WU DONG QIAN - KUN
Chapter 96: The Soul Symbol of Destiny

"The Existence of Mental Energy?"

As he stared at the rapidly forming object in front of Gu Ying, Lin Dong was stunned. Although most of what he knew about Mental Energy was discovered by his own trials and mistakes during cultivation, he still heard how powerful the Mental Energy embodiment was.

Of course, based on Gu Ying's current strength, she was clearly unable to fully embody Mental Energy. Despite this, this attack was still very powerful. If this punch were to land on a Heavenly Yuan Late Stage expert, he would most likely suffer critical mental damage. Compared to physical injuries, such damage was several times more devastating.

Thus, when he saw Gu Ying using this skill, Lin Dong's facial expression turned very serious. At the same time, a black shadow that surrounded his body, quickly shot towards Gu Ying in an attempt to stop the attack.

“Ding Ding!”

In response to Lin Dong's disturbing efforts, Gu Ying remained calm and composed as he deftly pointed his fingers. The blades around him danced like radiant vortexes as they fended off all of the Yuan Shards.

“Little boy, later I will show you the ultimate secret technique of the Symbol Master!”

That needle-like thing became increasingly lumpy. Immediately, Gu Ying chuckled at Lin Dong as his former finger stabbed forward viciously!

"The Fragrance of the Spirit Is Made!"

After Gu Ying shouted, that needle-like object immediately started buzzing. It shuddered slightly for a moment and with a swoosh sound, it turned into a beam of light and flew loudly towards Lin Dong.

After seeing "The Conjured Spirit Bar" flying towards him, Lin Dong felt a chill run down his spine as he hurriedly retreated. Meanwhile, with a swing of his hand, the nine Shattered Yuan Shrapnels burst forward and clashed violently with the "Toward Spirit Barrel".

"Buzz!"

In a split second right before they collided, the beam passed through the nine Yuan Fractions at a frightening speed and continued flying towards Lin Dong without losing any speed!

When he saw that the beam instantly pierced through the shield he made using the Yuan Fractional Shards, Lin Dong's facial expression slightly changed. The Fate Symbols in his Niwan Palace began to tremble violently as the powerful Mental Energy quickly gathered before him and formed the Mental Energy barrier.

When facing a Mental Energy attack, one had to use Mental Energy to defend!

“Bang!”

Just as Lin Dong's Mental Energy barrier was formed, the beam arrived in an instant and fiercely struck him!

This time, when it met the Mental Energy Barrier, the beam of light finally slowed down. However, it was still flying at a steady speed towards Lin Dong's forehead.

Sweat droplets were now flowing down Lin Dong's cheeks as his eyes stared unblinkingly at the incoming rays of light. Streams of Mental Energy constantly gushed out from the Fate Symbols within his Niwan palace. Like a swamp, it wrapped around that deadly beam and tried to slow it down forcefully.

In the distance, Gu Ying's two fingers were shown as she added more Mental Energy to the beam, trying to break through Lin Dong's defenses. Right now, the two were practically competing head-on to see whose Mental Energy was stronger!

The two suddenly became very quiet. Yet no one dared to step closer due to their terrible exchange earlier.

Both of Lin Dong's eyes were peeled to flickering rays of light directed towards him. As the beam got closer to him, Lin Dong could feel the increasing danger. He knew that if this object penetrated into his mind, not only would his Fate Symbol be forcibly destroyed, but after that, no matter how talented he was in Mental Energy, he would be, he would never be able to achieve anything in it again.

"Killing me won't be that easy!"

At this crucial moment, Lin Dong's heart flared. He urged the Fate Symbol in his Niwan palace back then to tremble violently, as if he wanted to forcefully squeeze out all of his Mental Energy and actually managed to push back the light rays slowly.

"Why is this brat so hard to deal with ?!"

Facing this standoff situation, Gu Ying was stunned. He could not understand why Lin Dong, the First Seal Symbol Master, was able to match him in terms of Mental Energy.

“I, Gu Ying have lived through countless battlefields. I can't believe that I can't handle a snot-nosed brat like you!”

In the face of such a stalemate, Gu Ying felt a little angry. If the other friends in Yan City knew how far he had been forced by a boy, he would definitely be ridiculed endlessly.

As anger burned in his heart, Gu Ying suddenly bit his tongue, two rays of light shot out from his eyes. Soon, these two beams of light formed into two Symbols!

This Gu Ying had actually summoned his own Fate Symbol from his Niwan Palace!

After summoning his Fate Symbol, Gu Ying laughed at Lin Dong before he shouted. Immediately, a surge of Mental Energy emerged from these two Fate Symbols and ruthlessly flew towards Lin Dong, who was still trying to hold back the "Materialized Spirit Fragrance".

When he witnessed this scene, Lin Dong was also shocked. As he pondered how to handle this situation, the Fate Symbols in his Niwan Palace suddenly started to tremble violently. Immediately, Lin Dong lost control as it directly flew out of his Niwan Palace, and appeared in the middle of his forehead.

"Desire!"

The moment his Fate Symbol appeared, he immediately dashed towards Gu Ying's Fate Symbol. As it flew through the air, the Ancient Vortex Symbol started to curve rapidly until finally, Lin Dong and Gu Ying were confused, it curved into a palm-sized vortex.

"Symbol of the Soul of Destiny ?!"

The change in the Ancient Vortex Symbol did not elicit any special response from Lin Dong. However, that Gu Ying started to panic as she shouted. Immediately, he tried to recall his two Fate Symbols.

However, as he tried to recall his Fate Symbol, the vortex viciously ran over. The suction power emitted from him and under this suction power, Lin Dong could clearly sense that the Mental Energy contained in Gu Ying's Fate Symbol, was completely sucked into that vortex.

This situation caused Lin Dong to gasp in shock. Although he did not know much about Mental Energy, he had never heard of anyone's Fate Symbol possessing this monstrous ability.

“Buzz Buzz!”

Under the vortex's suction power, Gu Ying's Fate Symbol began to dim rapidly. Meanwhile, his physical body was also affected and he spewed out a mouthful of fresh blood. Although with a somewhat distorted expression on his face, he gritted his teeth and desperately retreated with the two Fate Symbols behind him. Finally, they escaped the reach of the vortex and quickly returned to his Niwan Palace.

When Gu Ying's Fate Symbol returned to his Niwan Palace, the vortex again distorted as it transformed into a simple-looking Symbol before swiftly flying back. Then, the moment it hung right above the middle of Lin Dong's forehead, it released suction power and absorbed that "Materialized Spirit Needle" before casually returning to Lin Dong's Niwan Palace.

As soon as his Ancient Vortex Symbol returned, Lin Dong clearly sensed an even stronger Mental Energy rapidly spreading from the symbol.

“This Ancient Vortex symbol absorbed Gu Ying's Mental Energy and gave it to me.”.

When he sensed this, Lin Dong's hands began to tremble involuntarily. He had never expected that this Ancient Vortex Symbol he had encountered actually possessed such a unique ability.

“Most Symbol Masters can only condense Fate Symbols. I have never heard of the Soul Symbol of Destiny.. Could it be because of that thing?” As Lin Dong recalled Gu Ying's shout, he began to think to himself.

"You really have the Soul Fate Symbol ?!"

While Lin Dong muttered to himself, Gu Ying once again opened his mouth. Although his face was pale, his eyes were fixed on Lin Dong, a burning greed contained within.

“Son, give me this method of cultivating the Soul Fate Symbol and I will help your Lin Family destroy the Xie and Lei Families. I don't want any other rewards. That's all! How?”

The corner of Lin Dong's eyes twitched. Before the duel, he already knew that this person was somewhat shrewd. However, he had never expected such an astute person to actually spew such ridiculous words at this moment. It seemed like this Ancient Vortex Symbol was indeed special.

"sure."

lin Dong's eyes lit up as he slightly smiled. At the same time, he quickly walked forward as he took out a piece of jade and offered it to Gu Ying.

Lin Dong's actions caused Gu Ying to jump in excitement. However, when he took two steps forward, he suddenly realized the situation he was in. His enemy was not stupid, why would he hand over such an important item so easily?

"Buzz!"

However, just as he stopped in the middle of a step, a powerful force was directed towards him. Two shadows shot towards his chest in an instant.

“Ding!”

At this critical moment, Gu Ying immediately used his sword to fend off the attack. However, as he heaved a sigh of relief and planned to retreat, an extremely powerful Mental Energy attack was instantly directed towards him. It violently bombarded his mind, causing his entire head to buzz. Meanwhile, the two Fate Symbols in his Niwan Palace went into complete darkness.

Although he was only dazed for that little moment, when Gu Ying woke up again, the young man's face was already several inches away and in his hands, a shadow ruthlessly pushed forward.

"Stop! I will not interfere in your affairs again!”

Right now, every hair on Gu Ying's body stood up as he kissed the impending doom where he hurriedly shouted.

Lin Dong's expression did not change. Without any sign of stopping, the Shattered Yuan sharp shrapnel in his hand immediately turned into a black shadow as it mercilessly pierced through Gu Ying's throat.

“Grand Master Gu, it's too late. You should not interfere in our affairs! ”

A sharp pain emerged as the voice of the youth sounded in Gu Ying's ears.