Above the gray fog

In the distance, a pitch-black monster was slowly approaching.

Its body seemed to be made of pure darkness, and no light could penetrate it. Every step it took carried the power to shake the earth, and the surrounding space trembled because of its existence.

Its deep red eyes were extremely cold, exuding a suffocating sense of oppression.

Lin Shan frowned.

The breath of this monster was full of destruction and despair, and it was definitely at the level of Sequence 0.

Just as the monster was about to approach Lin Shan, Lin Shan finally released this knife.

In an instant, the world seemed to be still, and the blue light bursting out from the horizontal knife seemed to split the darkness of the abyss.

Wherever the light went, the void seemed to be burning, and even the particles in the air were instantly evaporated. The trajectory of the blade was like a natural moat, dividing the entire world in two.

The aftermath of this knife was like a violent tsunami, sweeping all directions, and even time and space were distorted.

The Tower of the Dead was cut in half from top to bottom. The flying bones and dust flew in the air and instantly turned into nothingness.

The incomparably dark monster had no power to resist this devastating blow. Its body was instantly penetrated by the blue light, and then it collapsed like sand, and directly turned into particles and evaporated, leaving no trace.

Lin Shan stood in place, and the blue light on the horizontal sword gradually dimmed.

Looking at the split Tower of the Dead, he looked at the horizontal sword in his hand.

An idea came to Lin Shan's mind.

If he started to accumulate power from now on, when the outer gods invaded, could he kill Zui Gu?

Theoretically, it is feasible to break all laws with one force.

Now that he has made a decision, he will definitely face the outer gods head-on in the future. This move may be useful.

He wants to protect something, perhaps a friend... perhaps the world...

As for the reason for the change of attitude, there may be a reason, or there may be no reason.

He wants to be his true self for once.

Not afraid of anything, and no longer confused.

Lin Shan took a deep breath, waved his hand, and a stream of transparent water flowed out of the split tower and was caught by him in the air.

Seeing that the Tower of the Dead was about to explode, Lin Shan immediately made a wish, "Go to Eta - the land of souls."

The Tower of the Dead, which was split open, suddenly erupted with terrifying black flames, which burned the sky and swept towards Lin Shan.

The flames were mixed with the wailing and roaring of countless dead souls, as if they were going to burn the world to ashes.

Lin Shan quickly opened a barrier to resist the incoming black flames.

The flames hit the barrier, making a harsh crackling sound, and the black flames danced wildly in the blue light, trying to get close to Lin Shan.

Several strange figures vaguely appeared in the flames. In Lin Shan's view, these figures were extremely terrifying and definitely not something he could deal with.

The hideous faces loomed in the flames, and they approached Lin Shan step by step, and the air was filled with suffocating pressure.

After a slight sound, the barrier in front of Lin Shan was instantly shattered.

Just before those terrifying beings were about to touch Lin Shan, Lin Shan successfully completed the transfer.

A black light instantly enveloped him, and the surrounding scene changed rapidly. The black flames and the roar of the dead souls quickly faded away.

The next moment, he was already inside Eta.

Eta - the home of souls, is one of the three major tourist destinations in the Gray Mist Universe along with Beergus.

Last time, he sent his clone here to help the scarecrow find straw, so he still had an impression of Eta.

Lin Shan looked around, and the endless area around him was all rice fields.

Occasionally, pedestrians could be seen walking on the small paths in the fields, or appearing and disappearing.

The scarecrow needed straw, which could be found everywhere here.

But these straws were not free.

"I want to buy some straw." Lin Shan spoke to the air.

The next second, a straw puppet appeared out of thin air.

"How much do you want to buy? The price of soul straw is 10,000 divine coins per catty." The straw puppet said.

"Buy 100 catties." Lin Shan said that he only brought one catty for the scarecrow last time.

When the puppet heard that Lin Shan wanted 100 kilograms, even his voice became much more polite. No matter what, a guest who could take out one million divine coins must be of high level. "Okay, guest, one hundred kilograms of soul straw needs to pay one million divine coins."

Lin Shan handed over a crystal card.

The condensation speed of divine coins is one per year for sequence 4, one hundred per year for sequence 3, ten thousand per year for sequence 2, and one hundred thousand per year for sequence 1. If according to the rules, one million divine coins would take him ten years. Even if he used infinity, he would need to consider the amount of spiritual energy around him. It might be much faster, but it would be impossible to condense so much in an instant.

The divine coins he took out were all from Rubin. There were nearly five billion divine coins in Rubin's storage device. Lin Shan didn't know where Rubin got so many divine coins, but now they are all cheap for Lin Shan.

In addition to the divine money, there are many other good things in Rubin's storage space. Lin Shan sorted them out a little. Except for two usable world relics, all the other miscellaneous items were put in the corner by Lin Shan to gather dust. He planned to sell them all in the Garden of Eden when he was short of money in the future, and exchange them for divine money or Eden points.

After receiving the money, the puppet conjured up a sickle and gave it to Lin Shan, "The rule of the Soul Land is that the buyer needs to cut the straw himself."

"I know." Lin Shan nodded. When he took the sickle, the puppet turned around and disappeared.

In the next three days, Lin Shan cut straw in the rice field until he cut 100 kilograms, and the sickle in his hand turned into particles and dissipated.

He didn't use his ability because of the rules of Aita. There were no restrictions in Aita, but no one dared to use extraordinary abilities in Aita. Once there was a fluctuation, they would be kicked out of Aita immediately and could only enter by buying a new ticket.

Of course, Lin Shan was considered to be smuggling, but if he was kicked out before cutting enough straw, the previous payment would be cleared by Aita.

Garden of Eden.

Lin Shan appeared in Eden Square.

He walked straight to the scarecrow.

The scarecrow, like before, leaned against the wall and bowed his head to weave the straw on his chest.

It suddenly raised its head and looked at Lin Shan.

Lin Shan handed it a crystal card.

"One hundred kilograms? It's a bit too much." Although the scarecrow said so, he still happily took the crystal card.

"It should be." Lin Shan said.

"It seems that you have found the way you should go." The scarecrow nodded slightly and stuffed the storage crystal card into the straw on his chest.

"Yes." Lin Shan nodded.

"Can you tell me what you are going to do next?" the scarecrow asked.

"No plans, just keep getting stronger, strong enough to protect those I want to protect." Lin Shan continued, "Find a secret place, keep getting stronger, and wait for that day to come."

The scarecrow stared at Lin Shan. Although its eyeballs did not move, Lin Shan felt that it seemed to be rolling its eyes.

"It's a compliment to say that you are a wooden man."

"Don't you plan to get in close contact with the world?" the scarecrow asked again.

"What I just said is the best choice." Lin Shan said bluntly, "The stronger I am, the more hope I can have."

The scarecrow pulled out the straw in front of him one by one, "Not everything depends on the best choice. No matter how strong you are, can you be stronger than the emperor?"

It lowered its head and continued to pull the straw on its chest.

"Are you still in Eta now?"

"Yes." Lin Shan nodded.

"I'll give you a suggestion. Although you don't need to travel now, I still recommend that you stay in Eta for two years." The scarecrow pulled out a hole in his chest and took out new straw from the crystal card to stuff it into the hole.

Lin Shan looked at the scarecrow, "I will consider your suggestion. Can you answer me a question?"

"Of course." The scarecrow nodded.

"What is your relationship with the World Tree?" Lin Shan asked.

The scarecrow paused for a moment, "I can't answer this question for you yet, because the relevant memories seem to have been deleted by me."

"I'm leaving." After saying goodbye, Lin Shan's figure disappeared from Eden Square.

The scarecrow stared at the place where Lin Shan was just now.

"Plop, plop." It muttered to itself, "That's not the heart, what is it?"