At this moment, the surging energy had fully dispersed. Both sides stood in confrontation.
The Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Disc in the void ahead rapidly shrank. It flashed like lightning, swiftly returning to Qing Yan’s hand.
The four from the Ji family neither blocked nor could block it in time.
Whoosh!
Just then, a humanoid skeleton shot from behind Lin Xiao’s group at extreme speed. It finally aligned with the four.
This was the Martial Saint-level battle skeleton. After escorting Ling Hu and Zi Ling to safety, it had returned.
“Elders of Saint Heaven Gate, if not now, when will you strike?”
Recognising the skeleton’s nature, Ji Tian shouted at once. He had long known Saint Heaven Gate had someone concealed.
He had simply not exposed it.
Now, aware of the opponent’s strength, he had to summon them.
Boom! As Ji Tian spoke, powerful force struck from Lin Xiao’s right flank.
It was Martial Saint-level, carrying rolling fluctuations of considerable might.
Fortunately, only first-level Martial Saint.
Hiss!
In that instant, unparalleled evil aura emanated from the battle skeleton. It punched sideways. Overwhelming evil force erupted, surging with torrents of evil qi, striking the incoming power.
Hiss!
Meanwhile, Lin Xiao, fully prepared, unleashed his attack.
This time, three hundred li apart, he directly used his strongest strike: Heaven-Swallowing Spirit Gathering Finger.
Sixth-level Martial Emperor yuan energy, early seventh-grade spiritual force, and the three fused spiritual energies had long gathered in his finger.
His fingertip became like a black hole, compressing terrifying power into a single point.
As he pointed forward, the point of boundless might shot from his fingertip at extreme speed. It reached Ji Tian’s group first.
Heaven and earth seemed on the brink of annihilation, filled with aura that made one shudder.
Qing Yan struck simultaneously. They had already coordinated via divine sense. He did not hurl the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Disc but unleashed its strongest power.
Lin Xiao’s finger strike was explosive. Throwing the disc would serve little purpose.
Long Tutian and Huo Ruyan attacked at the same time.
This time, their power was even greater.
Long Tutian directly activated his divine dragon bloodline. The Nine Dragons Canon manifested nine golden dragons, power at its absolute peak.
It was unclear whether he had already reached the nine-dragon realm last year and held back, or had advanced rapidly over the past year.
Huo Ruyan activated her blood demon body. She became like a peerless true demon. One strike shook the void, demonic force torrential, far stronger than before by more than a little.
The four powers thundered with earth-shaking momentum towards the front four.
Opposite, the four struck back. Ji Zhen and the two elders moved first.
They still used their strongest Ji Water Style. Three water sword beams flowed like clouds and water, unstoppable, as though piercing the void.
“Heaven Cauldron Subdues Demons!”
Behind the three forces, the patterns of rivers and mountains on Ji Tian’s heavy cauldron lit up. The entire cauldron blazed with green light, illuminating the whole area.
Ji Tian flipped vertically, his body parallel to the ground. Hands gripping the radiant green cauldron, he charged horizontally forward.
Even grander phenomena of mountains, rivers, and vast fields emerged. Within hundreds of li, all became blue waters, green mountains, and endless fields.
Those landscapes seemed no longer illusory but rapidly materialising, shifting towards the four.
Yet Lin Xiao’s light point was far too swift. As the powers just manifested, it had already closed in.
At twenty to thirty li, it first collided with the three water forces.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Light brighter than ten suns burst forth. Earth-shaking explosions and clashes rang out almost simultaneously.
Overturning energy storms erupted at the collision point. Terrifying boundless shockwaves surged in all directions, affecting five hundred li around.
Void quaked. The earth trembled endlessly. Heaven and earth became an ocean of energy.
Sideways, two Martial Saint forces clashed evenly. Torrential energy waves erupted in all directions too.
Everywhere in Ji headquarters became oceans of energy, filled with terrifying fluctuations. Dazzling light filled every inch of space.
The remaining structures had all been razed to the ground.
This strike was far stronger than the previous ones, by more than a little.
Lin Xiao’s four, plus the aligned battle skeleton, were pushed back two hundred li.
Lin Xiao even bled from the corners of his mouth. He had retreated immediately after attacking and activated Vast Indestructible Defence.
Though he had not managed the strongest defence in time.
They were over two hundred, nearly three hundred li from the clash, had prepared defences, yet he still bled. This alone showed the immense power unleashed.
The Ji family’s four, mere dozens of li from the clash, were in unknown condition.
But one thing was certain: the impact they suffered far exceeded Lin Xiao’s group.
With the Rivers and Mountains State Cauldron, it was hard to say if they were gravely wounded.
As for the first-level Martial Saint from Saint Heaven Gate, he had likely been flung away by the waves.
Lin Xiao very much wanted to see the outcome.
If the enemy was heavily wounded, pursue and perhaps eliminate one or two Ji Martial Saints.
If the cauldron protected them, no opportunity. They could only leave.
“Who dares touch my Ji family!”
Before the vast energy fully dispersed, an ancient, solemn shout rose from deep within the Ji family, from the ground amid the energy ocean.
The voice carried boundless authority.
Then, terrifying aura without limit surged from hundreds of li ahead.
A thousands-zhang giant force palm swept the torrential energy ocean. Blotting out the sky, it rapidly slapped towards Lin Xiao’s four.
Heaven and earth seemed contained in that palm. Terrifying force shook all. Dreadful authority made Lin Xiao’s four feel as though the heavens themselves pressed down.
The force had not arrived, yet it already suffocated.
This palm was far too terrifying.
“The Ji family’s old monster has appeared. Go!”
Long Tutian shouted first.
