“Quick, quick, defend!” the sect leaders of the renowned factions shouted in panic.
*Boom!*
With two earth-shattering blasts, a terrifying surge of energy erupted from the beads simultaneously, the entire sky instantly turned into a sea of fire, the heavens trembling violently once more.
The combined force of the two beads exploding was far fiercer than the previous blast.
That power tore through and collapsed the surrounding space, sending chills down the spines of onlookers, their scalps tingling with dread!
Under countless shocked gazes, three figures spat blood, tumbling out of the fiery inferno, crashing hard onto the ground below.
“It’s the Shadowless Sect Leader, the Juling Sect Leader, and the Shifang Sect Leader!”
Someone at the city gate cried out.
The crowd focused their eyes, indeed, it was these three sect leaders, they smashed into the ground beneath the ship, cratering it with three pits!
“Pfft! Pfft!”
Lying in the pits, they coughed up more crimson blood, their auras weakening, struggling to climb out, they hurriedly took out pills to swallow.
These three who’d been flung out were the weakest of the eleven sect leaders, unable to withstand the combined might of the two beads’ explosion.
After all, each bead was equivalent to a full-force strike from a third- or fourth-rank Tribulation Realm expert, and two had detonated at once.
“These three sect leaders seem badly hurt, Lin Yun… he actually injured so many Tribulation Realm powerhouses at once!”
The distant onlookers’ hearts raced with shock, so many Tribulation Realm experts had suffered at Lin Yun’s hands.
At the city gate, amid the throng of spectators, were the Gu family’s second young master Gu Dong, Gu Liuyue, the Soul Refining Sect’s Gao Yuan, Hao Yuntian, and disciples from the other renowned sects.
“Damn it, how could this happen!”
Gu Dong, Gao Yuan, and others with grudges against Lin Yun turned ashen at the sight.
They’d thought the Zhutian Alliance’s overwhelming numbers would make short work of the Heavenly Sword Sect!
Even their main concern had been Lin Yun’s beast companion, not his own strength, after all, no matter how strong he was, he shouldn’t threaten Tribulation Realm experts.
Yet Lin Yun possessed such terrifying means.
“If we’d faced him in the wild back then and he’d used this, we’d have been blasted to nothing!” Gu Dong shivered with belated fear.
In the battlefield.
“Senior Brother Lin Yun hurt them!” the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples watched the explosion, a mix of shock and joy on their faces.
The Gu family head, locked in combat with the Sect Leader, paused as the shockwave hit, both halting instinctively.
“Damn it, how does he have such things!” the Gu family head’s face darkened.
Lin Yun’s tactics had rattled even him.
The Sect Leader wasn’t surprised by Lin Yun’s means, he’d known about these assets, Lin Yun had once shared them with him, but his refusal to flee touched and worried him deeply!
He knew Lin Yun had only three beads in total.
Though they’d injured the enemy and dampened their morale, the foe wouldn’t stop here, what next?
As the energy dissipated, the sky quieted.
Looking at the explosion site, aside from the three sect leaders who’d crashed to the ground, the remaining seven still hovered in the air.
“Cough, cough!” several sect leaders hacked dryly, their faces pale.
Though they’d defended with all their might, they still bore varying degrees of injury.
Their appearances were a mess, far from the noble air of sect leaders they usually carried.
Who among them could’ve imagined Lin Yun had such trump cards?
Though he’d already blasted the Soul Refining Sect Leader, who’d have thought that after using one such rare treasure, he’d pull out two more!
Such reserves struck fear into them, how could a mere second-rank Mahayana cultivator possess these, and in such numbers!
It only reinforced their belief that eliminating Lin Yun now was wise, letting him grow would spell endless trouble!
“I told you, even if I die today, I won’t let you off easy!”
Lin Yun’s youthful face twisted with ferocity and madness, his icy voice echoing through the clouds, chilling the sect leaders’ hearts.
For a moment, these renowned sect leaders hesitated, wary of charging at Lin Yun rashly.
“Everyone, those artifact beads are incredibly rare, I don’t believe he has more! Let’s attack together, slay this prodigy!” the Soul Refining Sect Leader shouted.
“Agreed!” the sect leaders nodded, steadying their breaths, preparing to strike again.
The three who’d fallen, after quick healing with pills, rejoined the fray in the air.
“They’re about to attack again, I wonder if Senior Brother Lin Yun has more tricks,” the Heavenly Sword Sect disciples on the ship said, clinging to hope.
They could only pin their hopes on Lin Yun, there was no other way.
With Lin Yun’s track record of miracles, they prayed for another.
Seeing them ready to charge again, Lin Yun felt a deep helplessness.
Those three beads were his strongest trump cards and killing moves, now exhausted, if these sect leaders attacked again, what could he use against these Tribulation Realm powerhouses?
And this time, it wouldn’t be one, but all of them coming at once!
The strength gap was too vast!
“Even in death, I’ll tear a piece off you!” Lin Yun clenched his fists, his killing intent soaring.
He knew facing them head-on was like an ant shaking a tree, but his resolve wouldn’t waver.
“Stop!”
Just as the Soul Refining Sect Leader and the others prepared to attack, a resounding voice rang out.
The Soul Refining Sect Leader, Gu family head, and Zhutian Alliance turned to see an old man stepping through the air, hovering outside the spatial lockdown.
It was Lin Yun’s master, the Wanderer.
“It’s the Wanderer! He’s actually shown up!”
“They say he’s Lin Yun’s master, is he here to help Lin Yun?”
…
At the city gate, countless eyes fixed on the figure in the sky, murmurs of astonishment rippling through the crowd.
The Wanderer was a famed figure in the Xingwu Empire, at least in the secular world, renowned as the strongest in divine sense, his name and status lofty, a rare sight for most cultivators.
“Master…” Lin Yun froze, seeing the Wanderer appear.
When Lin Yun had apprenticed under him, the Wanderer had made it clear he wouldn’t meddle in his disciple’s personal grudges.
Yet now, he’d appeared on the battlefield, was he here to help?
