“It’s not just that!” Lin Yun’s lips curled into a faint smile.
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Yun’s divine-level second-stage spiritual sense erupted, merging into the Venomous Sword!
The Fire Dao and Earth Dao instantly fused, merging into the sword.
The ninth level of the Taixu Force (a power technique from the Taixu Body Refinement Art) erupted.
With all these techniques empowering the sword in an instant, the power of the strike soared to a terrifying level.
The attack arrived in the blink of an eye.
**Boom!**
The sword and blade collided, sending dazzling sparks flying in all directions.
The terrifying force from the Venomous Sword erupted like a volcano, and the purple-robed man spat out a mouthful of blood, his face filled with disbelief as he was sent flying.
**Crash!**
With a loud crash, the purple-robed man slammed into the mountain wall, causing it to crack and send several boulders tumbling down.
Complete domination!
The other four men’s expressions changed drastically when they saw this.
Clearly, they had severely underestimated Lin Yun’s strength!
Lin Yun glanced at the four of them and said calmly, “To save time, why don’t you all come at me together?”
“What?!”
The four men’s faces twitched.
“Lin Yun, you’re way too arrogant! You’re still only a first-level Mahayana cultivator. Fighting against multiple opponents will only put you at a disadvantage!”
“Let’s attack together! Take him down quickly! Don’t give him a chance!”
Knowing they had no way out, the four men immediately drew their weapons and charged at Lin Yun from four different directions!
**Flying Snow Sword Array!**
With a wave of his hand, Lin Yun summoned 128 swords—one Saint-level weapon and 127 Transcendent-level weapons.
The power of such a luxurious sword array was unimaginable!
**Whoosh!**
The 128 swords, infused with Lin Yun’s various techniques, shot forward like countless arrows aimed at the four men.
When Lin Yun had been killing demon beasts earlier, he had used the Flying Snow Sword Array but hadn’t employed his spiritual sense, Dao fusion, or Taixu Force. After all, using all those techniques at once would consume too much energy, and the demon beasts he had been fighting didn’t require such power to be easily defeated.
But against these four men, Lin Yun needed to unleash his full strength to dominate them!
**Clang! Clang! Clang!**
The two first-level Mahayana cultivators tried their best to block the attack, but they were sent flying in an instant.
Only the two second-level Mahayana cultivators remained.
“Dammit, how is this guy so strong?!” the two men roared in frustration.
From what they knew, Lin Yun hadn’t been able to defeat Hao Yuntian, a second-level Void Refining cultivator, in a one-on-one fight during the Mountain and Sea Realm. He had only won after summoning his pet!
**Flying Snow Sword Array!**
Lin Yun activated the sword array again, this time targeting the remaining two men.
Even though the two men tried to block the attack together, they only lasted a moment before being defeated.
“Return!”
**Whoosh!**
The 128 swords instantly flew back to Lin Yun.
Lin Yun’s gaze swept over the five men.
The injured five were pale with fear, their faces filled with terror, afraid that Lin Yun would kill them.
From the brief exchange, they already knew they were no match for Lin Yun!
“You have three breaths to leave this canyon. Otherwise, I’ll kill you all!”
Lin Yun’s cold voice echoed through the canyon.
“Run!”
“Let’s get out of here!”
The five men immediately fled in all directions, scattering like birds and beasts.
“Now, this place is my hunting ground,” Lin Yun said with a slight smile as he looked at the canyon.
Although he had wasted some time earlier, having the canyon to himself was still a good outcome.
Lin Yun quickly charged deeper into the canyon, slaughtering demon beasts and harvesting points!
The canyon had a large number of demon beasts, and their quality was decent. Lin Yun was confident that his points would increase rapidly.
…
Outside, at the Ten Thousand Flowers Banquet.
**Ten Thousand Flowers Leaderboard:**
1. Jiang Fengyu – 3,271 points
2. Li Shi – 2,988 points
3. Lu Ju – 2,816 points
4. Li Shi – 2,798 points
…
19. Gu Dong – 2,544 points
…
32. Jiang Cheng – 2,431 points
…
268. Mo Qing – 1,877 points
…
325. Lin Yun – 1,571 points
…
“What’s going on with him?” Jin Yaor stared at the leaderboard.
She had been hoping that Lin Yun would continue his rapid climb, but his points had suddenly stopped increasing.
In this situation, Jin Yaor couldn’t continue to defend Lin Yun.
Below.
“Haha, my son Gu Dong has reached 19th place. He’s doing well,” the Gu family patriarch said with a smile.
“Patriarch Gu, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” several people nearby praised.
Hearing this, the Gu family patriarch’s smile grew even wider.
“By the way, what about that Lin Yun from the Heavenly Sword Sect? Let me see where he is.”
The Gu family patriarch scanned the leaderboard and sneered, “Am I seeing this right? He’s not even in the top 100? Let me look further down. Tsk tsk, 300th place! It’s been almost half an hour since the competition started, and he’s still at this rank. It seems he has no hope of breaking into the top 100.”
The Soul Refining Sect’s patriarch was also in a good mood. His disciple, Gao Yuan, was performing well.
Achieving a good result in the Ten Thousand Flowers Competition was a symbol of their sect’s strength. If people saw how powerful the Soul Refining Sect was, it would naturally attract more talented disciples in the future.
The Heavenly Sword Sect’s patriarch, however, had his deep eyes locked on the leaderboard.
“After that initial surge, Lin Yun’s points have stopped. I wonder what’s happening inside.”
Since Lin Yun’s points had stagnated while others’ points continued to rise, he had now dropped to the 300s.
“Could something have happened to Lin Yun inside? There are many powerful people in there,” Elder Mei Gu said with some concern.
As soon as Elder Mei Gu finished speaking, Lin Yun’s points suddenly started increasing rapidly!
“Sect Master, Lin Yun’s points are rising quickly again!” Elder Mei Gu exclaimed in delight.
As his points rapidly increased, Lin Yun’s ranking began to climb.
300th, 200th…
Although the points of others on the leaderboard were also increasing, Lin Yun’s rate of growth was fierce!
“Huh? He’s rising quickly again?”
The Gu family patriarch, the Soul Refining Sect’s patriarch, and others who were paying attention to Lin Yun all had slight changes in their expressions.
This increase continued steadily over time.
Half an hour later.
**Lin Yun: 97th place.**
“Lin Yun has broken into the top 100!” Elder Mei Gu beamed with joy.
“That guy finally made it into the top 100,” the sect master also breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
The sect master’s goal was for Lin Yun to break into the top 100. That was enough.
“Sect Master, Lin Yun’s points are still rising! They haven’t stopped!” Elder Mei Gu said excitedly.
96th, 95th, 94th…
As time passed, Lin Yun’s ranking continued to climb steadily!
