One Ji family elder attacked the bald fatty. Another Ji family elder and the Sacred Heaven Sect elder flanked Lin Xiao from left and right.
Dazzling sword and saber light erupted, carrying unstoppable power as they slashed towards him from both sides.
“Chhh!”
Haoran power surged forth. Lin Xiao raised the Impregnable Haoran Defence. A scaled golden barrier enveloped his entire body. The two attacks struck from slightly oblique angles on either side.
Up ahead, the bald fatty’s behaviour nearly made Lin Xiao explode with anger. The monk stood motionless on the spot, calmly raised one hand, and spoke in a gentle tone. “This poor monk will stand right here and let you hit me!” The moment the words left his mouth, terrifying force slammed into his golden body, kicking up towering shockwaves and churning earth.
Lin Xiao had only raised the Impregnable Haoran Defence to block the two flanking attacks, but because the bald fatty did not fight back, yet another wave of shockwaves and fluctuations crashed against Lin Xiao from the front.
Even with his powerful defence, he was still blasted backwards.
Fortunately, the golden barrier only shattered after he had been sent flying.
The martial skill barrier had barely managed to withstand the combined force of all three attacks.
To be precise, one of them had only been residual shockwaves.
Otherwise, with Lin Xiao’s current prime essence, even the Impregnable Haoran Defence would struggle to block the simultaneous assaults of three eighth-level Martial Emperors.
After Lin Xiao was forced back, the two eighth-level Martial Emperors shot forward to continue their attack.
“Immovable Tathāgata Seal!”
At last the bald fatty made his move. With a low shout, he slapped out a palm. A green radiant palm carrying vast and boundless power met the oncoming eighth-level Martial Emperor head-on.
“Then let all of you taste the might of this skeleton cavalry!”
With a sweep of his hand, Lin Xiao hurled all three hundred cavalry into the air.
He instantly commanded the leader to charge the Sacred Heaven Sect eighth-level elder while he himself rushed the Ji family elder.
The moment the leader moved, it seemed to issue some invisible order. All three hundred cavalry thundered towards the Sacred Heaven Sect elder.
The sound of skeleton hooves pounding the void rang out. The riders brandished their long spears and charged, looking as if every one brimmed with battle intent.
The two elders attacking Lin Xiao were stunned to see him suddenly produce so many skeletons, complete with skeleton mounts and spears, all capable of fighting.
They had encountered plenty of moving skeletons on their journey, but those had never obeyed anyone’s commands. How were these listening to Lin Xiao and attacking them?
Shock was shock, yet the Sacred Heaven Sect elder would never let them close in. He slashed immediately. Blinding saber light streaked across the sky like a heavenly rainbow, sweeping powerful fluctuations towards the entire cavalry troop.
He had fought combat skeletons before. They could only fight in close quarters. No matter how numerous, he felt no fear. As long as he kept them at a distance, he could destroy them from afar.
Yet the instant his saber light swept out, all three hundred cavalry thrust their rust-covered spears at once. Pale spear radiance shot forth, converging into a long river of spear light that crashed headlong into the elder’s saber radiance.
Boom!
A tremendous explosion thundered. Towering shockwaves erupted. The Sacred Heaven Sect elder’s saber light shattered. The cavalry’s spear river did not fully collapse. Sweeping along rolling fluctuations, it slammed into the elder’s body.
The elder spewed a mouthful of blood and was hurled backwards, his face filled with horror.
These skeleton cavalry were completely different from the ones they had encountered before. They could actually project power attacks.
Moreover, their coordination was perfect, and their combined might was terrifying. They had even overpowered his own strike.
At that moment, the three hundred cavalry continued their ferocious charge, hooves pounding the void.
Meanwhile, Lin Xiao activated the Undying Skeleton Technique within his body. An extremely powerful evil aura instantly blanketed heaven and earth, as though the entire area had fallen into a domain of evil.
Thick white mist billowed from him. He seemed to transform into an evil god, his sinister presence chilling, his aura shaking the heavens.
“Chhh!”
With a punch, mysterious and terrifying white evil power burst forth, carrying a momentum that crushed everything in its path as it smashed towards the Ji family eighth-level Martial Emperor elder.
At the same time, a tri-coloured energy palm condensed in mid-air, surging with devouring, incinerating, and lightning energies as it slapped down from an angle.
Right from the start, he sought to overwhelm with supreme attacks.
Feeling the terrifying might of Lin Xiao’s assault, the Ji family elder’s expression changed drastically. He hurriedly unleashed the Ji family’s strongest technique, the first form of the Zhaotian Sword.
“Ji Flame Form!”
With a sharp shout, radiant light soared into the sky from his position, illuminating the world. A dazzling, crimson sun-like sword beam shot forth. Scorching heat filled the air, instantly turning the surroundings blazing hot.
Boom!
A heaven-shaking explosion rang out. The two forces collided in an instant, producing vast, ocean-like shockwaves.
Yet the shockwaves surged in only one direction. The astonishing fluctuations slammed into the Ji family elder, making him spew blood as his body was sent flying backwards.
Lin Xiao’s evil power combined with Sacred Hand Covering Heaven was simply too strong. Even an eighth-level Martial Emperor using the supreme Zhaotian Sword could not block it.
The Ji family elder’s face turned ugly. He had heard that Lin Xiao’s current combat strength rivalled, or even slightly surpassed, an ordinary eighth-level Martial Emperor.
If two eighth-level Martial Emperors joined forces, they could definitely take him down. Yet Lin Xiao had produced these bizarre skeleton cavalry, forcing the elder to face him alone.
In a single clash, he was already injured. He was no match.
“Roar!”
A faint dragon roar sounded. Earth-coloured radiance burst from Lin Xiao’s dantian. A blood-dragon phantom emerged behind him, radiating an aura of ancient desolation and primordial might that enveloped heaven and earth.
At the same time, an incomparably violent aura exploded from Lin Xiao’s body. Martial intent surged before him.
“Chhh!”
In that instant, a solidified humanoid figure, almost tangible, condensed in front of Lin Xiao. It resembled a war god who fought against heaven and earth. One glance was enough to make hearts pound and flesh crawl.
The figure gripped a single fist and struck through the air towards the Ji family eighth-level Martial Emperor elder.
The entire humanoid streaked across the sky like a divine war god descended, its presence awe-inspiring.
Immediately after, Lin Xiao thrust both palms forward. The void seemed to twist into chaos. Matchless chaotic prime essence formed countless blade-like edges before his palms, slashing wildly without pattern, as though shredding space itself.
Countless chaotic prime-essence blades gathered and crisscrossed, forming a zone of mechanical slaughter that followed the war-god primary spirit as it shot towards the Ji family elder. Its killing power was utterly terrifying.
