After the Metal Great Bear appeared, it smashed toward the oncoming Tianqiong Great Elder, shattering his attack with a single punch.
“Damn it, you… how do you have such a powerful metal creature!”
The Tianqiong Great Elder’s face was filled with shock as he was sent flying backward, unable to control his momentum.
The Metal Great Bear swiftly pursued, continuing its assault on the Great Elder.
Lin Yun quickly turned to face the other elders.
“Your turn!”
With a ferocious grin, Lin Yun attacked them.
Facing them alone, Lin Yun found it much easier.
The Tianqiong Second Elder and the others paled as Lin Yun’s attack came, but with no time to dodge, they had to defend!
With the Metal Great Bear’s appearance, the battle’s tide turned instantly!
“So strong… such a powerful metal creature…”
The Tianqiong Clan members below were dumbfounded.
“Pfft!”
The Tianqiong Great Elder, after enduring several of the Metal Great Bear’s attacks, couldn’t hold out. He spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying uncontrollably.
The Metal Great Bear continued charging at him!
“Activate the grand formation!” the Great Elder roared.
Buzz!
Four stone pillars at the corners of the Tianqiong Clan’s plaza lit up with four beams of light, shooting skyward!
The retreating Great Elder pushed his speed to the limit, landing before a stone pillar in the plaza’s centre.
The Metal Great Bear charged after him.
“Tianqiong Grand Formation, Annihilate the Firmament!”
The Great Elder bellowed, and a beam of light burst from the pillar, shooting toward the Metal Great Bear.
The beam surged like a rainbow, slamming into the diving Metal Great Bear.
Boom!
Under the powerful beam’s impact, even the Metal Great Bear was forced back, the formation’s strength clearly formidable.
But the Metal Great Bear soon lunged again.
“All Tianqiong Clan members above the Void Cave Realm, form the formation now!” the Great Elder shouted.
“Yes, yes, yes!”
All Tianqiong Clan cultivators above the Void Cave Realm leapt onto the plaza, sitting cross-legged and frantically channelling their inner force to empower the formation.
Who among the Tianqiong Clan could have imagined that a single Nine Revolutions Tribulation Realm intruder would force them to activate their grand formation!
Boom! Boom!
The Tianqiong Clan’s formation unleashed terrifying attacks, even more powerful than before.
In the sky.
Lin Yun had already beaten the Tianqiong Second Elder and the other four Tribulation Realm elders to the point of spitting blood and retreating. Without the Great Elder leading, they were no match for Lin Yun in his frenzied state.
But Lin Yun wasn’t pleased.
“Damn it!” Seeing the formation activate below, his expression changed.
God-Slaying Technique!
Boom!
A powerful wave of divine sense erupted from Lin Yun’s sea of consciousness, sweeping toward the plaza below.
“You think I don’t have such techniques?”
The Great Elder’s divine sense instantly surged, countering the God-Slaying Technique.
“Second Elder, all of you, get down here! Use the formation against him!” the Great Elder roared.
“Yes!”
The Tianqiong Second Elder, Fourth Elder, and the others, beaten back by Lin Yun, descended to the four pillars at the plaza’s corners.
“Tianqiong Grand Formation, Annihilate the Firmament!”
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The four pillars simultaneously fired beams of light, blasting toward Lin Yun and the Metal Great Bear.
“Come on!”
Facing the swiftly approaching beams, Lin Yun’s sword glowed as he met them head-on.
Bang!
Lin Yun’s attack collided with the beams, tearing the surrounding space apart. The terrifying shockwaves shook the mountains!
As the beams’ immense power poured forth, Lin Yun’s face paled, and he was forced back in the air, his insides churning.
“Damn it! This formation’s attack is strong!” Lin Yun’s face was ashen.
He was alone, or with the Metal Great Bear, just two. The enemy had numbers and a formation, and this was their stronghold.
Fortunately, Lin Yun’s late-stage Myriad Forms Body was robust, or the formation’s attacks could have been lethal.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The formation’s beams kept firing, emitting piercing whistles as they roared through the sky, slamming into Lin Yun and the Metal Great Bear.
“Boy, how will you hold out now? Leave, or face the consequences!” the Great Elder’s booming voice echoed through the clouds.
Though deeply unwilling, Lin Yun struggled to withstand the relentless formation attacks.
“Pfft!”
After blocking several more formation attacks, Lin Yun’s blood surged, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
“Master, retreat for now. Continuing this fight won’t save anyone. This is the Tianqiong Clan’s stronghold—they have the formation and numbers. Fall back and plan,” Xiao Bai transmitted.
Though reluctant, Lin Yun knew Xiao Bai was right.
“When I return, it will be the day the Tianqiong Clan pays the price!”
Lin Yun’s voice thundered like lightning.
Leaving those words, he and the Metal Great Bear turned into a streak of light, retreating from the Tianqiong Clan.
“He’s fleeing! That guy’s fleeing!”
“Haha, we won! He actually thought he could shake our Tianqiong Clan, and now he’s running away in disgrace?”
The entire Tianqiong Clan erupted in victorious cheers.
“Great Elder, he’s injured. Should we pursue?” the Second Elder asked urgently.
The Great Elder shook his head. “Driving him off is enough.”
Pursuing would be difficult, and given Lin Yun’s background, they didn’t dare kill him.
“This guy’s strength is terrifying. Back at the Great Kun Ruins, he wasn’t this strong. In just over two years, he… he’s grown to this level!” the Fourth Elder exclaimed in awe.
“Indeed, his strength far exceeded my expectations,” the Great Elder said, equally astonished.
He had initially thought the Second Elder alone could drive Lin Yun off. He never imagined he’d have to step in himself, and even then, they needed the formation to repel him.
“But there’s no need to worry. Though he caused a stir, he’s far from breaking our Tianqiong Clan. We underestimated him at first, but he won’t dare return,” the Great Elder said slowly.
“This guy’s too arrogant, thinking he could shake our Tianqiong Clan? Laughable!” the Second Elder sneered.
…
Meanwhile.
After retreating from the Tianqiong Clan, Lin Yun turned to gaze at it from afar.
“Yu Ying, wait for me!” Lin Yun clenched his fists.
Of course, he wouldn’t give up.
“Master, what now? The Tianqiong Clan has immortals, and they didn’t even show up just now, yet we couldn’t handle them,” Xiao Bai transmitted.
“This time, I’ll use all my resources, connections, and influence, no matter the cost, to bring down the Tianqiong Clan and find Ying’er!” Lin Yun stared at the distant Tianqiong Clan, his tone resolute.
The Tianqiong Clan relied on their numbers, did they?
Lin Yun wasn’t without influence or allies!
For the sake of his beloved, he’d spare no expense.
“Tianqiong Clan, wait for me. I’ll return soon, and your entire clan will tremble!”
Leaving those words, Lin Yun summoned his flying boat and sped back!
He was going to organise a battle to shake the heavens!
