Chapter 4770: Take Your Time Thinking
The Ancient Wild Ox really became a "panicked ox"; he was completely flustered, because right now Lin Mohan was only one final step away from attaining the Dao.
Judging from what had just happened, Lin Mohan still needed to continue killing.
Killing ordinary people was useless; only killing those who competed with her at least Great Venerate level, and preferably those beyond the Great Venerate realm would work.
And here, the only being beyond the Great Venerate realm left was himself.
The Ancient Wild Ox shivered in terror.
Even the Fate Venerate standing at his side could no longer smile.
He could not see the future, because Lin Mohan's future was a mass of impenetrable fog in his sight, revealing nothing.
As for whether Lin Mohan would kill the Ancient Wild Ox, perhaps she would, perhaps she would not; he had no way to guess.
After all, apart from killing the ox, there was still the Divine Wood Sea this opportunity for enlightenment in the midst of the great tribulation.
Refining it could likewise allow Lin Mohan to attain the Dao.
Both choices would work, yet he could not predict which Lin Mohan would pick.
Given Lin Mohan's temperament, she might well draw her sword against the ox, since that was the simpler option.
By now he was one hundred percent certain that Lin Moyu had no intention of attaining the Dao personally, but instead meant to push Lin Mohan onto the throne of the supreme.
Compared to Lin Mohan, he felt Lin Moyu was even more unfathomable.
Everything that had happened before was all secretly orchestrated by Lin Moyu.
Lin Moyu had put on a grand play for everyone.
He lightly cleared his throat.
"Dao friend Lin…"
That "Dao friend Lin" might have been addressed to Lin Mohan or to Lin Moyu; even he did not know.
Lin Moyu chuckled.
"Fate Dao friend, there is no need to worry.
What was promised to you before still holds."
The Fate Venerate finally exhaled a bit and slowly bowed.
"Many thanks, Dao friend Lin."
Lin Moyu turned his gaze to the Divine Wood Sea.
"Sis, you are just a tiny step away."
Lin Mohan gave a soft acknowledgment.
"Only a single thread remains."
Lin Moyu said,
"There is still one sneaky rat.
Kill him, and you will attain the Dao."
Lin Mohan followed Lin Moyu's gaze.
She did not see anything unusual, but she understood the meaning in Lin Moyu's words.
"I will go and cut him down."
Lin Moyu nodded.
"Go.
Do not worry about damaging your opportunity for enlightenment; that thing cannot be broken."
Lin Mohan gave another nod and turned into a sharp sword, plunging into the Divine Wood Sea.
After Lin Mohan left, the Fate Venerate cautiously asked,
"Dao friend Lin, are you saying there is still someone inside this opportunity for enlightenment?"
Lin Moyu answered with a soft sound.
"There is a fellow who slipped inside long ago, trying to refine it.
Unfortunately his strength is lacking; it is impossible for him to complete the refinement in a short time."
The Fate Venerate asked,
"Who is it?"
He could not guess.
By what he knew, all those beyond the Great Venerate realm had come and had died.
That only left Great Venerates, but for a Great Venerate to sneak inside right under all these people's noses…
The more he thought about it, the less possible it seemed.
A few breaths later, an enraged roar exploded from within the Divine Wood Sea.
A vast aura rose from its depths, making time and space twist together as countless spacetime streams were born and perished.
Lin Mohan's sword light sliced open spacetime, and a figure tumbled out from the fractured timeflow, looking a bit bedraggled.
The Fate Venerate jolted in shock.
"He is actually still alive!"
There was only one person who could manipulate time like this: the Calamity Great Venerate.
Lin Moyu laughed.
"Some people are terribly good at scheming, yet in all their countless calculations they forget to calculate their own strength.
Trying to sneakily refine the enlightenment bearing opportunity… he is far from qualified."
Opportunities for attaining the Dao are not things one can refine at will.
Apart from himself, the tribulation's chosen, who could refine it somewhat faster, anyone else would need at least several hundred years to succeed.
The Calamity Great Venerate had slipped inside from the very beginning and started refining in secret.
He did it so covertly that he fooled everyone but Lin Moyu.
The one outside fighting over it and later being possessed by Smashthe Heavens True Lord that "Calamity Great Venerate" was not his true body, but only an avatar.
The Calamity Great Venerate had used Time Essence Stones to pull a version of himself out of past time and form this avatar.
This avatar was extremely special, a unique secret art and talent of the Calamity Great Venerate, called the Time True Body.
The Time True Body was different from an ordinary avatar.
It was corporeal and could exist independently, no different from the true body.
Even Smashthe Heavens True Lord had not realized this, but Lin Moyu had not been fooled.
Knowing the Calamity Great Venerate could not possibly finish the refinement in a short period, Lin Moyu left him alone and simply played along with his act.
When Lin Mohan was only one thread away from her breakthrough, the Calamity Great Venerate became the final stepping stone, the last stone she needed to step on to attain the Dao.
There was no suspense in this battle.
Lin Mohan's sword path had already turned into a rule, and she had inherited the spatial abilities of the Heaven Veiling Beast.
She completely suppressed the Calamity Great Venerate.
No matter how the Calamity Great Venerate fought desperately, he could not contend with Lin Mohan's sword.
All of his methods were mercilessly broken.
Sword light swept through the void, driving the Calamity Great Venerate into a corner with no escape.
The Calamity Great Venerate roared in anger,
"Lin Moyu, you cannot kill me.
The small world is still in my true body's hands!"
Lin Moyu smiled.
"Is that so?
You will forgive me if I do not quite believe you."
The Calamity Great Venerate suddenly unfolded his domain, revealing the small world inside it.
Once its situation was laid bare, Meng Anwen, Bai Yiyuan, and Yan Kuangsheng were all clearly visible.
The Calamity Great Venerate said,
"If my true body falls, this small world will be destroyed along with me."
"Then let it be destroyed," Lin Moyu said lightly.
He suddenly snapped his fingers, and the small world within the domain shattered with a roar, bursting like a bubble and vanishing.
The Calamity Great Venerate froze on the spot, eyes filled with disbelief.
"Wh what is going on?"
That small world had clearly been inside his domain.
How could it suddenly disappear?
Lin Mohan's crisp shout rang out.
"Take your time figuring it out.
One Sword to Cut the Dao!"
Sword light surged forth and engulfed the Calamity Great Venerate.
His screams echoed from within the river of sword qi as he exhausted every method he had, yet all of them were broken by a single strike from Lin Mohan.
Lin Moyu said calmly,
"When power reaches a certain level, all schemes are useless.
Fists are the only hard truth."
The Fate Venerate agreed wholeheartedly.
Lin Mohan's sweeping slaughter had already perfectly proven this point.
It was obvious to him that Lin Mohan's victory was assured; no matter what trump cards the Calamity Great Venerate still possessed, they could not stir up any more waves.
Let alone with Lin Moyu also present.
This one was the true god of slaughter, playing everyone in the palm of his hand.
With these two siblings around, no one else should even dream of claiming the position of supreme.
Again he bowed toward Lin Moyu.
"Dao friend Lin is indeed mighty.
Fate is impressed."
Lin Moyu smiled.
"These are not my own words.
They came from one of my teachers.
Once Elder Sister attains the Dao, Fate Dao friend and this Ancient Wild Ox do you plan to keep living carefree in the Chaos Primordial Wilds, or go to another universe for some fun?"
The Fate Venerate said,
"It is better to stay in the Chaos Primordial Wilds.
Having once feigned death and hidden for countless years, I have grown tired of hiding.
I might take the old ox along and find a small world somewhere, become an ordinary person inside, and spend my days herding cattle."
Lin Moyu said,
"The life of an ordinary person does have its nice side.
After this tribulation, all things will need rebuilding, and heaven and earth should enjoy a long peaceful era.
Fate Dao friend can also have some fun, find a few kindred souls, form Dao bonds and marry, and have children."
The Fate Venerate laughed.
"That is indeed my intention.
I even want to find a herd for the old ox as well; his bloodline ought to be passed down."
Lin Moyu said,
"So long as you two do not do anything excessive, Elder Sister naturally will not make things difficult for you.
You can set your hearts at ease."
The Fate Venerate nodded vigorously.
"Of course, of course."
Screams rang out as spacetime fell still.
The Calamity Great Venerate was cut out of one section of spacetime, his body torn into quarters.
Then the sword light turned into a silver river and swallowed him, grinding both his soul and fleshly body to dust.
After all his countless years of scheming, the Calamity Great Venerate finally came to an end.
Radiant light poured down again, and Lin Mohan's aura began to climb yet higher.