Chapter 307 – The Scarlet Son Kneels and Begs Mu Lin Not to Die

“Right now, I am invincible… Bang!”

After crushing Mu Lin’s head, Scarlet Son – Nest laughed wildly.

Yet, before his laughter could fade, with another “bang,” one of his own heads suddenly exploded.

“???”

“What’s going on… backlash? That human bastard has a backlash ability!”

Nest, being relatively experienced, immediately realized the reason for his head’s explosion.

At this moment, he still hadn’t grasped the severity of the situation. After his head exploded, instead of fear, he sneered coldly and said, “A despicable trick, but useless against me. As a descendant of the great Scarlet Overlord, losing one head means nothing to me. And you—you’re already dead, dea… How are you still alive!”

The self-proclaimed noble Scarlet Son Nest had been boasting about his own strength while looking down on Mu Lin’s weakness, mocking him for failing to cause any significant damage even in death.

But before he could finish his words, he was shocked to discover that Mu Lin, whose head had been shattered, was not dead.

Not only was he not dead, he was completely unharmed—the moment his head shattered, Mu Lin’s body restored itself as if time had reversed.

This sight left Scarlet Son Nest somewhat shaken.

However, he still didn’t believe he was in a desperate situation, nor did he think he would lose.

“Recovery, huh? Let’s see how many times you can recover!”

“Roar!”

Amid his furious roar, the grotesque beast claws that had mutated and twisted from Mu Lin’s body once again lunged fiercely toward his head.

“Crack!”

Since Mu Lin neither dodged nor defended, it was no surprise that his head was crushed once more.

And just as expected, as the substitute death ability activated, bound by causality, the moment Mu Lin’s head shattered, Scarlet Son – Nest’s head also exploded.

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

The two sounds echoed one after another like firecrackers.

Of course, such attacks did not kill either Mu Lin or Scarlet Son Nest.

His opponent had already undergone Mortal Shedding, becoming inhuman, while Mu Lin possessed a Grandmaster-level Substitute Paper Figure and the ability of Fixation Refresh. For both of them, a shattered head was far from a fatal injury.

The moment his head exploded, as a paper figure within the Netherworld Law Domain of Ping’an Ancient County burned to ashes, Mu Lin’s body restored itself once again.

Similarly, on the other side, Scarlet Son Nest’s head, after exploding, began to squirm and slowly regenerate.

“I don’t believe you can keep recovering forever!”

Scarlet Son Nest believed that such a substitute death ability was powerful, but precisely because it was too powerful, Mu Lin must have found it difficult to cultivate it to a high level.

Therefore, he assumed that Mu Lin’s substitute death ability had limited uses.

Thus, for the next three minutes, he continuously manipulated the aberrant beast claws, smashing them down on Mu Lin’s head again and again.

“Bang!” “Bang!” “Bang!”

Under his relentless assault and Mu Lin’s deliberate inaction, Mu Lin’s head exploded over a dozen times in succession, like firecrackers.

And on the other side, Scarlet Son Nest’s head also exploded over a dozen times.

Although he had managed to restore some of his heads using his Scarlet abilities during this process, the continuous explosions had left only two of them intact.

This filled him with fear.

He worried that if this attrition continued, he might be the first to break.

Driven by this concern, after Mu Lin revived once more, he did not command the Beast Claw to strike. Instead, his expression shifted uncertainly.

Finally, gritting his teeth, he declared, “To deal with a mongrel like you, I don’t need to kill you. I’ll make you my servant…”

He was searching for excuses to justify his cowardice, but unfortunately, Mu Lin had no intention of indulging him.

“Too scared to act now? In that case, I’ll do it myself.”

As he spoke, Mu Lin took a deep breath.

“Hiss…”

With his inhalation, the Black Mist behind him surged like fledgling swallows returning to their nest, pouring into his body through his seven orifices.

“Sizzle…”

The Black River Water possessed the power to dissolve all things. Flowing in through the seven orifices without any resistance from Mu Lin, it meant that in an instant, his eyeballs, nostrils, mouth, tongue, ears… were all dissolved by this Black River Water.

In the next moment, the Black Mist surged into Mu Lin’s body, wreaking havoc within.

“Sizzle…”

The terrifying Black River Water dissolved Mu Lin’s muscles, bones, blood, heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys from the inside.

Everything about him was being dissolved by the Black River Water.

This horrifying sight subjected Mu Lin’s entire body to excruciating pain, as if being sliced by a thousand blades. Even with his formidable willpower, he couldn’t help but gasp sharply.

“Hiss…”

While Mu Lin endured unbearable agony, Scarlet Son – Nest was also in dire straits.

The two were bound by causality, meaning any injury inflicted upon Mu Lin would rebound onto Nest through their connection.

Now, as Mu Lin’s body was continuously dissolved by the Black River Water, Nest, due to this link, experienced the same phenomenon—his seven orifices and flesh dissolving away.

His bones, his blood, his internal organs—all were corroded and emptied by the dissolving power of the Black River Water.

“No! Stop! Stop it!”

“Bastard, I said stop!”

“Whoosh!”

Driven to the extremes of rage and terror, he hurled a Scarlet Bone Spear directly at Mu Lin.

“Thud!”

With Mu Lin offering no resistance, the Bone Spear pierced straight through his body and heart.

The immense force even carried Mu Lin’s body a hundred meters away, finally pinning him against a high wall with the Bone Spear.

This strike was undeniably fierce.

Yet, after delivering it, Scarlet Son – Nest felt no joy—only fear.

“No, I didn’t mean to, I didn’t want to kill you… Thud…”

Though he regretted it, what was destined to happen still came to pass.

The moment Mu Lin’s chest was pierced and his heart shattered, with a “bang,” a gaping cavity suddenly appeared in Scarlet Son – Nest’s own chest.

Through the penetrating wound, everyone could see that his heart had also shattered.

This blow left Scarlet Son – Nest severely wounded as well.

But his troubles didn’t end there.

Pinned against the high wall, Mu Lin couldn’t even be bothered to move. He allowed the Bone Spear to hold him in place and let the Black River Water continue its erosion.

“Drip, drip, drip, drip…”

Under his inaction, the Black River Water dissolved Mu Lin’s flesh, bones, and internal organs, transforming them into Black River Water that continuously dripped from his body.

Amid this ongoing dissolution, the Scarlet Son – Nest opposite him also endured unimaginable agony alongside Mu Lin.

Even his massive form was steadily dissolving, and his aura was continuously weakening.

What terrified him even more was that Black River Water was no ordinary attack—once contaminated, it was difficult to purge.

Through their causal connection, this property was also transferred by Mu Lin onto him.

Thus, at this moment, Black River Water was also dripping incessantly from the Scarlet Son – Nest.

This Black River Water continuously dissolved his Mana and flesh, causing his powerful aura to weaken further.

More critically, this erosion was exceedingly difficult to resist.

By now, the Scarlet Son – Nest finally grasped the severity of the situation and was utterly terrified.

“Bastard, stop it!”

“You’ll die too if this goes on!”

“Don’t die, I beg you, don’t kill yourself…”

“Let’s talk properly, pfft… we might not necessarily be enemies. Whatever you want, you can say it, we can discuss it, everything can be discussed…”

“Stop harming yourself, I beg you, don’t commit suicide. You must respect your own safety, protect your own well-being…”

In Heartcage City, the Scarlet Son Nest, once arrogant, haughty, and convinced of his invincibility, now dared not attack.

In fact, he was now kneeling, pleading with Mu Lin, begging him not to die.

This scene also caused the Clan Elders of the Aristocratic Families outside, along with Prince Liang and the others, to look on with peculiar expressions, nearly bursting into laughter.

No, some had already laughed out loud.

“Hahaha, I’ve lived for hundreds of years and witnessed countless battles. I thought I’d seen every kind of fight, but this one right now—I truly haven’t seen before.”

“Exactly. Begging an opponent not to die, and kneeling to plead… hahaha, this bizarre duel is a first for me…”

“Heh, wasn’t that Scarlet Son claiming to be invincible, that no one could kill him? Why is he kneeling now…”

Some roared with laughter, while others felt that Mu Lin was not to be provoked.

“To be fair, the Scarlet Son’s strength is still formidable. The reason he lost this time is that Mu Lin is stronger, and his strength is somewhat… anomalous…”

“Indeed anomalous. Constant substitution deaths and reflected damage—Mu Lin is like a hedgehog, untouchable, unapproachable, and even uninsultable… Goodness, I’m somewhat at a loss as to how to deal with him.”

“Same here. I am already a Mortal Shedding Adept. Against juniors in the Gang Sha Realm, I always believed I could crush them. Even those Prodigies, I could exhaust them with my Mortal Shedding Mana. But abilities like Mu Lin’s… they’re too shameless.”

“Qing’er, remember, if you ever encounter Mu Lin in the future, you must not attack him. That fellow is not to be provoked…”

Some admired, some marveled, while others instructed their children and grandchildren not to provoke Mu Lin.

Hmm, there were also those inquiring about Mu Lin’s circumstances, wishing to befriend him, or even… arrange a marriage alliance.

Of course, Mu Lin remained unaware of all this, and he harbored a faint dissatisfaction with his own substitution death ability.

“Indeed, the Substitute Death technique isn’t so easy to use. Against low-level cultivators, it’s a devastating weapon—capable of trading one life for another. But against high-level cultivators, it’s not so effective.”

By now, Mu Lin had already died twenty or thirty times. Although he had tormented Scarlet Son – Nest to the point of agony and utter wretchedness through Substitute Death, these twenty or thirty suicides ultimately hadn’t killed his opponent.

“My Substitute Death can only transfer sixty to eighty percent of the damage, after all. It can’t completely bestow death upon the other party.”

“For low-level cultivators, having sixty to eighty percent of their head or heart shattered is already a certain death. But Mortal Shedding Adepts are different.”

“They are no longer human. Sixty to eighty percent of death, for them, is merely injury, not death.”

“And since it’s injury, that means they can heal, recover, and even transfer it…”

“I’m not invincible yet!”

Though sighing, Mu Lin still believed his victory was unstoppable.

The Substitute Death ability truly couldn’t kill Scarlet Son – Nest in a single strike.

But if once wouldn’t do, ten times wouldn’t do, and twenty or thirty times wouldn’t do, then forty or fifty times would be unbearable for the opponent.

If Mu Lin fought desperately now, he could die three to five hundred times. Under such circumstances, how could the opponent possibly withstand it?

“My advantage is immense right now.”

This was Mu Lin’s thought, though the moment it appeared, his heart skipped a beat as if something bad were about to happen. But he quickly shook his head and said, “It should be fine. My advantage truly is immense right now. Even if there’s an accident, it should follow basic principles—it can’t just appear out of nowhere, right?”

(End of Chapter)