Boom!
At this moment, the long spear, surging with vast righteous qi, had already collided with Ji Guan’s water-like sword beam. That terrifying sword beam suddenly shattered.
A dazzling burst of light erupted. The flowing sword beam turned into raging waves of shockwaves, surging violently in all directions, with unparalleled fluctuations shaking the heavens and earth.
Yet the long spear was unstoppable. Like lightning, it pierced through the exploding shockwaves and charged towards Ji Guan at extreme speed. In the blink of an eye, it reached him.
“What!” Ji Guan’s expression changed drastically. He had never imagined that this strike from his opponent could threaten him.
However, the long spear was already rushing towards him rapidly.
Whether in speed or power, he had no time to dodge or block.
In that instant, a thick sense of impending death surged through Ji Guan’s heart.
As the monstrous genius that the Ji family had kept hidden, he had no rivals among his peers. He had never even considered the threat of death.
Yet now, on his first appearance, he was about to perish at the hands of a nobody?
In that moment, all sorts of unwillingness and incomprehension flashed through Ji Guan’s mind.
Boom!
And in that very instant, a Martial Saint pressure suddenly erupted from nearby, instantly enveloping the area.
An even faster fist beam, surging with terrifying pressure, rushed towards the long spear at greater speed.
Almost simultaneously, from the side where the Martial Saint power had erupted, another Martial Saint force burst forth. It struck the fist beam, instantly shattering it into towering shockwaves and fluctuations that sprayed towards the horizon in another direction.
All this happened in a flash. The Martial Saint force was blocked for just a fraction of a moment. With no further obstruction, the long spear directly pierced Ji Guan’s chest.
The sword that Ji Guan hastily raised to block did not even reach his front in time. His chest was penetrated by the long spear.
The sword only inertially swung across in front of him, too late. A large spray of blood gushed from his chest, splattering onto the long sword.
Ji Guan’s expression of disbelief and unwillingness froze on his face.
His entire body was sent flying backwards by the force of the spear that had pierced through him.
“What?”
In that instant, everyone was dumbfounded, their faces filled with disbelief.
The Ji family’s top genius of this generation, who had unleashed such terrifying power, had still been easily crushed by the opponent and pierced through the body with one spear?
The Ji family’s supreme genius, killed on the spot?
And during this, a Martial Saint had acted. One Martial Saint had tried to save Ji Guan.
As a result, another intervened, blocking the rescue force and causing the timing to be missed. Ji Guan was already dead.
What exactly was going on? Did this Mu Haoran have a Martial Saint expert supporting him from behind?
At this moment, no one was not shocked.
This battle was too thrilling and too stimulating. Killing the most monstrous genius under twenty-five from Yangzhou’s dominant force, the Ji family. The opponent had truly dared to do it.
Wang Qi and the others were also full of shock. Lin Xiao’s enemies were not only Shengtian Gate but also Yangzhou’s dominant force, the Ji family?
Lin Xiao’s true goal was to kill the Ji family’s top genius?
The people from Shengtian Gate were stunned too. Mu Haoran had not only killed their Shengtian Gate genius but also the Ji family’s genius?
“You court death!”
A voice filled with extreme rage rolled out. An elder’s figure appeared in the void almost instantly. Terrifying Martial Saint pressure surged, enveloping Lin Xiao as he prepared to act against him.
The elder wore loose, simple robes. His body was broad, his face covered in wrinkles, with white eyebrows and a long beard, exuding the dignity of one in power.
“Ji family Grand Elder!” Seeing the elder’s face, Lin Xiao’s heart tightened. A thick chill rose within him.
This person was none other than the Ji family Grand Elder, a second-level Martial Saint expert!
“Juniors fighting among themselves. Why must a senior interfere? Do not disgrace the people of our Yangzhou.”
At this moment, a middle-aged man’s voice rang out. Immediately after, a majestic middle-aged man, vigorous as dragon and tiger, appeared in everyone’s sight. He stood in front of Mu Haoran.
This man had black hair that fluttered without wind. His exposed arms were muscled and powerful like flood dragons. He wore a cyan robe embroidered with a long dragon. As the robe moved, the embroidery seemed like a dragon dancing.
His entire being exuded an aura of suppressing the heavens and earth, sole dominance over all directions. He clearly possessed the bearing of an unrivalled powerhouse of his generation.
“A middle-aged Martial Saint!”
Everyone outside Yangzhou was shocked.
Martial Saints were figures at the pinnacle of the entire continent. Without exception, they were top geniuses who had cultivated for hundreds of years to reach such heights.
Yet this man had become a Martial Saint at just over forty years old, with heaven-shaking pressure. This was truly rare in the world.
Becoming a Martial Saint at just over forty. This was too terrifying. Behind this Mu Haoran, there was actually such a terrifying monster?
“Long Tutian, are you deliberately opposing us?”
The Ji family Grand Elder said with deep anger. If not for Long Tutian, Ji Guan would not have died, and the Ji family would not have lost a genius with limitless potential.
“Elder Ji Zhen misunderstands. We are all people of Yangzhou. How could I deliberately oppose your Ji family?”
Long Tutian said calmly, “I simply do not wish for seniors to interfere in juniors’ fights and disgrace Yangzhou’s face. After all, we are all from Yangzhou. Our honour and disgrace are shared.”
The Ji family Grand Elder was so angry he nearly spat blood.
Shared honour and disgrace…
Clearly, Long Tutian was just looking for an excuse to make the Ji family suffer a great loss.
Ever since the last time he had trapped Long Tutian, forcing Lin Xiao into the void rift, and their Martial Saint elders had pursued to kill, Long Tutian had harboured hatred towards the Ji family.
After the void rift closed, he had been unable to kill Long Tutian, allowing him to escape.
After Long Tutian recovered from his injuries, the first thing he did was head to southern Yangzhou. On a casual pretext, he attacked the Ji family’s Martial Saint elder guarding the south, Elder Nan.
Elder Nan had nearly been killed by Long Tutian and was still in seclusion recovering in the clan.
Afterwards, the Ji family patriarch led people to pressure Canglong Gate, and only then did Long Tutian restrain himself.
Until the continental spirit controller grand competition was about to begin, he had come along with them to the Holy State, being polite along the way.
But at the critical moment, he started causing trouble, making the Ji family suffer losses.
Compared to losing a genius with limitless potential, how could there be any talk of shared honour and disgrace?
If it was shared honour and disgrace, why had Shengtian Gate’s Martial Saint not jumped out to block him?
Clearly, Long Tutian was doing it deliberately.
Of course, seeing Mu Haoran possess righteous power, he had wondered if it might be Lin Xiao.
After all, Lin Xiao had once used a righteous power defensive technique.
However, with countless geniuses in the nine provinces and top geniuses gathered from each state, possessing demonic essence, thunder power, and all sorts of other attribute powers, it was normal for someone to have righteous power.
Moreover, the opponent used a spear, a powerful attacking martial technique, and was at the third-level Martial Emperor realm. His appearance and bone age also matched. No matter how he looked, it could not be connected to Lin Xiao.
Therefore, the Ji family Grand Elder instantly dismissed his own suspicion.
As for Long Tutian acting, he did not connect it to any relationship between Long Tutian and the opponent.
Long Tutian’s action was purely out of grudge, deliberately causing trouble.
