Merging with Demon Spirits

Outside the Suspended City.

Three black dots emerged from the distant sky, inconspicuous at first, but within moments, they appeared at the edge of the city’s barrier.

"Finally arrived."

After leaving Shangjing, after 23 days, Lin Feng finally reached the Suspended City.

Upon reaching the destination, two clones gently oscillated and dissolved, transforming into a mass of blue foam, returning to Lin Feng’s body to replenish the lost Soul Power.

Summoning clones to travel, although extremely consuming of Soul Power, allows for instant position swapping, providing greater security.

This is why Lin Feng dares to travel almost recklessly in the wild.

Seemingly sensing the arrival of intruders, the thorn forest beneath the Suspended City slowly accelerated its movement, like a giant serpent lurking in ambush.

"What a magnificent Suspended City!"

Staring at the floating city ahead, Lin Feng’s eyes were filled with an undeniable shock.

No wonder it is the Pure Land, the world’s top organization, able to free a city from the bonds of gravity, detaching it from the earth; this power far exceeds his imagination.

It is precisely such incredible might that makes nations worldwide eager to join.

"What kind of power can make a city float?"

Lin Feng couldn’t comprehend it; this was beyond his imagination, a true Divine Skill.

It’s a power possessed only by Divine Spirits.

"Swish!"

A sharp sound of wind arose. Just as Lin Feng was marveling at the Suspended City, over a dozen black thorny vines shot towards him, intersecting to enclose and attack.

Silver arcs flashed beneath his feet, and Lin Feng’s figure instantly vanished, appearing a hundred meters high in the sky.

Lin Feng did not evade but directly increased his altitude, and within seconds, hundreds of thorny vines spread across most of the sky.

"How incredibly long!"

Seeing the thorny vines still flying towards him, Lin Feng vanished again, ascending even higher until the vines stretched taut and could no longer climb.

This height from the ground was already over three hundred meters.

"A terrifying thorn forest; without the strength of an Emperor, falling into it spells doom."

Lin Feng thought to himself.

This thorn forest seemed alive—no telling if it had a Demon Spirit after death.

If the Satellite City had this thorn forest, it could entirely withstand ordinary beast tides.

As the vines danced across the sky, the residents inside the Suspended City also noticed Lin Feng’s figure.

With Lin Feng’s reputation, no identification was needed; they immediately recognized who had arrived.

"Lin Feng!"

"He’s finally here."

"Lin Feng is so handsome; does he have a girlfriend?"

"Don’t be infatuated; he has a boyfriend."

"Get lost!"

Amidst the chatter, before Lin Feng, a splash of water emerged, transforming into a blue Phantom.

"You’ve arrived."

This Phantom wore a deep blue robe, golden hair, and eyes, with a high nose bridge, a typical Western visage, with unusually fair skin covered in faint freckles. Around thirty years old, even in a robe, her alluring figure was evident—a woman full of charm who appeared within the splash, giving Lin Feng a slight smile: "My name is Polona Segura, Apostle of the Celestial King Hai."

"Lin Feng."

Lin Feng introduced himself as well.

"Your fame precedes you; self-introduction is unnecessary."

Polona Segura chuckled coquettishly, waving a hand as the barrier slowly opened a gap: "Follow me, the Celestial King is already waiting for you."

Lin Feng followed the woman into the barrier, and at that moment, cheers erupted, rising and falling.

"Lin Feng!"

"Lin Feng!"

"Lin Feng!"

The cheers converged, echoing throughout the Suspended City.

At this time, all the city’s residents knew of Lin Feng’s arrival; many looked up, waving their arms excitedly in his direction.

"Your popularity is really high; they rarely get this excited."

Polona Segura said with some surprise.

The Apostles are not unfamiliar to the residents of the Suspended City.

The residents here have some connections with the Apostles or Celestial Kings.

The 24 Apostles each have their own supporters and admirers, yet even so, Lin Feng’s popularity is unparalleled.

It’s important to note that this is Lin Feng’s first appearance in the Suspended City.

"In the Pure Land, sometimes having too much popularity isn’t a good thing. The more popular you are, the faster you die."

Polona Segura said.

Lin Feng looked down at the ground with a calm expression, saying nothing more.

Seeing no reaction from Lin Feng, she merely smiled.

If he was truly scared, then he wouldn’t be Lin Feng.

A person who has killed five apostles and dares to come to the Pure Land wouldn’t be easily intimidated.

Under the watchful eyes of many, the two descended from the sky, landing atop the Divine Temple.

As the two walked past, passersby stopped, bowing to them and calling out, "Apostle."

Compared to Hong Yi, none of these passing celestial soldiers dared to show hostility or provocation towards Lin Feng.

They could look down on Hong Yi, but no one dared to underestimate Lin Feng.

Lin Feng’s reputation was earned through his own battles.

And a significant part of Hong Yi’s reputation came from joining the Avengers Alliance, a status granted by the Alliance, by Lin Feng.

On top of a tall building, five figures stood in front of a transparent glass window, watching Lin Feng’s arrival.

Among the five, a man standing two-point-five meters tall, with bronze skin, a bare upper body, red hair, and blue eyes, crossed his arms and laughed, "It seems the Pure Land is about to become lively."

As laughter accompanied his words, strands of flame emerged from the man’s body.

"He really dared to come. I wonder about his strength, but his courage is indeed commendable."

A smooth, bald-headed man said. He was plump, dressed in a loose yellow kasaya, holding a human hand bone artifact. He looked like a monk, but had no monk’s stickers on his head and lacked the demeanor of a monk. Although he spoke softly and amiably, he gave off a greasy false impression.

"Anyone who dares to declare war on the Abnormal People would naturally not be timid. His debut will certainly be spectacular."

Someone chimed in in agreement.

Lin Feng killed five apostles.

The apostles, as representatives of the Celestial Kings, are the public face. To the Celestial Kings, they aren’t easily replaceable.

Many celestial soldiers want to become apostles, but only a few are qualified.

Apostles are chosen based on both strength and potential.

Training an apostle isn’t cheap either.

Two of the Wind Celestial King’s apostles were killed, and even after a year, their positions remain vacant.

If Lin Feng participates in the debut show, the rewards offered as an assessment by certain Celestial Kings will certainly be so precious that Lin Feng couldn’t refuse.

Conversely, the assessment topics are bound to be very unfriendly.

The debut can result in death.

As people discussed, Lin Feng seemed to become aware and looked towards the tall building where the five people were, but due to the glass barrier, he didn’t see anything.

"Such an insidious aura."

Passing a corner, Lin Feng felt a strikingly cold atmosphere. His eyes moved to a man.

The man stood twenty to thirty meters away, leaning against a wall, his entire form shrouded in black fog and shadows, his appearance unclear. Only the chilling cold aura was palpable.

The man was clearly observing Lin Feng as well. Faced with Lin Feng’s gaze, he nodded slightly, seemingly greeting him.

"That’s the Ghost Celestial King’s apostle, named Ghostly Lament, a Double King strongman, with the power of a Middle Rank Spirit King, perhaps even an Upper Rank Spirit King. He excels at controlling ghosts and poisons. His profession is an assassin, but he also performs curse attacks, making him a particularly troublesome character. His strength ranks in the top ten among the apostles."

Following Lin Feng’s line of sight, Polona Segura introduced.

Since the other party greeted him politely, Lin Feng naturally had no reason to ignore it and nodded in response.

But in the next instant, Lin Feng suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Polona Segura also immediately sensed the anomaly, turning back to see a hideous evil ghost clinging to Lin Feng’s back, its black-gray, phantom-like hands spread open, reaching toward Lin Feng’s chest as if to merge into Lin Feng’s body.

"This is going to be interesting."

Seeing this scene, the surrounding celestial soldiers and apostles in the shadows immediately became spirited, their gazes full of curiosity.

Ghostly Lament had made a move on Lin Feng.

That pitch-black evil ghost was no simple Soul Skill but was refined from the soul of a King after death.

This evil ghost comes and goes without a trace, with an extremely bizarre attack style, and is immune to most physical attacks, capable of forcibly merging into others’ bodies, quickly devouring blood and Essence Qi.

Ghostly Lament has nine evil ghosts, indicating he has at least killed nine Kings, which is one reason he is feared.

According to the Pure Land’s rules, new apostles have a one-year protection period, during which other apostles cannot attack them.

But this so-called protection period seems to hold no effect for Lin Feng.

Just as everyone was curious about how Lin Feng would fend off the evil ghost’s attack, they saw Lin Feng standing still, letting the evil ghost merge into his body without any resistance or defense, his gaze on Ghostly Lament, a smile on his lips as if saying:

"Tastes good, send another one!"