Chapter 429

Chapter 429: Where the Thief Can Go, I Can Go as Well

Fang Niu glanced at the sky-blotting insect swarm outside, then at Mu Lin’s slender frame, his expression turning peculiar.

Just as he struggled to voice his thoughts, his friend Zhu Yan spoke up.

"The Lord ordered you to transfer the spiritual veins’ ownership. Just obey—it’s a joint command from above. Whether it handles the insect swarm… His words surely hold deeper wisdom."

"…Right. Let’s transfer the spiritual veins first."

The transfer proceeded smoothly. The moment leadership shifted to Mu Lin, his figure vanished with a *swish*.

Simultaneously, Water Fairy Lake’s spiritual energy visibly drained.

Fang Niu winced at the sight.

But soon, he had bigger worries—at dawn’s light, the endless insect swarm descended upon Water Fairy Lake again.

Forced into action, Fang Niu rushed to defend. Before leaving, he pressed Zhu Yan:

"Brother Zhu, how strong is this Lord? Can he truly repel such swarms? If not, have him turn us into crow demons—side effects be damned!"

Zhu Yan shrugged. "Don’t ask me. I barely know him. But…" His voice warmed with reverence:

"Never compare ordinary folk—or even regular Earth Immortals—to Lord Mu Lin."

"He’s only been in Tian Shi City days, yet solved problems that stumped multiple Earth Immortals."

Zhu Yan added sharply, "And our transformation has no flaws. No aftereffects."

"I feel perfectly fine!"

…

Meanwhile, empowered by the spiritual veins, Mu Lin activated his divine ability—Cycle of Life and Death.

*Hum!*

Rules stirred. The Yin Soil, counterpart to the world of living, materialized.

As the Yin Soil formed, Mu Lin poured most consciousness into this realm.

*Swish!*

Arriving, he gazed upward. Twin lights flashed—his eyes piercing the yin-yang divide through Chongming Bird’s borrowed power.

Ignoring common bugs, he strode beneath the locust queen at the swarm’s heart.

Separated by dimensions, the queen remained unaware, still directing offspring to assault Flower Fairy Lake.

Yet half her forces lingered protectively around her—the earlier darkness had bred caution.

Useless.

Mu Lin’s divine ability drew from three hundred sixty-five units of high-level resources.

With such a foundation, unprecedented in history and unlikely to ever be matched, the divine abilities it derived were naturally beyond imagination in power.

As he stood in the Yin Soil, those in the world of the living could hardly detect him.

When Mu Lin focused his mind, the locust queen’s soul reflections materialized within the Yin Soil.

“???”

“Screee!!!”

To be fair, the locust queen possessed considerable strength – naturally gifted in dominion, her mental power remained formidable and keen.

The instant her soul reflections appeared, she sensed the anomaly and projected her consciousness into the Yin Soil.

There she discovered her soul reflections trapped in an alien realm, utterly devoid of protective insect guards.

This revelation triggered an earth-shaking scream from her.

“Screee!!!”

This cry served both as an expression of panic and a mental assault.

“Boom!”

The tsunami-like psychic blast erupted from her soul reflections like a nuclear shockwave, shredding everything in its path.

Yet Mu Lin stood unmoved, effortlessly weathering the storm. His three hundred sixty-five Central Earth Evils proved their worth.

“Swift reflexes, but without your swarm, you’re merely an unusual Transformation. Escape is impossible.”

“Clang…”

Infinite Chains manifested around the locust queen at Mu Lin’s command, coiling toward her.

“Skree!”

The sudden confinement startled another scream from her.

To Mu Lin’s surprise, her already massive form began swelling rapidly during this cry, soon reaching hill-like proportions.

—She was absorbing her offspring’s collective mental energy to empower herself.

“Clever trick. No wonder you drove the Agricultural and Martial Corps to desperation.”

Though individual locusts possessed feeble minds, their million-strong numbers created overwhelming force. Had she completed this absorption, she might have rivaled Mu Lin.

But caught unprepared for direct assault, she’d failed to pre-gather her swarm’s power. Now it was too late.

“Clang…”

Even as she grew, the chains already ensnared her.

“Boom!”

Through the Infinite Chains, Chaos Origin Essence, Great Luo Merging Heaven, silent divinity, Root Word "Fixing," and flame of revenge simultaneously struck her soul reflections.

These forces restrained, assimilated, and ignited the locust queen simultaneously. The revenge flames in particular made her screech incessantly.

“Skree!”

“Clatter…”

Her desperate struggles proved futile. Bound by Infinite Chains, her strength rapidly ebbed. The frustration-fueled flames turned her into a colossal fireball – Mu Lin could’ve simply waited for the flames to consume her.

Yet he restrained the inferno’s spread. As the flames burned, he implanted a will of dominance seed into her spirit. Simultaneously, crimson Other Shore Flowers blossomed around his feet, soon carpeting the Yin Soil.

Manjusaka’s power infiltrated the locust queen’s mind, eroding her mental defenses.

“Where invaders tread, I shall follow!”

“You parasites control humans? My will shall control you!”

“Kneel and serve!”