Lin Xiao’s entire body turned pitch black. Torrential black energy erupted from him. A soul-shaking aura filled hundreds of li around.
At this moment, Lin Xiao seemed like a ghostly demon risen from hell. Demonic flames danced across his surface. His whole being brimmed with world-destroying power. Standing in the void, he made heaven and earth tremble.
Boom. As Lin Xiao thrust the pillar forward, vast terrifying demonic essence condensed into a near-solid massive black pillar. It smashed horizontally through the air towards the charging Elder Bei.
Trailing closely behind the huge demonic essence black pillar was a tricolour energy palm. Three attribute powers surged across the energy palm. The entire heaven and earth filled with scorching, violent, and devouring auras.
“Ji Shui Style.”
Elder Bei’s expression changed. He unleashed his strongest attack once more.
For anyone else, consecutive Ji Shui styles would be impossible.
But with Martial Saint realm power, unleashing a dozen or more in succession posed no issue.
The terrifying flowing water sword beam clashed head-on with the demonic essence pillar.
Then, behind the demonic essence pillar, it collided with the massive tricolour energy palm.
This time, most of the vast sea-like energy waves poured towards Elder Bei’s direction.
Elder Bei was instantly submerged in the rolling energy and fluctuations.
In that instant, the Ji family members on the periphery, and the watching crowds, all showed shock.
They only saw Elder Bei sent flying back, swallowed by energy, then visibility lost.
Yet the rolling energy waves mostly surged towards Elder Bei’s side this time, affecting over two hundred li.
Lin Xiao’s side suffered only dozens of li impact.
Compared to the pair’s earlier clashes, the one-sided extent was even greater.
“This… how is this possible? He actually forced Elder Bei back?”
“Lin Xiao’s combat power… how can it be this strong? Is Elder Bei no longer his match?”
At the sight, the Ji family crowd fell silent. Their eyes filled with disbelief.
Lin Xiao resisting their Elder Bei’s attacks had already been hard to accept.
Now reversing the situation and gaining advantage was even harder to swallow.
The arriving onlookers were equally stunned.
Slaying a saint against the odds, and with Fifth Layer Martial Emperor and seventh-grade initial spirit controller realms. This was nothing short of a miracle.
When the energy dispersed, everyone saw Elder Bei sent back over a hundred li, while Lin Xiao retreated only twenty or thirty li.
Blood stained Elder Bei’s robe edges. A trace showed at his mouth.
Clearly, Elder Bei was injured.
Though not severely.
In contrast, Lin Xiao showed no new wounds this time.
The crowds’ hearts jolted again.
A youth injuring a Martial Saint. If this news spread, it would surely cause uproar across the continent.
Number one genius across the nine provinces, top in the continent’s spirit controller grand competition, now injuring a Martial Saint. This Mu Haoran’s name would blaze like the sun.
Elder Bei wiped the blood from his mouth, glanced down, then slowly raised his head. Eyes full of cold intent fixed on distant Lin Xiao. He said coldly, “You actually injured me?”
“Merely injured?”
Lin Xiao smiled faintly. He withdrew the Youtian Demon Pillar. Sealed Heaven Stone Hand activated. His right arm began petrifying at visible speed, turning into a complete stone hand.
“Hmph. Let us see how many more trump cards you can play.”
Elder Bei said angrily.
Though injured, he was far from crippled. Attacks of this level he could withstand many more times.
When Lin Xiao’s strength neared exhaustion, it would be his turn to counter.
This was their chance to eliminate Lin Xiao. They could not miss it.
Moreover, if truly necessary, he could flee. With Martial Saint strength, Lin Xiao could never catch him.
Of course, only as a last resort.
With his status and power, fleeing would make him the continent’s laughingstock. He could not do that yet.
Whoosh.
Another flowing water-like sword beam shot from Elder Bei’s hand. No great commotion, no overly dazzling light, yet containing vast unmatched force. It struck straight through the air.
Whoosh.
Lin Xiao punched out. Petrification power burst from his stone fist ahead. The petrification force materialised. Unmatched fist beam like a heaven-spanning stone pillar blasted towards the flowing water sword beam.
Boom.
After the two forces collided, the flowing water sword beam actually shattered. The stone pillar force was not fully spent. Weakened, it still blasted towards Elder Bei.
“What?”
Elder Bei was greatly shocked. His figure flashed, dodging aside. The stone pillar-like fist beam brushed past his shoulder.
Lin Xiao was surprised.
Martial Saint speed was too fast. With them hundreds of li apart clashing.
Once force was shattered, the opponent could fully evade.
The petrification fist beam did not disperse into vast fluctuations. Though remaining power was immense, it could not affect the opponent’s body.
This strike was effectively wasted.
Yet it also delighted Lin Xiao. His current petrification power had reached such ferocity.
It could easily shatter even a First Layer Martial Saint’s Ji family Ji Shui style.
If the opponent had not dodged, this strike would have inflicted serious injury on Elder Bei.
Another two or three such strikes could likely cripple him.
At that moment, the crowds on the periphery were all deeply shocked.
If Lin Xiao gaining advantage with combined vital and spiritual force was one thing.
But this strike, using only one special power, outright shattered Elder Bei’s attack?
How could this petrification attribute power be so strong?
How did Lin Xiao possess yet another such powerful petrification attribute force?
The watching Ji family members and arriving crowds were stunned speechless for long moments.
Lin Xiao was the number one vital cultivator genius across the nine provinces, top under-fifty spirit controller, possessing spirit techniques. Vital-spirit combined attacks repelling a First Layer Martial Saint they could still understand.
But purely one power completely shattering Martial Saint force, and Martial Saint force using an ultimate martial technique. This was too hard to accept.
In other words, Lin Xiao himself already possessed power to defeat a First Layer Martial Saint?
“Could it be that when he swept the nine provinces’ geniuses, he already had this strength?”
“Definitely. No wonder all those monsters and faction geniuses were swept by him. Turns out he himself already had Martial Saint-level power.”
“Possessing Martial Saint power yet fighting geniuses below Martial Saint. What a waste of talent.”
“Barely over twenty, Fifth Layer Martial Emperor and seventh-grade initial spiritual force realms, yet this strength. Far too terrifying.”
The arriving watching crowds exclaimed in discussion. The Ji family members’ faces turned utterly grim, completely unable to accept this reality.
With strength to defeat Elder Bei, how could the Ji family fight?
How could they eliminate Lin Xiao?
