"You're still not dead?" The Great Elder's eyes revealed a shock, and his face began to redden.
Behind him, the Evil Buddha's use would consume his Essence and Life Span. In just under a minute, three years of his Life Span had been cleanly absorbed by the Evil Buddha. If this delay continued, even if he killed Lin Mo, he would eventually die with his Life Span exhausted.
"Come at me again."
Lin Mo gripped the Xuanyuan Sword and suddenly swung it down. Instantly, the True Yuan of heaven and earth surged as if the very sky and ground were being cleaved in two by this sword. The power of this strike was indescribable; there were no dazzling lights, no shocking sounds, just an ordinary strike.
As the tip of the sword fell, it drew a silver Light Curtain across the Void, slowly slashing towards the Great Elder and the Evil Buddha behind him.
"Join!"
The Great Elder shouted loudly, clapping his hands together, and the Evil Buddha behind him likewise clasped its hands, trying to catch the falling silver sword light.
But in less than a second, the silver sword light sliced right through the hands and struck the Evil Buddha.
From the forehead to the bridge of the nose down to the neck and then the body of the Evil Buddha, a silver glow began to emerge. The light grew brighter, and soon spider-like cracks appeared on the surface of the Evil Buddha. Silver light radiated from every crack.
Following that, the Evil Buddha shattered like a broken mirror, turning into countless golden Light Points that dissipated over the dark sea.
"It's impossible; you can't be this strong." The Great Elder's eyes were filled with terror, and then he froze.
Because a silver line spread from his forehead to his chin, reaching his chest. Suddenly, a black shadow flew out from the top of the Great Elder's skull towards the distant dark void. That was the Great Elder's soul. Even though his body was ruined, if the soul escaped and found shelter in the shadows, it could turn into a Ghost Cultivator.
"You won't get away," Lin Mo declared, casting the Xuanyuan Sword from his hand.
The Xuanyuan Sword instantly transformed into a silver glow chasing after the black shadow. The vacated shell's soul fled fast as Lightning, but the Xuanyuan Sword was faster, piercing through the Great Elder's soul, causing his existence to fade away.
Immediately, Lin Mo retracted the Xuanyuan Sword into his body and then reached into the Void to grasp a ring that had fallen into the seawater into his hand.
This was the Great Elder's Space Ring, which was quite ugly, but when Lin Mo's Divine Sense probed it, he was greatly surprised. Inside were various medicinal materials, Qi Cultivation magic artifact materials, and some other miscellaneous things.
After all, the Joy Sect was a Sect that presided over a province, and the Great Elder had scoured all over. There were many treasures in the ring, so many that even Lin Mo was somewhat surprised. Most importantly, there were actually two top-grade spiritual stones.
However, though these were top-grade spiritual stones, and they contained pure Spiritual Energy, absorbing them would equate at most to half a month of Lin Mo's cultivation in a Spirit Gathering Array. Better to save them for a critical moment in the future.
As for the medicinal materials inside, such as the Thousand-year-old Blood Ginseng, Dragon Tongue Fruit, and Wulan Grass—though these were the finest ingredients for making Elixirs—Lin Mo, having acquired the Spirit Grass in Flood Dragon Valley, didn't even consider them of interest.
"Hehe, but I can reforge the ring and give it to Meng Die," Lin Mo said with a light smile, holding the ring. "It's too troublesome for a girl to go out, what with makeup, combs, mirrors, keys, cell phones—all can be thrown inside."
Although the Old Green Dragon and the Great Elder of the Joy Sect were dead, Lin Mo wasn't as relaxed as he appeared. After all, the Old Green Dragon was an Advanced Martial God and had obtained the Azure Dragon Scale, and the Great Elder of the Joy Sect was a great mage who had long been an Intermediate Martial God.
After battling the two, Lin Mo's body had drained a lot of True Yuan and Spiritual Energy, and now he needed to find a place to rest.
He released his Divine Sense and sensed that less than fifty sea miles to the northwest, there was a small island. He immediately trod on the sea water towards the island.
Once he arrived on the island, Lin Mo quickly set up a simple Defensive Array and Mist Formation to avoid being discovered by passing fishing boats.
Lin Mo then sat down on the island and began his breathing cultivation. With the island as the center, the Primordial Energy from dozens of miles around continuously flowed towards the island, replenishing his energy.
Day and night passed, and moonlight poured down, the waves glittering like silver light.
After two full days, Lin Mo finally adjusted his body, restoring his condition to about seventy to eighty percent. He then took out the Space Ring; it was silver, but its design was quite awkward. "I'm afraid even if I give it to Meng Die, she might dislike it."
Lin Mo chuckled to himself and immediately used his Divine Sense to erase the Great Elder's imprint from the Space Ring. The ring was less than twenty square feet in size, but it should be enough for Xia Mengdie.
After erasing the Great Elder's imprint, Lin Mo summoned two golden flames and immediately threw the ring into the fire. The ring instantly melted into silver liquid, transforming into the shape of a perfect silver sphere.
Lin Mo sat on the ground, imprinting spells one by one into the silver liquid. Since he was going to refine the Space Ring anew, Lin Mo wasn't afraid to waste time and simply set up several Arrays inside the ring. A Spirit Gathering Array was essential, allowing Xia Mengdie to absorb Spiritual Energy wherever she went.
There would also be Defensive and Attack Arrays; however, the material of this Space Ring was quite ordinary, and it could only withstand the pressure of three Arrays at most. If there were one more, the Space Ring wouldn't withstand it.
After spending an entire day, Lin Mo finally set up the three Arrays. The tiny surface area of the ring made it very difficult to arrange the Arrays, and probably only Lin Mo, with his exceptional talent, could set up three Arrays in such a tiny ring.
The silver sphere gradually took on the shape of a ring in Lin Mo's Divine Sense, with a fashionable and beautiful crescent moon design on it.
"This way, Meng Die should like it," Lin Mo concluded, receiving the ring with a satisfied smile on his face.
Only then did he realize it was already evening, the setting sun casting a fiery glow on the horizon, the sea surface extremely tranquil, with only the sound of water striking rocks and the sea breeze passing through. Occasionally, seagulls skimmed the water surface, pecking up a plump fish for their dinner with their sharp beaks.
As Lin Mo cultivated on the way, sharks, whales, and other large creatures nearby sensed the dangerous aura and dared not approach the small island. "Now that the task is done, I should go see Shanshan."
Lin Mo stood up, intending to leave the island, when suddenly he saw a white luxury cruise ship appearing at the junction of the sea and sky.
Xiazhou was originally a coastal city; parties or banquets on cruise ships were commonplace.
The cruise ship was shimmering with lights, like a pearl set upon the sea, and after sailing a certain distance, the luxury cruise ship came to a halt.