Lin Xiao glanced around at the restless crowd. His brows furrowed. He did not respond to Cui Xian’s words. Instead, he turned his gaze to the Ji family dedicated spirit controller, Zhen Qian.
The reason no one had acted yet was that they waited to see Zhen Qian’s stance.
After all, Zhen Qian represented the Ji family. Without his say, they dared not move.
Lin Xiao wanted to see too. As the Ji family envoy, what stance would Zhen Qian take. He asked directly, “Senior Zhen Qian, may I ask, what is your decision?”
Zhen Qian could not help but draw a deep breath. For a genius like Lin Xiao, he felt tempted. It was impossible not to. Selecting Lin Xiao would surely bring him huge rewards.
But when he thought of Linghuang Valley as one of the top ten forces, the various rumours about ties with the Ji family, plus that seventh-grade advanced pill, Zhen Qian made his choice at last. In a firm tone, he said, “The Ji family will not take youths who stir trouble. So, I decide not to select Lin Xiao.”
At his words, the nearby city lord and everyone present felt secret relief in their hearts. The gleam in each person’s eyes grew brighter.
And at this point, Zhen Qian continued. “Moreover, on my personal honour, I will pursue Lin Xiao.”
Everyone froze in shock. Then in their hearts, they cursed him one after another.
A Ji family dedicated spirit controller, a seventh-grade initial spirit controller, how could he be so shameless?
He even thought to pursue Lin Xiao on his personal honour?
Even Cui Xian and the Linghuang Valley disciples felt surprised.
Earlier, they had worried that Cui Xian might ignore Linghuang Valley’s face and force Lin Xiao’s acceptance. Now it seemed they had overthought it.
Before the lure of a seventh-grade advanced pill, even a Ji family dedicated spirit controller could not hold firm.
“Everyone!” Just as the group moved to act, Lin Xiao spoke suddenly. This made the group hold back their urge for the moment. They paused.
“Are you not curious at all? Why I could kill four Linghuang Valley elders. Why Linghuang Valley would spend such a huge price to hunt me.”
With that, Lin Xiao flicked his hand. The purple corpse puppet appeared right before him. A terrifying aura spread from the purple corpse puppet.
“Corpse puppet!” At the sight of this purple corpse puppet, everyone gasped in shock.
They had only heard of corpse puppets. They did not expect anyone to own one.
Its aura matched a third-layer Martial Emperor’s level. But its might far surpassed a third-layer Martial Emperor. Even Zhen Qian and the city lord felt wary.
The restless crowd held back their impulses for now. Lin Xiao himself had seventh-grade initial spirit controller medium combat power. Plus this terrifying corpse puppet. If anyone rushed ahead first, Lin Xiao’s attack would surely kill them.
“Swoosh!”
In the instant of the crowd’s shock, Lin Xiao and the purple corpse puppet’s bodies shot towards the sky at extreme speed.
“Act now!”
Cui Xian shouted at once. He urged his main spirit form. A solid transparent spirit beast form lunged towards Lin Xiao at great speed.
He knew Lin Xiao’s escape skills. So he reacted fastest.
The city lord and Zhen Qian were not slow either. One was a sixth-layer Martial Emperor. The other a seventh-grade initial spirit controller with same-realm medium combat power. As they shot out, they prepared to strike.
But at this moment, Lin Xiao pointed back over his shoulder. A light spot shot from his fingertip.
That light spot was extremely small. But in the instant it shot out, the heavens and earth seemed to tremble.
That tiny light spot seemed to hold energy to destroy heaven and earth. An无比 violent aura filled all directions at once. It made people feel as if the whole world might explode, might perish. It made souls quiver without control.
“What!”
Feeling that endless violent aura, the city lord, Zhen Qian, Cui Xian, and everyone present all felt deep horror rise.
They could not imagine Lin Xiao would unleash such a terrifying strike.
And that light spot moved too fast. Cui Xian’s spirit beast form, the first to attack, had not gone far. In a blink, the light spot reached it. It struck the spirit beast form.
“Rumble!”
At that moment, a roar like thunder from the ninth heaven burst out. A earth-shaking explosion blew open in that instant.
A blinding radiant light ball flared. The void seemed on the verge of annihilation. A storm of world-destroying energy flows erupted at once. Towering energy flow waves crashed in all directions. The heavens and earth seemed to hum in tremor.
The original square stood at the explosion’s heart. Terrifying energy flows surged from the square in all directions.
The countless people on the square before, most turned to ash in the first instant. Some died in the blast, limbs flying. Some took heavy wounds and flew back. Around the square, figures shot out in chaos from the blast.
After all, this was Lin Xiao’s long-prepared Swallowing Heaven Spirit Gathering Finger. He had pushed to the limit the spirit power he could urge at seventh-grade initial medium combat power, the vast spirit energy, and the peak seventh-layer Martial Monarch power equal to fourth-layer Martial Emperor combat strength.
The energy from fusing three spirit energies, plus primal-spirit power, had become terrifying beyond measure.
Even Lin Xiao himself, who had retreated some distance, felt the hit from that fearsome energy.
But Lin Xiao had placed the purple corpse puppet behind him. It blocked the direct energy wave impact.
And he had stuck close to the purple corpse puppet. He had brought out the purple corpse puppet not to fight but to flee with him. That was the purpose.
Even so, the force passed through the purple corpse puppet still shook him out. Blood churned in his body. He nearly spat blood.
Luckily, it was just a light wound. After flying back some distance, Lin Xiao urged the Vast Unbreakable. The fearsome wave shook him out again. But he took no further harm.
Even his own attack could wound him. Probably no one else had that.
Lin Xiao felt helpless about it. Who could blame his Swallowing Heaven Spirit Gathering Finger explosion for being an indiscriminate attack.
And if Lin Xiao suffered so much, no need to speak of the crowd on the square.
Dingjiang City spanned five or six hundred li in radius. It was a large city. At this time, the energy waves centred on the square. They crashed out a hundred li around.
All buildings in a hundred li radius lay in ruins. Apart from those watching on site, some closer ones died from the waves. Others got flung away.
On the outskirts, deaths were fewer. But people and horses tumbled in chaos.
Of course, within a hundred li, people were already scarce. Most had gone to the square to watch. Those Lin Xiao hit held few innocents.
Those people all wanted the reward. They wanted to capture him.
And once news spread, likely the whole city, even people from countless li around, would move out for a full chase.
For this, Lin Xiao would not show mercy.
