“Roar!”
In the instant he charged towards Ming Luo, Lin Xiao held his sword with both hands, his momentum soaring to the heavens. A brilliant glow bloomed from outside his dantian, and a blood-red divine dragon phantom materialised in the air, its terrifying pressure surging forth.
At the same time, violent martial intent flooded out from his body, and the Yaoguang Sword Art was activated. Sixth-grade mid-level spiritual power was infused into the Yaoguang Broken Sword.
Clearly, Lin Xiao had unleashed his strongest attack.
Moreover, it was a close-range strike, with one heavy sword slash aimed at Ming Luo.
Ming Luo was greatly shocked and mobilised all his lifelong power.
However, he suddenly felt as if something had drained the power from his body, causing his strength to plummet dramatically.
“No!!!”
Ming Luo let out a panicked roar, and with weakened power, he blocked with a sword towards Lin Xiao. Only a loud metallic clang was heard, “Clang!” Ming Luo spat out a large mouthful of blood, and the sword in his hand was jolted, its other edge slashing into his own chest.
Pfft!
Blood spurted out, and Ming Luo’s entire body was instantly cleaved into two segments, upper and lower halves separated, flung far away.
Moli, who had just rushed over, swung his blade at empty air.
In that instant, even Lin Xiao was stunned. He knew that killing a second-layer Martial Emperor was extremely difficult; even unleashing his full power, it would likely take several heavy blows to have a chance.
Who would have expected the opponent’s blocking power to be so weak?
“Could it be that the drug’s effect has greatly diminished?” Lin Xiao immediately associated it with this reason. Only in this situation would Ming Luo’s strength drop so sharply, allowing him to kill him in one strike.
At this moment, the crowd on the periphery was all shocked. In a one-on-one fight, the second-layer Martial Emperor realm Ming Sect Martial Emperor had been directly and forcibly slain by Lin Xiao?
The Martial Emperors of the Assault Emperor Alliance were also astonished.
And at this time, something even more shocking to them occurred. Moli held his blade and wiped it towards his own neck, then suddenly exerted force and committed suicide.
Blood sprayed out, and his head rolled to the ground.
Immediately after, Lin Xiao’s voice rang out: “Since Ming Luo is dead, keeping you is of no great use.”
“Lin Xiao!!!” The Sect Master of the Demon Sect could not help but thunder in rage, his voice rolling like thunder, shaking heaven and earth.
It was Lin Xiao who had commanded Moli to commit suicide!
The other Martial Emperor of the Demon Sect, and the Demon Sect crowd on the periphery, also had eyes red with fury.
In such a short time, their Demon Sect had lost two Martial Emperor Elders.
At the same time, they also felt the terror of the Spirit Controller. After being controlled by the God Control, it was equivalent to handing one’s life over to the Spirit Controller; if the opponent ordered suicide, one would suicide…
In reality, the reason Lin Xiao made Moli commit suicide had two causes. First, the opponent might have had his drug effect greatly diminished, so keeping Moli would likely be of little use.
Second, he did not know how much longer the God Control on Moli would last. Keeping him, if he suddenly woke up, there was always the risk of being stabbed in the back, which would be a trouble; better to kill him directly.
Otherwise, he would have preferred to have an extra Martial Emperor assistant.
With the current situation, the opponent had lost three Martial Emperors and had their drug effects diminished. Just him freeing up his hands was already enough to turn the tables.
After making Moli commit suicide, Lin Xiao raised his head, swept a glance over the Martial Emperors of the Assault Emperor Alliance, fixed his gaze on that White Hall Master, and said: “Now, the drug effects on all of you probably cannot hold out for much longer, right?”
As he spoke, a cold glint flashed in Lin Xiao’s eyes, and a powerful aura emanated from his body.
“Hmph, Lin Xiao, do you think we did not know that you were just stalling for time earlier, waiting for our effects to wear off?”
At this moment, the White Hall Master, who was fighting two opponents, suddenly spoke coldly: “To tell you the truth, not only were you stalling for time, we were also stalling for time!”
“Oh?” Hearing this, Lin Xiao was startled. The opponent was also stalling for time?
Could it be that they were preparing some backup plan?
Could it be that the three Great Elders of the Demon Sect were so confident even as their drug effects began to fade because of this?
It was not just Lin Xiao; the other Martial Emperors of the Orthodox Cultivation Alliance were also shocked.
The crowd of the Assault Emperor Alliance on the periphery were all astonished too. Did their Assault Emperor Alliance still have a backup plan?
“Has the backup plan of the Fate God Hall come out?” In a hidden void in one place, an astonished old man from the Burial Sect said steadily.
Another old man from the Burial Sect also had a curious expression on his face, very eager to know how powerful the final trump card of the Burial Sect would be.
The Burial Sect furrowed his brows slightly, his eyes somewhat solemnly gazing ahead.
At this moment, while Lin Xiao and the others were in stunned shock, suddenly, a loud explosion burst from the ground ahead.
“Boom!”
The ground ahead erupted, soil blasted open, a heaven-shaking aura shot to the skies, a figure rolled up with surging momentum, charging fiercely out from underground. An extremely powerful pressure, as if from ancient times, instantly filled the ten directions of heaven and earth.
Billowing demonic energy surged out from that figure, an immense and unparalleled momentum filling the entire trapping array. The barriers around the entire trapping array became even brighter.
In that instant, everyone’s minds were shocked. The might bursting from this figure was too powerful, surpassing anyone present.
And when Lin Xiao and the others focused their gaze, everyone could not help but be taken aback.
Because this figure bursting with such powerful aura was actually a youth!
This youth wore coarse hemp clothes, his face stern and tense, with a naturally furrowed brow of sorrow. In his pair of pupils, it was as if there was an abyss, impossible to see clearly.
From his body, the aura of eighth-layer Martial Monarch rank emanated without restraint. However, that terrifyingly immense momentum and pressure far exceeded the Martial Monarch, exceeded everyone present, even Sikong Jian and the White Hall Master could hardly match it.
Moreover, there was a strange mental pressure that was neither from a Spirit Controller nor entirely intimidating, causing everyone’s spirits to feel immense pressure, shaking their minds.
At first glance, it seemed as if that was not a youth in his twenties, but an ancient supreme powerhouse, with an aura of sole supremacy over the ages.
“Li Ren Chou!” Upon seeing this youth’s face, Lin Xiao could not help but exclaim in shock.
This youth was no other than the second place in the Southeast Domain Youth Conference, who later joined the Demon Sect, the Li Family’s Li Ren Chou.
At this time, the other Martial Emperors were also shocked, and the battle came to a sudden halt.
The faces of the Orthodox Cultivation Alliance Martial Emperors were filled with expressions of astonishment. Li Ren Chou was actually the backup plan of the Assault Emperors?
They now recalled that at the Southeast Domain Youth Conference, Li Ren Chou’s talent and strength were also quite outstanding, only that he did not fight Lin Xiao, ultimately ranking second.
Afterwards, Lin Xiao was too dazzling, overshadowing all other conference geniuses.
But now it seemed that this Li Ren Chou was extremely likely also a terrifying genius, a Reverse Emperor genius, perhaps even more terrifying than Lin Xiao.
In half a year’s time, without showing the mountains or revealing the waters, upon appearance, he had already broken through from the initial first-layer Martial Monarch to eighth-layer Martial Monarch, with a breakthrough speed no less than Lin Xiao’s.
And his momentum seemed to far surpass Lin Xiao’s, far surpass everyone present; his combat power was extremely likely to be even more terrifying.
Of course, this should also be due to special means employed by the Demon Sect or the entire Assault Emperor Alliance to cultivate him.
