abundantenergy also returned once again.

“Thanks.”

Lin Dong clenched his fist and smiled as he felt the return of his vigorousenergy. He lifted his head and clasped his hands together towards the land ashe laughed.

Crack crack.

As Lin Dong’s voice faded, cracks started to appear on the barren land. Thecracks formed a twisted pattern like a distorted image, while Lin Dong stood onthe now crumbling land. However, even in the face of this rapid change, therewere no signs of panic on Lin Dong’s face. Instead, a faint trace of delightcould be found deep within his eyes. I guess this can be considered abreakthrough…

The land finally completely fell apart as darkness gushed over from alldirections and drowned Lin Dong’s body within it.

While time briefly stood still, the atmosphere in the Dao Sect mountain rangehad grown extremely explosive. A kind of explosiveness that could stem onlyfrom the lone figure in front of the Great Desolate Tablet.

At this moment, the light pillar that had shot down from the Great DesolateTablet and enveloped Lin Dong’s body was shrinking at a slow but perceptiblerate.

Before this scene, unconcealable disappointment appeared on everyone’s faces.If even Lin Dong failed, no other person would be able to comprehend the GreatDesolation Scripture of the Desolate Hall. If so, then who knew when thelegendary Great Desolation Scripture would ever get to see the light of dayagain…

In the sky, a look of agony appeared on Chen Zhen and Wu Dao’s faces. Althoughthey understood that the Great Desolation Scripture was not easy to comprehend,it was still rather difficult for even the likes of them to accept the scenebefore their eyes.

“Sigh…”

Sky Hall Master Qi Lei patted Chen Zhen and Wu Dao’s shoulders as if he wantedto say something. However, he could only sigh in the end, while the other hallmasters helplessly shook their heads. The Great Desolation Scripture was trulythe Dao Sect’s biggest pain…

With all the commotion stirring all around her, Ying Huanhuan also sighedsoftly. She lifted her head and looked at the exceptionally lonely and skinnyyoung figure in front of the Great Desolate Tablet. She pursed her lips, andthey turned downwards in a rather sad angle.

Despite her lively personality, she could also be rather fierce. Furthermore,she had even made a bet with Lin Dong. Yet, a young girl was after all kindhearted. She could already feel the despair and misery that Lin Dong would feelafter this failure.

“ Looks like I’ll have to provoke him less from now on…..” The young girl’seyelashes gently blinked as she thought to herself.

“ It ended in failure after all…”

On a mountain peak far away, a blue-robed old man similarly sighed and couldnot help but bitterly laugh as he cursed, “This damned Great Desolate Tablet!In any case, our sect has protected it for a thousand years. It’s really notgiving us any face….”

“Its origins are too astonishing. It’s not our place to even try and imaginewhat it experienced. It’s normal for it not to feel indebted to us.” YingXuanzi smiled faintly.

“Seems like it’s about time to end this Great Desolation Scriptureenlightenment event……” The blue-robed old man replied helplessly. However, justas his voice faded, cries of surprise suddenly rang out from the great crowd inthe distance.

Upon hearing their cries, Ying Xuanzi and the blue-robed old man were stunned.Immediately, they raised their slightly stunned gazes to peer into the distanceas their eyes abruptly focussed.

“This is…” Dumbfounded voices slowly escaped both their mouths.

The cries spread across the land at an unimaginable speed. Ying Xiaoxiao, YingHuanhuan and the rest sensed the commotion and raised their eyes, focusing onthe space before the Great Desolate Tablet.

The originally shrinking light pillar had practically shrunk to the size of apalm on Lin Dong’s head. In such a situation, many would think thatenlightenment had failed and come to an end. Yet, after waiting for a fewminutes, someone suddenly realized that the palm-sized light pillar had notfaded!

The light pillar did not completely disappear – this meant that theenlightenment was not considered over yet!

“What’s going on?” Ying Huanhuan said as she stared at the scene in disbelief.

Ying Xiaoxiao’s eyebrows knitted together. Soon after, her face graduallyturned solemn, and even her voice was a little shaky as she replied, “I thinkthis means that Lin Dong has not yet failed….”

Upon hearing this, Qing Ye and the rest were rather moved with emotion. Shockflickered deep within their eyes.

Chen Zhen, Wu Dao and the rest of the hall masters were likewise stunned bythis scene. Immediately, a trace of wild joy surfaced within the Chen Zhenduo’s eyes as if they were suddenly struck by a certain realization.

Buzz Buzz!

The Great Desolate Tablet suddenly started to tremble intensely as waves oflight gathered together on the surface of the enormous tablet. Eventually, theytransformed into a near solid light pillar that shot out and enveloped LinDong’s body.

Woah!

As they watched the resplendently dazzling light pillar, everyone explodedinto an uproar. Shock gushed up on the faces of many.

Waves of light continued to gather on the Great Desolate Tablet. In the end,the surface of the tablet became like a mirror. One could faintly see a blurryyet gigantic figure looming within it.

When the giant figure appeared on the surface of the tablet, the pupils ofChen Zhen, Wu Dao and other hall masters instantly tightened as their breathingbecame hurried. Soon after, they looked to each other and saw the deep shock ineach other’s eyes.

“Is that… the tablet spirit?” Wu Dao asked with a coarse voice.

“It should be. When I was a mere disciple, I saw senior Zhou Tong’s GreatDesolation Scripture enlightenment, and this same figure appeared on thetablet…”

Qi Lei slowly replied. He suppressed his trembling heart and looked towardsthe Chen Zhen duo, “Congratulations, your Desolate Hall may just rise up againthis time…”

Chen Zhen and Wu Dao looked at each other and laughed heartily till tearsstarted to flow. After a hundred years, their Desolate Hall had finally found adisciple that could comprehend the Great Desolation Scripture!

Darkness was everywhere. When Lin Dong finally opened his eyes, the darknessonce again withdrew like flood waters. As the darkness left, a barren and rockyland appeared before Lin Dong.

Not far ahead of him, what first caught Lin Dong’s attention was an ancientyellow tablet that stood about ten feet tall. The tablet was similar to theGreat Desolate Tablet. However, some ancient runes could faintly be seen on itssurface…

As Lin Dong’s gaze slowly swept downwards, his pupils abruptly shrank. He sawveins of black, shadowy lines emerging from the bottom of the tablet. Theselines looked like the feelers of a demon, ice-cold and wicked as they wiggledslowly while spreading on the tablet like some kind of virus.

The undulations from these strange black lines were exactly the same as thosetiny black dots.

“These things are the culprit right?” Lin Dong softly said as he stared at thetablet.

Buzz Buzz

Just as Lin Dong’s voice faded, faint ripples appeared on the tablet’ssurface, and soon after, a blurry figure emerged. ‘It’ looked at Lin Dong, as acoarse voice, so ancient that it seemed to invade one’s heart, rang out.

“There’re indeed so many things in your body that feel familiar…”

At the sound of those words, the corners of Lin Dong’s eyes started to twitchuncontrollably.