Before the Bai Family Fortress’s main hall.
Bai Lu saw Lin Yun off.
“Big Brother, I’ll train hard!” Bai Lu said earnestly.
“Good, keep it up! If you need anything, come find me. I’ve got business in the prefecture city, so I’ll head off.”
Lin Yun summoned his flying vessel and boarded it.
The vessel launched, speeding toward the prefecture city.
Huo Zhen and the others should have everything ready.
Tomorrow, Lin Yun would return to the Star Martial Empire.
Bai Lu watched the vessel vanish into the horizon.
“Bai Lu, he’s gone—stop daydreaming,” Bai Yongzhi said, approaching from behind.
“Uncle,” Bai Lu snapped back to reality.
“I know, ever since we adventured with him, you’ve had a soft spot for Lord Lin, haven’t you?” Bai Yongzhi said.
“Uncle, don’t… don’t talk nonsense,” Bai Lu blushed.
“He’s an exceptional man—it’s only natural he’d capture hearts. But he’s too brilliant, like the sun in the sky, dazzling and out of reach for you,” Bai Yongzhi said, gazing into the distance.
…
Meanwhile.
Lin Yun’s vessel streaked through the night sky.
About two hours after leaving the Bai family.
Boom!
An unusual spatial lockdown fluctuation enveloped the surroundings.
“Hm?”
Lin Yun, cultivating aboard, snapped his eyes open.
A spatial lockdown… the demonic clan again? His first thought.
He rushed from the cabin to the deck.
“Lin Yun, die!”
As he appeared, two demonic beasts roared, lunging at him.
“The demonic clan, as expected!”
Lin Yun glanced—one was a massive black spider beast, its body armored with a thorax and backplate, eight segmented legs each three meters long, a bulbous abdomen, and a venom sac, chilling to behold.
The other was a Golden-Scaled Demon Peacock.
“Their auras are strong!” Sensing them, Lin Yun’s eyes grew solemn.
Zzzzt!
The spider spat silk, weaving a vast web that instantly enveloped Lin Yun.
“Damn!”
Lin Yun’s face changed. He unleashed his full strength but couldn’t break free.
“Die!”
The beasts charged with ferocious attacks.
“Sky-Shaking Hand!”
Lin Yun pushed his power to the limit, twisting his wrist to unleash Sky-Shaking Hand, tearing the web apart.
As it broke, the beasts’ attacks arrived.
“Hm? He broke my web?” The black spider was stunned—its signature move, inescapable even for Seventh or Eighth Transcending Tribulation Realm cultivators.
“So what if he broke it? He’s still dead!”
Boom!
The spider’s eight legs slashed at Lin Yun, while the peacock’s claws smashed down.
Their attacks struck, but to their shock, their sharp claws couldn’t pierce Lin Yun’s skin!
The immense force sent him flying hundreds of meters before he stabilized.
“Good thing I have the Frost Heart’s defense. Without it, my own defenses couldn’t withstand such power!” Lin Yun glanced at his chest—his robes were shredded, but only red marks remained.
The Frost Heart, combined with the thirteenth layer of Taixu Body Refinement, gave him terrifying defense.
The Frost Heart alone wouldn’t suffice without his own robust defense.
“How is this possible?”
The beasts were stunned.
They’d expected to kill him in one strike, yet the spider’s web was broken, and their claws couldn’t penetrate his body?
This defied all their expectations!
“No time to play with you!”
Lin Yun produced a Space-Breaking Pearl and activated it.
Buzz!
The surrounding space shattered.
“Trying to escape? Dream on!”
The spider spat silk again, a massive web spreading in all directions, sealing the space and blocking Lin Yun’s teleportation artifact.
“No escape? Fine—let’s fight!”
Lin Yun drew his Purple Qiong Sword, unleashing his Fifth Transcending Tribulation Realm aura without restraint.
“Fifth Transcending Tribulation Realm? Wasn’t he Third? How’s he Fifth?” The spider was shocked.
“Fifth or not, he’s no match for us,” the peacock scoffed.
“Kill!”
The beasts charged again.
Lin Yun swiftly equipped a Holy Spirit-grade domain artifact on his back.
Boom!
A domain fluctuation spread, slowing the enemies while boosting his own speed.
In the Eternal’s cave, besides the Profundity Coffin, Lin Yun had acquired many Holy Spirit-grade artifacts and weapons, including several domain artifacts.
These didn’t directly enhance attack or defense but offered tactical advantages. In a two-on-one fight, the domain artifact helped, though its effect dwindled if the power gap was too vast.
Rip!
The beasts’ attacks tore through the void, their terrifying force striking instantly.
Lin Yun twisted, dodging the spider’s strike, but the peacock’s attack came from another angle. Surging inner strength, Lin Yun unleashed all his techniques, his sword clashing head-on with the peacock’s claw.
Boom!
The collision shook and collapsed space.
As it landed, the spider pivoted, its eight spiked legs sweeping toward Lin Yun.
Lin Yun moved explosively, his sword slashing a massive arc.
…
Lin Yun and the two beasts clashed fiercely, the shockwaves immense.
Beyond Sky-Shaking Hand, Lin Yun used every technique.
Through the fight, he sensed their strength—equivalent to human Ninth Transcending Tribulation Realm.
One such beast, he could handle with confidence. But two together posed a real challenge.
Beasts of this caliber were often tougher than human cultivators of the same level, with formidable defenses and eerie techniques!
