“What!”
In that instant, Dongfang Kaiyuan, Yun Jing, Ling Xiao and the others were all dumbfounded. The sudden attack by Sikong Jian and the other three on Lin Xiao caught them off guard.
The members of the Assault Sovereign Alliance on the outskirts, as well as the three from the Burial Sect, were equally stunned.
A thought flashed through their minds in an instant.
The Ling Sword Sect and Absolute Blade Sect had suddenly rebelled. Lin Xiao was done for.
“Sizzle!”
The four unparalleled blade and sword beams streaked through the air like lightning, resembling void thunder punishment, unstoppable as they slashed towards Lin Xiao’s position!
However, at the very moment when Lin Xiao was filled with anger, unwillingness and helplessness, a scene appeared that shocked even him.
The four powers from Sikong Jian and the others were not entirely aimed at him. Instead, they blasted past from a distance of half a metre to his side.
That’s right, from his side, a full half metre away, slashing through empty space without targeting him.
The two blade beams and two sword beams passed by his side, hitting nothing, but instead slicing towards another part of the trapping formation barrier.
At this moment, even Lin Xiao himself was stunned.
He had not fully exerted any spiritual power to control the direction of their attacks, and the four of them showed no signs of being under spiritual control.
At such a distance, it was impossible for the four of them to have misaimed. They clearly intended to kill him, so how had they all slashed past his side together?
There was no one behind him either.
Moreover, even if there had been a deviation for one person, it would not make sense for all four to deviate simultaneously.
It was not just Lin Xiao. Dongfang Kaiyuan, Yun Jing, Ling Xiao, the sect master and great elder of the Nine Skies Sect, Qu Huang, and even the members of the Assault Sovereign Alliance on the outskirts were all dumbfounded.
The direction of the sudden assault by the four was towards Lin Xiao, yet they had not aimed at him. What exactly were the four doing?
What no one noticed was that at this moment, a relieved smile had already appeared on the faces of the four.
“Boom rumble!”
At this time, the attacks unleashed by Lin Xiao and the others had already clashed with the power of the Hall Master of the Temple of Destiny.
Vast waves of energy like an ocean exploded outward, rippling with unparalleled fluctuations, once again engulfing the position of the Hall Master of the Temple of Destiny until they impacted the trapping formation barrier.
It was clear that even without the combined strike from Sikong Jian and the other three, the attacks from Lin Xiao’s group of six people and one corpse had still overwhelmed the power of the Hall Master alone.
After all, the six of them and the corpse had all unleashed extremely powerful killing trump cards.
They were not even inferior to the previous strike that included the combined power of Sikong Jian and the others.
However, whether they could kill the Hall Master of the Temple of Destiny was still hard to say.
Of course, Ling Xiao, Sheng Qianyu and the two elders in blue hall robes had also clashed, but it ended in a draw once more, with no clear victor.
They too were puzzled by the fact that Sikong Jian and the other three had misaimed their attacks.
Logically speaking, Lin Xiao had gone all out to attack the Hall Master and had no spiritual power left to control others, let alone someone as powerful as Sikong Jian, or all four of them.
Yet, this result had still occurred!
When they turned their gazes towards the four, they saw joyful expressions on their faces.
In that instant, they were even more stunned.
They had missed their target, yet the four were happy. What kind of situation was this?
It was not just Ling Xiao and Sheng Qianyu. The others also noticed the expressions of Sikong Jian and the three, and everyone became even more astonished.
However, in the next moment, everyone saw the joyful expressions on the faces of Sikong Jian and the other three freeze solid. Sikong Jian’s face turned extremely ugly as he exclaimed in surprise, “Lin Xiao, you, how are you still alive?”
“…”
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was stunned on the spot, all looking at Sikong Jian in disbelief.
You did not even hit him, yet you are asking how he is still alive?
“Lin Xiao, you should thank me. I just saved your life again!” At this moment, a figure that had been overlooked by the crowd flew towards Lin Xiao, smiling as he said, “Good thing I noticed early and cast an illusion technique on them.”
The speaker was none other than Li Renyou!
At this moment, everyone finally understood!
An illusion technique. Sikong Jian and the other three had fallen victim to Li Renyou’s illusion attack, making them believe that Lin Xiao was in that position and that they had successfully killed him.
So that was how it was!
Only then did Lin Xiao come back to his senses. Before he could even give thanks, the furious Sikong Jian on the opposite side roared, “Li Renyou, it was you!!!”
Fu Yan and the two from the Absolute Blade Sect were so angry they nearly spat blood. They had thought their surprise attack had successfully killed Lin Xiao.
In the end, they had merely fallen for someone else’s illusion and lost face in front of everyone.
“Sikong Jian, you traitors!!!” Dongfang Kaiyuan flew into a rage. He turned around and thrust his spear towards Sikong Jian, a powerful spear beam sweeping forth with rolling vast righteous qi as it charged at Sikong Jian.
At such a critical moment, they had suddenly turned coats and almost killed Lin Xiao, ruining the greatest genius the Spear Dragon Sect had seen since its founding. This filled him with boundless fury.
“Hmph, he deserves to die! Kill him!” With a cold shout, Sikong Jian had also fully revealed his hand. He slashed out with his sword, shattering Dongfang Kaiyuan’s spear beam.
The two sides were bound to clash sooner or later. After dealing with the Temple of Destiny, it would be time for them to settle scores.
Lin Xiao’s side was close to Li Renyou, and with Ling Xiao and the purple corpse puppet, they clearly held the advantage.
Once the Temple of Destiny was dealt with, they would be unable to defeat the other side.
This was also the reason he had ordered the surprise assassination of Lin Xiao.
Unfortunately, an accident had occurred.
Now, only by joining forces with the Temple of Destiny could they turn the tables.
“Kill!” Fu Yan, the sect master and great elder of the Absolute Blade Sect also made their moves, charging violently towards Lin Xiao’s position.
Yun Jing, the sect master and great elder of the Nine Skies Sect also moved to block their opponents. At this point, the dynamics of the battle began to shift once more.
Originally, it had been the Orthodox Cultivation Alliance launching a full assault on the Assault Sovereign Alliance. In the end, the Assault Sovereign Alliance had collapsed from within, turning into the Orthodox Cultivation Alliance versus the Temple of Destiny.
Now, the Orthodox Cultivation Alliance had split into two factions and started fighting among themselves.
Sheng Qianyu’s brows immediately furrowed. The conflict between the Ling Sword Sect and Spear Dragon Sect had nothing to do with him.
But at this time, before even resolving the Temple of Destiny, they had started fighting. Clearly, this was disadvantageous to their goal of eliminating the Temple of Destiny.
They still did not know the condition of the Hall Master of the Temple of Destiny, and there were still the two elders in blue hall robes right in front of them.
Ling Xiao also frowned, wanting to attack Sikong Jian, but the elder in the blue hall robe made his move, launching a fierce attack towards Ling Xiao.
“Hahaha!”
Just as Lin Xiao wanted to assist Dongfang Kaiyuan by attacking Sikong Jian, the laughter of the Hall Master of the Temple of Destiny suddenly rang out from the rolling waves of energy from their previous strike.
Immediately after, a figure was seen charging violently towards his and Li Renyou’s position.
