“No, Sect Leader! If I leave, what happens to you? With their strength, you’ll all die!” Lin Yun replied via mental transmission.
“Lin Yun, everyone dies eventually, it’s just a matter of when, as long as you live, the Heavenly Sword Sect isn’t finished, as long as you’re alive, you can revive the sect! You can take revenge!” the Sect Leader’s tone was resolute.
“Sect Leader, I’m part of the Heavenly Sword Sect, if the sect can’t escape this calamity today, I’ll stand or fall with it!” Lin Yun’s voice was equally firm.
Back on Earth, the death of the Holy Temple’s leader had long been a pain in Lin Yun’s heart.
Today, he couldn’t let history repeat itself!
“Lin Yun, I’m ordering you as Sect Leader! You must survive! As a disciple of the Heavenly Sword Sect, you must obey my command!” the Sect Leader’s tone brooked no argument.
In midair.
“Everyone, strike!” the Gu family head’s voice boomed.
With those words, he raised his palm, unleashing a crushing strike towards the Heavenly Sword Sect’s ship, a terrifying surge of energy poured from his hand, forming a beam of light that shot straight at the vessel!
Where the beam passed, space warped and collapsed, the air exploding in its wake!
“What a terrifying attack!”
Zhi Jin and the other disciples on the deck looked up at the beam, their faces filled with horror.
Even a third-rank Mahayana cultivator would be reduced to ashes in an instant if hit by this beam!
“Lin Yun, remember my orders!”
Leaving those words, the Sect Leader leapt from the ship, his hand slashing through the air, countless flying swords surged forth, forming a massive sword array to meet the beam head-on!
Only the Sect Leader here could counter the Gu family head’s attack.
*Boom!*
The giant vortex of the sword array slammed into the beam, the collision shaking the heavens, a fearsome shockwave rippling outward!
The beam from the Gu family head dissipated under the sword array’s onslaught.
The tremor was felt even in Xingwu City!
“Hmm? Fourth-rank Tribulation Realm? He’s broken through to fourth-rank?” the Gu family head said, surprised.
He clearly remembered that during the last assault on the Heavenly Sword Sect, the Sect Leader was only second-rank Tribulation Realm, back then, he’d completely dominated him, the Sect Leader had fought desperately but was on the verge of defeat, if not for a sudden shift in circumstances, a few more moments would’ve ensured his total victory, no question.
In such a short time, the Sect Leader had jumped two ranks?
“After producing a freak like Lin Yun, even the Heavenly Sword Sect Leader’s realm has risen this fast?” the other eleven sect leaders in the air were equally stunned.
“Hmph, fourth-rank Tribulation Realm or not, today’s still a dead end! Die!”
The Gu family head dove straight down, charging at the Sect Leader.
“You lot collude in disgrace, even if I die today, I’ll make sure you pay!” the Sect Leader roared, flipping his hand to reveal a Saint Spirit-grade domain artifact, a gift from Lin Yun.
The battle between the Sect Leader and the Gu family head erupted instantly.
Outside the city, the onlookers grew in number.
“Don’t fight me for this, Lin Yun’s mine to kill!” the Soul Refining Sect Leader said, his killing intent surging.
His sect had suffered multiple setbacks at Lin Yun’s hands, even losing disciples to him, naturally, he wanted to personally end Lin Yun.
With that, he dove towards the ship, energy swirling in his hand, unleashing a suppressing palm strike aimed straight at Lin Yun!
*Boom!*
As he descended, the energy in his palm formed a massive phantom hand, its might awe-inspiring!
At the city gate.
A huge crowd of cultivators had gathered, all fixated on the battlefield.
Even more cultivators and factions, upon hearing the news, rushed to the scene, swelling the numbers.
Master Hong of Xiaoyao Tower, upon receiving word, hurried over, standing atop the city wall, observing from afar.
“They’ve actually started fighting, eleven renowned sects and the Gu family ganging up, they’re ruthless!” Master Hong’s face darkened.
As Lin Yun’s friend, he didn’t want to see him face such a disaster.
But per Xiaoyao Tower’s rules, he couldn’t easily intervene.
“Look, the Soul Refining Sect Leader’s making a move on Lin Yun!”
“He’s fifth-rank Tribulation Realm, one strike from him, and everyone on that deck—Elder Zhang, the disciples, even Lin Yun—will be reduced to nothing.”
“Such a pity for a genius like Lin Yun, I thought he’d achieve great things, who’d have guessed he’d fall like this.”
…
The crowd below watched intently, murmuring and sighing.
“Sect Leader… Lin Yun…”
Mo Qing, standing among them, stared at the battlefield, biting her lip, her fists clenched tight, arms trembling, tears welling in her eyes.
She desperately wanted to stop this, but she… was powerless…
“Look! Lin Yun’s charging up!”
“He… is he planning to take on the Soul Refining Sect Leader head-on? That’s impossible! He’s rushing to his death!”
Shocked cries rose from the crowd.
Though they’d seen Lin Yun’s prowess in the Wanhua Tournament, no matter how strong he was, against a Tribulation Realm powerhouse, the gap was astronomical!
On the battlefield.
“Good heavens, what a powerful attack!”
“What… what do we do!?”
The dozen or so Heavenly Sword Sect disciples on the ship stared at the descending palm, gripped by terror, even Elder Mei showed deep helplessness.
They stood frozen, bracing for death!
The Soul Refining Sect Leader’s strike could wipe them all out in an instant.
No one among them could resist, the only one who could, the Sect Leader, was tied up with the Gu family head, unable to come to their aid.
“Lin Yun, break the space, go!” the Sect Leader roared through a mental transmission.
Yet Lin Yun showed no sign of fleeing.
At that moment, his eyes burned red, fists clenched so hard they cracked, his ferocious face ablaze with boundless rage!
“Want to kill us? It won’t be that easy!”
With a thunderous roar, Lin Yun leapt from the ship’s deck.
At the same time, he flipped his hand, pulling out a purple bead, infusing it with inner strength to activate it, then hurling it forward!
This was the Thunder God Bead, one of the many Saint Spirit-grade artifacts Lin Yun had obtained from that Immortal’s cave, though it was single-use, its power was staggering!
