After quite a while, the rolling energy and dust finally cleared.
In Dingjiang City, near the centre, a huge shallow pit appeared within a hundred li radius. All the houses inside vanished.
Around the huge shallow pit, many houses collapsed too. Many injured people lay on the ground, moaning in pain.
Among them were the city lord, Zhen Qian, Cui Xian, and Yin Tianlei.
The city lord, as a sixth-layer Martial Emperor powerhouse, suffered the lightest wounds overall. But he was covered in blood. He spat several more mouthfuls of blood from his mouth. If he had not used his life-saving trump card at the end, even as a sixth-layer Martial Emperor, he might have died in the blast.
The other three had trump cards too. Otherwise, they could not have survived.
But the three still suffered heavy wounds to the point of being unable to fight.
Looking at the huge shallow pit before him, Cui Xian muttered to himself in utter disbelief. “How is this possible, how is this possible…”
He could clearly see that the strike just now came fully from Lin Xiao. It did not rely on any pill. This clearly did not match the rumours about Lin Xiao.
Yin Tianlei almost got blasted senseless too. In this blast, apart from him and Elder Cui Xian, no one else from Linghuang Valley survived.
More than a dozen of Linghuang Valley’s top geniuses all perished.
The city lord and Zhen Qian were stunned too. Especially Zhen Qian. He had come here to select spirit controllers for the Ji family. In the end, all the ones he had just selected died in the blast. How could he explain this back home?
Because of Linghuang Valley’s participation, this was a key selection point.
Thinking of Lin Xiao, Zhen Qian’s face twitched. If he had no trump card, he really would have died here.
Now, they understood why Linghuang Valley offered a seventh-grade advanced pill as bounty.
Because Lin Xiao had such methods, so terrifying.
Without life-saving means, one would die without knowing how. What bounty could there be.
The people who had been on the square and luckily survived wore faces full of terror.
“Dead, all dead!” At this point, Cui Xian snapped back. Thinking that apart from Yin Tianlei, all from Linghuang Valley had died in the blast, thick rage flared up.
With geniuses of this age dead, would Linghuang Valley not face a huge power gap later?
And all this came from Lin Xiao’s hand alone.
Now, a total of four seventh-grade initial spirit controller elders and more than ten geniuses had perished at Lin Xiao’s hands.
“Lin Xiao!” Cui Xian’s rage boiled. His eyes seemed ready to shoot fire.
Yin Tianlei nearby shared the same thoughts.
“Swoosh!”
But at that moment, two figures suddenly flew towards the pit’s edge. They stopped not far from Cui Xian.
These two figures were none other than Lin Xiao and the purple corpse puppet.
“You called me?” Looking at the heavily wounded Cui Xian on the ground, Lin Xiao spoke. Thick killing intent enveloped Cui Xian.
“You!” Cui Xian spat a mouthful of blood in anger. He had no power to resist now!
He called Lin Xiao?
He did not call Lin Xiao at all. If he called Lin Xiao back, he would die.
How could he expect that at this time, Lin Xiao would turn back and come to kill.
“Go die!” With a cold shout, Lin Xiao stirred his spirit power. He twisted Cui Xian’s head off straight away.
Then, Lin Xiao turned towards Yin Tianlei elsewhere. Spirit power surged. A sword formed from spirit power condensed. It stabbed straight at Yin Tianlei.
“No!!!” Yin Tianlei let out an unwilling roar. He was one of Linghuang Valley’s two top geniuses. One of the two seventh-grade initial spirit controllers under thirty. In a bit more than a year, he would go to the Continental Spirit Controller Grand Competition. He would witness the grand gathering of spirit controllers.
He had just come out to head for Qulu training, to boost his strength.
Coming to Dingjiang City was just on the way to watch, and to lead others to training.
How could he expect to die here like this. All his prospects ruined.
Yin Tianlei felt endless frustration and unwillingness in his heart.
But the next moment, the spirit power formed sword pierced Yin Tianlei’s chest straight through. Blood sprayed out. Yin Tianlei died on the spot.
Lin Xiao’s figure flashed. He stirred his spirit power. He took the storage rings from the two, and even those scattered nearby, into his pouch.
Right after, he flew towards Zhen Qian elsewhere with the purple corpse puppet.
Zhen Qian had also suffered heavy wounds to the point of primal power combat.
“Lin Xiao, you, what do you want?” Zhen Qian’s face showed fear. He threatened at once. “You cannot kill this old man. This old man is the Ji family’s dedicated spirit controller. I represent the Ji family here. If you kill this old man, the Ji family will not let you go.”
“Senior seems to have forgotten. You acted against me on your personal honour. Surely the great Ji family would not discard even a bit of reputation, right?”
With that, a sword formed from spirit power appeared in the air. It shot towards Zhen Qian.
“You you you…” Zhen Qian trembled hard. And the next moment, he died full of terror and unwillingness under Lin Xiao’s spirit power formed sword.
After taking Zhen Qian’s storage ring, Lin Xiao and the purple corpse puppet flew to the Dingjiang City lord before.
“You want to kill me?” The Dingjiang City lord said with a somewhat grim face.
“Open the teleportation array for me for free. I can spare your life.” Lin Xiao said.
The Dingjiang City lord felt some surprise at Lin Xiao’s request. But a junior had heavily wounded him. The city lord’s mansion had lost many people in the blast too. His heart filled with rage. Now the other wanted him to open the teleportation array for free. That was even more impossible.
Opening Dingjiang City’s teleportation array cost a lot.
Though heavily wounded, he had not reached the point of no more fight. He lay on the ground just to lure Lin Xiao over.
He did not believe Lin Xiao could unleash such a strong attack again.
Besides, capturing Lin Xiao would get him a seventh-grade advanced pill. Naturally, he would not agree to Lin Xiao’s request so easily.
“If I do not agree?” The Dingjiang City lord asked back in a deep voice.
“If not, you die.” Lin Xiao replied coldly.
“Hmph, then let’s see how much skill you have left!”
With that, the Dingjiang City lord swung his fist hard. A brilliant light flared before his fist. It condensed into a terrifying fist glow. It charged rolling towards Lin Xiao.
Before the fist glow arrived, terrifying waves stirred a fierce gale. The pressure of a sixth-layer Martial Emperor surged within.
Feeling the majestic might of that fist glow charging over, Lin Xiao’s brows furrowed. The power of a sixth-layer Martial Emperor was indeed strong. If it were just him, he probably could not resist.
“Sizzle!”
At this point, the purple corpse puppet beside Lin Xiao stretched out a hand. Five fingers together. Five finger lights suddenly shot from the fingertips.
The eerie finger lights seemed from the nether hell. They surged with extremely sinister aura. They pierced unstoppable towards the Dingjiang City lord’s fist glow.
