“Clang!”
The swords clashed. The near-saint powerhouse from Tianji Holy Land felt horror in his heart.
He sensed only that the force was immensely powerful, far beyond what he could resist.
This was no Martial Emperor power. It was clearly Martial Saint power, Martial Saint-level force! The previous few had not been so weak that even a Martial Emperor could slay them. Rather, the opponent possessed true Martial Saint-level strength.
Martial Saint power, combined with their severe injuries, no wonder they were slain or repelled.
No matter how he thought about it, he could not imagine that a mere fifth-level Martial Emperor possessed Martial Saint-level strength.
However, these thoughts flashed only briefly in the mind of the Tianji Holy Land near-saint elder. In the next instant after the clash, his longsword was directly severed. Lin Xiao’s broken sword cleaved the near-saint powerhouse in two.
A near-saint powerhouse died on the spot.
In that instant, everyone stood shocked.
This person possessed near-saint strength. More accurately, Martial Saint-level strength. Only Martial Saint power could slay a near-saint powerhouse in one strike.
The charging crowd from Tianji Holy Land halted abruptly. Most stopped just at the array barrier’s periphery.
A few faster ones could not stop in time. When they halted, they were already inside the array barrier.
Those who had rushed in immediately showed regret. Martial Saint power. Charging in was useless. They could only die in vain.
But who could have known this middle-aged man possessed Martial Saint power?
This fellow had come with them all along, unassuming and low-key. He struck while the Martial Saints were gravely wounded. No matter how they racked their brains, they could not have foreseen it.
Ge Jiuwei in the outer crowd was stunned into stupor. Martial Saint power. This companion of his was actually an expert with Martial Saint strength?
How terrifying.
Fortunately, he had never found an opportunity to act. Otherwise, if he had moved against him, he would have suffered.
The Hong family group who had earlier rushed into the array barrier, flipped by the waves yet still alive, were all dumbfounded.
Now they finally understood why they had been flipped by those waves. Martial Saint power. Even the aftermath was enough to hurl them all away. Surviving with injuries was already fortunate.
The current problem was that they had rushed in. Gravely wounded, blocked by the one-way outer barrier. What now?
Were they all to die inside?
“Martial Saint, Martial Saint-level power. How is this possible.”
Yi Zhigong, fleeing, had an ashen face. The previous Martial Saints slain or repelled. He truly could not associate such power with the opponent.
After all, a Martial Emperor slaying Martial Saints, and a fifth-level one at that. The gap was too vast.
Yet with the Tianji Holy Land near-saint elder slain, no matter how unwilling to believe, he could fully accept that without Martial Saint-level power, the opponent could not slay a near-saint in one strike.
The opponent possessed Martial Saint power, while he was gravely wounded and trapped within the seventy-li array barrier. Continuing like this, he was doomed.
Yet he was helpless, only able to flee within.
Of course, no one knew Lin Xiao’s true identity.
His slaying of the Ji family northern elder had not yet reached Tianji Holy Land or the other states.
However, fifth-level Martial Emperor defying saints. Some did associate it with Lin Xiao’s identity.
But Lin Xiao’s name was only known for sweeping geniuses below Martial Saint in yuan cultivation and spiritual controllers below eighth-grade. Truly defying saints. They still found it somewhat unbelievable.
They preferred to believe there was another true defying-saint evildoer.
Lin Xiao naturally paid no heed to the crowd’s reactions. Merely seeing the Tianji Holy Land near-saint elder’s blood also drawn into the ground, he could not help worrying somewhat.
Originally, Huo Ruyan’s intent was only to devour Martial Saint blood for breakthrough.
Unexpectedly, he had slain a near-saint inside the array too. In her thirst, Huo Ruyan devoured without discrimination. It might affect her refinement.
Not pure Martial Saint blood. Even if she succeeded in breakthrough, it would likely be impacted. Her combat power might not match breaking through with fully refined Martial Saint blood.
Lin Xiao regretted it somewhat. Too impulsive. He should not have directly slain the Tianji Holy Land near-saint elder.
However, Huo Ruyan had reached the critical moment. He had no time for further thought. Turning, he charged towards Yi Zhigong. The Yaoguang Sword Art circulated within. In mere moments of pursuit, he closed in behind Yi Zhigong not far away. A sword slashed out.
His body flowed transparently. The broken sword blazed with light. An even brighter, piercing sword radiance erupted, like a heaven-extinguishing beam, slashing towards Yi Zhigong.
“No!!!”
Yi Zhigong cried out in unwillingness. He was a dignified Martial Saint, one of the continent’s pinnacle figures. Normally, he could nearly walk sideways across the continent. Even stronger peers dared not casually move against him.
Yet now, he was to fall here. How unwilling, how aggrieved.
However, it was too late. The brilliant sword radiance had already slashed from behind, cleaving his entire body horizontally in two.
Until now, the four Martial Saints inside had been dealt with.
Three: Ying family’s Ying Yi from Northern Xuan Province, Hong family’s Hong Lie from Northwest You Province, Tianji Holy Land’s Yi Zhigong, all slain on the spot.
Western Hao Province’s Jiang family’s Jiang You was gravely wounded into coma, little different from dead.
In fact, Jiang You’s blood had already been drained dry. In coma, he had no chance to wake.
Martial Saints normally did not fall even once in decades or centuries.
Yet now, four had fallen! All by one person’s hand. One could imagine the shock it would cause afterwards.
However, that was no longer their concern.
Now, everyone worried whether they could leave alive and spread this news.
Those who had rushed into the saint-slaying killing array layer were doomed, no question.
Those trapped outside the saint-slaying killing array by the outer array had slim chances.
At the periphery, the Array Saint and a Demonic Saint still battled fiercely, combat unending.
Even if the arrays vanished, giving chance to flee outwards, the Martial Saint-level battle aftermath could drown them.
Moreover, at the battle’s periphery, likely Blood Sect others awaited to slaughter them, merely not appearing due to the Martial Saint fight or other reasons.
Furthermore, the Blood Demon Body was refining Martial Saint blood, possibly breaking through at any moment.
Most terrifying, once the outer array vanished, the inner one surely would too. The saint-slayer inside would never let them go.
The disappearance of these four Martial Saints, whether alive or dead, the four great forces might not know. Who slew them might remain unknown.
Unless the outer Array Saint or Demonic Saint spread it.
However, once the arrays vanished, the saint-slayer inside might ally with the Demonic Saint against the Array Saint. If the Blood Demon Body broke through too, the situation was unpredictable.
“Snicker! Snicker!”
At that moment, blood from Yi Zhigong’s body was instantly sucked fiercely into the soil.
The next moment, the ground trembled violently. A heaven-shaking, earth-shattering boom erupted.
“Boom!”
Not far from the trapping array’s periphery, the earth cracked open. Countless large and small fissures spread hundreds of li outwards, sparing only the array position. Torrential blood-coloured demonic qi surged forth, heavily dispersing the air waves from the Array Saint and Demonic Saint’s battle.
