“Lin Yun, you’re at your limit, it’s over!”
The Gu family’s Third Elder swung his warblade, whipping up a fierce wind, slashing again at the reeling Lin Yun, his intent clear—to take his life!
“Lin Yun!”
The Wanderer, the Sect Leader, and the others saw Lin Yun on the brink of death, their eyes turning bloodshot.
Lin Yun watched the Third Elder’s attack surge towards him again, a deep helplessness welling in his chest.
In his current state, he clearly had no strength left to resist.
Was his journey through life to end like this?
“I’m so unwilling,” Lin Yun murmured hoarsely.
He still harboured grand dreams, but all would vanish with his demise.
Unwilling as he was, what could he do? It was all beyond his control now, even exhausting every trick he had couldn’t change it.
*Whoosh!*
Just then, a figure darted to a spot five or six metres in front of Lin Yun.
Lin Yun focused his eyes—it was Mo Qing.
She meant to shield him with her own body against this attack!
Mo Qing turned to Lin Yun, offering a poignant, beautiful smile.
“Lin Yun, your Senior Sister can’t wait for you to keep your promise, if I die, I’ve only one wish—that you live on, go now, don’t… don’t let my death be in vain.”
“No!!!”
Lin Yun’s bloodshot eyes bulged, a guttural roar tearing from his throat, tears streaming down his face.
Under the gaze of the entire crowd, the Third Elder’s ferocious strike sliced through the air, bearing down on Mo Qing standing in its path!
*Boom!*
Just as the attack was about to hit her, a massive spatial rift suddenly opened before Mo Qing.
A powerful beam of light shot out, crashing into the Third Elder’s warblade.
“Pfft!”
The Third Elder spat blood, his body flung back like a broken kite, smashing into the ground, blood still gushing from his mouth, his aura fading fast.
“What’s happening?!”
Everyone stared at the rift in utter shock, stunned by the sudden turn of events.
Even the Gu family head and the Zhutian Alliance sect leaders, fighting nearby, looked on in disbelief.
Though engaged in combat, they’d kept an eye on Lin Yun’s situation—their primary goal was to kill him, after all!
Atop the city wall.
“That aura… an Immortal!” Master Hong gaped at the rift in the sky.
Under countless watching eyes, a man with an overwhelmingly fearsome presence stepped out of the spatial rift.
Clad in a black robe, he strode through the void, exuding an aura that dominated the heavens.
“An Immortal! An Immortal!”
The crowd erupted in exclamations.
“No, that’s just an energy construct of an Immortal,” someone clarified.
On closer inspection, it wasn’t the true body descending, merely a form made of condensed energy.
Even so, it was an Immortal—a being transcending life and death!
“Who’s that…”
Lin Yun stared at this Immortal, completely unfamiliar with him.
“Damn it, what’s going on!”
The Gu family head and the others paled as an Immortal intervened.
How had another Immortal gotten involved?
“Mo Qing is a disciple I favour, whoever dares touch her will be killed without mercy!”
The black-robed Immortal’s deep, resonant voice carried a terrifying pressure, quelling the entire scene.
With a wave of his hand, he pulled Mo Qing aside.
Atop the city wall.
“That’s… an Immortal from the Shadow Hall!” Master Hong said, shocked.
“An Immortal from the Shadow Hall dares set foot in my Xingwu Empire? Quite bold,” the Imperial Guard Commander said coldly.
“So it’s just an energy clone, his true body wouldn’t dare come, even if this clone’s destroyed, it’s no great loss to him,” Master Hong said, gazing skyward.
In the sky.
“Senior, as long as you don’t interfere, we absolutely won’t harm Mo Qing, she’s not our main target,” the Gu family head said with a forced smile.
Mo Qing, however, turned urgently to the Immortal.
“Master Guan, please save my friends! If you can save them, I’ll give up my freedom and formally join the Shadow Hall!” she pleaded.
“My disciple, you’re finally willing, but I can’t meddle in this affair lightly, there are rules and matters you don’t understand, stepping in to protect you was already a risk, after all, you’re the perfect vessel for the Shadow Hall’s supreme techniques,” the black-robed Immortal said.
“Master Guan, if you don’t save them, I’ll stand with Lin Yun today, to live or die together!” Mo Qing’s tone was resolute.
With that, she moved to rush back into the fray.
“What a lovesick disciple.”
The black-robed Immortal shook his head, waving a hand, an invisible force enveloped Mo Qing, pinning her in place.
“Master Guan, let me go! If anything happens to Lin Yun today, I’ll never join the Shadow Hall, I’ll hate you forever!” Mo Qing cried, sobbing.
“Silly disciple, do you really think rushing in could stop them from killing that Lin Yun? If I hadn’t appeared just now, they’d have killed you, then gone for him, your death would’ve been nothing but a tragic lovers’ end with him, what else would it achieve?” the black-robed Immortal shook his head.
Seeing this, Lin Yun let out a faint breath of relief.
“So this was Senior Sister Mo Qing’s opportunity, no wonder her strength surged so much after this training,” Lin Yun said with a knowing smile.
The situation was still dire, but at least one thing was certain—Mo Qing’s safety was no longer a concern.
This unexpected twist made the Gu family head inwardly curse, they couldn’t afford more delays, lest further complications arise.
Of course, he wasn’t worried about Lin Yun escaping, you could run from the monk but not the temple, the Heavenly Sword Sect’s base couldn’t flee, he’d already sent the First and Second Elders, along with elders and disciples from the Zhutian Alliance sects, to surround it, they’d likely already done so.
Though the sect had a defensive array and elders guarding it, they’d be hopelessly outnumbered.
For now, they were just encircling it to prevent escapes, waiting for the outcome here, then they’d storm the sect, slaughtering and dividing its wealth—a plan the Zhutian Alliance had set before the battle.
“Brother Hui Jue, time to show yourself!” the Gu family head roared.
