On the other flank, torrents of demonic qi erupted from the demonic frog’s body. He seemed to transform into a fiend straight from hell. Terrifying demonic qi surged in all directions.
His right fist punched forward. Peerless demonic power exploded, like a rolling black river charging ahead. Wherever it passed, space turned pitch black. The surroundings grew dim.
On the other side, Huo Ruyan’s long hair danced wildly. Blood qi soared to the heavens. She became like a bloodthirsty demon craving the world’s slaughter. Her body glowed crimson, her eyes icy cold.
She was calm to the extreme, yet brimming with endless killing intent, as though billions of lives would perish by her hand.
The entire heaven and earth turned red. Thick, bloody scent filled the air. Extreme pressure instantly enveloped hundreds of li. Heaven and earth seemed to tremble.
The power unleashed by a Martial Saint blood demon body was truly horrifying. The instant her delicate jade hand slapped forward, heaven and earth shook. Void shattered.
From this side, darkness, blood hues, white light, and various phenomena filled half the sky, charging towards the front. Waves of power carried incomparable pressure, bombarding the four Ji family Martial Saints.
Boom! Unparalleled mighty aura erupted from Ji Tian. His fist punched ahead. Dazzling radiance bloomed before it. Peerless fist light rolled like a vast river, surging forward. Void trembled. Unmatched pressure instantly covered hundreds of li.
To Ji Tian’s left and right, Ji Zhen, the eastern elder, and the southern elder all struck. The three wielded swords in unison, unleashing the Ji Water Style from the start.
Their positions seemed the sources of flowing water. Peerless sword light emerged, not bright or dazzling.
Instead, it flowed like streams, surging horizontally. Power immense to the extreme.
Four Martial Saints from both sides clashed directly. An event unseen for many years.
In an instant, their powers collided.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
At the moment of impact, earth-shaking roars resounded. Void quaked. A mass of light brighter than ten suns burst forth, instantly illuminating thousands of li. Overturning oceans of energy erupted, carrying vast fluctuations. Most surged forward.
Only minor ripples struck Lin Xiao’s side.
The four on Lin Xiao’s side were merely pushed back dozens of li, unharmed.
The four Ji family members ahead were engulfed by the sea-like energy.
It flooded three to four hundred li. None knew how far the four were flung.
The ground shook from the energy waves, as though a massive earthquake had struck.
In that instant, even Lin Xiao was stunned. He had never imagined the power from Huo Ruyan and Qing Yan would be this immense.
Especially Huo Ruyan. Her combat strength could nearly rival Ji Tian’s third-level Martial Saint burst.
The blood demon body’s might was this terrifying. Even at Martial Saint realm, it could cross two or three sub-realms in battle.
Far too domineering. Demonic Frog Qing Yan also possessed cross-realm strength, at least second-level Martial Saint.
Long Tutian’s strength was no less than Huo Ruyan’s.
Lin Xiao was not as surprised by him.
Back then, Long Tutian alone had repelled Ji Zhen and two first-level Martial Saints.
Thus his great confidence against the Ji family.
Long Tutian alone against Ji Zhen and two. The three plus the skeleton against the patriarch.
Or pair with one against the patriarch, one holding Ji Zhen, one and skeleton against a first-level.
Or all together. They had rehearsed various tactics, able to hold, even dominate.
After all, Lin Xiao could defeat a first-level Martial Saint. Once one fell, the others would soon follow.
Previously uncertain of Long Tutian’s level.
Now certain: third-level Martial Saint.
Long Tutian alone could match the patriarch.
Huo Ruyan and Qing Yan at this level meant two third-level, one second-level, plus Lin Xiao who could beat first-level.
Against one third, one second, two first.
Absolute domination.
Lin Xiao had never imagined their side so fearsome.
Long Tutian, Huo Ruyan, and Qing Yan were mutually shocked.
Long Tutian at Huo Ruyan and Qing Yan, especially Huo Ruyan.
Huo Ruyan at Long Tutian, far beyond her expectations.
Actually, Huo Ruyan was shocked at herself too. This was her first true fight since reaching Martial Saint.
Qing Yan had seen her before, so less surprised.
Qing Yan shocked at Long Tutian and Huo Ruyan.
Stronger than him, by much. Humans truly fearsome. No wonder even his parents dreaded them so.
Swept back by the skeleton, then impacted by the four’s clash, Zi Ling and Ling Hu were dumbfounded too. Never imagined Lin Xiao’s helpers so terrifying.
Of course, they suffered no major injury.
The skeleton had retreated swiftly. Lin Xiao’s four absorbed most ripples. Their bodies struck the skeleton.
Its arms cushioned much of the impact.
They could endure it, though not many more times.
Soon, the skeleton carried them away, vanishing from Ji territory.
Above the dungeon, energy dispersed. Before Lin Xiao’s four, three to four hundred li of Ji land reduced to ruins.
The entire Ji compound flattened.
In the void, the two first-level Ji Martial Saints stood three hundred li away, clear blood at their mouths.
The grand elder two hundred li out, pale but no blood.
Ji Tian one hundred li away, expression grave but otherwise unchanged, merely calmer.
“It seems the Martial Saints of hegemonic powers are merely this.”
Qing Yan sighed at the four ahead.
Though Long Tutian and Huo Ruyan were powerful, they had special physiques and bloodlines.
Ordinary Ji Martial Saints were not so strong.
At most, Ji Tian was somewhat impressive.
But as a third-level Martial Saint, not enough to earn his admiration.
The eastern and southern elders, plus Ji Zhen, were filled with shock at the four’s power.
They had never imagined the highest among them was mere first-level.
Yet in combat strength, they crushed them, patriarch included.
“Unexpected. Your combat strength is this powerful.”
Ji Tian stared at the four, voice icy.
He probed his storage ring and drew a three-to-four-zhang cauldron.
This cauldron was the Ji family’s treasure, the Rivers and Mountains State Cauldron.
Back then, even Long Tutian, who repelled three Martial Saints, had been trapped and gravely wounded by Ji Zhen wielding it.
This was what Lin Xiao feared most.
