“Lin Yun!”
Mo Qing watched the battlefield, her trembling hands clenched tight, crimson blood dripping through her fingers…
She desperately wanted to rush in, to stand with Lin Yun against the onslaught, even if it meant her own destruction!
At the battlefield.
“Du Yuanzi, hurry! Break the array!” the Wanderer, seeing the group about to strike together, grew anxious.
“Wanderer, this spatial lockdown’s array is high-level, it’ll take a bit more time to dismantle!” Du Yuanzi said, sweating profusely.
Inside the battlefield.
“Go!”
Eleven giant palm shadows, conjured by Tribulation Realm powerhouses, surged with staggering might, all bearing down on Lin Yun and the ship!
“Senior Brother Lin Yun!”
Zhi Jin and the others shouted in unison, knowing Lin Yun couldn’t possibly block this.
Lin Yun closed his eyes, then snapped them open, the eleven attacks growing massive in his pupils at an alarming rate.
“Even if I die, it’ll be in battle! Then I’ll have no regrets!”
With those words, Lin Yun frantically channelled his inner strength, drawing his sword.
Even if it was a futile gesture, he’d face it without hesitation!
Just as he prepared to swing, the surrounding spatial lockdown shattered, Du Yuanzi and the Wanderer rushed to his front.
“Suppress them!”
The Wanderer’s fearsome divine sense coalesced midair, forming a roaring tiger that charged at the eleven palm shadows!
“Mountain Prison Array!”
Du Yuanzi acted swiftly, array runes flickered into being, transforming into beams of light that shot out at blinding speed!
*Boom! Boom!*
With earth-shaking roars, the eleven sect leaders’ attacks clashed head-on with the Wanderer and Du Yuanzi’s combined counterstrike.
The heavens trembled again, fierce winds howled, the sky darkened.
The enemy’s assault was barely held back by their joint effort.
“Master, Senior Du Yuanzi…”
Lin Yun’s expression was complex, his heart moved, they’d risked clashing with the Zhutian Alliance’s many factions to help him.
“Lin Yun, you’re not just my prized disciple, you’re a genius of humanity, today, I’ll aid you!” the Wanderer turned to him.
“Master, I don’t want you and Senior Du Yuanzi dragged into this fight, it’ll bring you no small trouble later,” Lin Yun said, guilt-ridden.
“Haha, I’ve lived long enough, what’s there to fear?” the Wanderer laughed heartily.
At that moment, Mo Qing flew in from the distance.
Du Yuanzi’s array-breaking had needed more time, but Mo Qing had rushed over, using the Void-Breaking Pearl Lin Yun gave her to shatter the lockdown, allowing Du Yuanzi and the Wanderer to enter.
“Lin Yun!” Mo Qing reached him, her beautiful eyes brimming with concern.
She knew how much Lin Yun had shouldered, how heavy his burdens were!
“Senior Sister Mo Qing, why are you here? Get out of here, quick!” Lin Yun urged frantically.
He knew how dangerous this place was, if she’d stayed away, she could’ve escaped!
“I’m sorry, Lin Yun, this time I can’t listen to you, I’ll bear today’s ordeal with you!” Mo Qing gazed at him, determination flashing in her eyes.
Lin Yun knew her stubborn nature, once she’d decided, no words would sway her.
He reached out, gently brushing her cheek, “Senior Sister, if I survive this, I’d like to become your dao companion!”
Mo Qing’s face lit up with a smile, tears that had welled in her eyes finally spilled down her cheeks.
“Even if I die, those words make it worth it!” she said, her smile radiant.
On the other side.
“Damn it! They actually blocked our attack!” the Soul Refining Sect Leader’s face darkened.
The other ten sect leaders, seeing the Wanderer and Du Yuanzi thwart their combined strike, looked equally grim.
The Wanderer glared at them, reprimanding sharply, “Sect leaders, you’re all elders, Tribulation Realm powerhouses, yet a dozen of you gang up on a junior, aren’t you ashamed?”
The Soul Refining Sect Leader and the others grew even more sullen.
“Wanderer, Du Yuanzi, I’ve always respected you both, your mastery in your fields is profound, but if you insist on interfering, don’t blame us for turning against you!” the Soul Refining Sect Leader snapped.
Their last attack, though stopped by the pair, had been a casual effort, they hadn’t gone all out, if it came to a real fight, they weren’t afraid.
“Everyone, together!” the Soul Refining Sect Leader growled, drawing his weapon.
The other ten sect leaders followed suit, brandishing their weapons, they charged at the Wanderer and Du Yuanzi, their numbers giving them confidence.
The Wanderer unleashed waves of divine sense, pressing down on them, disrupting their minds and suppressing their strength, Du Yuanzi quickly set up an offensive array.
The battle erupted in the sky!
*Boom! Boom!*
Terrifying combat fluctuations and divine sense waves exploded overhead, the entire space trembling, the clash resounding massively!
The Wanderer, with his high divine sense mastery, and Du Yuanzi, with his array expertise, bogged down the Soul Refining Sect Leader and the others like a quagmire, briefly overpowering them, though the Wanderer’s realm wasn’t exceptional, his potent divine sense significantly hampered them.
This was why many Tribulation Realm cultivators avoided crossing him.
The Gu family head also clashed fiercely with the Heavenly Sword Sect Leader in the air.
Though a rank higher, the Gu family head struggled, the Sect Leader wielded powerful resources and Saint Spirit-grade artifacts from Lin Yun, keeping the fight even.
“Good heavens, it’s really kicked off! A clash of Xingwu Empire’s famed figures, what a rare sight!”
“This battle’s getting livelier by the minute! So many major factions and big shots in chaos!”
The distant crowd exclaimed in awe.
This was a battle destined for the Xingwu Empire’s history books, witnessing it firsthand was an honour.
They knew this clash of Tribulation Realm titans all stemmed from Lin Yun.
But they didn’t yet realise that the current chaos, compared to what was coming—the figures and forces it would soon involve—was nothing.
They didn’t know this storm was only just beginning…
More cultivators and factions poured out of the city to watch, including no shortage of major powers and prominent figures.
