"What on earth is happening!"
Zhang Hu stared blankly at the sky, feeling utterly terrified.
As someone in the late Golden Core stage, he had interacted with many Nascent Soul cultivators.
But whether it was the giant claw or the trunk binding it, the power he felt far surpassed that of a Nascent Soul.
"...Could it be a battle between two Divinity Transformation stage beings?"
The South Mountain Demon Emperor came for Lin Jing, and Lin Jing’s perception was even stronger.
When Hidden Dragon’s secret technique alerted him to the crisis, Lin Jing’s heart pounded wildly, but in the next moment, his expression turned peculiar. Thɪs chapter is updated by ɴovelfire.net
He also heard the voice of the South Mountain Demon Emperor; the phrase "Pine transformed into divinity" referred to his protective deity, the Divine Pine!
Elder Mo Song actually had Divinity Transformation cultivation!
Lin Jing always thought Elder Shen Song’s cultivation was at the peak of Nascent Soul. After all, Divinity Transformation was extremely challenging. Among the hundreds of cultivation sects in the Great Wilderness Domain, not even one had a Divinity Transformation stage cultivator.
Elder Shen Song... was indeed an anomaly.
The entire Beast Taming Sect probably wasn’t aware that Shen Song had already broken through to the Divinity Transformation Realm.
This old Mo Song certainly knew how to hide, keeping it secret for perhaps hundreds or even thousands of years, how did he resist showing his divinity!
After the attack, Lin Jing’s mood should have been panicked, but seeing the Divinity Transformation Pine’s intervention, his heart instantly calmed down.
"Who dares to cause trouble at my Demon Extermination Bureau!"
The next moment, a Nascent Soul stage Demon Exterminator stationed in the Underground Immortal Prison came out.
This person’s Nascent Soul Great Perfection cultivation was already formidable, but once outside, sensing the Primordial Spirit power of the South Mountain Demon Emperor and the Divine Tree, his expression quickly changed.
Just as the Yin Corpse Sect predicted, the academy’s strongmen couldn’t react immediately, but with the Divine Pine holding off the South Mountain Demon Emperor for a moment, it gave the academy’s experts ample reaction time.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
A total of four Divinity Transformation auras shot up to the sky, divine light surging everywhere.
Amidst the powerful auras, mixed with over a dozen Great Perfection Nascent Soul forces, the overwhelming presence of these individuals descended upon the Demon Extermination Bureau’s Immortal Prison in an instant.
"South Mountain Demon Emperor!"
The four Divinity Transformation beings had all heard of the South Mountain Demon Emperor’s name.
"Old man, I am the protective pine for the academy student Lin Jing. Why are you looking at me? This is just one incarnation of the Demon Emperor; go chase its true form!" A divine voice echoed from the void.
The four Divinity Transformation beings focused their gaze here, time seeming to rewind in their eyes, instantly understanding the situation’s background.
Even if they didn’t know why a Beast Taming Sect disciple had a Pine turned divine protecting him, the urgent priority was to kill the true body of the Demon Emperor!
"Thank you for your intervention." The four Divinity Transformation beings all bowed in unison, then their bodies radiated divine light. Four incarnations descended at the four directions of Hidden Dragon City to activate the protective barrier, while their true forms flew out of Hidden Dragon City, pursuing the South Mountain Demon Emperor.
This demon was already a notorious criminal wanted throughout the ancient country, and now it had entered the ancient country intending to abduct a genius. If it managed to flee, it would make the entire world a laughingstock.
"Lin Jing, are you alright?"
Cao Zhiwei landed beside Lin Jing and inquired, equally shocked. He actually knew of this pine tree, having already learned that a tree demon was protecting Lin Jing when he went to the Great Wilderness to bring Lin Jing to the academy.
However, he only sensed the Nascent Soul cultivation of the tree demon at that time. A Nascent Soul Tree Demon and a Pine turned divine were completely different concepts.
"I’m fine, thanks to Elder Shen Song’s help." Lin Jing breathed a sigh of relief. In just a brief moment, the demigod incarnation of the South Mountain Demon Emperor was subdued, its screams echoing in the void and resounding throughout Hidden Dragon City, terrifying many cultivators.
A green pinecone, radiating ten thousand feet of golden light, emerged from the void. Upon seeing this pinecone, many Nascent Souls present immediately saluted.
"This Demon Emperor came for him, and I suspect it’s a diversion tactic. Where are the strongmen of Hidden Dragon Academy?" Shen Song said irritably, then whisked Lin Jing away.
"I’ll hide him away first. Once you’ve hunted down that South Mountain Demon Emperor, we’ll reappear!"
Without giving them a chance to speak, Shen Song disappeared with Lin Jing.
In the blink of an eye, Lin Jing had no idea where he was now; surrounded by a sea of divine light, the Divine Pine stood amid it, with a large dragon corpse lying before the pine tree.
"Elder Shen Song?" Lin Jing was stunned.
Shen Song said, "This Demon Emperor, judging by its incarnation, doesn’t have much lifespan left, so it must be after your Longevity Body."
Lin Jing nodded, "I just thought of it; it’s mostly because of the Longevity Body. But for this Demon Emperor to come to Hidden Dragon City to capture someone..."
"It nearly succeeded." Shen Song snorted coldly, "The strongmen in Hidden Dragon City, for some reason, weren’t in the city, nearly allowing it to slip through. This creature’s mastery of space is impressive. If it weren’t for my longstanding opportunity, like that squirrel, having some insight into the Path of Space, it would have been tough to handle!"
Lin Jing was silent for a moment, then said, "Elder, do you have Divinity Transformation cultivation?"
"Did you break through to Divinity Transformation while at the Beast Taming Sect?"
Shen Song replied, "Are you implying that the sect’s demonic fortunes are greater than human ones, and it’s my fault?"
"Nonsense! I never joined the Beast Taming Sect, just occupied their grounds for thousands of years, incidentally protecting the sect, not my problem, it’s your sect that has too many rogue Demon Kings."
"Why..." Lin Jing shook his head repeatedly, thrilled to learn of Elder Shen Song’s Divinity Transformation cultivation. "But if the Elder is a Divinity Transformation being, why hide it all this time?"
Shen Song, still irritated, said, "You think I want to?"
"In the eyes of humans, I’m not as inviting as you are to demon beasts, but I’m still a valuable tree!"
"You kid, do you know the shortcut for a Nascent Soul to break through to Divinity Transformation?"
Lin Jing shook his head.
"After reaching Nascent Soul Great Perfection, to break into Divinity Transformation, one must perceive and harness the Power of Heaven and Earth for oneself. Only by mastering the Power of Heaven and Earth and condensing the Heaven and Earth Primordial Spirit can one transform into a deity!"
"But how easily is the Power of Heaven and Earth comprehended? Out of a hundred Nascent Souls, scarcely one senses the natural force. Only those with special constitutions like the innate Divine Body you’ve bullied earlier find it easier."
"Thus, someone devised a method: refining a supreme wood born of heaven and earth to create a body in harmony with it, then the Nascent Soul exits, occupies this body, and in the merging, masters the power!"
"Over countless years, this method has predominated the breakthroughs to Divinity Transformation. Hence, you saw earlier, those four Divinity Transformation elders had dual bodies."
"I, naturally gifted, perceived the power myself, yet to many, I’m viewed as ideal material for creating an external incarnation for progression to Divinity Transformation. If I roamed carelessly, how I’d meet my end would be uncertain."
Lin Jing paused, considering the concept of refining a new body with plant and Nascent Soul?
He knew of this, like Nezha, right?