At this moment, even though Lin Xiao wore the face of another young man, almost everyone besieging the bald fatty believed the claim.
Lin Xiao, who had originally planned to wait and reap the final benefits, thought for a short while and decided the bald fatty’s proposal made sense.
If he went elsewhere to hunt people from the Ji family and Holy Heaven Sect, his identity would eventually be exposed anyway.
There were not many survivors left from those two forces, so there was no rush to strike now.
After his breakthrough, ordinary eighth-layer Martial Emperors no longer posed a threat to him.
Since the bald fatty possessed such overwhelming combat strength, perhaps they could use this chance to eliminate the eighth-layer Martial Emperors from the Ji family and Holy Heaven Sect, along with everyone else here.
Therefore, Lin Xiao did not deny the accusation. Instead, he called out, “You don’t attack the Azure Dragon Sect people, and I agree to cooperate with you!”
The moment he spoke, he essentially admitted his identity. The people from both hostile forces grew even more furious.
“Lin Xiao, you’re courting death!”
The two eighth-layer Martial Emperor elders from the Ji family and the one from Holy Heaven Sect immediately abandoned their attacks on the bald fatty and charged towards Lin Xiao.
Seeing this, Leng Rong exchanged a glance and a divine-sense message with the Azure Dragon Sect eighth-layer Martial Emperor elder. The elder instantly roared, “Azure Dragon Sect switches sides!”
With that, he and Leng Rong attacked one Ji family eighth-layer Martial Emperor and the Holy Heaven Sect eighth-layer Martial Emperor respectively.
They understood the stakes perfectly and changed allegiance in an instant.
“We definitely hold the advantage now. Everyone, attack!”
Bi Zhuang also bellowed. Seventh-layer Martial Emperor aura exploded from him as he struck at the Ji family eighth-layer Martial Emperor who was charging unhindered towards Lin Xiao.
Bi Zhuang had always been strong. After breaking through to seventh-layer Martial Emperor, fighting an eighth-layer was no great challenge for him.
Combined with the power of his golden body, and teaming up with Lin Xiao, taking down an eighth-layer Martial Emperor was entirely possible.
With the bald fatty’s terrifying strength, as long as they held on for a short while, the balance would tilt heavily in their favour.
Although Azure Dragon Sect had lost an elder to the Buddha’s palm, under the current circumstances, cooperating with Lin Xiao and the fatty against the two great powers was clearly a good move.
Besides Bi Zhuang, the other seventh-layer Martial Emperors from Azure Dragon Sect also acted, turning against the two great powers and attacking them.
The lone loose-cultivator eighth-layer Martial Emperor frowned. He had no ties to the three great powers.
Yet without their combined strength, he alone could not withstand the bald fatty.
Seeing the situation turn against him, the loose cultivator turned to flee.
But at that very moment, the bald fatty leapt from the Buddha’s head and shot towards the fleeing eighth-layer loose cultivator at astonishing speed.
The hundred-zhang golden Buddha, now without the fatty’s control, continued fighting on its own. It took huge strides and launched ferocious attacks against everyone except the Azure Dragon Sect members.
Boom!
Boom!
The Azure Dragon Sect eighth-layer elder and Leng Rong clashed with the Ji family and Holy Heaven Sect eighth-layer Martial Emperors. Both sides were forced back a distance, nearly coughing up blood in rage.
“You lot!”
One Ji family eighth-layer elder roared furiously, “Don’t you realise that once we’re gone, that bald fatty will turn on you next!”
“Lin Xiao already knows this Buddha’s word is good. Since I recognise the Yaoguang lineage, I will naturally not go back on my promise!”
The bald fatty shouted back.
“I trust him. Even if he does betray me later, I have ways to deal with it!”
Lin Xiao’s voice boomed in response.
Against this bald fatty, he had the broken Yaoguang sword. Even a golden body feared that blade.
Moreover, after his breakthrough, even if he could not defeat the fatty, using Heavenly Demon Palm or Sky-Devouring Spirit-Converging Finger should allow him to hold the fatty off long enough for the Azure Dragon Sect people to escape.
Besides, those who knew of the Yaoguang lineage, like Li Ren Chou, had been friendly towards him. It was not impossible for this fatty to feel the same.
In that era, the Yaoguang lineage had been immensely famous.
While shouting, Lin Xiao had already unleashed a terrifying attack. His strongest evil power surged. Mysterious energy flowed through his more-than-six bone patterns. An aura of extreme evil burst forth, instantly enveloping countless li around them. The entire area seemed to fall into a domain of malevolence, sending chills down everyone’s spines.
Thick white mist poured from Lin Xiao’s body. He appeared like an evil god, his presence oppressive and his momentum earth-shaking.
With a single punch, peerless white evil power blasted forward from his fist, sweeping with rolling evil qi straight towards the incoming Ji family eighth-layer Martial Emperor.
At the same time, he unleashed the Sacred Hand Covers Heaven. A colossal energy palm pressed down from an angle above, its terrifying power filling the entire region with a scorched smell.
From the other side, Bi Zhuang simultaneously launched a powerful strike. Unmatched fist light carrying overwhelming force surged forward.
The Ji family eighth-layer Martial Emperor’s expression changed drastically. The situation had flipped from him surrounding Lin Xiao to him being surrounded.
Moreover, Lin Xiao’s combat strength had become so terrifying. The elder hurriedly slashed his sword towards Lin Xiao’s side while clapping out a palm with his left hand to block Bi Zhuang’s attack.
Splitting his power weakened both strikes dramatically. When they collided with Lin Xiao’s and Bi Zhuang’s attacks, they shattered instantly.
The resulting torrents of energy and shockwaves struck him hard. He spewed a huge mouthful of blood and was hurled far away.
A single exchange left him gravely wounded.
Pfft!
Pfft!
Pfft!
On the other side, without the eighth-layer Martial Emperors holding them back, the seventh-layer Martial Emperors and weaker golden-body cultivators were sent flying by the energy waves reflected from the hundred-zhang golden Buddha’s massive palms.
“Moving War Buddha Pursuit Annihilation Seal!”
The bald fatty roared. A colossal palm seal collided with the loose-cultivator eighth-layer Martial Emperor, unleashing heaven-shaking shockwaves that sent the man flying, blood spraying from his mouth.
The fatty immediately pursued.
The Azure Dragon Sect eighth-layer elder tangled with the Ji family eighth-layer Martial Emperor. Even though the Ji elder had a golden body and held the advantage, he could not break free.
Leng Rong traded blows evenly with the Holy Heaven Sect eighth-layer Martial Emperor.
Yet the Holy Heaven Sect elder remained extremely cautious. Though the fight appeared even, he knew he was at a disadvantage.
Leng Rong was an assassin. His true killing techniques had not yet been revealed. One careless moment, and he could be instantly killed.
Boom!
Lin Xiao and Bi Zhuang attacked together once more.
This time, Lin Xiao did not use Sacred Hand Covers Heaven but again activated the Indestructible Skeleton Art, unleashing peerless combat strength.
Combined with Bi Zhuang’s own formidable power, their joint assault overwhelmed the already gravely wounded Ji family eighth-layer Martial Emperor. He vomited another great mouthful of blood. Half his body was nearly destroyed. Covered in blood, he was sent flying once again.
